You heard @colecaufield — the @CanadiensMTL want the Bell Centre LOUD tonight: “Thank god we got a full Bell Centre behind us now....
I was a hockey fan before I was an NHL player. So I feel like I am completely unbiased when I say that there’s playoff hockey, and then there’s playoff hockey in Montréal.
And then there’s a whole other tier, which is Friday Night Playoff Hockey in Montréal.
We were obviously disappointed not to get home ice, but when that schedule came out, and we saw Game 3 at the Bell Centre on a Friday night, everybody was just grinning ear to ear, like….
F*** me. This is gonna be insane....
And I know what you’re thinking. Cole, are you crazy? You’re dropping this masterpiece in the middle of a playoff series?....
I actually did this right before the series, and I told the folks at The Players’ Tribune to only drop this before our first home game, to make sure you were all fired up. I hope I did a good job. Any little edge, right?
We’re not last year’s team. I think everybody can see that....
To me, hockey is the best sport because you really can’t do it alone. Scoring 50 this year was awesome, but it was such a team accomplishment. And really, it’s about the whole atmosphere that you’re in. The Bell Centre has been incredible all season, and to score number 50 there in front of all you guys, and with my dad in the building … that was such a great wave to ride into these playoffs.
I think most people have probably seen the clip of my dad crying in the stands. Me and my brother were cracking up, because of course he’s wearing a Brewers cap. The guy’s son plays for the Habs and he’s weeping on camera in the quarter-zip and the Brew Crew hat. I guess he had Opening Day fever. Classic. (Security, don’t let him in the building without a Habs hat on.)” playerstribu.ne/Caufield
NEW for @TheAthletic, Anthony Cirelli is all business in front of the cameras. Turns out he’s a ‘goofball’ in the dressing room with his teammates. But on the ice, one of the NHL’s top 2-way centers has put on a master class so far in the Tampa-Montreal series. ⤵️
nytimes.com/athletic/72223…
Jeffrey Rath, a leading Alberta separatist and fringe independence activist, warned Premier Danielle Smith that if she won’t support leaving Canada, she should stay out of the fight and not campaign for the pro-Canada side in the upcoming referendum. He claims most of her UCP supporters want independence and says her pro-Canada stance is “anti-democratic.”
Lets be honest, Rath is deep in the tin-foil-hat end of the spectrum — not really worth serious debate, just a quick eye-roll and a chuckle at how far-out these ideas are.
Alberta is stronger together in Canada!
#StandWithCanada#ProudCanadianPolitics