The CH is not yours to define

Photo by Vincent Ethier/Icon Sportswire via Getty ImagesLast week, Réjean Tremblay of Le Journal de Montréal attempted to resuscitate his public profile by pulling an old dossier out of his filing cabinet. Unfortunately, in the process, he opened with a lede that is ... no longer present.

Setting aside Monsieur Tremblay’s casual racism for the time being, his baiting screed is offensive for two other reasons.

First, it is deeply offensive to the Montreal Canadiens.

The Montreal Canadiens are a symbol of Québec, but that status has been established naturally through a century of collective history. This struggle has shaped the modern Canadiens: an organization that sings in French, that…