Police do searches over February killing
Police are carrying out searches all over town looking for evidence concerning the February murder of a gangster’s brother.
The bit in the CTV piece, citing Daniel Renaud saying that two recent shootings indicate “we’re seeing a reorganization of organized crime in Montreal” is a notion I’ve seen over and over in our media, especially since the decline of the Rizzutos. It’s almost as much of a chorus as “the team now has an opportunity to rebuild for next season” after the Canadiens crash and burn again.
PatrickC 12:40 on 2024-04-11 Permalink
Picking up on the last sentence, can someone explain to a person who doesn’t follow sports closely why the Habs haven’t done better? Is there one main reason (money?), or a lot of little ones?
Kate 13:32 on 2024-04-11 Permalink
The short answer is that U.S. teams have a lot more money. I’m sure there are other factors.
Tim S. 18:39 on 2024-04-11 Permalink
I have no idea about the mafia, but about the Habs: They made some bad decisions in the 1990s. Then they spent 20 years making short-term fixes and hoping it would work (and it almost did, a couple of times). Now they’ve decided to take the time to develop a new generation of young players. So far, the results are mildly promising on an individual level, but even in a best case scenario it’ll be another 2-3 years before they’re particularly good again.
Joey 22:17 on 2024-04-11 Permalink
And it’s not because they’re cheap, they’re badly managed.
dwgs 09:26 on 2024-04-12 Permalink
Tim pretty much nailed it. This is the first management team that I have had any faith in. They’ll have another couple years of growing pains but things are starting to get interesting.