Penner in OT, off a Cammalleri turnover
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An epic collapse
An unSuper Sunday for your Montreal Canadiens, who blew a 3-0 lead and watched the Rangers score FIVE unanswered goals in the second and third periods.
"I think they just picked it up and started to skate more," said Saku Koivu in response to aa suggestion that the Rangers’ physical play had turned the game around.
"In the first period we got pucks in their end and were able to get chances because of that. Then in the second half of the game we weren’t skating as well and we didn’t get the pucks deep. We kind of got away from our game plan."
"You couldn’t ask for a better start," said Mike Komisarek. "We have to find a way to bury a team and close the gate."
The Canadiens defenceman said the Rangers began to win battles along the boards as the game progressed. Echoing his captain’s analysis, Komisarek said the Rangers’ physical play hadn’t intimidated the Canadiens.
"When we’re prepared to battle, we can play that kind of game. It’s more of an attitude and mentality we have to have, to keep pushing. You can’t let a team like that back in the game.
"We tried too many fancy things instead of sticking with what worked for us."
Christopher Higgins said the Rangers began to win neutral-zone battles in the second half of the game.
"They clogged it up and we played right into it," Higgins said. "Instead of chipping it by them we were trying to make those cute passes. Instead of making them go the whole length of the ice, they only had to go half the ice.
"We stopped skating. That’s what it comes down to."
"These are the kinds of lessons we have to learn as the season goes on and into the playoffs," Komisarek added. "When you have a team down you have to bury them."
Was there a sense that things were slipping away?
"I don’t think so," Komisarek said. "It was just a hard-fought game. Playoff atmosphere, the buzz in the building, the intensity, the battles.
"They got better as the game went on. As a team, we have to feel that pressure and push back."
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sounds like perhaps no trade but he’s ticked off for being back out of the lineup? thanks for the info.
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on radio – CKAC Danny Dubé said so.. he left in fury with his complete gears.. we’ll see..
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I thought Ryder played a very involved and inspired game yesterday, and so I am somewhat puzzled by his being scratched. Is something up?
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has ryder been traded, somebody just said ckak said hes been traded/ left rink with sticks and bag?!?!?
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WHAT AN ATMOSPHERE
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Inquire Sir Boone ! Ryder left the building with all his gears – skates, sticks and bag!! please!
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Tom the Bomb and Begin are in and I’m glad. We have to counter Avery an Hollweig types with some of our own.GO HABS GO!!!
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I’m getting all goose-bumpy!
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I get to watch the game on NBC. Neat-o.
Been a long time comming. Interesting to see what the US commentators will say.
(Komi Picks the Gaints to win the SB. Some guy named “Provo” is singing the anthem.)
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Ryders out.
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Ahhh, a Habs love-in or what on CBC?
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Especially if we don’t have four players with their butts out and sticks out surrounding him and let him beat you.
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No, he would not. He would never say anything favouring the Habs, and that is why he has been so quiet. He can’t find anything to say. The Habs are playing too well for him. It must be driving him up the wall.
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Funny how CBC gives the Laughs 30 minute pre-game shows, but they show up 2 mins prior to the Anthem for our Habs.
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Oops, we’re at home.
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I wonder who’s a minor-leaguer now!
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This will not be a walk in the park EX, Mike as we well know. I believe if we skate like we can, and somehow tie up that big lug Jager when he is behind our net and stay out of the box. We have a good shot at taking these guys by one goal.! It will be a battle.
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where’d you hear this?! would exclaim the random benching today. . . must be going somewhere?
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brilliant doug, abosoluty brilliant but at the same time, man am i dumb, lmao
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Great start already!!Markov Scores!
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it’s a mock video game cover of the Toronto Maple Leafs Playoff Edition ’08. With a picture of Mats Sundin’s face superimposed on Mike Weir’s body playing golf.
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YAHOOO! Markov is DOMINANT so far!
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even Pierre McGuire is calling Huet “Hue-ette” on NBC. what gives? he knows the mans name.
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Forsberg rumour : As for the Habs having interest in Peter Forsberg , this is unknown and it seems the Habs haven’t shown much interest but you never know with Bob. Many teams have done their homework and pursued Forsberg vigorishly like Philly , Van , Dallas , Detroit etc. IMO GM Bob would have a better chance of finding a salesperson at Canadian Tire than signing Forsberg , but that’s debatable.
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High five to Komi. I hope he posts the videos.
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Sign Komi to longer term deal already. Sign Pleks to long term contract. Sign Streit. Sign Huet!
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atta boy komi, elisa cuthberts a babe! (wasnt she going out with avery tho
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Lundqvist looks a tad shaky and unsure thus far. More shots from just about anywhere should be on order…
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Hey, are you broadcasting? I’m trying to log in and it keeps telling me your pass is not ‘brandy’.
I’m away, so any internet feed for this game would be appreciated.
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As I said in an earlier post, he has fantastic stats this year, but he is actually incredibly inconsistent. I hope he loses but not by a landslide: I have him in my hockey pool.
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I’m in my seat (last row) and I still don’t know who the starting goalie is …
I’ve made a huge mistake…
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And now for something completely different. Haven’t been on here for a few days but was in NYC on business and the NY Posts had a story about Mike Komisarek’s girlfriend (Elisa Cuthbert) and Paris Hilton.
I’m not a big fan of tabloid junk or celebrity gossip but if a Habs’ main squeeze is involved I just hope it isn’t distracting.
http://www.usmagazine.com/exclusive_paris_hilton_and_elisha_cuthbert_seen_making_out
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Brisebois to the press box FOREVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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“Hue-ette” is actually the correct pronunciation. I saw Huet in an interview once, where he said when he started playing in the NHL people started calling him “Huet” (the way we have been known to say it.) So actually, Huet-ette is correct
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for those of us without it, what/who is it?!!
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that’s what dvr was made for, showey. . . synchronize, synchronize!
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If there’s on thing that I could tell the Habs in the locker room, it would be, “NO looking ahead to Tuesday!”
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Sorry, i just don’t have the stomach for cbc or nbc hockey. I’m english and still choose to watch it on rds. In a perfect world i would have the game on tv and the satelitte radio on cjad but the feed is usually 10 to 15 seconds behind what is happening on tv.
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Being in the States, I will be watching NBC.
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If Cagerattler were still here, he’d point out that the Habs are playing back-to-back games, whereas the Rangers are rested since their win vs NJ on Friday.
Or maybe he wouldn’t.
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Is anyone going to volunteer to watch the game on NBC today? I would offer but I’m in that heart attack age bracket and can’t risk the shock or stress. I assume it will be the same guys covering the game for CBC today. They did a good job yesterday.
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Thanks, guys. Doug
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for those of you with facebook..check this link out
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The Habs are poised to exorcise another demon this afternoon. I hope the players remember how they were totally dominated in their last match against the Rangers and play with an edge. The Sens are hearing footsteps!
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On NBC they comapred Komisarek to a young Larry Robinson!! High praise.
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Koivu’s +/- is gonna look great.
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Back to the drawing board.
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send out some bangers at least
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This game is ALL about fatigue and four tough games after the all-star break. No need to panic.
Have a good afternoon, all; enjoy the Super Bowl.
Those of you with a slant towards histrionics. . . keep away from sharp objects or the medicine cabit. . . and try to get a life
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Well, time to go get ready for the Brady Bowl. Habs played a good game with lots of intensity, but the mistakes they did make were capitalized on heavily by a good Rangers team.
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Lats with half the net and it goes off a Ranger and wide, from the 3-0 goal and on that was the story. Fact is the Rangers got lucky to win this game. Period.
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what the @#$% happend?!
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I don’t blame Huet at all.We could have protected the lead and played more conservative……we didn’t…We opened it up and got over confident.It killed us period.
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This game illustrates how a tough team with less talent can beat a skilled team like ours. We need that big center like Jokkinen that can rag the puck around and really torture the other team.
We got worn down by all the hitting, ended up getting sloppy and the Rangers got the bounces.
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We need a tough hard player who can PLAY the game (score) ie, power forward, tough loss to take. Have to bounce back against the Janitors on tuesday. STILL BELIEVE!!! GO HABS GO!!
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The whole team collapsed, I don’t think you can blame Huet for any of the goals and the fifth goal was a deflection, he isn’t Stretch Armstrong you know.
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We sure blew that one. The Rangers have our number, Our first half of the game was great, followed by…well you know.
Huet has been great and carried our team, but he needs a break, he made a couple of good saves but today he was not his best. Although everyone wants to give Halak a chance and getting him to play Ottawa is a good choice as they are much weaker without two of their big three.
The difference in this game is the Rangers buried their chances while we didn’t.
Oh well, tough luck
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vipah – are you kidding me? They took this game away from us and then their best players outplayed our best players. Stop making excuses, the Habs blew this game. Period.
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Not to lay blame by koivu’s dumb penalty turned this game around and gave them momentum when we had them down and out. 3 games in 4 days didn’t help either.
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Habs did play a good game, Rangers goalie was hot in the second and third. Fatigue factored into this one, but they still didn’t give up, that’s the key. Face it folks, as much as we’d like them to they’re not going to win every game.
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What is it about Drury when the game is close how ne just sits at the side of net like that damn oh well bring on the sens!
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More non-clutch goaltending, and the Habs blow another 3 goal lead. Questions:
Does Halak get to play now?
Will the Habs ever beat the Rangers?
What was wrong with Kovy today?
What’s with the no timeout?Anyhow, another meltdown. And for all you Cristobal Huet fans, that’s 5 goals against in two of the last three games (losses).
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Thanks for your opinion.
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i think we were just tired. would have been different out come if we both had two days rest.
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Well that C&^^S$%^ER MacLean loved the outcome…
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hilarious response
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hilarious response
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Not saying it was his fault, he just never seems to come up big when the rest of the team starts collapsing. He is the best goalie in the NHL in non clutch situations.
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Well, the boys have to treat this one as a learning experience, otherwise reflection on this game will be too depressing. They need to learn that when it gets 3-0 with 14 minutes to go in the third they need to go for the jugular. They did not.
My turning point of the game was after Sergei Kostitsyn’s goal to go up 3-0. Montreal was still on the PP and Koivu took another one of his lovely offensive zone penalties on Gomez. It was clear that the NYR might score on the ensuing penalty (which they did), and all of a sudden it was time for a momentum shift. Dubinsky, followed by Gomez’s goal. 3-3 anyone’s game.
What further irks me is Hamrlik’s oversight on the Drury GWG, how could he not pickup Drury coming from his side.
On the positive:
-Montreal matched the NYR in the toughness and hitting categories
-The kids played well
-The organization is on the rise
-Komisarek is a monster. Sign him for as long as he will signOn the Negative
-After his PP goal Kovalev was invisible and turned the puck over numerous time in the offensive and neutral zones.
-Every time we play poorly it is because we allow the other team across the blueline too easily (like we did in the end of the second and third)
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Rangers weren’t lucky….They out played us.
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How do the Rangers have less talent???? Their top 6 have so much talent its ridiculous…
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agreed; thank you for the voice of reason.
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It breaks my heart to see Chris Higgins being interviewed after losses. The guy really takes it to heart and you can tell.
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MacLean is an arsehole for Ontario.Do you expect anything different.
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We stole a point in Washington and flushed 2 down the toilet today. Thanks Captain K, were so good we didnt need them anyway.
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Meh I completely disagree.
Jagr is nothing like he was.
Gomez is an ‘ok’ player. Waaaay overpayed.
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But Kovalev positives outnumber his negatives.
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To play halak now would be a mistake. You can’t lose confidence in Huet. They were tired, they are not machines…
We will beat the rangers, they aren’t that good, we just collapsed from fatigue, it was obvious.
Kovalev scored a great goal, did you not see?
No timeout because there was no whistle. Maybe try watching the game before asking questions?
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I don’t think it was non clutch goaltending it was a non clutch team. PERIOD, everyone was just over confident and became complacent once we were up by three. I honestly didn’t see any soft goals tonight. The defense has to cover better. I don’t think we can ask Huet to play much better than he has been playing. Can’t stop them all.
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Rick Chartraw I like you break down and it is very accurate.
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You forgot to add “better rested” to your list. Until the Habs ran out of gas, the game was all theirs.
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Completely agree.
And if you think back to the season, we’ve managed to rebound quite well… I mean, we never played Ottawa as our rebound game this season (I dont think… ) but they’re not exactly on top of their game either.
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Nice post, excellent point on Hamrlik missing Drury.
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You’re welcome, now the trade talk will start up again. Hmmmm, just taking a wild guess, Koivu, Ryder for sure, and possibly Huet. Actually Hammer and Kovy made their share of blunders too, so they could be next
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You’re right it is huge, and the guys on CBC are talking a possible l or 2 game suspension for Kovy…YIKES!!!!
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Obviously, that goes witout saying. But Chartraw’s comments are dead on for today’s game. And if Kovalev gets suspended then it will hurt even more.
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well it is cbc we are talking about, had it been sundin who threw the hit they would of wanted a diving call on hollweg. They would love for it to be 2 games so he doesn’t light up the laffs next thursday
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how about the price of food and parking, an american owner, and that game-changing sucker punch komisarek threw that took away our pp going into the third. to hell with them all!
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Bang on, let’s just blow the whole team up and start over, and for the love of God, get a new coach!!!
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Kovalev disappeared after lodging his elbow in Holiweg’s teeth. Afterward, he was likely concentrating more on self-preservation (i.e. not being decapitated by Orr et al.) rather than on offence.
If Smolinski was strong on the puck and cleared it out of our zone, Hamrlik’s blown coverage on the 4th goal would be a moot point.
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I’m from Ontario…and in no way is that slimey little Don Cherry butt kisser representative of my province.
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Five unanswered goals. Brutal. Third period of the year indeed.
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Another lucky break and its over.
Horrible outlet by Hammer. Too bad.
I guess its Karma for the elbow that wasn’t called?
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The 1st, 2nd and the 5th goal are stoppable.
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Higgins tipped that one
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Oh I know!! On TSN he sounds like a high school girl talking about her crush
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not nearly as disturbing as healy talking about sundin though
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ha ha – when he talks about how “good” he looks and how he is in great shape.
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yeah, healy would definatly “pillow bite” for mats anyday, lol
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You said it all Teach – Milbury is a clown.
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First time I’ve ever seen glass shatter live.
The Cube is stronger than I thought
Gotta go. Wave starting up.
I’ve made a huge mistake…
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Did anyone see that fight between Riley Cote and George Parros yesterday?
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it is indeed a really intense match up! loving it so far..
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Love Sather’s old-time GM look, chewing on the cigar.
…I suppose he IS rather old(time).
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Beer break :-}
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Smoking is retarded!!! I couldn’t help myself.
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The trade talk has got me nervous. I’m not as keen about trading anyone on the team now that they’re really gelling.
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Nice interview by Shanahan.
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And were back
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I guess you’re the fanatic
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what’s the crib notes version?
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WOAH!!!!! Beautiful!!
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Yes!!! Beautiful K Man
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Kovy the great!
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Another fine play by Markov to keep the puck in the offensive zone. Three plays like that in 2 game = 3 goals. One against the Islanders and Two against the Rangers. Brilliant.
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Just freakin’ deadly.
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You know what… this really is a different team since mid/end of January. I love it.
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Hahaha, watching the replay, Kovalev does hide well. But how does the D forget him?
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Thanks Rosival.
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Another thing I noticed about the two broadcasts….CBC has much better sound and captures the Bell Centre atmosphere much better than NBC.
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pleky..oh pleky my pleky, your pleky, OUR pleky!
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I like #46 but that was an indisciplined penalty. Gotta keep our cool when the other team takes cheap shots and then punish them with our powerplay.
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Well, I for one am DELIGHTED by NBC’s coverage.
Always a rarirty for those of us in the US with Comcast as a cable carrier to see a Habs game in HD. (We get Center Ice, but only in SD, not HD).
I enjoy Mike Emerick’s play-by-play. He has an encyclopedic knowledge of side-stories and backgrounds of players. Some might find him overly chatty, but I enjoy the energy and knowledge he brings to the telecast. Unlike Monsieur Cole, he knows players on more than just one team despite being the Devils’ main play-by-play guy.
Eddie Olczyk is fairly insightful as a color guy, having played, coached, done color for the Penguins, etc. He has good chemistry with Emerick.
Throw in McGuire too and I think you’ve got a quality broadcast going on right now – a real treat for us south of the line or for those of you who want something a little different than the CBC north of the line.
OH, and something VERY important: The play-by-play team isn’t cheering against the Habs, unlike what we’ve seen from CBC and TSN for years and years…
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This is the fastest I’ve seen the Canadiens all season.
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Beautiful backhand saucer pass by Bouillon just then. Too bad it didn’t quite work out…
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Yep… all he had to do was keep his skates on the ice.
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Pleks is definitely an untouchable. He’ll be GOLD in the playoffs.
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If you’re watching NBC, there’s gonna be a Mike Komisarek feature during the 1st intermission. I’ll be tuning into that.
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Just pretty Candid, said it was his hamstring, not his back that was injured. He also said they’ve realized they’re a defence first team. He mentioned he is impressed with Staal and Dubinsky. Etc.
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So far, NBC announcers have been fine.
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Is Boone at this game? He hasn’t said anything about Ryder leaving the building? Too busy eating the free food and sneaking out for a smoke.
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Evfery time I turn to NBC it’s on a commercial.
now the first face I see is milbury. No thanks..back to CBC
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I would have agreed with you completely if Bob Cole and Harry Neale were doing the game today. But CBC is beginning to realize that those guys really don’t have it anymore. Now they have Jim Hughson, who is very similiar to Doc Emerick. As for TSN, they are very neutral when it is Miller and McGuire. Healy is a different story, although I really like Chris Cuthbert too. I personally like Hughson over everyone, but that’s just my opinion.
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in a nutshell: the key to the team’s recent success has been to play a defensive-minded game.
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Our team looks faster without Brisebois and Ryder.
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Jim Hughson is absolutely one of the best in the sport as well, don’t get me wrong! CBC needs to use him more and put Cole and Neale out to pasture permanently (enough with the phasing out)… or at least bring BACK Dick Irvin!!
I don’t even get a chance to see the CBC feed today, but I’m already hearing that Ron MacLean is badmouthing the Habs in between periods, so again, that’s what you get to put up with from the network that your taxpayer dollars help fund.
What’s really interesting during the NBC intermission is that they aren’t even bothering to talk about the Rangers! Pretty comical. McGuire and Milbury were mentioning the too-many-men on the ice game, there was a feature on Komisarek, they’ve shown replays featuring the audio from Pierre et Yvon.
Not trying to overly gush here, I just like how balanced the broadcast is and that it looks great too.
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Maybe he meant, “…because in that case today’s game would be difficult for you.” He does have a wry sense of humour.
As a general rule I haven’t detected much antiHabness from MacLean. He’s Hab-neutral, I would say.
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They were interviewing some Ranger player and MacLean asked him who his favorite team was and he said the laffs then MacLean said, “Thank God it wasn’t the Habs”. I kid you not.
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Yes, he was the third man in. But Hamrlik was on that side with NOBODY there. Streit played the man with the pass, leaving a Ranger wide open down in the corner who Koivu went to cover.
“Centre covers third man in” is a great mantra if the other D is occupied with the 2nd man in. He wasn’t, so Koivu covered the guy who was not covered. That’s the way I saw it, so I guess we’re agreeing to disagree.
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LMAO, I didn’t know we were keeping score. I better boost my effort up to 100% now
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Kelly Hrudey identified Drury as Hamrlik’s responsibility, which is what I was thinking. I’ll take Hrudey’s word for it.
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Interesting stat, thanks Showey. His penalties are a product of laziness or fatigue or plain stupidity, with even the smallest hook will lead to a call.
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Thanks Saku – the Rangers scored on the PP after you took another offensive zone penalty, and you failed to backcheck the Rangers opposing center, Drury, when he scored.
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I’ve read that Hossa has made it clear he won’t resign with ATL in the off-season.
I wonder what the trade is (if there really is one): Ryder, Grabovski and a 1st for Hossa?? One can only hope.
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if gainey can trade for Hossa and only give up that little, I’ll truly believe he is the magic man.
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I didn’t see the 3rd period, big deal it is one loss, don’t go cancelling the parade yet. We will bounce back. I thought all the cheep shots got us off our game.
However I think we need a goon, a heavy weight. They should get Wade Belak. Problem solved. If Bob makes one trade that should be it. It also fixes a gaping hole on the Habs, the lack of a good Saskatchewan boy.
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first off, dandenault is not a third line player, this is when bizzaro carbo takes over. ryder is a better player period.
secondly, the fourth line on with two minutes left is ridiculous.
that being said, canadiens are a tougher team than people give them credit for.
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Wonder if anyone will die in the riots?
Plea for calm courny boy.
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My thoughts on the game for what they’re worth:
We toyed with the Rangers the way we did with the Isles, building a three-goal lead that should have secured the two points this afternoon.
The game turned on another one of Koivu’s candy-ass, bullshit, totally unmanly offensive zone stick-tweak penalty. Drury said as much in a post-game interview. Stuff like that is the hockey equivalent of the Trojan Horse. Once you open the door, you all know….
The Kovy hit on Holweg looked like an elbow to me. The Rangers — not the most manly of franchises — seemed to get additional energy from that.
The hit on K the younger disturbed me, not because he looked injured, not because it was delivered by Holweg and not because it was cheap. The response from the guys on the ice makes me wonder about whether this edition of the Habs truely has the stomach for the frey to come. That towering figure of Jeff Gorges ran hellbent to the aid of his teammate. Chris Higgins, CH, future of captain of the Habs, did jack and was conspicuous by his merely standing there. I guess “team toughness” is still an issue with this squad.
I’m not going mental, I have to get ready to cheer on the Giants, but we still have a long way to go before we can think about a Cup. The boys might have been truely tired this afternoon, but there is still much work to do. Unlike the Isles, other teams will fight back. I grew up in NYC and gave up rooting for the Rangers after they broke my heart in Game 6 of the ’72 Finals while I sat in the blue seats in MSG that day. Yet, the way they played this afternoon, you had to admire their performance.
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This bs about them being tired, running out of gas is pure crap! Give the Rangers some credit folks they didn’t quit, battled back and took two points from the Habs. It happens but to not give the Rangers credit is wrong. They habs are good enough that they don’t need lame excused being made when they lose.
The Jagr line dominated the 4th line from the start of the 2nd period on. The puck was in Montreal’s end for the first four minutes of the 2nd period. That set the tome for the rest of the game. Montreal had the Rangers chasing them for the first 20 minutes and the Rangers turned the tide and had the Habs chasing them for the last 20.
I really like the kid line, was very disappionted that the trio of Latendresse,Lapierre and K2 were broken up for this game. I thought they were playing very well together.
It was a big game and they came up short, certainly not through lack of effort. Plekanec line was dangerous all game long and for the first 40 minutes, so was Koivu’s. Komisarek and Markov were the best two players on the ice for either team. There are some positives to draw from this game.
There are also some negatives. If Carbo and the rest of the coaching staff are as good as they are supposed to be, they certainly will not be using
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Not the outcome everyone expected and hoped for, but a good learning experience for a young team.
The lows:
1. Hamrlik was -3 on the day; a team worst. Not an afternoon he will want to remember.
2. The Koivu line played well offensively, but they couldn’t finish and got caught standing around a couple times in the D-zone.
3. Kovalev was not his usual stuff today. I think the Blueshirt’s strategy was to rough him up a bit early in the match to get him off his game.
4. Not being able to convert on the 3:00 minute PP. This was the turning point in the game IMO.The highs:
1. Mike’s man Gorges mugging Holwegg after his cheap shot on S. Kostistyn. This kid is game and he plays smart positional hockey.
2. Markov and Komi played MVP type games.
3. The Kostitsyns continue to impress with their laser like passes. The kid showed that he can shoot’em like his brother.
4. Frankie holding his own against Orr in an ex. mismatched fight.Nothing to be worried about. The Blueshirts have owned the Habs during more than one regular season. H/e, if I recall correctly, the Habs returned the favour by dispatching them in the playoffs in quick order.
Not sure why posters are dumping on Higgins. I think some may be trolls or possibly Laff fans who would luv to see Higgy in a Bud’s sweater.
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Well, what a rollercoaster ride! Habs should be embarrassed by the loss. You can’t allow 5 unanswered goals at this time of the year. It was, as Boone mentioned, a 5-on-5 loss. Special teams were sharp, but even strength was lacking. Full credit to the Rangers for shutting down shooting lanes and clogging up the middle in the 3rd. Lundqvist played a pretty solid game, especially with the save off the Pleks break. However, Dubinsky got a lucky one on an innocent looking shot that hit the top corner. I thought they’d go to the replay to see whether it actually went in after it looked and sounded like it hit the post squarely.
-Carbo’s line matching was not the best tonight and his choice to start Huet is suspect. Halak should’ve had a chance to play. Would that have changed the end result? Very possibly, as Huet was average with only a couple of nice saves. Nevertheless, it was a tough call…
-Kovy hit may get a review from the league, and if it does there’ll be a suspension. Same goes for the nastier Hollweg hit from behind on Kosti jr.
-A very entertaining game with tons of hits. Habs showed lots of grit and a determination not to get pushed around. Komi was a monster! Man is Jagr tough to pry off the puck!
-Kovy was well covered tonight again and gave up a lot of forced plays. It reminded me of his play/coverage in Washington the other night.
-Habs need more offensive production from Higgins. He’s playing hard but not smart – kind of a ‘spinning your wheels’ performance.
-did fatigue play a factor as some are saying? perhaps, but not to the extent that it allowed the Rangers to score 5 in a row.
-do the Habs need another big power forward? YES. It would have made a difference tonight and every game from this point forward.
-Are the Habs in a bad way as a result of this loss? NO. They just need to refocus and prepare for Tuesday’s dance with the Sens.
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Nobody’s trying to take anything away from the Rangers, but the Habs did let them back in because they were tired. The Rangers, an experienced team, knew this might happen, never panicked, never gave up, buried every chance they got in the second, and came back to win.
But let’s face it — the Rangers didn’t dominate this game, or even the span they outscored the Habs 5-0. They didn’t really outchance Montreal. They gave up several odd-man rushes that the Canadiens couldn’t cash. They were opportunistic and Montreal weren’t; Montreal’s speed and passing was increasingly off as the game went on.
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Hey everybody I have been following this site for a long time now and finally decided to start an account mostly because I have a few bones to pick (which isn’t suprising) after montreal blows yet another game due to a comfortable lead. With that being said i give all the credit in the world to our team we kept outplaying the rangers throughout the game and sometimes the bounces just don’t go your way nomatter how hard you work. my main problem with the habs this superbad sunday wasnt the team itself but rather one particular player who in my eyes caused the turning point of this pathetic collapse. now ill probably get some heat for this but GIVE ME A BREAK SAKU when you are up 3-0 and on the powerplay you take an offensive zone penalty? please these errors could be excusable from a minor league player to even maybe an nhl rookie but not from the captain of a team gunning to overtake ottawa for first place in the eastern conference. Now i have loved koivu for a very long time and have always been the first one to his defence in any habs related topic but when I watch a our beloved habs playing as well as they are I can’t help but notice koivus recent inability to stand on a pair of skates that coupled with his recent lack of hockey sense has me wondering who should be wearing the “C” now koivu has proven to be a leader through and through on this team but you dont have to wear the “C” to be a leader and you sure do have to lead by example when you hold such an honor especially when guiding such a gifted youth movement and lately i could name about 10 players for the habs much more capable of doing so. I am not calling for a change of any sort except for maybe making koivu a healthy scratch for a game to put things into perspective for him. Ryder maybe in just as much of a funk but atleast he manages to keep his footing (with and without defenders around)phew now with that out of my system might i say congrats to little kostitsyn on a beautiful PS and congrats to the canadiens for continuing to show up every game thus far in 2008 (minus the first rangers game)and perhaps i will also congratulate koivu for his assist even though he seems to be doing more harm than good lately
GO HABS GO and ottawa watch out cause kovys a comin!
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A couple of thoughts:
First, I think the loss was NOT Huet’s fault. He didn’t look helpless or tired to me, so no big deal starting him in the back-to-backs.
Second, I think the Habs weren’t scared of anybody. They fought when they had to fight, they stuck up for their own and they were tough on the boards most of the game.
Third, this loss wasn’t because of fatigue or intimidation. It was bad D…period. Kovalev made one rotten pass that led directly to a goal, and Hammer had a less-than-stellar day. Too many Rangers left unattended is what cost this game. Nothing more, nothing less.
It’s a good thing they can learn these lessons now and hopefully remember them in the playoffs. We have to remember this is a very young and inexperienced team. Lousy losses will happen. They have to put this one behind them, remember what they did wrong and crush Ottawa on Tuesday.
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You have to admit NBC got their money’s worth this afternoon ahead of the Super Bowl with this game. It was a much better display of hockey for the great unwashed down here in the lower 48 than the All Star nonsense on Versus. Like all of you I wasn’t happy with the result. But damn, that was really hockey!
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It’s a very long way to the games that really matter. The Luger is always in the drawer, but I don’t see any need to clean it just now. Big week coming up, I have to pace myself. And, GO GIANTS GO!!!!
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Excellent post.
I agree 100% with your highs and lows, gotta acknowledge the good and the bad.
Looks like Frankie the Bull is the Habs resident tough guy. Colton Orr is a heavy-weight and a good one. The Bull showed up and didn’t get killed which is a big bonus. Think he an Komisarek are the only Habs to win a fight this year.
The Kostitsyn brothers are going to be very good hockey players. I like Senior a bunch but Junior aint nothing to sneeze at either.
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It was a really good hockey game, I agree with you yeats
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excellent post again J.T. Agree 100% with what you posted.
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I’m squarely in your camp. Under BG and Carbo, this team is on the right track. There are things that the Habs need to work on as a team before they will get to the promised land. I try to give credit where credit is due and to try to highlight the few things that are good or bad that I notice.
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They had 26 shots, numerous scoring chance, banged home 5 goals. They were full marks for the comeback.
Excuses like they were tired are for losers, this team is far from a bunch of losers. They got outplayed, it happens.
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agree – disappointing loss but I think we will take something positive away from this.
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That was the game of hockey, not that caricature known as All-Star weekend. I would have liked a different result, but this afternoon’s game was a great advertisement for our game.
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I saw the game as you did. I am not taking anything away from the Rangers but we were not outplayed. The Rangers made the most of their chances. As a matter of fact we had several chances which we did not finish.
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Actually, they didn’t get outplayed, IMHO. They outplayed the Rangers for the first half far more than the Rangers outplayed Montreal in the second. And the Rangers only outplayed Montreal in the second due to fatigue, IMHO. Their passing was off, they were missing a step.
The Habs couldn’t bury and the Rangers buried just about every chance they got. Game right there.
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you and me both.
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You can believe what you want to believe, maybe you are right the Habs dominated the Rangers more the first half of the game. It is kind of a moot point. Bottom line is they lost. Again it happens.
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Quote of the Day from pickup hockey this morning:
As I came off the ice this morning, we were sharing our locker room with a pee wee travel team from New Jersey. I walked into the room wearing my Habs white jersey — Number 10 for Teddy Harris of course — and a “little Devil” informed me that he hated the Canadiens. I just looked him in the eye and said, “I have it on good authority they hate you too!”
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on the topic of powerforward…latendresse was in the thick of things when the game got grittier, which i’m happy to see…just has to work on his finishing.
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hockey’s a game of bounces and the rangers got every single one of them when they needed it.
The boys put in a good effort, but when dubinski gets a lucky shot lasered top shelf, and roszival pulls off a slapper top shelf out of nowhere, and markov breaks his stick during the gomez goal…it means it’s not our day.
The rangers weren’t exactly brilliant and they got their bounces then drained the game out in perfect fashion, kudos to tom renney on being opportunistic and shutting us down.
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You are exactly correct about our leader, he has lost a step due to age etc. but his brain should still work, i put this loss squarely on his shoulders. He has taken a stupid penalty in nearly every game, and often in the other end. That is not leadership Mr. Captain. Pick it up a little.!!!!
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I do think they were tired, as any team in that situation would be, but I agree with you 100%…give the Rangers credit. We did not lose this game, the Rangers won it. It happens, and hopefully the Habs will take a lesson from it. We’re still a young team and need jolts like this every once in a while.
My positives for the game:
- Koivu looked like he’s got his passion back the past few games…his reaction after the Kovalev goal was more reminiscent of the fiery Saku of old
- Plekanec is gaining more and more confidence all the time. Just wish his scoring touch was a bit better, because he generates so many scoring chances for himself with that speed
- Markov was absolutely fantastic todayMy negatives for the game:
- FACEOFFS! Ugh…we were pretty bad in that department tonight. Even when we won, the Rangers often ended up with the puck.
- Kovalev has to reign in that temper sometimes. He really should have got at least a minor for that elbow, which only served to rile up the Rangers. Hollweg bumped him, completely within the rules, and Kovalev lost his mind. Kostitsyn payed the price.
- Saku needs to learn how to fall down when other players’ sticks touch him, because half the penalties he takes in the O-zone are things he puts up with all the time from defenders. Gomez sold that one brilliantly.
- Carbonneau should have, in my opinion, called a timeout early in the third period after Komisarek got out of the penalty box. The Habs were on their heels and the defensive pairs were a mess for the first 10 minutes of the period because Markov got caught on a long PK shift while Komisarek was in the box…didn’t get straightened out until the first TV time out.
- Way too many giveaways in our own zone in the 2nd and 3rd periods…we stopped making good passes and either gave the puck away, shot it to centre ice for the Rangers to come in again or iced it. This is where I think the fatigue factor was obvious, although the Rangers also started checking the Habs much more tightly.
- Still not a big fan of Gorges on defence. I give him credit for sticking up for Kostitsyn (although props have to go to Koivu too for trying to jump Hollweg even though he got steamrolled), but he seems to let guys go around him wide once or twice a game. -
saku is fourth in the league for penalties among centers, he was third behind chris gratton and steve ott but these guys also fight and get 5 minute majors. Antropov passed him because of his misconducts he got against the hurricanes last week.
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Actually I liked the way you expressed your criticism of Koivu’s play here. Rather than just trashing him, you pointed out his mistakes in a constructive way while balancing it with a comment about him deserving respect. I think if Koivu himself read your comment, he might agree with it, or at least take it under advisement. Some comments, on the other hand, are just disrespectful. I wish all posters would be more considerate, not necessarily less critical.
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That penalty call was a beautiful sell job by Gomez, nothing more. This is something that bothers me a lot with officiating in the NHL: Koivu has for some reason been targeted for some of these soft, chintzy O-zone penalties that occur on EVERY shift in every game. I really don’t get it…Koivu’s game is all about puck control and fending off checkers yet he very rarely draws penalties (maybe because he doesn’t hit the ice every time a stick touches him). But EVERY time he gets his stick near a guy he’s getting called. I’m not sure if he’s a chirper or something and the refs have his number, because I have never felt like Koivu gets calls the same way other top players do…one need look no further than the Jason Williams incident.
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man quit your koivu bashing
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Great piece. I like the players analysis as the game unfolded. They know what they did wrong and will make adjustments to correct it for the next game. We had a few good chances to bury these guys and we failed to do so unfortunately.
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I don’t think he is bashing koivu …I believe it is the truth.
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it’s like a merry go round, were the blame stops nobody knows.
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I don’t believe in lucky bounces….We just didn’t play as smart a game as the rangers.
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That BS, CA offensive zone penalty changed the Karma of the game. What is going through his head. I have Koivu to go!
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A rumour from one of the posters on HockeyBuzz alleges that Ryder has been traded to Atlanta. I know, no credit to this rumour but still conversation-inducing.
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Halak sent down to Hamilton as per RDS
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Mr. Boone — thanks for the indispensable game blogs.
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HALAAAAAAKK! NO!!
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Great game. Very entertaining. Habs played well. They showed a lot of grit and character.
Kovy deserves a suspension, I liked his aggressive play. He just took it too far on that play. I’m glad K2 is okay. The ranger guy who blindsided him deserves 10 games.
There were some defensive lapses. Komi was amazing though. Gorges played well, as did Higgins. Koivu took a dumb penalty, but his play has improved over the last 5 games.
This was not a blowout, even if its not much fun to blow a 3 goal lead. I think we will do well against Ottawa.
I hope Halak gets a few starts. One start wouldn’t be fair. He needs a chance to show us what he can do. I think we are overstocked with first rate goalies and if we don’t trade one, we will lose one. So let’s trade.
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Has anyone heard a rumour of Michael Ryder leaving the Bell Center with his equipment? Maybe that’s all it is, a rumour…
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ebk – That’s what I told Teach yesterday but he said I was wrong – you realize what these know it all teachers are like:-)
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Seems like it’s not true:
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you are a prophet, Mr. Boone.
I now realize your headline ‘Epic Collapse’ was not meant for the Canadiens. It was foreshadowing the Patriots demise in the Super Bowl.
I shall doubt you no more!
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I realize Hamrlik was in front of the net with no one else there, however, going into the zone there were 3 opposing players, Koivu initially had the guy on the side closest to the camera (Drury), but then veered to his left quite sharply. Perhaps this confused Hamrlik a little as he had marked the 2nd man coming in at first.
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My lord…he wasn’t Koivu’s responsibility. Koivu went where the center is supposed to go when there is a defenceman (Hamrlik) standing on that side. In front of the net. Blame the right guy…that was Hamrlik’s mistake, and it happens.
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Good one ebk!
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I think he has a lot of gas left in the tank but has the same problem Kovalev had last year. That is, the wrong people playing with him. We all know about Ryder’s problems (which I think are somewhat overblown – I wish he had been playing today) but what about Higgins? Koivu still makes a lot of great passes (the ozone penalties are getting beyond ridiculous – maybe they should introduce a fine policy) but Higgins, the same guy who talked earlier about the potential for 40 goals, is on target for the same point totals he achieved during the previous two years (including last year injury shortened season). He generally works like Clydesdale but often seems to have the finish of a 3rd line plumber. The object of the game for a “1st line” winger needs to be scoring goals, he seems to be satisfied with cutting towards the net and pushing the puck into the goaltenders pads. He talks a good game but I not sure that he has it.
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No you can, he was at fault for both those things. But people overreact and say he didn’t go to Sergei K’s defence, when he was the first person. That shows people are just picking on him.
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Yes it was Koivu’s fault DRURY WAS THE THIRD MAN INTO THE ZONE
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So whats your point,.. ok bring the rocks and lets lynch him along with anyone who had a defensive lapse during the game.
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…magic man gainey is not.
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I also give respect to Gorges for jumping in as well – Mike’s boy definitely has character. It’s not surprising he was a captain in junior.
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“[B]ring the rocks” and “lynch him”? A little harsh, no? The “point” of my post was to point out two specific issues that I found problematic — Koivu’s offensive zone penalty which enabled the Rangers to score their first goal, and Koivu not covering Drury on the GWG.
Koivu deserves a lot of respect, but no player is above honest criticism for their mistakes, even if he is a captain. That said, he is the captain of our team and I wouldn’t want to “bring the rocks” or “lynch” anyone wearing who wears the “C” on the CH sweater.
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OK,.. too harsh it was.
Finger pointing players for their odd defensive lapses that might have lead to a goal is not my cup of tea,… on the other hand your reference about Koivu’s penaltie certainly falls in a different categorie… he is a repetive offender and it as create problems before during the season… and was worth of mention.
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Perhaps…but Hamrlik had plenty enough time to recognize the situation and get set up more properly. Instead, he got caught flat-footed with his stick on the wrong side…not a lot he could do. But if Koivu had taken Drury, he would have been hard pressed to do much with him without taking a penalty himself. So Saku was pretty much between a rock and a very hard place on that play.
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Not a great start.
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That last stretch was pretty bad. We were getting hemmed in our own zone.
Could someone please explain how that was not a penalty for a hit from behind on Gorges?
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It’s so crucial for the D to quickly get the puck up and out of their end when the Koivu line is out. The lack of size and muscle up front means they can’t afford to get into battles for the puck along the boards and in the corners. We’ve seen that line struggle that way too many times this season.
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Huet looks like Carey Price
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PENALTY SHOT!
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Penalty shot… Go big AK!
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penalty shot for a rookie!…adrenaline anyone!
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K2 with a BEAUTY!
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Thank you Sean Avery
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PENALTY SHOT!!! and WHAT A SHOT!
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Yes!!! Beautiful shot.
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Absolutely filthy.
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Kostitsyn scores on a penalty shot. And to boot it was because of Avery. How sweet is that! (And we still have a power-play left.)
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What a bomb!!
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Slats is going to break that cigar in half Penalty shot and GOAL!!!
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Please tell me why Sergei Kostitsyn does not shoot very much. That kid has a great shot, as shown on that penalty shot goal.
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what a frigging shot!!!!!!
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Even the linesman wants to be a Canadien
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the really funny thing , is after that penalty shot… we’re still on a power play.
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I love the Kostitsyn’s parents for bringing them into this world!
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He has a 33% shooting percentage!
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Koivu? For hooking? What are the chances?
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Gomez, Drury and Jagr are all invisible so far. Free agents are not always the answer. Just ask the Oilers.
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I swear you could see the fun this team is having in the face of Lapierre as he broke in on that 2-on-1…
Lovely!
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bullsh*t goal
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Can you hear the boo’s?
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Was thinking the exact same thing.
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I wish Kovalev and Plekanec could kill every penalty for the full 2 minutes.
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How so? That was a killer shot!
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were there really?
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Haha, it’s part of the Koivu hat trick. A goal, an assist, 2 minutes for hooking.
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He looks like he is the president of the longshoremen’s union.
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Yes, but he had only 16 shots in 22 games before today. He needs to shoot more, especially with a shot like that.
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He was actually, Drury was the third man.
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I hope so chuck
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Will the hit on Higgins yesterday ever get reviewed? I hope that both hits (today and yesterday) lead to suspensions. Disgusting.
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Nice piece with Ron and George Gillette.
Not so sure what he was talking about when he mentioned providing fans with well priced food and seats… but i’ll let it slide.
He actually cares, and enjoys the fans.
I have half-season tickets and I sit right in front of his box and I often turn around to high-five him when we score. Sometimes in exchange for food or wine! (Not too shabby!) He likes to be involved with the fans, and tries to get in on the action when he can.
He’s a good man, and he honestly cares – from what I can see.
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Alex Kovalev levelled Ryan Hollweg with a shoulder check. Perfectly legal .
you have to be kidding, Alex has been great but that was a dirty hit to the head with his elbow.
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Fasten your seatbelts, this is going to be a bumpy ride.
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Higgins turned his back when he was 2-3 feet from the boards on a player he knew was coming. Its pretty much agreed by most people that while the hit was stupid, so was Higgins turning his back. I don’t see any suspension, and there shouldn’t be.
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Boone the clairvoyant between the first and second period:
“… A test of Carbo’s no-goon philosophy: Sean Avery and Colton Orr are going to try to start something before the afternoon is out. Probably means Francis Bouillon will have to go with someone and Tom the Bomb might catch a few…”
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Be careful what you ask for – Kovalev may get suspended as well. As least that CBC’s take on it.
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Hmm he went into the boards with his back turned already. That deserved a suspension, at least 1 game, not more.
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I enjoyed the part about him driving down the street and stopping to thank a fan for wearing a Habs sweater. He seems like such a great guy
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Damnit Pleky!
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It looked like that in slow mo, I thought at full speed it looked alot more like Higgins turned his back. Anyways i’ve heard comments on it in several places and thats the word on why no suspension.
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I’m pretty sure that Boone was being sarcastic.
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Now THIS is a game.
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He thanks me for coming to games.
I tell him the pleasure is mine.Hes really kind. He knows what a special team this is to own. And hes aware what this team means to the people of Montreal – and everywhere else.
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Pleky’s gonna make me cry.
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I want this over in regulation. Rangers don’t deserve a point.
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Does Jagr?
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I must say… I’m getting pretty darn impressed with Gorges lately.
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Thats awesome. Sounds like a really classy guy. Does he really give you free food and wine?? lol
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two afternoon games in a row. i’d give them the point. . . i want a point out of this at least.
i’m not sure what to do about huet on tuesday. poor guy needs a rest. hindsight being 20/20 i might have started halak tonight and played him tuesday.
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Lucky you!
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He gets brownie points
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yeah i don’t know if I can handle overtime.
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Komi takes out Jagr…YAYYY
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Komisarek’s hit on Jagr makes me happy and sad at the same time.
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Not tonight. Komi is dominating him!! what a hit
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why sad? pacifist?
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What a beast. Jagr is pretty tough to lay out like that
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Gainey needs to sign Komisarek ASAP
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Hruedy on CBC was about Kovalev getting a 3 game suspension and 10 for Hollweg on Kostyshin.
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As Lightning McQueen would say in Cars (my little one makes me watch it) “KACHOW!”
(What a hit on Jagr by Komisarek.
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Four unanswered. Disgusting.
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Oh no! :S
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Rangers score! Who’s on the ice? Koivu.
But surely, I’m biased.
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I don’t know about the system, but that seemed to be Koivu’s man.
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what did he do wrong besides being on ice?
or should i say, what has he done to YOU?
i see above speculation he was supposed to be covering drury perhaps?
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Hamrlik was at fault too.
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Jagr is a great player who doesn’t get the respect he deserves.
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Whoaaa easyyy there. Not yet
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I smell Higgins waking up at the right time.
Cause it wont be Lats who saves us at the end, not again.
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At first glance, yes. But the guy who scored was the third man in and Koivu was covering him until he decided to swing to the guy wit the puck.
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Huet should have had that one. Especially since he seemed to see it all the way.
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No one’s smiling right now.
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Five unanswered goals.
That’s @#$%ing embarrasssing.
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after a strong start to yesterday’s game and a strong to start to today’s game..I thought higgins was turning the page on his slump and would start becoming productive again and taking it to the opposition…but I still can’t help but cringe whenever he gets the puck cause the play seems to end there, and not on a positive note. Far too often the puck is just bouncing off his stick…maybe he needs a new stick…
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HILARIOUS!!! Last week, I was at the Habs-Devils game, and I made the EXACT same observation. I turned to my friend, and suggested that Higgins (and Koivu) look like they are using new sticks. Neither of them could accept a pass properly for weeks.
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OK TIME OUT CARBO
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Time to pick it up boys.
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Horrible. The Habs earned a 3-0 lead, and then started playing even more loose, like they could rout the Rangers. We almost buried them, but a few missed opportunities later, and BAM, they got some life. A stupid PP goal, then an AWFUL giveaway by Kovalev (he had about 6 horrible plays today), and that was all she wrote.
JUST AWFUL!
Oh yeah, I lost $50 on the game too!
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any one see Avery face slam Dandy… someone needs to get goond.
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At the end yes, but they replayed it 3 times. His head sure seemed to follow the path of the puck.
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he was trying to look around the players in front of him to see it.
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C’mon boys… get it back.
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Good move by Carbo putting the energy line out first to change momentum.
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We will win this game. . . . Rangers can enjoy fact they won two minutes midway through the middle period.
We are simply better.
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OHHH KOVY DIDN’T LIKE THAT HIT AND GAVE AN ELBOW TO THE FACIA!
MAKING SURE HOLWEGG KNOWS HE BETTER NOT CHEAP SHOT HIM!
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Not nice, Kovy, not nice.
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Rangers definitely look like the better-rested team right now.
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wow…serious elbow by Kovalev
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Kovalev ain’t backing down! Take that Hollweig!!
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Reminds me of the Darcy Tucker hit although he should have gotten a penalty for it. Then again, Hollweg took a run at him earlier in the game.
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Now he knows how Darcy Tucker felt…
Kovalev Cares!
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So, do you think the thugs want a piece of Kovalev now?
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No call on the play, but VERY worried Kovalev might get a one-game suspension for that elbow…
/\\ike
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Who says that we need to go and get a tough guy?
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Hopefully he doesn’t get suspended a game for that
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The crowd is tense.
The Habs keep pressuring the Rangers though.
Nice hit by Kovy!
I’ve made a huge mistake…
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Call me crazy, but something tells me we won’t be seeing Kovalev on Tuesday against the Sens, by order of Mr. Campbell.
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hahaha absolute violence i love it!! ala messier!!
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hahaha – my thoughts exactly
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He might.
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Just like the universe, everything ends up balancing out.
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Huet needs a rest.
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My thoughts exactly.
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Koivu is different player the last few games
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I’ll garauntee you that if we meet these guys in the playoffs… it won’t be boring.
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I agree. . . he looks a little shaky. . . He’s dog tired.
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Bouillon-Holwegg fight soon enough from the look of Holwegg’s face!!!!!!!
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Is it ever boring if Sean Avery’s playing?
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Are the playoffs ever boring?
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On TSN a couple of days ago, they were surveying the panel to know who the biggest hockey pest is and Ryan Hollweg was a name that came up. Something makes me think he deserved the elbow.
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No penalty call he shouldn’t be suspended in my opinion. But it’s the Habs afterall.
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Hmm, Rangers doc should check hollwegg out again, he didn’t look good in that last shot.
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ok wickedly awesomely entertaining.
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Oh he did, his elbow glanced off of Kovalev 2 seconds before.
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God-damnit
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why the hell didn’t a forward give Markov a stick!?
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fundamental hockey…when your defenseman loses his stick, you give him your own if youre a forward.
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Time-out now Carbo? Or do we wait until it’s 4-3?
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No offense, Mike, but the line about the finesse team losing to the tough team is complete crap.
This is a case of tired team losing to a rested team. The Habs were plenty tough, they responded to the physicality very well, they just ran out of gas. Yes, the Rags playing a tough, tiring game was a factor.
But more importantly, the Rangers buried just about every semi-decent chance they got in the second and that won them the game. Montreal outchanced the Rangers, rather significantly in the first two periods, but when they came out of the third tied, it was going to be tough having played the day before.
Rangers scored 5 unanswered goals, sure but IMHO they were actually fairly lucky to get a W tonight. Rested Habs vs. these Rangers, I take the Habs.
The worst thing that could happen here is to overreact because the Habs ran out of gas against a team that’s much stronger than its current ranking in the standings. Yes, they should have held on to that 3-0 lead, but the Rags had a couple of ultimately fairly lucky goals — though Hab breakdowns are also to blame — and there you have it.
A lesson. Not a cause for panic.
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well put
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Unfortunately, the playoffs require teams to play tired, injured etc. an in those cases the best strategy is for a team to get an early lead and hold it rather than rely on late-game comebacks. Montreal must acquire a shutdown game if they hope to get anywhere in the playoffs. Perhaps there is one available on E-Bay.
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Well you can’t win ‘em all but the way they lost this one has me a tad bit concerned. I really thought Halak should’ve got the start today. Rangers are 2nd in the league in faceoffs and it showed in the latter stages of the game.
This is around the same time last year they went on that ignomious 6 game losing streak. While I don’t think they will repeat that feat, I just hope they get this loss out of their heads and light up the Sens.
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The game tuesday against Ottawa is going to be VERY interesting. I hope the Habs can come out flying and put this game behind them, but who knows if they’ll let it bother them and they’ll play like this against Ottawa.
You can bet Ottawa will come out flying and hitting hard. Their not too happy about their recent play.
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I agree with Bill. I’d rather not have fairweather fans. Honestly – lithium is needed for Habs “fans”.
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…uh….okay. Fairweather huh? I guess you’ve NEVER read any of my posts. Tell me, did you read Boone’s blog where he typed, and I quote “Five unanswered goals. That’s @#$%ing embarrasssing.”? Yeah, I didn’t think so.
The Habs have yet to beat the Rangers this season, and they blew a 3 goal lead, in an emotional game. Me thinks that before you start calling people FICKLE, you might want to start reading there posts. I don’t need to tell you that though because, you obviously know me SOOOOO well. Have a good night.
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i don’t know your posts as well as some of the other people. Yes I read Boone’s post. I don’t agree with him, either. He’s a fan for the most part, just like you or me, not a hockey writer by profession.
Calm down.
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In two years, the Habs will be a true Cup contender. Right now, the Rangers are looking like a true Cup contender. They’ve won, what, 5 of there last 6 and have gotten 13 out of a possible 20 points, in there last ten games. Yeah, I think they’re on a roll. Season’s not over by any means but, lets give them credit for starting to live up to expectations.
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Oh well, at least we played a good game and were not out of it. Couple of mistakes and boom, we paid the price.
I hate loosing, but I was freaking entertain this afternoon! Lets see how the boys bounce back!
go habbsssss
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Boone: “An Epic Collapse”
Rule number one when writing: avoid hyperbole.
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Especially when not warranted.
Although yes, 5 unanswered goals from a 3-0 lead is pretty epic, but it’s not like Montreal completely gave up or played terrible or anything.
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Oh well, we were “New Jersied”. It happens. Time to move on.
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Smolinski is such a pain to watch
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Look at all these chickens I have!!!
Wait… what do you mean they haven’t hatched yet? Why can’t I count them?
/\\ike
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Colton orr is a punk
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cheap bastards.
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You knew this was coming. I hope the next time the Rangers come here, someone breaks Hollweg’s jaw. I don’t care about a one-game suspension.
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I hopew next time the Rangers come here we call up Mr. jimmy Bonneau to play one shift.
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Seriously, in hockey, bullshit like that should be responded with clear punishment.
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Hollweig needs his face rearrainged! Cube in a fight with Orr!? Love it!!
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20 games anyone?
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Playing Huet back to back is a mistake. He is not sharp at all. Smolinski is so slow moving his fat ass.
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Previously you said the team was much faster without Ryder and Brisebois. Looks like Smolinski is your new whipping boy now that Ryder is not in the lineup.
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you cannot blame huet for this. It seems we had some bad defensive end play and a bad break on kovi,s pass.
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anyone got chris nilan’s number?
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i say Hollwig will get 3-5 games for that.. I WISH it was 20
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IMO that was worse than Downie. Clearly premeditated and from behind 100%
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That should wake-up the team now. Key word being ‘should’.
Say what you will but Koivu has heart and he went straight after Hollweg as did Gorges.
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Any news on wheather K2 is ok? They haven’t said anything on RDS.
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Hollweig started that whole mess yet CBC almost absolve him?
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Methinks that Hollwig might be getting his own little suspension.
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I can’t tell if Kovalev’s was an intentional head-shot or not. But Hollweg’s was, and it was as dirty as I’ve seen. What a loser.
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he’s fine – on the bench.
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Does Higgins have any balls???
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I LOBE KOMISAREK, ABSOLUTELY LOVE HIM.
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Absolutely disgusting display by the Rangers. I hope that S.Kostitsyn is ok, and hats off to Gorges, Bouillon, etc., for stepping in for their teammate against much bigger, and stronger opponents.
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WHY NO HABS PP?
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meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee too.
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Higgins just stood there!!!
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get one for sergei
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Yes, he did.
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Sergei’s back, hope he’s okay.
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Sergei K, what a sweeet pass.
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He better be, otherwise somebody’s gonna get hurt real bad.
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Thats what happens when the Refs miss a blatent penalty like they did on Kovalev (elbow). Idiots like Holweg feel like they have to take matters into their own hands.
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hahahha i love Komi.
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elisa cuthbert must be proud of her man.
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OK guys, get back in the room and regroup and come back out playing smart hockey.
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I love this game! This is playoff hockey!
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True, but if the instigator wasn’t there, would it have been settled then and there?
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she’s too busy partying it up with Paris at the Super Bowl party this weekend.
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Somewhat lost in all of this is the fact that the Habs have given up a 3-0 lead.
I think the look on Carbo’s face at the end says it all.
They were soft for a few minutes and it cost them.
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What are you talking about?! Higgins is not overrated. . . ease off on the testosterone injections, yeats.
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Yvon, where have you been? You were not very big in your day, but you were good, eh roadrunner.
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Somebody… I won’t say who… But I think you know him very well.
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that was a bad period, habs better come out flying
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Gomez just asked the RDS announcer if he knew what the SuperBowl was haha.
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i’m sorry to hear that you say “you habs fans”; you’re implying you’re not one so please return the moniker you’re using.
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~FWI~ On CBC, George Gillet interview in 2 mins
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Yup, they got a little too comfortable.
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komisarek adds the classic line “stay away from my girl” at the end of his check
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I would take him out of the game, myself, can’t take chances with head injuries.
Hollwegg is a marked man. He’ll get his.
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Perhaps. Im not convinced that Kovalev would have defended himself or accepted the challenge, which just perpetuates the whole thing (ala Bertuzzi, Moore).
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He was good, but NOT deserving of having his number retired. I can’t understand why he got his # retired. Any other opinions? Not in the top 15 Habs of all time by my watch.
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Forget Ottawa, this is the game we have to win. Playoff hockey. Gotta win some more faceoffs in the 3rd period. Komi don’t let Avery take you to the penalty box and out of the game. Cmon’ Higgins – kick some butt.
The Original 24 Cups
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If Carbo always Renney to get the Jagr line against his 4th line as much as he has so far, they will have big problems.
Bad play by Kovalev, stupid penalty by the Captain and the defensive line caps of the Rangers comeback.
Good team respond, lets see if they do.
Kovalev looking at least a game suspension
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We were up 3-0 and then our captain took over. Not just an O-zone penalty but one while were on the pp. I sure hope he is happy. If not now maybe after NY wins this game.
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Once again, Koivu takes a candy-ass, stick-tweak penalty in the offensive zone and it changes the whole nature of the game. Kosty the younger gets throttled from behind and who comes immediately to his aid? The towering Gorges. Higgins just f’n stood there with Koivu. What were they going to do? Pick up the gloves after the altercation? It’s displays like that which reveal the character of a team. Does anyone remember Justin Williams?
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No regulation losses in 2008. Third best record in
I wonder if that’ll change if Rogers buys the Leafs and TSN loses them
- In Price We Trust
can we make the body not taper at the top and take the handles off the chalice? I want to see that cup
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Looks like I just don’t remember them winning the game, the 5-4 win is the only thing that comes close, no high shot counts, and habs had the lead twice.
So…trap game then?
hey boone – molson cup tonight or saturday?
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haha hadnt thought of it like that…
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No love for the Habs on TSN, what a surprise. Haters gonna hate.
Less pornstarry.
The Hall of Fame is what I’m hearing…. ;–)
http://www.atdhe.net/watchtv.html
carey looks much better sans-moustache
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I am on Bell and nothing is on, any suggestions on what to do? a link? a Prayer? a damn signal!!!
YOU forgot georges larauque who played his best hockey for the oilers
.::DON’T MESS WITH THE MOENATOR!::.
Propaganda, Do we have to believe that?
http://media.turku.fi/kamera1.html
ready for the garbage now!
haha I guess so
Now I have to go figure out which game I’m thinking of. was a Canadian western team that spanked us. God help me if im imagining the whole thing..yeesh
We are OK here in Belleville on TSN
Anyone else has their cable out? no signal in Cornwall Ontario((
Link for those of us in the usa, please?
How sad. Jim Kelley was a great hockey writer.
Two minutes for incomplete aliteration!
A look at the Oilers from their broadcast booth.
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Note the new digs! but yeah I’m still on Twitter!
In the 90′s we were big fans of our Anthem singer too!
They Call Me Shane
Not quite as valuable then…
“Hey Richard, two minutes for looking so good!”
Definitely Cherry. Compared it to an autograph on google images.
Outstanding VH! Good catch.
I miss those days when news’ headlines didn’t end with the questionmark.
http://media.turku.fi/kamera1.html
I’m pretty sure it’s Wayne Gretzky
“Hey Richard, two minutes for looking so good!”
Hey guys, check out this LIPDUB to “Stayin Aive” done here in our very own Cote-St-Luc by my fellow volunteers at EMS!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRrcmZvutsI
(Sorry for the re-post… we want it get views!)
Charles Prevost Linton has an easy night tonight, with only one song to sing.
The man has good pipes. And fantastic hair.
“Hey Richard, two minutes for looking so good!”
Unless I’m mistaken, I’m guessing that Mr. Boone, with his fellow journalists, failed to notice who has autographed the Habs side of the split-jersey over on the main post….
Someone hasn’t read the 1st article on the main page
“Both of last season’s
matchups were won by the home team and decided by a single goal, with
Nikolai Khabibulin stopping 33 shots as the Oilers won 3-2 on Oct. 10,
2009, and Andrei Kostitsyn scoring in the fifth round of a shootout to
give the Canadiens a 5-4 victory on March 11, 2010. – NHL.com”
Trap game? Last year the Oilers came into montreal and burned our barn, lets hope the habs didnt forget that as well. I seem to remember a 5-1 score last year.
I had to read it twice to see if it was a joke.
I can’t imagine the Oilers ever moving. If that doesn’t light a fire under the Edmonton’s politicians, nothing will.
I vote
They Call Me Shane
Troll!!!
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Note the new digs! but yeah I’m still on Twitter!
Just trying to stir the pot a little:-)
Stubbs reported yesterday that Price was shaving it off.
DarrenDreger
Darren Dreger
Edmonton. Todays meeting with Q.City is simply an exchanging of
strategies for similar arena projects.
The Toronto Sun is a rag. I wouldn’t trust a word they publish.
Oilers talking about moving the franchise to Quebec City?
God help the Habs if they do and then draft Sean Couturier this summer.
What’s the over/under on players getting seriously injured in tonight’s Philly/Boston game? I’m hoping for the over.
Not bad. Your progressions are a little predictable but catchy. Here is my latest track if you care to listen.
http://web.mac.com/ptolias/iWeb/Music/OtherOriginalMusic.html
Complete trap game Boone! I have a bad feeling about this one; the boys have been off for 3 days = cobwebs, we always play DOWN to our opposition, and those dam Oilers always play us tough!
I smell a loss.
GO HABS GO!
Right on! Thank you!
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For those who missed it earlier- in honour of playing the Oilers tonight, I’ll continue with the “debut roster” series. Below is a roster comprised exclusively of current NHLers who made their league debut with the Edmonton Oilers. Here it is:
Smyth-Arnott-Hemsky
Hall-Gagner-Eberle
Paajarvi-Horcoff-Grier
Chimera-Stoll-Pisani
Cogliano
Poti-Gilbert
Smid-Greene
Hejda-Peckham
Henry
Conklin
Dubnyk
Total cost: $54.45mil, or $4.95mil under the salary cap. Lots of talented young forwards (many of whom are with the club today), an underwhelming blueline, and a below-average duo between the pipes. It’s interesting to note that Edmonton has done a far better job in producing speedy forwards (left off this roster were names like Comrie, Brodziak, Winchester, Schremp and Stortini) to go with the NHL’s fastest ice surface, compared to the D and goaltender positions.
Did Price slash the ‘stach? Did he mow the mo ? Did he trash the moustache?
An update is urgently needed.
“Hey Richard, two minutes for looking so good!”
I think that you hold off as long as you can. The more space you have, the better the chance of addressing a need at or near the trade deadline. Let’s say we have a forward injured who’s likely done for the year and Markov is going to return – we have to try to land a forward.
I don’t know how this works but let’s say that the Habs trade for an expensive rental player this year and then Markov returns. Wouldn’t we be over the cap unless we sent somebody out?
The other possibility is sending Gomer to Hamilton for three weeks – that would clear almost a million bucks in cap room.
Tisdale Saskatchewan – a tad far. But i will keep my ear out for you guys!
Cheers Mike, thank you. I wasn’t sure what the rule was.
If you live in Ottawa dn think you could give it a go. Let me know
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need someone who has a kurt cobain raspy growl mixed with an eddie vedder baritone lol i even come equiped with the plaid
Teams can retroactively put players on IR… not exactly sure of the full salary cap implications of such a move, however.
/\\ike
GO HABS GO!
Sorry, posting from the BlackBerry, it goes a little nuts sometimes
Hey! Where are all the HIOReporters at?
Price 2nd star of the month in NHL. and Max Pac 1st star of the month in AHL,
and no articles here on HIO? Strange
Reporters must be hunting for big busted blood donors,,,lol
Thx man we really appreciate that, just wait till we get the words on it
Should be pretty epic! lol
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Hey Habs Look Out!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piVnArp9ZE0
Hey WarHero — not to shabby man ! …its got a REM meets Pearl Jam saying hello to Blind Melon and good bye to Silver Chair thing going on.
If Markov’s out, and we’re still in the top 3 in the conference, I go looking for a top 3 forward rental at the deadline.
Picard has shown himself to be dependable, no reason to panic on our back end. Goals will always be something this team fights for, and if we can find another player who can put the puck in on a consistent basis that makes us much more dangerous for the playoffs. Moen in the top 6 makes no sense, and at this point in time I don’t think Eller or Pouliot make sense either (they’re logging good minutes, but haven’t shown the consistency demanded of a top line producer yet).
With the team doing so well in the standings, I see no reason to commit the “found” cap space just yet. Where’s the fire? The team is winning. So I don’t expect anything to come of that cap space until the Habs drop a few and take a dip in the standings.
Markov is not on IR yet- seems to me that his cap hit still applies for as long as he is listed as day-to-day. Correct me if I am wrong. If I am rigt, this would confirm that the team is not anxious to make any moves at this point.
If and when Markov is listed, I would think that space is being saved to pick up a killer rental in Ferbuary. It is what I would do, at any rate.
I’m a huge poolie, and one of my rules is to never pick a guy with a recent concussion. It’s a friggin BRAIN INJURY, people act like it’s a petit bobo but a concussion is equivalent to brain damage. So I would keep a healthy distance from Johnsson.
Besides, we are stacked on D. WHat we need is a scoring forward.
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So if you’re the GM and Markov is out until at least April, do you use all that cap space to pick up a replacement for him? If so, who? Or do you tough it out and hope that our PP improves all on its own?
I’d actually give Kim Johnsson a call — does anyone know if he’s back in game shape after that concussion in March? If there’s uncertainty, a tryout in Hamilton might be a good test. Landing him wouldn’t require us to give up assets, so that might be my Plan A.
If not, I wonder what it would take to pry Wisniewski out of Long Island… Or Christian Backman out of Sweden?
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Ken Dryden just did a nice tribute to Red Fisher in the H of C., it was very good.
haha, you’re a clickywhore!
They Call Me Shane
PK is on Off The Record tonight at 5:00 on TSN. Considering how many times he’s been talked about lately on the show it should be a good interview
PK is on Off The Record tonight at 5:00 on TSN. Considering how many times he’s been talked about lately on the show it should be good interview
PK is on Off The Record tonight at 5:00 on TSN. Considering how many times he’s been talked about lately on the show it should be good interview
You made me laugh…but yeah, so true. “journalism” is niot what it used to be.
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JD, you’re really gettin’ sh*t on from all sides today.
I agree.
JD thinks of Price that way, apparently
Just remembered Rexall is one of the older venues in the NHL- if not the oldest- this sounds like posturing by the owners to get a new arena. My bullshittometer is beeping.
What in heck would THAT solve for them? Am I supposed to believe that QUebec City has more money than Edmonton? And would do a better job at supporting a hockey team?
Great point about the goalies–and the Sedins are still an unanswered question in playoff performance (Luongo is an answered playoff question: he fails!)
Oh GAWD.
They’re all over the Canucks the last two years, saying they’re the best Canadian team despite all evidence to the contrary. Outside the Sedins, Vancouver isn’t better than Montreal in any facet of the game, and Montreal has a far superior goaltender.
I can’t wait for the road trip. That’s where we separate the men from the boys. I don’t mean in the standings. I mean here at HIO.
Yeah, western road swings are always fun. We get to see Boone fall asleep at the keyboard and his blogs look like this:
LK;;;QHTPPPewi;ooooookml;jI;OOOOOOOOKL
HardHabits–If you have room in your car on the road trip for me, I’ll split the gas and hotels!!
What about a Southern road trip (ie FL)
“Start the season with a clean equipment bag and a freah bucket of febreze!”-CharlieHodgeFan
That was disgraceful. Stopped playing again after 30 minutes.
We were completely outplayed.
And there was only one Norris candidate on the ice tonight.
Oh FFS!!!!!
PK’s pass was terrible.
Bring back the mustaches.
“Hey Richard, two minutes for looking so good!”
that’s why habs are a mediocre team.
leading by 2 goals, with less than 10 minutes to go, and get beat by the worst team in the NHL at HOME!
PATHETIC TEAM!
If Gomez EVER showed that much of a lack of effort his ass WOULD be benched. That wide turn and coasting backcheck after turning the puck over was sickening.
Unacceptable. It’s going to be hard to take the Habs seriously until they learn to hold on to two-goal leads… especially against young, inexperienced teams like Edmonton.
Subbans worst game as a hab, edmontons first ot win in five tries, over 3 goals scored against, jersey tomorrow… sleep well.
Reffing may not have been grade A tonight, but this one can be blamed on too many OHL level giveaways by the Habs. Methinks les boys enjoyed their brief holiday a bit too much. First game with more that 3 goals allowed? Take the point, Jersey tomorrow.
Some of you guys pick on Gomez, but Cammalleri is the real dog on this team. He’s been absolutely brutal! He rarely wins a puck battle or race, and was so soft on the tying goal (no, I didn’t think it was a trip, I thought he was just weak).
Pffffft! I’m dégoûté!
Why are you putting this on Price, last 2 goals were the result of brutal defensive breakdowns.
That play started when Subban put the pass into Cammy’s skates. He’s the cause of that turnover, not Cammy.
Centre Hice: Price in a charitable mood
WHAT HE SAID!
Not quite. We lost to Tampa Bay 4-3 in OT as well…
And as Chuck says, the streak is for allowing no more than three goals in regulation time..
“Hey Richard, two minutes for looking so good!”
The streak is allowing 3 or fewer goals in regulation, which is still intact.
Centre Hice: Price in a charitable mood
Does that give Cammalleri a free pass to just coast on the backcheck there when he’s within 2 strides of the player on a breakaway in overtime?
That was disgusting to say the least. Bad passes are a part of hockey Chuck, and an acceptable part of it from time to time, a lack of effort to that extent isn’t tolerated at any level. I’ve got visions of Kovalev dancing through my head right now.
That was pitiful.
Tampa isnt a garbage team though.
im not putting it on price…im one of his biggest fans. but tonight he was not his usuail self, the last 2 goals are saves he has made this year, thats all
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No, it doesn’t. But neither does it make it right to make him the full donkey on the play when an accurate, 15 foot pass is all that’s need to sent the puck up the ice. If PK is going to play those minutes, he needs to be better than that.
Centre Hice: Price in a charitable mood
I guess I’m a little different in that I’m not going to fly off the handle over a loss where a mistake was made but the players worked hard. It’s very difficult for me to stomach the calls for Gomez’s head on this site(not from you) when Cammalleri is playing the way he is. It took a game clinching play for people to start realizing it but now they finally are.
This has been his effort level the entire season. I don’t know if he’s hurt, if that playoff run went to his head or if he’s enjoying the spotlight in Montreal and the spoils that accompany it, but his effort level has been right in line with what Kovalev’s was on bad nights(Kovalev’s bad nights).
I would once like to see him backcheck hard, try to beat out an icing or take a hit to make a play. He shows zero effort as far as I’m concerned and as I said, it’s sickening to watch Gomez play elite defensive hockey and get shit on daily and then turn around and watch Cammalleri go a point every two games but coast for 20 minutes/night.
Best summary on here tonight, no rose colored glasses.
Brutal period against the worst team in the NHL.
Back to the old win one lose one pattern?
Maybe we’re not very good.
How did Walkom ever become director of officiating? He rivals Chris Lee.
Bulldogs beat Adirondack Phantoms 3-2 in SO, SO goals by Palushaj and Dumont.
- I shall always remember Captain Koivu. Habs and Hockey.
McGuire is a total blowhole…..
McGuire is a total blowhole…..
BEAUTIFUL BACKCHECK BY MICHAEL F. CAMMALLERI.
2 points given to Edmonton, served on a golden platter.
price picked a bad time for a letdown there…yike
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Unf’nbelievable.
Well that just sucked.
- In Price We Trust
Damn. Missed half the first (both goals) and now I gotta miss the third.
Edit: no idea how this coomment ended up here. I made it at the end of the 2nd. But I thought I’d leave it anyways because, well, nothing else of interest seems to be happening.
McGuire is a total blowhole…..
price picked a bad time for a letdown there…yike
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What a sell out by Cammalleri. saw the hit coming, so he just let the puck go. That one is on him. The tying goal is on PK and the ref. Lots of goats tonight.
Pretty good game so far, I like the energy. They aren’t looking like a team that has had four days off.
Oh, Spacek. Stay on your own side of the ice, and that doesn’t happen.
Pricey just got enough of that.
Do people not pay attention to the start time of the game? I’m surprised by the number of empty seats.
- In Price We Trust
Weather is awful today. Heavy traffic all over town.
Bruins/Flyers. Is it possible for both teams to get 0 points tonight?
Centre Hice: Price in a charitable mood
Scary sequence.
This one is shaping up to be a dandy of a game
- In Price We Trust
style of game suited for pleks and AK 46′s style of play fun to watch so far
you misunsertand me…great shot indeed, but those are the kind of stops hes been making this year that he just didnt tonight…thats all
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Yes he has. And that is why we have been winning. But he can’t always be saving their asses. He’s not some type of God. He will let them in, it’s inevitable. Price is not to blame here. He has played amazing this season. Don’t blame a defense breakdown loss on Price. Once again I say… Price gets paid 2.5 million a year to stop the puck. The players in front of him get paid 52 million to score and defend him. I don’t think it’s Price we should be worried about here, my friend.
“So why call her bad? From her, Kings are born”
Use the timeout JM. Your line is gassed and just iced the puck
Gionta was choked because Hall came in with some pretty high elbows.
“Gionta indicates emphatically to Hall that there are ways to treat a veteran.
Hall sold that, and Hamrlik didn’t like it “
– Hmmmm…..lack of respect there, I think…Get on it, Don Cherry!!!! ;P
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Note the new digs! but yeah I’m still on Twitter!
Gomez has 8 points this season. That’s 1 million per point! His job here is done!
“So why call her bad? From her, Kings are born”
Pacioretty with another 2-goal game in Hamilton tonight, why do I even bother deciding who’s my 1st Star of the Week anymore?
- I shall always remember Captain Koivu. Habs and Hockey.
What a great story Darche is writing for himself, man.
Gill has been atrocious tonight. Speed is killing him.
How is that not interference with gagner pushing Gorges into Price?
Damn, I sawe that one coming.
That’s how you beat Price this season: have his own player take him out.
Centre Hice: Price in a charitable mood
maybe im blind but how is that not agoalie interfernce on that goal
.::DON’T MESS WITH THE MOENATOR!::.
pyat on for the pp goal and on for this goal..0 goals ..maybe time to look at someone else in his spot…
Nail-biting time…
Make ‘em pay…
Centre Hice: Price in a charitable mood
lets go, 3 for 3 here.
HOW WAS THAT NOT A PENALTY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Boo.
oh..
FFS
That is total BULLSH*T.
We got buned bad for that non-call!! BULLS*it!
now that one, he needs to stop to bail out his team. atrocious period
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No call on the trip, then PK takes himself out of the play. Not cool.
Centre Hice: Price in a charitable mood
Borderline non-call on cammi. Price needs to have that short-side shot.
Whoever that ref is, someone in the habs organization needs to say something. That was a textbook trip, and he just stood there watching like an idiot.
the refs obviously blew that call but subban needed to be alot smarter there.
What we need to do is not give up shorthaned 2-on-1′s.
Centre Hice: Price in a charitable mood
Again you don’t know what you’re talking about, that was a perfect shot
The PP is not broken 001, we are just holding it in reserve.
Never want to peak to early.
the lack of scoring can be improved if we can fix the pp…during the reg season as shown by the standings you can get away with a poor pp and scoring issues….you may even win one or two playoff rounds.but the lack of scoring will eventually lead to a heartbreaking series defeat..where you play great but are on the wrong end of 1-0..2-1 and 3-2 type games…we really need to fix the pp.
Benoit Brunet looks like a stereotypical accountant….
i have turn away everytime he stares straight into the camera it creeps me out
Our biggest PP weapon has not been deployed yet… Just wait.
I can’t tell if it’s going to be full Breezer, MAB, or Weber.
I guess it’ll be a surprise
- Gomez is holding down the suck button
Maybe Gaston Gingras?
YES!
I can imagine bob gainey saying to PG at some point this season: “It’s time to deploy Operation Powerplay”
Stephane Richer!
Hmm. Oil’s PP looks decent, and with Walkom, it’ll get plenty of ice time tonight.
Pffffft! I’m dégoûté!
Hey Ian, if you guys are making your way across to the west, mi casa es tu casa. You can wake up with my 1 1/2 year old at night
I did that number with my 3 kids for many years Timo. But I can read yours a bedtime story now.!
It has to include Elmo.
If you’re road-tripping take my advice, do NOT stop at Fuddrucker’s for a lunch of chili-cheese dogs…
What would you be if you were attached to another object by an incline-plan wrapped helically around an axis?
I’M IN, where do we meet
They Call Me Shane
well, you’d be screwed! (sorry if someone else commented on your sig, i’ve never seen it before)
You’re the first I’ve seen get it right. Someone posted “a golfer” which me and my +36 handicap found hilarious. I haven’t seen any other comments
THe worst Reffing I have seen in a long time!!!!! Wallcom and those idiots deserve to be fired !!!!!
Dont blame ref
nice hustle rewarded by a pp
PP is trying to be way too cute.
Gomez gets the ugliest goals.
Mathieu “One-Way Contract” Darche!
Gomez!!
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Gomez? About time!
Worth every penny!
Ohhhh, wait…
“Hey Richard, two minutes for looking so good!”
I don’t care if it was another lucky goal for Gomez. He’s due, and they all count!
Centre Hice: Price in a charitable mood
Trade him now quick.
In the ‘credit-where-credit-is-due’ department, agreed that Gomez has been busting a gut the whole game so far?
oilers are pretty good on offence but the deffensive zone play is just a trainwreck
Worth slightly over half the pennies, could be a worse deal.
I agree. Its now how,its how many.
Hey Jones, wear a visor.
That’s just bad luck. But pouliot should know better than to wave his stick around with another player nearby.
Ok Refs, you got the game tied, now start calling all the hooking the Oilers are doing.
What a shot. Holy sh*t. Top corner and everything.
gotta have that
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Very frustrating when stupidity costs you a goal.
At first I thought Price was screened by Georges but after seeing the replay, that was a heck of a shot.
- In Price We Trust
Yeah, but bad time to take an avoidable penalty. :–(
This is ridiculous. We’re badly outshooting them, outplaying them as well, and they have a 3 to 1 edge in PP’s. Cammalleri is lying on the ice with an oiler stick in his skates, no call. Vandermeer buries Darche from behind, no call. WTF is going on?
Even more frustrating when you dominate the period at even strength. This has been a thing with the Oilers lately, get dominated but they still get all the powerplays.
Walkom.
Are you serious, that was a laser!
Too many penalties, ostie!
Walkom is just a terrible ref. And the Oilers have been getting a ton of breaks lately. 6 straight PPs on Monday against Ottawa.
Thanks for the chuckle!!
They Call Me Shane
The Cammy no-call, was SO bad. The stick is right through his skate, and gagner skates away, leaving him lying on the ice, and there’s no call? Total BS.
Even slow motion couldn’t slow that shot down. I say let’s trade for him lol.
They Call Me Shane
I dont think we’re outplaying them.
The Oiler basically scored on his own net but Gomez needed some kind of luck so who cares. We’ll take what we’re given.
I’m sorry, but on a shot like that, from that range, you’ve only got enough reaction time to throw your glove up there and hope that the puck hits it.
Centre Hice: Price in a charitable mood
never thought i would ever see the names Andrei markhov and kim jung il in the same sentence lol
Wow Markov news, not suprising its only one sentence long. Maybe they are going to make a move and need the cap space?
maxpac scores again, 1-0 for the dogs leading abbotsford.
Pretty sure we’re outshooting them 13-4 at even strength.
I know….Im joking, relax. poking fun at (insert your best guess here)
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Wow. I hope he scores 50 down there.
Missed most of the period dealing with an insurance issue, more like dealing with the Mafia.
With how little information we get about Markov, you’d think management was in cahoots with the KGB.
awesome
Maybe they’ll bring him up near the end of the season to see if he’d be a good addition for the playoffs.
Pffffft! I’m dégoûté!
Ooops! Sorry! Triple post — But I AM dégoûté!!!
I am disgusted! JM is an idiot! How can you lose a game like this? Cammy is really off his game. What a disgrace!
Agree with you for plaxing blame on JM. Hall Gill was dead tired on shift before Oilers 2nd goal and JM should have rested him a bit. He was absolutely responsible for Oilers 2nd goal which gave them momentum.
I think I just oiled myself.
karma police strike again……shouldn’t have made fun of those Leafs….
was thinking the exact same thing…and we go and do our best Leafs impression tonight…. pretty fugly, considering this one shoulda been a W in the books
Carey Price is the second star for the month of November.
And the first star of Movember.
Price was named the second star in the NHL for the month of November. Shocker! NOT!
In 12 games, he went 8-4-0, 4 times 1st star, 4 times 2nd star and 2 times third star. That’s a star in every game except 2 games for the Habs. A 1.59 GAA and .952 SV%. Can’t ask for any better! Go Carey! Go Habs!
“It must be love!”
To be fair though, the three stars are probably chosen more objectively in other teams’ barns. But still, hot damn what a month!
Peckham hails from Richmond Hill, Ontario (who the hell would ever want to visit that town:-) That’s also the hometown of our own Mike Cammalleri. I wonder which guy would win a speed skating contest!
Surely you mean Teddy.
“Hey Richard, two minutes for looking so good!”
Watch out for Theo Peckham.. Have a feeling hes going to crush someone tonight.
In the grand scheme of things, giving away a point to Western Conf team is no biggie. The important points are the ones against Northeast opponents, and Habs are getting those wins. Habs will take all the sting out of this one by putting a beating on the Devils tomorrow night.
Good point. We’re not competing with the Oilers. Hopefully tonight’s collapse will motivate the team and they won’t do their usual disappearing act against the Devils tomorrow night. Also, we gained a point on Philly. I was nervous about this game all day, fearing we would blow it, so it could have been worse.
This site needs new servers. 10 minute reloads on 50mp/s internet is a bit ridonk.
I enjoy the speed of this site. Between refreshes, I can take a wizz, walk the dog, write a novel…. very productive!
Nice hustle on the backcheck by Cammy. That was embarassing. I hope Martin reams his ass out tonight for that one. Even after the turnover, Cammy just casually skated around rather than stopping on a dime to fight for the puck.
This is a troubling and very disappointing loss. In the post-cap era of parity, we can’t afford to give up a 2-goal lead, and precious points, to a team like Edmonton (with all due respect to the good people there). The regular season is an effort in building a ladder to the playoffs, and we missed out on a easy rung tonight. Given how difficult the rest of our December schedule is, we didn’t have the luxury of tossing that one away. Our schedule being what it is, “Clutch Time,” and the run to the postseason, began yesterday. We’re well past the quarter-pole, and there are no more nights off.
A positive (we can’t, after all, end on a negative): Darche was a terrific leader tonight – my sense is that, if he put up better numbers, or was younger, he would be in JM’s “leadership group.” I remember, from the days when I was “studying” at McGill, how often Darche (a rough contemporary) was reported on in the McGill Tribune (not the cool McGill paper, I know, but the Trib had way better sports coverage); this guy is a natural-born leader, and don’t be surprised if the end of his playing career lands him in the Canadiens organization in some kind of player development capacity.
Cheers.
There is no excuse for losing this game. Reffing? So what? PK played like crap. Cammy, is out of it. We gave up a point for nothing tonight.
I just want to say that those who are blaming JM have no clue what they’re talking about. It’s not his fault PK crapped the bed on the PP and that Cammi didnt backcheck after turning the puck over. Seriously, it’s simply an excuse you people throw out there.
I honestly think this was a team loss, everyone played liek shit in the third. Maybe they were saving up for tomorrow’s tilt in NJ or something, but that was just a brutal effort against a team with lot of firepower. And we got burned. We got a point, on to the next one.
Let’s just stop being all negative, it’s one game. Habs are still 15-8-2. We win some we have no business winning and lose some we had to win. Shit happens.
“It must be love!”
PK and Cammi have not “lost their Mojo”……this is clearly the handy work of Dr. Evil and Fat Bastard……
It’s hilarious on here after a loss, the comments are a hoot. All I’ve got to say is “shit happens” on to the next game
CAMMI – LESS
When the loss isn’t a result of laziness it’s usually a little more tame in here.
I’ve had enough people. I’m tired and i’m going to bed. i believe this was the worst loss of the season.
Hey, at least our collapse wasn’t quite as epic as the Leafs’!
Centre Hice: Price in a charitable mood
Well….if our current pace of the way we play games keep up…we should be able to crush New Jersey Tomorrow
On a side note, it’s the curse of Carey’s moustache.
“It must be love!”
Good assessment, but it’s the way we collapsed that has me worried.
I dont see Gills name on the blame list .The second goal was his .he lost the puck in the corner again and ended up behind the net.
I dont belive he is as good as people make him out to be he doesnt check anyone and makes stupid passes..
MY OPINION
I dont see Gills name on the blame list .The second goal was his .he lost the puck in the corner again and ended up behind the net.
I dont belive he is as good as people make him out to be he doesnt check anyone and makes stupid passes..
MY OPINION
This was brutal loss and what makes it even more brutal, I owe an Oilers (part time Pens fan, umm I mean Crosby lover) a beer! FACK!
we have more problems vs the poor teams because we are not an elite team based on talent that can overpower the bad teams…when we play the top teams we can better define who to check and how to play them…we are very hard pressed to score more than 3 goals even vs some of the worst d teams…we have too many forwards that are not finishers no matter how many chances they get…
AAAARRGHHH!! I called it, a loss…dam it!! Sure enough the sleepyheads had too much time off, and facing a garbage opponent is a sure recipe for a Habs loss. What the frick is with this team and this win one, lose one BS!, why is this team so bi-polar? One word: coaching, (and perhaps leadership or lack thereof?); we can’t even win 2 games in a row against crap teams like Buffalo and Edmonton? Subban sucked tonight, and Cammi has had a brutal year so far. Oilers stayed stuck in and eventually wanted the game more. the shots are deceiving too becasue how many of the Habs shots we’re really hard for Dubnyk to handle?
I’m ranting more than usual because the teams I absolutely can’t handle Habs losing to are: 1A) Bruins and 1B) The Oilers.
Now I have to put up with my Boss and my son..frickin hell!
Epic collapse? We lost a game, we didn’t have a huge lead, the Oilers are a fast hardworking team much like the Habs and they won. Habs lost a step, but an epic collapse? Thats an overstatement.
“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 has a loss never been a result of laziness?
good teams can finish it . a killer instinct that puts teans awawayNo mercy. in philly and again tonight we showed that Martins system of retreat and rope a dopewith a lead is flawed . grinders set the table and hot shots failed to show . ah millionares they ant never hungry.
Bag Skate them JM.
Our prized rookie had a tough game and his defense partner, Picard, didn’t have his best game. PKs decision making was off tonight. He also nearly castrated AK46.
Lets just hope its a mulligan.
So Cammalleri appears lately to be out of it. but he had 2 A tonight.
Isn’t he paid to score goals though?
PK…what can you say, he seems very selfish at times and makes really dumb passes. That pass should have been off the boards and to Pleks…ah rookie mistakes.
How better this team would be with Markov.
Have we blamed the AL’S yet
I’m going to bed. Too depressing to think on this loss. Another big game in Jersey tomorrow night. Wonder which team will show up? Good Night.
Dumb loss.
On a positive note, has Andrei Kostisyn ever played a better game?
No he hasn’t been decent, he’s been spectacular.
Here’s a situation where shortening the bench could’ve wielded a different result. PK made some glaring blunders which contributed to this loss that should’ve been pre-empted.
Looked like PK was too busy tyring to one up his team canada teammates there with all the cute (and most of the time dumb) plays tonight….
True, but their loss was more spectacular.
Centre Hice: Price in a charitable mood
Agree 100%. Markov’s absence is reflected in these seesaw performances.
Fan since ’71
I blame tonight’s loss on the fact that Price shaved his moustache.
Rumour has it he’ll start growing a new one tomorrow.
True, but to be fair to the kid, he’s been playing some pretty decent hockey and earning a shot at those tough minutes. Chalk this one up to a learning experience in which he’ll have to write “Keep It Simple Stupid” 100 times on the chalkboard.
Centre Hice: Price in a charitable mood
PK was on a blunder roll tonight. He could learn just as much with his butt glued to the bench.
When PK was skating out of the zone last play I saw the winning goal coming like an Eric Lindros concussion.
take a look at breakaways from last year.
didn’t save 1.
No, or shootouts
Take a look at this year dumbass (word I learned from HIO guys). Perfect word for this situation.
haha, there’s been no shootouts this year. Nice try;)
While they might be more objective elsewhere, is it even possible to argue that Price didn’t deserve those stars?
Can’t really argue with that.
Happy Hanukkah to all Jewish HIO fellow members!!!
Thanks Timo!
Dont forget cammalleri and halpern too!
The torch be yours to hold it high!
Gerber was assigned to Oklahoma? I thought he was starting tonight?
http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/transactions/
I believe he was called up on an emergency basis so as soon as Khabibulin was cleared to play he had to be sent down.
Haha!
Centre Hice: Price in a charitable mood
That’s exactly what happened, Khabibulin has been activated. Dubnyk expected to start tonight though.
ouch. But this is the place that backup goaltenders shine.
GO HABS!
What a stop by Pricey!
Why is idiot mcguire so convinced that Price is a fatty?
I guess when you’re a fathead, you see everything fat.
Who cares what that mouth thinks.
- In Price We Trust
Playing dopey hockey.
That was one long sequence
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Damn it! This weather knocked out my satellite signal!
My internet’s been twitchy all night, I feel your pain. Stream cuts in and out without warning. Reset my damn router and it still isn’t quite right.
- I shall always remember Captain Koivu. Habs and Hockey.
The Oilers are hooking constantly.
Why do the oilers deserve the Pittsburgh treatment? Did crosby get traded there or something?
If you don’t have a good angle on Subban when he goes behind the net like that, you might as well peel off, because there’s no way you’re slowing him down without taking a penalty. As Jacques found out.
That’s not a good sight…..
GOAL!!!
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TB, Panthers 30,31 Perfect family vacation for me and the two little ones. Hmmmmmmmmmm
They Call Me Shane
Please don’t be injured Andrei…..
ET LEE BUUUUUT!
DARCHE – CAMMALLERI!
CAMMY BABY!!!!!
Yay for the second wave. But I sure hope AK’s okay.
Nice! Did that go in twice?
Oh wow, Plek rolling Andrei to the bench and you can visibly see Gome laughing on the way on the ice. I cant stop laughing myself
LOL at Pleks pushing AK46
- In Price We Trust
Hahaha bad roll, pleks isnt on his game tonight lol
“I went to see a fight the other night…And A hockey game broke out!” ~Rodney Dangerfield~
Man, I hope AK46 is alright. It looked kinda funny when Pleky pushed him towards the bench.
Vandermeer has a 2-on-1 with Paajarvi and takes the shot? Ooook. That would be like Gill on a 2-on-1 with Pouliot and not passing.
Yes, that was great work by Gomez on the second goal too — I agree.
That was beautiful. And Pouliot was awesome there.
BUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUT!
WHAT MOVES BY POULIOT!
NICE JOB HAMRLIK!
gotta love Hammer’s smile right there
Ha ha!
Hammer looking like Markov there. Nice pinch.
- In Price We Trust
Roman!
“Hey Richard, two minutes for looking so good!”
HAMMER!!!!!!!
“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
Milestone moment for Hamr, 150 goals and 600 points.
Wow. What stickhandling from Pouliot!
Looks like AK took the shot on the inside of the thigh. If so, it’ll be a big bruise but nothing long-term or serious.
Eller gets another point!
Kind of saddens me that this is probably Hammer’s last year in a Habs jersey. Love him, just not his contract.
KOSTITSYN’S BACK – WHAT A SIGH OF RELIEF!
Carbo may have not been a great coach on the ice…But he must have taught Plekanec that bowling technique of his lol
“I went to see a fight the other night…And A hockey game broke out!” ~Rodney Dangerfield~
Go Habs!
But a part of me feels bad for the young ones,
“They say you can’t buy experience,and it’s really true.” -Carey Price
LMFAO,i was going to post the same thing but you beat me too it.
Attaboy Price!
Keep it up!
I’d like to see him on a breakaway/shootout then pull off a marek malik type goal.
I’d resign him for cheap, for sure. He gets way too bad a rap around these parts.
LOL, I’d love to see a 2-on-1 break with Gill on it.
- I shall always remember Captain Koivu. Habs and Hockey.
one of the more funny comments I’ve ever read, given the context. Glad to see AK looks like he will be fine.
I could not care less about his contract — he’s a stud: the most underrated player on the team.
Anyway, as long as the pieces all work successfully together the cost of individual pieces is an irrelevance.
Now Luongo’s contract — that’s a different story ;–)
“I went to see a fight the other night…And A hockey game broke out!” ~Rodney Dangerfield~
That would be the goal of the decade.
is it kosher for them to be playing tonight?
Of course, Canadienism surely outweighs Judaism.
This isn’t a holiday where you take any time off. The only holidays where Jewish law commands them to take time off are the high holidays in September/October (Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur) as well as the first 2 nights of Passover (Pesach) which is normally in April.
If they were very devoted, they also wouldn’t play Saturday afternoon games.
I wonder if there was a practicing Jew on a team, if the league would try and acount for that with their schedule?
But how are they going to explain this to their mothers?
Dude… i was kidding, right?
Halpern actually sat out Yom Kippur in 2006.
- A
Defensive gaffs is what killed them tonight.
Goalies in Montreal have two roles, netminder and scapegoat.
Don’t know if someone’s made this comment yet:
WHO’S CRAZY IDEA WAS IT TO PLAY THE OILERS ON THE FIRST NIGHT OF HANNUKAH!?!?
Maybe Cammalleri and Halpern conspired to allow a comeback out of respect for the holiday. They probably shared a few too many latkes with their teammates. That’s my only possible explanation for such a terrible effort. The oil outlasted us. The 15th team in the West beat the 3rd team in the East. It’s absurd! It’s like a small group of Israelite rebels defeating the Greek empire! Some might even call the Oilers win tonight “a miracle” (I guess it depends which team you’re cheering for).
man.. and on Chanukkah especially.. man it was the freaking oilers
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88 is the new 23
Yet another clutch save.
“Hey Richard, two minutes for looking so good!”
Edit* AK BACK.. YES!!
Congrats to Hammer time on the 600th point. Nice play
TAKE THAT HALL!
And yet another clutch save.
“Hey Richard, two minutes for looking so good!”
woot ak is back
I don’t think I can take another year of Spacek.
He’s been getting kind of tired of you too Jason
Pricey is playing lights out right now. The oilers are getting some great chances.
How was that icing?
“Hey Richard, two minutes for looking so good!”
This Oiler team isn’t giving up. Better be careful Habs.
still cant stop laughing on pleks rolling AK46 to the bench..hahaha..
Can’t say I’ve ever seen AK play this possessed. Impressive.
Wow, what reflexes Pricey has!
Man, Price is SOLID!
______________________________________ Long live Captain Gionta.
Another clutch save. This is getting boring. Almost.
“Hey Richard, two minutes for looking so good!”
Of course they call us, the first chance they get.
without tryin to sound awkward…Careys got great legs!
“I went to see a fight the other night…And A hockey game broke out!” ~Rodney Dangerfield~
Obvious call…
Second stupid penalty for Halpern tonight — What’s up with him?
And another….
“Hey Richard, two minutes for looking so good!”
HOLY! WOW!
Price is on!
HOLY! WOW!
Price is on!
OMFG PRICEY!!!
Pleks gotta shoot on those 2 on 1′s and let Moen crash the net.
i can’t begin to imagine where this team would be w/o Price and Pleks
Unreal. What a couple of saves.
Fantastic. Who is this guy?
And hands…
“I went to see a fight the other night…And A hockey game broke out!” ~Rodney Dangerfield~
JM has to get Spacek away from the Hall-Eberle-Horcoff line, their speed is eating him alive tonight.
Who’s this goalie the habs got now, this Cory Spice guy, whatever his name is?
THAT WAS A DIRTY F***** SAVE!!
“They say you can’t buy experience,and it’s really true.” -Carey Price
It’s hilarious and sad watching Plex saucer those passes over to Moen only to have him fire it right into the goaltender.
Watching AK46 this year I just can’t see it being all due to a contract year. The guy has been fantastic in every facet of the game.
Scary Spice
“They say you can’t buy experience,and it’s really true.” -Carey Price
Hall got a little handsy with Picard there, kind of smacked him in the face.
I was thinking that today. Imagine we let Pleks go to sign Halak… eeeesh.
It was a gutsy (and risky) move Gautier made. So far it’s paying off.
(meant as a reply to the post above yours, sorry)
“The spice is wight”…Elmer Fudd.
Damn. Missed half the first (both goals) and now I gotta miss the third.
Brother of Auld Spice
“Hey Richard, two minutes for looking so good!”
Anyone going to the Habs-Devils game tomorrow at the Prudential Center? I will be in section 9 row 18 and would love to meet-up with HIO posters before or during the game.
Looks like Halak isn’t going to repeat the same feats against Washington tonight, sucks for my pool.
Good. Maybe the Habs will score a couple more while you’re away.
Centre Hice: Price in a charitable mood
Wow! Another good one, ‘Book ‘Em’ — do you do amateur standup?
Edmonton is 1-11-2 when trailing after 2. As long as we don’t try to go into a defensive shell, we should have this one in the bag.
Completely agree. He´s playing very well offensively but also much better defensively than ever before and I think especially the latter has nothing to do with his contract year
It’s only 1-0. STL can come back, hopefully.
They’re only down by one.
Centre Hice: Price in a charitable mood
Who are the chicks and how do I get to be in the next one?
- In Price We Trust
Two thumbs way up Jdub!
Strange. Now I have a hankerin’ for Doritos…
“Hey Richard, two minutes for looking so good!”
lol
- In Price We Trust
I’m just looking at the shot count. Washington is being more discerning, only took 7 shots in the first period. I don’t think Halak is as good when he isn’t being barraged from every angle. Here’s hoping Washington gets frustrated and starts peppering him with shots to boost my stats.
St. Louis has been terrible offensively lately, also what I said to Jim.
Hey Andrew, are you taking part in the HIO ESPN/TSN one as well?
Formerly known as Camel_Larry.. ..”No more Looser on this teams!!” – Canadienboy
That’s how I feel as well, the committment to defense isn’t usually something that shows up in contract years all of a sudden.
100X better than your Chris Lee video…but pretty good dude
“I went to see a fight the other night…And A hockey game broke out!” ~Rodney Dangerfield~
Nope, I’m in 4 pools but not that one.
I haven’t been reading along so if it’s been said, oh well, what can ya do?
Are Pouliot, Eller and Darche the ‘Roid line? PEDs?
Whatever they do I hope they keep Max Pac in the A for the season, let him deeeevelop
“I went to see a fight the other night…And A hockey game broke out!” ~Rodney Dangerfield~
It is now absolutely FORBIDDEN to lose this game.
Have a happy Hanukkah to all our friends!
I just realized! Enjoy your families.
I mentioned this the other day about Miss Grey and Stanley holding hands in the spring parade.
We may have a hell of a wedding to party at in Montreal this spring folks.
Another rookie not showing any respect
- In Price We Trust
That’s a high stick? Are you kidding refs?
Hall does some disrespecting, eh?
Centre Hice: Price in a charitable mood
Hall is getting a little big for his britches. Subban might need to have a chat with him about respect.
Gotta win against bloody teams like this. Total loss of control in the 3rd period. Damn, with the speed the Habs have, you should be able to completely neutralize a team just by playing keep-away.
I said I would be happy with an 8-6-1 December … might have to be happy with a 7-6-2 December instead.
Trap game indeed.
“Hey Richard, two minutes for looking so good!”
Relax, people, P.K. is a rookie – and a rookie learns from his mistakes.
Despite lots of blame to go around on that last goal, really bad decision by P.K. Rookie mistake.
He’s having a nightmare tonight.
Cmon Soobie – you are better than that!
Horrible decision by PK on that play. You’re up 1 goal with 6 minutes left in the 3rd and on a PP, you don’t try to dive at the blueline to keep the puck in. There was no good that could have came out of that play. Even if he keeps the puck in, he most likely trips the player while doing it and gets a penalty anyways.
All that said, Price should have made the save. I won’t complain about 1 softie every 10 games though.
That goal happened 140 feet from our net.
Centre Hice: Price in a charitable mood
Brule goes knee on knee with a Hab, no ***ing call.
OK, letting the Flyers come back from 2 goals down was perhaps understandable.
Getting completely overrun by the worst team in the West isn’t.
Refs have shoved whistles up their a**es.
Shite! This game should have been won in regulation.
habs 3 – REFFS 3
.::DON’T MESS WITH THE MOENATOR!::.
this year our play in our zone has been mutch better than last year…last year we had many nights where we had real problems getting out of our zone…our g.a.a. is #1 and our pk is #2 for this the goaltending,d and forwards have to be given A+….scoring is 23rd exact same position we finished last year and pp is #20..
now we will have nights where we get a pp goal maybe even two but i believe if these 2 things dont get resolved we will have a very mediocre pp all year
1) besides pk if we keep using our present d as pointman on the pp we will have a bad pp all year. there is no way that these guys can generate consistent offense for our pp…
2) plecks is having a very good year and gomez is not…but both have to be way better at pp faceoffs. this has been a pet peeve for me…plecks is very bad at winning a pp faceoff at the start of the pp…usually the opposition team wins the draw and clears the zone so we miss out on about 30 seconds of pp time and subban time…
We need to string some wins together. Beating teams we’re supposed to beat is what will help us sustain our lead in the NE. Beating teams that are supposed to be competitive is just the proof that we belong atop the division/conference.
Walkom is calling this game? Okay, forget getting a goalie interference call tonight.
- I shall always remember Captain Koivu. Habs and Hockey.