The #mnwild has acquired D Will Butcher from the @penguins in exchange for F Maxim Cajkovic. Butcher owns 7 points (3-4=7) in 14 games with the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (AHL) this season and will report to the @IAWild. https://t.co/wvPaf6Uhl0
– Minnesota Wild PR (@mnwildPR) January 25, 2024
![Alexandre Daigle recounts the time Marc Bergevin skied naked in the bedroom](https://cdn.buminteractif.com/2024/01/Capture-decran-2223-800x428.jpg)
He was, after all, the Habs’ GM for almost a full decade.
And God knows, anything to do with the Habs is the talk of the province, whether it’s good or bad…
Over the years, we’ve come to know the man, not the GM. It quickly became known that he was a nasty trickster (like Marc-André Fleury), and there are anecdotes about some of the jokes he played in the NHL.
Alexandre Daigle recounted some of them during a recent appearance on Maxim Lapierre and Guillaume Latendresse’s podcast (La Poche Bleue). And this one is downright hilarious:
He comes into the room with two sticks and (hockey) pads, and there he was cross-country skiing, no music or anything, he was looking forward and he was naked […] Can you imagine, it’s 9:30 in the morning, you’ve got your coffee, nobody’s talking to you and there’s a skier coming by. – Alexandre Daigle
What were Marc Bergevin’s bedroom gags like?
The full show with Alexandre Daigle is available here
and on all listening platforms. https://t.co/ncJS3WsluG pic.twitter.com/D90tpu607t
– La Poche Bleue (@lapochebleue) January 25, 2024
We can think what we want…
But the fact remains that these guys are important in a hockey room because they’re able to bring the players together.
Above all, it allows the guys to relax a bit and think about other things, which isn’t always easy when you’re playing in the National League.
There’s the stress of trying to perform, there’s the cameras, there’s this and there’s that… You get my point.
As long as they can be serious when it’s time to be serious…
In brief
– Will Butcher is traded to the Wild.
– Really?
Goaltender Rylan Parenteau has been released by the Trois-Rivières Lions.
#Lions3R pic.twitter.com/rtlsDVSH6K
– Trois-Rivières Lions (@Lions3r) January 25, 2024
– Great news.
HE’S BACK!
Oliver Kylington has been activated from the Long-Term Injured Reserve and will suit up for tonight’s #Flames vs. Blue Jackets match-up! pic.twitter.com/Ne2xuBuqs5
– Calgary Flames (@NHLFlames) January 25, 2024
– Indeed.
Gang rape: NHL and teams will have to explain themselveshttps://t.co/tWEgX0mjhF
– TVA Sports (@TVASports) January 25, 2024
– Yikes. This is not good.
BREAKING: Canadian Soccer Business is withdrawing broadcast rights to Canadian soccer from MediaPro, I’m told.
CSB arguing MediaPro defaulted on majority of rights fees for 2023.
Sounds CSB could now share rights with new broadcast partners. 1/2
– Joshua Kloke (@joshuakloke) January 25, 2024