Jack Todd
@jacktodd.bsky.social
Sports columnist covering the Montreal Canadiens since 1994.
Leftist since before you were born.
Leftist since before you were born.
Must be a lot of Atlantic Division fans freaking out.
A quarter of the way through the season and there are 4 points between Detroit in first and Toronto in seventh.
A quarter of the way through the season and there are 4 points between Detroit in first and Toronto in seventh.
November 22, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Must be a lot of Atlantic Division fans freaking out.
A quarter of the way through the season and there are 4 points between Detroit in first and Toronto in seventh.
A quarter of the way through the season and there are 4 points between Detroit in first and Toronto in seventh.
Hellebuyck is out 4-6 weeks.
Maybe the Habs swap them Monty for Mark Scheifele?
(The above is a joke. J-O-K-E. - the management.)
Maybe the Habs swap them Monty for Mark Scheifele?
(The above is a joke. J-O-K-E. - the management.)
November 21, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Hellebuyck is out 4-6 weeks.
Maybe the Habs swap them Monty for Mark Scheifele?
(The above is a joke. J-O-K-E. - the management.)
Maybe the Habs swap them Monty for Mark Scheifele?
(The above is a joke. J-O-K-E. - the management.)
Fuck. Trump just the tool for Putin to get his way.
The Russians wrote it.
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The White House has acknowledged Kirill Dmitriev, Vladimir Putin's envoy, wrote the proposal together with Donald Trump's special representative Steve Witkoff. The pair hammered out the text during a meeting in Miami.
November 21, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Fuck. Trump just the tool for Putin to get his way.
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Today is the Day of Dignity and Freedom in Ukraine.
Two words russia doesn’t know.
Two words russia wants to take from us.
Dignity.
Freedom.
Two words russia doesn’t know.
Two words russia wants to take from us.
Dignity.
Freedom.
November 21, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Today is the Day of Dignity and Freedom in Ukraine.
Two words russia doesn’t know.
Two words russia wants to take from us.
Dignity.
Freedom.
Two words russia doesn’t know.
Two words russia wants to take from us.
Dignity.
Freedom.
Makes you want to weep. Trump is a traitor to humanity.
November 21, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Makes you want to weep. Trump is a traitor to humanity.
Note Canadiens fans before you commit hari-kiri.
It could be worse.
It could be worse.
The #Canucks rank dead last in shots-against/60 mins, shot attempts against/60 mins, and expected goals against/60 mins at five-on-five.
32nd in the NHL in all three categories.
32nd in the NHL in all three categories.
November 21, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Note Canadiens fans before you commit hari-kiri.
It could be worse.
It could be worse.
When you get goaltending like that, things are wonderfully simple.
If you can't stop a puck, you lose.
If you can't stop a puck, you lose.
November 21, 2025 at 2:54 AM
When you get goaltending like that, things are wonderfully simple.
If you can't stop a puck, you lose.
If you can't stop a puck, you lose.
If St Louis isn't fed up with Montembeault by now, I'd be happy to do it for him. Enough.
November 21, 2025 at 12:19 AM
If St Louis isn't fed up with Montembeault by now, I'd be happy to do it for him. Enough.
I'm also in favour of banning the American anthem from our hockey rinks until they start behaving like friendly neighbors again.
November 21, 2025 at 12:13 AM
I'm also in favour of banning the American anthem from our hockey rinks until they start behaving like friendly neighbors again.
Those forward lines... whew!
November 21, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Those forward lines... whew!
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“No exceptions” Legault strikes again. Authoritarianism personified. Can’t wait until he’s gone.
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Legault says no exceptions as immigrants protest end of permanent residency pathway | CBC Accessibility
As Quebec prepares to cut a major pathway to permanent residency in Canada, applicants in the province are calling for pre-existing conditions to apply to their immigration request.
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November 20, 2025 at 4:50 PM
“No exceptions” Legault strikes again. Authoritarianism personified. Can’t wait until he’s gone.
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I hadn't given it much thoughts until now but I just learned that there is a reason why in most French-speaking countries 'eighty' is 'quatre-vingts' -- literally 'four twenties' -- and that reason is the ghostly presence of the ancient Gauls' base 20 counting system.
November 20, 2025 at 12:58 PM
I hadn't given it much thoughts until now but I just learned that there is a reason why in most French-speaking countries 'eighty' is 'quatre-vingts' -- literally 'four twenties' -- and that reason is the ghostly presence of the ancient Gauls' base 20 counting system.
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“Historians will look back on US raising the white flag on the energy transition as a catastrophic error, putting North America at risk of becoming an island of fossil fuels in an electrifying world.
Canada should take note & choose a better path.”
💯 Life is about choices. Let’s choose to win.
Canada should take note & choose a better path.”
💯 Life is about choices. Let’s choose to win.
New from me, Rick Smith, and Peter Nicholson.
“Our policy advice is pretty simple: Clean up electricity and electrify everything possible. This is the nation-building project Canada needs…”
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“Our policy advice is pretty simple: Clean up electricity and electrify everything possible. This is the nation-building project Canada needs…”
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New data shows the world is embracing renewable energy. Canada can’t follow Trump’s fossil fuel obsession
North America at risk of becoming an island of fossil fuels in an electrifying world. Canada should take note and choose a better path.
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November 20, 2025 at 1:17 PM
“Historians will look back on US raising the white flag on the energy transition as a catastrophic error, putting North America at risk of becoming an island of fossil fuels in an electrifying world.
Canada should take note & choose a better path.”
💯 Life is about choices. Let’s choose to win.
Canada should take note & choose a better path.”
💯 Life is about choices. Let’s choose to win.
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If only there were some way to get everything I want to watch in some kind of... bundle?
You will need YES, Amazon Prime, Apple TV+, ESPN, Netflix, NBC/Peacock, FOX, and TBS to watch the Yankees next season.
Learn more: https://atmlb.com/4r9W14K
November 19, 2025 at 9:15 PM
If only there were some way to get everything I want to watch in some kind of... bundle?
The way they're going, the Raptors are going to lose the NBA final in double overtime of Game 7 after leading by 8 points with 42 seconds left.
November 20, 2025 at 1:54 AM
The way they're going, the Raptors are going to lose the NBA final in double overtime of Game 7 after leading by 8 points with 42 seconds left.
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With doctors now getting in line to leave Quebec it looks like Netflix and Spotify could be next. Good story by my Gazette colleague Andy Riga montrealgazette.com/news/quebec/...
Quebec’s French streaming plan tests whether Netflix and Spotify stay or go
Proposed law could place a "massive burden" on music and video streamers, raising constitutional questions and probably triggering lawsuits, expert says.
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November 20, 2025 at 12:48 AM
With doctors now getting in line to leave Quebec it looks like Netflix and Spotify could be next. Good story by my Gazette colleague Andy Riga montrealgazette.com/news/quebec/...
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The choice seems clear: buy the Gripen. Don't want a "mixed fleet"? Sell the F-35's we've already acquired to someone else who doesn't mind the American president having the power to disable them. For the cost we'll still come out ahead.
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Canadian Generals Are Losing It: Sweden's Offer Exposes the F-35 as a Trump-Proofing Trap
Hard Pass: The $42,000/hour F-35 is a budget black hole. The Gripen is a Canadian-made escape route.
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November 19, 2025 at 2:35 PM
The choice seems clear: buy the Gripen. Don't want a "mixed fleet"? Sell the F-35's we've already acquired to someone else who doesn't mind the American president having the power to disable them. For the cost we'll still come out ahead.
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Gretzky still doesn’t get it. No one said you weren’t Canadian. We just asked you to stand up for Canada and say we will never be the 51st state, which for some reason you couldn’t do and still haven’t done.
Wayne Gretzky breaks silence on political backlash: ‘I’m a Canadian for life’
Wayne Gretzky breaks silence on political backlash: ‘I’m a Canadian for life’
November 19, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Gretzky still doesn’t get it. No one said you weren’t Canadian. We just asked you to stand up for Canada and say we will never be the 51st state, which for some reason you couldn’t do and still haven’t done.
Wayne Gretzky breaks silence on political backlash: ‘I’m a Canadian for life’
Wayne Gretzky breaks silence on political backlash: ‘I’m a Canadian for life’
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Quebecers deserve better than this government.
“The lease has been cancelled at CMPE LaSalle and families forewarned. "It’s a bit scary to think of all these kids and sad to think of what will become of them."
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“The lease has been cancelled at CMPE LaSalle and families forewarned. "It’s a bit scary to think of all these kids and sad to think of what will become of them."
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Hanes: Bill 2 means 'game over' for LaSalle pediatric clinic
The lease has been cancelled at CMPE LaSalle and families forewarned. "It’s a bit scary to think of all these kids and sad to think of what will become of them."
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November 19, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Quebecers deserve better than this government.
“The lease has been cancelled at CMPE LaSalle and families forewarned. "It’s a bit scary to think of all these kids and sad to think of what will become of them."
montrealgazette.com/opinion/colu...
“The lease has been cancelled at CMPE LaSalle and families forewarned. "It’s a bit scary to think of all these kids and sad to think of what will become of them."
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Well… that was certainly 90 minutes of something
Canada win 2-0 vs Venezuela to close out 2025.
27 minutes at 10 v 10 and goals for Ismael Koné and Promise David. Not sure we learned much.
4th straight clean sheet.
The #CanMNT end 2025 with the same record as 2024 at 6W-3L-5D
27 minutes at 10 v 10 and goals for Ismael Koné and Promise David. Not sure we learned much.
4th straight clean sheet.
The #CanMNT end 2025 with the same record as 2024 at 6W-3L-5D
November 19, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Well… that was certainly 90 minutes of something
Nick Suzuki is going to end up on the outside looking in because hockey has a great big sloppy crush on its shiny new toys.
Good for the Canadiens. Bad for Suzuki's dream.
Good for the Canadiens. Bad for Suzuki's dream.
Connor Bedard has two goals in the third period right now.
Macklin Celebrini has two goals in the first for the Sharks.
How are you going to leave either of these guys off the Canadian Olympic team?
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Macklin Celebrini has two goals in the first for the Sharks.
How are you going to leave either of these guys off the Canadian Olympic team?
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I Built Team Canada for the Milan Olympics: Here's the Roster They Should Take
Meet the 25 players Hockey Canada should pick next spring.
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November 19, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Nick Suzuki is going to end up on the outside looking in because hockey has a great big sloppy crush on its shiny new toys.
Good for the Canadiens. Bad for Suzuki's dream.
Good for the Canadiens. Bad for Suzuki's dream.
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Congratulations to Haiti, whose National Men’s Soccer Team has qualified for the 2026 FIFA World Cup of Soccer.
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Wyclef Jean - Fela Kuti (Official Video)
YouTube video by Wyclef Jean
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November 19, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Congratulations to Haiti, whose National Men’s Soccer Team has qualified for the 2026 FIFA World Cup of Soccer.
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Bruce Cockburn - If I had a Rocket Launcher - Austin City Limits
YouTube video by Jack Cockburn
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November 18, 2025 at 11:57 PM