Canadiens fought back from a 3-1 deficit and took a 4-3 lead early in the third period, but then the roof caved in.
A bad cross-ice pass by Mike Komisarek: bada-bing, the league’s newest superstar, Evgeni Malkin, scores.
An ill-advised charge by Roman Hamrlik: bada-boom, Sergei Gonchar scores from the point – the Penguins’ second-power play goal … and one among many on which Cristobal Huet did not look great.
It’s a safe bet we’ll see Carey Price against Columbus on Bob Gainey Night. And maybe, after two five-goal games, we’ll see the Canadiens getting back to defensive hockey.
Which would please the Captain.
"The odds of winning when you’re down two, three goals are pretty slim," said Saku Koivu. "You can do it once in a while, we’ve had a few highliights. But I think right now we just have to relax and get that focus back, not think about what’s happened or what’s in front of us."
It’s the oldest cliché in team sports: one game at a time. In the case of Canadiens, it’s time to get back to their D game.
"At this point in the season, we have to realize we do have enough offence to score the goals, which was a question mark earlier," Koivu said. "Right now, what’s really made us successful is a defence-first mentality. And that’s what we have to get back to – not necessarily playing a fancy game or a pretty game but an effective one."
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Their Russians were better.
First star of the game: Malkin, one goal, two assists, four shots, plus-2
Third star: Gonchar, one goal, four shots, three blocked shots, plus-one
Alex Kovalev: Two assists, but two giveaways (a generous estimate), minus-1 and in the box when the winning goal was scored
Andrei Markov: one assists, three giveaways, minus-2
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Canadiens definitely hhad the worst Frenchman on the ice.
Huet gave up five goals on 30 shots, looked shaky all night.
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Huet ALMOST got the deflection
Laraque was dishing out the hits. Good Shift by Ryder. And opponent scoring first again. Don’t make this a habit!
KILLER SHIFT BY RYDER!!!
WHO LOVES HIM NOW?
Thats what Komi used to do – let’s hope the kid develops as well as Komi did.
Whoever questions why OB doesn’t dish out more hits. You have your answer, because it leaves a HUGE hole if it’s not the right time to do it.
Already Ole’ing hahahahaha!
Gorges has been playing like a vet. lately hopefully he keeps it going
Certainly, Ryder did not get as many good shots.
Souray was the big, well-publicized weapon on the power play, but I seem to remember Ryder getting a lot of goals from the left wing on cross-ice passes from Kovalev. One reason for his drop in production may be that Carbo has maintained the regular lines for the power play, which meant that Ryder has not been getting time with Kovalev. Instead, Kostitsyn the Elder has been getting that time.
i think it pretty much crashed the site last time so they’ll probably have to change servers or work something out before the next chat
I think Pittsburgh will have to try and weather the storm for the first ten minutes tonight.
A standing O before the game. I love it.
Yes, though that is only a recent development. I say keep it up (though I am not sure I like Sergei on the point). Maybe Dandy or Cube on the point for the power play.
No way! He shouldn’t be with Koivu as long as Higgins is on the line. I’m convinced part of Ryder’s problem is that Higgins is taking more of the shots on that line than he used to. Ryder’s been scoring when he’s playing with other guys who are more inclined to dish the puck to him. I like him with Streit.
I do agree he’s always looked more comfortable on the left wing, though. That big power move off the left wing boards with the hard shot from the circle was one of his patented moves in the past.
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Well, my point is that he has been producing lately.
As for being one-dimensional, I’m not so sure. He is a plus player over this time and he has been throwing his weight around with some nice checks. Yes, Koivu and Higgins have a broader game, but Ryder is not that one-dimensional.
Besides, if you are only going to have one dimension, it is a good one to have. While I am not going to say he is the level of Brett Hull, I remember when Hull was once dismissed as one-dimensional: “all he does is score goals”. Well, isn’t that the primary purpose of most forwards?
He has been playing on the PP. Sergei plays the point with Koivu Higgins and Ryder up front.
TSN
No line rushes but head coach Guy Carbonneau is expected to go with the same lineup and scratches from the last two games, with the exception of his goalie. Cristobal Huet will start in goal. Tom Kostopoulos, Bryan Smolinski and Patrice Brisebois are the expected scratches.
Dany Sabourin will start in net for the Penguins, he is one of three Quebecois goalies who have either shutout or beat the Canadiens at the Bell Centre this season. Jocelyn Thibault (BUF) and Marc Denis (TB) are the other two. – TSN
Whatever line you play him on, I would probably make this change: he should get power play time with the Koivu line. I know Carbo has adopted the idea that his power play lines are the “regular” lines, but this might be an exception. He is willing to put Streit on the point for the power play even though he is playing forward otherwise. Given the past history of Ryder playing with Koivu and Higgins, it shouldn’t be too disruptive to put him up there for power play time, even if you keep him on another line otherwise.
Because he is a one-dimensional player. If he is not scoring, he doesn’t have much use.
I would actually move higgins off that and try ryder in his spot. As much as i like higgins, the guy either has no finish or one of the most snakebitten players in the league. Ryder is a better pure shooter than higgens and would benefit from having 2 good playmakers like saku and sergei.
I’ve waited 15 years to be this excited. It’ll take more than a bucket of water to cool me down. Plus, I don’t think that was Boone’s intentions.
Maybe. But here’s the point – for every “easy” goal someone gets with a wide open net, there is some other point he doesn’t get because the goaltender robs him blind with a highlight reel save. Some say his shot Tuesday that went off of Streit’s leg was fluky, but these things happen and they still count. Even more so, they tend to happen to good goal scorers, and that is for a reason. I say credit to Streit for going to the net to screen Lundqvist and credit to Ryder for releasing a hell of shot that was deliberately aimed to go between Streit’s legs (the sort of shot good goal scorers take all the time – witness Kovalev).
My gosh, we all love Higgins, but he has only 5 points in his last 17 games. Saku has only 10 points in his last 17. They each get more ice time and more power play time. No one is talking about benching either of them, so why is Ryder still in danger of sitting games out?
Heading out to watch this one on RDS with Postie Jim.
Hope you all enjoy how we get these two points.
Later. –Ian
I’ve been wondering the same thing. It is not as if the current Saku line has been productive or shown lots of chemistry.
are we doing the live chat again tonight?
I just watched the Top 10 and it showed Marek Malik’s crazy shootout goal. It got me missing John Davidson as a color commentator. He was easily the best in the business. Any of you guys remember him doing the 2002 Habs – Bruins series? It was a joy to listen to.
Better yet, we win, Penguins are 2 points behind us
I think Mike means that no matter what happens tonight (well almost), it’s not going to be anywhere near as thrilling as the last half of Tuesdays game was.
How can this game not be a letdown, Mr. Boone?
If we win and Ottawa doesn’t, we’re in first place. For the first time since, what… 1992?
I’d be pretty pumped about that.
Should he be given another shot on the saku line while he has the hot hand? I am also starting to wonder if ryder should be a left winger, he seems more comfortable shooting from his off-wing, which would also give him a better shooting angle.
More like, “my name is Patrice, how may I help you? Would you like fries with that?”
(I’m just joking around people, I wish him well….)
I don’t want to take anything away from what Ryder has done, but he has gotten quite a few bounces recently. His goal against Philly was an open net, and goals in last game were pretty fluky. The only vintage Ryder goal was his first one in last game. I hope he keeps getting bounces like he has, I just can’t see it happening.
“Gino”? really? Nice.
He must mean Martin Jagr, the best bus driver and skate sharpner in all of Europe.
As for Jaromir, fuggheddaboutit.
Startling stat (at least it was to me): Michael Ryder has scored 11 points (7g, 4a) in his last 17 games. Over an 82 game season, that translates to about 34g, 19a, and 53pts. Has he been out of his slump for a while and we just haven’t noticed?
Arguments that say no, he still is not out of his slump:
1) Of those 11 points, 6 of them occurred in two games and he scored 0 points in 10 out of the 17.
2) He just hasn’t been a “presence”, even if he wasn’t scoring, in most of those games. In the Rangers game, even if he hadn’t scored, you could see him moving and getting chances. Otherwise, he just hasn’t looked like the Ryder we’ve come to expect.
Arguments that say yes, he has been out of his slump and we just haven’t realized it:
1) As if those point totals in the last 17 aren’t enough, note that his ice time has been reduced (12.9 minutes per game over that 17 game stretch as opposed to 16.1 minutes last season). This makes his production even more efficient.
2) He has been getting little power play time. In the past, over 50% of Ryder’s points have been gathered on the power play (89 out of 176 in his first three seasons). Of his last 11 points, only 2 assists were from the power play. That means he’s racked up 9 points in 17 games at even strength, often with 3rd and 4th line minutes and linemates, which is actually a higher rate of production than in his first three years.
3) His shooting percentage until this streak was < 5%. Over this streak, it is almost 30% (his average over his first three years is about 12.5%). he was getting and taking bad shots at the beginning of the season, but now is getting open and taking great shots.
What is the truth? I don’t know. I do know this – I would give Ryder more time and minutes, and wouldn’t just bench him after one game just to get someone else into the lineup. Ride that horse (no pun intended) for several games in a row and see if he continues to produce.
HIO’ers, what is your opinion?
No to a Hossa trade, myself.
It’ll be a letdown if they come out flat again. Other than that, I’ll be looking for 2 things. Will they gel even more and appear as a team readying for the playoffs? For the next few games, I want to detect that “nuance” that will convince me they are on the right track. Number 2, Ryder scores again.
Enjoy the game.
Jagr, are you serious?
Hossa was commenting the other day about the crazy Canadian media. And that was before the tempest over the hockey gloves!
Okay, I think Gainey should lay low until July 1 and then try to sign Jagr. There’s your impact player.
Now if only we could get Hamrlik out of the line-up!
I think the last game answered that in spades. I doubt anybody will take them for granted moving forward…
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Are we getting an experimental (or is that mental) chatroom tonight?
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What time does the ceremony start?
Nah, it’s really nice turning on sports shows and hearing about the Habs first thing. As a fan, I’m lovin it.
i hope we lose…so we can fly under the radar again…
don’t want to peak too soon.
The three scratches are all from this years free agent crop, what a terrible crop that was, LMAO.
Thanks Rachel Ray.
the eyes of the NHL are on this game, everyones starting to think “is Montreal actually for real”?
hopefully the habs can get the W and say yes
Agreed, Boone.
As wonderful as the comeback victory was, it ain’t gonna happen that dramatically or that often. I hope I’m proven wrong, but thanks for the cold shower nonetheless.
Not Brodeur?? Thats a suprise
We win, and they’ll be 4 back.
They win, and they tie us.
Big game…every game is huge. Even the one against the jackets is, cause of gainey’s number being retired…and those 2 pts of course
I love post All-Star hockey.
penguin: it’s what’s for dinner
Brisebois?, table for 3 in the press-box!
Sabourin, really? Conklin has been playing great lately, and got the last two wins convincingly: stopped 36 shots against Buffalo and was the third star of the game against Florida.
Maybe Sabourin is starting because Conklin is tired? That would be good news.
Or, maybe Sabourin is starting because Therrien has a theory about the Habs and goalies from Quebec.
WOW, What a shot by Rick Nash.
That’s the definition of Top Corner.
Did Samsonov sell his soul or something?
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Why is Begin out today? I missed that. Thanks.
That guy is a beast
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Boone pulled his groin.
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groin injury
Ok, we have them right where we want them. The Habs have to tighten up in the D-zone and simplify things in the O-Zone. Far too many attempts to make fancy passes in the first two periods, w/most of them creating scoring opportunities for the Pens. Huet has to concentrate on keeping the puck out of the net and let his D-Men handle the puck. His escapades out of the crease in the 1st period really put him off his game. Streit is having a forgettable night as are Frankie and Markov. Hope we come back and win this one in OT.
We’ve got the Pens just where we want them ……
Wasn’t Toskala a great signing? LOL
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Blitz.. you’re into the sauce eh?
Thats funny, because I was thinking the same thing, dont see any Brodeurs here, we may have to be a high scoring team from here on out.
If you think Huet is weak, you should see Toskala tonight.
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The first goal on Huet was redirected at least two times before reaching the net. He didn’t have a chance on it. The second goal was pretty soft and you could tell he wanted it back. The third goal was kicked in by Streit, but Huet didn’t smother the rebound very well which would have prevented that from happening.
Gainey may have to look for another Begin, a younger version that stays healthy. We always miss his intensity.
I think he hit Talbot when he was down and the linesman was between them.
No idea.
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RYDAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!
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Awesome
HIGGY!
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WHAT A PASS!!! WHAT A GOAL!
Man I scream after every goal, someone is going to kill me soon. WHAT A PLAY BY BOTH KOVY AND HIGGINS
That was one hell of a tip!
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Great !!!
Kovy basically bounced it off Higgins. Works for me.
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OH YES. KOVY. He’s our PP QB. Kudos to Higgy for his great deflection.
YES!!!!!!!!!!!! Kovalev magic, uses Higgins as a bumper!
Atta boy Higgins!
So glad Koivu and Higgy crack the goalsheet…
What a beauty re-direct by Higgy! One more and we’ll have 7- 20 goal scorers.
I am glad to see Lapierre back if only for the last minute. Smolinski was logging to many minutes on the ice.
Lets start tightening up the defense, and both goalies, WAKE UP.
all we need now is Ryder!
… but I’m pretty sure that Ryder scoring three games in a row is one of the signs of the apocalypse
Agreed I think we really need Laps with Bégin out. I hope Bégin comes back soon.
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Buffalo up 4-1…
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Why would you want both goalies to wake up?
Hey look…there’s a beer in my hand. WTF?
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Not to crap on anybody else, but Smoke is doing a decent job tonight. Habs are a little hung over though. They’ll hopefully wake up by the 3rd. Pittsburgh is having their way too often.
Penguins up by 1 going into the third. They can’t be all that confident that it will hold.
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Anybody else hoping that there are no trades during TSN’s 10 hours of coverage on Tuesday?
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i’m with you, blitzen
Right now I’d trade for the whole team that came back against NYR.
love him. he’s the poster child for how to conduct yourself under difficult time. think of how he could have complained. what he could have asked for in terms of trades. how different he is from samsonov last year. he had a legitimate beef in my view – goal scorer who the media was on almost immediately. was just a long slump, but he showed up every day, answered questions, stayed calm.
he’s a winner in my opinion.
Ryder!!! The come back Kid!!
ohhh that would have been so nice.
YES here comes the mighty PP
Boston, Atlanta, and Philly have lost – Laffs are losing to Buffalo.
The Original 24 Cups
Time to go 3 for 3 on PP and seal the deal
FOR THE LOVE OF PETE !!!!!!!!!
Yeah we’re such a soft team…ask Sydor about it.
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having the wind knocked out of you really sucks.
OMG I love watching Michel Therrien self-destruct.
RYDERRR I LOVE TO SEE HIM SMILE!
Did you see Ryder laughing it up on the bench?
Boone you said it. Malkin. 5 hole.
Komi having a rough night
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Darn
man, u back away from the blue line AND let a guy get behind you?
Markov was asleep.
Would it be too much to ask for Huet to stop one??
Blast, Gino, blast!
Come On!!!!
Can’t we make up our minds here Habs???
Do you WANT TO WIN???
I’ve made a huge mistake…
UMM I DON’T SEE WHERE THAT #%^$^%^@^%t@#$ PENALTY WAS?
WHEREW $%^%^@$#
MOTHER$%^#$^ REFS
Not good. I guess we need to give them another lead to finally win.
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Damnit!!
I’ve been one of the few defending some of our oft maligned players. Namely Koivu, Ryder and Breezer. Well I’d just like to say….Bob, please don’t trade the first two anywhere. Thanks.
No Habs No….
Ugh….back to work, I can’t stand watching this, gets my blood pressure up, and heart racing.
Boys, this is killing me. I was dragged out of the apartment to come to a party. I am now at the party, in the host’s room on their computer, pressing refresh every 10 secs on here. I can’t believe I’m missing this.
brain cramp.
LMAO the results to the RDS poll are hilarious.
Your photo is quite appropriate.
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OMG i can’t believe that was a penalty. After all that whining after the non-call, i wonder if that had anything to do with it.
The Price is right.
Huet is friggin BRUTAL
Bad defense not bad goaltending. Use your eyeballs.
The Pens take the lead not knowing what’s good for them.
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Be glad you missed what just happened Mike.
#5 was horrible.
Damn Huet’s looking like swiss cheese
lol. don’t they realize we only know how to turn it up when we’re down??
missed it
Ah well now its Prices turn to pick us up.
Lately, they have both been wrong.
Price was not great on sunday and was not great on tuesday. This move is a no-brainer. If he goes in there tonight and plays poorly, he may be on his way back to Hamilton to have his marbles checked again. Better to let him sit a couple out and work with Rollie on whatever may be wrong.
I’d like to see Price in nets. If a player has a terrible game (but works hard), Carbo usually gives them the chance to redeem themselves. Look at Gorges, he’s been utterly solid since that awful D-zone giveaway back in the fall. Plus, Price has notched both of our wins against Pittsburgh.
Good points. I agree, but I think Carbo is going to stick to his “winning goalie” strategy for a little while.
But Gorges didn’t automatically become solid. He was a healthy scratch in 9 of the next 14 games following the giveaway.
this is some sloppy assed d
Add Chipchura, Begin and Grabovski before the playoffs start, and please Bob, make a move, and tell one of the goalies we have Halak and Danis on the farm, and are a phone call away. Maybe that, ll shake them up. The veteran and the phenom, WHERE?
I was thinking the exact same thing last night. Goalies looked horrible across the board. Weird night. Saw the Neil injury too. That could be a huge loss for them.
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thanks mr boone i appreciate it.
Well we showed some more character again tonight in coming back — I especially liked the play of SK74, Ryder, Latendresse, and Gorges. We lacked discipline and were defensively weak. For example, Streit didn’t clear out the crease when Malone scored.
In my view, Dandy and Smoke are not contributing and they should be replaced either with Kosto and Chipper, or someone we can obtain via a trade. At this point, I don’t think we need a Hossa, Sundin, or Jokinen. But, we could use a Gratton and a second-line winger like Hunter.
When did losing become acceptable for Montreal Canadiens fans?
no one expects the team to win every single game.
there are losses like tonight that are acceptable, ie the team shows up to play, battles hard and loses. after that show on tuesday, i’m ready to cut the guys some slack, file the tonight’s ticket stub and look forward to saturday. we’ve got a team again! needs some fine tuning but this is definately the start of something great.
i haven’t had this much fun watching the habs in many years.
I kinda saw this happening, we had a pile of chances and some nice goals, but Pittsburgh looked better in their passing game. It was a hard fought match for us but bad penalties killed us in the end in my opinion
A combination of defensive mistakes, undisciplined penalties and bad goaltending, i will give the first goal which changed directions at least 2 times and the malkin breakaway, but the other 3 were pretty weak.
Just got back from the game. Tried to log on to the blog but didn’t have access to the Bell Centre WiFi.
The team seemed at first as if they wanted to be behind so they could mount a comeback again.
I don’t blame them, the accolades haven’t stopped for two days. They looked like they were playing shinny out there with a lot of cute passes but little grit. Maybe a come down to earth is the best thing to happen to them. Like Saku said: they have to get back to their game which got them thus far and that is Carbo Jarvi Muller hockey!
Was Begin a healthy scratch tonight? If so why?
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Watch tonights NHL replays for all of the games. Try to remain unbiased and you will probably need to accept that Huet can’t be faulted for much tonight. Many of the goals scored looked worse than the ones Huet let in tonight. Not many goals stop shots tipped by their own forwards or taken by Malkin on breakaways. Check out Federov’s goal on Emery – that is poor goaltending. The Habs are fine (including in net) and are not many players away from being a “serious” contender. As a side note: Ottawa may have lost Chris Neil.
I am not suggesting they trade Huet, or that he is not the number 1, but
the numbers say it all lately and Price should go once again until he loses.
If you go back over each of their last 5 starts.
Price 3-2 with a .926 Save Percentage and 2.37 GAA.
Huet is 1-4 with a .852 Save Percentage and 4.95 GAA.
I think those numbers are a pretty clear indication of who deserves the next start.
Tonights game reminded me that defensive hockey is when the fowards back check, the defense clears the front of the net, and no giveaways,and the goalie makes the crucial saves. None of that happened tonight, we were too busy reading our Stanley Cup victory press clippings from Tuesday.
Momentum turns on a dime in this game.
it would be really nice if Huet could save a damn puck!!!! JESUS!!!!!
the only one that would have a hope in hell is komi and he’d be hanging on for dear life, he would kill the other three handidly.
Komi, Bouillon, O’Byrne, Begin…
has huet made a save tonight? why not pull him? huet has played well this month. that is concerning.
Look at it this way boys: despite our D-Men and goalie sucking like Hoovers, we’re giving Pitt, one of the hotter teams in the NHL, a great run for their money.
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And the refs are giving us a run for ours.
What is up with the D tonight?
how did Ryder miss that?
Lappy, next time you hit someone, get the puck
i thought that was in.
We’ve perfected the skill of missing an open net.
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see the OLD Ryder i could understand…
i dunno boys. i dunno.
I think Hossa’s already here, he just put on a Ryder mask
Is abby in net tonight and he’s just wearing Huet’s jersey?
There folks, is your brutal call of the night.
The refs…mnan, im quitting the NHL after the next Habs cup. i can’t take this garbage anymore
Baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad penalty
No goaltending, quick playoff exit. We really have to get this problem straightened out.
Why in hell is that a charging call?! What a joke this league is.
That interference call against Kovy was total BS.
Huet looks amateurish at best.
This will not cut it in the playoffs or anywhere.
Anyone think Bob should look around for a “rent-a-goalie”?
He cannot like what he is seeing.
Halak please!
So was the charging call
They were really bad in NY, I actually thought that was the worst I’d seen a game Ref’d in recent memory. I guess their work is never done…..
It’s actually Brisebois, just doing whatever he can to get in the game. Huet really is on quaeludes, he’s just passed out in the team meeting room.
Rent a goalie? Ummm how about Halak who’s tearing it up in Hamilton and was amazing for us last year!
i think Carbo should adopt the 3-goal rule. 3 goals and you swap goalies.
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That was on you, Miike Komisarek.
4-4
Uhh no Boone, that was Markov, he backed away and didn’t do anything other than that. If he had confidence in Komi he would have had a prime opportunity for a great shit on net.
Does anyone here get that penalty on kovalev.
Is someone paying this twit???
Sickening
I wonder why they don’t try Halak for a bit…
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i second that!
How about Price, who gave up two less goals last game than Huet has tonight.
Huet has given up 7 goals in the last two games.
A great shit on net? Hate it when you miss those…LOL
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oh yeah!
You mean we get Sabourin?
NHL is sickening
After the Habs win again.
I quit.
Lets go Blue Jackets!
Come on really ? What’s Huet’s Problem. For him to be playing crappy now is unreal.
There is some great shit on net tonight, my friend.
Halak has to have pissed someone off. No way we go far in the playoffs with the goaltending were getting right now.
Ahahaha LMAO
Remember: it was Huet who, earlier in the season, said the team was soft between the ears. I think he was making a call for help there.
Markov looks like a plug out there. That Malkin goal was another mistake by him that cost us a goal.
2-2 with 4:00 to go.
If you get a great shit on the top of the net, is that technically an upper decker?
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no hitting tonight. no intensity. they kind of took the night off. and begin is pretty damn important in that department.
even when we were up 4-3 i was thinking to myself that it was kind of a boring game relative to others we’ve seen recently. sloppy and passionless.
Hey at least I don’t have to listen to these lame-o American announcers again.
i.e : Mark Straight!
i just had to remind myself the Habs are probably not going to win all of the remaining games.
Another save by Huet!
A very high one also.
Quick, someone think of a jinx
Never mind Hossa, Jokinen et al, we need some penalty killing.
No point in making a trade if we’re not going past the 2nd round, which with the goaltending and pk isn’t very likely
Horrible defensive showing out there tonight. Gonna turn both of our goalies into headcases at this rate.
The old Streit one-timer hasn’t been cashing in lately.
Stop counting!!!
For a split second, i thought i had read 1,000 minutes this season. Hahaha. Imagine?
The city is still a little too high from the other night… am i the only one who feels like we just won the cup? Like we should be going on summer break for some golfing right about now or something.
As pumped as the boys are, i just don’t know what to make of this one.
Any word on whether Price or Huet is starting tonight ? (i would imagine Huet… but you never know)
RDS is reporting that Huet gets the start against Sabourin, who was in goal last time, when the Penguins won 2-0. Despite the shutout, I don’t think he’s as good as Ty Conklin.
I doubt Big George will playing tonight. Who’s he gonna fight on our team?
The way we are bringing the physical play lately, I can see him coming on to retaliate against whoever checks a Pen hard.
Anticlimactic or not, I’ll take the 2 points as we keep climbing in the standings and try to secure the #1 spot
Ah…maybe they’ll get themselves in a 6-0 hole tonight and top the last one. If not, I’ll take the two points, thank you very much. Contrary to popular opinion in Detroit, winning never gets boring.
http://habsloyalist.blogspot.com
posted this in another thread but it’s worth a watch if you haven’t seen it already. laughed pretty hard when i saw it considering i’ve been sitting at the computer all day hitting refresh on tsn and rds
http://youtube.com/watch?v=TEui1FREhvY&feature=related
That’s awesome – I’ve been doing the same thing. Sad thing is that I watched it again to see if I could catch who was on the shirt when he turned around…
what? no trade yet?
bob, you’re killing me here. i can’t wait for the 26th to come & go already
Sorry-not sure why it showed up twice….
The other teams usually play the Francophone goalies against the Habs-although the Flyers didn’t this time.I don’t think Sabourin has another shutout up his sleeve and who would worry about Laraques anyway.Thugs don’t worry Habs anymore-we just let them take a penalty and then score a PP goal.I’m kind of sick hearing about Malkin -let’s hope our guys have a great game and not a letdown..
GO HABS GO
No trip[ping eh?
They should have pulled Huet before for all the difference it makes tonight.
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lol
Maybe Markov on the bench would be a better idea, hes been brutal tonight.
Dear Habs,
While I’m sure Commissioner Bettman appreciates these high-scoring games and values all your help in increasing the total number of goals-per-game, your fans would appreciate it even more if you stuck to scoring the goals, and stopped letting bunches in. As we’re all a lot taller and louder than Bettman, I think you’d be better off paying attention to us.
Sincerely,
Your Fans
Ottawa Columbus to overtime.
One week Koivu needs to go (now he is great). The week before that Ryder has to go (now he is great). Today Huet isn’t even good enough to play backup (two days ago he was the winning goalie in the Habs greatest comeback victory of all time – after replacing Price). Huet is statistically one of the top goaltenders in the league. Who do his detractors think the Habs should get to back up Price who is sometimes pulled in favour of Huet. Thankfully M Boone is just a blogger and Bob Gainey is charge. Are we going to start calling for Kovalev to be traded out of town after all his lousy giveaways today?
Huet is in a rough patch, Price as well. Wierd. Perhaps its not the goalies….Perhaps its the really good chances we keep giving to the other teams and the total lack of discipline on the ice??
Sens-BJacks going to OT
DAMNIT
Anyone know the heimlich manoever?
Ah well. WTF eh.
The one that got away, folks.
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VEERY bad game of our best D men and bad game from Huet. Can’t win like that.
LMAO didn’t take you long
Bad D and below average Goaltender tonight.
We got outworked in our zone tonight.
Mmmmkay?
Oh well…can’t win em all boys. As I said, despite playing a bad game on many levels we still gave them fits.
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Wow we really blew that with some stupid penalties and lazy playing. What a bummer.
F*** we should have won this game tonight. We did not have good goaltending tonight I hate to say it. Start Price on Bob Gainey night.
night folks.
Pittsburgh announcers were extraordinarily annoying homers tonight. Among worst I’ve seen this season.
I guess its the old: What have you done for me lately?
The Habs played poorly and lost tonight. Sorry folks, there are going to lose some more games this year. But if they manage to play 500 hockey the rest of the way, they should be in the playoffs. That is not something to moan and complain about.
The Pens should trade Crosby…seriously. They don’t seem to need him and imagine what they could get in return.
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Bob Gainey on the phone: “Don, hey sorry we got cut off earler, bad reception in this place, anyways about your guy…”
spot on. nothing to panic about. bad game. period. next!
I’m surprised you think they’re going to make the playoffs.
Aaaaah, poop.
We did it to ourselves.
How many shots in the 3p? 4?
On the pk or even down the stretch how many faceoffs did we win?
How many penalties did the Pens take once they had the lead?
We have played them twice w/o Sid and lost both games.
What scares me most is our upcoming schedule, so many teams have gone west just to lose. We start it off with dates vs NJ and Buffalo.
I pray these 2 points dont come back to cost us.
Bright side:
-Only our 20th regulation loss (2nd least in the league)
-Ryder, Higgins, Koivu scored (in the same game!)
-Max Lapierre’s “Incredible Hulk” impersonation (MAX SMASH)
-BG night on Saturday – we will show up for that one
Other than that, Huet will bounce back – if not, then we have Price
NO NEED TO PANIC
For sure, they were crying about how the puck “went off the skates” on Ryder’s goal and how “disappointing” it was that no one went to TO
Useless, I wish you’ed exit this site.
Back to the trade rumor mill.
my sentiments exactly. they should have played with more passion/intensity tonight but that will come in near future. just shows you can’t get too ahead of yourself – good lesson for young team.
Post of the night. Yeah, they could use a goalie right? Straight up for any two of ours, I say.
Cheer up boys !! It was a bad game by the whole team tonight, We are not going to win every game. Our goal tenders are not going to have brilliant games all the time. They are not gooing to stop every shot. And I forgot, sometimes the bounces are not going to go our way.
Do not dwell on it and trade the team away. On to the next game and Go Habs Go!!!
Yeah…we usually don’t do very well on nights with celebrations so I’m a little worried about Saturday.
I think Price will come back strong. The kid has done well at all levels and I think he’ll adjust. He was a wall for a few games and then got rocked when the Habs forgot to play early on against the Rangers.
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Why do you come back from the TV time out with 413 left with the third line?
Geezus Carbo They were stuck on for two minutes and the defense was gassed by the time they got off the ice. Bad bad bad.
Anyone think Price might have stopped a few of those shots tonight?
Wait until the Kostitsyn brothers finally hit their stride, it’s going to be amazing.
They seem to slack off when they don’t have Sidney to play against, the crowd just doesn’t seem to be in it as much.
A lot of things to work on from tonight.
Markov played horrible. a major reason why we lost.
Well Laffs, Bolts and Thrashers lost. Let the sell-offs begin! Actually it won’t be until Monday.
We did not have a good Markov tonight either. Should Carbo send him to the press box for the next game.
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I agree. I am soooo tired of listening to these idiots. I really wish Centre Ice would show the RDS feed. I am assuming it is RDS that won’t allow it? Either way, listening to the announcers from opposing teams is driving me NUTS. If only I had a DVR so I could sync it with the CJAD.
I can’t believe how badly we blew that lead, stupid penalties and lazy D.
maybe Hossa for Brisebois?
Trade em.
Habifax – that will be death by a thousand cuts. Can’t wait!
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Yaa for Crosby!
it looks to me like we got smooshed tonight because we took some bad penalties while pittsburgh managed to stay outta the box.
definately exciting til the finish, but you can’t win em all.
bring on nash!
Now that’s funny!
Shootout in ottawa. Go Leclaire!
You mean Nash for Ryder? hahaha
Yah Columbus!
i mean bring on nash for komisaurus to chew on
Such is the life of a young team…
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bad defensive game made worse by bad goaltending.
Hmm…
The boards over at RDS are ablaze with talk of a Gainey press conference at “10:45″, as per RIS, apparently.
Speculate as you like!
Can’t see it…
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Agreed. it’s almost like the refs WANT to get booed
I just flipped on RIS, and their graphic indicated a Gainey press conference at 10:45.
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Hate to reply to my own post, but there has been some sensible suggestion that it will be tomorrow morning, and that it will simply be to discuss his jersey being retired on Saturday.
Sounds about right…
Hard to believe Bob would have allowed anyone involved in a potential trade to play tonight, anyway.
Nah, you and you’re mates have already eaten it and more, and could spew out more crap in one season than a horse could in a year. You don’t deserve a cup, so in spite of all of you, Go Habs Go.
what phantom calls?
not those two in the 3rd (when it counted) against kovy & hammer?
Since the 24-hour clock is used in Quebec, the press conference would be tomorrow morning.
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I agree. Very very annoying. They were tedious.
mjames
Hey their slow down a little about the goaldies are not to blame here .If you watched the game instead of trying to find fault with the goldies.tonight I blame it on our D ,period.very sloppy and alot of bad passing.I know you dont like Huet ,if it wernt for him we would be in the bottom looking up.
“Huet’s trade value is not high, Price has been wildly inconsistent, and neither has performed significantly better than the other in recent games.”
Price played one bad game this week, while the week before that he was sensational. He is the top rranked prospect for the Habs, and THN ranks Price as the top prospect in the league. In fact, he’s hardly a prospect as he could/should be the starter for the Habs this year. Price appears to be the next big thing in goal, as last year he won top goalie in three leagues/tournaments WJC/AHL/CHL. Price is a winner and he will continue to be a winner.
Huet’s trade value is high because he has played three good seasons in Montreal each season posting respectable numbers on an average team. If Huet’s trade value is not high, I guess you assume it’s low?
I’d have to say what I previously said was sensible: Huet should be traded, and we should ride Price for the rest of the season and playoffs for the best possible results.
Stop confusing the issue with all these facts. LOL
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I don’t know how you peolple figure that seeing that it was deflected in by Gorges. And don’t tell me any other goalie would have stopped it.
That’s your opinion!!
and mine.
anyway… come on boys. next goal and we’re back in it.
Get your eyes checked
Hey you’re back. I thought after Price sh*t the bed 2 nights in a row you were off floating face down in your tub, nice to see you had second thoughts!
That’s your opinion!! But you are one of those people who think evey goal scored on Huet is soft. Lighten up Buddy
So when do we pull Huet for Price ?
Gee I hope they give the puck to malkin a few more times so we can start our comeback soon.!
next goal..
I missed the beginning of the last game and they fell behind. Same thing again tonight. But I’m back. So the Habs have that going for them.
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Wow, I guess Lappy CAN fight LMAO
Max Lapierre fights someone???
Bizzaro world at the Bell Centre….
I’ve made a huge mistake…
Lats (sorry Laps) had a wardrobe malfunction!
when the jersey rips, that’s old time hockey
talbot has got to pay, YOU RIP THE SHIRT, YOU PAY.
How far back ago was this fight planned?
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Not only can he fight, he gets set like a Tekken character … LOL
No great style points for Max, but he got the job done. Time to get out the needle and thread, too!
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3 more Pens goals and we can start the comeback!
/\\ike
GO HABS GO!
Huet should have had that one
Okay, just 3 more goals and we can start the come back
so that was a LOT less exciting than the last period i watched.
this come-from-behind stuff is gonna give me ulcers.
You type faster than I do
Our all-star who looked like Bobby in the last game looked like crap on that one
Sorry bud but that was another deflection by our D
Yeah, if georges hadn’t have it bounce off his body
Sorry
I’ll give you the next one when the Pens score their third
/\\ike
GO HABS GO!
Where is the live chat??
…and from his reaction, he knows that he should have played it better. His stick should have been guarding his 5-hole. Markov’s clearing attempt sucked, too. Is was just a busted play all around.
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Not a very good period. We look flat and were outshot 15 – 8. Our D has not been good tonight so far.
Halak!
We better start forgetting a one game comeback, and focus on being a good team. These poor starts have me worried, BOB.
yep. offensively we had some sustained pressure at times and some good chances. the D has been sloppy. I’d give Huet a B-.
Came out pretty flat – anybody but Ruutu to score a goal. Gotta play with our skates instead of our sticks.
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not available tonight i’m told.. stayed tuned…
Too much celebrating for one game if you ask me, now its back to the old grind.
Deflections that close in are the hardest shots to stop. Not many goal tenders could have stopped that one. Rememeber he is set for the puck coming one way and suddenly it turns direction on him when it is deflected. Just a bad bit of luck.
I would give him an A- .He did make some good stops. The score could have been a lot worse.
i’m glad Crosby is still out.
how’s that chemistry going?
two softies by huet. even when he came in for relief of price last game, he gave up to weaker goals. he was good in the shootout, however his play of late is concerning. he hasn’t had a good game in a while.
The Pens have been out skating us so far this game. We look like a slow team compared to them. The boys have to pick it up.
Gotta love Fisher’s cantankerous wit…
If the Habs get one early in the second, and the crowd gets behind them, watch out.
Ther was nothing soft about those goals. They were both deflections.
as many chances as dandy has had, i still don’t like him as a forward.
they were soft, especially that second goal.
Let Gui! wear Hossa’s gloves……
I don’t think you’re allowed to say anything bad about “[Boone's] man Josh Gorges” on this site. But to stay positive, look at it this way: with our goaltending, we’re going to have to score at least 3-4 goals to win a game anyway, and luckily this team has the goods to deliver. SOOO much better than the era of Petrov-Zholtok-Zubrus as our top line! In those days, we’d have to pray that Hackett would stand on his head and statistics were less predictive than astrology…
He disappeared, just like his man.
Some fans belong to the Carey Price booster club.
Agreed. But whatever it is, we’ve got to get our goals/game down: 10 in the last two games ain’t gonna cut it.
Perhaps the “impact” player that Bob is looking for is a sound defensive defenseman.
By the way, someone should tell the Habs that Cage Aux Sports doesn’t give away wings when it’s the opposition that scores five.
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Pruce sucked on Tuesday, where were you, oh, right. Lmao11
Why i think we need a #3-4 D, but nobody seems to agree with me. Oh well.
Correction. Price let in 3 bad goals against Philly on Sunday and 3 more bad goals against the Rangers on Tuesday. Sorry to bring reality into all of this but those are the facts.
Both goalies have been good one game and then bad a couple. I’m sure Price will get his chance next, its not cause he earned it, it will be more because Carbs has noone else to turn too at this point.
I do, if that helps. The only problem though is that it was our 1 & 2 D that let us down tonight. Perhaps its more just a commitment to team defense that needs to happen.
Your list of backups look like starters to me (Conklin has played more than Fluery and Gerber more than Emery) I think any rational person would have to say Huet would be a very elite backup in any league. We’ve been giving up a lot of shots/chances and I doubt any goalie could avoid looking bad at times. Huet and Price are no exceptions. We can all give expamples of week goals on both. Tonight, I don’t think all the goals being called week really were. I saw one go off Dandenault’s stick, another was a breakaway by none other than Malkin, and there was some very week down low coverage by the D.
Player TM GP MP GAA W L OT PCT EN SO GA SHA G A PIM
Martin Brodeur NJD 56 3369 2.17 33 19 4 .919 6 4 122 1497 0 2 4
Evgeni Nabokov SJS 58 3456 2.22 31 20 7 .908 5 6 128 1391 0 2 10
Miikka Kiprusoff CAL 58 3398 2.79 30 19 8 .899 3 0 158 1563 0 2 4
Jean-Sebastien Giguere ANA 48 2703 2.24 27 16 5 .918 4 4 101 1239 0 0 2
Ryan Miller BUF 55 3214 2.43 27 19 6 .914 7 3 130 1509 0 1 4
Marty Turco DAL 46 2690 2.30 26 13 4 .911 2 2 103 1152 0 2 10
Henrik Lundqvist NYR 53 3175 2.36 26 21 6 .908 3 7 125 1354 0 0 2
Roberto Luongo VAN 51 3051 2.22 26 18 7 .920 3 6 113 1421 0 3 4
Tomas Vokoun FLA 55 3214 2.74 25 24 5 .917 3 4 147 1772 0 6 4
Cam Ward CAR 50 2827 2.89 24 20 4 .900 3 3 136 1359 0 1 2
Rick DiPietro NYI 54 3169 2.67 24 21 7 .906 4 2 141 1500 0 5 16
Chris Osgood DET 33 1845 2.11 23 7 2 .915 0 4 65 765 0 3 0
Martin Gerber OTT 38 2138 2.69 23 10 2 .911 3 1 96 1079 0 1 4
Manny Legace STL 48 2693 2.23 23 15 6 .916 4 4 100 1185 0 1 4
Niklas Backstrom MIN 40 2342 2.51 23 10 4 .914 1 2 98 1135 0 0 0
Ilya Bryzgalov PHO 48 2689 2.48 22 17 5 .918 3 1 111 1351 0 0 0
Vesa Toskala TOR 47 2700 2.64 22 18 5 .907 4 2 119 1278 0 3 4
Cristobal Huet MON 38 2219 2.49 21 11 6 .918 4 2 92 1120 0 1 0
Olaf Kolzig WAS 46 2716 2.96 21 18 6 .889 3 1 134 1210 0 1 8
Tim Thomas BOS 41 2440 2.41 20 14 4 .926 1 1 98 1316 0 0 2
Martin Biron PHI 43 2444 2.73 20 15 5 .915 1 3 111 1312 0 1 4
Johan Holmqvist TAM 44 2409 2.96 20 15 6 .892 1 2 119 1101 0 0 0
Pascal Leclaire CLB 43 2363 2.18 20 13 4 .922 3 8 86 1102 0 2 2
Dominik Hasek DET 30 1769 2.07 19 7 3 .904 3 4 61 638 0 1 10
Hope we dont have a hangover.
take it easy, man.. he’s not knocking price, he’s knocking the ridiculousness of the posters on here
WHAT A SHIFT!
Very nice shift…great puck movement. It looked like they were on the powerplay.
La tenderness fans on it. Bummer
is it just me, or is kovy invisible so far?
You don’t notice him because Pleky is a dynamo tonight.
Kovy’s also making the great breakout passes from our zone so the other two are usually flying at that time.
You may be right, get something while you can.
I’d have way more confidence with Price in goal than Huet. He’s better with rebounds, playing the puck, positionally. I think Huet is a great goalie(obviosuly tonight there may be some different opinions) and that’s why we should trade him now for some another asset, such as Chris Gratton. If you watched the Tampa Bay game the other night Gratton dominated beacuse we have no one who could match his size, and that will continute to be a problem for us until it is addressed.
Price is extremely weak to his right side, look where shooters go on him all the time, right side.
Can you direct me to the Carey Price booster club?
We know, we know.
What a ^%$$%$$# bull$%% call, he touched the puck FIRST
Haha, Murray Wilson just had a spaz when they called that a penalty, he was something upset…
Kovy to Malkin, I still a Russian top dog dude. Watch it
Tabarnac, it’s like we’re watching the Q.
scratch what i said about kovy.
The next fight on the card is Bouillon vs Laraque.
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oh crap…
as Boone would say, “we have them just where we want them”.
The habs need to lay the body on them. They play better when they hit, even if they are a small team.
Why did Laps get 10 more?
KOIVUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
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For the sweater?
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OH YES!!!!!!!!! OOOOOOOO
What a play by SK
whoaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
s. kOSTITSYN IS AMAZING, AND KOIVUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU’S BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACKKKKKKKKKKKKKK
I BELIEVE!!!!
SAKU!!!!
I’ve made a huge mistake…
che passa?
I missed the 1st period and most of the 2nd
enjoyed their comeback to tie it up in the 3rd and then go ahead then….hmmmmm
got a bit too relaxed maybe?? let Malkin walk in on Huet and oh oh..
didn’t notice Begin out there…did he play?
saw Smolinski on the bench and almost choked on a Dorito…thought he’d be up in the box, eating fries
ok I guess it was a good reality check… gotta play the full 60 at full throttle, no coasting
onto the next one
Go Habs Go
Oh Captain My Captain!
http://yearofthehab.blogspot.com
Walt Whitman was a HUGE Habs fan, in fact.
Great hustle by Sergei!
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well what can say about this one? we had the laed but sloppy play is something we would be well to stay away from. One more game until the trade deadline. interesting times.
THAT’s GRIT! SLICK GRIT!! LIKE THE OIL SANDS!
… I sort of lost where I was going with that……
SWEEEEEEETTTT!!!!!
Barts, is your photo a seat from the old Forum?
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bust open the floodgate!!!!
lol ????
People who think fighting has no place in hockey need to think again.
Looks like an old blue.
LMAO @GONCHAR!
Malkin is hurt
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was he the D who just almost scored on his own net? lol
Awww
Blitzen, it’s my Forum seat signed to me by The Rocket. One of my treasures.
Yup, funny how he takes a better shot at his own net than in the shootout.
It Stinks
Damn. That happened in slow motion.
Keep your stick on the ice, Cristobal!!!!
COME ON!
I’ve made a huge mistake…
Bad play by Streit here
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what is that three weak goals now?
Bloody heck Huet
sloppy.
Why is Huet not closing his legs!
By the Rocket? Wow…how did you get it?
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he can share that one with the D.
swollen glands.
And close your legs when you’re in the butterfly!
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(Red Green was a HUGE Habs fan, in fact.)
yeah it looked like streit actually kicked his pad off of the post to open the gap. what bad luck.
im very angry right now, come on boone, say no comeback tonight already!!
The second goal was weak, but not the first or the last. The first ricocheted about three times, and the third was just lucky, should have been cleared by the D.
http://yearofthehab.blogspot.com
Pretty clear the guys will have to stay out of the box tonight.
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I have just one question.
Why did it take them so long to call O’Byrne up?
Breezer? seheeeeesh
Boone: “So, Carey Price on Gainey Night?”
What do you mean, MB?
Is it just me, or do pucks moving slower than 10kph seem to give Huet huge headaches?
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Blitzen, had dinner with him about a year before he died, arranged through a family friend who knew him well and suggested I disassemble the seat and bring the wood backing. Along with my personalized Gretzky Oilers puck, it is my prized possession.
On Saturday. For the retiring of Gainey’s #23.
Ah, okay, thanks wd40. Didn’;t know that was happening, that’s awesome for BG!
i love huet, but man, it’s like he’s on qualudes tonight.
It’s not just you.
Well…there’s a nice memory for ya.
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Oh, wow! What an experience, and what a great story! A seat’s a darn cool souvenir too.
No kidding about prized possession, eh?
For a team with great goaltending, our goaltending has been anything but great.
Streit needs to sit down for a while… I take back my comments earlier today about not trading him.
I am fuming right now, I come back from hockey to see montreal lost 5-4…okay mtls comeback didnt happen, but wait they were winning 4-3. God d*** its like were back to where we started
I’m not going to panic because we’re not gonna go on this crazy 20-game winning streak, but this was a crappy game.
Our worst player tonight? STREIT
Absolutely horrible. I don’t know if the trade rumours shook him up or something but he was awful. So was Markov.
I love Huet, and I’m not a big Price fan, but Huet should’ve been pulled after the third goal and ESPECIALLY after the fourth. Sometimes i feel Carbo is a little unfair…which leads me to………….isn’t it about time he sits Latendresse? USELESS player, seriously! I think Smolinsky played a better match than him. But on to the good…..Georges is AWESOME. This guy is for real. Liked him last year in those few games he played, LOVE him this year. He gets better and better. Best D tonight by far. And Ryder and Koivu were also excellent. Higgins just keeps getting under my skin more and more though.
but hey, there are a lot more games left and I’m 100% sure we’re making the playoffs where ANYTHING can happen.
On to next one….we gotta win this one for Bob.
GO HABS!
I love Huet too (not a big Price fan either) but it seems like whenever the team has a crap defensive showing, he follows suit and plays horribly. I wish Carbo could send him a message and tell him “YOU ARE OUR #1″ as I think he’s shying away in the face of all the Price hype and the big shadow that comes with it.
Apparently their is an Bob Gainey press conference tommorow morning which might have something to with Saturday festivities. Apparently its on RIS which I personaly don’t have. Im sure they could skip whatever their showing and show the HABS news on RDS.
Smokey Robinson was a HUGE Habs fan, in fact.
Yeah the “You’re my number 1″ strategy didn’t work so well last year. I think one guy needs to go on a 4 or 5 game solid stretch before Carbo can annoint one of them. Nothing worse than annointing someone and then having to pull him in the very next game.
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Can’t win ‘em all, at least they tried to come back in the third.
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I wish I felt that way…I need to just unwind
The comeback part they’ve got down pat. It’s everything that happens after that they seem to have trouble with!
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Damn… neither goalie has played up to standards over the last couple of games. We need one of them to step up and take the bull by the horns and say, “This job is mine!”
Of course, it would also be great if our defense got back to making our goalie’s nights a whole lot easier.
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Who said there was any intelligence involved in the whining about goalies?
It is intellectually dishonest to carp about the lousy defence in a game where the shots were 31 against and 21 for, and then also complain that the goalie is the main contributor to the loss.
Whoah, two minutes for intellectual dishonesty. And five for superficiality.
We should trade Huet and ride Price. I think Price is the next big thing in goal. Huet’s trade value is high, and he’s going to leave at seasons end anyways.
Huet will not be able to carry us deep in the playoffs, while maybe Price could.
If we could trade Huet for a big centre, why not, you have to gamble a little bit to win, can’t always play it safe.
At this point I would call up Halak and send both Price and Huet down
Huet will not net us any real return. Its going to be a wash between keeping him and losing him to free agency or trading him for some untested youth. Better to keep him around as insurance, seems we need it.
You offer no reasonable persuasion for your ill-crafted “opinions”, none of which is remotely sensible: there is no reason to think that “Price is the next big thing in goal”, that “Huet’s trade value is high”, that Price could take the Habs “deep in the playoffs” while Huet could not, or that “Huet could be traded for a big centre”.
Huet’s trade value is not high, Price has been wildly inconsistent, and neither has performed significantly better than the other in recent games.
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are you shitting me!?!?!? WOOOOOOOOOOOOO
went in off a skate.
ABORT RYDER TRADE!!!!!!!
ABORT RYDER TRADE!!!!!
I’ve made a huge mistake…
Just what the doctor ordered!
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moser… can you hear the hoof beats of the ryders of the apocalypse?
“And I saw on a pale horse a pale Ryder …..
… and Bell (Centre) followed with him.”
Bob just hung up on Don Waddell
Waddell: “… Bob… Bob? Hello??”
just keep the guy already and sign him for another year. class act.
QED
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While the garbage keeps getting posted, so will the replies.
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Hey is that a Britney Spears album cover?
The Apocalypse is coming…
LMAO
Line of the night!@!!
I’ve made a huge mistake…
Ryder’s prayer each night:
“Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of Pleks … “
Very very happy for Mr. Ryder
Keep it coming, boys. The 3rd is Kovy’s period.
Man, I should start going away more often..Every time i do, i miss a goal. sheesh LMAO, not that I’m complaining!
YEAH BABY!
Do it again on the PP!
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Why are we getting beat by a team who’s defense and goaltending is worse than ours (on paper at least)? Still hope in the third – just can’t let the Pens score anymore.
The Original 24 Cups
LOL at WD40
With the shot that he has, Kovy should shoot more during PP,
GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL
COME ON!!!!!!
I’ve made a huge mistake…
I DIDN’T MISS THAT ONE YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
PUT DA HAMMER DOWN BABY!
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OMG. Hamrlik SCORES???? LOL… what a move by Koivu!!!
Don Wadell: “Hi operator, I seem to have been disconnected…”
Me too Teach – I can’t type and watch at the same time.
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Talk about a bad goal by a goalie.
The word is out.. no lead is safe against the Habs.
I’ve never seen so many blocked/intercepted passes. And oh yeah, HAMMER!!!
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i hate to say it but i almost expect us to win these days. what is going on? down by 2 early? big deal.
WOW great PP.
very true. this IS their third string goalie after all.
Comeback kids strike again
Confidence! Now in Habs Fan Size!
Amen brother, isn’t it great!?
This is the second greatest comeback this week if it holds up!!!
Therrien looks pissed. I mean more than usual.
Goals by Ryder, Higgy and Koivu?????
Whens the last time that happened
what’s with the no call on the can opener on Sergei?
LOL
VERY good question!
Keep pressing boys.
Me and the Hammer. It’s love.
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LOL
I’ve made a huge mistake…
Refs figure they have to give the other teams a fighting chance…
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FINALLY a power play
ABOUT TIME
Blitzen, I’ve since been told that he only signed two Forum seats, of which mine is one. Can’t verify that, but it’s going in the grave with me haha!
Great story man.
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FINALLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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finally a penalty!! Lets do it boys, we all need some Kovy magic.
OK. bring on the #1 PP in the league.
Make ‘em PAY.
I didn’t see the game, but I read that Ryder scored again. Is it safe to say his slump is over?
Yep, and the goalie crisis has begun. BOB.
Dang. The laffs are in the same position that we’re in, down 3-1.
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They need to calm down, looks like the caffeine is still in their system from the other night. Way too many d-zone blunders
Kovy going for the far post again.
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I trust him. When he misses it only breaks my heart a little … KWS is not just a defunct British dance/pop band … it’s the Kovalev Wrist Shot, baby
wow. they let him setup in his favorite spot. i hope they let him do it again.
Price is our number one goalie
We are in big trouble.
On Tuesday, somone posted we should trade Price after Huet saved the game for us. What I wouldnt give for a Brodeur, its amazing when you have that one goalie for years,everything else falls into place. Just like having a closer in baseball, if you have him, awesome, if you dont, you can go years with a bullpen by committee. Right mow, we are goalie by committee.
Thanks.