After a scoreless first period, the Canadiens blew a tight game open with two goals in 57 seconds .
With the Canadiens enjoying a two-man advantage, Tomas Plekanec opened the scoring on a nice pass by Andrei Markov.
Then, still on the PP, Markov converted a Max Pacioretty feed to make it 2-0.
Most dangerous lead in hockey?
Not tonight.
Great work by Rene Bourque produced a goal for linemate Brian Gionta.
Then with less than two minutes left in the period, Josh Gorges, of all people, blew one past Michal Neuvirth, who was being screened by the giant body of David Desharnais.
Raphael Diaz continued his fine play with two assists.
For the second straight game, Max Pacioretty had a couple helpers.
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Adam Oates dressed like a funeral director
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Centre Ice has the TSN broadcast which would normally be blacked out in the GTA
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what channel is this? thanks.
Rogers CH. 453
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Tonight I continue my research of other teams announcers by listening to the Washington broadcast. I always expect there to be some hometown bias, but the fairest I’ve heard is the Tampa announcers. The FLA announcers were ok. The play-by-play guy was good, and the color commenter was ok except when he got angry then he would suddenly become the Queen of Hearts: “Off with their heads”.
Sounds kinda like Dave Randorf
Okay Markov, continue where you left off!
Maiden live-blog for my new TV. Five-year-old Panasonic died in December.by Mike Boone 1/25/2013 12:04:09 AM 7:04 PM
My 2 year old samsung is crapping-out.
Don’t make ‘em like they used to
“It’s just an opinion – I could be wrong”
Boone, would you ever consider doing your blog tour again? Blogging at a fellow HIOer’s house?
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Boone, your TV is tax-deductible as it is a business expense
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Looks like the hamsters are coughing up blood already.
Yeah it was pretty bad the other night, huh? Hopefully the boys play well tonight.
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Q. What does the HIO server have in common with the Hamilton Bulldogs?
A. They’re both trying to upgrade from Commodores
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Boooooo-urns
Correct me if I’m wrong but I’m pretty sure the Habs have 11mil in cap space for next year, as of now. Should the buy Kaberle out, they’ll have 15 million with 10 guys to sign.
They’ll likely try to keep Desharnais for ~3.5 mil. That leaves say 4.5 mil for Subban.
So they gotta sign 8 guys for 7 million…. That’s trouble.
Thoughts?
Kab has only 1 year @$4.25 should be able to trade him at the deadline.
Question- Are teams now able to keep parts of contracts and cap space in trades now?
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Yep. Back in 5 minutes while this posts – lol.
You are right, even with trading or buying out Kaberle, they are still in big trouble. They will have to unload one of the 5 million dollar cap hits up front at the trade deadline or in the summer -Gio or Pleks.
That’s Gainey and Gauthier economics for you MB will have his work cut out for him.
omg, DD for 3.5M is a joke.
sorry to his fans, but to me he isn’t worth having on the team. we are fine with Plekanec, Galchenyuk & Eller. DD can’t defend, skate fast or hit.
I want to see AG27 on that first line with Maxpac and Cole because that first line isn’t working anymore.
I was at the Tampa-Washington home opener on Saturday. I wish I had a better scouting report, but by my third $13 tallboy, my observations were pretty much limited to “You suck Ovechkin!!” But what I did notice:
- The Ward-Hendricks-Chimera line gave the Bolts a lot of trouble. They will test the Habs D on the forecheck and Hendrick won everything in the faceoff circle. I’m not sure this will be a good matchup for the Gally line, but we’ll see;
- Ovechkin played the point on the PP, but I didn’t think he was that strong back there. Maybe a SH goal for Pleks tonight?
- Ovechkin destroyed a couple of guys with big hits, he is bigger than I thought. Otherwise, his line did nothing. I read that he is slowly adjusting to RW after playing mostly LW in his career;
- I didn’t think the Capitals are that strong on D, so hopefully the Habs can generate some offense.
Mickey Ribs kinda reminds me of Zach Laflamme from Goon.
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Awesome movie and he does doesnt he lol
Flyers Hartnell out 4 weeks broken foot
Will Beyonce be lip synching the national anthem at tonight’s game?
For all you folks not in front of a TV at the moment: http://atdhe.so/watch.php?id=573537.
Mike Boone: “With Gainey at my side, I’d walk into any dark alley in the world.”
Thank You!
Price and Gorges are going to be at the auto show this Saturday for autograph sessions, I’m bringing my sons Habs t-shirt for them to sign. Granted, he can never wear the thing again.
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Here’s a tantalizing thought,,,,,how could we look in 8 years (not considering future drafts as we will be drafting very low
,,and considering prospect development max achievement) This roster doesnt look too bad
Patches Galchenyuk Kristo
Hudon Eller Collberg
Bozon Leblanc Gallagher
Geoffrion/Vail Bournival Pribyl
Subban Tinordi
Beaulieu Emilin
Thrower Ellis
Dietz
Price
BGally, the smiling bandit. Love that kid. He’s looking forward, and finds it fun he’ll be up against Ovie.
Still can’t get over his resemblance to you, as Habfan 10912 pointed out earlier.
P K is a great talent to be sure but he still has quite a way to go before people claim that he is the Habs best defenseman. That status still belongs to Andrei Markov who proved the other night that when he is healthy, he is the Habs go to guy on the back end . P K is partially proven but needs to continue to develop both on and off the ice. Those claiming that he is already the Habs’ best player or Dman need to lay off the Jamaica Gold.
HIO server holding out for more pay or maybe a trade:
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I kinda miss Hammer.
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I was thinking that too, during his interview.
If Habs skaters are as fast as HIO server tonight,they don’t stand a chance.
Gifted journalist, Stubbs, allowing the reader to form his/her own opinion. Gotta tell you tho that at work, everyone was with Bergevin on this one, we all read it and all hear PK’s points, but he comes across as a bit out of touch. Hes up a tree and I hope he quickly gets a ladder to come down.
Stevie
Let the lagging commence.
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It’s going to be a looooooooong night here at HIO.
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Let the lagging commence.
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Hammy the Hamster already fell off the wheel
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I’m afraid to reply in case I have to wait another 5 minutes waiting for the site to load up.
You’d think during the lockout this site would have had all it’s nuts and bolts cleaned and upgraded.
See what happens when Boone leaves the site to amateurs.
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Le 5 a 7′s Andre Roy is like a French Adam Sandler
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Sebastian Collberg has caught fire in the Eliteserien. It looks like he is finally getting some top 6 minutes in Frolunda.
So stoked for when he comes to NA
Go Habs Go
This kid has 5 goals in 23 career SEL games and they we ALL scored in the last 4 games. Clear indication he has been given some offensive responsibility over there and a great sign for us!!! Go Habs Go indeed
Sebastian Collberg has caught fire in the Eliteserien. It looks like he is finally getting some top 6 minutes in Frolunda.
The last thing you guys should do is trust what Tsn/L’Antichambre is speculating. Subban’s not going anywhere. He’ll be a Hab for a long time.
Could live with that.
But – if we got a player of Tavares calibre back, I’d wish PK all the best elsewhere
Somebody last night actually said he would turn down Tavares and Neiderider for PK. I literally couldn’t believe he was serious. A point per game, young, #1 center and a prospect is not enough for a 35 point defenseman. LMFAO
Habilis posts:
” Abe Hefter @hefteronthehabs
As per @JFChaumont : Don Meehan says PK Subban has told him to try to resolve this quickly with #HABS. #Contract”
Thanks Habils… I do believe this recent development, for as you say Chaumont is a credible journalist.
So you know me. I have to read between the LINES. I mean it’s so apparent eh. Meehan (on his own) cant ‘resolve this quickly’ unless one of two things happens:
Resolution #1… good for HABS (in my humble opinion): Meehan drops his demands to where MB can say YES!
P.K signs and it’s all resolved save for the necessary dressing room stuff which would have to be done if they are smart.
Resolution #2…(good for P.K and HIO hits). News of an offer sheet suddenly comes to life and things get interesting.
Why else would Meehan be putting this ‘directive’ from P.K out. In resolution #1 it makes it look as if P.K stepped in and ‘ordered’ Meehan to be ‘more reasonable’.. and P.K’s image is rehabilitated some. Clever cover by the agent… which he is paid big bucks for.
In resolution #2 it looks as if Meehan is laying the groundwork for accepting an ‘offer’ which they had avoided before. Again clever move by the agent when the sh##@ hits the fan if this is the case.
You gotta read between the lines folks.
Edit: The Flyers legal dept has just ordered in Domino’s.. as per my Pizza inside guy “Salami Head”.
Just throwin’ it out there…
Resolution 3… PK is champing at the bit to suit up and hit the ice.
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Touche!
I may have found a better man than I. You read between the lines real well!
re: the boys from Antichambre crapping on Subban
what a surprise!
since when is Antichambre used as a credible source for anything?
I will say this about the Antichambre boys. They have Michel Therrien’s interests (and by extension Marc Bergevin’s) at the top of their list of priorities, no matter what file they are discussing.
Bergevin went out and hired virtually every Francophone ex hab that was unemployed, and Therrien is ofcourse an Antichambre alumni.
Chasing Subban out of town is the stupidest, most ignorant, worst hockey move this town has seen since the Patrick Roy debacle.
Write it down: at least 5, maybe as many as 10 teams are interested in signing Subban long term for 5-6 million per year.
Bergevin is simply not offering a competitive offer. The market for Subban is red hot and the Habs are not prepared to adjust their strategy to meet the competition.
L’Antichambre craps on everything, just as Therrien did last year. PK won’t sign at 2 to 3 million per year. If Bergevin doesn’t change, PK is gone. A dumb move I think. C’mon guys, you paid Gomez 7 mil last year and also to buy him out. Can’t we give 5 mil a year to our best D-man?
These guys are paid to s**t all over the team, I’d take their opinions with a grain of salt.
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If anything those guys are fans of the team first and journalists second. They shit all over it a lot less than the H I/O commentariat.
But Ed is right that they will not criticize Therrien and Bergevin for some time. However, and you can take this to the bank, they WILL criticize them at some point.
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Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.
I agree with your theory that eventually they will see it in their interests to turn even on therrien and bergevin.
But that will be at least 2 maybe 3 years from now.
They’ll turn on MT an MB as fast as we will… and if they do it faster… well they expect better and so should we for what the tickets cost
Go Habs Go
Ed – I’m not sure they are thinking in those terms. Those guys are first and foremost overemotional Canadiens fans (even Bergeron). They also – to be fair – know a bit about the game (except for PJ Stock of course).
They had no problem criticizing Carbo and Jacques Martin.
They are as bipolar as most of us (not me of course): their mood fluctuates with the latest result.
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You are attempting to present personal opinion as fact. Nothing new here with you in that regard.
The RDS crew are pundits. No different than Mackenzie or the other shills at Toronto Sports Network. The difference here is that at RDS they actually have ex-hockey players and coaches of note as talking heads.
Nobody knows what Bergevin is offering and up to date no team has spoken out in favour of signing Subban. No offer sheets have been presented and if they have they have been kept secret.
Nobody is chasing Subban out of town. He is being held up to a standard that he is not living up to. It’s called being a team player. From my perspective and based upon Subbans own words, right now he is tying to get signed by Team Subban and not by Team Canadiens.
Bob Mackenzie is probably the most respected hockey guy on TV
The Antichambre jokers don’t even belong in the same conversation with Mackenzie.
Is this one of your joke posts, or are you to be taken seriously here??
Subban’s “own words” as directed by Meehan and filtered through the media. It’s not idle chit-chat, with Stubbs or anyone. It’s strategic and it’s wheels within wheels.
Hopefully Bouillon does this to Ovechkin again tonight: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HK7HcZYp12s
PK for James Neal, Make it Happen, or PK Subban for Niederreider+High end draft pick
Then we go to Dallas, and trades our 2nd rounder+Hudon for Jamie Oleksiak, and because we live in NHL 2013 Realism, it’ll go down,…. It’s nice to dream isn’t it..
But in seriousness, lock him up long term for 4 mill… maybe 4.5 mill tops… he will be solid… He has intangibles that are hard to find… most notably his ability/willingess to actually play in MTL… It’s hard to find people like that, so if it was for the money soley, i would imagine he’d be pushing for a contract that will run out at the same time he’s UFA eligible..
Go Habs Go
anything under 5m long term wont get it done IMO
yeah well.. theres no history of being worth 5 million…. This isn’t Toronto where you pay Finger 5 million…. if he wants more dollars in the end he should be financially responsible and take the 2 years… if he wants the long term you lose on dollars… thats how it works it’s a business… You can’t have your cake and eat it too
Go Habs Go
I don’t compare him to Finger. And you actually have to pay more to buy UFA years. Thats how the hockey business works.
Its not a skill comparison but a contract comparison… Finger did nothing to prove he is worth 5 mill.. and neither did PK… its that black and white
Go Habs Go
bottom line is….he’s arguably their best d-man and should be paid accordingly. Id hate to see him go just to set an example for the league and the new cba.
Bets comment on the P.K. situation yet, down below from Danno:
“I’m on nobody’s side because we have no facts to accuse anybody with.”
Why don’t we believe the hockey decisions to the people paid to make them, and celebrate the fact that we may well have the best four lines we’ve had in years. D, maybe not so much.
Mike Boone: “With Gainey at my side, I’d walk into any dark alley in the world.”
So, we shouldn’t post then, unless we’re paid to make hockey decisions?
“thoroughbred”
Erm, that’s not what I wrote at all. My point is that it doesn’t make a lot of sense to take sides when we don’t know what either side wants.
Mike Boone: “With Gainey at my side, I’d walk into any dark alley in the world.”
Possible he was referring to the current poll on this site? Which doesn’t give the option of “not on anyone’s side, because we don’t have the facts”
When I saw the poll (which I didn’t vote on) I wondered where option C was too.
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Honestly don’t know if this was discussed, but I’m wondering if Hamr is in for Wash, if their will be any bad blood between him and Cole.
“It’s not an obsession, It’s a way of life..”
At the Saloon watching the tube and Crazy Lou Lamorello is staring right at me. It is very disturbing. Its time for the hard stuff ,amigos.Its a couple of hours till the puck drops.Some young lad is talking about something called “spice” .Anybody heard about it?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synthetic_cannabis
Synthetic grass
Artificial turf you can smoke
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LOL!!! Giver!!!!
Team with less penalties Best Goal tending will win tonight. Hoping for Habs
That usually happens all the time.
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No Guts No Glory
Listening to Antichambre talking about PK Subban and one thing is for sure, Andrew Berskshire won’t make the show not just because he can’t speak French.
PK Subban should take 3-4 million per year for 2 years soon now or he’s played his last game as a Hab.
The way things look I think PK will not play another game this season and will be traded some time around the draft.
PK is not considered a team player by the alumni.
The alumni doesn’t know squat. Trading this kid will be a colossal disaster because we won’t get fair market value.
Yeah because MB is a Quebecer. He couldn’t possibly make a good trade.
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Not for fair market value he won’t The confidence I had in Bergevin has been blown after this fiasco.
That`s not nice. Knowing that, Bergevin will be unable to sleep at night. How can he negotiate with no sleep?
I don’t think he meant it as a knock against MB, but more as a reflection of what you get for “hold outs”. When is the last time you saw an RFA hold out, get traded and the team trading him actually get good value? It’s rare that it happens
Oh yes he did.
“colossal disaster because we won’t get fair market value.”
“The confidence I had in Bergevin has been blown after this fiasco.”
And there’s his post below that will make you dumber if you read it.
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MB still holds all the cards. If someone makes an outragious offer the Habs can match it or recieve companisation. Bruins did really good with the Kessel deal.
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PK’s public statement reinforce the notion that he is not a team player. His stats support this thesis. Consider that PK ranked 7th among defesemen in shots on goal taken and yet scored only two even strength goals last season. I would argue that he took too many shots, causing turnovers and preventing the forwards from leading the offense. I would suggest that at times, PK tries to do too much on the ice and the team suffers for it.
Blue, blanc et rouge. Red and White for Canada. Blue for Smurfs.
Wrong!
Not all oysters produce pearls, thankfully, Price is a pearl producing oyster.
Actually, IMO, he’s right. Your not the only one entitled to one of those, opinions that is.
The headmaster always knows best.
http://www.katiemelua.com/default.aspx
Hola Amigos! Game Night!. Am I’m the only one Hammered in here?
Not yet. Soon.
Stay thirsty my friends…
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frontenac1, I believe you are allways hammered. Nice work if you can get it. How do you make one of those sunny/funny faces?
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Deliberate pot-stirring here – but for those who want the habs to give PK 6 million as an offensive defenceman – he was 297th in the league for goals and 190th for points last season. Yeah, he has potential, but is not fair to ask what he has actually proven so far?
A bridge contract seems sensible, and then, if he proves himself, he can get the outrageous bucks. A couple of million a year for a potential top defenceman on a weak club is pretty good.
Our teams have been mediocre so long we get overly excited about solid players.
wheres he rank in relation to defensemen. Thats what matters.
3rd in Give aways
56th in Take aways
73rd in Hits
156th Shooting %
28th Points
47th +/-
18th TOI per game
But wasn’t he #1, due to injury, in ice time on a 28th team.
among defensemen PK ranked:
28th points
34th goals
47th +/-
1st PIM
18th time on ice/game
7th total shots taken
Blue, blanc et rouge. Red and White for Canada. Blue for Smurfs.
Add those numbers up and divide by 6, and you get an average ranking in those categories of 22.5. Thus, he should be the 22nd-highest paid d-man in the league. Get Meehan on the phone!
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Brilliant Chuck. You, HH and NYC have found the solution.
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I get the feeling that if PK wasn’t a black kid from TO but a French kid from Quebec he would have gotten his money by now. Playing hard ball with PK now will bite us in the ass when he becomes a UFA. If Bergevin wants doesn’t think he’s a star in the making he might as well trade him now.
Nice way to wrap up racism and prejudice in one fell swoop. I don’t see PK taking French lessons either.
Wow, now Quebecers are racist because PK isn’t signed yet.
This post is completely stupid and I’m now dumber for reading it.
Good day, Sir!!
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I’m not racist (I’m half French) but this is how I see it. Whenever the Habs have a decent Quebec born player they fall all over themselves and open the vault. Brisebois anyone?
I said, GOOD DAY SIR!!
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Subban see’s that he was a 1-2 pairing defenseman last year, used in every situation and against the other teams best players, and wants to be compensated as such – he has a point. MB see’s that Subban was only in those situations because they had no one else to do it – he wouldn’t have been there if there was a better option – he also has a point. Hence, we are sitting and waiting.
Oh, and I’m with Zep
I’m with Zep too.
There’s a dancing elephant in the room. It is the potential that people questioning Subban’s approach could be racist, and the potential people who support his demands could be racist about “The French”. It’s the perfect Anglo-Quebec contradiction – you know – we’re not racist but every last one of them is, even if they don’t know it or show it.
And so we cycle around the net, waiting for the guy to sign so we can see what he develops into.
I look forward to seeing him play so we can divide into camps and squabble about on ice stuff and locker room urban legends.
A Quebecer and a Winnipeger agreeing. See, there’s still hope.
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no but RDS would love him way more that’s for sure lol
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Ribeiro is a bitch. Glad he is not on our team..
I don’t think you’re supposed to call someone a Riberio.
Thems turtlin’ words.
Agreed. Niinimaa should be our next captain.
Of course it was terrible trade (among others), but Ribeiro is still a bitch and Im glad he is not on our team.
^This I hope Prust sticks a fist in that ugly mug of his
He’ll have a 3 point night, regardless. Every former Habs lives for career games against their old team.
I hope Emelin nails him real good tonight.
Word on the street (aka twitter) is that PK has asked Meehan to find a solution quickly.
Is this good or bad for those of us who want PK to remain a Hab? I can’t decide.
Habilis: Link the tweet? Who was source?
Abe Hefter @hefteronthehabs
As per @JFChaumont : Don Meehan says PK Subban has told him to try to resolve this quickly with #HABS. #Contract
Chaumont is the Habs beat writer for Journal de Montreal.
So we’re looking at April?
Thanks. PK probably said that months ago tho :p . Or, perhaps, PK has been convinced to sign now for lower than market value, get himself to UFA (25) and then put the Habs through hell that July.. MB obviously thinks PK is worth a lot less than many “experts”. I know we need to be tight after the Gomez fiasco. But I do think this team is better with PK than without. And Subban is much higher on our depth chart (and sells more jerseys than Del Zotto ). I think PK is probably asking for around 5mil (speculatiing) and MTL is probably offering 2.5-3mil.
But I mean you know, shit or get off the pot. That goes for both of them. All this inaction is just building resentment for both sides with fans.
Pure speculation but it’s going to be about $4 to $4.5M for two years or nothing at all.
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Assuming it’s a solution involving playing with the Habs, that’s a good thing.
If it’s a solution to not playing, then that’s not so good.
that wouldnt be a solution
And if you didn’t think that other teams’ fans vacillate from euphoria to loathing, check out the Washington Post forum after two losses, new coach, new system …
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capitals-insider/wp/2013/01/24/adam-oates-looking-for-more-from-marcus-johansson/
“Don’t crush that dwarf Alex Henry, hand me the pliers”
Lupul, Downie, Smith and Hartnell suffer major injuries.
Is losing Lupul for the year enough to kill Toronto’s faint hopes of a playoff spot?
It ain’t going help them… JVR is going to have to stay as consistant as last night.
“There’s genius everywhere, but until they turn pro, it’s like popcorn in the pan. Some pop… some don’t.”
- Jerry Maguire
Same with Kulemin. He was awsome last night.
Bettman declaring the lockout is over was enough to kill Toronto’s playoffs.
Now THAT is funny ……………….
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That’s the thing, we see teams pay big bucks for the Lupuls only to watch them get hurt. I wonder if it would be wise for the habs to continue on their merry way and fluke out a cup when really they were just going for last place like last year. In fact Gainey/Gauthier and now Bergevin that has been the plan all this tiime, to draft for first picks and build the team. Oh wait how many picks have we traded away?
Which Smith? Brendon?
EDIT: and I never like to see a guy injured, but woooo man do I not care for Downie and Hartnell
The view from the other side.
I’m a bit worried about tonight. Washington has owned us the past few years, we only scored three goals against them last season, Ovechkin is overdue and Neuvirth beat us his last three games out. And the Capitals are winless which should mean they are ready to break out soon.
http://www.japersrink.com/2013/1/24/3908782/canadiens-at-capitals
We got the Clemmenson jinx off out back last game; maybe we’re ready for another tonight.
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Nice to see smart people picking MB in the poll, PK can’t hold the Canadiens hostage this team is bigger than his ego.
I’m on MBs side but I think he’s in a loose/loose situation. Either he gives him a long term deal which I hope he does or he looses the second highly skilled d-man for the habs in the last few years.
I’m on nobody’s side because we have no facts to accuse anybody with
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Completely off topic, the NBA New Orleans Hornet, have just switched their name (Team was originally named Hornets when the franchise started in Charlotte), they will now be known as the Pelicans.
Not sure they improved it much.
I don’t know, pelicans can gobble a whole trout in a gulp, that’s mighty impressive.
Sometimes even a duck
you think that’s impressive, you should see what sasha grey can do! (NSFW)
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Does it involve some kind of fish?
more like male chickens :p
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Lmao, now that is impressive!
One of many shades of Grey.
Works better than Hornets for the city. I much prefer the names that have some tie to their city rather than the overused “fierce” mascots.
Though if they really wanted to scare opponents they should be the New Orleans Humidity…
(crickets)
… No? Nobody? Fine whatever, I don’t care. I’m funny.
I don’t think Colton Orr is getting the credit he deserves for the Leaf’s recent success. Those guys are all playing a lot bigger knowing he’s got their back.
Interesting, Burke sends Orr packing last season, Nonis brings Orr back….
Yea. I guess he wasn’t Wilsons type of player.
Really “tired” of hearing about how the Panthers were playing their 3rd game in 4 nights. It was only the 3rd game of the season, how fatigued could they possibly be. Maybe Florida just sucks.
Florida looked equally as bad against Ottawa the night before….so I think you are right.
Mind you they are missing quite a few key players.
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No Excuses!!
Ha!
We have to say that, eventually we will be in same spot and will be jumping all over that excuse!
Well, they were probably tired and they sucked. They were missing 6 of their regular players due to injury with Jovanovski, Versteeg, Goc, Bergenheim, Santorelli, and Gudbrandson all out. They will be a different team when they get healthy.
I’m still upset at Sam Pollock that he didn’t trade Ken Dryden in 1973 when Dryden held out a season for fair market value.
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I get what you’re saying. Except Dryden won the Stanley cup and the Vezina the year before. Slight difference between the two, imo.
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And that makes Dryden’s fair market value higher than Subbans (relatively speaking taking into account financial climate of the time).
Doesn’t change the fact that both have a right to be paid fair market value for what they bring to the team in their era.
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Yes… actually it does. He won two Cups, Vezina, Conn Symthe, and the Calder… not to mention an all-star. Pollock was notorious for low-balling players.
Subban played 30 minutes a game and finished +9 on a mediocre, injury ridden team. Never a finalist for an NHL award and not yet an all-star. Yet he (or his agent) wants the same dollars as those who have achieved the accolades. Just because you are a top 2 defenseman does not guarantee you Webber/Doughty/Suter money.
“There’s genius everywhere, but until they turn pro, it’s like popcorn in the pan. Some pop… some don’t.”
- Jerry Maguire
That means that
1) Dryden’s fair market value was to be paid as one of the top goalies in the NHL.
2) Subban’s fair market value is to be paid as a 2nd tier defencemen just below the elites you mentioned.
It merely sets their value…. it doesn’t change the principle that a player has a right to hold out for what is fair, when he is NOT under contract.
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Don’t get me wrong… I agree that MB shouldn’t trade Subban and Subban has every right to sit if he wants.
But let’s face it, Dryden had a lot less to prove than Subban. Subban has “potential” and unfortunately “potential” does not pay the bills or get the job done.
Furthermore, if MB gives up the big bucks long term and Subban becomes the star we all hope him to be, then we continue to cheer his name and MB looks like a genius. If he fizzles out after a season, he becomes the new Gomez and fans will be screaming for MB’s head.
“There’s genius everywhere, but until they turn pro, it’s like popcorn in the pan. Some pop… some don’t.”
- Jerry Maguire
Sure Dryden had less to prove.
Thats why Dryden’s worth was Elite Goalie and Subban’s is 2nd-tier very good defenceman.
But this isn’t a discussion of worth, its a discussion of the principal of the thing. And the principal is holding out for FMV.
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I still believe Dryden had a better bargaining chip than PK has now.
When you are winning championships and you’re a very important part of that (the Habs lost in the first round during Dryden’s hiatus), you’re in a better position to make demands. PK’s not quite there yet, again imo.
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Agreed! That you for better articulating my point.
“There’s genius everywhere, but until they turn pro, it’s like popcorn in the pan. Some pop… some don’t.”
- Jerry Maguire
Dryden had a great playoff in 71 but after that he was just a part of an extraordinary team.
Is Subban working on his law degree?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XK01XiGhMLI
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Ya ummm Dryden>Subban both in what he did before he held out AND in character. If it were up to you you’d probably give any guy with skill a contract. What happened to Dany Heatley? Eventually his bad attitude affected his career. To think that he went from the best (or one of) goal scorer to an decent goal scorer.
Subban’s never killed anyone, and never held out while under contract. The Heatley comparison is hogwash.
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I’m not talking about Heatley’s attitude off the ice. I’m talking about it on the ice. And I’m not saying Subban is as bad as him. But I am saying that you don’t just pay for talent, you pay for the whole player. If a great player ruins team chemistry, you ain’t going anywhere.
And what evidence is there other than conjecture and unnamed sources that PK is ruining chemistry.
If PK is so brash, and can’t control himself, and is such a ****** or whatever, why in all his media appearances has he never shown that side… why is he always a fun loving, funny guy when we see him?
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The issue is whether what Subban is actually asking for fair market value, as he claims. But instead, you’re just assuming an answer to that question (i.e. the real question): what Subban’s asking for is of course fair, and Bergevin knows what’s fair and is refusing to give it. I don’t see your argument for this, just like I didn’t see your argument for most (but not all) of your lockout opinions
I personally think Subban’s value is quite high. Most think it’s lower than I do. Also, I’m hoping for a long term contract. This means I probably agree with Subban, though we don’t know what he’s asking.
Point is, you’re continuing to spout out the same nonsense you were on and on about during the lockout. It’s impossible for you to conceive of an employee being to any extent wrong in a dispute. That’s clouded your judgment so much that you’re actually missing the issue by just assuming that what Subban is asking for is fair. I guess your proof is that he says so. Bottom line: you trust Subban’s words more than Bergevin’s, and that’s because you’re viewing this through your opaque owner-laborer lenses.
Fair Market Value is what a player is worth…. at no time did I suggest a number that PK is holding out for, or what he is worth. Heck all we have are media reports and inuendo as to what the offers are.
If we take the rumors of 2.5-3 million and 5.5-6.0 million at face value then yes, Bergevins offer is too low, and Subban’s is too high, and they are both to blame.
But that wasn’t the point of my post.
The point was, there are a number of people jumping to conclusions that PK is greedy, not a team player, and should be traded immediately. I was countering those sentiments.
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In my industry FMV is what you can make someone pay and have them believe it was a good deal. Seems both sides here have their own definition.
I agree with you. The value of Subban is what someone will pay today not what Subban wants. Say someone wants to pay Subban 6 million a year. Pop over to capgeek and pick a team. Philly: Grioux and Couterier. Florida: Gudbranson and Bergenheim . No, of course not. Nor would it be Souray and Koivu.
Subban is popular, outgoing, and played 24 minutes a game last season on a team that finished last in the East. PK was 28th amongst league DMen in scoring (22 in powerplay – Kaberle was higher by the by, and 71st in shooting %).
What is the league value right now of a DMan who is popular, but whose team lost big time with him playing a lot and who can’t score on his 205 shots that hit the net – imagine how many hit friends or the mesh instead – and is about to enter his fourth year of league play?
About 2.7 million.
Thank you Commandant.
Not all oysters produce pearls, thankfully, Price is a pearl producing oyster.
Hockey promo gone bad.
http://deadspin.com/5978706/?utm_campaign=socialflow_deadspin_twitter&utm_source=deadspin_twitter&utm_medium=socialflow
lol – How could that idea have gone wrong?
Good ol’ Canadian boys would never let that happen.
Could be a story for Don Cherry to broach on his next Coach’s Corner.
I bet it wasn’t Molson they were drinking… where’s nuna when you need him?
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- Jerry Maguire
If it wasn’t for the saltpeter in the beer, it would have succeeded marvelously.
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First game Bourque play here since he hit Backstrum (he was still suspended when mtl was here after the trade). He will be targetted from the drop of the puck
Bourque fought Erskine last year as a result of that Backstrom thing. Wasn’t that in Washington? Maybe it was in Mtl. Anyway Erskine was sent out to collect the tab and Bourque handled himself well
“man, I love winnin’; you know, it’s like better than losin’?”-
Ebby Calvin “Nuke” Laloosh
It wasn’t Erskine. Erskine would have killed Bourque, it was the other middle weight guy they have and Bourque did really well against him.
Hendricks maybe
“man, I love winnin’; you know, it’s like better than losin’?”-
Ebby Calvin “Nuke” Laloosh
Yup, that’s the guy.
HE fought Hendricks…should be a non issue…Bourque had to answer…answered well and it should be over
“killed” is quite the exaggeration. I think Bourque would do just fine against Erskine.
Killed an exaggeration? Sure, he would still be alive.
Pummeled, Destroyed, Sh*t kicked, Abused, Beaten like a red headed step-child, all maybe better descriptions of what Erskine would do to Bourque in a fight.
Highly unlikely.
That was Bourque’s first game in Montreal.
He handled himself… handily.
No answers, just opinions. Bite me. Och.
He already had his fights for that…
As others have posted, Bourque can handle himself well if it comes down to a scrap.
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RB did OK
http://www.hockeyfights.com/fights/108928
Tidbits from around the league for the start of the season
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If 67-51-72 continue to not put it together, will this line be broken up?
Any chance 51s weak play could bring 81 into the lineup? As far I’m concerned they both need to prove themselves. Ideally we have a top 9 that can all score. Aside from Pleks that second line didn’t get much going either.
Pac – Plek – Gio
DD – Eller – Cole
Prust/Bourque – Galch – Gall
Moen – White- Bourque/Prust
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Bourque on the fourth?? The guy has played well the last two games, that’s nuts!
If Desharnais plays like he did on tuesday (worst Hab in that game I think) it would definitely make sense to give Eller a chance between Pacioretty and Cole. I highly doubt that Therrien will do it though.
Bourque really deserves to play with Pleks for now. He´s been a pleasant surprise so far.
I don’t think the 1st line will be split up unless they play badly for 4 games in a row.
In actual fact, they all played pretty well against the Panthers and I expect them to get even better.
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I think Cole looked much better than on saturday, Pacioretty okay but Desharnais wasn´t good at all.
I thought they would have switched DD for Eller after the last game.
I fully expect a Staged fight to start the game. Erik Cole vs Roman Hamrlik.
How funny would that be, eh?
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It would be like that episode of Cheers when Cliff was going to fight (can’t remember who) and they had to sit down and write out the rules first; no kicking, no hitting the back because they have a bad back, no more than 2 punches in a row, no grabbing the jersey’cause that could hurt the shoulder…
“man, I love winnin’; you know, it’s like better than losin’?”-
Ebby Calvin “Nuke” Laloosh
Very funny, good call AB.
Eh forgot about that one, but they have practiced together and did not come to fisticuffs. They are not known to fight either.
Still I think Hammer could take Cole.
I thought Boone retired? What’s going on here?
“I think I may have found a way for us to get Griffey and Bonds, and we really won’t have to give up much” -Costanza
Retired as a Gazette writer, still blogs the games.
Also still fights crime as the masked vigilante, “BOONE SHAKA LAKA”
this is the best thing i’ve read all day.
Time warp. Happened at 2:59 this afternoon. They sent Gomez to San Jose to work on the flux capacitor. Should be fine by supper time.
You know what I’d like to see tonight?
Some swagger.
Yup. Swagger.
I want to see that 4th line stare down ANYONE who looks at them oddly.
I want to see Rene Bourqe crash that net with every pound he has
I want to see Cole Des and Patches skate rings around them.
I want to see Gally score off Chucky
I want to see the puck cross the blue line on a stick
I want to see Ovi implode when he doesn’t have room to look over his shoulder.
But mostly I want to see swagger.
No answers, just opinions. Bite me. Och.
Bourque has history with the Caps, he laid out Backstrom last year.
I want to see more of that enthusiastic forechecking they unveiled last game. Been a while since we’ve seen that.
This is what I hate/love about this site.
I read Bill’s post down below and I feel down, I read yours and I’m like, F*** YEAH!!
It’s like an out of control roller coaster ride.
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Hell yeah, baby! Fire-burning, “You want the puck? I HAVE THE PUCK” kind of hockey!
It’s fair to say that my post lockout indifference has ended.
No answers, just opinions. Bite me. Och.
I want to see some Fire-Wagon hockey burning up the ice
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I love Fire-Wagon hockey. End to end to end rushes. Great shots, great stops. Head man the puck and get ‘er going back to the other end. Coaches hate this type of hockey but fans love it.
Swagger is currently unsigned and much maligned because swagger in unprofessional and selfish and not respectable.
who needs swagger when you got mojo
i wanna see mojo
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Swagger is currently in negotiations with Marc Bergevin.
Hey Boone, let’s talk about PK Subban, and the details surrounding his contract talks!
What do you think?
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(tick one box only pls!)
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The real question about tonight’s game is how long after puck drop the HI/O server will fry like an egg on a sidewalk in a New Mexico heatwave.
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Jeez, you’d think the ad revenue from the last article alone would get them enough to get a beefier server. At least a backup.
At the 10 second mark you will see why the HIO server craps out so often:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPqCKy8kR8g
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Why did I find that soo funny, still laughing. Actually picture this happening at the Gazzette or in Boone’s basement.
I was all like “GOOOOO HAMSTawwwww dammit…”
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Don’t know about the egg frying on the sidewalk, but it’s cold enough out right know for the egg to freeze before hitting the sidewalk!
Try this. Throw a cup of boiling water in the air and watch how it instantly turns to snow.
Sublimation
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Will be interesting to see how the team works without having the benefit of the last change, DD’s line which have not started as strong as we would like will be put a stronger test tonight too!
Here’s hoping they respond in kind and give us a great game!
Not optimistic about the Habs’ chances against an embarrassed Capitals team playing its home opener. (EDIT: it’s not the home opener … thanks a lot Boone, lol). I was happy as anyone to watch the Florida game, but we all know it was the Panthers’ third in four nights and that they were missing four players from an already mediocre roster. That said, it was encouraging to see the Habs dominate a game they should have dominated.
This will be a tougher test. The Caps have two good scoring lines who will give our Subban-deficient D-corps fits.
On the other hand, the Capitals have an even less-impressive collection of D-men, so it might be chance for the DD line to get untracked.
I’ll take Price over Holtby or Neuvirth, especially the way he’s been playing. Bad as the Panthers were, they got some good chances that could have made the game a lot closer without stellar net-minding.
Prediction: Capitals 3-Habs 2, after the Caps outshoot the Habs 42-24. Ribeiro with the winner.
Full Breezer 4 Life/I Want to Make PK Subban a Better Person
EDIT: dyslexia strikes again and I misread.
I’m very interested to see whether their first line or ours is going to finally wake up. Probably decide the game.
This guy is wondering how much in-fighting is hurting the Caps.
If the Caps play in the Verizon Centre and the Habs play in the Bell Centre, shouldn’t mobile phone service cost less?
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Capitol of the “free” world? My dollars were worth more than the US peso this morning. O Canada! Go Habs!
Ok, let’s not talk about that guy who the Habs are low-balling.
We all love our team…let’s just discuss the win tonight!
Go Habs Go!!
“Fans are great, but the quickest way to start losing is to listen to them.” – Sam Pollock
GO HABS GO!
Mr. Boone, didn’t the Jets already spoil the Caps home opener, first time 10 years they lost it.
(I only know this, because my mother in Winnipeg calls me every night the Jets play to ask if I am watching!)
IF Pierre peanuts McGuire had gotten the job in March, here is what tonight’s lineup would look like.
Pacioretty Desharnais Crabb
Moen Lecavalier Artuykin
Blunden Nokelainen Begin
Schultz Fata Esposito
Gorges Subban
Emelin Woywitka
Parent Krajicek
Luongo
Budaj
What an idiotic post.
Not insulting you, just your post.
One thing you got right is that PK would be signed, which makes me lean towards him over Bergevin right now.
Go Habs Go!!
“Fans are great, but the quickest way to start losing is to listen to them.” – Sam Pollock
Probably for 8 years/ 56 m
gotta love the ‘no offense but you’re a dumbass’ kind of posts.
Price was dealt in the Lecavalier trade while Pleks and Cole went for Luuuuuu.
Actually, pretty good trades. As long as PK is on the team, we should be fine. He is bigger than the team, after all.
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“Fans are great, but the quickest way to start losing is to listen to them.” – Sam Pollock
No it would be:
Crosby LeCav Stlouis
Khadri Iginla Yakupov
Pacioretty Ryder Esposito
Charra Subban
Komisarek Gill
Neidereitter Karjicek
Luongo
Halak
Cause hey the new CBA and board of govs would give McGuire the ability to quash all Gilette/Gauthier contracts……
Sorry Dr… Here is your Pierre McGuire led Habs:
Parise – Parise – Parise
Parise – Parise – Parise
Parise – Parise – Parise
Parise – Parise – Parise
Phaneuf – Phaneuf
Phaneuf – Phaneuf
Phaneuf – Phaneuf
Theodore
Garon
Funny…I never thought Pierre would out-Pierre himself with a multiple higher than “Double Dion!”.
GOHABSGO!
Carey Price #31
While the anthem-singer be lip-syncing?
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A must-win four-pointer game.
Oh wait… They all are.
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I’ll see your 2 hockey cliches and raise you one- “gotta get pucks deep”
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Gotta give 110% (Take THAT basic math comprehension!)
“You miss one hundred percent of the shots you don’t take.”
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“Just play our game and get on them early”.
Thanks guys we have enough material here for the rest of the season’s between periods player interviews.
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“It’s just an opinion – I could be wrong”
“if first you don’t succeed,skydiving probably isn’t for you”
Should be a good test for the team tonight.
GO HABS GO!!!
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new thread eh? so what do guys think will happen with PK?
The penalty kill did well last game, hopefully it carries over for this one…
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Hope the PP success continues as well.
You have a bunch of upset Caps who are gonna want to make sure we can get Seth Jones…..yes, the habs need to lose and lose, so we can trade away Seth Jones after we buy him out, yes the CBA and the board of govs will allow Molson to throw his money away…..hey Geoff Molson, there’s a taxi driver who is stuck with a Bell Mobility cellphone contract that he wants you to buy out…..
This is not the Panthers power play, prop. We need to avoid the sin bin.
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A win tonight on the road would be a very good thing.
But then how we be able to squander our rookie pool and most of all chasing after Seth Jones since Molson showed he didn’t have it in him to get Yakupov.
Thank our lucky stars for that. Yakupov reminds me of Pavel Brendl for some reason.
I think in 3-5 years the Oilers and Jackets will regret not taking alex 1st or 2nd OA
its 3:00 game day – time for Boone
Just up from my nap.
Mike Boone
Hockey Inside/Out blogger
First or second?
Naps are good.
Bears have the right idea about how to deal with winter.
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Im eating lots of organic food this afternoon so it doesn’t burn as bad this time.
Just wait til Gomez scores the game winner and helps us to get Seth Jones….when we play the Sharks towards the end of the season.
Nice! Laughed aloud!
We don’t play San Jose this year, unless we’re now in the same conference as the Sharks….
I will put money on that not happening if you like.
Awh crud…maybe he has a few bucks he would have put up.
Fed? no. But they’ve eaten. They… had no other choice.
If ratboy doesn’t post above you, you were in for 1 big payday! Think of the odds you could have given nuna.
First off, I’m an Anglophone in Quebec and I’m on MB’s side.
Secondly and with no disrespect intended, I care nothing about your disdain for my opinion.
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“My first thought is a French thing”
You call that a thought?
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I am a Slovak living in Australia, having a Japanese lunch today. And I am on MB’s side.
So nope, it’s not a French thing
Being #1 D on the worst team, with their other best D injured shouldn’t warrant you a 6M per year. Also, I like the way MB is responsible about the salary cap for the next season.
Funny how media and fans don’t make the same noise about Jamie Benn.
Hopefully we are all above a simple sh$%t disturber like jcc. I’m an Anglo and I love my Habs…it’s a hockey thing. Why aren’t the mod’s jumping on this guy and pulling his shirt over his head and feeding him his dinner?
Go Habs Go!!
It’s very similar to how they chose to develop Seguin. It’s easier to showcase a young talent when you surround him with decent teammates. Also, I wouldn’t worry about the boys in Hamilton. Some develop quicker than others. Beaulieu and Tinordi are only 20… I wouldn’t push the panic button too quickly.
“There’s genius everywhere, but until they turn pro, it’s like popcorn in the pan. Some pop… some don’t.”
- Jerry Maguire
Hamilton was a fairly high pick wasn’t he?
Dougie was drafted well above any of the D in Hamilton right now.
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On the contrary, playing with Chara probably makes it easier for him as he’s shielded by a perennial Norris candidate instead of being left out there to dry as he would be if he were on the Habs.
You realize Hamilton was considered top 5 or so among D prospects right?
I’m stoked about our guys, but none was supposed to be as good as Hamilton.
This is like wondering why Seguin is doing so well but Leblanc is still developing in Hamilton.
I think I’ll be saying it all season long!
I agree, but I know Bergevin just wants to do whats right for his boss and get the be deal possible. If I was GM i’d offer him 5m per for max term and go no higher than 6.
Did you really miss the dripping sarcasm of that post? Really?
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Jamie Benn doesn’t play baseball, basketball or football.
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Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.
Yea. If Gainey could have fleeced Burke, Habs would have Hamilton.
Oh can I play? I’m a red headed Italian (figure that one out!), family from montreal, living in Moncton, tri-lingual (french, english, gibberish) and I’ll be having Chinois for supper (due to arrive slightly after puck drop!!). I support both, and that’s why I want a bridge deal of some sort. PK has played #1 or #2 minutes in his 2 years (albeit due to injury), he improved A LOT in his 2nd year (didn’t score as much yes, but the whole team didn’t score as much, more importantly his +/- improved substantially) I see where PK is coming from, but at the same time i see where MB is coming from. They both have valid arguments, that’s why I think a bridge deal of 1 or 2 years is the way to go (3.5-4 / year) then give him his 5.5-6 (tops, barring Norris nominations, which I doubt is coming in the next couple of years). Plus his off ice issues need to be taken into consideration as well. And by that I’m talking about his charity work, hospital visits, etc….He’s a great ambassador for the CH
Im a transplanted montrealer living in New Brunswick and had a steak for lunch that I had to pry from the bbq with a crowbar and an ice pick……who agrees with MB.
Nobody is bigger than the team …..(see pacioretty, Price, hell…even Roy)
After Emelin hits you, you get coloring books for christmas……
More like a fleeting firing of electrons. Racist electrons.
Jagermeister
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I think it is because of that metal plate in his face.
He got hit on the nose in a KHL game and they were concerned about damaging his plate. I think I saw somewhere that it can come off soon.
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He took an elbow in the KHL, it’ll stay on for a bit longer.
P.Houde just commented that Emmy was the recipient of a high stick during his stint in the KHL earlier this year.
Pierre Houde said it was because he got a stick in the face in a game in the KHL.
This is all I could find. I’ll try to look for the article that spoke of the incident. I think it was a shot in practice.
http://www.tsn.ca/montreal/blogs/habs_report/?id=413567
Brilliant!
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Welcome to the other side…almost.
Was juuuuuuust thinking the same thing.
—Hope Springs Eternal—
Where does that leave PK?
Good thing that Price is playing well and the habs are winning…Halak already has two shutouts. (But of course that’s cuz he has a better team in front of him.
regards,
Steve O.
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81 saves for Price vs 35 for Halak thus far.
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DOOOOOOOOOOOOMED!