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Habs Season Thread: 2024-25 Regular Season

Why antidopping in sports is the height of stupidity, example #84562

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KHL | Andrei Markov suspendu un an et demi par lâagence russe antidopage

L’ancien défenseur du Canadien Andrei Markov, qui avait accepté en mai un poste d’entraîneur adjoint dans la KHL, a été suspendu pour un an et demi par l’agence russe antidopage (RUSADA).
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Andrei Markov was suspended for a year in a half by RUSADA. He didn't fail a test or anything, though. He retired, didn't take anymore tests, took a job as a coach in the KHL and got suspended for a year & a half because he didn't show up for anti-dopping tests... as a retired player. And because of it, he'll be unable to coach.

Antidopping, making sure the cheaters (who didn't actually fail a test) stay retired and unemployed!
 
Anti-doping is fine in countries where laws mean something. It is weaponized in gangsta countries.

He obviously was a pawn or an obstacle or something similar in that goat rodeo.
 
lecoqsportif said:
Anti-doping is fine in countries where laws mean something. It is weaponized in gangsta countries.

He obviously was a pawn or an obstacle or something similar in that goat rodeo.
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Nah, anti-doping is bullshit all across the world. Anti-doping is what keeps that woman from going to the Olympics because she smoked weed a few weeks ago when it had no impact whatsoever on her performances. Meanwhile, the real cheaters with the designer shit will never get caught (because they're all in the NFL/NBA, hint hint) and nobody gives a fuck about catching them because we want to see these genetic mutants play.

It's a crock of shit and it's the biggest scam in the history of sport. Not being hyperbolic about that, either. The more you read about anti-doping, the more you realized it's fugazzi. It's bullshit. It's the war on drugs in the modern world.
 
lecoqsportif said:
Let’s see if GMs learned their lesson after the Vegas fiasco. Make your list and tell Francis to go pound sand.
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part of the Vegas strategy was leveraging their unsullied cap space to acquire futures

don’t underestimate the power that comes with absolving a GM’s previous sins

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GGpX said:
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Joël Bouchard’s departure from the Canadiens organization has a familiar feel to it

Joël Bouchard leaving in a lateral move at a time when player development will be so important to the Canadiens makes no sense.
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Bouchard clearly wants to be an NHL head coach and he knows it may be a long wait in Montreal thanks to the fluke playoff run that Ducharme is going to be given credit for (even though the team didn't miss a beat while he was in quarantine) It isn't like he can't be replaced, but if the French language criterion now extends to the AHL team then the organization is just making things hard on itself for no good reason.

I wish we had a team owner who wasn't an invertebrate.
 
I disagree. This is the one spot where a francophone coach can cut his teeth at the pro level (maybe the ECHL team in Trois Rivières changes that.) It’s a great stepping stone to encourage talented coaches from Quebec. Nothing wrong with that.

The real issue is to choose career coaches, who are dedicated to their profession on merit, rather than create a cushy sinecure for a retired NHL good ol’ boy.
 
There isn’t just one good coach or manager. Sure Jo Jo was solid in Laval, but there is a new wave of young coaches coming from the Q.

It’s imperative Habs identify as many of them as possible and leverage their system in Trois-Rivieres and Laval for developing coaches & managers.

The goal should be to flood the market, and create a sizeable supply based on Habs internship development program...to chose from when the time is right and they’ve gained NHL experience for the big gig
 
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lecoqsportif said:
I disagree. This is the one spot where a francophone coach can cut his teeth at the pro level (maybe the ECHL team in Trois Rivières changes that.) It’s a great stepping stone to encourage talented coaches from Quebec. Nothing wrong with that.

The real issue is to choose career coaches, who are dedicated to their profession on merit, rather than create a cushy sinecure for a retired NHL good ol’ boy.
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It is still an artificial construct which encourages institutional myopia. The Habs should be looking to grab the best talent in the WORLD, not just the best in Quebec. This parochial mindset is what's holding the franchise back. I just want the best people for the job, whether they're from Rimouski or Rangoon. But you won't find what you aren't looking for.
 
WeHaveMoreCupsThanYou said:
It is still an artificial construct which encourages institutional myopia. The Habs should be looking to grab the best talent in the WORLD, not just the best in Quebec. This parochial mindset is what's holding the franchise back. I just want the best people for the job, whether they're from Rimouski or Rangoon. But you won't find what you aren't looking for.
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The NHL is an artificial construct. If someone from Quebec demonstrates merit for one of these jobs, then the Habs should absolutely stock the cupboard. Austrian economic be damned...
 
Sal_Butera said:
There isn’t just one good coach or manager. Sure Jo Jo was solid in Laval, but there is a new wave of young coaches coming from the Q.
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Seems to be the case...but any idea on what is going with the next wave of players?

Quebec is producing so very little on-ice talent.
 
CH1 said:
Seems to be the case...but any idea on what is going with the next wave of players?

Quebec is producing so very little on-ice talent.
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Even the higher talent being produced seems to be primarily from imports.

Small population subset to draw from - registration for youth hockey programs dropping (cost + interest), combined w aging Francophone demographic
 
CH1 said:
Seems to be the case...but any idea on what is going with the next wave of players?

Quebec is producing so very little on-ice talent.
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There's definitely a shift amongst youth....

Lots of my friends refused to put their kids in hockey (even talking 10-15 years ago)....so we can see the consequences of that now.
 
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