Whoa! Take three tranquillizers and call me in the morning, fellas.

Seriously, people, what's with the rants over Pierre Gauthier's decision to say a few words in French and to wish the folks back home a happy St. Jean Baptiste before announcing Nathan Beaulieu as the Canadiens' first pick in the draft?

If the draft were held on July 4 in Vancouver, would anyone raise an eyebrow if an American GM wished his fans a happy Fourth of July? Gauthier speaks French and you would think he was standing up there waving a Quebec flag and a poster of Jacques Parizeau while he sang three choruses of Gens du pays.

What is the problem? This is an overwhelmingly French province. French is Gauthier's first language. He said a few words, he moved on. If there was anything inappropriate in St. Paul, it was the American yahoos who began chanting "U-S-A! U-S-A" as soon as Gauthier spoke in French.

They probably didn't know whether the language was French, Spanish or Swahili - it was different and they didn't like it.

Mind you, you don't have to be a hockey yokel in Minnesota to be a complete jerk about language. Tim Howard, the no-class goalie for the U.S. soccer team, exploded Saturday because most of the award ceremony following the American team's 4-2 loss to Mexico was in Spanish.

"CONCACAF should be ashamed of itself, Informal Wedding Dresses Informal Wedding Dresses" Howard said. "I think it was a (expletive) disgrace that the entire post-match ceremony was held in Spanish. You can bet your (expletive) if we were in Mexico City it wouldn't all be in English."

Geez, you don't think Howard's problem could be that he and his team collapsed and gave up four straight goals after taking a 2-0 lead over Mexico, do you?

Whatever, Howard came across as a Grade-A imbecile. &&&&& we have a world record, gargles and goys: Draft night in St. Paul, one for the ages. It took young Ryan Nugent-Hopkins only 14.8 seconds before he said the words: "I'm just happy to be here."

Hey, is this kid NHL material or what? First game of the season, it will be "Bobbsie got the puck to Beansie and Beansie one-timed it through the five-hole," and "we've just got to stay focused," and "we can't let ourselves get to high or too low," and "it's a team game," and "I've just got to give it 110 per cent."

Meanwhile, here at MMQB Central, well, we're just happy to be here.

No fear for the Als: Okay, so it's true, folks: During that 57-20 exhibition thrashing in Hamilton, the Alouettes looked worse than Ryan Kesler's hair. Does it matter? short cocktail dresses

On the other hand, there was Avon Cobourne, wearing the wrong uniform. The Als lost one of their four or five all-time greatest players when Ben Cahoon retired, but they didn't go to Cahoon much last year anyway.

Cobourne, on the other hand - it says here the Als are going to miss him. Badly. Especially as a receiver for Anthony Calvillo out of the backfield.

Given that A.C. is still at quarterback and Marc Trestman is still the head coach, however, wedding gowns under 100 we're going to go out on a limb and predict that the Alouettes will make it three Grey Cup titles in a row come November. It's a tough triple to pull off, and they'll be in a dogfight with Hamilton in the East, but the Als will prevail. Lies, rumours &&&& vicious innuendo: Smartest thing Gary Bettman ever did? Installing Brendan Shanahan in his current job. .

Habs pick we like: Olivier Archambault. .

Bad enough to spend a June evening watching the NHL draft when you can find out everything you need to know in five minutes. But if you actually watched the mock draft? Maybe it's time to get help. .

We don't get this Las Vegas thing with the NHL awards. The NHL is against gambling, right? (Right.) Anyway, glitz and the NHL simply don't go together. The NBA is Jack Nicholson and Spike Lee. The NHL is a couple of guys named Joe sharing a two-four. .

The Williams sisters may have travelled the world and made millions of dollars - but their fashion sense is still stuck in Compton. The get-up Venus is wearing at Wimbledon looks like Mike Tyson's towel. Not that it matters. You know that one of the Williams sisters is going to win Wimbledon, no matter how badly they dress and behave .

We can't shake the feeling that the NHL got it wrong with the Jack Adams Award. No Guy Boucher? From where we sit, it looks like Dan Bylsma got too much credit for coaching through injuries. In any case, if the Jack Adams went to the coach who did the best job on the entire season, it would belong to Claude Julien. .

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