Getting rid of players that do not speak french

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Created by: sensonfire

Team: 2020-21 Montreal Canadiens

Initial Creation Date: Apr. 7, 2021

Published: Apr. 7, 2021

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Description

In this ACGM post, I swap out the players that do not speak French for players around the league that do in fact speak French.

This is under the hypothetical scenario that sensonfire is actually a high-ranking social justice warrior at the Office québécois de la langue française (AKA the Quebec Language Police).

If it is mandatory policy that the GM and Head Coach of the Montreal Canadiens speak French, then it should be mandatory policy that everybody else on the team speak French as well IMO.

Otherwise, the need for the Head Coach and GM to speak French is a bit silly, if not a serious impediment to the team's future success.

The language spoken in the locker room and with the players on the bench during game-day is obviously English.

I can also imagine that board meetings on important topics like the trade deadline or preparations for draft day are in English as well.

Of course, French might be useful for communicating with the fanbase, the media or with french-speaking colleagues, but it seems it is not used to improve the team's performance on the ice.

The Montreal Canadiens shut themselves out of hiring all the Head Coaches and GMs around the league that can not speak French and it serves as an unnecessary barrier to the team's future success on the ice.

Here is an article that reinforces my point:

https://awinninghabit.com/2020/03/12/montreal-canadiens-politics-language/

Let me know your thoughts on this otherwise delicate topic and I'll see you in the comments :D

Trades

MTL

Fleury, Marc-André

Additional Details:

Let me know if this new team of French-Speaking Montreal Canadiens is better or worse than what the Habs currently have on their roster.

VGK

Price, Carey

Additional Details:

The players on the Habs that do speak French include Philip Danault, Jonathan Drouin, Paul Byron and Joel Edmundson.

I was surprised to learn that Joel Edmundson spent 9 years in French immersion at elementary school and has a grandmother and a few other relatives that can speak French to him.

The one player I'm not sure about is Jake Allen.

He does come from New Brunswick, Canada's only bilingual province and has played hockey in french-speaking parts of Canada before.

However, I can't find anything online where he speaks French and the part of New Brunswick he comes from is predominantly English-speaking :(

Instead of trading him, I made him Montreal's 3rd goalie until there is solid proof on whether or not he speaks French.

MTL

Bernier, Jonathan

DET

If Jake Allen doesn't speak French, this is who he would be traded for :(

10.

MTL

Texier, Alexandre

CBJ

Staal, Eric

11.

MTL

Roussel, Antoine

VAN

Armia, Joel

12.

MTL

Deslauriers, Nicolas

ANA

Perry, Corey

13.

MTL

Letang, Kris

PIT

Weber, Shea

14.

MTL

Matheson, Michael

PIT

Chiarot, Ben

Additional Details:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68JLOqWZ4vc

In this video, Ben Chiarot was asked if he can speak French and his response is laughable.

1. He does not directly answer the question with any honesty whatsoever. He could have simply said "oui" or "non". Instead, he basically says in French "Hello, my name is Ben Chiarot. Happy to be in Montreal."

2. He needs to look at his phone to read whatever google translate spits out instead of looking straight at the camera like when he was asked the other questions in the video.

3. As he answers the question with a seeming lack of confidence, he struggles to hold back a big smile, which is a sign he is a liar, liar, pants on fire :D

15.

MTL

Savard, David

CBJ

Petry, Jeff

16.

MTL

Vlasic, Marc-Édouard ($3,500,000 retained)

SJS

Kulak, Brett

17.

MTL

Carrier, Alexandre

NSH

Romanov, Alexander

18.

MTL

Beaudin, Nicolas

CHI

Mete, Victor

Additional Details:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urSiG0d4oxU&t=13s

If the interview is supposed to be in French and there are French subtitles because Mete is speaking English throughout the whole interview, that's probably a sign Mete does not speak French :/

19.

MTL

Meloche, Nicolas

SJS

Leskinen, Otto

20.

MTL

Domingue, Louis

CGY

Primeau, Cayden

21.

MTL

Montembeault, Samuel

FLA

Lindgren, Charlie

22.

MTL

Barré-Boulet, Alex

TBL

Frolík, Michael

23.

MTL

Dea, Jean-Sébastien

BUF

Evans, Jake

Buyouts

Karl Alzner: $3,958,333

Buried

Jordan Weal: $325,000 ($1,400,000)

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2021
2022
2023

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

EMBED

TEXT-EMBED

ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
21	$81,500,000	$63,322,499	$0	$0	$18,177,501

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Drouin, Jonathan $5,500,000$5,500,000 LW, RW UFA - 3	Danault, Phillip $3,083,333$3,083,333 C UFA - 1	Mantha, Anthony $2,850,000$2,850,000 LW, RW UFA - 4
Duclair, Anthony $1,700,000$1,700,000 LW, RW UFA - 1	Pageau, Jean-Gabriel $5,000,000$5,000,000 C NTC UFA - 6	Joseph, Mathieu $737,500$737,500 LW, RW UFA - 2
Byron, Paul $3,400,000$3,400,000 LW, RW UFA - 3	Lapierre, Hendrix $925,000$925,000 C RFA - 5	Aubé-Kubel, Nicolas $1,075,000$1,075,000 RW UFA - 2
Texier, Alexandre $897,500$897,500 LW, C, RW RFA - 1	Bellemare, Pierre-Édouard $1,800,000$1,800,000 C, LW UFA - 1	Deslauriers, Nicolas $1,000,000$1,000,000 LW, RW UFA - 2

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Edmundson, Joel $875,000$875,000 LD/RD M-NTC UFA - 4	Letang, Kris $7,250,000$7,250,000 RD M-NTC, NMC UFA - 2	Fleury, Marc-André $3,500,000$3,500,000 G M-NTC UFA - 2
Matheson, Michael $4,875,000$4,875,000 LD UFA - 6	Savard, David $1,062,500$1,062,500 RD UFA - 1	Bernier, Jonathan $3,000,000$3,000,000 G UFA - 1
Vlasic, Marc-Édouard $3,500,000$3,500,000 LD/RD NMC UFA - 6	Carrier, Alexandre $733,333$733,333 RD UFA - 3	Allen, Jake $4,350,000$4,350,000 G UFA - 1

Taxi Squad
Roussel, Antoine $3,000,000$3,000,000 ($1,925,000$2M$1,925,000$2M) LW M-NTC UFA - 2
Beaudin, Nicolas $863,333$863,333 ($0$0$0$0) LD UFA - 3
Teasdale, Joël $763,333$763,333 ($0$0$0$0) RW, LW UFA - 2
Barré-Boulet, Alex $759,258$759,258 ($0$0$0$0) RW, LW UFA - 1
Ouellet, Xavier $737,500$737,500 ($0$0$0$0) LD/RD UFA - 2
Meloche, Nicolas $700,000$700,000 ($0$0$0$0) RD UFA - 1
Montembeault, Samuel $700,000$700,000 ($0$0$0$0) G UFA - 1
Domingue, Louis $700,000$700,000 ($0$0$0$0) G UFA - 1
Dea, Jean-Sébastien $700,000$700,000 ($0$0$0$0) C UFA - 1
Dauphin, Laurent $700,000$700,000 ($0$0$0$0) C UFA - 1
Belzile, Alex $700,000$700,000 ($0$0$0$0) C, RW UFA - 1

Apr. 7, 2021 at 12:26 p.m.

SevenLeg

Hop on the Slaftrain

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The requirement of speaking French for the front office is more of an emblematical thing. People tend to forget that originally the Canadiens were the Francophones' team while the Anglophones had the Maroons and the Wanderers. The team passes on some good candidates for jobs because of the language, but it doesn't mean that the pool of French candidates is necessarily bad. Joel Bouchard, Dominique Ducharme, both really good coaches.

Also, if you include Edmundson who is able to say a couple of words, you should include Kotkaniemi who has made some serious progress and likes to throw some French words and sentences in interviews.

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Apr. 7, 2021 at 12:35 p.m.

sensonfire

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Quoting: SevenLeg

After 9 years of being in French immersion at school and with half of his family being French, you'd think Edmundson would be able to have a lengthy but basic conversation in French at the very least.

What a waste if you ask me. :/

Apr. 7, 2021 at 12:46 p.m.

SevenLeg

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Quoting: sensonfire

Languages without daily practice are often lost as time passes. I used to be fluent in Latin for some time, and guess what I lost a big part of it because it's not a language spoken on sidewalks. The fact that he has not publicly spoken French since he has been traded to MTL probably means that he's lost it.

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Apr. 7, 2021 at 12:47 p.m.

Pete

Joined: Jan. 2016

Posts: 1,357

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amazing contribution from sensonfire
french +++
oui-oui
applaud

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Apr. 7, 2021 at 12:53 p.m.

Ilya_Bryzgarlov_for_Vezina

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Deutsch ist eine bessere Sprache

Apr. 7, 2021 at 2:18 p.m.

Redguard191

Joined: May 2019

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Impressive amount of research and work. I was curious if Marchessault crossed your list or if he just fell through the cracks of research.

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Apr. 7, 2021 at 2:24 p.m.

sensonfire

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sensonfire

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Quoting: Redguard191

Impressive amount of research and work. I was curious if Marchessault crossed your list or if he just fell through the cracks of research.

I looked at Marchessault as a substitute for Tatar but unlike Marchessault, Tatar is a pending UFA.

So, I went with Duclair

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