Hughes mentions his hardest aspect of job so far has been to say just enough without revealing too much during French interviews - as his language skills were in good use when he recruited & managed Vinny, Bergeron, Letang, Beauvillier etc., but after a few years in the US all of them preferred to speak in English and he was caught off guard but had to oblige!
Hughes mentions his hardest aspect of job so far has been to say just enough without revealing too much during French interviews - as his language skills were in good use when he recruited & managed Vinny, Bergeron, Letang, Beauvillier etc., but after a few years in the US all of them preferred to speak in English and he was caught off guard but had to oblige!
You joke but it's actually true. the Reggie Tremblay's of the world already hate him just because he's an anglo so nothing he does one way or the other is going to change that or make it worse. So he should just tell them to go fuck themselves.
Even MSL needs help coming up with the French word sometimes. He's basically an anglo now. And we know that Vinny did everything in his power to prevent being traded to the Habs when he was a player so he clearly doesn't give a shit about speaking French either.Hughes mentions his hardest aspect of job so far has been to say just enough without revealing too much during French interviews - as his language skills were in good use when he recruited & managed Vinny, Bergeron, Letang, Beauvillier etc., but after a few years in the US all of them preferred to speak in English and he was caught off guard but had to oblige!
Sometimes I think that the Habs could win the Cup and the hardliners like Tremblay still wouldn't be happy because it didn't happen en francais.
Reggie is actually fine w Hughes’ hiring - in fact he said Hughes being an Anglo is a nonissue, he just needs time to get his French back after being away from Quebec for so long, then took a shot at the org “that’s if the Habs actually allow him to speak the language on the 7th floor”
Well he won't be speaking it with Gorton, Molson, Lecav, or MSL so...
Petry was the very rare late bloomer D , Nero went for a double and got a home run
Petry was simply miscast in Edm on 1st pair, playing behind Weber helped him grow big time
Traditionally Dman prime years are 26-32, and Petry was a top-45 pick his draft year, and highly regarded prospect @ Michigan State
And you don’t think that happens frequently with trades?
Chara & Mark Giordano for starters
First pair by default , he put up 17 points in his best season
