While on the JiC show on Monday evening, Renaud Lavoie drew an interesting parallel between the Tkachuk brothers and the Manning brothers. Listen to his full interview in the video at the top of the article.
This weekend was the National Hockey League All-Star Game, but also the NFL Pro Bowl. In a revamped formula, the American and national divisions competed in several new events, such as tic-tac-toe with the specialists in long discounts or a flag football match, which caused a lot of ink to flow.
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A formula that did not please many, including Renaud Lavoie. “I couldn’t believe what I was seeing. It was disgusting,” he says.
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On the other hand, the informant of TVA Sports wishes to underline a great initiative of the Goodell circuit. “The only good news was that we saw Peyton Manning against Eli Manning, and that’s brilliant.” Indeed, the two retired quarterbacks were each at the head of one of the two divisions for all activities.
«[Les frères Manning], even if they are rich like Croesus, they are people like you and me, establishes Renaud from the outset. They wake up in the morning, they put on a sweater, a pair of jeans and go do what they have to do. These are not Mr. tattoos who take themselves for another.
Where Renaud is coming from is that amid all the outcry of the NHL Star Weekend, the hockey fan was nevertheless able to observe the quality of the show offered by the Tkachuk brothers, and this, in all humility. . Matthew Tkachuk was also named All-Star Game MVP with 4 goals and 3 assists in the two mini-tournament games.
“Obviously, they do not yet have their letters of nobility like the Manning brothers, but they are two popular brothers, Americans, who do not have tattoos and who do not take themselves for another”, adds the collaborator, always on leave in Florida as the Canadiens won’t return to action until next Saturday.
Renaud hopes that the NHL will take notes on the formula used in the NFL, and that one day the hockey fan will be able to see the Tkachuk brothers lead an all-star weekend like the Manning brothers did this weekend.
“These are ordinary guys doing extraordinary things,” agrees JiC.
And important point to note, “I have nothing against people who have tattoos,” reassures Renaud.
To conclude, the two men also turned the iron in the wound by recalling that Brady Tkachuk could be a member of the Montreal Canadiens, but no. The organization at the time had preferred a guy “who has only had one good tournament in his entire life”.
