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À SFC, on continue à s’intéresser à nos collègues de la blogosphère.

Cette fois-ci, en marge du match contre les champions de la Coupe Stanley, on s’intéresse au blogue Abel to Yzerman. Le ton et l’approche un peu trash de celui-ci nous plaît, c’est pour cette raison qu’on a voulu aller au fond des choses.

On a posé au blogueur Bill Houlihan quelques questions.

SFC: Since you’ve been blogging since 1977, how could you describe Jacques Demers’ value to the team?

A2Y: Yes, it’s been a long time.  And it’s been fun to watch the evolution of hockey blogs from ‘77 to now.  I think all of us remember Demers very fondly because he was, in a very significant way, responsible for the resurgence of hockey in Detroit.  Of course, having a guy named Yzerman with him didn’t hurt.  That heavy French accent confused most of us, but he still made more sense than Mike Babcock does.
 

SFC: Tell me more about The Enigma (Robert Lang). Is he the best looking hockey player Detroit ever enjoyed?

A2Y: Without question, The Enigma is the most handsome man to ever play hockey in Detroit.  And he made sure everyone knew it every night.  Straight out of a Warren Zevon song.  Smiling Bobby Lang was 0 for 858 in defensive zone faceoffs while in Detroit, but his hair was perfect every shift. 
 

SFC: Is Marian Hossa a real Red Wings?

A2Y: Marian Hossa could be elected mayor of Detroit today.  Then again, qualifications for that job are not necessarily high.  Yes, he’s a real Wing because he sacrificed all that cash because he wanted to win a Cup. Red Wing players have been doing that for years.  It was common practice, before Gary Bettman ruined the league and many of our lives, for Wing players to re-structure their contracts, to take less money in order to play in Detroit.  Hossa’s move was similar.  Hossa, even if he doesn’t stay past one year, will always be popular in Hockeytown.
 

SFC: You seem to think Mike Babcock has a “syntax problem”, as many Montreal players and journalists do. Is it because there’s so many swedes on the team, is he creating a new language?

A2Y: Most of the Swedes, with the exception of Holmstrom, speak better english than Babcock.  It’s because he’s so smart.  He’s thinking three and four sentences ahead of the one that’s actually leaving his mouth. So he’s not really into finishing them all.  He kind of leaves you hanging, like…”Homer’s back is killing him, we’re going to have to…Conklin wears 29 because over the summer I caught 29 perch in two days and then we’re going to put Hudler on the first power play unit.”

SFC: Claude Lemieux may make an NHL comeback. Could you forgive him?

A2Y: Yes. I forgive him.  I forgive him because the image of him in the fetal position getting pummeled by Darren McCarty at Joe Louis arena is still the poster my children gather ’round to sing Christmas Carols to every year.  It’s brought us all so much joy.  Now, if he plays for San Jose?  Beating them will be that much sweeter.  Lemieux’s the gift that never stops giving. 
 

SFC: Which team do the Red Wings’ fans hate the most?

A2Y: Good question.  Hate is such a harsh term. And I love it so.  We despise Anaheim.  Hate them? Yes.  Chris Pronger is not a popular man in our schools.  Our children are taught that he’s evil, which he is.  In fact, most of our second graders are ahead of Pronger, developmentally.  Few things would be sweeter than meeting the poultry in the conference finals and exacting revenge. 

Oh, and we also hate Colorado because it’s a law in Michigan.

Je vous invite à lire attentivement le glossaire. Un compte-rendu intéressant de la culture des partisans de Hockeytown.

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