There are some things you can't cover up with lipstick and powder
I thought I heard you mention my name, can't you talk any louder?
Don't come any closer, don't come any nearer
My vision of you can't get any clearer
The Montreal Canadiens, how you once used to dazzle. Now, you are one that inspires talk, some awkward moments and an upset stomach. Nice footage of Dave Edmunds and the Rockpile in New York City circa 1979. The Canadiens would come to New York to face the Rangers that spring and take the Stanley Cup, the last of four in a row, to close the decade.
Those twentysomethings prancing and dancing about in that video? They are in their late 50s now and they probably look a heck of a lot better across the Lounge now than the Canadiens do. Yes, it's that sad.
Talking with reporters on Wednesday, the Habs' Michael Cammalleri said that the team has developed a losing mentality, a comment that is a surprise to me only because somebody inside the organization is finally telling the truth. No more centennial to celebrate, the Canadiens have no fresh makeu to cover this hideous team that has many Scott Gomez-sized warts.
"I can't accept that we will display a losing attitude as we're doing this year," Cammalleri told reporters. "We prepare for our games like losers. We play like losers. So it's no wonder why we lose."
And it's not only on the ice. On the management level, they've made questionable deals and compounded them with Franco-Anglo language spinoramas that have everyone wondering what spill the team will take next.
Jay Baruchel, an actor-director-writer, who is a Montreal native and dedicated Canadiens fan, went on the Marek vs. Wyshynski radio show on SportsNet/Puck Daddy a few weeks ago and decried the sad state of affairs of his squad. Comparing his team to a house inhabited by hoarders, he described perfectly a team that is up to its ears in memorabilia, souvenirs and yellowed newspaper clippings of a team that hasn't won a Cup since 1993. Le message, dans anglais ou français, is that this team has its head so far up its past that it cannot escape this tunnel vision. The franchise needs help, and no one is rushing to the scene.
Tonight, the Canadiens are in Boston to face the Bruins, and I am certain there still is a certain sizzle to the game (7 Eastern on the NHL Network). But take a step back and you can see Montreal sitting alone, hoping that someone will pick up the check. Thanks for the memories.
You may not be an old-fashioned girl
But you're gonna get dated
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