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Official 2009 - 2010 Montreal Canadiens Thread. (pg. 13)
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| quote: | CANADIENS TO PART WAYS WITH WINGER LARAQUE
Georges Laraque will not play another game with the Montreal Canadiens.
General manager Bob Gainey contacted him Thursday morning and told him that head coach Jacques Martin didn't had any confidence in him anymore and the team believes they can win without the enforcer in the lineup. The club will pay his salary for the rest of the season and will buy out the rest of his contract at the end of the 2009-10 campaign.
Laraque, who told TSN he was on his way to practice in the morning when he received the call to meet with Gainey, insists he's been a good team player and said there were no issues with the team or Martin, whom he believed was behind the decision.
"Jacques Martin doesn't like me and doesn't believe in toughness," Laraque told TSN.
Laraque added that Martin never shared any concerns directly with him and is furious with the Canadiens' approach based on the emotional issues he's dealing with following the devastating earthquake in Haiti and the impact this disaster has had on both him and his family.
"To do this in the midst of all I'm dealing with in Haiti, the timing is awful," Laraque said angrily.
Laraque followed up the initial conversation after cooling down in an effort to put his frustration into context.
"I was very emotional and I'm very hurt by this decision. I'm a proud guy and I may have let my emotions get the better of me," Laraque told TSN.
"Needless to say, I'm very disappointed."
Laraque, a Montreal native, signed a three-year, $4.5 million contract in July of 2008 and has one year remaining on his deal.
A lingering back injury limited him to just 61 games with the Canadiens over the last two seasons, as he tallied just five points and 89 penalty minutes. Laraque scored his first and only goal with the Canadiens last week in a game against the Dallas Stars.
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| OkiDokie |
| I like Laraque :( |
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| kanaBEATya |
| quote: | Originally posted by OkiDokie
I like Laraque :( |
I like Laraque too..... on the sideline! |
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| OkiDokie |
| quote: | Originally posted by kanaBEATya
I like Laraque too..... on the sideline! |
Je l'aime mieux quand il jette le gants :cool: |
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| Spin Laden |
too many injuries and far too respectful on the ice, the antithesis of a real goon who's also on his last legs: Brashear. At least with Brash, opponents could always feel his presence, always wondering when he'd snap.
Laraque doesn't strike fear in his opponents like he once did in his Edmonton days, plus these types of players are getting lost in the new NHL.
Maybe the Oilers will pick him up next year :p |
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| Schadenfreude |
hopefully this is just step one, i would say fire gainey...but there is no point in that as he has severely handcuffed any new gm for several years with a bunch of ghastly contracts.
gomez
gill
mara
spacek
no way to get rid of those monstrosities...i've seen paraplegics that would be more threatening than gill in the corners. Another popovic.
epic lol at jacques martin pulling guy carbonneau coaching 101. Maybe next game we could dress 16 d men. |
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| KrinKer |
No ones talking about messiah not being on the ice for training this morning ?
Or camalleri and Lapierre fighting during that same training session ??
This team is going to go far this year .... |
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| Schadenfreude |
| Laraque sealed his fate when he decided to rack up the same amount of penalty minutes as tomas pleknanek. |
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| Schadenfreude |
| quote: | Originally posted by KrinKer
No ones talking about messiah not being on the ice for training this morning ?
Or camalleri and Lapierre fighting during that same training session ??
This team is going to go far this year .... |
link?
man it just keeps on getting worse.
Jacques Martin ruined Lapierre by not giving him a specialized roll on the team. He should be killing penalties instead of Tito Gomez, the giveaway on the first blues goal last night is proof of this. He is also better at faceoffs than him.
Not having a captain is such an awesome thing. I thought all the players brought in during the off season were supposed to improve the chemistry.
Mr gain o man..CROTTA! |
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| KrinKer |
appareantly Cammalleri also had some fighting words with Moen
I mean this is getting better and better every minute (and rds.ca for the info) |
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| Schadenfreude |
man this just keeps on getting better and better, if only this team was as entertaining on the ice as off of it.
MESDAMES ET MONSIEURS...ACCEUILLONT VOS MAPLE LEAFS DE MONTREAL!
hopefull next year there will be a few empty seats once in awhile to wake up management. not going to happen though...those 10$ Molson M's are raking it in anyway. |
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http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/blog/pu...?urn=nhl,215001
unbelievable.
Laraques says releasing him is in bad taste because of what happened in Haiti after the team donates 150 000$.
you , maybe if you dropped the gloves as much as you ran your mouth you would not be applying at Burger King. |
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