The Tampa Bay Lightning brought an NHL lineup to the Bell Centre, including super sniper Steven Stamkos and promising rookie Brett Connolly.
Each had two goals in TB’s easy 4-0 win.
The Canadiens had two good lines, a fourth line of future Bulldogs and a goaltender who is going to keep Carey Price busy this season.
Dwayne Roloson, who turns 42 on Oct. 12, recorded the shutout.
Trailing 3-0, the Canadiens mustered all of two shots in the third period.
Meaningless game, but …
PRE-GAME AUDIO: P.K. Subban | Michael Blunden | Brendan Gallagher | Jacques Martin
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Gord Miller should never say *Subby-Doo* again… EVER..!!
Habs will hit another 500 posts this season ….
I see the ZEBRAS will be @ thier best again this season!
Who were the D on the ice for that goal?
Edit…PK and Yemmy…Yemmy’s side
***Subbang Baby!!!***
PK and Yemelin
AK Shat the bed there ..
AK was sleeping on that clear around
Nice to see AK in mid-season lazy-ass form. I wonder how much Bucky Meehan is going to try and extort for him?
No more McGuire…absoulutly wonderful, delightful, fantastic….super duper special…:-)
second place is just the first loser
Charles Prevost-Linton
The best in the business
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“Hey Richard, two minutes for looking so good!”
RDS has the rookie audio guys on tonight.
anyone missing McGuire on TSN?
I’m almost afraid to ask…who did they get to replace him?
let me think, no my ears aren’t ringing, don’t miss him at all.
Hey, Lats scored for Minny tonight. Cue the hair pulling and teeth grinding from the usual suspects.
ihope Someone Levels Lecavalier Tonight….
Based on a similar hope I had for Marchand when we played Boston, I’d say you better just hope Budaj does not lay another egg!
I prefer him be passed through the new Bell Centre Plexi glass …
I guess this is a good chance to see if Budaj is as suckful as he appeared to be against Boston. I’m thinking Price had better be ready to stand on his head for at least 70 games again this year.
No offence, but can you explain to me your handle Sens Fan Spezza and why you give a rats ass about Montreal given the handle. Asking in all sincerity, have a hard time reading your posts given your name and actually thinking you are serious.
No offence taken. Grew up a Habs fan, bro plays for the Sens. There’s a bit of divided loyalty going on, but when they’re not playing each other, I’m still a Habs fan.
Assuming your bro is Jason, cool. Understand now, thanks for clarifying.
oh that’s cool.. Is your brother Jason?
Have you chased down any wife-beating thugs at the Richmond Fair recently?
Will Budaj have a bounce-back game?
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“Hey Richard, two minutes for looking so good!”
I’m starting to lose it with this site, every couple days my commenting functionality is gone.
RDS is currently showing a special on MAB, TIMO I hope you are watching!!!!!!
RDS: All MAB All the Time
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“Hey Richard, two minutes for looking so good!”
LOL didn’t see you had posted that, too funny
bahahahaha
I hope the kid finally gets a well deserved goal tonight
Just to put the pre-season into perspective, tonight is a pre-selected date night and I’ve promised the wife we’d share a bottle of wine & watch The Notebook
(instead of watching the game). I think this is going to be a good game to watch but, hey, it’s only pre-season. Good thing my wife is cute.
The new Lightning jerseys are so… plain.
With the way things have been going “with the Habs & my life” ,I’ll say MAB with the hat-trick…………..
I hope JM gives som e PP to AK this season its well deserved, and I’m curious to see our PK forward duos this season.
Couple of thoughts…
I saw Brendan Gallagher described today as the “training camp phenom”.
1 assist in 4 pre-season games. Am I missing something? Not feeling all that phenomenal.
Buffalo IS small. So is Montreal. So why is Montreal considered by many pundits to be in a dog-fight for 8th while the Sabres are considered a threat to win the Northeast?
I think Buffalo, Montreal and Boston will be in a dog-fight for the Northeast. But why might Buffalo be getting more love?
The two teams finished tied for points last season. Since then Buffalo added 3 key pieces (Regehr, Ehrhoff and Leino) while losing one (Connolly). Montreal has added one key piece (Cole) while losing one (Hamrlik). Both teams are hoping for full seasons from key players: Derek Roy and Brad Boyes (acquired late last season) in Buffalo, Markov/Gorges/Pacioretty in Montreal.
Both teams have young stars (Myers, Ennis, Gerbe and Gragnani in Buffalo; Subban, Paccioretty, Weber and Eller in Montreal). Not much to choose from there.
The Buffalo love is probably due to having made more high-profile splashes in the FA market this summer and being perceived as having more room to improve. And the blue-line strength of the two teams is a big wild-card, so long as Markov’s status is uncertain.
Buffalo’s top-6 is Tyler Myers, Christian Ehrhoff, Robyn Regehr, Jordan Leopold, Andrej Serkera and highly-touted prospect Marc-Andre Gragnani.
Montreal’s top-6 is P.K. Subban, Hal Gill, Jaroslav Spacek, Josh Gorges, Chris Campoli and one of Alexei Yemelin, Jeff Woywitka or Yannick Weber. Not quite as formidable, in my opinion.
maybe it depends on the type of average you are talking about… there are 3 kinds of average I believe. ours is shruded with players like gio 5’3″ and gil 6″7 . Its hard to get an average when we have giants and smurfs maybe they are a more balenced small lol
Blues prospect Evgeny Grachev has 3G 2A. Phenom lol
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When the Hebrew scouts investigate the Promised Land of Canaan and return to discourage the other Hebrews from entering it..”We saw the Nephilim there (the descendants of Anak). We seemed like grasshoppers in our own eyes, and we looked the same to them.” [Numbers 13:33]
“We don’t see things as they are, but as we are.” – Anais Nin
A Phenom stuck on a team no one wants to buy, very sad.
Can’t afford them. They are selling high, and for the first time in franchise history, all 82 games will be televised.
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When the Hebrew scouts investigate the Promised Land of Canaan and return to discourage the other Hebrews from entering it..”We saw the Nephilim there (the descendants of Anak). We seemed like grasshoppers in our own eyes, and we looked the same to them.” [Numbers 13:33]
“We don’t see things as they are, but as we are.” – Anais Nin
Gallagher has atleast 5 or 6 posts in the preseason… this kid could have easily potted 4 or 5 home…
Also, not to knock our own team but in what world are Webber and Eller stars?
If we’re counting posts now, than Chris Higgins was a phenom the like the league has never seen before, and likely never will again.
As for the young stars comment, fair comment. I use that term more in line with the idea of “top prospects that have already made the team”, to differentiate from prospects like Leblanc, Kristo or Tinordi who are still a couple of years away but who rank as better prospects than a kid like Weber.
Phenom may and is a stretch, but you have to admit he is an exciting prospect to watch. Who is the last 5th round draft choice we had create this kind of preseason excitement?
remember 2 seasons ago when Cammi came back from injury just before the playoffs and he was playing great… getting plenty of shots and good chances arround the net but scored only once and had like 10 posts… well he finally unblocked and went on to be the leading scorer in the playoffs… Now im not saying that is for sure the case for Gallagher, but you can feel it when a player is playing great but is just getting unlucky… and I feel that is the case with Gallagher and I am sure anyone who paid close attention to him in the preseason would agree!
So a 24 year old Gragnani is a “highly touted prospect” but Weber (22) and Yemelin (25), who’ve both put up more impressive numbers than Gragnani, are “not quite as formidable”. Ok then.
So a 24 year old Gragnani is a “highly touted prospect” but Weber (22) and Yemelin (25), who’ve both put up more impressive numbers than Gragnani, are “not quite as formidable”. Ok bud.
Wait, you don’t like Gallagher being touted a training camp phenom, yet you call Marc-Andre Gragnani as “highly-touted prospect”? When did Gragnani become that?
The same time the better Yemelin and younger Weber became “not quite as formidable”. It’s just tripe.
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Will there be Live, Game-Blog Puppets tonight?
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For the cheap Habs fans in here that live in Canada. GO BUY BELL EXPRESS VU …..
Was thinking of buying a Lada, but you got me thinking now…
NHL network playing the Pre-Season game between THE Montreal Canadiens and Tampa……… Starting with the Price “meet your canadiens”……….. I am very very happy tonight.
GO HABS GO.
nice so we’ll have it on 3 channles tonight lol
Should probably offer some context……
We do not get RDS or TSN here in Washington DC…
Havent seen a second of pre-season action from the Habs… Havent seen them in 4-5 months….
There may be other teams, but only ONE Club De Hockey…
here I have a small present for you..
http://www.sportlemon.tv/v-2/10/108/v-310940.html
let me know if it works, i have many others..
http://www.seeon.tv/view/18951/
http://atdhe.tv/
It works, thanks. I was not aware of that one. There are a few other streaming that I go to. But I have been busy, and i was just waiting to see it in HD on my huge TV, to get me ready for the season that starts in just 1 week……
There may be other teams, but only ONE Club De Hockey…
I know your angst, I live in LA.
Jeff Johnson
Yup I like White but Habs management scares me
I feel sorry for the Red Sox.
No, wait…
***Subbang Baby!!!***
boston out is nice, yankess out is even nicer!
hey, can you feel that ? Theres something calling in the air tonight?
The atmosphere is starting to heat up in our city…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2hnw22MZwg&feature=related
First time poster on the site, long time reader. Looking forward to seeing the team tonight along with some of our future sprinkled in there. The line combos look promising, and this will be a far better evaluation of our potential to what we’ve iced the last week and a half.
Oh ya, and I hate the leafs, hope that makes me a friend to this board
Welcome 72465. Hating the leafs, you must be Ontario based. Have to admit my hate for Bruins supercedes all other. However, if Haley’s Comet ever crashes to earth and the Leafs win the Cup, perhaps I may change my opinion.
LA based but hate the leafs because even in the states, the nhl network has showed every preseason game of Toronto’s, so that just grates at me. And I had to endure Burke up close and personal.
Jeff Johnson
Appreciate the hate! Grew up in Western Canada myself and had my whole family cheering for the Leafs. Live in Ontario now, but given how bad they are, I only remember all our battles with Boston. Hurt so bad last year to not only lose to them but watch them win the Cup.
Burke is a complete Blowhard. That is as polite as I can put it.
It is nice to be among friends!
Jeff Johnson
Prediction:Ryan white scores 10 goals this year then signs with the leafs as a free agent.
Prediction: Ryan White will be an RFA and therefore can’t choose where he signs. Good try though.
better then boston
So your saying Ryan scores 10 goals through the next couple seasons? Don’t get where you are going with this.
Mr Boone, there are worse things that can happen in Montreal than a meaningless preseason loss… like a meaningful season ending injury, while driving on one of our many overpasses, or under one…
Positive thoughts people, no one ever beat cancer by telling themselves they wanted to die…
So tonight is the draft for my hockey pool, which I have had crap luck in for the last 2 years.
Who would your first 5 picks be? going by points only.
I’m kind of thinking I would go
1. Ovechkin
2. Stamkos
3. D Sedin
4. H Sedin
5. Perry – This was tough to put perry here but at least I’ve seen that the other guys have consistently hit over 1ppg, though Perry is so young…
I know that picking top point scorer is a crap shoot, but I’m just curious what the consensus is around here
may want to consider stlouis
Yeah he’s getting up there in age, I don’t know if he can pull off another season like the last… maybe him over Perry?
take whoever is a LW thats the most value
No Malkin as an option eh? Hard not to take Ovechkin hate to say. Unfortunately I don’t think Crosby is an option.
The only time Komi moves anyway is to the penalty box, maybe that is his definition of the no movement clause
Right, they tried to pin point the problem, but, they couldn’t figure out that when he played with Markov he had two functions, block shots and hit guys. Markov did everything else, and that made him look better than really was. It allowed him to keep it simple, since he has so few other natural abilities. In TO he was exposed. Now they are stuck with a hit to their cap that will haunt them for years. Beautiful!!
Sal from the Hammer
POI. Listening to the local TO Sports station, yesterday, and, they were talking about the Laff defense, when it was brought up, that Komisarik, has a no movement clause, which i take to mean, that he cant be sent to the AHL, plus he has a limited no trade clause which only includes 12 teams he can be traded to. Now, here is the fun part. At 4.5 million for 3 more seasons, no team will take him, and, he is NOT considered a top six defenseman, even on the Laffs. So, he has to be included on their starting roster, and either dress for games, or sit in the stands, and they are stuck with his salary for 3 more years. Nice contract by the genius GM, Burke. Talk about fall off the face of the earth. He almost, I said almost, makes Gomez’s contract look palatable. Prove me wrong Gomer, prove me wrong…
Sal from the Hammer
Komi can thank Markov for the chance to make millions while sitting in the pressbox.
We didn’t set Gomez’s contract…..
The funny part is listening to Burke now talk about how great Komo is in the dressing room and what a leader he is. He is already justifying keeping Komo around even though everyone knows this guy should be in the AHL or playing bottom 6 mins for the Panthers….
I read it was gonna be Desharnais,AK & Gallagher.
I will be very disaapointed if that doesn’t happen.
It would be awesome
“I figure PG has one or 2 moves left to bring the Habs that extra step closer to perhaps being the best in the league.” – Einstein
I expect a good game tonight. Probably Gallagher,s last in a Hab uniform untill next year unless they give him a contract
How close is the band wagon parked by the cliff tonight?
Depends…who do you want to jump off?
“Depends”
I save them for the playoffs.
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Welcome to the newer NHL: The National Headshot League.
LOL
Think the jeep in Jurassic Park
–| Brad Marchand | Starley Cup Chanpiar 2011 |–
For some this PRESEASON game will be the most important PRESEASON game in the entire history of the franchise because PRESEASON games tell everything about how a team will do in the coming regular season.
Did I mention it was a PRESEASON game?
***Subbang Baby!!!***
There’s a lot at stake during preseason. Which is why I’m having a preseasoned steak for supper (sans salt and pepper).
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“Hey Richard, two minutes for looking so good!”
What exactly is your point?
It provides a preview to 82 preplayoff games?
***Subbang Baby!!!***
Now you are confusing me
I was just trying to be the straight man for you to continue making your point.. LOL
I suffer from catapedaphobia…
If anybody’s interested, they’re showing a Montreal/Calgary game from 1989 on bell expressvu channel 425 @ 8 pm eastern. Blast from the past.
Sorry if this is a repeat queston, but does anyone here know if NHL Center Ice blacks out Habs games in Toronto? I mean the ones not carried by CBC or TSN when the Laffs are idle. I can obviously purchase RDS here, were I a cable subscriber, but I pulled the plug on my kids and am looking for another option. Thanks.
Last year I had to buy the NHLnet channel, because CenterIce did not have all of the Habs game. Between the 2 I saw all of them. RDS is not available in North Carolina.
I’ve subscribed to CentreIce for past two years and I can tell you I’ve seen very few Habs games televised on there; luckily Shaw carries RDS HD so I didn’t miss any and I had my pick of any other games on off-nights or as a double-header. I think I have a problem
Hey Stuck_in_To,
try this instead, definitely works everywhere and cheaper,
http://www5.hockeystreams.com/
Quality is from 320×240 to 720×480, better than a free and sometimes as good as the CBC high quality streams.
Thanks to all of you for your responses.
Had CentreIce last year, in the states, and saw, or could have seen, every Habs game.
Is tonight’s game televised by someone other than RDS?
TSN
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“That’s the save of the year and it’s not even the year yet!”
that’s a pretty good lineup for tonight. maybe JM see’s something. 2nd and 3rd line not too shabby, Gallagher could be a skinner in the making. skinner is pretty nifty with carolina. our 4th line may prove something also, I have a feeling this is gonna be real interesting maybe the best game of the preseason.
+1
should i go with Stamokos or PErry for my fantasy league?
Stamkos.
It shouldn’t matter what the categories are. There isn’t a very big difference in how much they shoot or hit, surprisingly enough.
Perry gets more pims, if that’s a category. But, Stamkos is a stud.
Tough call. Gut says Stamkos because contract talks are finished but at the same time, a huge contract could be enough to distract him… Perry may want to build on an outstanding season and could use it as a bench mark to push himself harder. That said, the old addage of trying to hard…tough call indeed. I’d flip a coin and hope it lands on its edge so I can pick both.
Perry had a bit of a slow start last season. Stamkos came out of the gates early and sputtered a bit a the end.
Personally I’d kinda go with Perry, but you never know.
Thanks for your help, I decided to go with Perry… but after putting so much thought into it, could I really go wrong? lool
Time to get the blood flowing…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EkEQk-z0eU
For those of us in the States with NHL Center Ice Package, they are actually showing this game tonight.
As everyone on this site knows,when talking about our beloved Canadiens most hockey “experts” say Montreal can’t compete in the Eastern conference because their forwards are too small. Myself, for one, always thought this was a load of crap. You don’t have to be big to compete in this league. Small speedy players with heart can win you not only games but championships.
These so called experts who say the Habs are too small, are the same ones saying that Buffalo is a greatly improved team and will challenge the Bruins for top spot in the division. A list of some of the forwards go as follows… C Tyler Ennis 5’9″ 146LBS
C Nathan Gerbe 5’6″ 160LBS
C Derek Roy 5’9″ 188LBS
C Jochen Hecht 6’1″ 191LBS
W Brad Boyes 6’1″ 195LBS
W Patrick Kaleta 6’0″ 195LBS
W Jason Pominville 6’0″ 186LBS
W Ville Leino 6’0″ 182LBS
There “tough” guy Mike Grier 6’0″ 220LBS.
So can anyone explain to me how this team is supposed to be a force in the East and Montreal is still too small!
Don’t ask questions! Montreal sucks, everyone knows that.
Grier isn’t on the Sabres anymore, but you’re right. And a lot of those guys are very soft players.
http://twitter.com/andrewberkshire
I wouldn’t say kaleta or roy are soft players.
small players yes, but they tough customers.
- Gomez is holding down the “overpaid” button
Did I say specifically that they were?
http://twitter.com/andrewberkshire
SHHHH!!! You’re exposing ridiculous arguments, that is not going to fly around here, or in the NHL.
- I shall always remember Captain Koivu. Habs and Hockey.
SF09 on Twitter
Simple answer. We’re the Montreal Canadiens. the most beloved and widely detested team in all of sports. The true fans know that the Habs are, in fact, too small. We see it every year with injury after injury after injury, however, as fans we also hope that our speed and transition game can keep the giants somewhat at bay. I, for one. believe that our Powerplay will be a thing of beauty this season. An unstoppable force, much like 08 through 10, essentially up until last season. Teams like Boston will not want to beat up on us little guys because they will be terrified of our powerplay and the goathorn wearing ramifications therein. Which player wants to hang hs head in shame in his own locker room after sitting in the box watching Cammy, Pleks, Cole, Marky and Subban score goal after goal on the PP. I know i wouldn’t. Maybe i’m clutching at straws here but i’m sticking to my assessment wholeheartedly. Go Habs.
Charge it to the Underhill’s.
I don’t know but I’ve been told…the Leafs I think are more widely detested, compounded of course by how naive and innocent their fans are…
I think if anything its a draw. But i live in Calgary so i get the anti-habs mumbojumbo much more than Leafs-suck gobbledygoo
Charge it to the Underhill’s.
Compared with projected top nine for the Habs (numbers from The Hockey News):
LW Michael Cammalleri 175.26cm 182lbs
RW Eric Cole 187.96cm 205lbs
RW Brian Gionta 170.18cm 173
C Scott Gomez 180.34cm 202lbs
LW Max Pac 187.96cm 196lbs
C Thomas Plekanec 180.34cm 198lbs
LW Andrei Kostitsyn 182.88 214lbs
C Lars Eller 185.42cm 198lbs
C/W David Desharnais 170.18cm 177lbs
Habs average height 5’9″ average weight 193.88lbs
Buffalo average height 5’9′ average weight 184.77lbs
I realize I have both metric and imperial numbers but I needed to convert both team’s height to metric to make an accurate average and just re-converted it. Pretty even teams… Although the Grier numbers will help Buffalo’s case. Anybody know who replaced Grier?
Grier no longer plays for Buffalo.
Charge it to the Underhill’s.
Centimeters? I’m too old for centimeters. I figured out kilometers and can do kilograms when forced but my brain outright rebelled against centimeters. Thanks for putting the average in the Imperial measure.
“Habs average height 5’9″ average weight 193.88lbs
Buffalo average height 5’9′ average weight 184.77lbs”
Ah hah. The Habs aren’t short, they’re fat.
Oh I will get a job at Hockey Night in Canada!
Washington is the tallest at 6′ 1″ and will be the most improved with two ex Habs
I think the real disconnect is that people think 5’9 to 5’11 is short, whereas 6’0 means you are huge. No, not even 6’1 or 6’2…..6’0 immediately means you are gigantic Chara sized.
Much like when you see $5.99 versus $6.00. People can’t seem to understand how close these numbers are.
5’9 versus 6’2? Ok there’s a difference. However Cammalleri versus Crosby’s size? It’s not that friggen different.
QUESTION ABOUT RDS!
I’m with Cogeco and I live in Southern Ontario, does anyone know how I would go about ordering RDS and how much it would cost me every month?
25 before 14
Hey Sharks
First of all I would suggest that you check channel 522 right now to see if you already get it (You’d be surprised how many people have it already and don’t know about it)
If you don’t already get it you’ll have to buy the french package for an extra 5(roughly) bucks a month
Would I have to call them to order that or is there somewhere on the RDS or Cogeco website that says what the french package is?
25 before 14
There should be something on the Cogeco website. Keep in mind that Cogeco only offers RDS in standard def (it’s what we’ve got at our house and it’s still worth it).
Like Henry mentioned, it works out to about $5 extra a month, entirely acceptable price for all 82 games.
I see the telefranco package listed on the site, but it has 9 channels and I wouldn’t want all those. Do you know if I could just order RDS by itself?
25 before 14
You can buy individual channels for 2.49$ a month.
I believe it’s part of the sports package…I have Cogeco as well and live in southern Ontario and I ordered the Sports package and have RDS. Do you have the sports package?
I don’t think I do, do you know if I can order RDS as a single channel?
25 before 14
I believe so…I think their 2.49$ each
Ok, thanks for the help!
25 before 14
Have you tried calling Cogeco and asking them that? Here… channel 522.
http://www.cogeco.ca/web/on/en/residential/tv/tv_channels.php?cat=R
I am also with Cogeco. You have to sign up for the TeleFranco 2 Theme pack. My package allows me to pick 3 theme packs.
So no extra charge for RDS. You also get the Info Sports channel
(522,523) You can switch it back at the end of the season.
They dont have a custum channels package, thats the way to go to maximize habs and sports channels.
So on occasion I have read some comments on this site regarding the wish for a better sports radio station. I would like to provide some ammunition to show just how bad Toronto Sports Radio the Fan 590 can be.
Today on the Hockey LunchHour show, Darren Millard and Doug Maclean were talking about Carolian Hurricanes and the number 1 line there. Alex Ponikarovsky Eric Staal and Zac Dalpa.
Darren Millard then went on to say how simlar players Erik Cole and Alex Ponikarovsky are, based on size and points. To listen to these complete idiots speak such dribble is so frustrating.
I don’t actually understand the very concept of sports radio. I can understand watching sports. I can kindof understand listening to sports on the radio. But listening to guys talk about sports?
Frank Zappa famously said that writing about music was like dancing about architecture.
What is sports radio like? Wanking over the Ikea catalog?
That’s quite the visual you’re offering…
Ikea has some great stuff:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGPIszdcCcc
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“Hey Richard, two minutes for looking so good!”
comment of the year made me literally LOL
I am a huge sports fane HF72. I don’t listen to alot, but make a point to try listen to the DanPatrick show and Prime Time Sports on Fan590 depending on the guests if possible, to me entertaining sports radio.
But there are things you go watch and talk about on here I have no interest in. Can’t say I would accuse you of wanking over an Ikea catalog, but perhaps I am not as interested as you in condemning someone else’s interests.
At least give it some credit and call it the Lingerie section of the Sears Catalog.
Famous letter to the New England Journal of Medicine. A doctor writes that he was out jogging one winter morning in his hometown in Alaska. When he returned home he realized that he had frozen the extremity of his male member. He remembered an article in this week’s New England Journal on how to prevent frostbite, so he pulled out the journal and started reading the article in question. One of the tips was to warm the affected body part with the hand.
His wife came home to find him on the couch with his shorts down, reading the New England Journal of Medicine, while grabbing his you-know what.
I live and work in Toronto and I frequent the Fan590 during my lunch hour. I’m able to enjoy the Hockey Central portion only because I’ve come to terms with what each of the personalities are. Millard is the token mimbo. His whole purpose as the host is to the provide the direction to show and to periodically play devil’s advocate and to bait Kypreos. He offers little in the way of meaningful statistical analysis. Kypreos is the old-time fighter. The guy who always blames the victim in head-hit incidents and constantly operates under the paradigm of the low-level goon. Maclean is the former hockey executive who would love nothing more than another crack at a job but is too proud to admit it. He’d much rather use the hour of air time discussing his love of rick nash and hatred for ken hitchcock.
I tune in as entertainment and not for thoughtful hockey broadcasting. Once I stopped taking them serious, I started to enjoy them more.
Of course, the entire program is thinly veiled in disgust of everything Montreal. Each of them is very reluctant to even discuss Montreal, let alone say anything positive. But it’s Toronto sports radio, so reminding oneself of that notion alone makes some of their foolish banter easier to digest.
Your description of Fan590, Hockey Central is right on. I too have come to accept it for what it is…a forum for the under educated Laff fan, with side lights of interesting pieces that can be entertaining. They know they have to spend several times an hour kissing Laff fan butts, or no one in the TO listening area will even tune in.
Sal from the Hammer
Agree but when in the vehicle, without satellite radio i am stuck with one of the Devil’s 2 sports stations, Sportsnet or TSN both hate Montreal.
Anything Doug MacLean is involved in I can’t take seriously. Can’t imagine listening to his slurred speech as he spit talks on radio.
http://twitter.com/andrewberkshire
Was at practice today and Eller was wearing a regular forward (red) jersey like all the others. No blue jersey indicating NO-CONTACT. This may mean he’s scheduled for a return October 6
Which means no room for Gallagher … but DD is miles ahead on the depth chart.
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It’s P.K. Tiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiime
On that chart we also have Leblanc, Beaulieu, Tinordi, Astvin, Kristo… cant complain
Contact for Larry you say? That is a bit of good news indeed.
lots of tickets left for tonight.
@teamadam76
Scalpers out.
—Hope Springs Eternal—
My Favourite 3rd line trio would be:
AK – Eller – Gallagher
would love to see that for at least 10 games of the regular season ?
Habs, OLE !
Habs, OLE !
yeah, but let gallagher play top 2 line minutes this year in junior, that line will look just as good with ak eller dd
very fast grasshopper!
I’ll take AK Eller and DD thanks.
Next year we will see Gallagher.
For the first 5-6 you may see AK/DD/Gallagher
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Were spoiled here arnt we?
needs tweaking still
You forgot your ™
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Yah I am not much of techie for me to figure out how to do that, well don’t see it happening. Crazy thing is part of my job is selling a crapload of offlease computer technology, but operating them is a whole different kettle of fish.
How do you do TM?
copy and paste it
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There- don’t say I never helped you get tweaking.
Don’t you mean “copy and paste™”?
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On the keyboard.
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so if you had to pick Yemelin, Diaz or Weber who would you pick and why haha???
whoever is best in his own zone.
Yemelin, as he adapts to NA ice his stlye will be the most useful on the back end.
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Yemelin, he was top 4 russian squad, elite KHL, after he adjusts to the ice he will be a force stay at home Dman that will join the rush at opportune moments. He can carry the puck, pass and even stick handle…
Diaz is quick, and seems to do fine under pressure. He needs to add muscle tho, he couldnt win 1on1 for the life of him.
Webber at D is a question mark, duno what to say, he’s very young and good work ethics.
I think Yemelin is is exactly what our team needs. Hopefully he will get accustomed to NA ice sooner rather than later.
Dreaming of “our” next Cup
He’s got to funkifize
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Did you spot this one on the side bar?
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If we still had MAB we’d never be in this sad situation where we’d have to pick from 3 rather not awesome dmen.
Lots of attention for Gallagher, but I’ve hardly heard anything about Bournival, also a junior age player getting an extended stay at camp.
It would be great if both these guys could contribute to the team within the next 2-4 years.
I think he had an injury during camp and didn’t practice much, if at all.
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Bournival missed most of the camp due to injury but if he was in from the beginning he would have been a quick fan favourite in my opinion. Kid has a great drive and clutch scoring ability in junior, we’ll see more of him tonight.
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Bournival was injured early in camp and only got to play the last pre-season game. He’s still there because the organization hasn’t got a good look at him yet, and we’re not talking about him as much because we haven’t had a good look at him either.
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i think what this team is going to do is sign Gallagher to that 9 game contract and see how he does then send him either back out west or to Hamilton unless this whole time they wanted bournival but it will be very interesting to see what happens but i agree we should force our hand and let Gallagher develop right
yeah, be great if we do have him for those 9 games. I just hope JM dosnt bench him quickly, but rather gives him minutes a chance to develop. if we could get that 20 goal scoreing winger to fill out 3 offensive lines. I think our depth with win us more games then most.
He can’t go to Hamilton. He’ll go back to Vancouver if anything.
I wonder who Vinny’s gonna slash tonight?
Line up looks good, basically these are the habs, give or take a few, Markov and Eller AND White, being the only notable absentees. I like White a lot, he makes a difference on that 4th line.
We know Eller will be back soon enough, basically before xmas, and markov in january, it will be like getting an AllStar at the tradedeadline except for free. (now isnt that something worth wishing for at xmas)
I DONT like DD and gionta on the same line but if they can show AK that sometimes the boring play produces thats a plus.
I thought PG recently said Markov will only miss a few games. Eller was thought to play the opener. Did I miss something? Did the habs announce something?
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No you didn’t miss anything. Last I heard Markov and Eller were both possible for the opener (thought I think Markov is a stretch).
I think he’s just thinking worst case scenario.
After years of hearing these guys tell us what turned out to be lies, I just see patterns, Markov rushed/was rushed twice already, and everytime they told us he was 100%, but he wasnt…
Eller will clearly rush because he doesnt want DD to take his place.
Oh ok. I was freaking out for a bit there. No offense but I hope you’re wrong.
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You freak out? Chris, I have to say I am looking for to meeting you one day, but man you do worry alot!
It is a gift, and a curse.
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Have fun in Dover, hope the weather works out, remember, beer can 48 car make it so.
I really hope PG knew something we all didnt about markov and wisnewski.
Looks like he knew the Wiz would get suspended.
I was at the Lightning practise yesterday in St-Jovite. The arena was packed with school kids which was nice to see, considering it’s not every day these kids get to see NHL calibre players live. They did work on their PP units with Stamkos, Vinny and Marty on the first line.
At the end, they did a fun style shooout contest with the whites beating the Blues, on 6 goals by Nate Thompson. The Blues had to do sits ups for losing. Boucher is one intense looking mean SOB I wouldn’t want to mess with, there sure is no Country Club atmosphere in Tampa.
At the end of practise, the players all held up their sticks to the fans to show their appreciation and handed out pucks to the kids. Marty got the loudest cheers, he looks like a player/coach out on the ice.
Thanks for those impressions, very nice post
Classy team.
I said it ever since Boucher was in Hamilton, he is a gem… he gets that an NHL coach now means a lifecoach, you are not the leader of these players, you are their rock, a person they can trust, a person that is there to HELP them be at their best.
And the hard on for Boucher is back on here again. It’s the reason I stopped coming on here last spring when the Lightening were playing the Bruins. It was getting really sickening
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So, tonight is the return of Tom Pyatt. Apparently he’s centering TB’s 4th line tonight. I’m calling for a breakaway in the 1st period where he fires it high & wide off the glass.
Great call Kempie!
Nice to see some offense in the lineup tonight
Im excited to see Gallagher tonight. The fact that Robert has been high on this kid raises my hopes even more. Do we really think he has a shot to make the team? Rushing young talent is not always a good idea, but if he can play, why not?
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Because he deserves to play 1st line minutes to improve. I honestly don’t see him being better than who’s on our 3rd line right now. and 4th line is lucky to play 10 minutes/game.
I will leave you with what Max Pacioretty had to say on the subject last year:
“I just don’t see the need, for my development, to play the bottom two lines in the NHL because ultimately I feel I’m going be a top six forward,” he said. “That’s what I want to be. I’ve experienced the bottom two lines in Montreal and it’s obviously not what’s going to develop me into the player I want to be.”
Excellent point. No point in playing him on a line with Moen. We should let him develop at his own pace.
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Yeah I didn’t even think of the fact he’d be playing with hands of stone Moen
Sorry Mike, but “phenom” – Brendan Gallagher? What exactly has he done to be annointed with such high praise? Yes he’s worked hard and skated hard, but please don’t put him on a pedestal yet.
Nice! players are healed up. The lineup looks pretty awesome to me. The D may surprise. Go Habs Go!
First Habs game on TSN tonight! Since I don’t have RDS this will be the first time I see them this year and I’m so happy they’ll be putting a decent lineup on the ice.
25 before 14
oh yippy its RED LIGHT BOOOOOOODYE, another 7 goal loss commin up, oh ya stay positive, uh i mean 8-7 win !!
GO HABS GO
no no no, that name doesn’t work with budaj, more creativity needed. Racicot has that nicknamed trademarked.
Funny how far more people in New England (and North America for that matter) are concerned with the September meltdown of the Red Sox than they were for the Bruins’ winning the Cup. Puts it into perspective how far down the totem pole the Bruins are in Boston sports fans’ hearts.
The Bruins were probably the least-recognized and appreciated Cup winner since the Ducks in ’07.
39 years without a championship will do that.
I hope Budaj traded in his sieve for real hockey equipment.
Is that a metaphor for the Avalanches versus the Habs?
If you don’t grok it, drokk it!
LOL Hadn’t looked at is that way, but could be.
Mike, how are you holding up after last night?
I was glad to see you made it through the night to post today.
what a spectacular night of baseball that was.
Baseball…..spectacular
Isn’t that an oxymoron?
Well, tonight we finally get an indication of what kind of team the Habs have put together. That’s a pretty damn good top nine up front. Without Markov, the D is looking a little weak, but if Price can cover for that weakness, they should put on a decent show.
I think Goals For will be the most important stat tonight.
Edit: BTW, I wouldn’t put too much on the absence of Spacek. What I see is JM/PG trying to get a last look at their one remaining choice on the back end: Diaz or Yemelin as #6. To do that, someone has to sit and Spacek was the lucky winner.
Price isn’t playing tonight.
Price isn’t playing tonight however, unless you mean for subsequent games.
My mistake. I guess the broader point I was making is that we get a decent opportunity to evaluate the team’s offensive potential.
The more spacek sits the better..period.
I hope Gallagher turns out to be a great pro but to label him a phenom is a stretch. Have the English scribes become as desperate as thier Franco cousins? What about #31 or #76? These are two great players. I can name 3 legit NHL rookie phenoms. #99 #66 #87. Will Gallagher even make the big team this year?
Go Habs Go!!
Just watched TSN’s ‘quiz’ and Aaron Ward, of all people, said that Winnipeg wasn’t the best sports city in Canada… it was, wait for it, Montreal.
Made it a little harder to hate the guy. He’s been downgraded to dislike.
Well to be considered the top sports city in Canada, I think you have to have an NHL and CFL team. That leaves only Mtl, Tor, Wpg, Cal, Edm, and Van. Toronto also has MLB and NBA, but their NHL, CFL, and NBA teams have all been basement-feeders for most of the past 5 years and the Jays only had an average year. Edmonton’s NHL team has been an under-funded joke for a while now too. And Winnipeg, while excited about their NHL team right now, haven’t even started playing yet and already lost their team once. So to me, it comes down to Mtl, Van, and Cal, and of the 3 I think we in Montreal are probably the most passionate about our teams and have a pretty good attendance record in both the NHL and CFL to go along with that.
Gallagher will most likely be in until Eller comes back. Makes sense to me anyway.
That’s what I’ve been thinking too
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Phenom? Really? Boy, have the standards ever gotten low.
He’s hit three posts, come on!
He’s been playing well, but yeah, phenom’s a stretch.
That’s what I mean. He’s done fine for a munchkin but phenom? Crosby was/is a phenom. Gallagher will probably not make a first round exit Habs roster.
I really think Boone may be exaggerating just a tad to reflect some of the wildly exaggerated expectations some around here place on the kid.
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Boone being subtly sarcastic? Surely you can’t be serious! It’s not like that’s his style or anything!
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Around here?! Boone’s been the one blowing smoke up Gallagher’s ass the whole preseason, and we’re the ones who read it.
In fairness to some of us readers he may be blowing it, we may be reading it, but don’t mean we believing it. I like the kid, I think injuries will give him a chance at a few games to start the season but I see no way in the world he is on this roster after Game 9 of reg. season.
That’s what you say. He’s shown poise, strength on the puck, improved every game and had offensive chances every shift. Any luck and he’d have at least 3-4 goals. He does not look like a 19 year or a small player and every part of his game is excellent. He’s a phenom – the way PK was. “Low standards” are those which keep the likes of Moen on the team. He’s a cadaver that makes Turner Stevenson look like Mike Bossy.
You have two choices: Break Chara’s nose and win or grab your ankles and lose. There are no other choices. Make a choice.
It may be referring to him coming out of nowhere. He was a 5th round pick 15 1/2 months ago.
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Gallagher played well with Cammalleri, and Cole best with Gomez, I hope I see those line combinations tonight.
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2 weeks is a long time to not hear people chanting CAREY! CAREY! and PK! PK!
But I guess we’ve lasted all summer, so what’s another couple of weeks.
There is a rule where if you sign a draft pick before a certain age, I believe, then he can become an ufa quite a bit sooner, as is the case with hall and eberle. However, if the franchise devolps him through their farm system they can potenitally keep him longer before he is a UFA. again like edmonton want to do with nugent-hopkins.
AK lazily shot it around the boards giving Yemelin no chance to handle it.
He’s gone, remember?
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Shiloh, I love AK, but he is the one who rattled the puck around, WTF, you want to make believe he didn’t play it?
They have hit at least 10 posts so far in the preseason – which don’t mean anything by the way …
Actually that goal is on Gill for missing his man
It was DD.
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That’s Deharnais, not Diaz.
So both could play mediocre again while trying to compete for a #1 spot?
OTT is already well on their way to get him, that and PHX with their goaltending situation that I wouldn’t deploy on the Hamilton Bulldogs.
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Okay well obviously he forgot to pay the bill a time or two.
Not to many coaches get fired before the regular season starts, however PG has done some good things but has let go or re-sighed many wrong players and why is he afraid of signing some muscle..
Mr. Biter
Ah Guy Boucher, a real coach, who coached his team to a 1-0 loss in their most important game of the year.
against a much better team in the conferance finals… be honest here
Go HABS Go
The same as Guy the great, no?
Count has been at this for many years. Boucher just started. That’s a bs comparison. Sorry.
To be honest, Martin took that same team to OT in game 7.
in quater finals….
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Which is where Martin ended up the year before. Does it even matter, it’s all about winning the Cup, right. Something both those guys didn’t do. Some fat faced guy whose been blamed for playing for 1-1 games for years won the Cup.
Didn’t that happen last year? Didn’t a coach and GM get fired early in the season? Could happen, but we don’t hear people complaining. Who knows, the Molsons at some point will wonder, unless they are only worried about filling seats. JM and PG will give them what they want. The Habs this year have to fight with Winnipeg for last spot though, so the eastern conference has changed a bit.