Ott in OT.
The Canadiens were frustrated again in trying to win a sixth straight game.
A heroic third-period comeback featured goals by Max Pacioretty and Colby Armstrong.
But it went for naught when P.K. Subban went for a big hit on the boards and took an ill-advised high-sticking penalty in overtime.
Consensus was the refs blew the call, but what does it matter?
With one second remaining in the Subban penalty, Steve Ott buried the rebound of a Jordan Leopold shot.
Jhonas Enroth was spectacular in nets for Buffalo as the Canadiens outshot the Sabres 26-8 through the last 40 minutes of regulation time. He made 32 saves on the night.
Carey Price was beaten three times on 21 shots.
Buffalo, with the power play, scored on their third shot of OT.
The Canadiens retain their hold on first place in the Northeast Division as Boston lost 3-1 in Winnipeg.
The Bruins still hold a game in hand but are two points behind the Canadiens.
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Habs love-in on the TSN panel-
priceless!
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Way to start TSN…. “how is montreal doing it…” Such confidence
It’s a reasonable question.
Guess I just do not like re-hashing last season… other then getting Chucky
Very weird going into a game on a roll like this. Forsure need a Boone reverse jinx methinks.
Beer Check. I’m still enjoying this Mill Street Organic stuff, whats everyone else got out tonight?
Guinness.
Vodka. Pee less.
Peeless Vodka. Is that a premium brand?
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No, to distinguish it from Pvodka.
Sounds like the Vodka I had last time in the Dominican at an all-inclusive.
Worst start since 6-0 Leafs massacre!
JD
Love their Tankhouse, Cobblestone Stout and the Doppel Pils. Delicious beers from those guys. Sad it’s as easy to get a variety from them, maybe even easier, than it is to get local N.S. brews in my small town liquor store.
Edit:To answer the question, home brewed dry stout, 2 pints left.
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Double or nothing on the Kraken bet.
i like the miil street organic, beauty of a beer
homemade hard cider
I love it TInordi’s dad says he can bulk up to 240 and Pierre McGuire says no 230, 240 is pushing it. Okay, so Pierre knows Pops kid better I guess.
So happy McGuire is not our GM! Can you imagine the crap team we would have after his fire sale…. in anticipation of getting Getslaf and Perry….. YIKES!
And it’s not like his dad never played hockey either lol
Our trade deadline will be Bourque, Prust and Diaz…. Pits malkin.
Always a big name coming our way.
I keep hearing about trade rumours and stuff. I would see the team be kept as they are instead of getting a player out of desperation, comes April deadline.
They probably have great talents down in Hamilton than snatching up someone from another team; never know if that player can produce as well after a trade-up.
Barring any season ending injuries, I’m with you
There’s no need for a desperation move. Things are improving at a nice clip. Keep making smart improvements when the opportunities arise and stay the course.
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There’s the notion of team class, as well.
So when Gorges is mentioned as possible trade material, I’m wondering does it diminish the class of the club to trade a guy who still gave EVERYTHING when the team was sucking, and would have to be looking forward to giving everything again only this time in the context of the playoffs?
I mean, if gave everything but was useless, trade him. But Gorges is far from useless (and an alternate captain).
Pretty neat special TSN just did on Price. Showing all the movements he does make in an average start.
yeah that was pretty cool!
Vas-y Les Boys!!
Doubt any scout is here to watch the Habs.
There aren’t any players besides Price and Subban that Armstrong would be interested in watching for Team Canada, or am I missing someone?
Unless he’s also scouting potential opposition.
Ok, now that Price has had a solid outing, lets hope that’s what he needed to take it up a notch.
Wouldn’t mind seeing that Habs sacrificing a bit of the future at the deadline to add a player for a run.
I’d be happy with “Something-Better-Than-Emelin” in exchange for “Emelin-Plus-Enough-to-Make-up-The-Difference”. I like Emelin, but I don’t see any vacant spots to fill. I think that the only improve the roster is to upgrade some of the “OK” parts of the team. I’m not a Kevin Bieksa fan, but if we could add someone like him, or like a young Sheldon Souray I think we’d have a slightly better team.
Am I wrong, but isn’t the 19-5-4 start inflated when you compare to the pre shoot out era… I mean how many shoot outs have we one that has inflated our # 19… just say’n
2
I would have thought 4… but hey 17 wins is good.
montreal would be first overall without the shootout.
GO HABS GO
Houston we have problem . My link for the feed is not working
Anyone have one that is stable???
try the one i posted below.. should be on when the game starts.. if not ill post more
Might have to wait til puck-drop.
If you’re using the firstrow site below, make sure you ignore any banners that inform you that you need such-and-such a download. Just wait for the 35 secs to tick down and then CAREFULLY click on Xs til the ads are gone.
Or, apparently if you use googlechrome you can by-pass all that stuff.
Otherwise, firstrow is pretty good.
Is there a RDS live feed tonight? Merci beaucoup!
http://www.firstrow1.eu/watch/175888/1/watch-montreal-canadiens-vs-buffalo-sabres.html
thanks so much!
On Boone’s comment about Mark Tinordi, I heard Mark say that he constantly reminds his son to play as mean and nasty as possible. He went as far as saying he doesn’t think Jared is physical as he should be lol. Music to my ears! Pretty tough dad he’s got there.
He said “aggressive”. Didn’t hear the mean and nasty part.
Pre-game music any good tonight, Boone?The Chiffons,the Crystals, or the Ronettes?
Maybe a little Darlene Love.
Watching TSN and they’re talking about the Pens Vs Caps and Crosby Vs Ovechkin. Crazy how Ovechkin is maybe 60% of his former self. The Caps need to trade him and he needs a trade.
Who on earth is going to take a 9 M contract that expires in 35 years?
I was going to throw that in as well. Wondering if there;s an organization that thinks they could jump start his drive again?
I would think the Caps would have to eat a big chunk of it before finder that taker. I am beyond relieved the Habs, even under Gauthier, never drank the Kool Aid of a 10 yer contract.. Gomez was the worst and he’s gone.
Glen Sather, Bob Gainey.
All he does is wait around for the perfect pass. He seems to have lost some muscle mass.
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It’s like I’ve said about him, it’s a bad idea when you decide to build your team around one player.
—Hope Springs Eternal—
Ad d Backstrom and that’s over 16 M a year through 2020. Yikes.
Prediction: Habs have had a couple of days off, bottom feeder team so….strong first lead 1-0; crap the bed in the second, losing 2-1; strong third, tie it up, win in ot or a shootout 3-2.
But hey, a win’s a win right?
You just wrote the box score to 80% of their wins this year.
Won’t be able to watch much of this one, but hey they don’t really need me this year.
Last year, anything I would do wrong would make them lose: watch early, watch late, watch from beginning to end, not watch at all. Anything…
This year I’ve watched with one eye, two eyes, alone, in groups, HD, no HD, with beer, no beer. And they still win.
Wait, could it be that they’re just good this year?
See you sometime in the third.
This
No beer???? Why?
Funny stuff.
QUESTION: Which is more puke-worthy?
A. The Bell commercial that ends with “Pack your bags, you’ve been traded to Columbus”.
OR
B. The VIA Rail commercial with the bonehead who seems himself as the guy who “doesn’t mind showing other teams that his team scored and theirs did not”.
I was sick of these commercials the second time I heard them. They play them OVER and OVER. Talk about crapping on your own brand.
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The Proprio Direct commercials on RDS are irritating as hell as are the Subway monkey ads. Those Fibe ads by Bell are also really lame.
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Yes, those Proprio Direct ads are annoying.
I think they’re trying to be irreverent, but they’re just profoundly annoying.
Too bad, because that guy was pretty good in Rock et Belles Oreilles.
—Hope Springs Eternal—
Nothing beats the old Canadian Tire ad with the psycho looking neighbour who always appeared, even in your bathroom, with every tool in the universe.
They really missed an opportunity to satirize themselves and gain points.
—Hope Springs Eternal—
Did wonders for Reno Depot’s market share, though.
The WORST ads are the RDS Bell ones for ‘Fibe’.
It’s some kind of idiotic game-show, and it makes NO sense.
I still don’t know what goddamn Fibe is, because I spend the entire ad hating it.
—Hope Springs Eternal—
+1
Worst. Ads. Ever.
Can’t stand the Fibe game show. I blame the premise rather than the execution. Not sure if it’s possible to make a game show commercial likable. Sean Connery would help, I guess.
I’ll second Proprio direct, Subway and Fide ads, those are annoying and they make me boycott said products.
Off topic. What ever happened to Cunnyworth? Coaching anywhere? Seemed like a nice guy thrown into a crap storm but i can’t help picturing him and JM this year watching Habs together in their bath robes drinking scotch yelling things like “defence!”,”collapse!”,”aaahh what the hell they playing Gally for!”, “Bah”.
Cunnyworth is a fine hockey man, Jacques Martin dot so much!!
Hope Cunny has work!
last I heard he has a high in the AhL. Martin is polishing his system somewhere……
Didnt JM start a school?
Ok, a serious question since Luongo’s been mentioned again.
Why would anyone who saw his uselessness in the Finals against Boston ever consider taking him?
Because he’s from Montreal, I always wanted him to do well. And when he was good he was great. But when he lost it, he was wretched. He will always be a question mark in clutch games.
He was pretty good in the Olympics, most would say that those were clutch games.
I’m not a huge Luongo fan mind you, but I do think he’s still a decent goalie. Better than a few team’s starters (Philly, Toronto, Tampa, Florida, Washington off the top of my head). Maybe he’s not top 10 in the league anymore, but he’s arguably still top 20, IMHO.
Agreed about the Olympics.
But if you were signing the deal, would you want a goalie capable of the kind of collapses that he had vs Boston?
It’s a pity.
Collapsed? The entire team collapsed.
Lou kept them in the all the games they won against Boston.
Blaming him is just part of the misconception that he chokes. The team choked, not him. Goalies get too much of the blame when their team loses.
True, Jackal. I agree there was much else happening that wasn’t Luongo’s fault. So I don’t think I’m among those who blame him for losing the Cup. But yeah, I came away from that series thinking he chokes.
(And Loonie may have gone for his dinner, so while he’s not looking I’ll mention that I’d be one of those people who include “conspiracy” in their assessment of that Cup. I believe part of the reason that the Canucks’ offense disappeared was because their best players lost all confidence in the refs’/league’s commitment to player safety via the rules. Exhibit A – Marchand punching Sedin repeatedly in the face, after the whistle, in full view of the ref.)
Yeah. I just can’t stand when people blame Lou when there was a whole team that choked.
And I like the conspiracy theory too. Does Loonie not?
When he comes back from dinner we might find out!
From a Habs point of view, no way under the sun, obviously.
But if I were Nonis, looking ahead to Reimer and Scrivens in net heading down the stretch in a season where my club really needs to make the playoffs? That would scare me. Alot. Maybe even enough to overpay for a goalie. And I’d be more likely to do it for Luongo than for someone less proven like Bernier.
Respectfully, I don’t believe that “clutch game” thing. What it means is that a goalie has to win “the big game”, “when it counts” … and by that logic there is no goalie who is “clutch”, because every goalie has lost many, many big games when it counted.
I would add that Luongo was the goalie in a pressure-filled USA-Canada Olympic game and came out victorious. And mainly, I would mention that he had to win more than a few “clutch” games just to get to the SCF.
When it comes to uselessness, what I really noticed was Vancouver’s offence. It was ground to pieces against Boston’s game, and scored a grand total of EIGHT goals in seven games. That’s tough support for any goalie.
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Fair enough, Bill. All good points and good defense.
But would you sign him?
Never thought about “clutch” that way. Thanks. (Reminiscent of Chris questioning the notion of momentum).
So the sentence might be even truer if you just remove “in clutch games”….
Bottom line, for all the good things he has done and achieved, his Boston collapses were, I suggest, spectacular. How could one be confident of him or confident that he can maintain confidence in himself? If I’m a GM, even one looking for a Quebec-born goalie, I pass.
What do people say about the conspiracy cup theory? Not true or what? I for one think the league made a mockery of the reffing… How could they let Boston get away with so much?
I firmly believe the NHL just looks at the viewing numbers for UFC, wants a piece of that action, and understands that modifying/overlooking certain rules will yield the kind of violence/vengeance/vigilantism that guarantees a positive response from certain quarters and therefore generates income.
In short, the NHL doesn’t actually believe in the worth of its own product — professional hockey — which it feels needs to be supplemented with violence. IMO.
If I needed a goalie, i would probably sign him, but I don’t think I’d take his present contract. That’s a bad one. As it stands, I’d take Price any day.
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Say that to Ken Dryden.
Haha, even the great Ken lost twice
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Most of the Canucks were no shows in the games in Boston, once they got down. For me, one of the greatest “no guts, no glory” showings in NHL playoff history. I turned a few games off in disgust at the lack of competitive fire the Canucks displayed ..did they really think they were going to win that series just by winning all the games at home? I’ve never liked that team since and Luongo failed to pull them out of it like a truly great goalie should.
Failed to pull them out like a truly great goalie should…. see, that’s a problematic view about goalies – it’s almost a myth. Are goalies supposed to score goals too? Luongo was not the problem that series. Had the Canucks scored some more goals, maybe we would not have had the aberration cup.
That’s the very definition of a great goalie…he wins you games you should lose. And he does it a lot in the playoffs. It’s simple.
Because there are many teams with much worse goalies…see To, Phi, Was, TB, etc.
“You’re always, always, always looking to make your team better. Always.”- Marc Bergevin
The regular season is more than half over, do we really need to qualify games as “measuring stick” still? Really?
I have a measuring tape, but no measuring stick, so I never really got the reference anyway. Definitely one of HIO’s biggest clichés!
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Yeah maybe in the first round of the play-offs people will stop going on about measuring stick games.
No way, LGB!
Everyone knows that the playoffs are a whole new measuring-stick.
Mr Boone, my homesick heart thanks you for that video.
Yes, I know. If I were still living in Montreal, I would not be enjoying any more snow, it being March. But from over here it sure looks wonderful.
Have emailed the clip to my Irish-born, Irish-resident but Irish-Canadian kids. Remind them who they are (and why their Dad is sillier than usual when it snows).
Hhhrumm. Ahumm. Anyway, about Gally and DD on the same line….
Everybody seems to think if the Leafs trade for a goaltender,it’ll be Roberto Luongo.
But what if the Leafs surprise us and trade for Jaroslav Halak,then the Leafs sneak into the playoffs and face the Habs in the 1st round?
Price vs Halak.
The hamsters won’t be able to keep up.
That’s so crazy it might just happen
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My prediction: 3,000 comments here every night.
Minimum.
WOW! Never saw that .. but I agree with Danno above.. it could happen. In fact a may be a ‘lower risk’ assets/cash wise than Luongo.
Edit: I hope to heck Leafs mhngmnt or some Leafs troll doesn’t read your post. This is cerrtainly an idea they should adopt.
I love how your mind works. It would be epic.
That would be nuts… Until game 2 when Halak would go down with a strained buttcheek or some such.
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That would be unreal. And thinking about it, it is not that far fetched!
Maybe a deadline frenzy! And as well as Halak, the Leafs acquire Lapierre, Kovalev, both Kostitsyns, Spacek, Tom Kostopoulos, Ribeiro, and Dominic Moore.
And Gilles Lupien.
Don’t forget Gomez too.
Well, I wouldn’t want him on the Leafs and facing us because he’s SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO overdue.
And Steve Begin, and Ryan O’Byrne and Of course Scott Gomez!
“If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.” (anon)
A bit of a “must win – measuring stick” game tonight, wouldn’t you say? In that we often mess up with these bottom feeder teams.
Aside from the chance to show what they can do in the NHL, players like Blunden and Dumont that get called up for 1 or a few games must really appreciate the bonus cheque they get from playing with the Canadiens. There is a big difference in what they earn per game with the Bulldogs and what they earn per game with the Canadiens. Do they not make about 10 times more? Anyone know how much more they make per game while they are here?
They aren’t paid per game, they are paid a pro rated salary amount based on the number of days they are on the roster.
Dumont’s NHL salary is $580,000 while his AHL salary is $65,000. Blundin’s NHL salary is $575,000 while his AHL salary is $105,000
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Thanks for that B, did not know how it worked.
Projected Buffalo Lines – PS: Their line-up looks pretty ho-hum to me.
Ott – Hodgson – Pominville
Vanek – Ennis – Leino
Foligno – Porter – Flynn
Kaleta – Hecht – Stafford
Ehrhoff – Leopold
Regehr – Myers
Weber – Pysyk
Goal: Jhonas Enroth
Scratches/Injuries: Gerbe, Scott, Sekera, Sulzer
Is that Milbury doing the commentary on the Kostitsyn screwup? Surprised that he didn’t rip Kostitsyn on the play. He probably didn’t even notice it.
Ottawa Senators forward Milan Michalek is having surgery to repair his troublesome right knee.
Ottawa could have easily been the best team in the NE if it wasn’t for their unreal injury list.
I am trying to master an ounce of sympathy but I just can’t.
They didn’t have any injuries to speak of last year.
The law of averages has caught up with them,big time.
Truth be told, the Hab injury list wasn’t this bad last year (compared to Ottawa) and the team landed in the shitter.
Amazing job being done by the coaching staff keeping that team in playoff contention.
Earl – The resurgence of Montreal and Anaheim is big news but the way the Sens’ season has gone is really the story of the year so far. Unreal.
Yup, and hard to believe there was some people talking about Carlyle. Got a good chuckle out of that one.
Mon pays ce n’est pas un pays, c’est le hockey
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Will see if Desharnais’ case of “contracticites” will continue tonight.
Will Armstrong’s goal per game pace over the same time period continue?
–Go Habs Go!–
He may have a 2 game scoring outburst (a-la Gomer) and then go back to not scoring for another year.
Josh also needs to resume his streak.
Just trying to remember how many in a row he had…
One in a row.
Every streak starts with one in a row.
Go Josh!
I don’t like the Gallagher-DD-Pacioretty line combo. Love Gally, but you can’t have two guys shorter than my girlfriend on the same line. Not in the NHL, not for long. Yes Gally’s got the heart of a lion, and he fights harder than anyone – but he’s still only a buck 70. He may often defy the odds and get to loose puck – but he’s too easy to seperate from pucks and ice. Mass is still mass and it still counts in battles. Especially when the league catches on that you are a threat. He’ll lose as many battles in corners and in trying to get to loose pucks (or more) than he wins. Starting to see it lately. People have caught on that he needs to be covered. Two squirts on the same line may actually be bad in the long run.
My first thought is to have Ryder on that line eventually, and our rookie secret weapons reunited with Prust when he gets back. But it doesn’t have to be. We could put Clowe out with them, for example
Except that…we do and we are winning.
Logic. How does that work?
What if you were to get a shorter girlfriend?
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Bill Cosby used to say about his first girlfriend that she weighed 240lb. And she wasn’t fat.
“But boy, was she ever tall.”
Here we have a thinker!
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I’ve always prided myself on being able to admit when I’m wrong. It happens so often it might even be the thing I’m most proud of (har har). I was not drinking the MT kool aid at the beginning of this season. I was firmly entrenched in Camp Timo. But what can I say, I’m a believer. And have been since our “bounce back” Florida swing. I don’t mean to jinxe us, tho we’ll probably lose tonight, cause we like losing to crappy seems – 4 of our losses came vs Toronto and the Isles. But more importantly than having *my* respect, MT has the players respect. And the players have each other’s respect. So hopefully we don’t lay an egg tonight. I’d like to see Galchenyuk pop one or two. He’s been playing the system, playing withing the system, and putting defense ahead of offense. Hopefully he gets rewarded tonight.
Hey Booner you might want to double check stats when quoting antichambre in your live blog preview, in the preview article you said the following
• The Canadiens’ 19-5-4 start is their best since 1972-’73, when the team was 17-4-7 … and won the Stanley Cup. BUT you must remeber 76-77………….
Instantly i knew this had to be a mistake remembering the best team of all time the 1976-77 Habs, that Canadiens team started 23-4-4 on their way to an astounding record of 60-8-12.
I remember that year of only losing 8 games all season. Unbelievable.
I too remember it. It was incredible. Habs won the Stanley Cup every year I was in high school.
I was in the dressing room 59, 60, 61, cup after cup after cup!
No cup in 61. The city was in shock. The unthinkable had happened.
Must have been great. The glory days indeed.
I was in Elementary in 76 lost only 8 games incredible and remember having my head on my desk dropping hockey cards on the floor playing need’em gott’em, making trades actually playing with your hockey cards, bringing them with you everywhere, and running home for Hockey night in Canada after playing all day at the outdoor rink. One thing I remember about that team was just expecting it to win every game…
That was me, too, Storman. Pocket Rocket my favourite. My brother still has all our cards.
Cheers
It makes me wonder that l’antichambre cant even get that one straight. The show is better on nights when Patrick Roy is over, more cerebral and more insightfull he makes everyone around him a little more accountable ….. otherwise, yes, our starting record this year is as sensational as it was unexpected.
Habs blogger Dennis Kane is sidelined with an upper-body injury.
Wish him a full & speedy recovery http://dennis-kane.com/back-stop/comment-page-1/#comment-73134
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4-1 Habs.
Galchenyuk, Plekanec(SH), Armstrong and Subban(PP).
Does Galchenyuk assist on Armstrong’s goal ? They are linies tonight.
And if he does, do those 2 points keep him out of the press box for some serious learning?
4-2 Habs
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Another hockey game and another big-time snow storm today.
It feels like the early 70s all over again.
How did the team do during those years?
Hmmm interesting…
I was just reading an old Gazette….February 19, 1972…..At the Forum, Habs beat the Flyers before only 8,066 fans in a massive snowstorm.
Ken Dryden and his wife walked from NDG, but his glasses kept fogging up.
Jacques Lemaire and Yvan Cournoyer rode to the game on Lemaire’s snowmobile from Beaconsfield.
Denis DeJordy and Guy Lapointe got a ride with a tow truck from Beloeil.
Broadcaster Gilles Tremblay hitched a ride on a snow plow…four hours from Repentigny!
Meanwhile the Flyers exited their train at the wrong station and had to carry their own equipment bags! Jean Guy Gendron was visiting his family six miles from Montreal, took a snowmobile to the Forum but got there too late to dress….
I wonder if today’s players would make that kind of effort to make a game in time?
why does everyone think the ducks will need to dump salary next year, they have 10 million dollars to replace or resign 5 players. None of which will be on the first line.
Selanne’s 4.5MM and Koivu’s 3.8MM cap hits will probably retire.
It will be tight but Anaheim will be just fine even with the two Finnish stars playing in 2014. The only thing they really have to do is move Hiller’s 4.5M.
The most brain dead play of the year by little Sergei Kostitsyn…LMAO!
Glad we got rid of the guy!
http://nhl.si.com/2013/03/18/video-sergei-kostitsyn-mistake-costs-predators-game-oilers/
“We will win the Cup one day only with ? in the nets “
Speaking of being braindead.
RetroMikey
January 12, 2013 at 11:05 am
Wow….70% of fans here in the latest poll think our once mighty Canadiens will make the playoffs this season. Unbelievable
Speaking of being brain dead, I seem to recall you were on this sitecrying in your diapers when little Sergei was traded? waaaaaaah
And stop following me here, are you a homo or what?
“We will win the Cup one day only with ? in the nets “
I understand that this site is no longer Habs I/O, now Hockey I/O (a big mistake BTW) but it would be refreshing that links to biased Habs hater wads like Friedman and his Toronto ilk be kept to a minimum, if not completely avoided. There’s enough sites for the riffraff Leafs fans to go pound on.
Apparently Fried man is a habs fan… Plus HIO is awesome, what with the play by play and live blog.
Friedman is, in my opinion, the best guy there.
Also, they changed it from ‘Habs’ to ‘Hockey’ after legal threat from the Canadiens organization.
Thanks guys. Not saying the new H I/O isn’t as good, if not better. Just don’t need to be reminded of anything that reeks of Leafs bias (linking to blue and white fanboys like Mirtle, Cox et al.) and I doubt very much Friedman is in any way a Habs fan. He goes out of his way to prop the Leafs and rarely, if ever mentions or has any insight into the Habs. he’s a CBC Leafs shill.
The Canadiens made the Gazette remove the “Habs” due to trademark or some other nonsense. Silly but not as bad as the NHL asking a basha owner to pay $89000 because he had a picture of a chef sporting the habs logo while cutting schwarma.
Not a hockey related post today, but Sportfan’s look back at Nos Amours with his all-time modern Expos team (1990-2004), the infield.
http://lastwordonsports.com/2013/03/19/nos-amours-the-greatest-expos-1990-2004-part-1-the-infield/
Go Habs Go!
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Thanks Ben haha was going to post that later
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Enroth in nets tonight?
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Oui
I hope White stays away from Ott tonight. Ott is a clown and a distraction for the Sabres. I’m sure his act is old even with the Sabres.
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Ott is 5th on the Sabres in points and leads them in +/-, hits and faceoff%.
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Still can be a clown even if he plays well
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Oh I agree with that, but I don’t think his team mates are tired of him yet.
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Oh I doubt it I think they like him enough and I also think he was popular in Dallas then again I could be wrong
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Clowns are to distract from reality!! my friend.
Our job is to not let a clown distract us from the job at hand and stay out of the box. simple!
How many of their 7 game winning goals does Ott have?
As many as Pacioretty and Subban combined have of the Hab’s 17 GWGs?
–Go Habs Go!–
I’m somewhat surprised Ryan Miller isn’t starting for the Sabres tonight.
Maybe they’re saving him for the powerhouse Leafs on Thursday.
Sat for his comments on his team-mates? A trade is coming and Sabres management does not want him hurt?
where would Miller go? TO? FLA? TB? My best guess is EDM
or maybe they are benching him for his comments again…this time about Kaleta. http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=418573
Miller at least knows he is speaking out of turn but he has to stop this
Perhaps it is because his save% has gone down in each of his last 3 games from .893 to .882 to .800?
–Go Habs Go!–
I think Miller WANTS to be traded. And I think the Sabres are going to give him his wish.
Ed, he very well may want to be traded but IMHO if the Sabres do in fact trade Miller they will be making a mistake of Roy proportions. Unless you get another player to replace him you could end up like the Flyers, searching forever to find one.
Is there anywhere I can watch old episodes of l’Antichambre online? So sick of getting my hockey info from Toronto / Pittsburgh / Boston biased sources.
Yup, AC is a fine unbiased alternative.
Just needs to be biased in the right direction
AC might anger you more tread lightly
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Bleuet and Le Tigre are nuts. That”s why I like them.
The GM meetings are very soon and I hear echos of “making the nets bigger” and “shrinking the goalies” again. This is to increase scoring. I’m really not a big fan of either ideas. Instead, maybe they could consider making the posts flat on the inside third so that a shot has a higher probability of going in?
Make the gear smaller? Teams will just continue to get bigger goalies.
Shaq would cover alot of the net just being there…
Or just cram this guy between the pipes:
http://www.accelerator3359.com/Wrestling/pictures/bigdaddyv.jpg
I doubt too many players would get close to his net!
Is that what passes for Yokozuna these days?
I think that guy’s retired also….”Big Daddy V”
Make the puck smaller.
Maybe Lifesaver-size?
LOL! Too funny!
Nothing monumental will be done.
What I’d like to see is a small cam affixed to the top of the referees’ helmet. It will give an entirely different perspective of play on the ice.
On that note, sounds like MB wants to get a “review” option so the coach can challenge a call. I guess “delay of games” would have to come with it to control abuse?
EDIT: I can’t reply to your comment below habsfan? Maybe a sorta “goal light” at the players bench. hehehe…
I agree.
However,unlike the NFL,throwing a challenge flag onto the ice wouldn’t be very practical. Or safe.
Recently saw that for a Rugby game, it does make you realize how hard it is for them to see everything (that being said, glad Rugby still has just one ref).
How bout they figure out other things instead of scoring seriously this drooling over the american south to get excited over hockey is stupid how about improve the games in other topics then trying to piss off the other goalies
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“I can’t hear what Jeremy says, I’ve got my two Stanley Cup rings plugging my ears”
Nice. Where did you hear that? I can’t seem to find this
TSN-990 said that Kaleta will be playing tonight, but no Ryan Miller
Anyone else think that Ryan White is in the lineup only until Prust gets back? Dumont seems to be taking White’s spot tonight. It’s very telling to me that Armstrong (and not White) is being moved up to the 3rd line.
“thoroughbred”
One more sleep and my St. Patrick’s day hangover will be gone and I can post again…
the only way your post makes any sense is if it’s part of a Star Trek, “time loop” episode.
You’re a great man ed. Thanks for the vote of confidence.
Ha! Ha!
I loved that video.
In it you see a city snowblower,about as rare a sight in Toronto as a Tyrannosaurus Rex roaming the streets of the GTA.
I seem to recall that Tokarski was a good prospect and was doing quite well in the AHL. Surely he can hold the backup role for a few years if the Habs brass decide he is up to it.
If not, decent goalies are abundant and not that expensive to acquire.
Timmins found Halak, but not really, ’cause he was an afterthought being chosen in the ninth round just like Luc Robitaille. Just looked up the Flyers’ goalie prospects, ’cause that team has been searching for a goalie forever, and they used a 2nd round pick last year on a prospect. Malcolm Subban, Carey, MA Fleury, Pekka Rinne, Luongo were goalies picked in the first round. That article advising a goalie draft has an error; the Habs are more likely to be drafting near 30th than the top third.
“May you live in interesting times.”
In what if any circumstances does Buffalo deploy John Scott against us?
its like introducing the late Giant Jean Fere (Andre the Giant) into the ring during a midget wrestling Battle Royale.
His size is so over the top it’s ineffective.
How come regular size wrestlers never use the airplane spin?
I was walking in Dorval airport (now Trudeau) as a young boy and turned a corner and literally bumped right into the Giant!!
We arrived at the corner of the hallway at exactly the same time and Whamo!. I looked wayyyyy up (sorry, that’s a “Friendly Giant” reference) and I realized who (or what) I had just banged into.
He sat in front of me on a shuttle bus from a L.A. hotel to the airport, the bus did lean to his side! Also on the bus was the actor who did the sound effects in Police Academy (can’t remember his name).
When he needs to rest and sit on someone
He’s an anti-terrorist weapon. We don’t have any terrorists.
“May you live in interesting times.”
If 4 minutes from the end of the game the Sabres are losing badly, they’ll send him out to send a message.
I hope they deploy him for a solid 10-15 minutes tonight. He is an absolute liability on the ice. The more they deploy him the better for the Habs. Obviously no one will engage him in a fight.
Dumont might.
I hope for Dumont’s health and safety he doesn’t.
When Gionta drops ‘em and tell him “Let’s go, you big dumb F!”
Hmmm…let’s see…not on the power play…not on the penalty kill…not on even strength…not with the goalie pulled for an extra attacker…not in overtime…not in the shootout…not in the pre-game ceremony…not during intermission…not during l’Antichambre…don’t know.
“You’re always, always, always looking to make your team better. Always.”- Marc Bergevin
LOL!
Gallagher will turn him into green eggs and ham!
I can’t believe the Ducks signed Perry to such a huge deal, especially as he’s coming straight out of high school.
—Hope Springs Eternal—
Not good news for Timo
LOL. Where do you find this stuff?
Does Timo like the Big Boot? He won”t like this.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/story/2013/03/18/toronto-police-warning-illegal-buttock-enhancement.html?cmp=rss
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTiC5xaSJw0
I didn’t know he worked in clothing design…whoops. Now I know why they say to watch your behind…
“You’re always, always, always looking to make your team better. Always.”- Marc Bergevin
I thought MAB was put on waivers.
Hey! Which one of you guys just hit me with a spitball?! I’m going to tell the teacher, Mr. Boone on you…..
“May you live in interesting times.”
I did read the sad news indeed. Nicht gut!
Nooooo
This is the worst!
I’m not sure how Armstrong’s speed will keep up with Eller and Galchenyuk.
Three million per year? Nail in the coffin of that NHL career.
Who?
I love hockey nights !
So do I !
Time for a polarizing trade suggestion. Given the Ducks new salary commitments would Gallagher + 2nd rd. pick for B. Ryan be good for both teams?
Discuss.
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“Crush your enemies, see them driven before you and hear the lamentations of the women.”
Is the Duck’s GM a moron ?
Allright make the 2nd a first and add a prospect. The point is the ducks will need to dump salary and perhaps a young gun with a very low cap hit could get it done.
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“Crush your enemies, see them driven before you and hear the lamentations of the women.”
Don’t want the big caphit.
“May you live in interesting times.”
So, like, what bothers Kostitsyn and is it related to what bothered Karamazov?
Playing the point on the PP?
….but my legs were tired!…..
“May you live in interesting times.”
http://www.thehockeynews.com/articles/50560-Devils-goalie-situation-a-cautionary-tale-for-Habs.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=Outbrain
An interesting take on our goaltending situation going forward.
“If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.” (anon)
Why the hell does he say the Habs should waste a 1st round pick on a goalie? Knob city.
Good to great ones are found in later rounds as well.
Disagree with his sage like advice to use a first round pick on a goalie. The Habs I am sure in the next year or two will draft a goalie, but to spend a 1st round pick at this juncture seems a bit much, unless the best goalie of the draft falls to their position and he is the best player available. I think only one goalie is ranked in the top30, so perhaps if he is available it should be considered. But to stretch the 1st round pick down to a 40th ranked player seems crazy.
We have 3 2nd round picks, perhaps one of those could be used on a goalie.
Total bullspit and made for the paranoid….I have never seen so many young great Goalies floating around the Nhl and Ahl thus the Devils and Lamorello “who knows his poop” are in great shape. And as far as Brodeur goes ,he’s got another 4 years in him easy. Oh by the way,this is why we overpaid for Carey Price …scare tactics from the PriceBots!
In 4 years, Price will be 29. Panic time? I don’t think so.
When they chose Carey in the first round, everyone held their breath because, as Burly pointed out, there are few exceptions to drafting a goalie in the first round.
As as the dude pointed out, with the overstock of goaltenders and so many who will be UFAs between now and the team’s need, using a 1st round draft pick would be totally illogical, and not something we can accuse Marc Bergevin of.
It’s always about the best player available regardless of position but I agree we don’t need to specifically target a goalie over and above any other player.
“If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.” (anon)
The 2 Gallys and Eller. Gionta or Ryder with DD and Moen with Pleks until Bourque or Prust get back.
Send Armstrong out for a walk with Lenny and George.
If Bourque can’t go soon, call Russia and tell TITS (yes AK 46!) that Markov and Emelin are back and want him to play.
Bruins fan?
Gallagher is getting killed by top checkers. He has been good with Galchenyuk. Playing with Eller will give him more room and lengthen his career. Kostitsyn is signed in the KHL but the Habs allowed he and his kid brother (2 of the best prospects we’ve had since the last century/cup) to become the whipping boys some so tragically seem to require and long for. I think he would look pretty good filling in on a few contending teams right now, including the Bruins.
Nickle: Odds on Armstrong scoring again?
When it rains it pours. I’m not betting against him tonight. Told my wife when Pacioretty got that million dollar first goal of the year that he’d start burying them at will. He’s a good man for proving me right.
So I’m not betting against Armdog tonight.
Instead of gambling, why don’t we all have a good laugh about a F’ING nuclear crisis?
We’re nothing if not classy.
I was sorry that Gorges’ scoring streak was interrupted.
Hopefully it resumes soon.
LOL Sergei! “Whut? I didn’t see him!”
So anyone enjoying the snow
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In the 20 + years I’ve been in Germany this is the most snow I’ve seen. Its relentless and to boot the city of about 250,000 I live in has, get this, two snow plows. My street is so caked up with impacted snow that it feels like a Disney Parc ride just going up the street, as the bottom of the car is jacked up and the tires fit in two tracks and any oncoming traffic is a guaranteed head on collision.
Wow that really sucks, here it just depends on which company you are with
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LOL “By now everyone’s probably seen the latest proof of the Bothers Kostitsyn being born too close to Chernobyl” That made me laugh a lot as terrible as that comment might be. SK 74 is an idiot and I think Poille should let him go
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Rumor has it that the Brothers K and Radulov are planning to open up a housing pension in Montreal to accommodate Habs rookies in years to come. Wondering how well that will fly? Chelios might be one of the investors.
@Loonie re Bogosian:
I keep hearing “reportedly unhappy” in connection to Jets players (Kane was one, now Bogo) but never WHO reports this stuff. I live here and we just don’t see it. And trust me, the crab bucket reporters here love to milk any possible angle. (Again, see Kane, Evander.) If the guy was unhappy we’d be reading about it (rather, ignoring the papers blabbing about it) every day.
Having watched Enstrom, Byfuglien and Bogosian plenty, it’s Bogosian who is the ‘rock’ on D for the Jets. Big Buff is a hand grenade; dangerous to both teams some nights. He gets TONS of PP time, deservedly so, and still manages to play the most ES minutes. Very little PK though. And although Enstrom’s defensive game isn’t terrible, he’s limited by his size. Bogosian is the go-to guy to eat the toughest minutes of the game & most reliable one the whole, i.e. in all three zones.
Remember that Bogosian is just 22 and Byfuglien is 27, and you can see where this is going.
I agree they’ll have to give something up to get scoring, but moving any of those 3 players is extremely unlikely. Hence them being very unlikely to budge for Bourque + Kristo + a 2nd rounder.
Try Tinordi, Gallagher + 2nd and I think you’d be closer to what the Jets might ask for starters. I don’t see a fit for either team making that trade whatsoever.
“thoroughbred”
If there’s no fit there’s no fit. And while I like Bogosian a lot of that is untapped potential.
He isn’t close to where he can be and if the Jets would want what you’re saying their ask would be I’m not interested.
They certainly don’t have to give him away but they won’t get a huge haul for him either.
Agreed bwoar. We never hear anything about Kane/Bogo/Buff being unhappy. The only way the Jets move any of them would be a)if they demanded to be traded and were causing friction in the dressing room, or b)someone offered the Jets greater value, and those 3 guys are plenty valuable to the Jets. I like Kane, but he’s bit of a headcase. Same goes for Buff. Bogo’s a stud – would love to have him.
Not a cool reference Mr. Boone.
Relieved that I aam not the only one who finds it disturbing. And it doesn’t fit with the tone of the article link to.
Armstrong with Eller and Galchenyuk. I like it. But if Galchenyuk doesn’t get a hatty and 2 helpers he should go straight to the press box and he shouldn’t receive $200 for passing Go.
I wonder how much of his $2.3M performance bonus Galchenyuk will earn this season?
–Go Habs Go!–
I would guess much of it is tied into winning the Calder Trophy or winning the rookie scoring race. So as things stand right now, he won’t see much of it.
Random thought re. Galchenyuk:
This might have been mentioned, but If Gally is ready to play centre while Davey is still in town, how about DD moves to the wing… on a line with Eller and Patch? Keep the DD-Patch combo together while Eller gets top minutes at C. Then A Gally can pivot the 3rd line with B Gally and perhaps Bourque. All top 3 lines would get about 15 mins each per game. What do you think?
Wouldn’t mind seeing that either. No need to trade away anyone of our centers. Depth is what is keeping us afloat with the recent injuries, remember last season when we had to plug up hole by giving up draft choices. If MB plays his cards well (which I think he will) we could end up in a position of strength as the Bruins have on trades over the last years and get that much better.
Armstrong playing with #81 & #27 – How long will that last & can Armstrong keep up with the pace of those two…..
He rode shotgun with Crosby in Pittsburgh, but I doubt still the same speed. Having said that, he is a smarter player I think than many give him credit for. I don’t mind that combination in the least, plus ArmDog is Hot right now!!!!
Not long man. I like that they’re checking out Dumont at C though. I reco’d him as the 4LC at the start of the year, I think White will be stronger on the W as well.
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Looks like they are looking at everyone. Pateryn and Tinordi…as well.
I think MB is evaluating the roster for off season to figure out his plan
“Keep your stick on the Ice”
Im cautiously optimistic….. maybe armstrong is finally playing fully healthy, like he did in pitt/atl…. … or he can maybe draw some more penalties, and try to stuff in rebounds
Fourth!
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Anyone here?
Yes I am. And first at that.
Very nice work, doubly good in fact.
Weren’t we the only ones on for some of the U-20 Canada games? It felt like a private conversation like the one I just had with myself.
It was a privilege and an honour as well. CHeers bud!
Those back-to-backs might prove to be measuring-stick games.
Bit early to bail.
Stanley. Stanley Cup? Is that you?
Good call, that’s why every team loses games against every other team, right?
This is not even in the bag yet. Habs will win.
Do not feed the troll
Good point!
There’s a reason we need an ignore button.
Get him out of there. He’s jinxing us again
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Has “the notebook” made an appearance yet? I miss that little guy. Always ready, and full of paper.
that’s funny!!
Shouldn’t you be hanging around your superfun forum with your one friend rather than repeating yourself here?
—Hope Springs Eternal—
The whole season? Nah.
Pretty damn close though. But don’t speak poorly of him here. What he does now doesn’t mean anything, the fact that he’s earned everything previously is all that counts.
Gomez scores more than Price. We bought out the wrong guy…
yep
He’ll have a bad shift and the fans will drive him back to Hamilton.
—Hope Springs Eternal—
They only take away from the habs
Guess you already forgot about the last game in NJ.
You really don’t know your hockey. Price stole the game the other night.There was nothing Price could do about that last goal.
Refs were horrible. No calls against Sabres when they mug the Habs in the 3rd. Get a grip on your goalie emotîons
Riiiiiiiiiiiight……
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thank gawd your not the gm, it’d be Rejean Houle 2.0
Maybe you should switch to bashing jake allan
halak isn’t on the habs anymore so dry your tears
I would change my name to bluewhitered but I don’t want to start a controversy
To be fair, who wouldnt call the same thing when at ice level in the heat of the game. What ticks me off is the stuff they “miss”. Chucky in the first letting out a scream and having to play the rest of the game with a bleeding chin comes to mind.
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.
According to the rule book, very close isn’t a penalty. That was a blown call.
What an ironic name you have. Perspective implies you have some kind of insight, but posts like these just make the name a misnomer.
I’ll bite.
He kept them in it, gave up a Halakian rebound, and it went by.
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habsperspective is an idiot. You think he had any chance on that rebound in OT? And you think its easy to face 21 shots in a game? I think Price got like 6 shots in second half of the game, its not easy to stay sharp. Nevertheless, he did his job and kept us in the game.
Difference came down to a bad call in OT, but i guess we’ll take the 1 point.
The reality is anyone of references his ECHL numbers is a clown. Plenty of players step in at a strong pace their first year in the AHL, so if they played ECHL instead they’d be well over a pt per game as well.
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Price will be fine, his non-chalant, calm style leads ppl to believe he’s not as impressive, i wanted Halak to stay at the time, but now it’s clear we made the right call.
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Price is a thoroughbred.
How do I know this?
Bob Gainey said so.
You can blame him in some other games this year, but not tonight. Which one did you expect him to stop?
Somebody might as well be the scapegoat.
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If we are going to talk stupid plays, Max’s was worse than PK’s. And it is not the first time he has been called for that…
“You’re always, always, always looking to make your team better. Always.”- Marc Bergevin
Who, Claude Julien? Oh yeah, blame him for the Bruin loss.
Was sucks is that PK is going to publicly take the blame for this loss (thanks MT) when the team sucked in the first. They should have handled the Sabres easily tonight…the Sabres are not very good.
“You’re always, always, always looking to make your team better. Always.”- Marc Bergevin
Not sure I agree with that comment.
I think PK has been buying into the team philosophy, maybe its his thing to be the guy who fist-pumps the guys as the go back in the room after a win.
Completely agree.
Exactly. It’s almost as if they’ll compel him to become the sacrificial lamb.