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All this talk about Subban and the celebration, his on ice demeanor, the eggshells he stomps on to the annoyance of the old school attitudes polishing the brass on the titanic is all a “yeah but” reaction to someone who is just that good. I can’t really say any more then that since that Sean Gordan article says it best. Once he starts learning how to influence the pace of the game, hes going to be something special.
“Tell him he’s Wayne Gretzky.” – Oilers coach Ted Green, after Shaun Van Allen suffered a concussion and couldn’t remember who he was.
Good luck finding somebody to bad mouth a 50 goal scorer and a guy who carries himself with little to no passion outside of the way in which he plays the game. Your argument here is falling on deaf ears. PK Subban has been targeted, he’s been targeted by Don Cherry, by the Philadelphia Flyers and by players around the league who realize that hindering his development would be a tremendous positive for THEIR franchises.
So stop with this, he’s the victim of his own creation crap.
Love PK – and the goal was incredible, but all the posters and Boone can’t force me to like excessive celebrations that don’t first include acknowledging your teammates. Pk should have gone over to Gomer first – then he could shoot geese with his bow and arrow or pull calla lilies out of his ass – or whatever.
It’s not that big a deal to anybody except, of course, the opposition, who will be loaded for bear the next time we face them. You can bet that, when (not if) Calgary beats us the next time, we may see a few bowstrings and quivvers. It was the same with Price’s pose – totally unnecessary, but he earned the right to do it, I guess. And the team he did it against earned the right to jam it down our throats the next time – which they promptly did.
“i think most main stream media i have heard have supported pk”
Well, it is the white thing to do.
You can call it gamesmanship. But if I were a captain who’d been a healthy scratch several times over and my team was scratching and clawing just to get climb the ladder, and the team I was playing had won all three meetings on the season, I don’t think my team would need outside motivation, and if they did, I’d be very worried.
Doughty, and the list goes on and on. Only one player has been singled out.
All this hullabaloo about an exuberant and exciting player who FINALLY brings some spice and energy to the NHL just blows my mind.
…and the so-called wise ol’ veterans who call for respect and dignity are so narcissistic to think that these shows of excitment and celebration are actually about them.
Fer chrissakes – let PK be in the moment and perform. Let him do special things and whip the crowd into a frenzy.
I recall a punch drunk Craig Rivet throwing himself into the Habs bench when he scored against Ottawa to secore the Habs berth into the 2002 playoffs… I don’t recall him apologizing to the Ottawa players for his distinct lack of discretion and reserve.
I know it’s been said about 300 times in the last 5 minutes, but PK is going to switch on more TV sets and put more bums in seats than all the Richards/Rivets and other deadheads combined. They WISH they could be PK.
Stick with it, big yin.
No answers, just opinions. Bite me. Och.
To all the P.K. winers and complainers out there . There’s not one team out there that wouldn’t love to have P.K. on their team and to all the habs fans that wine about his celebration suck it up and be happy his on our team and not on another team
C’mon, Tom…simple gamesmanship, that’s all. It’s not like Rivet sought out the reporter and said “I got something to say about that Subban kid”. He was asked a question and he gave an opinion.
HEAR HEAR!!!
“After 13 years, I couldn’t accept to be number two.“
Guy Lafleur.
Doughty didn’t get it after behaving on and off the ice in a way that is close to identical to the way Subban has handled himself.
racism does exist but if pk was white i still believe he would get the same stupid comments he is getting now..non bland players usually do not get away with it in the nhl…avery is an idiot and he gets the negative coverage…i think most main stream media i have heard have supported pk
Thank you!
How come we never heard people crying about Taylor Hall.
How bout Matt Duchene?
Rivet is jealous, pure and simple — his career is on the decline, whereas PK is a rising star.
YES!
He doesn’t need to target PK Subban to get his teammates motivated Tommy. And if your suspicion is true, it speaks more to his maturity than it does Subban’s, or consequently, the lack of maturity.
also iginla hs mostly been praised and has received real positive feed back in his career..
Carey Price and PK Subban goofing around during a photoshoot.
http://www.herby.tv/2011/01/le-shooting-photo-de-p-k-subban-et-carry-price/
Yes, they did a piece on them – on Martin Luther King Day. But that’s not my point. The issue here isn’t that black players are somehow uniformly persecuted in virtue of their race. It’s that the level of tolerance for anyone who “doesn’t know his place” (Christ, it even READS racist) seems to be much, much shorter for black players. It just so happens that players Kane and Byfuglien are as bland in their comportment as the other 99% of NHL players.
I do not miss Rivet, in terms of what the Habs got in return, but I will not crap all over him for his opinion, even though I share none of it. I liked Rivet when he wore the tri-color. I liked that he would stand up for his mates, and there were few on that roster who would. Rivet is near the end of his career now, fading away in Buffalo. Rivet was a standup guy when he wore the Habs sweater, and that’s how I will continue to view him. His comments regarding PK are likely more designed to light some fire under the Sabres asses, instead of intending to slam Subban.
It’s sad but true…It was the same thing when Europeans started coming into the NHL…Also I agree that the Montreal sports media should defend PK BUT they are the ones that keep asking other NHL players their opinion on PK…you know what I mean? For once I would like a “journalist” from this city to question other players when they talk smack about PK….for example:
Reporter “What do you think about PK celebrating Craig?”
Rivet “I don’t like it. Hes acting too unprofessional..blah blah blah”
Now instead of taking just that and trying to make a “story” out of it, why dont you come back and say
Reporter “well did you see Chara yesterday? That’s just as unprofessional. Or Selannee shooting his glove out of the air? etc”
Rivet “uhhhhhhhh….uhhhhhhhh…lemme get back to you in the press box later”
Oh well, all that PK needs to know is that the fans here love him and his teammates like him…fuck Rivet and the rest of the league
I think racism is only part of it, big part of it, but not all. There is also an anti Canadiens part to it that shows itself in Pleks not even being in the discussions about the Selke, Price not being on the All-star ballet etc.
Dude, you look like Charlie from It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia.
Which is cool btw.
And cheers to you Mr. Boone for sticking up for PK against all the Chesterfield Cherry knuckledraggers.
Atlanta has actually come under fire for allegedly bringing in as many players of African descent as possible in an effort to attract their locals to hockey and the team specifically.
I reckon that a lot of the old boys are none too happy bout the way that young boy in red, blue and white displays his enthusiasm.
Yeah well this fan’s opinion is that it all looks really good on Stan Bowman who didn’t give any credit to Dale Tallon and Rick Dudley. Bowman junior was completely classless in victory in his failure to acknowledge the men who built that team from the ground up. His father had the class to do it however.
Trading Ladd and Byfuglien, big mistakes. The Versteeg package was good but Milbury couldn’t have turned it down. Turns out young Bowman has quite a lot to learn before singing his own praises again.
His self loving speech about how hard he had worked to build that team after the cup win was nauseating.
Right, again.
“Craig Rivet is a pylon whose role on the Canadiens was to function as Saku Koivu’s personal valet and bodyguard.” I LMFAO at that one Mr. Boone
The more I hear people complain about PK and how he conducts himself on the ice, the more I say, KEEP ON DOING WHAT YER DOING PK! To HELL with everybody else. The game needs an infusion of character and PK fits the bill big time.
kane has received coverage in canada and byfuglien received a lot of coverage last year in the playoffs and this year i have seen several stories on him and the solid year he is having….tsn just did a piece on the 4 players of atlanta today..
I could care less what Rivet thinks – let’s crush the Sabres tonight boys!
First of all, they’re in Atlanta. You think anyone gives a crap? PK is front and centre in one of the highest profile NHL cities. Considerably more noticeable, league-wide, as far as attention from hockey fans and sports media. He’s more noticeable.
ak46 and pouliot are playing better now but if they pull the same thing they did last year in the playoffs this year than it will be hard to keep both for next year..
How much coverage do the Thrashers get in the mainstream hockey media? How flamboyant are any of those four players? How far do you think anyone would get making such thinly-veiled comments in ATLANTA, whose population enjoys one of the highest percentages of African-Americans among US cities?
GREAT article by Sean Gordon, He hit the nail right on the head and i love it. “As much as you may think this league and this game belong to you and your acolytes, it doesn’t. Not any more.” Thanks for that link Mr Boonebastic.
“After 13 years, I couldn’t accept to be number two.“
Guy Lafleur.
Nobody wants to say it. But you nailed it. Let all the denying begin, but there has never been such a big deal made over any of the other young stars and their hot-dogging.
Craig Rivet taking shots at PK Subban eh. Well, Lindy Ruff was once the captain of the Buffalo Sabres. I imagine he has a pretty good idea of what the organization wants out of its captain and what it needs from that player. Since Rivet’s been a healthy scratch on several occasions this season as the captain, it’s safe to say that Rivet isn’t nearly as wise as he lets on.
atlanta has four black players …are they being targeted?
The reaction from Subban’s team mates is whats concerning to me…F.F.S.’s let the kid celebrate and do it with him!!!Besides he just save face for the team!
with the team playing last night and several players having flu issues we may need price big time today…the wiz looked tired yest and may be in worse shape today…next month we have 3 back to backs in a row…but the sched is tough for all teams as calgary was playing its 3rd game in four nights on the road yest…
Good on you, Boone. At this point, I think there’s an onus on the Montreal sports media to defend PK to same degree that he’s maligned elsewhere, because it’s truly ridiculous. People can try to sugarcoat it as some kind of league-wide aversion to personality, or ‘hot dogging,’ but doing so only helps to perpetuate the real problem: the undercurrent of racism that lurks just beneath the surface of the NHL. It’s disgusting.
I hate to say it but I agree
Isn’t hockey fun?
All this rhubarbin’ over our buddin’ superstar; I wouldn’t want it any other way.
You know, people can tell you how to act – and sometimes you do have to make a physical adjustment, hopefully for all the right reasons and to improve your overall game – but they absolutely cannot tell you how to feel. That’s all yours. What I’m seein’ is a kid who’s already figured that out.
Were PK playin’ for the Broonz or Philly, I would absolutely hate his effin’ guts from here to Hamburg. I can think of no greater personal honour I can bestow upon an NHLer.
Except, of course, for Pronger. He’s a ball bag ‘n’ a git.
Game on, baby!
SubBANG!
(Caught The King’s Speech today. As always, Geoffrey Rush is excellent. But, Colin Firth? Holy battin’ ‘em out of the park, Batman. Absolutely brilliant.)
Oh wait I forgot, PK is black that is why. Silly me.
lol
wow, i really feel bad for subban. ever since this morning on sports du lit till now all i ve been hearing is about how PK should calm down. i dont get it the kid scores a goal and got the right to celebrate. is not like as if he did the ovechkin monkey dance( you know the stupid celebration where he pretended his hockey stick was on fire- now its not that i am against it and all , but it was just dumb lol. i took me a while to figure out what he was doing). any ways as price would say . people should just chill!
So let me get this straight, there is a big uproar about PKs OT celebration that was basically Ray Bourqe-esque.
Yet nobody in the media even questioned what Chara did yesterday afternoon.
I live in Boston so let me tell you all.
It was 6-0, yes 6-0 in the 3rd period. Chara had 2 goals. Well he scored his hat trick goal from the point. What did he do in a now 7-0 game? He skated to center ice, fist pumped, pointed to the fans, and made a gesture for them to take off their hats and throw them on the ice. In a 7-0 game.
So how come PK gets killed for his celebration in an OT win but in a blowout nobody cares about Chara “showing” up the Canes with his.
Oh wait I forgot, PK is black that is why. Silly me.
No, just a really good speller.
- I shall always remember Captain Koivu. Habs and Hockey.
“OMG, PK must be a Black Panther!” This BS has been following black atheletes since the Mexico City Olympics.
It isn’t racism, its anti-Habism. Subban is hated because he is a star in the making who plays for the Montreal Canadiens. If he played for the Leafs (amusing since Burke would probably draft John Kordic instead of PK), Subban would be the toast of Southern Ontario with his face plastered over cereal boxes.
Can you play the race card somewhere else please?
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What a load of pure crap you’re spewing
But Selanne isn’t black. Can you imagine if PK pulled the machine gun act? We would never hear the end of that…
The reality is that other teams are kicking themselves for not having drafted him. Nice for others to have that feeling from time to time.
3 unsigned D-men, Rivet, Sourey and Markov. It was so clear that Markov had to be the one signed that even Sourey said Gainey should sign Markov. How Gainey got so much for Rivet I will never understand.
http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2010/06/12/blackhawks-will-send-ex-gm-dale-tallon-a-stanley-cup-ring/
pretty sure a ring is enough credit, Is it not? Considering he was also involved In the versteeg, buff contract mess…
“I went to see a fight the other night…And A hockey game broke out!”
~Rodney Dangerfield~
Going to Buffalo (or Edmonton for that matter) is punishment enough.
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“Why does it threaten you so much when someone disagrees?”
Just because I point out your arrogance, does not imply I’m threatened. Nice try though.
I’ve already told you. It’s not an insult if it’s true.
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“Young people have seen that a team can play electrifying, fascinating hockey while still behaving like gentlemen.”
~Serge Savard~
Something that surprised me about PK is his ability to make big defensive plays. Also, his ability to hold off checks and make space for himself is highly entertaining. I can’t wait for his first end-to-end rush that results in him scoring.
Rivet + Dykhuis.
‘Nuff said.
He crapped all over the Habs in one of his first interviews in San Jose. I thought it was hilarious when he got dumped by the Sharks after building his dream house and then had to play in Buffalo.
While I disagree Rivet was a pylon, I was pleased Gainey traded him away not only because of the bounty the Habs received from the trade but also because Rivet was a mediocrity who thought he was good enough just by lacing up his skates. Rivet was one of the main sources of the “spirit of mediocrity” that prevailed during his tenure with the Habs.
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My only question is did you click and paste Hjalmarsson like I just did? “Tell him he’s Wayne Gretzky.” – Oilers coach Ted Green, after Shaun Van Allen suffered a concussion and couldn’t remember who he was.
Good point, and I don’t think there’s any trouble in the organization, given the parity in the western conference, it’s no suprise that teams like SJ and Chicago have found themselves out of plyaof spots during the season. The question was more of is there a general animosity among GMs.
but SF was also good in pointing out letting the Sharks have the contract they bid on and kept Buff on the defense, though I’m not sure if that was the thinking “inside the box”.
“Tell him he’s Wayne Gretzky.” – Oilers coach Ted Green, after Shaun Van Allen suffered a concussion and couldn’t remember who he was.
Busy day for Wilson. Picked up Eager as well.
Not sure which I like more; PK or a fired up Mike Boone.
Teemu Selanne is a pretty well respected veteran in the league, right?
Well, he was young once too: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptnM8KZwleg&feature=related
I get the feeling that it might be racism as well.
Obviously nothing blatant, but instead latent racism in people like Cherry etc. They are simply jealous of the skill and attention that Subban is getting and somewhere unconsciously (hopefully not consciously) feel like he doesn’t deserve it because he’s black.
All I can say is I hope PK keeps rubbing their ignorant noses in it.
But you’ve given it enough thought to post and insult repeatedly – unless you’re ‘nobody’. Why does it threaten you so much when someone disagrees? I think PK took a glorious highlight moment from his career and cheapened it – but that’s just an opinion. It was a tremendous goal.
Blackhawks should have let him take Hjalmarsson and kept Big Buff, imagine what their season would be like right now if they’d let him go back to D with a Top-4 of Campbell, Seabrook, Keith and Byfuglien.
- I shall always remember Captain Koivu. Habs and Hockey.
And they hadn’t considered for one second that Price may have done it in response to Malkin’s one man ping pong game he tried to play late in the game. Which many players would tell you is far more arrogant than a simple pose after a win.
Not to mention that doing it in the wrong order is even more insulting to the opposition… That’s like saying, yea i’ve had a minute to get over the excitement but im still gonna jam it down your throat.
It’s human emotion and it’s part of who PK is. He’s an exciting, up-tempo player who loves every single second he has on the ice. He scored the biggest goal of his season, easily and saved a game that nearly went down the tubes. In those moments, it was a pure rush of adrenaline and joy as he did what he’d been waiting to do all season, step up in a clutch moment and win a game for the team.
Teams going for ‘revenge’ can also see it backfire, the Canadiens still hold a 2-1 series advantage over the Penguins this season as the Penguins were also seeking ‘revenge’ over the playoff upset and until last week it didn’t work for them. Frankly, the Penguins just showed how petty they are when they made a fuss about Price making the move on the SO win and saying that was their motivation to win. He stoned them flat to win the game and they couldn’t deal it with like adults, how about just wanting to win the game for sake of proving you can actually beat Montreal one out of every five times?
- I shall always remember Captain Koivu. Habs and Hockey.
Dayman, fighter of the Nightman, champion of the sun….
He has way too much talent in his organization both young and old for teams to ignore him when looking at adding players. If there’s a fire sale in San Jose, 29 teams will be on the phone with Wilson looking for something. Clowe, Setoguchi, Thornton, Vlasic, Demers, Couture, Pavelski, Niemi.
Once again, I’m quite sure no one gives it much thought if you like or dislike PK hot-dogging.
“but all the posters and Boone can’t force me”
There’s your arrogance. Nobody is forcing anybody.
“And, you clearly care enough to insult me”
It isn’t an insult when it’s true!
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“Young people have seen that a team can play electrifying, fascinating hockey while still behaving like gentlemen.”
~Serge Savard~
Finally, Pierre MacGuire just mentioned something news worthy that doesnt include Subban, I was talking with a co-worker today about how pissed off managers might be at Doug Wilson. First he makes the Hawks overpay for Jahlmrson (no I didnt spell that right), now he poaches Wellwood off the Blues. Anyone think there will be some backlash, say nobody willing to trade with him?
“Tell him he’s Wayne Gretzky.” – Oilers coach Ted Green, after Shaun Van Allen suffered a concussion and couldn’t remember who he was.
I certainly respect your right to feel that way, but consider this. Even in the straight-laced world of GOLF they have celebrations and fist pumps etc. I’d be a lot more worried if PK just simply skated off the ice all stone-faced and silent.
“Hey Richard, two minutes for looking so good!”
Wow. And who in God’s name are you to say what Subban should have done? Like skating over to Gomez. Your personal taste for goal celebrations doesn’t make Subban’s right or wrong. It’s just your personal taste. I personally didn’t raise my stick when I scored when playing hockey, but I didn’t have a problem with guys who did. I think you might just be wound up a bit too tight.
This criticism of Subban’s celebration is pure idiocy. Sport should be fun and players can celebrate goals the way they like. Look at soccer players. They jump and do all sorts of crazy things and nobody cares.
And all sorts of stuff that Subban has been criticised for… I suspect it could be some sort of racism.
I never heard so much BS going on about one young player that plays with passion and makes the game exciting for fans. It’s not like he’s doing some sort of Sean Avery crap.
Umm… on a side note, Tim Thomas has 31 saves on 32 shots at the midway point of the game against the canes. Thats almost as odd as the injuries… almost…
Why is Webber on the 4 on 4.
No matter what happens, I am so proud of these guys
“Start the season with a clean equipment bag and a freah bucket of febreze!”-CharlieHodgeFan
Habs are bein….how the hell was there no penalty in all of that mugging????
Go Habs Go!
DD and Gio. Luvz it!!!
Are the refs even watching any more?
im not part of the ref conspiracy shit but this is ridik!
“I went to see a fight the other night…And A hockey game broke out!” ~Rodney Dangerfield~
These Refs are UNREAL, they are HELPING Buffalo SOOOO much
That was unbelievable. Myers is beating the hell out of Eller, no call. There were at least 3 penalties there.
I would love nothing more than to pop one in the last minute and send these Buffalo hacks home with no point.
Pleks is not having a great game…
There may be other teams, but only ONE Club De Hockey…
Dead men skating……..just
COMON THAT WAS HOLDING
Great save by Miller – that may have been our chance.
Go Habs Go!
Boy, Gerbe is totally a little twit, isn’t he?
these officials are a$$-raping us. Unreal.
F Buffalo
Weber getting a lot of ice time
and of course leopold grabbing moen’s stick is ignored
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88 is the new 23
Gerbe kicking Gomer’s butt there.
kaleta is a pig…we really need someone to pop that guy’s lights out.
I love seeing the Habs fans up out of their seats protesting the non-call… We have some awesome fans.
Moen’s stick gets held and no call. Unreal.
I hope Pouliot is ready to come back after this.
Agreed — I’d be happy if someone rang his bell
Did Ted Green actually say that? I know you shouldn’t laugh at something like that, but it’s hard not to.
Ok when is this going to stop! Never seen this before…..
Whooooaa baby!!! WHAT is goin’ on in Pennsylvania!!?
I predict a brand new Habs team next game:(
What the heck did these guys do to deserve this?????
Are we going to have enough players to play the whole game?
There may be other teams, but only ONE Club De Hockey…
This is unreal, I haven’t seen anything like this in terms of injuries in one period for one team.
Maybe Auld can play forward?
DD should fight Gerbe, its the only chance either will ever have to fight someone in the right weight class.
Grumble grumble…
OK, who cursed the team tonight???
That was a scary first period.
How is Auld’s skating?
some one cursed us. voodoo anyone?
umm seriously 4 down in 20 minutes what the heck is going on??:(
-”People have to really suffer before they can risk doing what they love.” Chuck Palahniuk
Stupid back-to-backs. This is reminding me of the inaugural barber pole jersey game of two years ago when Lang and Lats went down.
Can we get Mr. Miyagi to the locker room between periods?
uhhh… wtf is going on..
cammy, max-pac, subban (hopefully not serious)
how is it guys like this get hurt but guys like kaleta dont
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88 is the new 23
Hopefully PK is OK…otherwisw this is truly going to be a costly game…Picard is not our saviour on D… and 2 scoring LW’s will not be replaced from Hamilton
Hope Subban’s alright.
This is not good – everyone’s going down very quickly.
Props to Price – he’s been fantastic.
Can Auld change skates and play “up”?
iam sick to my F. stomach…..
never seen this in my life,,,,,ohhh man
Cammy,Patch,PK,and I believe also Halpern have been hurt. Has anyone seen if Gionta finished the period,Pierre Houde mentionned something about him
Whooooaa baby!!! WHAT is goin’ on in Pennsylvania!!?
Price has a good shot. But I think HE might have to stay in net….
______________________________________ Long live Captain Gionta.
Same. This is awful.
This is just ridiculous, we are being mocked by the universe.
- I shall always remember Captain Koivu. Habs and Hockey.
I hate to be all doom and gloom, but Cammy looks like he dislocated his shoulder, Patches shattered something and PK…. lets just hope it was a stinger then anything else… devastating period. Absolutely devastating.
“Tell him he’s Wayne Gretzky.” – Oilers coach Ted Green, after Shaun Van Allen suffered a concussion and couldn’t remember who he was.
Cammalleri, Pacioretty, Halpern and now PK. The whole platoon is wiped out.
“Hey Richard, two minutes for looking so good!”
He was laughing on the bench, prbably because he gave everyone a heart attack.
“Tell him he’s Wayne Gretzky.” – Oilers coach Ted Green, after Shaun Van Allen suffered a concussion and couldn’t remember who he was.
Interesting to see who returns for the 2nd period. I think Halpern got a slight concussion from that Kaleta hit along the boards.
Mathieu Carle, Brandon Nash & J.T. Wyman, welcome to the big club!
Hockey gods against us tonight
Boone, Kaleta boarded Halpern… it was dangerous!!! That’s why I think he’s gone… I think that’s it for him too. It looked like his head hit the boards.
I believe Muller liped out broken arm for Max Pax…
I would have thought the protective skate guards were mandatory for all our d-men after last years injuries to Gill and Gionta that broke their feet?
Let’s ope Halpern is just feeling the flu.
Can’t listen to this. Going for a walk to calm the soul. It’ll be better when I get back, I’m sure.
***Subbang!!!***
You’re walking until September?
This is devastating, what did the Habs do to piss off the hockey gods
Did we break a guiness world record for injuries in one period? We must have.
That was such an inspiring, team-effort, up-tempo period. I was proud of the boys for their energy, despite playing 3rd game in 4 nights and losing 2 forwards early on.
BUT….. REALLY? SERIOUSLY? Buffalo F. Sabres?
Let’s just hope that we can make it through this one without any more injuries. A win is almost a secondary thought at this point…almost. Just survive boys!
Go Habs Go!
I wish, WISH, we had some muscle.
I’m fairly sure there may have been and interference or crosscheck penalty or something that could have been called on myers.
The amount of hits from behind are INSANE
Eller is one tough kid
Why is it only in hockey that refs turn a blind eye…you don’t se this in other sports
Whooooaa baby!!! WHAT is goin’ on in Pennsylvania!!?
See. In the first period, Penis Head Lindy started to cry and whine to the refs and Kimmerly and the other idiot are scared to be bitch slapped by that loser they put away the whistle. Pathetic. Buffalo should just be contracted.
Strong stat: Price has allowed 3 goals in last 70 shots faced.
That’s dirty.
HOW DOES BUFFALO END UP WITH A PP?
This headhunting has got to stop!
“Start the season with a clean equipment bag and a freah bucket of febreze!”-CharlieHodgeFan
THE REFS HAVE absolutely lost control out there.
This is a huge travesty of the game of hockey….
This is the result of the refs failing to take control of the game earlier.
Unbelievable. Unbelievable. These cockroaches can rot.
Go Habs Go!
WTF IS GOING ON?!?!?! A slash and boarding, no call!
AND now Gomez gets called. UNF*CKING BELIEVABLE!!!!!
This is getting brutal. I’m not a ref conspiracy guy, but this is frustrating.
These refs suck
Gerbe sells that, what a little punk, like the rest of that team.
Then another one on the wiz,man this is brutal. Then one gets called on us.
That’s inconsistency for ya
Ruff couldn’t help it. His vagine was hurting.
If this was in Montreal, the refs would not make it home
and the Oscar goes too…. What a BS call
- In Price We Trust
This is without a doubt a screwjob.
Conspiracy going on here…..be fair to the end
Whooooaa baby!!! WHAT is goin’ on in Pennsylvania!!?
weak call considering all the crap that has been uncalled, what a joke!
Absolute horse shit. After all they let go. Pathetic.
Ruff is such a pathetic whiner. Waaaaaaaaaaaaaa. Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa. Go screw yourself loser.
The refs let this game get out of hand
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Newfoundland’s biggest Habs fan. Hands down.
Refs are pathetic – fack you Sabres and Lindy Ruff.
FINALLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Just get it to OT, get the point, kill off the rest of the Gomez penalty, then turn this bad boy into a track meet.
STUPID Gomez!!!!
Bad move Gomez.
If this game was at the Bell Centre, the refs wouldn’t make it out of the indoor parking
Whooooaa baby!!! WHAT is goin’ on in Pennsylvania!!?
What work by Pleks.
What a character team.
I like DD in OT
Someone explain to me again why Pleks isn’t an All-Star?
- In Price We Trust
Pleks vs four Sabres to kill the clock.
Pleks the warrior secures a point – I hope after the Habs win this game Gomez gets to finish his conversation with that piece of scum in a zebra outfit.
Go Habs Go!
woooow…
real professionalism going on here by the refs
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Wow. That was a war. A very hard-earned point.
“Hey Richard, two minutes for looking so good!”
Buffalo should be ashamed of themselves. They couldn’t beat a team in regulation that was down to 9 forwards half way through the first period. What a bunch of jokers.
Can Martin at least once tell the referees to f-off. Look how well it worked for Mr. “No Goalllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll!” He starts to cry and the officials immediately back off. Too bad they exist as a franchise, otherwise Hamilton would have a team by now.
Not a smart one, but given the circumstances, it’s understandable.
Great PK by Pleky there.
1 point. Now let’s get the other we deserve.
Gutsy gutsy point. Best of the season with what they have dealt with tonight.
A point. I’ll take it. Call the airport and get the engines warmed up. We’re gonna need to get out of town fast
***Subbang!!!***
That had to be the most disgusting display of reffing I’ve seen in a long time
I’m going to Foot Locker tomorrow to beat up an employee.
Go Habs Go!
Gionta in OT- the birthday boy, our fearless leader, our lion-hearted captain! Who’s with me?
I am joining the “F**k the refs” bandwagon.
Moral victory, no matter the outcome.
What a screw job.
I totally agree. That hit on Wisneiski was the last straw I think and Gomez lost it.
worst biased reffing ever. i think its time for jm to start showing a bit of emotion towards the refs when the calls or non-calls get ridiculous
The thing is, Gomez didn’t TOUCH HIM with his stick
Whooooaa baby!!! WHAT is goin’ on in Pennsylvania!!?
Four on three is death in overtime. We need one more minute.
I’m tired of having a coach with NO emotion. He wants Subban to cut back on the emotion, and here tonight he should be throwing s@#$ on the ice he is just standing there.
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Newfoundland’s biggest Habs fan. Hands down.
See, if I’m Price, I develop an equipment failure here. SOmething to let the bench breathe a bit
The penalty call on Gomez was legit.
The non-calls before then weren’t.
Bloody hell Gomez. Selfish
Why do we have to make every game a difficult one ?
Pleks is great!! I think Gomez should get a medal for smacking his face,,,he just hit the wrong guy! Where the hell is our PP?? how many Crosschecks does Eller need to take!! Horrible Reffing!!
No good, pilot and co-pilot spontaneously combusted and the wings fell off.
- I shall always remember Captain Koivu. Habs and Hockey.
PK shorthanded
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Truth does not exist. But the lies do
That was a dumb penalty to take by Gomez. But even worse reffing considering they could have called myers for a cross-check on Eller.
Exactly!
im so fackin pissed, havent been this pissed in a while about a game, these refs are a joke
“I went to see a fight the other night…And A hockey game broke out!” ~Rodney Dangerfield~
Gill misses a clear. That kind of thing has killed us regularly this year
Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
Pominville’s celebration was just too much for me.
It’s funny that the Sabres are celebrating like they won a cup…
So Montreal’s top 3 LW’s are out? Making our top LW Travis Moen?
No shame. Take the point and get out.
***Subbang!!!***
I amazed we got a point! Go Habs Go
Screw Buffalo
“I don’t know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.”
- Bilbo Baggins
Buf/Refs 2 – MTL 1
FCKING GOMEZ FCKING INDISCIPLINED
No blame really, but SPacek was totally flat-footed there.
But this one was handed to BUF by the refs
These fackers don’t deserve a point.
Refs…you guys are just ugly.
After the most heroic game of the year, Gomez loses it for the Habs.
Thanks for nothing, asshole.
Thank you f’n reffs!
Exactly. Damn, I feel physically ill. That was a very hard game to watch. Feels like a nightmare.
Unbelievable…
I’m not going to hate on Gomez because in the context of everything else that was let go, his play should have been let go too.
F BUFFALO
Half the teams flying back on an air ambulance
Can someone from Montreal at least call the league and ask about the quality or lack thereof?
We get it. Buffalo has to exist for some reason, other than supply cheap and easy tickets for Habs and Leafs fans, but this screw job tonight was absolutely embarrassing. Vince McMahon wouldn’t have scripted it that poorly.
So what is the difference in how Pommenville celebrated and Subbans. I’m almost going to pull out the racist card.
Gomez should have been smarter there. Thats what did it, but the Ref…… What can you even say?
Lets just hope we get good news with Cammi, Halpern and MaxPac.
There may be other teams, but only ONE Club De Hockey…
I can’t believe how Pominville hot-dogged that celebration!
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Chris
Somebody better talk to Pominville about that celebration. Shows disrespect by hotdogging like that…oh wait a minute, he’s not young and black so it’s okay. Sorry.
wow great ob buffalo you just won a cup. if i were you id sick cause i didnt beat a short handed habs in regulation by a couple of goals.
3P 00:42: Gomez takes the WORST penalty of the sdeason
I disagree. It would be better and maybe more proper to say that “Gomez GOT CALLED for the worst penalty of the season”. With what the ref’s were letting the Sabres away with, how could he have known they’d call it?
The officials GAVE them that one. Someone with Montreal HAS TO speak out. This has been going on far too long and I have had enough. The officiating in this game was beyond biased. I am fast losing faith in the integrity of this league.
that will help how? if the refs are already schtooping us, that wouldnt make things any better
“I went to see a fight the other night…And A hockey game broke out!” ~Rodney Dangerfield~
I’d like to see one of the guys pay a fine and speak out about the refs tonight. Never happen though
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Newfoundland’s biggest Habs fan. Hands down.
Moen, who never answered the call against Kaleta?
His moment has arrived!
***Subbang!!!***
Get real, if the fffing refs had of done their job, Myers would have been in the box long before Gomez
Sometimes I wonder why I bother to watch hockey it really seems that 1 game out of every 3 are decided by flagrantly bias and incompetent officiating. Is it I hope I get to watch the occassional barn burner that makes me happy? Or is it misery that I so seek.
Perhaps I need help, mostly in the form of Guinness and a good woman.
And with that note, thank you Refs for deciding another game for us.
In a game like that as far as I’m concerned we take the loser point and we run. There was no way we were winning down Pouliot, Pacioretty, Cammalleri, second game in two nights, and with the rest of the roster beat up from the absurd number of shot blocks gone awry. At the end of the day, we’ve taken 7/8 points from the Sabres in the first four meetings…
when everything gets let go for the sabres…
u can’t blame gomez.. he didn’t even touch the guy.
this was bs through and through…
this is why the nhl is considered bush league… pathetic reffing..
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FIXED FIXED FIXED FIXED FIXED FIXED FIXED FIXED FIXED FIXED FIXED FIXED FIXED FIXED FIXED FIXED FIXED FIXED FIXED
WIZ CROSSED CHECKED IN THE BACK NOT A SIGLE CALL ON THE SABRES SORRY THIS GAME WAS FIXED BY THE REFS.
THE MOLONS SHOULD DEMAND A INVESTIGATION
Black is the key word there. Ugly racism is alive and well in the National Hockey League. Another knock to the integrity of this bushleague
You can be such a self-righteous d!ck sometimes, Steve.
Was there somebody in the seats with a sniper rifle? Three left wingers out. Lovely.
Goalies in Montreal have two roles, netminder and scapegoat.
You hit the nail on the head
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Newfoundland’s biggest Habs fan. Hands down.
Rumour is that Gomez didn’t like Subban’s celebration yesterday.
Well, I didn’t like Gomez’ selfish penalty tonight.
your posts are ridiculous, grow up
Spacek is so weak.
Gomez needs to be smarter.
Valiant work by Plekanec late in the game to make sure the Habs didn’t lose that point.
Desharnais making a case for himself to stay up.
What a disgusting display of perpetually chintzy play by the Sabres.
This was meant for Andrew’s comment. Don’t understand how it got here…sorry.
***Subbang!!!***
A seasoned vet doesn’t take that kind of dumb penalty at that stage of the game.
Pooooooor reffing.
—Hope Springs Eternal—
I hope someone in the Canadiens organization says something about the referees tonight, that was garage league nonsense ignoring those calls, than jumping on the first Canadiens infraction they found.
- I shall always remember Captain Koivu. Habs and Hockey.
with all these 1 pt games Montreal will soon fall off the playoff radar.
Would love to know what G-Love was saying the refs coming out of the box. What a f*cking joke the officiating is in this league. It’s almost like Vince McMahon is head of the officiating.
- In Price We Trust
Next on the depth chart Andrew Conboy, Jimmy Bonneau and Hunter Bishop. Yikes. I fear a desperation trade. Any unsigned UFA LWs out there?
The tape of Myers cross checking Eller repeatedly needs to be sent to………someone!
“Start the season with a clean equipment bag and a freah bucket of febreze!”-CharlieHodgeFan
Great game tonight. We got a miraculous point. They were all warriors, inclucing Gomez. I won’t crap on him tonight. But y’all go ahead and have your fun.
Isn’t it sad that non-descript cheap shot artists like Mike Richards has to take it out on a rookie like PK?
Isn’t it sad that the Cheap and flamboyant fabric merchant on the CBC had to take up the cause?
Isn’t it sad that the NHL can be so dull compared to the shining star PK will be?
If that game was played in Montreal…….
I can’t believe we even came away with a single point given what transpired with injuries and the Refs. @#!#!$@!$
Really gutsy effort by the Habs. Hard to feel too bad about this loss. Refs were horrible: Earlier infractions by Gaustad, Myers, Kostitsyn went uncalled. Gomer definitely deserved his penalty but I can’t really blame him – I’d be frustrated too after all that garbage.
I would love to see Gerbe, Kaleta, and Gaustad actually be held accountable by a Hab for the way they acted tonight.
Please don’t give these rumours credence by repeating them.In fact, show us the source please, give us the actual verifiable source of this rumour.
***Subbang!!!***
good one
FINALLY I SEE SOME PEOPLE SAYING WHAT I BEEN SCREAMING FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS.WHEN WILL SOMEONE IN MONTREAL, THE MEDIA ,THE OWNERSHIP SPEAK UP ABOUT HOW THE REFS TREAT THIS TEAM. THIS TEAM HAD THE SHORT END OF THE POWERPLAYS IN OVER 70% OF THEIR GAME THIS YEAR ARE YOU KIDDING ME. COME ON WAKE UP MOLSONS YOUR TEAM AND THE FANS ARE BEING CHEATED.
Wonder if Avtsin can play left wing…
“Six more years…God Bless You Turtleneck Man!”
Gomez + Spacek are 2 black holes on an otherwise decent team and both comprise roughly 15 to 20 percent of the Habs total cap this year. Gomez is useless at any price. I’m sick of watching both of them.
No that Myers didn’t deserve a penalty, but Gomez took a selfish, stupid and dumb loser penalty, way to go Gomer, Price was fantastic as was Subban and Gill, Spathco has to go o
“It’s not an obsession, It’s a way of life..”
When the outrage crashes the site, you know it’s on.
I hope Gomez pulls out his chequebook and fills one out while he’s giving his post-game scrum interview tonight.
Go Habs Go!
It’s gotten so bad that some of us are calling him names, like a$$hole. Incredibly childish.
I guess the refs (who called an extremely tight game) decided not to influence the game late, so they avoid penalizing Myers who hammered Eller like 5 times (4 times with no puck in sight), and Gastaud hit from behind, but then decide to call Gomez. real shame…
i am not a gomez fan but he played a very solid gutsy game…because of the penalty at the end and plecks wasting 20 seconds of the penalty the praise is reversed but in the whole game today gomez totally outplayed plecks…
NHL could learn a few things from the NFL about how to run officiating. And by a few things I mean they need to carbon-copy the NFL’s policy of actually reviewing and penalizing non-calls and bad calls by referees and holding them accountable for doing garage league work.
- I shall always remember Captain Koivu. Habs and Hockey.
A heroic effort.
The Sabres are pathetic.
I would be happy if just one game in this entire season, I could say the Habs won because of the refs…I cannot…..Yet I can remember countless games where we have been stiffed by the refs…
lindy ruff has a hissy fit and the sabres have a field day
where have we seen this before?
btw this is why lindy ruff will never win anything and neither will the sabres…
ya we lost the game, but we are not a bunch of classless (kaleta, gaustad, ruff) crybabies.
in the end things end up evening out…
lets remeber who is actually in the playoffs
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According to the replay Gomez’s stick didn’t touch Gerbe, so I don’t see how it was selfish in any way shape or form.
good news next 16 game we play 11 vs teams below us and have trouble scoring and the 5 teams ahead include boston and new york who we play well
Give the man credit, he modeled the Sabres in his image.
Utterly classless and mean-spirited when something isn’t going their way. Look forward to the day he finally leaves the NHL.
- I shall always remember Captain Koivu. Habs and Hockey.
Try putting 1 foot on the floor. It worked when I was in university
Been arguing that for months. The NHL is the only major sports league that does not hold its referees publicly accountable. They are impervious to all criticism under penalty of a $10000 fine. It is a greater offence to call out an official than for Milan Lucic to punch an unsuspecting opponent in the head.
Go Habs Go!
Baffles my mind to come here and see people nit-picking. One game out of 82 game. A costly one and we didn’t even lose. Tempers flare. We all do shit we aren’t supposed to when we get mad. And those who are complaining about Spacek, every team has it’s troubles. Spacek is not horrible nor the worst defenseman as you make it seem.
And let’s stop with all this negativity coz it’s not going to take us anywhere nor will it change anything. Habs will have some call-ups. If it’s around 3 weeks for Cammi, the All-Star break will help him heal and it’s a couple of months. MaxPac as well. In the meanwhile we can wait for another player to emerge. Pouliot will most likely move up in the line-up and go back with Gomez and Gio. AK46 with Pleky and Eller. So, we can fill up the bottom half.
I believe in my Habs. They have the character and leadership to pull through this. It will only make them stronger. Go Habs Go! Breathe people!
“It must be love!”
and you’re being childish calling Gomez an ahole
Get rid of Gainey as consultant. Hasn’t he done enough damage already? Lousy expensive signings
why we get some of the fewest pp chances and some of the most pk has to be looked at…pk people can argue why we get them but the lack of pp chances is a joke
HALLELUJAH someone finally hit the nail! So lets put those baby bushleaguers to bed….and continue watching P.K force feed them their ignorance. ‘Nuff said.
I hope ‘ol Gilly’s arm’s ok…Gilly….Gillly….Sorry.
More cup half full; they said on TSN ( I am not sure if they have doctors on staff but anyway) that Cammy would likely be out for 2 weeks. The Habs only have 3 games in that time before playing Caps 2 weeks from tonight
From Dave Stubbs on Twitter, who likely watched a replay of the last infraction “Know what? That’s wasn’t a high-stick by #Habs Gomez at end of 3rd. Stick went over Gerbe’s head, glove cuffed him”
- I shall always remember Captain Koivu. Habs and Hockey.
Gary Busey has made his way to HIO.
Go Habs Go!
oh! please
We’re not exactly scoring up a storm
the main focus now has to be what we do to replace the missing players…will martin put in picard and play weber on the wing…white may be a good option to try but unless we make a trade our goal scoring will get even lower
Maybe it’s time for JM to have hissies.
Here’s the thing: I don’t get out of sorts when we lose a game when we’re clearly beaten by a better team on any given night. Sure it sucks to lose to Pittsburgh or Toronto or whoever, but I can accept that.
What happened tonight I have a very hard time accepting. They run our guys from behind and no penalty. They hook and slash our guys and no penalty. Little Lindy has his hissy fit after his team shows absolutely no discipline in the first period….one call against Buffalo in the final forty minutes and that was a coincidental call. Teams like Buffalo don’t just magically get discipline after being horribly undisciplined – it simply doesn’t happen. So for them to call a penalty like that against Gomez with 45 seconds left in the third period in a tie game–when Gomez is obviously being held–that’s a really bitter pill to swallow and it sparks a lot of anger and outrage.
Go Habs Go!
Bahaha…This one got me. Well played.
O – You’re right.
I got caught up in the moment.
After all we had gone through, it was tough to lose the game on such a dumb penalty (even though it had just expired).
A guy my age should know better. I should stick to posting in the morning when there’s no emotional component.
Lesson learned.
Habs did alright, they salvaged a point. if they’d won they would have had one more, big deal..good job Habs. they can’t win every game it wouldn’t be any fun for the other 29 teams..if pac and cammy is out for any length of time. bring up couple of players from Hamilton, they seemed to be doing alright down there.
oh sure the sabres might have gotten the 2points tonight, but when the going gets tough i would much rather a coach with some composer and class then one who freaks out like a child with ADD
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For once, I’d like to see that. The man has no pulse.
that’s why Gomez was so pissed off at the call
that is true..thats why it is better to play teams that score 1-3 goals most games…………….
Here we go
Take the point and regroup. I do not understand why JM doesn’t call a timeout after Gomez penalty. The team is gassed and we needed to save at least a point. Turned out to not make a difference, luckily, but help me out – why not use the TO?
this type of game is good for all the posts the site is getting…more games like this and boone will be very happy with his quarterly bonus…
i don’t… then the sabres might achieve something
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The replay shows Gomez never high-sticked Gerbe. Another pathetic call from the refs. No wonder Gomez was mad. We should be proud of all of our players for a gutsy effort tonight instead of calling them names.
Fan since ’71
Lol
Trade our 1st round pick for Vanek right now then un-do the trade after the game ends.
They might need to suit up Captain Kirk for the second.
- In Price We Trust
Listening to CJAD and the interview with Rivet. Boy this guy is saying than P.K. knows that he’s good but he doesn’t have to flaunt it. What rubbish
i have never seen anything like this… anyone know the record on most injuries in a single period? a single game? cuz this is just insane
your friendly neighborhood Salted One
christ….can the game end now.
guys….. we might see another injury tonight the way shit is going
Soo… what’s the skinny on the injuries?
Trying to get away from our injuries……. Man what will we do if we got 6 players hurt???? Something bad is happening to this team. Anyways, trying to move on,
Carolina has almost 40 shots on net and there is still 7 min left in the 2nd…
There may be other teams, but only ONE Club De Hockey…
Looked like Cammy left shoulder, not ever played hockey, but I assume Cammy is right handed, what does the left arm do in shooting?
if the injuries are long term we will have to make a trade…worst case scenario for the type of injuries they look like both forwards should be back before playoffs…i dont think we have anyone in the ahl who is right now anything more than a pyatt or moen forward in scoring ability….
I think PK will be back in the 2nd. The other two? They look bad.
The season is in jeopardy.
U know what? We’re going to win this one anyway, ’cause that’s just the kind of team we are!
About 50% of the work.
There may be other teams, but only ONE Club De Hockey…
How fitting, Blood red moon over buffalo…
“Tell him he’s Wayne Gretzky.” – Oilers coach Ted Green, after Shaun Van Allen suffered a concussion and couldn’t remember who he was.
Lots of injuries like this can snowball very quickly. Guys have to play more minutes, which increases fatigue, which increases the chances of further injuries. This game could get even uglier.
Hamilton have scored 3 goals on 3 second period shots, word of the injuries must have spread…
edit: make that 4 goals on 4 shots…St. Denis added his first of the season on the PP.
Cammy out.
Pacioretty may be back.
Subban should be back.
Halpern ???
Go Habs Go!
Oh no! He will look even more morbid behind the bench now!
Alex Auld is going up on the wing with Gomez.
Jesus it looks like my beer league teams bench out there right now…
PK will be back. Cammy off for the night at least. The other two no word yet.
“Hey Richard, two minutes for looking so good!”
Hah!!!
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They brought their f____ing toys with them!
They’re saying Patch left in an ambulance…can you believe it!
Whooooaa baby!!! WHAT is goin’ on in Pennsylvania!!?
Is the Buffalo PK really good or is our PP off tonight?
Can the Sabres spare us a forward?
MaxPac taken out in an ambulance to the hospital. Not good.
Broken rib?
lol Rivet, he could never do what PK does so easily
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You’re bad.
In the end, who gives a sh*t or flying f*ck what Craig Rivet thinks.
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CJAD apparently…
Why is Moffat trying to stir some controversy up with Subbans celebration? Seriously, some people in the media are as big of idiots as some of those that play the game. What a tool.
Burn! You tell’im, Booner!!
Youth MUST be served!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
“…all the posters and Boone can’t force me to like excessive celebrations that don’t first include acknowledging your teammates. Pk should have gone over to Gomer first – then he could shoot geese with his bow and arrow or pull calla lilies out of his ass – or whatever.”
That is sound common-sense. And let me add how distasteful is the arrogance and sneering self-righteousness of those here who insult those of us who find unmanly and (I think I mean this, un-Canadian) any showboating “loook at me-ee-e!!” “I scored! Wow, aren’t I great” Hollywood-actor level narcissisism, goal celebrations.
Cammy, Pleks, Gomez, Gionta: those are the men of class and strength who react to scoring a goal suitably — unless and until they score a Stanley Cup winner of course: then going wild matters.
I like the analogy from yesterday of a commentor who directed Mr. Subban to Walter Payton as a model — a lively exuberent man of verve and supreme skill who reacted to scoring by showing that he’d been there before; disdaining to showboat.
(PS: I hated Lebeau in ’86 for his “goal” celebration too.)
If your side finds slef-promotion and lack of self control appealing, well, good for you. But don’t smear us because we the class, character and respect for one’s opponents that is displayed by cool and manly self-restraint.
That high horse of yours has been beaten to death but thanks for looking down on us who like players who have fun.
I’m guessing you idolize the Wiserhood Society of Uncompromising Men..Tally Ho Pip Pip and all that….
Oh and I loved Walter Payton but why should everyone conform to how he celebrated?
I’ll tell you what I told the other arrogant jerk.
We don’t care if you like it or not!
Just like you don’t care if we like Cherry, or not.
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“Young people have seen that a team can play electrifying, fascinating hockey while still behaving like gentlemen.”
~Serge Savard~
Celebrating the fact you scored does not indicate a lack of respect, get off your high horse. The kid was pumped, anybody would be in that situation.
“I don’t know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.”
- Bilbo Baggins
When a packed Bell Center explodes after you score a huge goal, you have every single right to celebrate as you wish. If you tell me that you wouldn’t celebrate the same, or even more, I’d say you’re full of it.
Goalies in Montreal have two roles, netminder and scapegoat.
So does that mean that it is equally not ok for the Canadian Juniors to throw themselves into the glass or punch the glass after every goal they scored? Are you equally not ok with Ovechkin’s and Briere’s celebrations?
Besides, to act like that you have done it before is equally arrogant, that it is old hat and that you are so good that scoring is boring…besides look at PK’s context: the team blew a 4-0 lead and could have lost the game…it was emotion for pulling something out of the fire that they put in themselves.
“I am guilty of using elipses…”
And the thanks of a grateful nation goes out to you for defining Canadianism for all of us, a mari usque ad mare.
It’s not Canadian to have an emotional high after scoring a big goal? Isn’t the myth about Canadian players that no one loves the game and is dedicated to it like they are?
- I shall always remember Captain Koivu. Habs and Hockey.
i dont understand why PKs celebration is such a big thing. hes the most electrifying player that i ever watched wearing a habs jersey, he scored the bloody goal hes got the rights to do what ever he wants. PK, Price are the futur of the habs. if people dont like the fact that they are enjoying their moment. they are the ones who are being disrespectful. i mean pk didnt pretend to moon the fans ala randy mose, he didnt, he didnt take a white shaprie and sign a puck and threw it in the stands. no one talks about briere’s stupid fist pump, jagr’s salutes, hedju’s swiming on the eye, kovys moonwalk. why is subban gamewinning celebration such a big thing geez!
Anyone remember how Tiger Williams used too celebrate a goal?
Yes — precisely like the clown and hack that he was.
Yeah sitting on his stick riding it down the ice .Great stuff
I like Larry Robinson, Jean Beliveau and Rocket Richard: that’s my model, thank you.
(And they are on the same high horse as I regards show-offs, by the bye. Rocket would have punched P.K.’s lights out)
I prefer The Black Label Society…Johnnie Walker or Zakk Wylde versions
And I loved those guys too and PK is different and I like him too. I love all the guys who can help the Habs win. Loosen that tie of yours so oxygen can make its way up there and you might see the light.
Gainey was also a non-show-off and yet he drafted PK….I wonder why?
That’s way too extreme young man…go to your room immediately and listen to Bach. Tally Ho Pip Pip!!!
My hypothesis is that Bob Gainey is one of those who is restraining P.K.’s lack of class and respect — plausibly advising the earlier benching and supporting our veteran core who are trying to teach him how to act as a mature adult and admirable player.
But why draft him in the first place when the kid has pretty much always been a show-off?
http://www.habseyesontheprize.com/2010/5/18/1476671/larry-robinsons-heroics-and-other
Here’s a description of a Robinson goal celebration. I like all the players you mention, I like the way they carried themselves. I also like PK, I like the way he carries himself. I suspect Robinson is not on that same high horse. I suspect the Rocket would like to speak for himself instead of having you decide what he would do.
Robinson celebrates goal
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“Young people have seen that a team can play electrifying, fascinating hockey while still behaving like gentlemen.”
~Serge Savard~
Great video and did you see Cherry’s face? Very Freudian Zep. LOL
Dogs winning 7 zip
“2P 18:30: Whothe PP here?’s on “
In what language?
Go Habs Go!
What internal organ of Pacioretty’s did Wisniewski’s shot hit? Spleen maybe? I thought it was a ruptured testicle or something, but it hit him too high (then it looked like a broken arm because it looked like it hit there, but must have been a body blow).
Weird game. Ugh.
/\\ike
GO HABS GO!
7 shots, 3 PPs, not good. (I know we are down 3 players, but still….)
We don’t care if you like it or not!
That is a self-refuting remark. You care a lot–that is why you and your like are abusing us who dislike show-offs.
If you don’t care about our opinion, then simply shut up attacking us for holding it.
Seriously how many tweed jackets do you own and do you play lawn bowling?
I own ten or so tweed jackets, and don’t lawn bowl but do karate & aikido.
Thanks for asking…
So let me get this straight. It’s okay for you to offer an opinion, it’s not okay for others to reply to it and give theirs.
Got it!
Does this also apply to you when posts are made about the idiot Cherry? Just checking.
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“Young people have seen that a team can play electrifying, fascinating hockey while still behaving like gentlemen.”
~Serge Savard~
I hope Wisniewski doesn’t lose it in the next stretch, sending your own teammate to the hospital, can’t imagine how bad he might feel after the game.
- I shall always remember Captain Koivu. Habs and Hockey.
“…anybody would be in that situation.”
That’s not only wrong in its absolutism, it’s wrong in plain fact. The history of the NHL is of much bigger players scoring much bigger goals and reacting with class and restraint.
Goalies also didn’t use to wear masks and Plante was looked at as a freak at some point….the game evolves and so do players….try evolving your way of thinking.
Alright but for every example you can give me, there is one I can show you where players are genuinely excited that they scored for their team. Whats wrong with having personality? I just don’t understand how celebrating a goal is disrespectful? Did people dislike Selanne for his celebrations? What about Theo Fleury?
More cookie cutter players are the last thing the NHL needs, PK is original, and I hope he never changes.
“I don’t know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.”
- Bilbo Baggins
Well said: I respect that way of putting it.
Anyone think PG is already making phone calls?
- In Price We Trust
Wow…..Patchy not lookin too hot…..
Definitely his ribs. no one gets taken off on a stretcher for a broken arm.
Could be an internal organ but I don’t know what side of one’s body the spleen is, could be a rib puncturing a lung or something like that.
Versus showed the replay where Pacioretty seemed to just lose steam and start collapsing. No way a broken arm would make him that weak.
They said that he was wrapped in blankets.
/\\ike
GO HABS GO!
Probably by pinching himself ????????????????????????????????
On a stretcher? REALLY? COME ON!
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If we dont have a “zednek” or “Malarchuck” tonight I will consider us lucky at this point.
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I’m guessing he got in the ribs and with a hard shot on an unprotected area, that could lead to a very serious injury. This is not good.
Jm wants him to act like a professional. JM wants him to be as boring as he is.
This might be the worst hockey game (to watch) I’ve ever seen (although we’ve seen worse hockey-wise). They really just need to get out of this one as intact as possible. Losing Cammy AND Subban would have been devastating.
Give Eller and Pyatt more minutes; they’re hungry for ‘em.
Guess I’ll have to wear a black armband around my Cammalleri jersey when I’m at the Bell this Saturday…..
I think I saw Muller on the Bullpen Phone to Hamilton….
______________________________________ Long live Captain Gionta.
Time to consult Robert’s Habs Future posting again, the Future is now!
I hope his organs are ok.
Looks like pac has rib damage
Hamilton stats:
http://theahl.com/stats/statdisplay.php?type=skaters&subType=9&season_id=34&leagueId=4&lastActive=&singleSeason=&confId=0
Anyone else have a link for the game? my ADHTV link is acting up
White, Palushaj and Maxwell are all going to get a look and at least 1 of them’s getting a plane ticket.
- I shall always remember Captain Koivu. Habs and Hockey.
Damn. that was on the underside of the crossbar and everything.
Someone needs to tune up that prick Kaleta.
Wow, shot hit Max in the chest. Hope it’s not a heart issue, they already had him on an IV on the stretcher.
Let’s be optimistic. Two weeks out for MaxPac and Cammi. We can ride it out.
Only 9 forwards… wow.
that is not a broken arm on max pac
i’ve broken both my arms.. 3 times between the both of them…
let me tell u, u dont need a stretcher and an iv line like that
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I’m watching on justin tv.
pleks looks like he’s gotten high sticked a couple of times already tonight.
Wouldn’t shock me if it’s Palushaj
Goalies in Montreal have two roles, netminder and scapegoat.
Well it hit the bottom right of his chest, so it shouldn’t be that. “Hopefully” just some rib damage, although broken ribs can get pretty serious in some cases.
Nope, on TSN they slowed it down and it was in the ribs…broken rib probably
I liked Palushaj in pre-season, but I dont think Ive seen him in your ‘Future updates’.
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Weak call.
Did TSN show MaxPac leaving on a stretcher? I’m surprised RDS hasn’t.
- In Price We Trust
My ATDHE ’TSN’ link is going strong
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Hit him on the right side, I think the heart is on the other side. Could have been a rib puncturing a lung
In brighter news, Hamilton romping the Rochester Americans 7-0.
Mathieu Carle with a Goal, Maxwell with an assist, White and Avtsin with 2A, Engqvist and Palushaj with 1G 1A.
- I shall always remember Captain Koivu. Habs and Hockey.
Im optimistic. REALLY OPTIMISTIC. I think MaxPac might be out for the rest of the season. Hopefully Cammi is just bruised or something. Especially since I got Tix right behind the Habs bench on Feb 1st… Come on Cammi, I want to see you….
There may be other teams, but only ONE Club De Hockey…
Yes TSN did show it. Not a nice sight.
Refs doing their best.
What, no sympathy from the refs?
- In Price We Trust
What a brutal call. Gill didn’t even touch him.
He hasn’t had many spots in the 3 Stars (only 1 I believe) and not many worthy mentions, injuries have troubled him this season and he’s had some bad droughts.
- I shall always remember Captain Koivu. Habs and Hockey.
And I’d say “watch the tapes of Beliveau & Richard scoring much bigger goals and acting with class.” I’d hope that in that situation I would honour their actions and memory.
Respect: that’s what it means to be a Hab.
Actually, winning Stanley Cups is what it means to be a Hab.
Look at the 1.06 mark. Holy crap! The Rocket celebrates! Yes, it was his 500th, but OMG he celebrates!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zw1F5ZY8FLU
Goalies in Montreal have two roles, netminder and scapegoat.
Did you see how the crowd stopped cheering too immediately after they saw him celebrate?
Dude: that’s what we are saying here on the side of historical Canadian manliness: when (and until) P.K. scores that degree of milestone, he can THEN celebrate wildly.
But I have yet to see Richard or Beliveau beclowning themselves by doing a sliding Robin Hood bow and arrow chicken dance….
Show me that video, & then we’ll have a discussion.
The difference is, back in those days, nobody celebrated in that way. These days, it happens left, right, and center. Correct me if I’m wrong, but wasn’t that P.K’s first game winning overtime goal in the NHL?
Goalies in Montreal have two roles, netminder and scapegoat.
Eerily, both those incidents took place in…Buffalo.
No way? Thats crazy!
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Anyway, for all the ragging we do on Jaroslav Spacek, and his fellow “Old Czech”, I (for one), was very surprised to see in this in another newspaper:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/hockey/globe-on-hockey/the-nhls-top-defensive-defencemen-at-midseason/article1867013/
Guess who are #2 and number 3 on the list? Ahead of #14. Look a bit further down for #24.
People who are upset about what Craig Rivet thinks have lost their sense of wonder. I mean, Craig Rivet thinks?
I have to agree that there is some degree of sportsmanship in other players trying to mess with PK’s mojo with what they say. That’s how I saw Richard’s comments; and Rivet’s. Cherry’s is a little more disturbing, but at least we know who we’re dealing with there. I can’t remember where I read today that Tanguay and the Flames players had no issues whatsoever with what PK did after his goal. As mentioned before, I thought Gomez’s reaction was more odd in that situation.
Has anyone seen Ovechkin celebrate? PK is Barry Sanders compared to Ovechkin. If you’re going to criticize celebrations, go to the main culprit.
In any case, the Flames’ Tanguay said PK’s celebration was fine — he was entitled to do what he wanted to since he scored.
Everyone can have their respective opinions about what Craig Rivet had to say concerning P.K., but I personally question Mr. Boone’s professionalism when reading his comments about the former Hab. Typing away at a keyboard is one thing. Would Mr. Boone speak in such a tough-guy manner with a microphone in front of Rivet? I highly doubt it.
I appreciate most of Mr. Boone’s game commentary, but sometimes I think he has a bit of a chip on his shoulder. I understand that this blog environment calls for things to be shaken up a bit, but sometimes he goes a bit over the top for my taste.
It doesn’t seem that Rivet said anything particularly bad. He was asked for his opinion and he gave it. We can each decide for ourselves whether or not we agree with him.
And look at that no class Wayne Gretzky celebrate goals…
Looks like we had the same thought at the same time.
Top ten PK “disrespects” was just played. Awesome. The kid is a tank!
Goalies in Montreal have two roles, netminder and scapegoat.
I can’t take this s#it anymore! It’s soooo FoxNews – you don’t need any any evidence to persuade people, you just need to ask a question with a sinister tone: DOES Subban have a bad attitude?? WAS Gomez upset by the goal celebration?? Instant controversy. I hate it. Yet here I am feeding the beast. It makes Boone’s suggestion that Don Cherry would go to work for Peladeau’s SunTV all the more believable.
At least some of it makes me laugh. I read a comment from a leaf fan on one of the pages Boone links to up there who said “if PK played for the leafs, he’d already have been sent down.” Thought that might lighten people’s moods…
I always disliked Greg Rivet as a player and his public personae even more — That’s telling it like it is, Mike!
And bravo Mr. Gordon for a fine piece on PK — He the man!
who cares if Gomez was PO’ed
Short pants, funny hats and lots of badges.
Boone, Tuesday is No-Tie day at RDS, surely you’ve caught on to that by now.
- I shall always remember Captain Koivu. Habs and Hockey.
Ha ha! Excellent come-back — I’m envious :–)
Great comments. Who will forget his immortal calls for the early ’90s Sabres: “May Day!” or “La-la-la-Lafontaine!” or “Alexander the Great!” Awesome stuff.
It was three years ago tonight that I discovered this blog while passing through Bangkok. Changed my life…and HIO has been good too.
I hope that Weber has a future here, he seems to be finding more confidence every game and as all the eyes are on PK I believe he has quietly stepped up his game. Hope he scores his first of many tonight.
I wonder if they’re afraid of losing the Toronto broadcasts to Rogers and so have decided to get chummy with the Habs?
Just out of curiosity, how do you know when scouts are present? They wear special uniforms?
While we wait for game-time, here’s a video of a photoshoot with P.K. and Carey. Here’s the link.
“It must be love!”
A Rogers buyout would be excellent for the country, lol.
I see celebrations like PK’s on an almost daily basis on SportCentre’s morning highlights. Why the hell people are getting their panties in such a twist over this is beyond me. If you don’t like it, you don’t like it. You’re certainly entitled to your opinion, but what’s with these people targeting Subban like he’s the only player in the league who does this kind of thing? Give it up.
Ok i ve heard this a couple of times now, but have not seen anything solid. WAS gomez really pissed off at Subban?
“Matthew Barnaby…Loved P.K.’s celebration”
Matthew Barnaby??!!!
Uhhm, bis interimitur qui suis armis perit….
I wish someone would do the kayak celebration. I haven’t seen that one in forever.
What I love about hockey Canadianism is that if you pound the living crap out of a man out on the ice, you are allowed to celbrate. That’s allowed. If you celebrate a nice goal, it’s not cool.
I don’t like hot-dog celebrations. I wouldn’t go to you-tube to see it again. But it’s a 21 year old kid who plays like he loves this game. maybe if a 31 year old veteran pulled a stunt like that, I’d call him Sean Avery and flick channels. But to complain about a 21 year old? hell, I had a better celebration here in front of my TV when he roofed that one. I knocked over the rocking chair and spilled my iron supplements.
I am offended when a hat trick is celebrated by the throwing of ball caps. When I started watching hockey, it was a fedora or nothing;
I am offended when goalies paint their masks. I never wore a mask in nets. Did Bunny Laroque have some fancy-schmancy mask?
I am offended when every team has at least half its roster made up of career AHLers brought because the league is diluted into southern US “mini’markets”. That annoys me. I really don’t care if a kid who would be in a decently run NHL anyway showboats after his first overtime winner. Jeez. The guys who are complaining about this (and mean it, not like Rivet with his gamesmanship) probably celebrate even more when they hit the bowl, although there is no one there to see it.
You gotta admit, O’Byrne had it rough in Montreal. You can blame whoever you want, but it was up to him to step it up, and sometimes he did, sometimes he didn’t.
Goalies in Montreal have two roles, netminder and scapegoat.
Habatant in Surrey,Robert L and Mike Boone agreeing on something….OH MY!
When Price and PK Subban have been around awhile, become two of the best players in the league and have accomplished what Crosby has, or close to it…….. then what will people say???
I honestly don’t think anyone cares. I think Rivet is saying it to cause some issues with the Habs to hopefully put them off their game. I dont think any Habs players is anything but happy with PK, and the media is using it to create stories. You see it every week in European soccer.
All nonsense. How in God’s name can you say a fist pump celebration is not offensive but skating off like an archer is?????????? Did he insult any particular religion? Minorities? Sex? National Origin??????
I mean what is so freaking affensive about a pose?????? Talk about being sensitive. Did anyone go home and cry????
There may be other teams, but only ONE Club De Hockey…
Would it matter? I’m sure he’d get over it in a heartbeat. He made a superb pass and it paid off. You ever hear Gomez interviewed? He’d get it. Anyone with that sense of humour understands enthusiasm.
The United Nations have apparently filed a grievance with the NHL over the celebration, as an obvious insult to boring people the world over.
Just asking a question boys realax. Thanks a lot for replying with no answer.
I gotta say something about Rick Jeanneret, the Sabres play by play caller. When the Sabres started out 40 years ago, there were not many games broadcast on TV like there is today. You might catch a once-a-week TV telecast on the Buffalo UHF channel (UHF…you younger guys won’t know what the hell that is) if they were actually televising one. So, Sabres games were predominantly radio broadcasts. If you had to listen to games on the radio, Jeanneret was the best. Sure he was a homer, tell me which team’s TV/radio personalities aren’t. But he did make the games sound exciting. You didn’t have the luxury of watching the game, so you relied on the play-by-play guy to describe the game to you. Jeanneret pulled you out of your seat and closer to that radio. No satellite TV, no cable TV, no major US TV network coverage….in this area, you had the Sabres on the radio, and the Leafs. Rick Jeanneret might be a dinosaur, but he was made for radio. And he was good at it. Even though I hated the Sabres then, as I do now.
Don’t send that letter to the CBSC, lol!
Goalies in Montreal have two roles, netminder and scapegoat.
I think there is no answer because it’s a cooked up controversy. Your question is the answer…
Now that is not a smart post…
i was thinking the same thing when he was leaving the ice because he was hunched over and could not straighten up….which would leave me to believe it is ribs.. this sucks .. but on the positive note at least P.K is back.
“After 13 years, I couldn’t accept to be number two.“
Guy Lafleur.
Okay, in the bottom right corner, is there a guy painted orange in a black Speedo, or is that just the ‘shrooms at work?
No, there really is a guy in an orange bodysuit and black speedo.
Broken wrist for Cammalleri
Oh god, did that arrogant old man Shiloh wake up from his nap long enough to fart out something barely legible and completely idiotic
Jesus, they’re dropping like flies. This is not good.
Uh-oh. Max pac.
“I want to hear somebody say something….something original”….this P.K. is now a deadhorse issue and other players need to get over it already
-”People have to really suffer before they can risk doing what they love.” Chuck Palahniuk
HIO stands for Habs Instant Outrage.
Jeez Boone give it a rest. Sound like an old coot.
What no one is allowed to voice an opinion without getting blasted ?
So what about Subban, as long as he produced who cares.
Lets not act like little girls when someone says something about a Canadiens player. Just win and everyone will shut up.
“A fanatic is one who can’t change his mind and won’t change the subject”–Winston Churchill
We are in big trouble!
Oh no… two top 6 forwards back to back.
Good on Max Power for standing in front of the net. Gotta have cohones to stand there.
FFS!!!! Our top two left wingers done. Great.
I hate retaliations when they’re uncalled for but that dirty check on Cammy needs a reply.
***Subbang!!!***
You’ve got to be ****ing kidding me.
- I shall always remember Captain Koivu. Habs and Hockey.
PG, start talking to those scouts’ teams!
WTF CAMMY’S GONE TOO?
Mannnnn!
So, in less than five minutes, we’ve lost two of our top six forwards.
WTF just happened |????
I think it’s ribs, not his arm.
This has disaster written all over it.
***Subbang!!!***
DD stepping up! That’s a character team — players go down, others have to fill the void.
Double D!
D.D. is staying!
Cammi took way to long. That should have been in the net. All defencemen in the NHL need to keep the puck down when they shoot from the point.
The little DD makes it count.
***Subbang!!!***
Wisniewski’s white stick freaks me out. It’s like Wonder Woman’s plane – totally invisible!
/\\ike
GO HABS GO!
The PP continues to click. We’re going to have gut this one out, but we can still win!
Oui, oui oui!
Wee Dee Dee!
“Hey Richard, two minutes for looking so good!”
yeah he meant to hit him…moron
It’s a democracy — I get to have my voice in determining the character of our nation, just like each and everycitizen else, sir…
I had to Google that last phrase. Thanks fpr the instant education.
Oh really…
“If you don’t care about our opinion, then simply shut up attacking us for holding it.”
You were saying?
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“Young people have seen that a team can play electrifying, fascinating hockey while still behaving like gentlemen.”
~Serge Savard~
that’s a penalty on Gill?!?!?!?!
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Favorable small market penalty call. Grandstanding refs.
More like spineless refs, the minute Lindy Ruff starts crying like an infant they start calling the game differently.
- I shall always remember Captain Koivu. Habs and Hockey.
The Little Hockey Team That Could
brutal call on gill
“Without the strength of the past, the team may face a choice – to win, or to be French-Canadian?” — Ken Dryden
AWWWW C’MON!
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Shitty call helps home team.
Gill gets two for hitting a guy’s stick, Carey gets run over and no call.
Once again these asshole referees show their true stripes.
Go Habs Go!
no con smyth for plecks as he cannot win any key face offs…
Did Kaleta get a call for the head shot earlier this game? I came home late and read there was a headshot on Halpern.
Does Dr. Mulder travel with the team?
“Start the season with a clean equipment bag and a freah bucket of febreze!”-CharlieHodgeFan
There was, but that little piece of human scum is still in the game.
Go Habs Go!
Great, PK getting into it with Kaleta, not a good thing the way this night is going.
- In Price We Trust
Kaleta thinks he’s a tough guy. I’m hoping someone puts him in his place.
nope they let it go
“Without the strength of the past, the team may face a choice – to win, or to be French-Canadian?” — Ken Dryden
NHL Officaiting is a HUGE JOKE!
“After 13 years, I couldn’t accept to be number two.“
Guy Lafleur.
Refs atrocious once again… they’re being lenient on hits from behind, head shots, high sticks, and hook on breakaways but they get us for two penalties (interference and tripping, as usual) in 1 minute.
Everytime we play Buffalo, Ruff whines, and all of a sudden the refs start calling the game with clear bias for buffalo. Why do they cater to him so much?
Spineless, the second Ruff starts crying to them they shift the way they call the game. I remember last year, two PPs for the Habs, than it was all Buffalo on the man advantage when he flipped out like JM had run over his dog.
- I shall always remember Captain Koivu. Habs and Hockey.
TSN saying Cammy out probably 2 weeks with a shoulder injury. Dislocation? Separation?
Go Habs Go!
Even Festerling is getting in on the action — he has an assist tonight, his first point as a Bulldog
http://theahl.com/stats/official-game-report.php?game_id=1007962
Kaleta has the Carcillo-esque “crazy eyes” I fear one day he may just snap and someone will pay the price…
“I don’t know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.”
- Bilbo Baggins
If I gotta hear Miller and McGuire gush over Tyler Myers one more time, I’m going to hurl. He’s having a minus year, mediocre at best…
James Duthie tweeted that it’s a separation.
Dislocation I’d say, separation I believe is more serious
he got called for unsportsmanlike conduct for the shot he took on price
“Without the strength of the past, the team may face a choice – to win, or to be French-Canadian?” — Ken Dryden
this is the type of game where ak46 and plecks have to show more
Discussing Max-Pac with y wife and she’s thinking he collapse, blankets and IV could just be that if he broke his arm he went into a little bit of shock.
Puck hit him in the ribs, but the same sort of theory applies.
Go Habs Go!
TSN showed a replay letting us see that the puck didnt actually hit him in the arm, but in the chest.
your friendly neighborhood Salted One
I have never seen so much space between the players on the bench before!
“Start the season with a clean equipment bag and a freah bucket of febreze!”-CharlieHodgeFan
Hopefully pouliot will be back for friday.
The reffing in that period was brutal. Why Ruff has so much sway over how a game is called drives me crazy.
I was thinking the same thing.
I also hope that White gets a chance to show us what he did in the pre-season, even though Boyd has 11 goals in 14 games.
gion and gomez really battling …after 2 periods plecks looks like he did vs the flyers in the playoffs…
I don’t know how we’re going to survive the 3rd period…..
“Without the strength of the past, the team may face a choice – to win, or to be French-Canadian?” — Ken Dryden
Just saw Boone’s note about it being ribs. Watching on Versus here in B-lo and they hadn’t any word yet.
Would guess separation more likely based on the way he hit his shoulder.
Boyd’s gone cold since Desharnais was called up to the NHL and looking at how waivers are going, he’d get picked off on re-entry waivers.
- I shall always remember Captain Koivu. Habs and Hockey.
they are saying that Halpern has flu, but I doubt since He was hit rather hard in head area, hope he’s not concussed.
Habs still threatening their goalie,
Habs will score a couple and win this one in my opinion, feel like Subban will be involved in a big way
Our situation is even worse than Detroit now.
Don’t tell me that the Habs have no one of Datsyuk’s caliber – at least their top 2 dmen and top two LW aren’t out of the line-up.
Mike Peca is making a lot of sense on TSN tonight. Glad he was pissed at Martin’s comments on P.K’s celebration.
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hey a question for the guys with more experience here/… whats the average time frame for a shoulder separation or dislocation to heal?
Was the hit from behind on Cammy suspendable?
I am worried about MaxPac. Best case scenario is a bruised rib. But if the puck broke a rib, he could be out for 4-6 weeks min. If the broken rib also punctured his lung (explaining the collapse, then he is out 3-4 months.
martin is a log in the mud
iam sure a broken rib is the not up to six weeks.. its more like 2-3 max
“After 13 years, I couldn’t accept to be number two.“
Guy Lafleur.
If a dislocation, getting it back in place quickly is key. Longer it is out, more likely to happen over and over. I dislocated my right shoulder and it took them 4 hours to get it back in, dislocated it 6 more times before having muscles operated on to shorten them. 20 more years of Rugby and it hasn’t re-occured (knock on wood).
If all goes well 3 weeks max.
“After 13 years, I couldn’t accept to be number two.“
Guy Lafleur.
If all goes well 3 weeks max.
“After 13 years, I couldn’t accept to be number two.“
Guy Lafleur.
separated shoulder severity is measured in degrees of 1 through 4 with 4 being most serious. If he’s out 2 weeks I’d say it’s a 1st degree
Wish you were right but it takes 3 weeks just for the peripheral tissue to enervate over the bone and calcify.
Can we send Craig Rivet a giftbasket for getting us Pacioretty AND Gorges?
Happy Birthday to local boy Gio. Bet he’s got a bunch in the stands tonight.
Dislocated, probably.
F*cking brutal. He looks hurt bad.
Holy F!!!
Had PK taunted the Flames bench or any individual players, I’d be down on him. But that simple little move? Gimme a break. He went straight to his teammates to celebrate with them, not to the Flames bench to do some “in your face” move.
This was an emotional game. The Flames fought back from 4-0 and every Hab had to be thinking “Oh no, we can’t walk off with only one point in this one”. Instead, PK wins it with a bullet shot. He’s 21 in his first full season and this was his first game winner, an OT goal at home.
Were he a seasoned 10-year veteran I’d have no problem with a little joy.
By the way, for those who say no celebration is old school, I seem to remember guys like Tiger Williams and Eddie Shack having some highly exuberant celebrations when they scored. No one seemed to mind them prancing on the ice on HNIC in front of a national audience.
The line, as always, is that between honest, heartfelt joy and celebration with your teammates and taunting the other guys, rubbing their faces in it. PK didn’t come close to crossing it.
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They brought their f____ing toys with them!
Bwahahah Rivet giving advice. PK do you want to be forgotten, scratched and largely a background player no one would miss? Then listen to Rivet. If not, continue to do what you want and we’ll love ya.
So am I to take from these events that Gomez doesn’t like PK?
You’re right Mike. Rivet sounds Cherryesque for sure.
“Hey Richard, two minutes for looking so good!”
I watched the game on the Flames broadcast last night (the only broadcast available on Centre Ice in the States) and I noticed two hilarious bits that show how under the radar two great Habs players are.
First, the Flames had a quiz asking which of three listed Habs prospects was not formally a member of the Calgary Hitmen. The amusing thing was one of the “prospects” listed was Josh Georges. The guy has been playing in the league for 6 years and has 364 games under his belt, but they still refer to him as a prospect!
Second, during one stretch when Plekanec made two or three great defensive plays, the play-by-play guy praised him saying “Plekanec is a guy who is known for his offense, but he’s been making great defensive plays all night”.
And we wonder why Pleks receives no consideration for the Selke (not saying he should win it, but most people don’t even list him in the top 10).
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They brought their f____ing toys with them!
I saw that as well about Gorges pretty funny and usually the
Canadian teams broadcasters/producers are more knowledgeable than other
teams……I remember a game last year or the season before against the
Panthers and Bill Lindsay answered some fan question on what the ‘h’ stood for
in the logo and he said Habitants. Embarrassing.
Been a Habs fan since I was in 2nd grade and sat behind Patrick Roy at the Aud.
He absolutely should win the Selke, I heard about the offensive Pleks last night and LOL.
P.K. is great for the game. These are the types of players that sell the game and will have hockey back on espn. I’m absolutely amazed how anything pk does ends up being criticized. look at the idiots that are constantly being suspended for various cheap shots. the worst pk does is a “bow and arrow” celebration and the rest of the league doesn’t like him. last night pj stock (who wouldn’t play 10 seconds in the new nhl) was trying to stir the pot by fabricating stories about pk. i’d suggest stock follow stubbs on twitter to get the real scoop.
finally, p.k. is becoming a dominant figure on the blueline. his diving to break up plays, heads up outlet passes and the ability to separate a player from the puck are electrifying. there are very few vets, let alone rookies who can control a game the way he does. they mentioned there were 12 scouts at the game last night. everyone of them would drool over having pk in their system.
Sigh. you just don’t get it, do you? All those heads shots are delivered with the utmost repect.
Subban: “I’m not afraid of anybody or anything,” he said. “I was just happy, that’s it.”
This brought a smile that hasn’t left yet
Both injuries looked bad, sucks to say, hopefully they just looked bad, but aren’t. If I had to bet though, broken wrist and seperated shoulder, but I’m a doom and gloom kind of guy.
Craig, the guy we traded you for plays than better than you with no ACL in his right knee, bugger off. Oh and thanks for bringing in the 1st-rounder so we could get Max Pacioretty and build our All-American line.
- I shall always remember Captain Koivu. Habs and Hockey.
I think Wiz is an islander mole, sent here to hurt our players.
Way to go for the little guy!
2 goals 2 great deflections
Well done Desharnais!
F Kaleta, one of the biggest a-holes in the league.
I hope The Wiz rings his bell in a fight.
Dammit wiz. first you kill Max, now you negate a PP. Come on.
Kaleta’s a piece of sh*t.
Third game in four nights, down to 9 fowards, tied 1-1 on the road. i’ll take it.
“After 13 years, I couldn’t accept to be number two.“
Guy Lafleur.
So were gonna lose MaxPac and Cammi for a bit. Boston, Carolina, Washington, Philly, Tampa all going to go into overtime……..Could we be having a worse night?
There may be other teams, but only ONE Club De Hockey…
Kaleta = embarrassment to hockey. In the same class as Avery, Ruutu, Carcillo etc.
cannot take any penalties in the 3rd and if we get a pp we have to score…
Cmon Wisniewski….could have had a PP…
My man DD!
Let me get this straight. A Montreal reporter asks a former Hab player what he thinks about a young, precocious kid. That player, Craig Rivet, answers truthfully that he does not care for Subban’s antics.
Where is the problem? Look, players around the league don’t appear to like Subban. I don’t see why that makes them bad people. Craig Rivet has played 909 games in the NHL and went to bat for his teammates in most of them. He was a decent defenceman that knew his role. He was a player rep. He has been a captain. Those all indicate to me that his teammates, at least, value his opinion.
If we don’t want to hear what other players think of current Habs players, we shouldn’t have our media folk soliciting their opinions on the topic.
Why is it guys like Gorges and Markov need ACL surgery and ****s like Kaleta never do? Someone to be said about the luck a schmuck enjoys.
- I shall always remember Captain Koivu. Habs and Hockey.
They grow hab fans young in Buffalo
Cmon Hockey Gods…
No Gorges
No Markov
No Cammalleri
No Max-Pac
No Pouliot…
Have some mercy please.
WTF. Halpern out too?
Great diatribe on Rivet Mr Boone. Couldn’t agree more.
I think he’s jealous he doesn’t have the talent P.K. has
Assuming that Max Power and Cammy are out for next game, who do we call-up?
WHAT A SAVE BY PRICE!
Ryan White
The entire conversation is just ridiculous. Some like it, some don’t. Big deal. Those that seem to want to make an issue of it, on either side, are simply providing Bick’s with more business.
***Subbang!!!***
now that’s a call that went our way
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88 is the new 23
Weird call…do you think Lindy will do what he does best?
There should have been a 5 on 3 there. Kaleta needs to get his a$$ kicked.
Wayne Gretzky
***Subbang!!!***
“They’d be out of a playoff spot if they didn’t had Price in goal.” – Pierre Maguire.
What team wouldn’t be out of a playoff spot without a goalie?
All right, Chris! Great to have the heavy artillary arriving to fire that weight ordnance on the sidfe of the Good Guys…
lol that doesn’t make any sense but it’s Kaleta so whatever.
I’d guess Wyman, Maxwell, or White.
With follow up help from AK46
Hamrlik: what kind of shot was that?
Or maybe, like me, he doesn’t have the time for show-boats or smack-talkers. I’m sure if you take a poll of Habs fans, you will find a significant number in both the for and against camps. They are opinions…everybody’s got ‘em, but ultimately they don’t really affect the outcome of the world much.
Countdown to the makeup call…..
Inserting Pouliot and calling up Boyd would do the trick
if only martin responded to dumb calls the way ruff does, the refs wont be such jerks against us
Carey is cool, calm and collected — Just the way we like him!
Eller’s a beast!!
Gonna be some call ups from the dogs
like a classless cry baby?
sure why not
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88 is the new 23
Hello, Ryan White? Pack your bags…
Um no.
A team without an elite goalie?
?
***Subbang!!!***
Versus showing Halpern on the bench rolling his neck, not good
“Start the season with a clean equipment bag and a freah bucket of febreze!”-CharlieHodgeFan
The Molsons should hire private investigators to follow some of these refs because they are either betting against the Habs or they are just SOBs. Six of one half dozen of the other there is something up, this has been going on for two years. Giving the Sabres a 5-3 on a iffy call after you let them get away with murder in that period. those idiots on the so called hockey panel said Montreal” GM will complain on the hit on Cammy yea right. There willl be nothing said and this is the problem too. Maybe this is why so many refs fixed games against the Habs. They know they can because nothing will ever be said about them.
I want so badly for Wiz for take Kaleta aside and feed him his freaking lunch. Please make this happen.
Is it possible we could get out of this disaster with a point or even two?
For a team that’s got guys falling down like the birds from the sky, I’d say this is a potential W.
Just a note to Max & Darche: Get out da way when Wiz is firing bullets.
OLE,OLE P.K. nice recovery… Cammi…at least your getting those injuries outta the way before crunch time, just think of that big’ol tire u throw around,you’ll recover in no time.
What’s with all the slashing penalties these days? Are u listening Pleks? Or is it ‘ol Gilly…Gilllly… Sorry.
plecks just not giving the effort like gion and gomez are today…ak46 playing better last few games but there is just something lacking in him even when scores goals in a few games…
AK46 has no hockey sense. He lumbers around and usually makes poor choices.
The frustrating part is JM on these calls shakes his head walks up and down looks up at the clock and takes out the g.d. pad but not a word to the Refs.
There will be couple of more should be calls on Buffalo in the third and we will get nailed.
Passive management
Back from my walk and I see Subban is OK. What about Halpern? Status?
Edit…never mind I just saw Boone’s update on Halpern.
***Subbang!!!***
Time for the foot soliders and the young bucks to step up. Play a simple game and make the smart play. We can still win this thing, it’s only Buffalo!
I hope they give White a shot….played really well in pre-season and I’d like to see if he can raise his game a notch.
guys what’s all this talk about Martin on PK? what did he say about him?
What a load of crap. Now they’re really f*cking with us. How come Wiz is the only one who gets called for retaliation.
Didn’t see the call on Weber. Phantom call?
Hits from behind and headshots… don’t get called in Buffalo.
FULL MOON??!?!? Explanation for the weird night.
You have to wonder if Lindy Ruff would have lasted as a coach if he couldn’t browbeat the refs in each game.
- I shall always remember Captain Koivu. Habs and Hockey.
How does Vanek, a $7mil/yr “sniper”, miss the net from five feet out?
Is it ever on Vancouver Island!
SUBBAN! WHAT A SAVE
What a revolting human being Kaleta is.
Go Habs Go!
Nice cheap shot Kaleta.
Did you see the ring around the moon last night?
You have to admire the yeoman minutes put in by Gomez and Gionta. Say what you want, but they really do step up their game when they’re most needed.
Did you see the official pat Kaleta on the bum? “don’t worry buddy, I got your back”
This is brutal. There’s been several penalties not called against the Sabres. just brutal.
Gomez and Gionta are soldiers.
Boone, Subban saved that. Price even patted his bum after that, what a PLAY
Hmmm, lets see:
Rule 27.3 b – Hits from behind and headshots don’t get called in Buffalo.
Yep, it’s in the rules.
***Subbang!!!***
great effort by gomez today but plecks needs a gut check today..can he win one face off please
Yup, I caught that
“Start the season with a clean equipment bag and a freah bucket of febreze!”-CharlieHodgeFan
Don Cherry hockey.
Awesome in-game exchange by Price and Subban.
11 won, 10 lost…waddyawant, perfection?
***Subbang!!!***
wearing visors is so disrespectful too
Not a hard hit, but to me, very similar to the hits we saw last year from Lapierre (4 game suspension), Ovi (2 game suspension), and Hossa (major penalty)… where’s the consistency, all those other guys got way more than 2 minutes, so I suspect a suspension is in order to Mike Weber.
dropping like fly’s
2 top 6 LW’s hurt…we don’t have any scoring LW’s in Hamilton…do we make a trade for a LW?
man,this is a cruel,cruel joke
What a disaster.
HSBC Arena = the new ACC
This is actually devastating
This is looking like a costly game already!
______________________________________ Long live Captain Gionta.
WTF IS HAPPENING
Love the little pat on the head from Carey to PK to say thanks for the save.
Go Habs Go!
Less than 10 minutes to go, these guys have gutted this one out.
“Start the season with a clean equipment bag and a freah bucket of febreze!”-CharlieHodgeFan
If they can sneak out of here with a point….it will be saying a ton.
Just got back to catch the second period. Both teams looked like they’re skating in mud.
Habs playing a perfect road game. Got to admire them for being able to keep up after last nights game.
Gotta a feeling that the Sabres will win this one though. Hope I’m wrong.
Gotta say, I was all for him last season but cooled this, however DD is making a case for himself. He’s playing well, making smart plays defensively. I like the symbiosis between Hamilton and Montreal. The call-ups should fit in seamlessly.
We have them right where we want them…it’s the 3rd and we are being out played…now for a big Habs goal
We are down three forwards, playing the third game in four nights, of course we’re being outplayed
“Start the season with a clean equipment bag and a freah bucket of febreze!”-CharlieHodgeFan
C’mon Pleks.
careful remember Dire Straits
This could be a historic game, most Canadiens players injured in a single match.
- I shall always remember Captain Koivu. Habs and Hockey.