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Post by HabSolute on Sept 7, 2007 11:30:33 GMT -5
That's the part that makes me believe that Brunet is romancing the story just a bit too much.... "...Brière, qui commençait sérieusement à rêver au CH, qui a grandi en admirant les prouesses des vedettes du Tricolore, dont Gainey et Carbonneau, perd ses illusions.""...Briere, who was seriously starting to DREAM about the CH and who grew up admiring the Habs great stars, lost hope.."So, his DREAM is to play for his childhood team, but he declines the offer because he will not be garantee the first line title and his linemates ? Yeah, right.... some dream....  I have the feeling that Briere won't be too happy about this article either...... and if it's true, then I'm glad he's in Philly.... |
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Post by habmeister on Sept 7, 2007 12:05:15 GMT -5
i'm hoping in his dream he was wearing the CH and playing on any line; but more likely his dream was wearing his habs jersey while rolling around on his millions of dollars and giggling like a schoolgirl.
tongue in cheek
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Post by MC Habber on Sept 7, 2007 14:25:55 GMT -5
If Briere really demanded he play on the first line, then it was pretty dumb. If Gainey makes that guarantee, then either he is (potentially) forced to go back on his word, or he keeps his word even if it hurts the team. You get the icetime you earn, no matter your salary. If it's as I suspect, and Brunet is trying to make Koivu the scapegoat for Gainey's failures, then I think it's crap and shame on him.
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Post by jkr on Sept 7, 2007 15:24:53 GMT -5
More controversy again on the Briere saga. Mathias Brunet from LaPresse is throwing another bone to the Gainey bashers..... Apparently the deciding factor for Briere was that Gainey couldn't garanty him he would be on the first line with Higgins and Ryder....and the Flyers told him he could play where he wants and with who he wants.... Quite the sh#t disturber this Brunet www.cyberpresse.ca/article/20070907/CPSPORTS01/709070568/1006/CPSPORTS01Not too sure what to make of this; On one hand, if he was going to be our best player he would have played on the first line anyway. I don't really like a player demanding who he wants to play with before he even spend one minute on the ice with his team.... Play like you can, and the rest will come. Or maybe it's just a case of Brunet stretching the facts to make his story more sensationnal  ? In any case, Briere is in Philly now, Let it go Mathias, let it go.... Who is Brunet's source for this? After the Kovavlev fiasco I just have to ask. (My apologies if it's in the article.) If Briere is confident in his abilities, & I believe he is, then he doesn't have to ask that question. |
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Post by Yeti on Sept 7, 2007 17:14:07 GMT -5
Mathias Brunet has turned into a complete unprofessional moron. What a shame really. La Presse and TQS use the same tactics now to attract readers/viewers. Anything that sells...
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Post by Cranky on Sept 8, 2007 0:24:32 GMT -5
Unless my rusted French is completely off.....
.....then what I am reading tells me that Gainey has the sales ability of a bullfrog. To begin with, that whinney little b*tch of a player needs to define his role before he signs tells me a lot about him, but for our Brilliant Bob to cut him off at the ankles by defining a 100 point player as second liner before the guy even sets one foot on the ice, OR to tell somone that you are not looking at improving the team to be a contender tells me all I need to know about why free agents don't want any part of this teams management. And all we hear from the Hab's PR spinners is that every single FA doesn't want to sign because of the taxes....and nothing to do with our GM's ability to sing FA's.
It's time for GG to hold the rope in his hands.......
P.S. Can someone with much better French then me translate the article? Because what I think that I am reading are making the voices in my head go into shock .....
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Post by seventeen on Sept 8, 2007 0:33:41 GMT -5
I really doubt Briere would make any such demand. Any player that does has an ego that's far too big for anyone's britches. I think it's more journalistic imagination.
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Post by jkr on Sept 8, 2007 6:57:34 GMT -5
Unless my rusted French is completely off..... .....then what I am reading tells me that Gainey has the sales ability of a bullfrog. To begin with, that whinney little b*tch of a player needs to define his role before he signs tells me a lot about him, but for our Brilliant Bob to cut him off at the ankles by defining a 100 point player as second liner before the guy even sets one foot on the ice, OR to tell somone that you are not looking at improving the team to be a contender tells me all I need to know about why free agents don't want any part of this teams management. And all we hear from the Hab's PR spinners is that every single FA doesn't want to sign because of the taxes....and nothing to do with our GM's ability to sing FA's. It's time for GG to hold the rope in his hands....... P.S. Can someone with much better French then me translate the article? Because what I think that I am reading are making the voices in my head go into shock ..... This is Brunet we're talking about here, I have trouble believing anything he writes now unless he provides a confirmed source. His mission now seems to be to slam the team without providing any kind of accountability. He may as well be an anonymous blogger. |
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Post by halihab on Sept 8, 2007 8:17:57 GMT -5
Unless my rusted French is completely off..... .....then what I am reading tells me that Gainey has the sales ability of a bullfrog. To begin with, that whinney little b*tch of a player needs to define his role before he signs tells me a lot about him, but for our Brilliant Bob to cut him off at the ankles by defining a 100 point player as second liner before the guy even sets one foot on the ice, OR to tell somone that you are not looking at improving the team to be a contender tells me all I need to know about why free agents don't want any part of this teams management. And all we hear from the Hab's PR spinners is that every single FA doesn't want to sign because of the taxes....and nothing to do with our GM's ability to sing FA's. It's time for GG to hold the rope in his hands....... P.S. Can someone with much better French then me translate the article? Because what I think that I am reading are making the voices in my head go into shock ..... As a previous poster said, It's not the GM's job to make up the lines. That's Carbo's job, and I think Gainey was just saying, It's not up to me but rather the coaching staff decide where you play. Any GM would be a fool to make that kind of a guarantee. Correct me if I'm wrong, but where does it state or imply that he has no intentions of improving the team to be a contender ? |
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Post by Bugsy on Sept 8, 2007 9:51:56 GMT -5
Unless my rusted French is completely off..... .....then what I am reading tells me that Gainey has the sales ability of a bullfrog. To begin with, that whinney little b*tch of a player needs to define his role before he signs tells me a lot about him, but for our Brilliant Bob to cut him off at the ankles by defining a 100 point player as second liner before the guy even sets one foot on the ice, OR to tell somone that you are not looking at improving the team to be a contender tells me all I need to know about why free agents don't want any part of this teams management. And all we hear from the Hab's PR spinners is that every single FA doesn't want to sign because of the taxes....and nothing to do with our GM's ability to sing FA's. It's time for GG to hold the rope in his hands....... P.S. Can someone with much better French then me translate the article? Because what I think that I am reading are making the voices in my head go into shock ..... So, you're believing that Gainey was willing to pay a player $53M but NOT give him the team's best wingers?? Plus, since when is it the GM's job, in mid summer, to decide what player is playing where?? The entire article sounds like such a contrived piece of garbage. It is meant to try and make Gainey look like a buffoon and Koivu like a prima-donna..........both of which are completely inacurate!! Gainey may be conservative when it comes to making a trade, but he offered up a mint for Briere. And I seriously doubt the conversation ever went to what line Briere would be playing on!! It Brunet trying to stir the sh!t-pot!! |
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Post by Cranky on Sept 8, 2007 12:54:13 GMT -5
Unless my rusted French is completely off..... .....then what I am reading tells me that Gainey has the sales ability of a bullfrog. To begin with, that whinney little b*tch of a player needs to define his role before he signs tells me a lot about him, but for our Brilliant Bob to cut him off at the ankles by defining a 100 point player as second liner before the guy even sets one foot on the ice, OR to tell somone that you are not looking at improving the team to be a contender tells me all I need to know about why free agents don't want any part of this teams management. And all we hear from the Hab's PR spinners is that every single FA doesn't want to sign because of the taxes....and nothing to do with our GM's ability to sing FA's. It's time for GG to hold the rope in his hands....... P.S. Can someone with much better French then me translate the article? Because what I think that I am reading are making the voices in my head go into shock ..... As a previous poster said, It's not the GM's job to make up the lines. That's Carbo's job, and I think Gainey was just saying, It's not up to me but rather the coaching staff decide where you play. Any GM would be a fool to make that kind of a guarantee. Correct me if I'm wrong, but where does it state or imply that he has no intentions of improving the team to be a contender ? In the article Gainey said that he was not going to sign any more FA's. From Brier's point of view, that means that Gainey is going with what he has. And clearly, even the most optimistic fan can see that what we already have if far from being a contender. I am not Brier fan. I think of him as a more polished Ribiero whinner and God knows how much vitriol I have for that. On the other hand, I don't buy into all of the "it's the taxes stupid" defense that I hear lately. There HAS to be something more then just taxes for player not choosing to sign in Montreal particularly since the Hab's are willing to pay a bit more. Factors like......coaching.....GM's signing attitude. After all, didn't Gainey say something to the effect that players must want to sign for us or else? |
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Post by Cranky on Sept 8, 2007 13:01:13 GMT -5
This is Brunet we're talking about here, I have trouble believing anything he writes now unless he provides a confirmed source. His mission now seems to be to slam the team without providing any kind of accountability. He may as well be an anonymous blogger. Brunet was often quoted here as a reliable and level headed reporter. Now that he writes two articles that slam the Hab's, he is a 110% pparrot. Why? Do you really believe that Kovalev never said what he said? I will never believe somone like Brunet would ever write a lie of that nature. I will never believe that Kovalev would not go to some extraordinary legnths to cover his ass after he said that. In fact, after the incident and after his used his influence to shut up a reporter, he become a person non grata on the national team. Witness him getting shut out from the worlds. Now Brunet writes an article which he clearly has access to Briere's agent but since it slams Gainey, it's a lie? Tainted? Yes. Lie? I don't think so. There has to be something more to FA's not signing for Montreal then taxes and good looking woman. |
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Post by Yeti on Sept 8, 2007 13:37:05 GMT -5
A few hours after the story came out Briere's agent- Pat Brisson- categorically denied that it happened like that. He said discussing linemates never happened. So he's not the source or he is lying. Someone is obviously lying. I prefer to believe Brisson instead of trusting Brunet's anonymous source.
Maybe one of Briere's buddys spoke with Brunet and Brunet decided that this was whole truth. The way they presented the story and the title was just plain stupid- national enquirer style.
Brunet has lost all credibility.
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Post by PTH on Sept 8, 2007 15:17:44 GMT -5
This is Brunet we're talking about here, I have trouble believing anything he writes now unless he provides a confirmed source. His mission now seems to be to slam the team without providing any kind of accountability. He may as well be an anonymous blogger. Brunet was often quoted here as a reliable and level headed reporter. Now that he writes two articles that slam the Hab's, he is a 110% pparrot. Why? Do you really believe that Kovalev never said what he said? I will never believe somone like Brunet would ever write a lie of that nature. I will never believe that Kovalev would not go to some extraordinary legnths to cover his ass after he said that. In fact, after the incident and after his used his influence to shut up a reporter, he become a person non grata on the national team. Witness him getting shut out from the worlds. Now Brunet writes an article which he clearly has access to Briere's agent but since it slams Gainey, it's a lie? Tainted? Yes. Lie? I don't think so. There has to be something more to FA's not signing for Montreal then taxes and good looking woman. I tend to believe Brunet myself. In the Kovalev situation, he was had by a Russian reporter who chose to change her story rather than get blacklisted by the local boys. In this case, it actually fits with the previous comments from GG about "it all changed in 20 minutes". Now, it's possible the exact details in Brunet's story (ie, about specific linemates) might be off, but if Brière was asking for top-line minutes and to always be on the 1st PP unit, it works out to the same thing. And I don't see how the Brunet story slams Gainey or Koivu any more than it slams Brière.... In fact, it says nothing about Koivu, and only that Gainey wasn't willing to make commitments about coaching issues, which seems perfectly OK to me. I'm no Gainey fan, but I can't blame him for not interfering with Carbo's job. |
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Post by PTH on Sept 8, 2007 15:25:19 GMT -5
..... There HAS to be something more then just taxes for player not choosing to sign in Montreal particularly since the Hab's are willing to pay a bit more........ Well, the Habs pay more per year, but aren't signing for as many years. Given how many of these guys (on 8-year deals that end at 38 or so) will probably be getting buyouts, the length of the deal (hence the amount of the eventual buyout) is enormous. |
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Post by jkr on Sept 8, 2007 16:51:01 GMT -5
A few hours after the story came out Briere's agent- Pat Brisson- categorically denied that it happened like that. He said discussing linemates never happened. So he's not the source or he is lying. Someone is obviously lying. I prefer to believe Brisson instead of trusting Brunet's anonymous source. Maybe one of Briere's buddys spoke with Brunet and Brunet decided that this was whole truth. The way they presented the story and the title was just plain stupid- national enquirer style. Brunet has lost all credibility. I find I have to doubt La Presse now, especially after Francois Gagnon goes on the Team990 & lies about having a tape to back up the Kovalev story. He also claimed on his blog that Ribiero was traded becasue he made a pass at the daughter of a Canadiens employee. Again - no backup, just playing fast & loose with the facts and slamming someone's reputation. Everything these guys say deserves a lot of scrutiny. |
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Post by HABSLAND on Sept 8, 2007 19:53:52 GMT -5
Montreal media is really retarded, we are still talking about Briere 2 months after he signed with Philly. Personally, I don't care anymore and frankly I am happy we did not get him, hes good ya, but 6 years 50 million, no thanks.
If 110 and Mathias still want to talk about him, good for them, let's move on with the season and concentrate on the players we have.
It's like saying I almost went out with this girl 2 months ago and not letting go after she rejected me.
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Post by Skilly on Sept 8, 2007 21:06:04 GMT -5
Brunet was often quoted here as a reliable and level headed reporter. Now that he writes two articles that slam the Hab's, he is a 110% pparrot. Why? Do you really believe that Kovalev never said what he said? I will never believe somone like Brunet would ever write a lie of that nature. I will never believe that Kovalev would not go to some extraordinary legnths to cover his ass after he said that. In fact, after the incident and after his used his influence to shut up a reporter, he become a person non grata on the national team. Witness him getting shut out from the worlds. Now Brunet writes an article which he clearly has access to Briere's agent but since it slams Gainey, it's a lie? Tainted? Yes. Lie? I don't think so. There has to be something more to FA's not signing for Montreal then taxes and good looking woman. I tend to believe Brunet myself. In the Kovalev situation, he was had by a Russian reporter who chose to change her story rather than get blacklisted by the local boys. In this case, it actually fits with the previous comments from GG about "it all changed in 20 minutes". Now, it's possible the exact details in Brunet's story (ie, about specific linemates) might be off, but if Brière was asking for top-line minutes and to always be on the 1st PP unit, it works out to the same thing. And I don't see how the Brunet story slams Gainey or Koivu any more than it slams Brière.... In fact, it says nothing about Koivu, and only that Gainey wasn't willing to make commitments about coaching issues, which seems perfectly OK to me. I'm no Gainey fan, but I can't blame him for not interfering with Carbo's job. I kinda believe the angle of the story myself as well .... it makes sense for Briere to want some sort of (I'll call it a ) guarantee (for lack of a better word. Just look at Montreal's recent past history. They sign Kovalev to as the second highest player on the team and he is on the second line and second PP unit. They had the third highest defenseman last year as their sixth d-man ... They had their 4th highest paid forward on the third line last year. This year they will have either their highest paid defenseman or their second highest defenseman on the second pairing .... So the argument that Boivin gave to TSN ... "the salary we offered should have dictated to him how we plan to use him" is pure hogwash. Montreal has shown they bring a player in and then either miss use him (Kovalev when we first got him) and last year they showed they are very stubborn to change (keeping Samsonov with Kovalev for way too long ... not giving this "high paid" guys a shot to play with Koivu for very long. I honestly think that Montreal had no intention of taking ice-time from Koivu, none ... Koivu was still going to be the #1 PP unit, and get his 20 minutes a game. Briere realized this and asked if he was gonna be the first liner/first PP unit ... Montreal balked and he walked. It fits. It could be horse pucky ... but it fits. |
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Post by PTH on Sept 8, 2007 21:06:06 GMT -5
Interesting followup: www.cyberpresse.ca/article/20070908/CPSPORTS01/709080841/1006/CPSPORTS01www.cyberpresse.ca/article/20070908/CPSPORTS01/709080839/1006/CPSPORTS01In the first one, Réjean Tremblay basically says that the Habs organisation knows when to retrench itself. After Koivu says not to expect a Cup, they spoon-feed an interview to a guy who's career is based upon being pro-Hab, Red Fisher. Tremblay says that Brunet is as cautious as can be, his sources for the Brière situation are as rock-solid as can be. Tremblay says he knows one of the two sources. Pat Brisson, Brière's agent, claims that he never discusses linemates..... only Éric Bélanger, who has Brisson as his agent, got signed as a Free Agent by Minnesota, and, in the second article, we learn that Bélanger says that one of the first things Brisson asked was "who will he be playing with". Brunet's boss, the director of sports reporting at La Presse, backs his guy and is astounded at Brisson's claims. Timmins is also revealed as having more brawn than brains, since he doesn't understand why the QMJHL's seasons starts so early - it's because most cégep semesters start around august 21st, so players need to know where they'll be playing (which Junior team, and even if they made the cut, since most junior teams are in small towns and the B team might be a ways away, though I'm infering for this part) --- I gotta say, the Habs seem to be particularly touchy about anything that doesn't fit with the corporate image. I really don't like this, it feels like there are multiple coverups for things that aren't worth covering up. What happens when something big really happens ? |
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Post by Yeti on Sept 8, 2007 22:08:23 GMT -5
Tremblay is a real joke. You're not really taking him seriously are you? You know how they ran the story front page: "Homlgren, lui, a eu les bonnes réponses".
There were so many other ways to report these so-called bulletproof information (but I don't believe one word of it)...
Now Tremblay writes that the Habs called Brisson on Friday and pressured him to deny the story... Tremblay does not have a source for that, that's coming from his imagination...
Not sure but for B.langer the issue was more to know if he was going to be played as an offensive or defensive player (he is considered a two-way forward)... Not really an issue with Briere...
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Post by jkr on Sept 9, 2007 8:13:11 GMT -5
In the first one, Réjean Tremblay basically says that the Habs organisation knows when to retrench itself. After Koivu says not to expect a Cup, they spoon-feed an interview to a guy who's career is based upon being pro-Hab, Red Fisher. After the free agent deadline passed Fisher was as critical of the team as any media. I think numerous articles over the years show that Fisher will slam the team when they deserve it. And after 50 years of covering the team, Fisher isn't beholding to anybody & can write what he wants. |
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Post by jkr on Sept 9, 2007 8:19:56 GMT -5
I tend to believe Brunet myself. In the Kovalev situation, he was had by a Russian reporter who chose to change her story rather than get blacklisted by the local boys. In this case, it actually fits with the previous comments from GG about "it all changed in 20 minutes". Now, it's possible the exact details in Brunet's story (ie, about specific linemates) might be off, but if Brière was asking for top-line minutes and to always be on the 1st PP unit, it works out to the same thing. And I don't see how the Brunet story slams Gainey or Koivu any more than it slams Brière.... In fact, it says nothing about Koivu, and only that Gainey wasn't willing to make commitments about coaching issues, which seems perfectly OK to me. I'm no Gainey fan, but I can't blame him for not interfering with Carbo's job. So the argument that Boivin gave to TSN ... "the salary we offered should have dictated to him how we plan to use him" is pure hogwash. Montreal has shown they bring a player in and then either miss use him (Kovalev when we first got him) and last year they showed they are very stubborn to change (keeping Samsonov with Kovalev for way too long ... not giving this "high paid" guys a shot to play with Koivu for very long. I don't think Boivin's argument is hoqwash. If their offer to Briere makes him the highest paid player on the team by far along with a long term committment, then Briere should conclude that he will be playing & playing a lot. |
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Post by BadCompany on Sept 9, 2007 9:35:07 GMT -5
Pierre Boivin says that Brunet's article is "full of lies." Enough stories about Briére, angry Habs boss Boivin says[/b] Slams report ex-Sabre wanted assurances he'd suit up on a line with Higgins and Ryder PAT HICKEY, The Gazette Canadiens president Pierre Boivin angrily denied there was any truth to a La Presse story that suggested free- agent Daniel Brière turned down an offer from the Canadiens because general manager Bob Gainey would not guarantee that he would play on a line with Christopher Higgins and Michael Ryder. "I was privy to the negotiations and I can tell you that this was never discussed," said Boivin, who said the story was filled with "lies."[/i] The rest... www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/sports/story.html?id=72383962-586f-4189-b771-ae64e5b9e9fd |
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Post by jkr on Sept 9, 2007 11:59:05 GMT -5
Pierre Boivin says that Brunet's article is "full of lies." Enough stories about Briére, angry Habs boss Boivin says[/b] Slams report ex-Sabre wanted assurances he'd suit up on a line with Higgins and Ryder PAT HICKEY, The Gazette Canadiens president Pierre Boivin angrily denied there was any truth to a La Presse story that suggested free- agent Daniel Brière turned down an offer from the Canadiens because general manager Bob Gainey would not guarantee that he would play on a line with Christopher Higgins and Michael Ryder. "I was privy to the negotiations and I can tell you that this was never discussed," said Boivin, who said the story was filled with "lies."[/i] The rest... www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/sports/story.html?id=72383962-586f-4189-b771-ae64e5b9e9fd[/quote]Thanks for the link BC. I had not seen this. I'm starting to think that what people believe relies more on their own point of view - not on the content of the articles. Once someone has an entrenched position they are not prepared to be convinced otherwise.  |
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Post by CentreHice on Sept 9, 2007 12:07:29 GMT -5
Brunet should know that negotiations don't happen that way, no matter who his "sources" are. Stirring the pot is one thing....but he's really losing credibility.
I really like Boivin's last quote.
"This a time to be talking about Carey Price, Kyle Chipchura and Sergei Kostitsyn; not about Daniel Brière."
Amen.....and drop the puck!
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Post by Yeti on Sept 9, 2007 12:10:48 GMT -5
This will be entertaining La Presse is now at war with the Habs organization (Boivin was very angry and used- off the record- some words that cannot be printed...) and Tremblay managed this morning to call Boivin a liar a day after going after Red Fischer. La Presse against the Habs La Presse against the Gazette La Presse against the fans who don't believe La Presse Look for Jack Todd tomorrow to defend Fischer... |
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Post by PTH on Sept 9, 2007 15:44:21 GMT -5
Brunet should know that negotiations don't happen that way, no matter who his "sources" are. Stirring the pot is one thing....but he's really losing credibility. Brunet's take on Brisson's methods are backed up by a non-La Presse* source that's hard to contradict - Éric Bélanger, a Brisson client, who says that one of the first things his agent asked the GM in Minnesota was "who will he be playing with". Now, that says nothing about what happened with Brière specifically, but it does show that that agent is perfectly able to ask "who will he be playing with" when negotiating with a GM. * : And La Presse isn't giving an inch. You have a highly credible reporter (Brunet), the director of the Sports department and the overall news director, plus Réjean Tremblay (who has a very slanted view of thing, but he's still got some credibility and wouldn't back up a defenseless case), all saying that Brunet's sources are beyond doubt..... ------------ I think this is a case when language becomes a major issue. Anyone who followed the whole Kovalev interview debacle from a distance, from second-hand sources, now sees Brunet as shady, whereas people who read all of the original LaPresse articles in French (not just the handful that some brave volunteers translated on here) have a very different view of Brunet - of a solid reporter who doesn't publish trash. If you start with the idea that Brunet = trash, this seems like the same thing. If you start with the idea that Brunet is competent, it looks like he dug up another very interesting nugget. |
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Post by Yeti on Sept 9, 2007 16:11:16 GMT -5
Brunet a highly credible reporter? I'm one of the francophones who reads his papers in french and I think he is trash. Well, since 2005 he is trash. I seem to remember that his career started with a controversy. He was banned from the dressing room for a period of time. He kept a low profile after that but now he is back in full force. This is so long ago, can anyone refresh my memory? Tremblay has some credibility left?
Bélanger was worried about the possibility of being used as defensive forward... Briere was being offered $50 millions to be an offensive player... Do you want to compare apples and oranges PTH?
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Post by ropoflu on Sept 9, 2007 17:13:39 GMT -5
I don't know or care about Brunet's journalistic integrity.
The subject of the news itself, true or false or anywhere in between, ain't sport information to me but just futile gossiping.
What I want to know: will they win or will they lose, did they win or did they lose, was the game or that player any good, etc. The rest falls in the "I don't give a crap" category, just like these information about what's that politician's dog name or the latest Hollywood trend.
Let the season starts now!
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Post by Cranky on Sept 9, 2007 18:19:03 GMT -5
You see what I see. Alll this 'timing" and "subject matters" reekes of Disney like PR convinience. Tremblay says that Brunet is as cautious as can be, his sources for the Brière situation are as rock-solid as can be. Tremblay says he knows one of the two sources. Pat Brisson, Brière's agent, claims that he never discusses linemates..... only Éric Bélanger, who has Brisson as his agent, got signed as a Free Agent by Minnesota, and, in the second article, we learn that Bélanger says that one of the first things Brisson asked was "who will he be playing with". Brunet's boss, the director of sports reporting at La Presse, backs his guy and is astounded at Brisson's claims. Timmins is also revealed as having more brawn than brains, since he doesn't understand why the QMJHL's seasons starts so early - it's because most cégep semesters start around august 21st, so players need to know where they'll be playing (which Junior team, and even if they made the cut, since most junior teams are in small towns and the B team might be a ways away, though I'm infering for this part) --- I gotta say, the Habs seem to be particularly touchy about anything that doesn't fit with the corporate image. I really don't like this, it feels like there are multiple coverups for things that aren't worth covering up. What happens when something big really happens ? That is exactly what I have been saying for a long time. It seems clear to me that our Hab's are becomming more and more like Coka-Cola/Disney cash milking conglomarate. Our Hab's current brain trust worries far more about who said what then what they put on the ice. The fact that Boivin came out of his ivory tower to attack people and GG wants to stay close to the team tells me everything I need to know about our teams priorities. I have been around large corporations long enough to know that when the big guns come rumbling, they are worried. And the fact that they are playing hardball tells me they are running away from something rather then defending any principles or reputaions. This is the year that the team either moves forward or the entire thing implodes. Either way, we need to move off the mediocrity orbit.... P.S. Before you guys take an axe to me.....I loved Gainey as a player but I have grave concerns about him as a manager. Players come and go, GM's come and go, but the only thing that stays in my heart is my Hab's pride....and that pride does not reside in mediocrity. Let's hope for a great season. |
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