Do you like revisionist history?

There's a disease currently ravaging the Canadiens media base and it's acute revisionist history. Today's feature is Daniel Brière, since word got out that he was all pouty and the Habs were looking to move him. For a prime example of ARH (which is one letter removed of the perfect acronym of ARGH), check out Eric Engels who has twittered a many tweets on the woes of the first to get an accent on his jersey.

Spiel #1: Brière not given a chance

Ah yes. Previously known as the Rise and Fall of Guillaume Latendresse. Yup. Because wasting his time skating around no man's land while Plekanec and Gionta furiously attempt to create hockey things only to pass the puck to him and the play dies a horrible death was not giving the prize Francoshrimp a chance. Or the time Eller's line got further split up because having Brière with Plekanec and Gionta ended up being terrible in terms of Brière not being able to help those guys play those defensive roles they're currently up to. I remember the glorious play of Lars Eller skating full stride down the ice with purpose and the puck, making the Florida Panthers look like pylons and just as he reaches their blue line, in comes Brière, cutting across him for no reason, kicking the puck lose from Eller's stick causing a turnover ELLER GOT BLAMED FOR BY MOST BLIND MEDIOTS and forcing Eller to work his ass off to get back to his zone, recover the puck and try again. That was also the game with the extended powerplay where Brière got a chance to do something while Eller's ass was glued to the bench. How did Brière do on that powerplay? He had his stick up around by his waist, the puck came by him, he looked confused, dazed, and watched as the powerplay dwindled to 0 and the game was lost. He was on a line with Pacioretty and Desharnais and spent most of it lost in space. He was put with Gallagher, against lost in space. The problem is you can't have the small guys together too much anyway, especially if one doesn't give a fuck.

My 5lbs Chiweenie has more intensity than this so-called hockey player. And he doesn't even like hockey. (He prefers football).

Spiel #2: Treated like a rookie

Ask Lars Eller off the record how he really feels then get back to me about "being treated like a rookie". You get what you deserve to get, unless of course you're Eller who in FINE Danish fashion will never waiver nor sigh but will find something to do on the ice to contribute, be it a huge hit or a great backcheck or a shootout goal. Brière shrugs and says "well I don't want to peak too early now, gotta be ready for the playoffs". WE HAVE TO GET THERE FIRST ASSHAT. Would you send Brière out in the shootout over Eller? Nope. I'd send Carey Price in the shootout over Brière right now, considering the last time he had a shootout attempt, he looked like it was his first attempt ever and he was scared shitless. This is the guy who used to swing in on the wing and go top-corner all the fucking time! And if you look 100-times more disinterested in a shootout with NO ONE ON THE ICE TO DEFEND AGAINST YOU than you do in game, you have a problem.

Spiel #3: Other vets get plenty of slack

Other vets WHO ARE CONTRIBUTING TO THE TEAM are getting plenty of slack. Gionta's sucking wind these days but he's at the very least hustling in a defensive role and can miraculous pot the rare goal here and there. You put Brière in that role and he'll turn his nose up at it. Bourque gets more slack than fucking Galchenyuk and that's wrong but at the present, Bourque should get more slack than Brière because he actually looks a smidgen more interested in putting the puck in the net than Brière. Hell Brière doesn't even look interested when he's sitting in the box sweating out another one of his dumb penalties. Why should he get any slack? He's been given enough. At the very least Desharnais miraculous freed himself from his own noose.

Spiel #4: Respect

I guess it goes with Spiel #2. They've given Brère so much rope he could string us a new Champlain Bridge. The problem people seem to be missing is this: do you sacrifice 2pts in a tight race to the playoffs hoping this local twat gets his ass going or do you say "sorry bud, I have no time to waste". It's bad enough they fucked Eller around, but like I said before, when he's not scoring he's got other roles to fill. If I'm Therrien I look at my line up and I say "nope, I have no more room to putz around." Either do, or do not. Because frankly there is no try with this guy. They gave him the places to try and he sauntered around like he was on vacation. He'd be healthy scratch in the fucking Swiss League the way he's playing. When you're a Black Hole to hockey plays, the team doesn't have the time to wait for YOU to MAYBE do something anymore.

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I didn't like this signing. I never liked this player. I'm sick of the "Go French" crap. As the wise Ken Dryden once said, you want to win or be French? Right now, he's not giving us anything to help the team win but giving them plenty of hole to lose with. He's not even giving us anything to make us like him or want more. So why then are we basically being assaulted by every volley of the "just give him a chaaaaaance" media garbage? The worst thing is some of the fans are actually falling for this crap! Mistake city. Eat it. Go back to Buffalo for the nostalgia. There's no room on this team for you, and Louis Leblanc is more useful to us than you.

Trade the guy for a flipping pick already. The torch burnt out long before it was ever lit.