samedi 19 octobre 2013

Match bizarre, victoire et blessure....







Le petit bonhomme ci-haut fait référence a Jean-Simon Deslauriers qui malheureusement n'a pu terminer le match hier soir à Drummond....

Pour revenir à ce match justement, avec 5:40 d'écouler en première période...le tableau indicateur indiquait 3-2 Drummond....quel début de match bizarre.

Les Piques ont pris les devant 2-0 sur des buts de Burke et Reway pour ensuite voir les Volts en compter 3 de suite sur Brodeur qui n'a vu que 9 tirs au but avant que Big Ben le retire du match pour un Robert Steeves en plein controle de ses moyens....résultat les Piques ont gagné 4-3 en bout de ligne et Steeves fut parfait tout au long de son blanchissage de 54 minutes....!!!

Dans la victoire, nous avons perdu les services de Deslauriers qui a été frapper en fin de match, le geste fut impuni, ont parle d'une commotion dans le cas de Deslauriers....rien pour nous aider ce week-end et rien pour aider notre défensive qui venait tout juste de rapatrier les services M-O Crevier-Morin....rien de nouveau non plus...le passé nous indique assez rapidement que les clubs trop petit de coach Groulx ce blesse à qui mieux-mieux!!!

En regardant notre "line-up" hier, il était assez facile de trouver notre faiblesse...et celle-ci était la robustesse..avec Sheppard, Dunn et Brouillard dans le "line-up" je trouve que nous sommes encore trop petit et trop facile a bardasser....vous pouvez donc imaginez sans eux!!!  Je vais pas dire qu'avec les 3 joueurs en question dans l'alignement que Deslauriers ne serait pas blessé en ce moment...mais je vais dire ceci....

Nous nous exposons à ce genre de traitement, nous laissons les autres clubs dicter cette facette du jeu....et sans "tough guys" sur la patinoire nous permettons l'autre club à prendre des risques sur nos joueurs tout en sachant qu'il n'y aura pas de conséquence...je reviens à dire que Kelly Bent serait beaucoup plus utile que le minable choix que nous avons eu pour lui en ce moment!!! 

Un Vincent Dunn moulé aurait été un bel atout hier à ajouter à notre "line-up", mais non, que fesait-il....Il purgait une suspension, une troisième depuis le début de la saison...le gars ce fesait suspendre de gauche à droite à VDO, quelqu'un ici voit une amélioration??? Big Bad Ben Groulx ne fait guerre mieux que les sacs-à-son de VDO, if you ask me!!!  Je veux bien croire que nous sommes en Octobre et que le hockey est rendu épouventablement "pansy"...mais Dunn nous aide pas dans la foule et les blessures s'accumule...encore une autre fois, ayant dit ceci...il serait plaisant d'avoir le moins de suspension possible dans son cas...son role, est de faire perdre la tête à l'adversaire...lorsqu'il ce fait suspendre il ne fait que faire perdre la tête à son coach et avec des échanges comme le trade-down et celui de Devos...j'aimerais que Groulx soit en total repos entre ses deux oreilles avant de signaler quelques numéros de téléphone aux fêtes!!!

L'Armada est en ville ce soir et Drummond nous rendre visite dimanche, au menu, c'est 3 matchs en 3 soirs pour les ptit-monsieur de Benoit Groulx, il sera très intéressant de voir comment le club va ce comporter devant ses partisans ce soir et demain!!!

L'Armada n'est pas notre meilleur ami depuis son arrivé dans la ligue et Groulx n'a pas beaucoup de succès contre eux...avec un alignement réduit, une victoire Hulloise serait un gros plus.  J'avais envisager, une victoire et deux défaites pour le week-end...mais avec une victoire en poche déjà les Piques peuevnt espèrer en gagner 2 sur 3...sauf qu'il ne faudrait pas vendre la peau de l'ours avant de l'avoir tuer, car L'Armada et les Volts ont surement d'autre idée en tête.

Je serai pas de la partie à Guertin ce soir, le travail m'en empêche, mais je serai au match de dimanche...disons que le style défensif de Groulx devrait être au menu avec nos éclopés, c'est Reway qui en sera grand gagnant...ha ha ha!!!

Tout n'est pas négatif, les Olympiques ont gagner dans la catégorie des mise-au-jeu encore une autre fois et finalement, il ont compté un but en avantage numérique pour nous donner 2 pts au classement, Karabacek l'heureux élu de ce succès semble être une belle trouvaille et le kid Dostie obtient un autre point à sa fiche (un but)...c'est une victoire qui donne un peu les effets d'une défaite à cause de la blessure à Deslauriers, mais tout de même une victoire importante pour la confiance et le moral de la troupe Hulloise.

Deslauriers, irremplaçable à la crédibilité de la défensive Guertin-ienne sera une porte d'ouverture pour les Brendan Smith, Crevier-Morin, Henry et companie de se prouver...ayant dit cela, il serait de mise pour coach Groulx de ne pas perdre les services de Carrier ou Beauregard en les sur-utilisant...car si l'un deux tombe au combat, je ne donne pas cher la livre du restant de notre bétail défensif....!!!

C'est un fait, les clubs petits ne récupère pas très bien lorsqu'il sont fatigué et blessé, ce genre de week-end n'est pas favorable pour notre formation, lorsque je parlais d'une défensive légère en début de saison, le nom de Deslauriers fesait partie de mes joueurs mentionné...il faut mieux protèger nos vedettes et nos joueurs de petites tailles, nous imposons pas le respect aux autres clubs, la voila raison du pourquoi les joueurs adverses prenne des libertés sur nous...c'est une chose de ce défendre, mais c'est totalement une autre de se faire respecter....et les clubs de Groulx ne sont pas respecter par les autres clubs au niveau de leur implication physique sur la patinoire!!!

Sew me if I am wrong, it won't cost me a dime, cause I am right!!!

Keep dropping the gloves kids, it's part of the game!!!

18 commentaires:

  1. For sure we are small, and need guys like Sheppard and Dunn in the lineup. If we are going to be serious contenders this year, then Groulx will need to trade up for two big, strong defencemen. Another big forward would help too, but defence is obviously where we need more size the most. I think this year's club is showing some good character and effort, we are playing excellent defensive hockey.

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  2. I watched all three games this weekend and came away with mixed feelings. It wasn't exciting hockey but it was winning hockey and that's the bottom line I guess. I really wasn't impressed with the opposition but I was really impressed with Steeves and the concerted defensive effort from the whole team. The keys to victory for them, because of their small and weak defense, with be goaltending, team defense, discipline and a better PP. The players will also need to develop thick thick skin to withstand the barrage of insults coming their way for the coach. I've discovered the Official Olympique Forum recently. Who is this Gryger? Benoit Groulx's love child? Can't believe people post on that board with that ogre berating everyone constantly - unless it's my bad French as I don't understand some of what he writes.

    mj

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  3. Dear MJ, do not wake the bear, DO NOT WAKE THE BEAR!!!! haha Gryger is H4L's old buddy ;) I do not like Gryger either, I can't wait until he is banned, I know it wont happen though...

    -go-ol-go-

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  4. @MJ

    Gryger is the reason my blogue here exist...on this planet we call GRYGER a brown noser....in french you can call him a "BITCH"...Hahaha!!!

    Whatever GRYGER knows about hockey he got it from me....the rest of his french poems are part of his futile imagination that comes and goes when he's driving on Maloney Boul in GAY-TINO/GATINEAU on his way to HULL Quebec...where the heart is!!!

    Don't read GRYGER to often....you'll develop permenant deseases that you won't be able to get rid of...the guy's best quality...is to miss a day of posting on that sissy forum!!!

    As for hockey and our week-end...i'm not going to complain on winning 3 games out of 3 match-ups....but Blainville was badly injured...and Drummond aren't the best team in the league...and they had there back-up in nets last night!!!

    Can anyone tell me why Humpdty didn't call a time-out last night after Drummond scored twice in the last 2 minutes!?!?! Result...they scored a third one...and we gave them a point in the standings!!!

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  5. I'd rather read H4L! At least he's a realist, a little over the top sometimes but interesting nonetheless. The other guy... condescending or what? There are a few level headed posters there but they are quickly shot down by Gryger whenever any logical or critical conversations arise.

    A few more points about the Olympiques...

    Beauregard is playing well... much much better than last year where he looked lost and scared like a deer in headlights.

    Dunn could be so much better if he had half a brain.

    Reway is magical at times even if it's obvious to everyone that playing for Groulx is the last place he wants to be. He would be incredible playing for Rimouski or even Victoriaville, big teams.

    Steeves has been lights out! Terrific. They are in major trouble if he goes down. Unlike others, I have little confidence in Brodeur. Flashes only, but that's it.

    Was Johnston a healthy scratch with the midget call up playing in his place? Poor kid looks like he's done already in Gatineau.

    Still incredibly small on D but against a smaller team like BB, it can be effective. It hasn't been against any of the bigger teams. Check out the hits stats... Beauregard has more hits than all the other Ds combined it seems. Plus, for such small players, there really is no offensive potential there... no Gagne or Brouillard type of offensive D.

    Bourcier is nothing more than a midget caliber player. The team has too many small players but at least some of them have grit. This guy shows nothing at all.

    T Richard is a disappointment to me as far as offensive production. He's on pace for what, 30 points? Still an upgrade over last year's 20 year olds but I expected almost a point a game production.

    The Dostie kid is small but tenacious and fairly talented. He's effective against smaller teams.

    Poirier will score 50 based on skill and ice time.

    Burke is a leader by example on the ice. Believe it or not, he's not that liked by many players in the dressing room as he's viewed as Groulx's "rat", for lack of a better expression. I guess it comes with being a captain. He looked faster at the start of the year and I thought he would a point a game player.

    Carrier would be so much better if he was 2 more inches and 30 pounds heavier. Smart but loses too many one on one physical battles. I guess I could say the same for Smith, Deslauriers, Allard, Henry and especially Berube.

    mj

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  6. I'm glad we see eye to eye on Gryger, i'm also glad i opened this blog a few years ago...I always wanted to talk about hockey with people who know the game...like we do!!!

    I'll stamp my name on being over the top a million times before being Groulx's secret lover like most blind fans and owners are...

    About ten years ago I was the only one pointed out flaws in Groulx's coaching and i was laughed at...fast forward to now...there's gryger, Sear, idiots around the league who are not Olympiques fans, the media who could not make the difference in between a puck and a stick and groulx's mom who are still convince that Big Ben his the best thing since slice bread...just giving you a heads up on how long this story line has been getting...

    Flash back to hockey lingo here...

    Remember what I was telling you about a month ago about Steven Johnson, you we're telling me he was going to score 20 goals this season...I have nothing against the kid, I just knew that groulx would be groulx. There his absolutely no reason in the world why a kid like Acquin, who I like too by the way, would be dressed over a guy that made the team...especially if that guy is not getting ice time already!!!

    When I say that we go to the games has fans to see the best of our team each and every night, this his one thing that makes me go absolutely nuts, having guys that are not on the team play while actual players aren't dressed!!! We shouldn't pay 18$ to see an extended training camp when we go to the BOB, we should be able to see the 2013-14 edition of the HULL Olympiques each and every night...not Groulx still asking himself questions thru October, November and December!!! At least he didn't send Acquin on the PP, he did this many times in the past!!

    Imagine how Steven Johnson feels, when he sees a 16 year from MAAA play instead of him...this his Groulx's way of mind controlling players to get the "best" out of them...this type of mentality works on players who can't think on their own...any smart player wouldn't accept this kind of treatment...nor should they if you ask me!!!

    Carrier is an amazing talent...and in a big team with a big defence he would be a tremendous asset...within our stroumph like team, he will get eventually over worked...the playoff won't be his best friend!!!

    About T-Richard, we're actually now 2 who think alike...everyone jumped on this guy band wagon as soon has he got a goal and past last season...he was Groulx's greatest pick-up because he got him for free in the JAAA....where did you say....yeah JAAA!!! One should ask themselves why he was there in the first place...answer...he wanted to follow his friends and he mentionned having lost his passion for the LHJMQ...!!! That's the type of guy you want in you team has a 20 year old to lead your rookies into the bright world of professionnal hockey...a guy that left the league at age 19 to "play" hockey instead of living for it!!! Cue to today, he's not having a great season....geeeez big surprise, personnaly i'm surprised he even came back. I have nothing against T-Richard, I just didn't like the fact that we identified him has being a 20 year old....oh and yes, I do agree, are 20 year old's are actually better then the ones from last season...that's saying alot!!!

    I wish Poirer would score 50, but it won't happen...for two reasons....one Groulx's will change his line too often for Poirier to get comfortable with anyone...don't think that reway-dunn-poirier line his settled for ever...Groulx will change things has the year goes along...so everyone plays with everyone...and two our power-play is not consistent enough, for a player to score 50 goals in this league, he will have to score at least 17 of those on the PP...I don't even know if will score 17 PP goals all year long...Hahaha


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  7. Kidding aside, I love Dostie....but yeah again, he falls in that small category...and again he would be great and fun to see him developp within an organization who would defend him and protect properly...here he will have to do that on his own....let's see then how he reacts....and let's see how great he can be...he reminds me of Mad Max Talbot a little bit...Max could defend himself and he had guys to that for him...i'm far from saying that this will be the same with Dostie. In Max's first game in HULL, he did a Gordie Howe special....expectations we're high from there....but hockey changed a lot, for the worst of course....botton line, I believe the Dostie kid will do great...how will we surround him...that's another story...who will be his coach in the next few years?!?!

    Has for Burke, I never understood how he got to be Captain after not playing at all for his first 2 years due to injuries...I guess he could be doing worst, i'm not in the dressing room...but I will say this, our team looks more on the same page then last season's team...maybe being the captain his growing up on him, that's good but not great...like I said many times...we should be ready to win something this season or make it to the final...I haven't seen anything right now making me believe that we have all the elements in place right now to confirm any of this...i can't wait until Christmas his over, for many reasons lol....just to see what will be our final line-up!!!

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  8. Groulx failed to call a timout in the Charlottetown game that was blown, and he left tired players on the ice and used very odd line combinations. He did the same thing against Drummondville. he failed to call a time out, then he left tired players on the ice again, after the Volts scored to come within one goal, then the players looked over expecting a change, but Groulx motioned them to stay on the ice.... why? The Volts then scored to tie up the game.

    Groulx is deliverately making idiotic coaching decisions. He is nuts in the fucking head. He is a sick man, and has no business coaching. We pay to attend games and have a right to expect that the coach will try to help his kids win the games, instead of deliberately contributing to blowing games. The man is on some power trip, he needs to show the kids who is boss and so on. But he really is a sick human being if he would do what he is doing. And no one on the other forum agrees with me, or is willing to discuss the fact that Groulx is refusing to take time outs in tough spots, that he is leaving tired players on the ice after the opposition scores, and so on.

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  9. @Anonymous

    I too post on the "Unofficial board" and have been blasted by Gryger once or twice. But, at 52 years of age, I have other things to worry about than someone saying I'm a because I don't think like him.

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  10. I do not mind any opinion, no matter how ridiculous. I am sure that some of my opinions are way out in left field. BUT... I never insult other posters. There is no need for this simply because someone disagrees with you or makes statements you believe are crazy. We do not need to be politically correct in a hockey discussion forum. If I want to call Groulx an absolute blithering idiot, then I should be free to do so without fear of insult.

    With respect to Gryger, I sat beside him for a season, and I like the guy personally. I do not agree with everything he says on the forum, but I will defend his right to say it. Unless personal insults take place, then the line has been crossed in my opinion.

    I repeat, Groulx is a disgrace to the coaching profession. Any coach who deliberately makes bad decisions which contribute to blown games is not operating with a full deck of cards.

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  11. @Hull4Life - you shouldn't take credit for what Gryger knows about hockey because he seems to know very little except for the inside of coach Groulx's butt cheeks!

    As for Tardif RIchard, I agree with you. He's small and a good player but not a very good player. The JAAA league is the weakest Jr A league in Canada so he should have dominated that league. He's a good 3rd liner but is that what you want for your 20 year old.

    I understand what you say about Poirier. He still plays tons and still plays the PP. Despite Groulx, the PP can't suck all year.

    For Johnston, as a matter of common decency, they shouldn't do to players what they've done to him. They sign him during the summer without having him even practice once with the team. Then, they play him sparingly or scratch him, and then cut him. The kid apparently had an NCAA scholarship that he's lost for a half dozen Q games mostly sitting on the bench. The decision should have been made at training camp that he wasn't good enough. Cut him loose then instead of making promises and having him lose his eligibility. There must be someone on staff who can assess talent before a player is signed and before this player plays an exhibition game. It's happened too often in recent years with Ontario kids and the team's rep is taking a beating because of it. NO OTHER team operates this way. To play Aquin instead of him is a disgrace. But it's Groulx's way. How many times were Boudreau, Rouleau, Bent, Kennedy, Kielly ..., in the stands last year watching midgets in their place....even late in the year. Players are humans and they become friends. As a coach, you want them to become like a family and have each other's back. It makes it difficult on many when a coach treats his players this way. The Johnston kid will surely find a place to play Jr A in Ontario and I'm sure will not have a good thing to say about Groulx, Sear and this organization. The word has spread about what snakes they both are and that's why they have trouble attracting quality players.

    @Stooy - Groulx's best quality, in my opinion, was how he managed the bench. He seems to have lost that also.

    mj

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  12. @MJ

    I agree with everything you just said, I mentionned a few years back that sending Laporte to BC at the last second, literally the last second to make place for DEVOS would come back and haunt us one day....little bit did I know that this would become a trend of mistreating players/human beings!!!

    Bottom line, if Groulx would be that good he would already be in the NHL and don't bullshit me people with the excuse that he stays here for his son...I never heard a coach decline an NHL offer for his family...he's still here because no one wants him or knows about him!!!

    I'm a true believer that great teams have awesome chemistry among players in the dressing room....I don't believe Groulx ever had that type of team...he won because had talent that Charly Henry got for him...claude went to the finals with a bunch of unknowns and how was he rewarded, he left a few years later...for the AHL then made it to the NHL...he didn't come back to juniors like humpdty did....they are reasons for this and treating players like ass clowns his one of them for sure!!!

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  13. Groulx cannot handle a simple task such as taking a timeout at the proper time or doing a line change when needed. He cannot handle a prima dona type player like Reway (the tough love from the recent scratches should have been done last year). He would not address the trouble players from last year. He discards players continuously instead of coaching and mentoring them. He bumbles more trades than any GM in the league. There is no way he's even close to being an NHL coach and I agree that outside of Quebec, he's a unknown, or at best, a guy who quit on Team Canada at the last minute and then quit on an AHL team to go backward to the Q.

    I do think he's an intelligent man who knows the nuances of hockey quite well. However, I also believe he is emotionally unstable. He's impulsive and speaks without thinking. Plus, he has no honor. He doesn't give a shit who he steps on or how many young lives he crushes. He'll lie without remorse. What's worse... Alain Sear is just as bad.

    Th old saying is that all Major Junior coaches lie. Fortunately, I've met quite a few good decent men during the past 10+ years who are honourable and who treat the players with respect. I was impressed with Jocelyn Thibault and his approach. I've met many good men in the OHL. I've had dealings with NCAA and USHL coaches who are there for the right reason. As much as Benoit Groulx is passable as a head coach (not so much as a GM), I can honestly say that he's simply a bad person with bad intentions. He does have a good looking girlfriend though. Anyways, talk to a couple of the outgoing owners for a clear picture of the way the Gatineau Olympiques are run.

    But I'm not critical of the players at all. They are doing well under the circumstances and, with a bigger defense, they'll be in the running for a long run in the spring. Once Reway starts playing in spite of Groulx, he'll be terrific notwithstanding his faults. Poirier will score 50 :). Dunn will hopefully be tamed.

    I do have confidence in assistant Landry. I don't know the other guy at all.

    mj

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  14. L'échange d'Hugo Laporte n'était pas fort, côté humain. Le choix de début de 3e ronde obtenu dans cet échange a cependant permis aux Olympiques de repêcher... Émile Poirier. Dans les circonstances, je pense qu'il s'agit d'un bon coup de Ben Groulx.

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  15. Hull4life and MJ, well said. You know that I am in agreement.

    Back during the three years that Paul Byron played for us, I was good friends with his entire family. They are absolutely great people. And I heard lots of inside information which I never repeated out of proper respect for the fact that Paul was playing on the team. To this day I have no revealed much of what I heard, though I have told a story or two.

    MJ, your psychological assessment of Groulx agrees with everything I heard. The man is a bully, he is emotionally unstable, he is irrational, he is impulsive, he is vindictive, he is a liar, he is a tyrant, he plays favourites to suckholes... and on and on and on.

    It is clear that this man has sick emotional needs that he can to some extent satisfy by coaching junior hockey. Of course he left the professionals, he can't get away with that shit when he is coaching men. He is a disturbed human being and more and more he is revealing it by his game coaching decisions. We do not see what happens behind the closed doors, but we bloody well see what happens on the ice. And his coaching moves are not mistakes, they are deliberate moves designed to contribute to blowing games.

    This must be a result of some odd psychological need to show the kids that he is the boss, that they only win if he wants them to, that they will lose if he wants them to.

    Groulx makes me puke.

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  16. Also, with respect to the players. Here is what Paul Byron said to his dad, who repeated it to me.

    The players know Groulx is sick. Some of them lose heart, and some of them just accept it and play their best and look forward to the day when they get out of Gatineau. The only ones that like him are the suckholes who are generally disliked by the other players on the team. There is always talk of simply refusing to play for this asshole, and sometimes this mentality wins out. We saw it in the playoffs in Byron's first year, 2006-2007. We saw it in the playoffs in Drummondville when Hull4life and I sat together two watch the two disgraces. But other times a different mentality prevails, and the plays basically say fuck it, fuck him, we will try our best for ourselves, but not for the asshole.

    I hope our kids do not lose heart and that they keep working hard and trying their best. If the idiot refuses to call time outs and leaves tired players out there, then so be it.

    Here is another story I have not revealed until now.

    There was a game back in the Byron years, not sure which one, where I watched and thought to myself- what the hell is Groulx doing, he is obviously coaching as if he is trying to lose the game deliberately. Then I found out, we all found out, that Groulx had put an ineligible player in the lineup and that no matter what happened in the game the other team would get the two points and we would get none.

    After the game in the dressing room Groulx went INSANE. He screamed at the players and defied any of them to open their mouths and comment upon the mistake he had made. He screamed words like- which one of you guys has the fucking guts to say something? All of the players remained silent and Groulx seemed to get even madder when no one would challenge him. Eventually he stormed out of the dressing room.

    I am not making any of this up, and I am sure Randy Byron, Paul's dad, would verify it all.

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  17. Be careful, your stories will give Gryger a boner...

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  18. Hahahahahahahhahahahahahahahhahahahahaha.....

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