Moore-Butts: Is This An Audition For The Hockey Night Panel?
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What is the main focus of the conversation about Canadian hockey?
Are you ready for another more butts conversation? It's coming right up.
And hello there, Peter Mansbridge here along with, uh, James Moore, Gerald butts. It's a more butts conversation. And, uh, We're actually going to try and be like Ron McLean and Kelly Rudy and company. We're going to do a little hockey talk, first of all, because I find what's been going on. You know, every time there's a Stanley Cup playoffs, we get into this thing about, well, yeah, but who's the Canadian team in there? And will there even be a Canadian team? Well, there's always a Canadian team. Most of these teams are majority Canadian players. But I get it. It's about which city they come from. And this time we're in the semifinals. There are only four teams left, and one of them is Canadian. So are we all cheering for the Montreal Canadiens?
Or is there some of those old biases held back against whether it's Montreal or Toronto? There usually is some bias against those teams. But... Who wants to start on this? I mean, let's start with Jerry because Jerry's actually been to one of the, was in one of the Carolina games, went down there to watch it all. Talk to me about this because it seems to me anyway, this time around, there is more of a kind of let's get behind Montreal feeling as opposed to what we've seen in the past. Maybe it's because it's been so long since a Canadian city has been in. But what are your thoughts on this?
Yeah, I agree with that, Peter. And as a diehard Montreal Canadiens fan, I'm obviously thrilled to have all of you Leafs and Canucks and other Canadian teams fans on board. Although I will say, I think the most recalcitrant are the Leafs. That'll change, of course, if it's a Montreal-Vegas final, because the Leafs fans will be reacting in horror to the prospect of Mitch Marner winning the Conn Smythe and holding up
That'll be in horror, the possibility of either side winning those two teams.
Yeah, and we talked a little bit about this during the Olympics, and we'll say no more about that.
How do biases affect support for Canadian hockey teams?
But it's great to see the whole country get behind something and rib each other about it and joke about it and put aside our petty differences about our teams to all get behind one team. And I think Montreal being... Montreal, it's hard to explain to people who don't live in Montreal what that city is like when the Canadians are on a deep playoff run. The last one was super weird because it was during COVID when they made the final. But I'm dating myself here as usual. But I was a lowly undergraduate university student the last time the Montreal Canadiens won the Stanley Cup. And I remember experiencing what Montreal was like in the spring of 1993, thinking this must be the happiest place in the universe, right?
That nobody thinks ill of anybody else for any reason whatsoever. And of course, within 18 months, we were in the middle of a referendum where we almost lost the country. So things can change very quickly, and there's a good lesson there. But I do think the whole country is behind the Canadians right now. And with the historic issue historical issues we've had on linguistic politics and quebec versus the rest of the country i think it's just great for the country it was one of what i thought was that maybe it's a function of my day job these days but when i saw emmanuel macron holding up tech XCA jersey with the premier, the new premier of Quebec. I thought it was, you know, that's a great moment because even when you think of our historical issues with Quebec and France, he has to hold, the president of France has to hold up a jersey where the team name is the Canadians.
So it all kind of works out in the end. And I will say, I was in Carolina for the game on Saturday with my daughter. And it's a very positive, festive atmosphere down there as well. They're very welcoming of people. We were proudly wearing our Habs jerseys at the game. It's probably 5%, 10% of the crowd were wearing Habs jerseys. And they were fighting, but they were doing it politely. It was great. It was really good.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the main focus of the conversation about Canadian hockey?
0:00–2:19
2
How do biases affect support for Canadian hockey teams?
2:19–5:47
3
What historical context influences the Montreal Canadiens' current playoff run?
5:47–9:16
4
Why is there a renewed national interest in the Montreal Canadiens?
9:16–11:53
5
How does the Montreal Canadiens' success impact Canadian identity?
11:53–16:14
6
What political implications arise from the Montreal Canadiens' playoff success?
16:14–20:58
7
How do recent political dynamics affect Alberta's relationship with Canada?
20:58–30:34
8
What future challenges might arise from Alberta's political situation?
30:34–46:38
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