CHRISTINNE MUSCHI
Well the Montreal Canadiens got the day off after their glorious and historic victory over, uh, Tampa.
And that, dear friends, is all the excuse the French Immersion slackers needed to put our clodhoppers on the desk and click on the Champions League.
There will be no work at FI headquarters today.
Although we will pass along some extra bonus game coverage that didn't make it into the boffo paper edition of Canada's National Newspaper last night.
After his three point evening, Scott Gomez was asked about 6,284 times about overcoming his slow start to the season, and after answering the same thing 6,283 times ("I give credit to my linemates, blah-blah, zzzzzz"), the hacks finally got him to crack and reveal the true reason for his renaissance.
"Brian (Gionta) finally pulled his head out of his a-- and started putting (the puck) in. I blame him for the first half," Gomez said.
We're fairly certain that was mock seriousness, but feel free to take it out of context if you will.
What's certain is that Gomez's gas tank is free of sand, and his team seems to be hitting its stride at exactly the right time. Bring on the playoffs, La Ville Est Hockey, etc.
Imagine what these guys will be like when Mike Cammalleri gets back from his knee owie next week (along with the good, bad and hockey ugly that is Marc-Andre Bergeron).
Speaking of Cammalleri, he has apparently spent his rehab period fiddling around on this newfangled Twitter thingy, and even posts his musings in French.
Be still our bicultural heart.
We realize it's probably old news to all you Twittererererers out there, but if you're so inclined you can find him here.