Prime Minister Koivu Posted January 22, 2010 Share Posted January 22, 2010 A decent description of what went on in this blog. "But what caught my attention was the dispute between Cammalleri and Max Lapierre. It wasn't clear what started the disagreement but there was a marked difference in the moods of the two players. Lapierre was very casual and was laughing, and joking. Cammalleri was intense perhaps upset by Wednesday's loss and the team's recent poor play. The verbal jousting between the players went on for quite some time. The players came close and tussled with Lapierre losing his helmet. At one point it got a little more physical with Cammalleri losing his stick which slid into the path of the players drills. The two were separated by teammates but the yelling continued. Lapierre and Cammalleri came together once more. Travis Moen acted as a peacemaker. Following the altercation, Cammalleri went off by himself and focused on stickhandling skills. Lapierre joined a group doing shootouts from the blue-line. The entire incident was handled by the players. Coaches stayed out of it other than Groulx who tapped Laps on the pants afterwards. Cammalleri was involved in a similar incident with Josh Gorges in November." This is the second time for Cammy he seems to be a pretty intense guy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prime Minister Koivu Posted January 22, 2010 Share Posted January 22, 2010 Lapierre will be next after Laraque. Pretty soon ALL the players that were here last year will be gone. It kind of makes you wonder what the heck is going on and why they were always fighting for an 8 seed. It makes me wonder too. Remember Carbo's comments regarding "bad apples". It would appear that Bob has indeed found them and is dealing with them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MK1 Posted January 22, 2010 Share Posted January 22, 2010 It makes me wonder too. Remember Carbo's comments regarding "bad apples". It would appear that Bob has indeed found them and is dealing with them. All the bad apples seem to be the darling francos the media are lining up to blow. Latendresse, Laraque, Lapierre .... Just saying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Chicoutimi Cucumber Posted January 22, 2010 Share Posted January 22, 2010 Well, this may just be par for the course of a long season, no big deal. On the other hand, the rot may have been far deeper than anyone realized. The last group may have had some truly deep, entrenched problems of attitude, work ethic, professionalism, etc., that defined the team and its culture. Certainly that would explain the disastrous results. It really would be amazing if even after Gainey's summer purge, the surviving players still retain those bad habits. If so, it's to the credit of Cammy - a winner if ever there was - isn't putting up with it. Dollars to donuts he is backed up by Gionta, Gomez, Gill, and Moen, cup champs all. This sort of thing is good in the longer term. But it raises the possibility that this season was always going to be a 'transitional' season, not just in terms of personnel - that goes without saying - but in terms of team culture. On this front, at least, there can be no denying that Gainey brought in the right sort of players upon which to reconstruct the culture. Every one of the new guys is either a blood-and-guts professional (Cammy, Spacek) or a Cup-ring-sporting champion (Moen, Gill, Gomez, Gionta). But achieving the attitudinal transformation was never going to happen overnight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Posted January 22, 2010 Share Posted January 22, 2010 Dave Stubbs calls Lapierre Yapierre. When Stubbs does things like that, there's a reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenadian Posted January 22, 2010 Share Posted January 22, 2010 Sounds like Cammy's a sore loser ....noting wrong with that he want's to WIN! Sounds like some are either laughing it off or lazy etc....and don't like getting CALLED OUT! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForumGhost Posted January 22, 2010 Share Posted January 22, 2010 Sounds to me like he isn't making light of the situation he knows the team is in. It's okay if you wanna laugh and joke with the guys, but at practice you gotta focus! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KEEP26 Posted January 22, 2010 Share Posted January 22, 2010 Sounds like Cammy's a sore loser ....noting wrong with that he want's to WIN! Sounds like some are either laughing it off or lazy etc....and don't like getting CALLED OUT! cammy's not a sore loser..he hates losing..his not pissed at the teams that beat the habs...his pissed at the guys on the habs that not pulling there weight..its called leadership.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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