Tomas Plekanek, brilliant all night, scored 45 seconds into the third period to give the Canadiens a 4-2 lead.
Done and dusted, right?
Wrong.
Ryan White’s idiotic double-minor opened the door to a Buffalo goal by Thomas Vanek.
The Buffalo sniper scored again off a wild scramble to tie it 4-4 with two seconds left.
No goals in OT, so on to the season’s first Shootout.
Vanek: Goal
Galchenyuk: GOAL!
Ennis: Save
Bourque: Save
Pomminville: Goal
Gionta: Save
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White learned how much sitting out three games? Play Weber as a forward for a couple games.
I have been comments here for a while and it seems like every loss is feast of negativity. I listened to the game and you could “feel” the air come of the tires after the first PP goal within the 4 min. They were cruising, but Buffalo was doing their best to knock the Canadiens off their stride – they needed one domino and that happened to be White. That PP brought them close, built up Buffalo’s confidence and lead to the push in the crease — then tying goal (which after review by Kerry Fraser should’ve been disallowed).
Montreal has impressed thus far and they’re going to keep impressing — every player so far this year, from every team, is going through some sort of slump. What would it solve by trading one slumping player for another, because teams won’t let go of “good” player or players with size…plus if a player with size did anything in the crease and got penalized…what would be said then?
Montreal is going to lose, the Boston loss was a shocker but lax play by the whole team was the cause. Although White couldn’t stop the pucks, defend all area’s — he was targeted by a smart player and got hooked in…I like White’s character, drive and play and I’m sure this will be a stumbling block in a very short season.
That said – Toronto on Saturday should be a better game then it was at the start…GO HABS GO!!
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TMAN1969, Kassian for Hogson ,perfect trade for both teams….Borque for a Smurf another good one. It’s what you do to build a winner! Question :How many people does it take to trade a Montreal Canadien? ..Answer: One…and then the rest of the Hab fans too bitch about how they miss the former Hab!
I don’t often say this but Timo is right on the money…
They didn’t lose because one guy took an ill-advised penalty. It was because the goalie was interfered with in his place of business – at least according to Kerry Fraser on TSN. As Timo stated in his post (I’ll paraphrase) Our defence is too soft/small/unwilling/unable to move anybody away from the crease. To further complicate the problem, we have too many “small but effective” forwards. Some of those forwards need to be packaged up and moved elsewhere in exchange for a big nasty D-man with a mean streak two feet wide running down his back. If young Tinordi ever develops into an NHL defenceman, then maybe he will be that guy but he’s at least two years away from prime-time and probably 4 years away from when you would want him on the ice in the last 30 seconds of a critical game. Until that happens, one or more of Gionta, Deharnais, Gallagher, etc. need to be moved to bring that type of player to the Habs roster. They are prime candidates who would bring the biggest return. You won’t get the quality defenceman you need by offering 3rd and 4th line cast-offs like some of the dreamers on this HIO site would believe. Pleks would be off limits since he is the most effective of all the small forwards.
The reality in this man’s league is that size matters and like it or not, all roads to a Stanley Cup go through Boston and Philadelphia.
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White lost his head in last nights game and in the senators game 30/01/2013.No excuse!
I too can’t believe the ref didn’t whisle the play. Budjai had it under him, you can clearly see that’s where Vanik stick goes. Everyone, including the ref, except for Vanek, had no idea where the puck was. It was the ref’s error. If he knew where the puck was he would have blown the whistle.
As for a BIG dman. Name me the guy you want? Cause when I think of the big nasty dmen that you are talking about…they are all old guys who can’t skate. Remember Gill. At least he was good as a blocker, with his reach, but he wasn’t nasty. I just can’t think of a big guy who is nasty who won’t be a liability when he’s on the ice. Chara is the exception to every rule that was ever written!
I’m not saying that we have a great D and it shouldn’t be touched. I did think we did not need Bouillion and would have liked a different guy in there. But Bouillion is doing fine for us, so it’s hard to be mad about him in line up. But yes Gorges, Bouillion, Diaz, Markov don’t have a mean bone in them. PK will be called everytime he touches someone, and Emelin needs to learn to do that more. He is prob the only guy who can muscle someone out of the crease.
Good points veryhabby…especially on the way the ref allowed Vanek to get that goal. It was obvious that Ott was not putting in any effort whatsoever to get out of the blue paint or avoid the goalie.
While I didn’t have anyone in particular in mind (re: a big D-man) and you are correct when you say that Chara is a one-off… my wish list would include a Darius Kasparitus-type or (shudder) a Pronger-style guy in front of our goalies for a change. Someone that opposing forwards absolutely hate to play against because they know it will cost them one way or the other. Sure they might cost you once in a while with the odd penalty but the message would be clear…go near our tendy and you will hurt. You may also be right in stating that those currently available are all too old and slow. They might also be once-in-a generation type players but it doesn’t mean that our GM should stop looking for someone like that.
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Just watched the link with the top 10 players you love to hate/disliked players, and well… How is Torres still allowed to play in this league? Seriously, getting suspended for the same shiite over and over again, I mean, it’s not like I haven’t known, but to see them all laid out one after the next… I know this has been said before as well, but, for a league that spews over and over again about the importance of player safety… phooey… I’m pretty sure banishment sounds about right for Torres… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JiVA7NqrsA (not my video, just a random youtube find.)
Therrien thinks its three, I feel it is definatley two, but who’s counting? Ryan White is a dime a dozen in this league and as much as I really liked him in the past, this is uncalled for twice and unprofessional. I don’t trade him yet, he is not worth anything, but he sits for a long time now and gets one more chance in my book. Settle down Whitey, play the game right.
Now you can all respond and tell me MO means squat and I’m not the coach and blah, blah, blah…:)
Trade Ryan White to the Edmonton Oilers. With all their injuries, they are desperately looking for a Center with grit. Then give Dumont a shot as the 4th line Center. It’s time for Montreal to deal from a position of strength: Ryan is a western Canadian boy, and quite marketable.
Unfortunately White needs to be more of a rat like Ott. Start to draw more penalties than you take. Run around, make hits, get in guys faces and then let them drop the gloves and take a beating.
This loss was not on White alone. Come on MT, you praised the kid for that a week ago.
Yesterday, we saw a conversation about the relative value of top-3 draft picks versus a combination of a mid-late 1st round pick plus three 2nd round picks.
As usual, I’m coming to the party late, but I thought I would at least add some examples where teams with a good draft record of talent evaluation have gone with multiple second round picks.
St. Louis Blues (2007 Entry Draft)
The Blues had a staggering boat-load of picks: Lars Eller (13), Ian Cole (18), and David Perron (26) were drafted in the first round, while Simon Hjalmarsson (39) and Aaron Palushaj (44) were drafted in the second round.
Would anybody accept one of the following packages for Alex Galchenyuk?
Lars Eller, Simon Hjalmarsson and Aaron Palushaj
Ian Cole, Simon Hjalmarsson and Aaron Palushaj
David Perron, Simon Hjalmarsson and Aaron Palushaj
The only one people would reasonably consider is the third, and that is only based on the hindsight that 6 years can bring you when it comes to David Perron, and I still wouldn’t dream of making that trade.
Ottawa Senators (2009 Entry Draft)
The Senators, in full rebuild mode, had the 9th overall pick which they used on Jared Cowen, a promising defenceman with great NHL size. In the second round, they selected Jakob Silvferberg (39) and Robin Lehner (46). This is one of those rare cases where everybody is actually in the NHL already. Silfverberg made his debut this season, while Lehner is the heir apparent to Craig Anderson in Ottawa. Given how high Cowen was drafted, this is probably a fair comparison to the 1st plus three seconds bandied about yesterday, as the 1st was assumed to be in the second half of the 1st round.
I don’t think there are many people that would trade Alex Galchenyuk for Cowen, Silfverberg and Lehner, even with the hindsight that all three guys look like they could be NHL players.
Boston Bruins (2003 Entry Draft)
The Bruins hit a home run in this draft, landing Patrice Bergeron 45th overall. They also drafted Mark Stuart (21) and Masi Marjamakai (66). Add in a high second round pick and this is pretty much carbon copy for what we’re talking with the Habs.
Alex Galchenyuk for Mark Stuart, Patrice Bergeron and Masi Marjamakai seems like a good trade today. I still don’t know that I would do it because of Galchenyuk’s potential, but Bergeron is an elite two-way centre.
The key here is that if you offered that deal straight up to the Bruins back in 2003 (#3 overall for their 3 picks), they jump all over that to get the #3. Top three picks are just that much more valuable, even in the super deep 2003 draft.
Buffalo Sabres (2006 Entry Draft)
Buffalo drafted Denis Persson (24), Jhonas Enroth (46) and Mike Weber (57). Even if you cherry pick the best second round pick from that draft (Milan Lucic or Artem Anisimov), there is no way you trade the 3rd overall pick for that haul.
Philadelphia Flyers (2006 Entry Draft)
Another good model for what we’re discussing… Philadelphia drafted Claude Giroux (22), Andreas Nodl (39), Mike Ratchuk (42) and Denis Bodrov (55) that year. Obviously, a straight up trade of Giroux for Galchenyuk would be considered based on what we know today. But the three second rounders are all essentially stiffs, despite Philadelphia’s justified reputation for mining the draft for talent.
Plant me firmly in HabsFanSince72′s camp on this debate. You can always cherry-pick the draft to find cases of great second round draft picks, but the reality is that it is a crap shoot past the top-10. In a draft that is being labelled “weak”, any GM that is in a position to land a top-3 pick would be fired if they traded that pick for a late first rounder and three second round draft picks. The NHL is not the NFL. The best NHL teams are built with high 1st round picks.
Can anyone point me to where I can find the comments Therrien made that threw White under the bus? Can’t seem to find any video or anything. I want to be included in this conversation but I don’t know what was said :p
I heard it on the TSN 660 post game show, to paraphrase, he said it was unacceptable and that the game was under control until that point. he also added that he was “disappointed” in Whitey actions on the ice.
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It might be here.
http://www.rds.ca/vidéo/rds.video.119814
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If you can understand French, here is the one I didn’t like.
It was on TSN this am. He said it was the third time this season. I can only remember two where he took stupid penalties. Last night’s was simply ridiculous. Ott took White out along the boards. I didn’t think it was anything outrageous and he drops the gloves and starts pumbling the guy. Protecting your teamates is one thing but that…I have to agree with Therrien. It was unacceptable..big time. Bye, Bye Whitey! This year Canadiens seem to have more of a business like approach to the game as well as a team approach which I like. This will not be tolerated. Look for him to be gone by April 3rd.
Well, they’re baaaaack!
- Blown leads in the 3rd period.
- Penalties galore.
- Shootout losses.
- Ineffective powerplay.
- Automatic losses when the backup goalie plays.
- Slow slip down the standings.
Last year’s Habs are back. Did you miss them?
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Various consolations, including Plex getting Mighty Joe Young off his back re. breakaways.
Cal is so right below. What team has a spare crease-clearing D-man and would love a puck-moving Kaberle?
The habs played well enough to win IMO. It wouldve been nice if Budaj couldve won, but that last goal by Buffalo shouldnt have counted. It was retribution for the Ottawa game where the Ottawa goal shouldve counted.
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Can’t fully agree with your assessment partially yes!
Last year with a lead you would never see two forwards inside the opp blueline . The pile ups in the crease were a strategy and even the thought of putting a game away a heresy!
Now:
The BU goaltender is worse than last year his rebound control has deteriorated!
You failed to mention that similar to last year this group still can’t hit an open net and breakaways are fraught with comedy!
Coaching decisions are becoming “interesting” does MT know about timeouts?
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Let the losing begin! Unimpressive against Boston and even worse last nite against a team they steamrolled Saturday at home and all of those road games in March….can you say Nathan McKinnon?? Personally I was kinda hoping they would finish last an get this kid who looks like the next Sidney Crosby. Habs could definitely use one of those couldn’t they?
Habs have 31 GF and 24GA in 10 games. If someone told me the Habs would be doing this with the so-called #1 scoring line struggling since the beginning of the season, I’d have smiled and taken it.
A record of 6-3-1 and all I am reading are negative comments (mostly). Budaj has been shoddy in nets, but so has his D.
The tying goal last night demonstrates the Habs’ need for a crease clearing Dman. Puck movers are fine and dandy, but too many of them makes it easier for the opposition to drive the net and stay there.
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Looking forward to Saturday and seeing what new creative ways the Habs will find to blow the game with the Leafs. Such suspense!
White dropped his gloves and started punching an opponent who was not ready. Twice. That is a great barroom strategy if you enjoy prison life, but it is also a way of gaining an advantage in a fight when you are over your head. Get the other guy off balance with a few punches before he knows what hit him…
That’s not intelligent in a team game. You are guaranteed an instigator, and if the other guy has the guts to take a few the way Ott did, you are guaranteed a lot of extra power-play time against your team.
It was a momentum changer, just as White’s idiocy was against the Sens.
Therrien’s first major mistake was letting White on the ice, when the team had a lead. Ryan White can’t play when the lead is less than three goals. He may not be safe in the first 58 minutes of a game with a three goal lead.
White’s a classic. He is putting what he has to prove, as an apparent idiot trying to land a job, ahead of what his team needs to do – win games.
Compare Prust – an intimidating man who delivers messages, to White, a back alley mugger who has shifted momentum to the other team twice, in only three losses so far. A team player? He flushed the hard work of his more talented team mates who had built a lead. Somewhere in his brain he thinks he has to punch his way to permanent employment, and he is doing that no matter what the repercussions are for his team. He acts when it suits him, and not when it would help the team.
I seem to have randomly posted a reply to a posting that didn’t exist when I started typing. Sorry if it doesn’t fit – dunno what happened.
I’ve got to admit that I find the Ryan White comments amusing.
A couple of years back, everybody was up in arms about the “useless” Georges Laraque. Why? Because he refused to jump guys, adhering to a “code”. How many times over the past two years have we read that somebody on the team “needed” to jump Milan Lucic or Patrick Kaleta or Steve Ott to spare all our small guys.
Now we come forward to Ryan White. Josh Gorges gets nailed into the boards and Ryan White jumps the perpetrator, picking up penalties. Then he gets turfed from the line-up because he picks up a double-minor against Ottawa; the sole roughing penalty WAS a bit of a joke, and White was simply too demonstrative. But that ref had some thin skin…Vanek and Ott both did basically the same thing last night on their way to the penalty box without a call, and P.K. Subban is similarly aghast every time he gets a penalty.
Then last night, Ott ran Gionta and then tried to catch White with a bit of a low hit. White then jumped Ott.
Does Ryan White have a temper problem? Probably not…this is the first year I’ve seen him acting so stupidly on the ice. I suspect he was told coming into this season that his role was fourth line energy player that is expected to stick up for his teammates and provide some “toughness”. He’s obviously got to rein it in as he is clearly a marked man among the refs. Once you get his reputation, everything you do will be penalized.
But Habs fans are such a crazy group of people. Ryan White does exactly what people have been begging for in the past few years (and of course receives exactly the results that you could have predicted) and people lose their minds. Pure comedic gold.
This is why there is nothing but staged fights in the NHL. If you jump a guy who doesn’t agree to the fight, you run the risk of extra penalties that can kill your team.
Ryan White needs to stop taking penalties, no question. But I do thank him for showing the idiocy of this “enforcer” crap in the modern NHL.
And nice “coaching” by Michel Therrien, throwing his player completely under the bus. Yes, White screwed up. But there were more than enough mistakes to go around, including some awfully questionable coaching in the last minute of the 4-3 game. White’s penalty cost the team one goal, not two.
The rest of the team has got to look in the mirror and figure out why they gave up a goal with 1.9 seconds left in the game.
100% agreed. Therrien removed one brick from his -up to now- solid brick wall. Itll be interesting to see how he handles real adversity. Therrien should have mentioned the reason why White did what he did, which is what any coach should do.
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Good points on league culture, and also on us the commentariat: Hockey Inside Fickle Out.
A further question: for the part of us that wants someone to “protect” our small guys, what’s the logical conclusion of such protection?
In a situation like last night’s, while we regret White’s penalty but admire his standing up for his team-mate, do we really think a player like Ott ends up intimidated, too scared to hit Gionta again? Or do we need White (or whoever) to hospitalise Ott for the retaliation to have meaning and value?
Neither, right? Does that mean it’s possible that the whole protector/enforcer thing is just part of the (ugh) entertainment aspect of the game, entirely for the emotional gratification of the audience and nothing to do with winning hockey games?
We are so easily manipulated! Remember Polar Bear Rufus in Roller Derby? Out of the game, injured, the other guys beat up on the good guys with impunity, Polar Bear recovers miraculously in final minutes, returns, kills EVERYONE, wins the game.
Steve Ott hit Gionta precisely so that someone like White would “stand up to the plate”, answer the call that the crowd (but probably not Therrien or even Gionta) sings out… and take a game-changing penalty.
Well said, Chris. As usual.
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We didn’t all agree…
Re-phrase: I don’t think anyone agreed with me (well, except Budaj and Therrien) that the back-up should have started last night.
I’ll concede he was a factor in the loss, a game Price might have stolen for us as Ed Lopaz insisted pre-game.
But there were other factors in the loss, including the NHL’s tea-leaf reading methodology regarding goaltender interference, White’s penalty, Bourque’s shoot-out selection, and other things posted on the thread.
Could I venture that it was still worth playing Budaj? The back-up HAS to have starts to stay mentally involved, and this was a close, intense game — exactly the kind of encounter he could get thrown into if Price picks up a knock, or a suspension (!), or gets pulled on an off-night, etc. Understand that I’m not arguing for Budaj (whom plenty here don’t like), but for whoever’s playing back-up.
I recognise the argument that a W might have been of greater value, but I would have to agree with Therrien’s call on this.
Or is this the second-dumbest post ever seen here (you never got back to me on the dumbest, Chancilla…)?
Ah, it appears the real Habs are back and up to their old tricks i.e. blowing leads. At least this will be a short season…
Michel therrien starting to show his true colours. He couldnt resist to side with the vox populi and threw White under the bus. Whereas he should publically show an unyielding allegiance to all those in the room.
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Cat, you posted at 5.45am EDT. Are we neighbours in Europe or did you just stay up way past your bed-time?
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Ha! No Im an early bird. Im usually up at 4.30-5am, I go to bed early though. I know Im a party animal! So are you a canadian toiling in Ireland?
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Yikes! 4.30!
Yup, grew up one block from the Forum. When my brother and I were kids, my Dad stopped us from putting cones outside the house and reserving a parking place for desperate game-goers with 20 bucks to spare 10 minutes before face-off!
Came here to study, met my wonderful wife. Thank God for the internet, which didn’t exist when I got here first.
And yeah, I should have been either toiling or sleeping last night, not watching the game!
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Yes it was an amazingly dumb penalty by White. But what you all don’t seem to get was that White was going after Ott for what he was doing with Gionta the shift before. He was sticking up for his teammate. A solid attribute. But in sport, you’ve got to be smarter than that and get back at Ott some other tiime.
Solid attribute? No. A stupid penalty that should see his ass in Hamilton for the foreseeable future, because this happens far too often with him.
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Totally agree. The penalty White took hurt the team, nothing more. You don’t get your a## thrown in to the box for 4 mins with 10 mins left in the game when you have a lead like that just because someone pushed one of your players… That was the key turning point of the game. White needed to be called out for that as this loss cannot be blamed totally on him, but he helped in it a great deal.
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God I love this community. You guys Vent all of the kneejerk emotions I go through whe watching a game so well, haha!
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Yes, White will be in the press box for a while. But a larger problem looms — we need a big defenseman to clear the crease. We can’t have Gorges, Diaz, Cube, etc., protecting our goalie when it counts. Exhibit A: Ott was in the crease, and none of our D were able to get him out of the way.
The word will be out on us, if is not already: jam the net because no one on the Habs’ D can police the front.
Sit White, play 7 D, with the 7th a big D. We haven’t replaced Gill’s size and that should be priority #1.
When was the last time Habs players jammed the net? White is an easy scapegoat – he is NOT the reason Habs are losing.
I didn’t say White is the reason we lost. The point I am making is that we need to address the size on D to prevent other teams from jamming our net.
BS. Jamming the net did not cause this loss, White did. It was a penalty he should NOT have taken and put the team in a disadvantage. We could all see (including the players) that the goaltending was weak on our side, so you don’t get thrown in to the box for 4 min… He needs to sit for a bit as he costed us a point.
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It is so easy to blame White (and he should take some blame) but… where was the first line tonight or in the last 3 games for that matter?
You let buffalo score 4 on you, your D has an issue. Habs defense is soft.. very soft. There is not one defenseman that can clear the crease.
Again, same as always – no finish (how many chances did Habs had last 2 games that should have resulted in goals) and most of all again – no killer instinct.
Argh… I wish NHL continued the lockout.
I agree about the D. I keep hearing how PK is playing well, he got a star too, but im finding him a little too timid out there.
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C’mon, Timo, smile. The Habs lost and you are in your element.
It’s time for the ending credits to roll on the Budaj Movie
So rattled about the game, even Kerry Fraser said it should have been called goalie interference on the tying goal. Ott pushed Budaj back.
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This team sucks. It sucked for the past 20 years and will continue to suck.
Is there a rule why Max Pax can’t throw a hit? Cole is coasting a-la Cammy, Therrien puts Bourque on a penalty shot when it’s clear the dude can’t score if there was an empty net in front of him, White takes a brain dead penalty, Boullion can’t move anyone out of the crease, 4th line is as useless as the first, Pleks is trying for a hat-trick instead of making a pass, and of course… can’t hold on to a freaking lead.
By the time February is over, the playoffs will be a pipe dream and Leafs will be ahead in the standings.
Looks like they didn’t pass the smell test in Buffalo
Toronto is the test of character for the team bottom line put this game behind and dominate Toronto and start a new hot streak and my spelling of Georges was a mess up forgive me.
Last year we only had one scoring line. This year we don’t have a 4th – line …. I can’t name one player on that line that’s any good.
TSN reporting Therrien just threw White under the bus. No charges laid.
Edit: More bad news for #53. They just named tomorrow’s snowstorm Ryan.
40 shots on Budaj – Has Price seen that many in a game ?
Price is considerably better at handling the puck and thus mitigating the extra shots.
I was at the game tonight 3 rows up beside the Habs bench. I was trying to see MT’s expression after White’s double minor, the PP goal and when White returned to the bench. Couldn’t see anything.
The Sabres fan in front if me asked me if the coach doesn’t like White. Guess what I told him…..yikes.
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Ty for the actual chuckle, too funny.
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Didn’t think I’d see anything dumber than White’s two penalties today. Then I read some of the comments here…Blaming Budaj, crying about Gio in the SO…
I think the officiating has been terrible this year or the half the season of less beer drinking has effected me as well. Time will tell
The tying goal kinda reminded of me of a game against pittsburgh last year when price had a puck covered in overtime which was clearly out of the refs sight.
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*clap, clap* Ryan White, bravo dude
cue the ‘Wiserhood’ commercial with Gomez sitting in the armchair, surrounded by Laraque, Latendresse, AK46 and Cammy
Question 1, do the Habs win a single game all season with the # 2 goalie?
Question 2, when does Ryan White report to Hamilton? Or is he there already?
Question 3, is there another professional sport in the world that has officiating as terrible as the NHL? Its probably the only sport where replacement referees may be an upgrade.
We could easily be 8-2-0, no reason to be down. Oh and White needs therapy.
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Didn’t realize Gorges had an apostrophe in his last name..lol
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…if goalie interference is only decided by the ref on the ice and can not be overrided by Toronto, then why did the refs go ask Toronto for a review ?
Maybe it was to double check the clock as dumb as that might sound?
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I’m thinking they went upstairs to see if Ott pushed it in with his glove..
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I realize keeping focused is difficult and Ott is the king of the Rats in the league so all I can say White needs a break in the press box and let someone else get a shot. Toronto is the next test let’s see how the team responds that will show some character
White will be there until someone else messes up pretty badly I suspect….
Ott won the game for his team without his stick tonight ….the veteran
played the Habs the White way in the 3rd for the win …
Here’s the fact. If white never had that stupid penalty. We probably would have won the game 4-2. No one would be complaining about White, or Budaj. Instead there would probably be complaints about DD and Cole. But who knows? Maybe without the loss of momentum, DD and cole both break out of their slumps and contribute to a goal. Then, all would be well in Habland.
There’s talk of DD being the next Captain of the Habs…
I can see that…it does appear they are choosing captains in recent years by declining height
Spewed …lol
when was the last time Price lost a game in which we scored 4 goals and 1 in the shootout??
Sheesh that was a dumb penalty.
And Budaj… is… well ya know. A back-up.
Budaj > DD
Desharnaise will score a hat-trick on the weekend!
you play your playstation on easy?
lmfao!!!!
Against his own team maybe. He is lost out there.
Flash in the pan. Done.
Habs are a joke as long as he is our top C
You guys are missing the obvious here. If they hadn’t traded Halak . . .
Don’t you miss that discussion?
Budaj had over forty shots and absolutely no help in his own paint.Miller had 30shots and a clear crease. Score was 4-4 after OT and people want to sh*t on Budaj? Really?
All the blame is on our top line.
And a tad little bit on refs
It does’t change the question, can the Habs win with him in net? He made some great saves against the Sens too, but ultimately Anderson won that game for the Sens. They don’t look like the same team with Budaj is nets.