Habster:
Christmas is less than two days away with millions of children around the world anxiously awaiting the arrival of the big joy fellow to deliver the “goods”……..err……..I mean the gifts to the children who were good throughout the year.
I will readily admit to being a big 43 year old kid who enjoys watching his kids open (more like ripping to shreds) their gifts around the Christmas tree. I’ve also been known to enjoy “ripping” open my own gifts in great anticipation to see if Père Noël got me any Montreal Canadiens items……hats, jerseys, sweater or a cordless drill (alright, I know the NHL doesn’t sell a drill with the Habs’ logo on it, but wouldn’t it work better if it had one…..then again, it would only work occasionally like the Habs!!!).
More than any tangible x-mas gift under the tree is the desire of most Canadiens fans to see the Habs play a more consistent brand of hockey in the new year which would go a long way towards helping them go further into the playoffs and hopefully compete for Lord Stanley’s mug at season’s end.
I have compiled my annual Habs fan Christmas wish list. Please feel free to add to the list in the comment section of this article. I’ll be more than happy to add it to the main article list and mail the list to Santa.
Here is my wish list in no particular order:
- A top four defenseman in the mold of a Jay Bouwmeester, Jordan Leopold, Derek Morris, Mattias Ohlund or Eric Brewer to name a few.
- I would give Guy Carbonneau and the coaching staff some books on game strategy, hockey systems and preparing your team for a game.
- Free haircuts at any Montreal barber shop for Andrei Kostitsyn.
- A longer hockey stick for Alex Kovalev which has been blessed by the Pope.
- No more Higgins for so and so rumors!!
- One way ticket to North America for Alexei Emelin.
- Continued consistency from Gui.
- A gritty, hard nosed playoff type of forward like Ian Laperriere, Colby Armstrong or Mike Grier.
- Kyle Chipchura finally sticking with the Canadiens.
- Pleky finding his Mojo.
- An announcement by Bob Gainey that Mike Komisarek has agreed to a 5 year/$28.75 million contract with the Canadiens.
- A WWE video for Ryan O’Byrne on how to take the body and slam players into the boards.
- Same WWE video for Breezer!!!!
- A GPS Navigator System for Jaroslav Halak to find his next destination after March 4th.
Please add to the list and may I take this opportunity to wish everyone a Happy and Safe Holiday season from All Habs!!!!