Some new finds

I wanted to post about some rare items I added to my collection in the past months.  The first is a signed photo of Guy with the AHL Nova Scotia Voyageurs, ca. 1980-82:

It's authentic vintage -- anyone familiar with Carbo autographs knows that Guy stopped signing his first name fairly early on in his career, opting instead for just "Carbonneau" with his number 21.  (Incidentally, he wore number 10 with the Vees, which may be prophetic as it is the number his son-in-law Brenden Morrow also wears with the Dallas Stars.)  And it has the old-school "This paper manufactured by Kodak" imprint on the back.  Here it is on display in my office:

The second, picked up more recently, is a brochure for Ferland hockey equipment; featuring Guy, Chris Nilan, and Lucien DeBlois.

Also, if you search Guy on eBay, you'll find a treasure trove of vintage game photos.  Here is one of Guy with the St. Louis Blues, ca. 1994.

(photo credit:  eBay)

And while I'm on this memorabilia stream of consciousness, allow me to share this photo I found on Facebook (can't quite remember where) of Guy signing a glove.  I think it's fantastic.

(photo credit:  Facebook)

That is all.  As you were.

A mishmash

With the NHL locked out, the Tournee des Joueurs tour organized by Maxime Talbot and Bruno Gervais and touring across Quebec, has been going strong.  Guy has signed on to coach Team Montreal.  Recent addition to the Canadiens roster, Colby Armstrong, tweeted this photo of himself with his coaches, Guy and Jacques Demers:

My coaches for tonight! This is awesome! Growing up a habs fan as a kid this is pretty great. #habs #latdj #quebec  (source:  Twitter / @armdog)

Meanwhile, Carbo is still maintaining his gig as an RDS analyst.  Recently on L'Antichambre, himself and the rest of the AC gang were up to some '70s hijinks.

(source:  Facebook / L'Antichambre)

And the venerable Canadiens historical website tells of a prank that Guy and Chris Nilan played on teammates Mike Lalor and Chris Chelios back in the day.  You can read the story here.

Beautiful Carbo Dallas jersey on the 'Bay

I've been collecting Carbo things for nearly five years, and I've only ever seen two of these come up on the auction site -- this is the second one.  It's a beautiful 1998 home Dallas authentic, defunct style (before the team moved to the popular "star" design), white with black trim.  Carbo Dallas jerseys are not easy to find in any case, and don't come up on eBay very often, so have at it!

The auction is here, and ends on Friday.

Testing...testing...

And we're back!  The blog took an unexpected summer hiatus -- in my real life, among other things, there was a fire at my work which forced us to relocate.  So blogging hasn't been high on my list of priorities this summer, but I'm attempting to return to business as usual.

It has also been a rather quiet time to be a Carbo fan.  Whether or not the man himself decided to also take the summer off, there just hasn't been much in the way of news to report.  Recently, however, Guy did make an appearance here in Ottawa in conjunction with radio station CHEZ106 (which is the BEST radio station in the world, for this writer's money) to announce the winner of a giveaway.

Guy with CHEZ106 DJ Cosmo (source:  CHEZ106.com)

It is to be assumed that Guy is returning to RDS for another season as an analyst.  Once I see confirmation of that, I'll update.  But the second purpose of this post is to show off some of my boyfriend Erik's recent handiwork:

This is little!Carbo.  Erik spent months working on him, and at the end of July brought him by bus from his home in Boston to me in Canada.  Here are some pictures from his trip.

Waiting to depart at Boston's South Station.

Riding along somewhere in New Hampshire.

Rest stop in White River Junction, VT.

In his human counterpart's home of Montreal, waiting to board the bus to Ottawa.  At this point there were no more photos on the bus, because the driver was pretty stern about NO PHOTOS ON GREYHOUND PROPERTY EVER.  However, then my gift got to Ottawa and was delivered to me and I was pretty happy.  So there's this final shot of little!Carbo in my car:

Yay!

Habs coaching news

Michel Therrien was named the new head coach of the Montreal Canadiens this week.  Carbo confirmed that he had three interviews with the organization; two with general manager Marc Bergevin and one with assistant general manager Rick Dudley.

This afternoon, Tony Marinaro of Montreal's TSN Radio 990 tweeted that an assistant coaching job with the Habs is Carbo's if he wants it.  Stay tuned...

Carbo takes it to the streets

Recently, Guy participated in a street hockey festival to benefit YM-YWHA and the Montreal Canadiens Children's Foundation. Playing with a Habs alumni team, Carbo was joined by Patrice Brisebois, Steve Begin, Mathieu Dandenault, and Sergio Momesso, among others, in a Legends All-Star match.  $305,000 was raised to benefit Montreal Youth.  (The Suburban News)

Guy and the Canadiens' search for a new head coach

Per Bob McKenzie on Twitter, Carbo is a candidate for the Montreal Canadiens' head coaching position.  Other candidates are Bob Hartley, Marc Crawford, and Michel Therrien.  (Crawford would be an interesting hire, seeing as he does not speak French.)  Montreal is currently touching base with the candidates.

Dave Stubbs of the Montreal Gazette thinks Carbo as a head coach and Larry Robinson as an assistant would be a compelling team; read his thoughts on the subject here.