Regardless that it’s been greater than 72 hours since we realized thata significant amount of public money ($5-7 million, to be exact) had been spent by the government to lure the Kings’ training camp to Quebec City for a week in the fall, the topic continues to trigger a stir. In spite of everything, the context of negotiations within the public sector has made the entire thing relatively delicate, with workers set to go on strike within the coming weeks.
CAQ MPs may “understand” the unease, however the reality stays that it’s not happening properly.
And what didn’t assist issues was the truth that, within the hours following the federal government’s announcement, Alexandre Pratt revealed that the CH had also raised its hand to play in Quebec City, and in his case, it would have done so free of charge.
The “hypocrisy of the Habs” was denounced, the club reportedly called Luc Robitaille to complain, and even a Quebec City radio station bought into the act: it’s all very sensitive.
However this morning, Réjean Tremblay made an attention-grabbing level in his column of the day on the BPM Sports website: Pratt’s textual content, which comes instantly from France’s Margaret Bélanger, is meant as revenge for the 2021 summer time playoffs.
THE BIKER AND THE COWBOY…DASHING
Réjean Tremblay’s newest Editorial HEREhttps://t.co/e9YzoWN66w
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– BPM Sports activities (@BPMSportsRadio) November 17, 2023
With Pratt’s textual content on Tuesday evening, the Quebec authorities actually discovered itself in a precarious state of affairs. Public opinion actually swung in opposition to the CAQ, and it made the federal government look fairly dangerous.
Two years in the past, this similar France Margaret Bélanger was on the peak of negotiations with the federal government to extend the variety of followers allowed contained in the Bell Centre in the course of the 2021 playoffs. In each the semi-final and closing, the membership was restricted to three,500 followers inside its enviornment.
It’s for that reason that the columnist sees a sure revenge on the a part of the Tricolore, who reversed the pendulum of public opinion two years later.
Was this actually Groupe CH’s purpose in publishing this column? It’s a must to marvel, in the long run, as a result of it’s not inconceivable that they wished to sway public opinion of their favor. Maybe not essentially as revenge for 2021, however in an try to guard its maintain on the province’s market.
After all, we’ll most likely by no means know the reply to this, however France Margaret Bélanger’s outburst on Tuesday evening does make lots of people look dangerous, even when Quebecor claims that some facts have been distorted.
I ponder if Éric Girard is beginning to remorse all of it, since he may have played a bigger game than he thought…
Briefly
– If I had been him, I’d hope so too.
Legault hopes Bettman involves see the Kings https://t.co/JX2mmydBy5
– Mikaël Lalancette (@MikLalancette) November 17, 2023
– Very attention-grabbing.
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– Chris Peters (@chrismpeters) November 17, 2023
– Main harm for Barrett Hayton.
Listening to Coyotes C Barrett Hayton goes to overlook 4-6 weeks; surgical procedure possible for an harm sustained final evening vs. Columbus.
Listening to the Coyotes will recall C Jan Jeník from Tucson to interchange Hayton.
Appears like Matias Maccelli goes to be OK; simply wanted main dental work.– Craig Morgan (@CraigSMorgan) November 17, 2023
– I doubt it too.
Friedman on 32TP: “I think Dallas is going to go out to try to find the best defenseman they can find, that’s my guess as to what they’re going to do, so I think (Patrick) Kane would love to play there, I just don’t know if the fit is going to be there”
– NHL Watcher (@NHL_Watcher) November 17, 2023
– I didn’t anticipate to see Brock Boeser and Sam Reinhart on the prime of the checklist. Frank Vatrano can also be fairly a shock.
Rocket Richard race:
Matthews, #LeafsForever: 13
Boeser, #Canucks: 13
Connor, #GoJetsGo: 13
Reinhart, #TimeToHunt: 13
DeBrincat, #LGRW: 11
Vatrano, #FlyTogether: 11
Pastrnak, #NHLBruins: 11
Kucherov, #GoBolts: 11– NHL Watcher (@NHL_Watcher) November 17, 2023