Coincidence?
Last night, Cristobal Huet's shutout streak ended at 163 minutes, 11 seconds. He represensts the most recent goalie who has come off the Montreal Canadiens assembly line for French-Canadian Goaltenders.
Think about it... Just in the last 10 or so years, Montreal has had Patrick Roy, Jocelyn Thibault, Stéphane Fist, José Théodore and now Huet.
They've done pretty well with Québecois D-men, too, but wow....if only they had the same monopoly on forwards....as a Habs fan, I can't help but imagine how different they'd be with Tampa Bay's Vinny Lecavalier and Martin St. Louis, both from the Montreal area, no less! They basically kill them every time they come to town, and coincidentally, those exact two players were responsible for ending Huet's streak.
On that "completing the circle" note, I will stop typing...
3 Comments:
At 9:33 AM,
Anonymous said…
Huet is NOT French Canadian.
He is French. Period! He was born in St. Martin D'Heres, France.
GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT!
Shit, I'm bored again.
-Amr
At 9:46 AM,
Iain said…
He's french...he lives in Canada...meh, who cares?
At 11:23 PM,
Iain said…
and for completeness, my point still stands....after trading away Theodore, the Habs are now without a French-Canadian goalie on their roster for the first time since 1966.
But, both current goalies are from french-speaking European nations...so we'll call it a draw, k?
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