At the halfway mark of their schedule, your Montreal Canadiens are STILL in first place in the Eastern Conference.
After playing their worst second period of the season – out shot 21-5, a 2-0 lead erased by Carolina – the Canadiens dialed up a splendid third.
Goals by Lars Eller and P.K. Subban put the Hurricanes away.
Carey Price made 42 saves – a season high.
Brandon Prust had a goal and two assists – the first three-point game of his career.
Lars Eller also had a goal and two assists.
The Canadiens have not lost consecutive games in regulation time this season.
Josh Gorges, who NEVER scores, had a goal and an assist.
Alexei Emelin assisted on the Prust goal that opened the scoring and dished out EIGHT hits.
The Canadiens PK went 4-for-4.
And one of the league’s hotest lines – Eric Staal, Jiri Tlusty and Alexander Semin – were held without a point.
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The Habs are in first place in the east with 34 points in 24 games. That’s 11 points clear of 9th place Winnipeg.
The Hawks are in first place in the west with a ridiculous 45 points in 24 games. They are 11 points clear of the Habs and an astonishing 21 points clear of 9th place Dallas.
To put that into perspective, Chicago is on pace for 90 points. I know they probably won’t get there but 80-85 is obviously very achievable. The last time the NHL played a 48 game season, Detroit won the President’s Trophy with 70 points.
That’s bananas.
I’m reading everywhere that the Habs are interested in Clowe. There’s some thing to like, but we’re talking about a UFA with no offensive output in a contract year. Does anyone think he’s worth anything more than a 3rd round pick?
Good win….horrible second period. This was the game they needed price to steal them one and he did. He kept them in it and allowed them to get a big 2 points. I thought Paccioretty was MIA tonight…maybe it was just me. Take the 2points and head to FLA
@Commandant …Ben do You know anything about this big Swedish lug ?
NESN; Darren Dreger:
“27 year old Carl Soderberg hoping to join Bruins after Swedish Elite playoffs. 6’3, 225 lbs. Property of Bruins. Led SEL in scoring.
According to TSN Hockey Insider Darren Dreger, Carl Soderberg is hoping to join Boston after the conclusion of his team’s playoff run.
The 27-year-old led the Swedish Elite League in scoring and is widely considered to be the No. 1 player in Sweden. The forward was originally a second-round pick of the St. Louis Blues back in 2004, and was traded to Boston for goaltender Hannu Toivonon in 2007. Soderberg is currently on the Bruins’ reserve roster, therefore he would not have to clear waivers in order to join the team.”
Pateryn being called up to the NHL can put my mind at ease. I would much rather have Pateryn than a punk like Grabovski.
Emelinian emarama? If that move fails its a emelian enema.
Love Emelin guy makes a few mistakes here n there but solid player each nite!!! Good vision , and has gotten better n better by game
let em kids play
Was Dumont called up?
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Dumont has been up in the press box for a few games now. Pateryn was just called up tonight.
Oh that’s really cool kinda excited to see Pateryn play
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Where’s all the big ups for Emelin? Guy played a solid game, got us on board with awesome spin-o-Rama, solid hit on tlusty,
Price was priceless!!
Pk accurate shot for goal
Eller has potential
Prust heart of team solid guy!!!!!!
#gohabsgo
let em kids play
I would be cool to add another Prust who is a bit bigger
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Right on!
Recently I say it almost everyday.
Ryane Clowe fits the bill
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TSN is reporting MTL may be showing interest in trading for Clowe. I’m not really a huge fan of trading for a rental player at this stage in the teams development, but if we don’t give up a major piece of our future (Beaulieu, Tinordi, Gally’s, Collberg, 1st round pick) I would be ok with it. I would be ecstatic if it means resigning him in the summer (I imagine the market will mean ~4.5m)
Are all Leafers this obtuse?: A Leaf buddy of mine on FB..LOL
“Montreal can keep first those are the teams that disappear in the playoffs”
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Of course a Leaf fan would say that. His plan is to come in last every year and just not make the playoffs.
7 pts…..grr autocorrect.
Pateryn has 7 PTA last 14 games and plays very responsibly defensively, is physical, and has good size.
Is he in the AHL or in Europe?
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He is in his first AHL season, but missed some time due to injury. He has been playing on the top line with Beaulieu for the last few weeks and they have been doing a good job tohether. His game is a bit more mature at the moment than Beaulieu’s and Tinordi’s, and St. Denis is injured.
Pateryn sounds like a good call up but why not Tinordi, Beaulieu or Ellis? Has anyone been watching some Hamilton games and know the answer?
I’m thinking Pateryn is further along in the development stage…
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Heard on the radio that he has defensive and offensive ability. Beaulieu only offense, Tinordi only defense and Ellis not as good. Also, right handed…only have PK since Diaz’s injury.
“You’re always, always, always looking to make your team better. Always.”- Marc Bergevin
The obvious answer is that no one watches the prospects closer than Bergevin’s staff, and that they feel that Pateryn is the most NHL ready player.
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NCAA tends to develop players more rapidly than Junior, so he appears to be the logical choice, but I’d like to see him get some minutes.
He’s older, more developed and will be easier to transition. Question is why.
Maybe to give him a shot first before looking for a D-man through trade? Asking prices for D-men are probably a lot so why not give a rookie a shot?
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They’ve got 2 games in Florida so he should play at least one of them. Agree, give him a shot. I like what I’m hearing about him on the Dogs.
With Diaz and now Weber hurt, calling up a 7th dman for security is smart.
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NHL diefinately doesn’t want team in Queeee beck but they didn’t want one in Winnipeg either. They gotta get eventually. Roy will be lifetime coach, GM, and President if he wants it.
For all the price knockers. He stopped 41 shots tonight. If it wasn’t for him in the 2nd period. we could have very easily loss.
Thanks to the great play of our “D” and 3rd line we salvaged 2-points
Sign of a pretty good team when your top-6 weren’t involved in the scoring. I’m not gonna call it a good game but we came away with 2-points. Good for some players.
Galchenyuk Eller Prust is more of a co-top line than a third line.
How many times are people gonna “rub it in”? lol
Price needed to play better and he did..Give it a rest…lol
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Bill, Markov is great but has only one leg. Million dollar brain, only one good leg. Gotta be smart with Markov. Too much work might weaken his bad knee again and ….. Don’t even wanna say it.
Number 6 is dream spot to finish. They get winner of southeast division – said 690 guy
… realignment tells Me there will be expansion before a moved franchise
…presently 2 less teams in the Western Conference than the Eastern
…that does not look good for Phoenix to move to Quebec
…it looks like 2 expansion cities in the west, first, as in Seattle and another (Kansas City or Las Vegas ?)
…the only hope for Quebec City is possibly a move of Florida to Quebec ?
…or is Detroit in the East only temporarily ?
Not sure the NHL wants a team in Quebec. The owner in Winnipeg is loaded but the potential one here, Paledeau, is constantly asking for government handouts.
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This is it, the only obvious expansion cities are southern Ontario and Quebec City. The realignment scheme looks weird. i cant see the NHL adding two franchises in the West, so looks like permanent imbalance.
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NHL, for reasons unknown to me, likes Seattle, too. Don’t think it would be 2 Canadian teams.
…one argument the NHL may have given the NHLPA to approve temporary imbalance is potential new teams …i.e.; more jobs
Yep kaberle for a solid 11-12 minutes every game? Yeah I take that for sure.
Love that Markov and Subban are both playing over 25 minutes per game. i wonder if they should play together.. Pronger/McInnis Neidermeyer/Rafalski
Or … maybe Markov should not play that many minutes. He hasn’t been good for a long time.
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I would be much happier with Markov playing 22 minutes a game.
Another bigger d man that can at minutes and lighten load on Markov and save him and his one leg for end of season push and playoff grind.
Smart dog, if Eller becomes another Plakanec at his size WOOHOO for habs
I’ve always disagreed when people (including MANY Mtl sports commentators) said Eller doesn’t have hockey sense. Sometimes he makes incredible passes, uses pauses to shift the D before finding his man. But I didn’t expect him to come out as tough as he has. He’s picking up Plekanec’s way of being a pain in the ass. Pleks does that so well… it makes him a threat from any spot on the ice, to strip the puck, put you off your game, get you looking, and he’s always ready to take the puck and make things happen. Eller is looking a lot like that – strong shut-down skills with a readiness to make the jump and attack. And yeah, with that big body of his – awesome possibiliies. More than I expected to see. This may be Therrien’s best single bit of work to date – to help Eller find his best game.
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27 minutes for PK. He’ll be doing that more often as he continues to mature. He’s sticking to the system, playing with the energy we’re used to seeing but with the extracurricular entertainment we used to see. Keeping it simple and starting to excel.
More importantly his shot has become much more accurate. The goals will come like crazy for him now.
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Having Markov passing to him on the PP, when they invert left and right, has been deadly.
Some thoughts:
- Eller is training to be Plekanec 2.0. The experiment is actually working… Plekanec with a bigger body… dangerous!
- Plekanec needs Bourque back.. or someone else big with good puck control.
- Gionta is not seeming very useful. Am I missing something?
- I hope Weber is okay. The guy needs another game to get his timing back.
- Price was awesome… we need more of that.
- PK is starting to show up Markov. This is how it should be.
- Ryder is a hot and cold player. I remember this. Hopefully Therrien can figure him out well enough to get the most out of him.
- Emelin is not the quickest but his toughness is crucial.
- Moen needs to be benched. Find some fight, find the net, find SOMETHING, or watch from the press box.
- Prust is a REAL heart & soul guy. Maybe Moen is depressed seeing what that looks like.
- Kaberle. Keep him off the ice. Just don’t play him. Please.
- Nice to see us win a game without needing Patches to dominate.
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Emelin 8 hits…most of them bone crushing…maybe best clean hitter in the NHL.
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And 5 points in his last 5 games, too.
Nice work, Smart Dog.
Gionta I don’t find useful at all either, he’s too old now and doesn’t have the fight in him that Gally and Desharnais have. A 5’9 sniper doesn’t work anymore, you have to be more than that, especially when you aren’t scoring.
A line from EOTP that surprised me.
“Speaking of Eller, he has 14 points on the year, 1 fewer than David Desharnais in spite of playing tougher minutes with lesser lights, and much less PP time. And people think this guy can’t be a top 6 forward?”
If he can play through the entire season the way he’s played for the past 10 games, he gives MB a ton of options. He’d be a top 6 for sure. But he hasn’t played the whole season yet.
Muckbringer, I’m with you, don’t change it until the Habs win the Cup!
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Ryder has to be more involved. Had 3 assists last game…TonyMarinaro’s right Dallas played a dif game and habs are a skating team. Ryder’s gotta put the extra time in , in practice, get his feet moving, skating. He too natural of a goal scorer not to start scoring in bunches eventually…..If he puts the work in.
Greg Pateryn recalled…there’s our defenceman…at least for the short term.
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You got your wish DDO. Let’s see how he does. Sounds like Weber is done.
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Pateryn won’t see the ice. Kaberle is back in until Diaz is healthy.
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They need someone to play on the right side. Boullion, Kaberle can’t. Maybe Gorges but I don’t think they brought this guy up to sit.
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…agree …I think Bergevin likes Him …He will get ice
Yeah, they brought him up to sit for sure. All this means is that Weber is out for at least a few games. Kaberle draws back in. I agree it would be more interesting to see Pateryn, but at the same time, I am not interested in watching him go through growing pains at the NHL level while the Habs are fighting for first in the East. Kaberle is more than competent and the Habs have a better chance of winning with him.
Now if they want to play Pateryn on the wing in place of Ryder, I am all for that. Bergevin is looking brutal trading Cole for that guy. Now every GM in the league will be thinking they can take MB to the cleaners.
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I don’t know. Kaberle played 11 minutes his last game. I would take the risk on this kid for 11 minutes.
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Definitely would rather see Pateryn play, I cannot stand watching Kaberle on the ice.
He will and will stick!
With Diaz down, they desperately need a right handed defenceman. Has size too 6’2″ 220 lbs…here’s hoping he makes the transition well.
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Beautiful! He’s gonna stick… you watch!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Now all we need is a forward. Karma is working for the HABS.
I was hoping he would be the first call up on D. He looked great before his injury early in the season.
Brandon Prust leads the Habs with a +13
PK is turning corner.
Agreed. Playing with a lot of confidence recently.
hope not. he was on the right street all along.
PRICE – 42 saves. Wicked glove save early on. Penalty shot stop on Staal to keep ‘er tied at two. 19 saves in 2nd period. …hmm, yeah of course sir, I’ll have some more of that please.
Man, I really wish MuckBringer would change that long signature.
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Markstrom gets pulled in Florida after two shots, two goals and 0.000 save percentage…and people complain about our goalies?
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another win.for all you price disbelievers,he played excellent.never give up on an allstar goalie.everyone one has their off nights.not sure about the ryder trade though.go habs go.le buuuuttttt
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Price is an oyster. Unfortunately not all oysters produce pearls.
Happy Gorges scored and got the assist he deserved it
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Spectacular game by Price. The penalty shot save was as clutch as they come. Methinks he should let out his emotions at pratice more often.
On another positive note, the Leafs-Bruins game didn’t go to OT. The way the top of the east looks, I thought we were in for a three pointer for sure.
Aside from Price, the best players tonight are in the picture above…
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Tony’s right, Eller was fabulous. Him, Prust, Gallagher, Gorges, Subban. Great night….Eller looks like about to turn the corner
and so was Robiro, is on fire , forgot Gainey did not like him
Can anyone tell me why Dumont’s name was mentioned pre-game by RDS? I couldnt understand the conversation.
They predict he will play this trip because Armstrong and White did not play the third pr
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Welcome and forgot Ryder got bench as well ,love MT
Twilight, feeling cranky? Haha.
Why so? The blah blah post? Not cranky, just bored by the constant Price debate. Looking for something fresh, perhaps. Like Muckbringer’s new signature.
Okay how about ,can MT make Rider better ? defensively
Muckbringer is taking plenty of heat tonight! It’s hilarious to read all the rips on his signature.
How long can one’s signature be? 1 page?
I hate the new realignment I don’t like the fact that 2 divisions have one extra team. Florida and Tampa are not our rivals and don’t deserve the money they will earn at this point.
Detroit playing Montreal and Toronto more often Detroit more often is great for renewing the rivalry, but honestly move Chicago over too don’t leave one original 6 out of it they now lose there Chicago Detroit rivalry
I really hope that after three years that this dumb system won’t work. Cause honestly what happens if Quebec gets a team?
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I’m not sure why the Eastern teams approved it – I guess that even though Eastern teams are statistically less likely to make it to the playoffs a priori, right now all the lame teams are in the East.
I don’t just think it should be a weird mix if they have to do it. The funny part is MLB finally moved another team to the AL and its even now the NHL is weird
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Price blah blah blah theft blah blah blah glove save blah blah finally playing to potential blah blah blah blah……
Eller blah blah blah Desharnais blah blah blah better centre blah blah blah blah blah blah….
Same old, same old.
I do feel bad for Weber, though. Kid needs a change of scenery. Moen left him high and dry twice on the 2nd goal. Good thing Moen showed up solid in the third, or else it might have been Moen blah blah blah blah.
Ryder… blah blah blah blah blah
Forgot that one. He was getting some blahs too.
Who’s blah blah blah? Can he fight?
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If he can we are trading Ryder, Weber, Moen, Kaberle, and a 4th for him. And he better beat up Colton Orr.
@DDO: 27 minutes and most of them were bad. Of course Weber leaving the game really shortened the bench for the D.
Lots of disagreements today but one thing I think we all can agree on…the Habs need another defenceman.
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Right on!
Oui, Hal Gill Jr.
They have three 2nd round picks and 2 third round picks. MB is “always, always, always, always looking to improve the team”
Markov 27 minutes again…this can’t last…
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Really ? Wow that’s gotta be mad tear on the legs
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Funny thing is how little you noticed him… was that good or bad?
Yes and the fact that both Mike and Rick Dudley know Armdog and wanted him on the team.
exactly there are reasons he is here
Excellent bounce back game for Carey Price. He made some reflex saves as well. Very nice to see!!
Loving Eller this year. He’s been pretty antagonistic the last ten games or so especially. If I’m him, I’m working on faceoffs all the time. If he could be a 55% faceoff guy, MT would have to make him one of the top two centres.
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I think he was 57% tonight
I think he will become the shut-down guy who plays against the other team’s best. Better at face-offs and bigger than Plekanec.
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Right on!
If he ever figures out what to do with the puck, he’ll be the Habs’ best forward by a mile. There are little indications of this so far.
The talk on anti chambre is about how important Colby A is in the dressing room ,they are really stressing the point that Colby changed the room and he is important on this team.
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Not quite. They’re saying that if he’s still in the lineup it can’t be because of his on ice performance so maybe it’s because he’s good in the room, and a good room is a good thing.
No they said he is very good in the room and he changed the room
That was Marc Denis, the rest of them were more aligned with HF72.
This is not the first time we are hearing about how Colby has brought character to the room
I watched it too. HFS72 is right, they were saying he must be living to his reputation for being good in the room since he’s not bringing much on the ice. Apparently he’s contributing levity and sense of camaraderie. It was more sarcastic than real.
Levity and sense of camaraderie. At least I contributed avoirdupois and electrolyte! I say put comic books strips on the wall and package Colby for a D.
Like if a girlfriend isn’t that pretty and is kind of mean to most people, yet your buddy keeps her around…. you jump to the conclusion she’s also good to have around “in the room”.
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I had a girlfriend like that, once. Good times.
I had one like that for 2 years “on and off”. Getting back together was always AWESOME.
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You guys never fail to make me smile haha
Armstrong, Prust and Subban talk a lot, and keep talking everywhere and all the time. Every dressing room needs these guys.
2-2 second period. Everything going Canes way. Canes have momentum. PRICE stops a penalty shot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Steals game.
…an important game for Carey …very good with over 40 + shots against, and also ‘the breaks’ were going His way for once in a long-time
…Semin had at least 2 sure goals but completely missed the net with 2 clean shots with Price at his mercy …yikes, what 6 million bucks will buy you nowadays (not much)
…after being totally dominated by Stahl and the Hurricanes in the second I thought the Habs would have had to put Ex-lax in the ‘Canes energy bars between periods for any hope
…I think the third period was a statement by Our Habs that They are for real …They have handled several big body/high skilled Teams so far this season
…We are a Team with a huge heart and Team esprit de corps …that overcomes great adversity and overwhelming odds
…if They can avoid major injuries I think We will have some fun in the playoffs
…knock wood
It’s actually 7 million a year for Semin.
…double yikes
Whatever happened to David Fisher? Wasn’t he supposed to be a big deal (sort of)
Went to ECHL and became extinct!
Huh, first round means nothing to him, eh?
Tall skinny guy couldn’t take the physical play in College!
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Where’s Commandant when we need him?
Habs didn’t sign him coming out of college. Just never developed. We got a 2nd rd pick for not signing him.
He had a tryout with Vancouver. Signed to play in the ECHL. Now I think he is playing in the second league in Germany.
Folks here might not like this. I was pulling for a Boston WIN. I hate the Leafs getting any ‘confidence’. Then all you hear about are the Leafs. The loss looks good on them. I know it keeps the B’s close but we can deal with that later.
Living in gta we are all torn for those 3 secs
Conan: Almost 20 years of pitiless cumber! No rest, no sleep like other men. And yet the spring wind blows, Subotai. Have you ever felt such a wind?
Subotai: They blow where I live too. In the north of every man’s heart.
Conan: It’s never too late, Subotai.
Subotai: No. It would only lead me back here another day. In even worse company.
Conan: For us, there is no spring. Just the wind that smells fresh before the storm.
I normally don’t care about stuff like this, but for somebody who posts as often you do (and you’re an appreciated contributor), this long signature is really annoying to deal with for readers. I read from my Iphone a lot and always have to scroll up to read your actual post. It’s obviously your call on whether you keep it, but thought you should know how others feel about it. Cheers!
I’m with ya!
I hate the leafs the most. Bruins are a close second though.
I’m glad it was a 2 point game so hopefully the Leafs win their next tilt with Boston to keep Boston at bay.
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If stopping all that rubber in the 2nd, doesn’t count as a steal, I’m not sure what does. If 43 shots won’t do it, what does it take, 53?
51 is my threshold.
Interesting. Based on this Halak only stole one game in the playoffs.
He had a fantastic bounce back game tonight. When he made that glove save in the 1st period I thought he’s on his game tonight. And yes he kept the boys in it for sure in the 2nd period. The boys were sure laying an egg in the 2nd. I’m glad Carey held the fort, cause if he had an off night that would have just killed any confidenace he was rebuilding.
I could stop 60 from their goal line with no equipment. Am i the next vezina?
Conan: Almost 20 years of pitiless cumber! No rest, no sleep like other men. And yet the spring wind blows, Subotai. Have you ever felt such a wind?
Subotai: They blow where I live too. In the north of every man’s heart.
Conan: It’s never too late, Subotai.
Subotai: No. It would only lead me back here another day. In even worse company.
Conan: For us, there is no spring. Just the wind that smells fresh before the storm.
19 saves in the second period, plus stopped the penalty shot, I’m giving Price tons of credit on this one.
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Some credit sure. Trust me, im wearing the luckey jersey.
We won because in prust we trust
Conan: Almost 20 years of pitiless cumber! No rest, no sleep like other men. And yet the spring wind blows, Subotai. Have you ever felt such a wind?
Subotai: They blow where I live too. In the north of every man’s heart.
Conan: It’s never too late, Subotai.
Subotai: No. It would only lead me back here another day. In even worse company.
Conan: For us, there is no spring. Just the wind that smells fresh before the storm.
Weber was probably packing for the bus ride to Wheeling ECHL
Michel T just said it without Carey there was no game tonight
I missed most of the game.
Who was out there against Stall-Tlusty-Semin? Plekanec…?
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Did Ryder get benched or hurt? He was awful on that goal…he didn;t even skate after his man coming off the wall…I defend him when he deserves it but that play was awful and he uncharacteristically didn’t get the puck out…and then watched the man walk and shoot…it was reminiscent of pK’s effort a few weeks ago….total lack of urgency….if that is why he sat good on MT….if he was hurt that sucks because he does help the pp
Woot 4-2 habs win! I hate that I missed the whole thing
How was the game guys I heard Weber wasn’t great and then got hurt?
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Price gave the boys the second period off. Well rested, they dominated the third.
Weber was horrible…I hear he may be done for the year?
Habs played well in the 1st, sh!t the bed in the 2nd, adjusted/and drove the nail in the coffin in the 3rd…
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The crosscheck by Harrison was an attempt to injure no doubt!
Cheapshot at game end!
Who did he crosscheck?
Gionta
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Gionta!
Tres violent according to Houde
Gionta is who he cross check while the puck was being fired from the blueline
Prust . 1goal 2assists. Heartbeat of the Habs.
lol…if Carey didn’t “steal” this game as some are suggesting then let’s just stop using the term because he was the only one still playing for nearly half of the game and made several saves to keep the team around when they were skated out of the rink.
There were 6 players that really stood out tonight….PRust,Price,Eller, Emelin, Subban, Gorges.
Price played to his potential tonight..More of that, please?
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Josh was Gorgeous
This is for Gorgeous Gorges:
Smoke City
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Price is an oyster. Unfortunately not all oysters produce pearls.
Good game expect for the 2nd period, they were getting bounced around. Was thinking M.T was going to call a timeout after the second goal and he did. I was hoping he would call a timeout after the canes scored the first goal. Canes where coming on. Did anyone notice that after Webber messed up on the blueline that was it for him the rest of the night. Moen needs to go if he doesn’t get his **** together and please Armstrong the experiment I hope is over soon. Markov looks like he’s getting a little tired he needs help back there. Ryder looks like he’s playing American football out there and doing the old statue of Liberty play. He has no foot speed. Hopefully bourque and Diaz come back soon. And for Prust what can I say this guy is all heart and soul, sure wish we had 1 or 2 more guys like him on the team. Moen please watch Prust Armstrong the bench needs more water.
Moen was good.
Yes Moen was ok tonight didn’t hurt the team to much I think he was minus 1 tonight. But he is not playing the way he used to thats for sure. If he did with the way Prust is playing right now think of what kind of the third and for line we would have.
Happy for the win. Did Price “steal” this one…silly boys. But, he made some very good saves. More of that please Carey. But what is up with Ryder? Is this another bad trade? I think his heart is still in Boston. He killed us with the “B’s”.
Budaj will play 1 game on weekend. Panthers?
If we follow MT’s pattern, it’ll be the 2nd game of a back-to-back when traveling. So yeah, I’d say the Panthers.
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JOSH great
ELLER WAS STELLER
who were the 3 stars?
Irrelevant to reality!
believe it was gorges, price, prust
ELLER WAS STELLER
Just stellar tonight
Conan: Almost 20 years of pitiless cumber! No rest, no sleep like other men. And yet the spring wind blows, Subotai. Have you ever felt such a wind?
Subotai: They blow where I live too. In the north of every man’s heart.
Conan: It’s never too late, Subotai.
Subotai: No. It would only lead me back here another day. In even worse company.
Conan: For us, there is no spring. Just the wind that smells fresh before the storm.
Rumours Boston may get Iginla… if the B’s get Iginla and we didnt try I am gonna be little upset.
Link?
No TSN trade rumours on TSN.CA.
Eklund
Doesn’t it make more sense for the B’s to really go for it?
What do you mean? Go for ‘this’ trade or go for the CUP. I think it makes huge sense for HABS to ‘go for the cup’ this year if their play is any indicator.
I don’t agree. I don’t think they’re ready, but if they are, I want the present group to do it. Trades are okay, but no rentals.
I haven’t viewed Eklund for years. He has never predicted ONE single thing correct.
4.35 per till 2017 for a rebirth should intregue the whole league
Conan: Almost 20 years of pitiless cumber! No rest, no sleep like other men. And yet the spring wind blows, Subotai. Have you ever felt such a wind?
Subotai: They blow where I live too. In the north of every man’s heart.
Conan: It’s never too late, Subotai.
Subotai: No. It would only lead me back here another day. In even worse company.
Conan: For us, there is no spring. Just the wind that smells fresh before the storm.
See? That’s all Price needed. A barrage of pucks.
Great to see Gorges actually try to make offensive plays. Bad night for Weber.
Did the D contribute offensively tonight or what? 6 points scored for the D.
6 points between Eller and Prust.
Good game. Great way to come back after that Islander black hole.
Not to take away from money but the d stepped up and relieved pressure tout suite
Conan: Almost 20 years of pitiless cumber! No rest, no sleep like other men. And yet the spring wind blows, Subotai. Have you ever felt such a wind?
Subotai: They blow where I live too. In the north of every man’s heart.
Conan: It’s never too late, Subotai.
Subotai: No. It would only lead me back here another day. In even worse company.
Conan: For us, there is no spring. Just the wind that smells fresh before the storm.
To anyone saying Price didn’t make spectacular saves. Thats the thing. He’s so big, so fundamentally sound, and so good post to post…. he rarely has to make a spectacular save.
This was a fantastic performance tonight, especially the second period. Make no mistake about it.
Go Habs Go!
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Floppers like TimmyTime and The Hasek make ‘spectacular’ saves because they’re always way out of position.
Much like Liverpool’s Bruce Grobbelaer.
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Conan: Almost 20 years of pitiless cumber! No rest, no sleep like other men. And yet the spring wind blows, Subotai. Have you ever felt such a wind?
Subotai: They blow where I live too. In the north of every man’s heart.
Conan: It’s never too late, Subotai.
Subotai: No. It would only lead me back here another day. In even worse company.
Conan: For us, there is no spring. Just the wind that smells fresh before the storm.
Whatever works. Given their careers there’s a lot to be said for being “always way out of position” — low GAA and high save percentage. When you can accomplish both in ‘spectacular’ fashion it makes for very entertaining hockey.
(I still loathe Thomas BTW).
Hasek 735 regular season games. 2.20 .922
119 playoff games 2.02 .925
Thomas 378 regular season games 2.48 9.21
50 playoff games 2.07 .933
you don’t see many glove saves as good as the one he made early…and stopping eric staal on a penalty shot is sort of ok too.
I do stand corrected, the leather and the solid positioning
Conan: Almost 20 years of pitiless cumber! No rest, no sleep like other men. And yet the spring wind blows, Subotai. Have you ever felt such a wind?
Subotai: They blow where I live too. In the north of every man’s heart.
Conan: It’s never too late, Subotai.
Subotai: No. It would only lead me back here another day. In even worse company.
Conan: For us, there is no spring. Just the wind that smells fresh before the storm.
Uhhh ohhhhhPrice haters….he just stole the game what else are you guys going to complain about?
No Stanley Cups… yet.
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He never scores
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Good…We need more of that kind of pipes play…
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Shots aside, i just dont feel like he stole it. Solid, yes, godley, no
Conan: Almost 20 years of pitiless cumber! No rest, no sleep like other men. And yet the spring wind blows, Subotai. Have you ever felt such a wind?
Subotai: They blow where I live too. In the north of every man’s heart.
Conan: It’s never too late, Subotai.
Subotai: No. It would only lead me back here another day. In even worse company.
Conan: For us, there is no spring. Just the wind that smells fresh before the storm.
I have a theory: every game one line seems to dominate, maybe it is more apparent on road games where the opposing team decides the match-ups, but i think that the Habs’ solid top three lines allow one of those three to dominate on any given game.
This is why for years I have disliked the 2 scoring , 2 grinder route….3 more even offensive lines is the way to go….unless yur to lines are ridiculously loaded a la Pittsburgh