Audio: Laraque on media teleconference

posted by Dave Stubbs at 19h19 EST on Jul 3



Freshly minted Canadien Georges Laraque spoke to a dozen or so Montreal hockey media this evening on a teleconference arranged by the hockey club, saying it will be his job to let the team's skill players do their job and not be run out of the arena.

Here, in its entirety, is the audio of the 23-minute bilingual session.

A couple of highlights in English:

• About 3:45 in, Laraque speaks at length about his 2003 comments about not wanting to play for the Canadiens;

• At about 19 minutes, he speaks candidly about having been able to take advantage of a Canadiens team last season that didn't have a heavyweight on its roster.

(Apologies for the sound quality; teleconferences are what they are...)




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filincal's picture
Submitted by filincal on Thu, 07/03/2008 - 23:49.

I'd like to see George play on Sak's line more often than not.
He should make Gui play alot bigger; I foresee a breakout for him(gui).
The team can now concentrate on their skills ,hard checking and let George take care of the extra curricular stuff.
I BLEED BLEU BLANC ET ROUGE!!!


Y's picture
Submitted by Y on Thu, 07/03/2008 - 23:20.

Seems like I missed some drama. Who got banned?


Submitted by 24 Cups on Fri, 07/04/2008 - 06:40.

Y - I have no idea but this is why I like to post early in the day before the grackles come out. Or should I say loons.

The Original 24 Cups


Moey's picture
Submitted by Moey on Thu, 07/03/2008 - 23:51.

Missed that too, but how about playing a little Mutiny on the Bounty? I'll be the galley slave while you take over the ship :)


Y's picture
Submitted by Y on Fri, 07/04/2008 - 00:56.

Sorry I'm not really into role-play unless it involves maid outfits.

And I really hope you're a girl ;)


Submitted by Xtrahabsfan on Thu, 07/03/2008 - 23:05.

L A R A Q U E R U L E S ! ! ! !


The Teacher's picture
Submitted by The Teacher on Thu, 07/03/2008 - 22:31.

WOW, that is utterly pathetic..

insulting Ian....

utterly pathetic....

he needs to go hang himself somewhere with a lot of maggots around.

Laraque will make them Pay the Price!


The Teacher's picture
Submitted by The Teacher on Thu, 07/03/2008 - 22:19.

LMAO LMAO

GTC, the best...Love it!

Laraque will make them Pay the Price!


Grabbed The Cup's picture
Submitted by Grabbed The Cup on Thu, 07/03/2008 - 22:26.

He's already got a couple of suitors, the lucky boy!


Submitted by Jim M on Thu, 07/03/2008 - 23:04.

Herb, Now they're fighting with each other. It's bloody sad!


Grabbed The Cup's picture
Submitted by Grabbed The Cup on Thu, 07/03/2008 - 23:17.

I'm ashamed to admit it, but I've gotten quite a giggle out of the whole thing. I guess that little kid in me is still alive and well.


Submitted by Jim M on Thu, 07/03/2008 - 23:23.

Geeeesh, somebody rent those two a room.


Grabbed The Cup's picture
Submitted by Grabbed The Cup on Thu, 07/03/2008 - 23:26.

Goodnight Jim, thanks for the laugh... I'll have to dial up that page tomorrow to see how it turns out.


The Teacher's picture
Submitted by The Teacher on Thu, 07/03/2008 - 23:58.

LMAO, too funny guys :)

Laraque will make them Pay the Price!


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Submitted by jody1974 on Thu, 07/03/2008 - 22:31.

Is he????

Maybe he's shy and wont know what to do and pee his pants?


Submitted by habsworld on Thu, 07/03/2008 - 22:04.

If Laraque was traded to the rangers, do you think they would have a press conference for him? NO! That's because NYR go after the big fish, unlike the habs, who go after guppies,(pinching pennies)like a minor league team. Reminds me of the expos, who developed players thru good drafting, and then when the player became very good, they couldn't afford him, traded him away, acting like a farm team for all the other teams, like the yankees.
Habs are the same because they refuse to spend alot of $$ to go get a superstar. They con the fans of Montreal into believing they're trying to get a star, but they never do, and that will never change.
Montreal will always operate like a farm team for teams like NY and Detroit.


KJD's picture
Submitted by KJD on Fri, 07/04/2008 - 00:37.

Your a dumb a** idiot, shut the F' up idiot. As we don't care to read your ignorance CHUMP!!!


Chuck's picture
Submitted by Chuck on Thu, 07/03/2008 - 22:35.

After I walk the dog, then have a beer, I'll explain to you everything that's wrong with your post.

:)

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jody1974's picture
Submitted by jody1974 on Thu, 07/03/2008 - 22:10.

So then please stop watching the Habs play hockey and move over to a sport like Water Polo....

Thank you very much...

Habs are # 1... In Gainey we give our trust to...


The Teacher's picture
Submitted by The Teacher on Thu, 07/03/2008 - 22:11.

LOL, water polo.

Laraque will make them Pay the Price!


N.B.habs fan's picture
Submitted by N.B.habs fan on Thu, 07/03/2008 - 22:09.

stop your complaning and get a life


The Teacher's picture
Submitted by The Teacher on Thu, 07/03/2008 - 22:12.

Hey buddy! long time no see. How have you been?

Laraque will make them Pay the Price!


Submitted by Gary320 on Thu, 07/03/2008 - 22:02.

I wish I was as happy as everyone for this deal.. but I'm not that happy over it... its not going to make us contenders.. and our biggest problem wasnt fighting away people..I dont think people will crash less on our goalies.. I dont think Laraque will be even used in the post season that often (Look at Penguines/Edmonton)

Its a minor minor deal.. and I'm glad it wasnt for anyhting over 2 mill but.. I guess we will wait and see?

3 years though.. damn. 2 years or one year I'd be fine with.


Submitted by RS on Thu, 07/03/2008 - 22:12.

Not every one is over the moon about this one.

Then again about the postseason. BGL played 15 playoff games with Pitt and 15 when he was with the Oilers. Not every game but not bad.


Submitted by roadrunner24@ho... on Fri, 07/04/2008 - 08:55.

This is perfect share half the games in the playoffs with kostopoulos.... you guys all remember kosto's performance in the playoffs... great one night and no where to be seen some others .... now if we alternate these two well be able to max the potential out of this positions... it all depends who our opponents are .... if we need speed then kosto if we need tough than laraque.... its a Judgment call ... Guy's got Judgment


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Submitted by Sbah Reverof on Thu, 07/03/2008 - 21:52.

Hello all, been reading from the sidelines the past few weeks; great stuff.
BGL is a solid signing, a player of limited talent, but enormous value, and he is someone who always plays with a lot of heart. His comments about manhandling the Habs were especially interesting, and I'm curious to see his impact on an already well-rounded team.
My two cents: to anyone who would criticise Gainey for being too conservative, I would say: lucky for us he is.


Submitted by RS on Thu, 07/03/2008 - 21:56.

I agree. You know things are crazy and stupid when trading away first round picks is considered "conservative." That's verging on overly aggressive in my books.


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Submitted by TommyB on Thu, 07/03/2008 - 21:48.

LOL...a few of you guys have some "interesting" things to say over on faceoff.com (a sidebar on the Toronto Star sports pages). Take a look:

http://www.faceoff.com/hockey/nhlnews/story.html?id=01405f5d-beab-46e1-b...


Grabbed The Cup's picture
Submitted by Grabbed The Cup on Thu, 07/03/2008 - 22:12.

Thanks for the heads up Tommy, I'll be checking back there again as he is starting to write some personally revealling posts.


The Teacher's picture
Submitted by The Teacher on Thu, 07/03/2008 - 21:52.

He's a clown.

Habs1rule at yahoo dot com is his email.

Hey GTC must be proud LMAO

Leafs best line -"Grabs and Pohl's my Finger!


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