The L streak is over.
Carey Price’s sixth shutout.
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We held our own the other night. We have a pack mentality and the team while small is tough. We lost because of poor coverage in our own end. The Bruins kept getting behind our D. Our top 2 D and arguably our 2nd best forward are out of the line-up, It catching up with us and we have to make a deal for a D man or 2.
They’re not trading Peckham. He’s already their #2 defenceman. But yeah, that’s the kind of player we need, an intimidating presence on the blueline.
Giggy is playing tonight not Reimer.
I agree, let’s keep White on the team from hereon in. He can kill penalties and block shots. He’ll scrap, too. The kid is fearless.
I know, it’s just one game and there’s 25 more after tonight, but we really, really need a W against the leafs. After Buff on Tues the bulk of the stretch run is on the road and I really don’t want to see us hanging on at the bitter end to secure a playoff spot at/near the bottom of the Conf. We need points while at home or else………
PAT HICKEY, after reading today’s article. I LOVE you.
That was the biggest burn I have ever seen in a newspaper. Kudos to you for writing an excellent, unbelieveable article that had me grinning from ear to ear by the time I finished reading.
Awesome stuff!
Bookmark this site
http://didthemapleleafswin.com/
Teach, good to see you back! I agree, Hickey’s article was awesome.
Why is that?
Everything seems to revolve around Tarranna and HNIT. We really need to win this game, for confidence sake or if anything to shut-up those laff-lovin HNIT HOMERS! GO HABS GO!!!
As much as I hate to rain on a parade like this and let facts get in the way of a good rant, in exactly zero years that Shayne Corson was with the Canadiens and Cam Neely with the Bruins did we meet the Bruins in the playoffs and go on to win the Stanley Cup. Shockingly and surprisingly, during the Roy era we were actually 3-5 in series against the Bruins, including losing three years in a row.
Go Habs Go!
was at the practice this morning and the habs were flyin and leafs were sluggish. no kessel, phaneuf or giguere on the ice.
all the habs looked pumped up…and its been a while since ive seen that many black eyes on one team. travelled a long way to watch the game tonight and have been without my luggage for about 40 hours so the least mtl could do for me is clobber toronto. enjoy! i know i will!
LMFAO LOL!!!
Sounds like the Habs will win for sure. Have a great time, party safe!
Love this picture, I just posted it on a Leafs fan’s facebook wall with the caption ” It’s on !! “
….Hab4life….
The buyout scenario is terrible. If they were to buy him out after this season, they would be paying him the following:
For the two largest seasons, that’s a quality hockey player’s cap hit that we don’t get to use at all. It’s bad enough that they still owe Laraque another half-million next season; paying Gomez to not be a Montreal Canadien until 2017 is just brutal.
Go Habs Go!
Chris Neil backs down in front of anyone bigger than him, he’s a less talented Lucic.
Sutton, I can get behind that maybe.
McCabe, please, no ex Leafs, he’s the puke who started the scrum in pre-season and left that kid Gudbranson hanging with Moen.
Arnott, too old.
- I shall always remember Captain Koivu. Habs and Hockey.
How Did CBC get William Shatner to come to Regina for the outdoor tournament? Oh wait, that’s Mick McGeough.
I wasn’t hitting my Taylor made driver well at all so I just replaced it with a Callaway and what a difference. Though some people swear by the Taylor Made’s.
Funny how CBC, a government-run broadcasting station that’s meant to represent its people, can’t remain impartial on air.
I know attitdue is fun and all that, but when Gomez was injured for three games earlier in the season we were utter, complete and total crap. We not only lost we never looked like winning.
If it makes you people happy to diss Gomez, well, that’s what pro sports are for. But Gomez is not the first nor will he be the last elite multiple Stanley Cup winning player who has an poor time in a regular season after a decade’s grind in the NHL.
Some idiot Hab GM listened to bitching and abusive fans and traded a player who was having an off season — & we regretted losing John LeClair every one of the ten years that followed.
If we did trade Gomez, he’d just land on some contender and have five more years of probably Cup-winning glory.
Were lucky to have Gomez and I hope PG has the guts and nous to realise that and hold on to him.
Chris Neil being a less talented Lucic is an understatement. No interest in him at all.
This may be Taylor Made night but y’all gotta try the new Titleist 910 D2 driver…….awesome baby! Only good if you wanna hit it longer and straighter.
Taylor Made’s just selling a paint job here! Go Habs!
- Matt Martin’s impression of Bertuzzi should get 5+ games
- Gilles should get suspended at least 3 for his hit on Tangradi
- Godard is gone automatically for 10 games
I personally think Getzlaf’s hit on Hamhius is worthy of a suspension — he left his feet and hit him in the back. I’d give him 2 games minimum.
The team needs him to play smarter. His veteranship is escaping him and with his slow start his room to maneuver is slim. He needs a wake up call.
Benching is severe, waivers is not going to happen.
Hopefully Gomez proves those who have lamented him all season and those who are jumping on his case lately wrong this upcoming play-run otherwise the short leash will become a noose whose purpose will be to tighten.
These are imprtant games he’s f*cking up in. Unless they’re secretly jockeying for 6th place but I think 1st in NE division would be better.
Gomez has to play better consistantly from here on in starting tonight. If not. Sit him a game.
I mean, of course, say he has the ‘flu’ or another ‘injury’ or something.
Actually, I think that I’m one of the few around here that looks at Gomez as a plus. Does he need to step it up and play better? Sure… but that could also be said about at least half of the team.
The aftereffects of consuming copious amounts of Molson Ex and viagra….
You can bet on it being the other way round come game time!
You’re playing hockey and I can’t compete
You’re playing hockey and beat the crap outta me
I’m down, I’m really down
I’m down,down on the ground
I’m down, I’m really down
We won’t get to the Cup,yeah you know I’m down
You have a good point there. Cammalleri has had a very poor season, and has taken at least as many stupid, selfish penalties as Gomez. Yet very few posters have ganged up on Cammalleri. I am not pleased with Gomez’s play, but how many Habs have played to their full potential this year? Let’s look at the list of underachievers: Cammalleri, Gomez, Pouliot, Kostitsyn, and Moen. That’s almost half the team’s forwards. I just hope they can get their acts together now.
Some possibilities:
Chris Neil. (Tough, good character, won’t back down, not too old).
Andy Sutton. (Sens picked him up and won 10 straight last year, he is huge, and mean).
Bryan McCabe. (As much as I hate ex leafs. He’s not great , but still an upgrade over Spacek and Picard, and he has some size and a great shot). Florida will be shopping if out of it, and maybe even if still in it.
Jason Arnott. (He may not want to come to Montreal, but Gomez/Gionta may be able to help).
I’m not sure what PG will do, but whatever he does must include size and toughness
Propose a solution that isn’t an “EA sports NHL” solution. He’s not going anywhere. No one wants him, the AHL is not the answer…..so what else?
LeClair could skate, hit, and score. He had one of the hardest, heaviest shots in the league. He was 6’3, 233 lbs, and impossible to move from the front of the net. He scored 50 goals three straight years, played in the All-Star game for 5 straight years, and is in the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame. I don’t see any comparison whatsoever between John LeClair and Scott Gomez. Except in one sense: both were VERY BAD TRADES for Montreal.
After watching Gomez play for a year and a half, I think the evidence is in. He is NOT a great player, nor is he a winner. He is an “average” player, quite replaceable. The New Jersey team that won the Stanley Cup had players like Scott Stevens, Martin Brodeur, Ken Daneyko, Scott Neidermayer, Jason Arnott, Patrik Elias, Peter Sykora, Claude Lemieux, and Jamie Langenbrunner. Gomez was hardly a key cog on that team. Gomez was a very bad signing by Glen Sather, but an even worse trade by Bob Gainey, who had had a chance to see what Gomez had done in New York — not much. Gainey was desperate for a center, and made another in a long line of very bad trades made by Montreal management over the years.
As for PG having the “guts” to hold on to him, I doubt very much that any team in the NHL is willing to trade for him. I don’t think we could give him away. If we sent him to the minors, it is doubtful that any team would pick him up on re-entry waivers for even HALF his salary.
Nothing. NMC. 7mil. He’s a hab for the next few years, get used to it. So he either snaps out of it or Gauthier finds linemates that make him look better than he is.
Strictly out of curiosity and nothing else:
What can the Habs do with Gomez? What are the buy out logistics? Can they put him on waivers and send him to Hamilton? Is this a case where if he clears waivers then his salary is off the books?
Again, just curious. The details of his contract are probably a mystery.
E.
Don’t hurt the whales!
http://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/2011/2/12/1989727/on-the-road-to-montreal
The view from the other side.
Rob, can you provide examples, with video if you can, when Neil backed down in the face of someone bigger?
I don’t think the Habs need an enforcer, because games like that don’t happen in the playoffs. But are you trying to tell me that a guy like Neil couldn’t make the Habs better? I would love to see him with us.
I like my Callaway Diablo. A lot cheaper too!
“When I was a baby I wish my first word had been “QUOTE”, then right before I die I could say “UNQUOTE” – Stephen Wright
It’s my understanding that we can:
1) Waive him, like Edmonton did with Souray. If no one picks him up, he goes to Hamilton and his salary does not count against the cap, though we still have to pay his salary. He could then go on re-entry waivers; if a team picks him up, we’d be on the hook for half of his salary in terms of the cap and paying his actual salary.
2) Buy him out. The savings/non-savings are shown here:
http://www.capgeek.com/buyout_calculator.php?Player=624&buyout_y=2011&buyout_m=06&buyout_d=15&Calculate=
3) Trade him. He has a limited no trade-clause, under which he can identify three teams he would NOT accept a trade to.
i duno who we are going to trade with but as time goes one i am becoming increasingly frustrated with PG’
“After 13 years, I couldn’t accept to be number two.“ Guy Lafleur.
Wow. Thanks Sidhu! Much appreciated.
After this season, depending on his performance, the front office should look into all three of these options. Even the buyout scenario isn’t that bad, considering he has three more years at a cap hit of 7.
Again, much appreciated.
E.
With all due respect avatar I have too say BULLSHEIT! We can move Gomer and should for his career and our Habs …when it ‘s not meant too be it’s not meant to be ….
FAN590 reporting Giguere’s getting the start in his hometown… man, we always get stoned by these french goalies visiting .
I’m off for a Hockey Day in Canada exhibition game in Hillsburgh, we’re playing a team called the Canadians.
also has any one heard anything on the prospect of cammy playing tonight?
“After 13 years, I couldn’t accept to be number two.“ Guy Lafleur.
Definitely not meant to be.
E.
Agreed. Redden, Huet, Souray, there are ways to get rid of crazy salaries, just like sidhu pointed out. There´s just no way we should keep a player who scores 10 goals and probably less than 40 points a season while using up more than 1/9th of our cap. Getting rid of his complete salary would give us tremendous options this summer.
If the leafs adopt the run PK through the boards tactics of Boston will MTL have an answer? I dont see it. Pouliot is tough but rarely fights, Pacioretty is big but hasnt mastered the art of hockey fighting.
Moen is a middleweight at best. Ditto for Wiz.
After that we have no other fighters or even people who can handle themselves in the rough going.
I hope the Leafs do employ goon tactics tonight. It will force PG to get that fourth line tough guy that we are missing.
If anybody thinks Burke hasn’t watched the last Habs-Bruins game or the most recent edition of WWE on Ice they’re in for a rude awakening tonight. I just wonder who amongst Burke’s Team Truculent is going to sucker punch/cheap shot and potentially injure a Hab this evening. Time to get the bandages, ice packs and crutches ready.
Been reading a lot about trading and deadline moves for tough guys….. and I must say, if we can get a player who has grit AND some skill- that`ll definately make our young ones better (Pax, PK, Eller, Pleks).
I`ve refrained from bashing or defending Gomez… but I gotta say that NOW is that time for him to bring some clutch hockey. Too bad he ain`t a 6`2 power forward at 8 Mil per.
All I know is I’m still annoyed they didn’t go after Byfuglien. He would ended the “too small” BS once and for all.
how many times do we have to see it??… he should already be moving in that direction, asap… WHITE was a good callup… we need 2 more of that level or better, Fwd and Def.
An article from TSN using the counts remarks states that “the loss in boston was due to defensive errors (which is true) and that the habs dont need an enforcer”
Larry Robinson busted Dave Schultz in the 70′s and it changed the culture of the habs which led to a sweep of the flyers
Chris Nilan; how many battles with O’Reilly
Shane Corson vs Cam Neely
Some examples of the Stanley cup habs and how they dealt with the Goons!!
The count does not support or protect his team, the hell with his passive attitude, the refs dont pitty him
Well, for all those yapping for years about the Bertuzzi punch on Moore. That one by the Islander player was a carbon copy of it. I am awaiting the year long suspension now. It DOES NOT MATTER if the injury is not the same. The whole incident was exactly the same except the end result.
It’s one game… can people quit it with this enforcer garbage?
It wont be BS when we start getting manhandled during the stretch run.
The BEST rivalry (The Best Gerry, The Best) imho has to be the Booins/Habs! And when Quebec gets back in the Nordiques. THAT was HUGE. Total and complete hatred on both sides. Remember Good Friday 1984? What a CRAZY game that was. The Boston game the other night brought back memories of that one. Habs/laffs? To me it just isn’t as big as the Tarranna media hypes it up to be.If the laffs try to run the Habs out of the Bell Centre, Habs HAVE to respond. These are the most important games, the Habs cannot afford to p*ss them away, and I would like to see us show up agaist this team. They always give us trouble, but I know the Habs will not give up. They have a no quit attitude. 4-2 Habs tonight. GO HABS GO!!!
Sit him out a game, or two. I’d like to see Gomez and AK46 both sit when healthy bodies return.
Then how did Chicago manage to get rid of Huet, the Rangers of Redden and the Oilers of Souray? Also all by EA Sports solutions, right? There are definitely ways and why would the AHL be no answer???
It worked when he was ‘injured’ earlier in the season…
uhhh, Boone, with all due respect… we are already in the same division as the Leafs. Meaning we already play them more than 4 times a year… six actually. Did you get clocked in the head by a Bruin as well?
Agreed… I would like some serious body checkers for our 4th line and as a replacement for useless Spacek, and maybe a big goal scorer, but I really don’t care if they fight or not. That being said I still wouldn’t mind JF Jacques in the warming the press box only yo be un-caged for Flyers, Bruins, and Penguins games.
Ideally, I want Umberger, Peckham, and Jacques. We have lots of young players and prosepects already in the system. We can part with some draft picks, especially this year. Give Columbus the 1st rounder and Edmonton the 2nd. And whatever else we need to convince them to take Spacek as well.
I still think Clarkson is a great fit for the Habs, though others are suggesting Chris Neil.
What about Mike Rupp, who skates 10 minutes a game, is huge, and can fight? In addition, he’s won a Cup with NJ (with Gomez and Gionta) in 2003.
Pittsburgh needs depth at center now that Malkin is out — I’d be fine with shipping Halpern (who is soft, though he wins draws and plays the PK) as part of a deal involving Rupp. Maybe we could also get Tangradi, a budding power forward who played with PK in Belleville.
If we are going to trade with Ottawa for a tough guy, I’d rather get Carkner since we need depth on D anyway.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nz3j5KMe450
I have a winning formula for tonight’s game. If we can restrict Gomez to only -1, we can win the game! All Jacques Martin has to do is keep his TOI down to about 11. It’s easy Jacques … just look at the number on his uniform and repeat after me “11 TOI. 11 TOI.” Don’t let me down Jacques, I know you can do it !!
Why?
I now know I’ll never be a customer of Dominion Lending Centres
- In Price We Trust
Huh?
Any questions?
What a surprise that pride leader cherry gave a good bit of praise White.
White is a pretty well-spoken kid. Solid game by him, I hope he stays with the big club.
Cherry praising White…..hell must have frozen over, there’s something I actually agree with
These WHL boys sure do celebrate a lot after goals, wonder what Cherry thinks of that
Hey Steven. We won and like you wanted we clobbered those bums. So let’s be happy for a few hours
***Subbang!!!***
Sorry your team lost.
Ya gotta love how the young players are rapidly becoming he core of this team. Price, Subban, Poulliot, Weber, Desharnais, White, and yes, Eller. Makes you feel positive about the future for the first time in a while.
I knew this one was in the bag…
http://blstb.msn.com/i/E5/29C29CF9119277D4C74CAF8431E830.jpg
“Hey Richard, two minutes for looking so good!”
Defensemen have been much maligned the past three games, but they were all solid tonight
solid game…decision time on eller…he is not even getting chances like he did in the first part of the season…if we get a nhl proven forward he will have to go to hamilton…white,pyatt,moen are not going to score so we cannot have the luxury of another none scorer like eller..he has no offensive confidence right now
Figures, CBC wouldn’t show Pricey and Subban’s low-five celebration, laff homer’s that they are.
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! SHUTOUT BABY!!! SO NICE TO BEAT THAT TEAM!!!
Healy was so sure Kessel would have a breakout game tonight. Nyet. Best part of the night for me. Second best, Price, after the anomaly in Boston was solid and confident. Way to go Carey.
Winning fixes everything!
So glad DD got the 1st star. Shutout by Price. We move into fifth place ahead of the Caps. Leafs Suck.
All is right in the universe again.
“Hey Richard, two minutes for looking so good!”
That was a big win and it was a solid game all around, big props to the young crew on this team. The thing that is concerning to me is that hit from behind on patches, it was right in front of the ref no call, you would think that with a few men on the shelf already the coach would let the ref’s have it. But that apperently is not JM’s style. So that brings us to the point if the ref’s dont protect the players and the coaches dont protect them then obviously they need some one that will. I seriously cant believe that nothing was said about that hit..
“After 13 years, I couldn’t accept to be number two.“ Guy Lafleur.
Was Carey doing Jedi moves at the end there? LOL
Go Habs Go!
Brendan gallager 2 goals tonite
I feel GREAT again…..We played Our game!!!!
DD has been incredible…..what a player !!!
Ahhhh this feels FANTASTIC!!
He was never a scorer – at any level of hockey. I can’t understand why people keep thinking he will suddenly change that. He is NOT a scorer, and will never be one. 10-15 goal a year guy, at best.
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The only interesting answers are those which destroy the questions. ~Susan Sontag
Nice win against ONE HORRABLE HOCKEY TEAM!
Love Carey shoving Benny. Glad to see how loose these guys are.
- In Price We Trust
We all needed that.
What a nice win after 3 losses. Still much work to do but so much promise for the upcoming years.
solid interview by White on CBC, really like the kid
Unfortunately that was all on MaxPac. He turned at the last second.
Cherry actually had praise for Habs player,miracles never cease!
David Desharnais is blowing me away.
People used to say the same thing about Pacioretty.
More bran in your diet.
***Subbang!!!***
How do you expect the guy to score playing only 8 mins a game on a line with tom pyatt and jeff halpern? Not only that the guy is a natural centre and is playing the wing not easy to transition from one to the other. If you want offensive guys to score or help offensively then they need to play top 6 mins. Bottom line Martin can’t develop players, look at Pacioretty last year did nothing because he was like eller and now he sees pp time and top line mins and has been amazing! Same with pk started off the season playing less mins and sat in the press box and now because of injuries is playing top mins and has been stellar with 14pts in his last 17 games.
Its simple let a young talented player make mistakes but still get top mins and I can bet they will produce. And it doesn’t mean putting the guy on the top line for a game but actually letting him play there for a good 10. Also some pp time for eller wouldn’t hurt the guy has top 3 hands and vision on the team but yet sees less time on the pp than Darche.
You’re right, but depending on age, so is Punkster.
With all due respect, I don’t see this amazing talent. I see a decent, hard working player who will likely be a very good third line centre for years to come. Like I said, 10 – 15 goals a year. Maybe 20 in a good season. This makes him a good player, but not amazing by any stretch of the imagination. Realistic expectations are hard to come by on HIO, but I think this is a realistic expectation for Eller.
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The only interesting answers are those which destroy the questions. ~Susan Sontag
WTF? What does this have to do with Halak? And from whense does your bitterness stem from?
Listen man (or child, judging from your comments?)…I gave a realistic assesment of Eller. I like him as a player. I just don’t see him as a scorer. Sorry if you disagree, but a little politeness goes a long way.
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The only interesting answers are those which destroy the questions. ~Susan Sontag
Who’s writing him off? I think a solid third line centre is valuable. Especially if he’s young and cheap. I agree that he needs time on the Bulldogs, and think he will be a good addition to the team when he matures. I just don’t see big goal production from him. Just a solid 2-way player. Which is a good thing.
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The only interesting answers are those which destroy the questions. ~Susan Sontag
I apologize. I thought you meant Patches.
Nevertheless, even though Eller hasn’t shone yet in the NHL he has a major upside. You say he’s only worth 15 goals only? I see him getting better than that. Eller could use some time in Hamilton though. I’d give him few years before writing him off.
a smack habit is the ultimate pyramid scheme
it’s sustainable via a circle of dependance
but like all parasites it kills its host, unless the host can rid itself of the infection
kind of like beating getting bitten by a zombie
18 goals in 70 games on a bad AHL team as a 20 year old seems like a scorer to me (at least more than 10-15). DD wasn’t even in the AHL at that age. Maybe you’ll be right about Eller, but there is just no way to tell right now.
I disagree. He has 20+ goals written all over him and multiple years of it. He’s fast, he has hands, he’s big, he can pas and shoot. He recently scored a goal that was a carbon copy of Cammalerri’s on one knee one-timer.
That play where he bounced the puck off the boards and drove the net with Gio cashing the rebound was a pure power move.
How’s the Halak prognosis?
You and ManApart should form a support group.
Trust me on this Andrew. More bran IS the answer.
***Subbang!!!***
My bran trumps your 42.
***Subbang!!!***
Hey, you can’t use “otherwise” twice in one sentence. That’s cheating.
***Subbang!!!***
I don’t quite know but am prepared to fabricate somethin’ that sounds reasonable enough to lure a few unsuspectin’ individuals into a nefarious web of deceit that should otherwise finance an otherwise unsustainable smack habit.
Its not about actually scoring goals but creating plays to score, the guy is a playmaker which with the right guy can be just as good as a goal scorer. The guy has amazing talent but it won’t come out when you see a shift every 5 min and have no1 to play with.
What’s the answer to life, the world, and everything?
um, try to ambush some hobbits and eat them?
It’s so much tougher defending negativity that I’m surprised anybody bothers being negative.
What I don’t.
Pacioretty was never a real scorer at any level either, but a little physical and mental maturity, and suddenly he’s looking very productive.
That’s easy. 42.
yes he did turn but that still does not make it acceptable to hit a guy from behind. its not like shen slowed down. He is a major cog in the wheel and the habs can not afford any more injurys, i was just in awwe of the lack of response espically from the coach ( keeping in mind i know what not to expect from Jm) but that in it self may be part of the problem. It’s benificial at times to get on the refs back espically for the protection and bennifit of your team.
“After 13 years, I couldn’t accept to be number two.“ Guy Lafleur.
Thanks!!
I don’t know, can you?
Yes.
what will the ManApart do until next loss??
What do you mean?
Yip, feels good to burn da leafs.
Um, ahhh….Mr. Peters sir. Um, uhhhhh….can I go to the washroom?
***Subbang!!!***
It’s really great to see a guy like Weber getting experience – playing regular shifts at this level and not doing badly at all. He could really blossom next year. White is a keeper – maybe that means Tommy Pyatt isn’t long for the club. Pyatt isn’t the greatest player, but he workls hard every shift. Hamrlik makes so many quiet little smart plays – he’s been a good signing, and he’s had to play tons of minutes with Markov missing so much. Price’s save on the late re-direct was super. He’s into it so much more this year.
Looks like a wrist injury for Pacioretty.
Great there goes Max!!
Subbang!!!!!
I have a bad feeling about Cheery tonight..
Healy, Im just wondering, which Canadien has been fighting for Subban, please tell me that you a hole
“It’s not an obsession, It’s a way of life..”
Hammer already has 3 SOG.
I like it! Plek giving Celine Dion Phaneuf the business!
Pleks and Max Power are magic — it’s too bad that PG/JM can’t realize that Eller can benefit from AHL seasoning the same way that Max Power did.
That’s an incredible stat: 80 games since a Leafs defenseman has scored a PPG.
Tomas Kaberle: 12 years of not shooting when he probably should.
Very chintzy penalty.
Good kill guys!
AK is dangerous – when he plays with Pleks.
Listen, i’m not trying to fight here with you. We both support the same team, at least I think we do. I don’t know where your assessment of the basis of my life came from, but meh, what the hell eh, might as well make a pointless statement like that to try and make your point….(i think)
Give peace a chance will ya. How about supporting our team, and not nit picking every little thing. They’re not perfect, they’re gonna make mistakes.
You don’t need to be an enforcer to stop one of your teamates from getting hammered.
Stopping pucks, there were 53 econds left, for crying out loud, the game was OVER.
I don’t base my life on the fate of a professional team. If you do, then whatever works I guess.
“A fanatic is one who can’t change his mind and won’t change the subject”–Winston Churchill I am not a fan…..
Ya, I guess Spacek forgot that his role as an enforcer on this team right? What was Spacek supposed to do, skate in and stop the fight mid-punch? Gimme a break.
As for Price skating in, yes, I would love to see him come in, get all worked up fighting people instead of focusing on stopping pucks. I’d love to see him get punched in the face an break his orbital like ole glass bones dipietro. I wonder if martin had anything to do with price staying in his net.
I appreciate the acknowledgement of being fantastic, makes me feel are warm an fuzzy inside, thanks bud.
Habs are up 2-0, hop on board, support this team why don’t ya
I wrote a conditional statement, If you do.
Look I used to be a Habs freak, said things like we played great tonight etc. Then realized it’s beyond dumb.
So now I am an observer of the “sport”. Hcokey s a sport when played be unpaid players. Once you get paid, it’s entertainment.
I just want management to protect them and give them a fighting chance to win.
If they don’t do it, then why should I care. Sorry for not writng back, but I was watching Two and a half men. Now that’s entertainment….
Have a good one, no ill will. I would just refrain from using the word dummy. It served no purpose actually.
“A fanatic is one who can’t change his mind and won’t change the subject”–Winston Churchill I am not a fan…..
Good for Subban — he had some big misses, was really going for the KO there
PK wins handily – but he’s gone for 5 minutes. Numbnuts Cole thought he saw Lupul landing a big one. Why can’t one (just one!) of the CBC announcers not be a Hab-hater?
And so what if you don’t?
Wow, big George Laraque back in town.!
I asked myself the same question….quality TV right here.
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What are these clowns doing?
yeah Spacek really had Pyatt back against Boston, when he could have jumped in but I guess he was “held” by Thomas. Also where was Price ? He should have skated all the way in.
The Islanders showed the Canadiens how to do it. Let’s see if they will do it.
You know what’s a dumb thing Thomas, hearing my words on this site. Amazing dude. Your fantastic.
“A fanatic is one who can’t change his mind and won’t change the subject”–Winston Churchill
Same empire, but in all likelihood the games would be on CTV.
Go Habs Go!
That’s classic CBC: it’s been that gloriously amateurish and unpolished since day one — that’s our TV: love it or bugger off to slick corporate American productions.
PS: Mssrs Boone and Hickey–I know it’s supposed to be funny, but comparing (even jocosely) Gomez to a torture-state dictator says more about your state of mind that Gomez’s state of play.
(IMHO….)
hahaha, are you serious!? Gotta be among the dumbest things i’ve heard so far on this site. Have another drink there dummy
Really inappropriate historical comment could go here.
Go Habs Go!
Healy commented that Lupul was ‘upset’ because PK starting throwin’em right away. WTF, do they follow a script down near Hollywood ? Back to RDS for me …
ALWAYS Habs – D Mex
Hear, hear!
I’m pretty sure any real pioneer wouldn’t be caught dead wearing what Ron has on
TSN taking away primary broadcasting rights for hockey in Canada can’t happen fast enough.
- I shall always remember Captain Koivu. Habs and Hockey.
It’s a sign that you care that your teamate fought and you appreciate it.
My thing is that I strongly suspect the players don’t like Subban, just like they didn’t like Price when he came in.
It doesn’t matter as this team is not a team. I don’t see anyone having anyones back.
“A fanatic is one who can’t change his mind and won’t change the subject”–Winston Churchill
“So…playing a little dressup?”
“Yeah.”
“Yeah….it’s fun to pretend. OK I’m just going to go out in the hallway and throw up about something else.”
Go Habs Go!
Are they ever making me laugh… AT THEM…
There may be other teams, but only ONE Club De Hockey…
Are MacLean and Cherry really trying to act? This is worse than Gigli. Yeah, I said it, worse than Gigli.
WHAT THE HELL ARE THEY DOING ON COACHES CORNER OR WHATEVER THEY ARE CALLING IT TODAY…..?
There may be other teams, but only ONE Club De Hockey…
Bent over backwards for whatever the decaying mind of Dan Chorra insists is important.
- I shall always remember Captain Koivu. Habs and Hockey.
What… am I watching on CBC?
Three highlights, two fights. I guess we know where the CBC stands.
Not a rule, but you see it quite often.
“A fanatic is one who can’t change his mind and won’t change the subject”–Winston Churchill
Love how Cherry only talks about Lupul in the fight… idiot….I wish my husband would learn french so I wouldn’t have to watch this drivel.
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It’s funny because it’s true.
Don’t know if I agree with Subban getting into a fight with the lowly Leafs. We’re already short on defense, and don’t need him injured while boxing a guy whose team won’t make the playoffs.
Giguere looks shakey. Lots of rebounds and poor puck-tracking. Get guys going to the net.
I didn’t realize that was a rule.
Gonna try that sh*t eh laffs? BRING IT ON BITCH! GO HABS GO!!!
Is it me or did nobody from the bench tap their sticks on the boards after the Subban-Lupul fight ?
I didn’t see any.
If so, FU POS players. If not then never mind.
“A fanatic is one who can’t change his mind and won’t change the subject”–Winston Churchill
talk about a player ruininghis career. phaneuf was awesome first 3 years of his career, 20 gaols, 17 goals, monstrous hits, futur flames captain, a locked in the canadian olympic team.. then all of a sudden hes become like mike komisarek
** Buck Fruins **
GD dirty piece of SH*t laff Puke Shitt hit from behind and no call!
stupid cbc, not only was that hit on pax dirty but they are praising the luke schenn for doing it
** Buck Fruins **
League is such a joke, Pacioretty clearly hit from behind and no whistle and now he’s gone to the room.
- I shall always remember Captain Koivu. Habs and Hockey.
Wiz should challenge Schenn
I still don’t get why Schenn didn’t get 2 for that hit
- In Price We Trust
ill say fx and out 6 weeks.
why not.
CAREY BABY!!!!
HA HA HA HA HA H AHHAHHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHA
BYE BYE…….
There may be other teams, but only ONE Club De Hockey…
FINISH IT WITH 4 BOYS……….
There may be other teams, but only ONE Club De Hockey…
laffs getting unravelled! Love it!
Boyce = fail. This is what happens when your player development sucks. You end up with these kind of clowns taking a regular shift in the NHL.
Kessel is a good player. Not two lottery picks good but one lottery pick good. One bad offensive season playing with exactly nobody worth a darn doesn’t change that.
He’s a 30-goal, 65-point kind of guy, and that is pretty good, especially at his age.
Phaneuf, though, is one of the most overrated players in the league. He may be outright worse than Ian White.
Shouldn’t that be a misconduct for that outright stupidity? Seriously!
Go Habs Go!
I don’t know….but it seems to me that the Leafs have two of the league’s biggest under-achievers in Phaneuf and Kessel…..hard to build around those two….way to go Burke.
Exactly, I hate them too, but Schenn is just a damn hard hitter. I’ll be really bummed if Pacioretty is injured, but that was his fault.
I bet if it were a Leaf goalie pitching a shutout, the CBC dumbasses would adhere to the strict superstition of not mentioning it… Healy’s been babbling about it for the last 5 minutes!
Think these two corksuckers could say “shutout” a few more times?? Max Pac noooo …
Wilson thinking that his totally inept team is suddenly going to find it in them to pot three in a few minutes?
I hope Price scores!
Please trade Kostitsyn. Please.
Go Habs Go!
GREAT SAVE PRICEY……..
There may be other teams, but only ONE Club De Hockey…
That’s what I loved Carbo for. He always gave it to the refs.
Very quietly, Roman Hamrlik is putting up a very nice season offensively. He now has 24 pts. Last year he had 26.
Players must stop turning their backs to oncoming defenders!
i think that was a split second turnaround by max unfortaunatley, god it would impact our team most if we lose max pac
“I went to see a fight the other night…And A hockey game broke out!” ~Rodney Dangerfield~
I HATE the Leafs. And all who currently play for them. But Schenn isnt dirty, and that hit didn’t deserve a penalty. Your exactly right….
There may be other teams, but only ONE Club De Hockey…
Hamrlik plays so smart.
“3P Break:Has Kaberle touched the puck tonight? And they want a first-rounder??”
He passed a whole bunch of times.
Go Habs Go!
How does Toronto have any fans left?? What a mess and Burke in 3 years has done nothing to make it better
this is when jM should jump on the bench and give an earful to the zebras just like ruff
** Buck Fruins **
White, take on Schenn to avenge the Max Power hit from behind
“He’s the best in the NHL…no defenceman hits more than Luke Schenn.”
I don’t think there’s a correlation between quantity and quality, but whatever Healy. Go dream about meeting Mike Palmateer and Alan Bester.
Go Habs Go!
Come on guys, Pacioretty turned into the boards at the last second. It was a hard hit, but it wasn’t a dirty one. Pacioretty did that to himself.
I met Allen Bester’s dad at the midget tournament in my hometown in 1980. God he was a stunning goalie at the midget level.
Awesome, the future looks bright.
Both were great goals too. The first he walked the goal line and beat the goalie with a nice move, and the second was on a nice deflection. Was real impressed with his drive to the net, he has no hesitation in going to the dirty areas.
Guess who’s put the VAN Giants on top for their Hockey Day in Canada Game? That’s right, RW Brendan Gallagher has a pair tonight including the GWG, 38 goals on his season, 3 away from matching last season’s output.
- I shall always remember Captain Koivu. Habs and Hockey.
Seriously, the dude should have been put out to pasture a decade ago.
Fans are happy with Price and quickly souring on Halak. PG can demote Eller without taking flak for the trade. Eller hasn’t developed this year and DD is passing him on the depth chart.
Who’s leg do I have to hump to get a dry martini around here?
Is it just me or did that hit on Patches look dirty?
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Great minds think alike. ))
haha, no, but seriously
The “Rack” is playing great! he’s our #2 center right now.
gomez, not enough grit in front of the net…
Schenn needs to be hurt.
***Subbang!!!***
Kostitsyn gets a penalty… but that shot against pacioretty isn’t called?
Martin Desharnais!!
“I went to see a fight the other night…And A hockey game broke out!” ~Rodney Dangerfield~
If this is what some good ice time in Hamilton does, then Eller needs to go there and play a lot. Six weeks and then we bring him back.
He got loaded in Boston with family and old friends, still shakin’ off THE HANGOVER
dd best game..looks like he is starting to show that he can be an impact point producing forward…
That line has been dynamite tonight!
Everyone who’s number starts with 5 is Pouliot on the Montreal Canadiens according to Cole.
If JM continues to bench players taking penalties the short bench will be even shorter!
“I only like to watch and takes notes” JM
That penalty was not Ellers fault
That farmer Phaneuf just bugs me… Burke overrates all these players in bleu et blanc.
Appears to be some decent chemistry between Gomez and DD. Perhaps they should be paired together on even strength…..
He should get the blue tuuk holders on his skates like DiPietro, Lebeau, and Carbo used to wear
hey dudes, what’s the story on Gill…is he out long-term?
time for cherry’s nap.
Eller to HAM when Cammy is back I guess.
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If I recall correctly, Desharnais was told to get an appartment in town several weeks ago.
DD reminds me a little of DiPietro, I bet he’s got a couple big game winning playoff goals in him somewhere.
Poor Eller, covering for the D and getting called.
Let him develop in Hamilton! Look at what it has done for Max Power, DD, White, Subban, Price, etc.
And another chintzy call.
Another chinzy call.
The laughs have been Deharnaised !!!
The Eller experiment is getting more dim as every game goes by. Unlike Webber and Subban, he’s not improving at all sadly. I do see the potential though but some AHL would do him some good.
Yep.
Who’s leg do I have to hump to get a dry martini around here?
Desharnais is a keeper
“Hey Richard, two minutes for looking so good!”
I think management sees it too, hopefully he’ll pull a pacioretty next season
I disagree. I think Eller will do so/so this year but next year he will be far better. Similar to how Stamkos developed. He played a full year in the nhl and did so/so then came out killing it the season after.
Desharnais is brilliant with the puck. So glad the Habs kept this kid in their system.
he also called pax pouliot and vice versa,and also dd, webber
** Buck Fruins **
Bob Cole definitely just called Wiz “Subban”.
How is this possible?
He’s old, senile, blind….
- In Price We Trust
Well, you were almost right…
LMAO!!
Agreed. I just want PK to really establish himself as the premier D-man he is and become even better as he matures into the league and his role on the team. He could be an All-Star for many years as long as he stays healthy.
I see all the cheap shots being delat out recently, hits from behind, high head shot hits, elbows to the neck etc. And these are to some decent players that are not known to be pests…but in PK’s caasae I think ever since that dick Mike Richards mouthed off about him and Don Cherry made his comments, it seems every players go looking to run PK and cheap shot him.
One or two good fights with a couple of heavy weights and then things should quiet things down for him, I hope.
It would be incredibly devistating. I’m also worried that if this doesn’t change, PK will develop some bad habits in his game to defend himself. Chelios did it. You said it, the focus this guy gets is unreal.
It would be nice for him to square off with 2 or three relatively good fighters and do some damage or at least hold his own. Maybe that will settle things down.
edit: However, if people think he’s punching too early in these proposed fight, and whether you agree about it or not, they’ll do more damage for his reputation than good.
edit2: Also, take a look at TSN’s site. One of the big stories is Subban’s early punching and Lupul’s reaction (a reaction I don’t think is that bad: Lupul said he didn’t like it but after hearing Subban’s name so often is beginning to wonder if he should get the benefit of the doubt – reasonable)
How bad does it have to be that you’re sitting next to Don Cherry and people are asking what the hell is that thing you’re wearing?
You forgot the $7M man – Gomez is not going anywhere.
Habs will likley not sign Halpern next year. Enqvist has been groomed for this spot.
Then Subban may have to get a kind of Chelios nastiness to him. I remember when Chelios first came up with Montreal. Other teams knew how special he was and ran him hard–the Bruins and Flyers went for his knees. Chelios became a dirty player after that–but out of necessity. Chelios wasn’t a great fighter, but he was one of the strongest players in the league and he had no reservations about injuring opponents. Subban may have to adopt that attitude if our opponents escalate further with Subban. If it’s a choice between Subban getting a career-ending hit versus Subban dishing out a career-ending hit, I’ll take the latter.
I really believe we’ll buy him out or waive him. Good point about Enqvist, but Halpern is a bargain cap-wise.
Good game and always fun to smack the Leafs.
Loved DD, Pouliot, White…what a great 2nd line…noticed they played more even strength minutes that the Gomez line…so I make them line #2 and Gomez Line #3…make lots of sense to me.
Love that PK went toe to toe with Lupol when he was getting in his face tonight…would like to see him step up like that a few more times to establish a rep for backing his agitation with toughness.
Great to see DD get first star tonight…well deserved…and nice to see Gallagher get first star in his game as well.
Hope Patches is OK…he’s tough but looked like was favouring his shoulder when he went to the room. Hope the league looks at that cheap shot from behind and deals with Shenn for that.
It’s starting to look like the future is now.
No question. It would be great for his development.
There’s one pissed off.
Dump on him I never have. And neither do most here.
Thanks for the level-headed comment.
However, it seems to me he’s a tad early in 3 of those clips.
The one from Hamilton, I think is a tougher one because it matters how much he’s aware of the opposing player being held. Really, I could scrap that one. But the other 3, which is basically all his fighting in the NHL, look like he’s punching early.
Against Lupul, Subban hit him while he was taking off his helmet. I didn’t like that. That’s the worst of the 3.
Against Sutherby, he didn’t take the challenge, then leaped at him to get the early advantage.
The Bogisian one is sort of the same. He’s being challenged and is turning it down. I think that’s fine because sometimes fighting doesn’t make sense. But if you change your mind, you don’t try to get a jump. You accept the challenge and then fight. You shouldn’t let your opponent know you’ve accepted the challenge with a fist.
I don’t think that any but the Lupul one are clear cases. Hopefully it’s nothing. But I find it hard not to worry about the others in light of his fight with Lupul tonight.
Also, I love the kid. Such a breath of fresh air. I feel sorry for the ridiculous spotlight he’s been under outside Montreal and am glad we pretty much all support him here. I’ve already got a decent amount of PK memoribilia.
Yep, the kids are alright…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afam2nIae4o
***Subbang!!!***
I hate this idea that you have to accept every challenge to a fight. When you’re one of the best guys on the ice, why would you drop the gloves, especially if the other guy might take a penalty? It’s tough to play the role you mention though becuase your name gets dragged through the mud in the media even though the only thing you did was not act like a caveman.
I agree with you guys on the no fighting thing. My preference is that there would be no need for Subban to fight, but just play the game hard the way he is…unfortunately I am really worried for him.
He plays a skilled, hard, aggitators role and this is working, he really gets under the oppositions skin. That, brings pout hte goon in the other players and they try and do take liberties with him. I have never seen players go after one single player this much before and I am afraid that in oder for it to stop, PK needs to step up and pound the snot out a few faces to send the message that he is not going to be chipped, slashed, punched, and cross checked without some retaliation.
We don’t need an enforcer to protect him because PK is a pretty big guy and seems to be capable of fighting at or above his weight. When Larry Robinson was young he had to step up and fight a few tough guys in order to carve out some respect and playing space for himeself and he bacame very dominant in his time…in fact coaches use to tell their palyers to not hit Robinson because then you would wake him up and he would have a dynamite game and beat you any way he wanted.
I liked Desjardins, but I think PK is better and has more upside we haven’t even seen yet…but he has to protect himself or some goon in Philly, Boston, or some other low rent team is going to hurt him bad…I that would be devastating for us all.
I’d prefer he not fight at all but instead play physical and goad other teams into taking penalties–especially given our current group of defencemen. I like him too. Subban is easily the best overall defence prospect we have had since Eric Desjardins.
He never carried the puck he took a good pass ..gave a good pass ..DD finished it ! DD our new 2nd line center !
Okay, how about, the kids are really stepping up?
Who do we have who can carry the puck up the ice like Gomez and put the the puck on DDs stik like he did?
I’m not pissed off at all…in fact I don’t understand your perspective or comment.
Pk does in those 4 fights, exactly what he should do…get off the first punches as soon as he is squared off with the other player.
In all 4 clips you posted both players were squared up and agreed they were going to fight, gloves off, etc. Why in any world would one fighter stand there and wait for the other guy to it him first before he throws down?
Good to see PK stepping up and going for it…
I’m just not sure I want Nina Hagan singing it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDt-_ihXqy8&feature=related
***Subbang!!!***
Man oh Man!
He gets dumped when he doesn’t fight, he gets dumped on when he does fight.
Give it a rest!
Pretty sure I heard Friedman say at one point tonight that he was told to find a place because he’s here for the remainder of the season.
Quip of the year, if not the decade goes to Mike Boone:
Wearing a Bay blanket. Sadly, no smallpox
Way to go Boone: If you were a surgeon, you just eviscerated him!
But at least DD has a pair.
(Couldn’t resist)
***Subbang!!!***
You are not the only one who noticed that.
I think he’ll suit up one more year and then they’ll try to dump him to a team needing to hit cap floor, since his salary is lower than his cap hit for his last two years.
This is going to piss some people off, but I’m trying to put my PK love aside and decide whether he has a tendency to throw the first punch too quickly/when the player isn’t ready, a la Avery.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIkot0hZmIA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfwRUtk1hfo&feature=relmfu
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GoVRb6tBWw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJsL3v0ku0c&feature=related
I like that! DDwill work his balls off to stay with the big club.
Maybe send Gomez to Hamilton so that he can tear it up in the AHL and gain some confidence, just in time for the play-offs.
Unfortunately Gomez won’t even work up a sweat…
Hockey Day in Canada 2015:
Habs – Nords
Sens – Leafs
Flames – Oilers
Nucks – Jets
Look what the time in Hamilton has done for our call-ups. It couldn’t hurt him. Give him about 6 weeks playing centre down there for 20 minutes a game. Bring him back the last couple of weeks of the season. Next year our centres could be Pleks, Desharnais, Eller and Halpern - not bad at all.
I’m beginning to be swayed by the “Eller to Hamilton” faction. He’s not hurting the team here, I believe, but he’s not adding a whole lot either. Considering the Dogs are 4 and 6 in their last 10, it seems we’ve pretty much drained the well in Hamilton. If Eller went down he’d likely be a difference maker. Getting back the scoring touch and the confidence in time for the playoffs might be just the ticket. We need to get Darche and/or Cammalleri back first though.
That was lame
“Hey Richard, two minutes for looking so good!”
Back to the future: the NHL Far West! Good grief!
It really doesn’t have any effect, so you can say it all you want.
I loved a few years ago Pierre McGuire trying to jump down Gord Miller’s throat for saying shutout just before it got broken up. Miller’s response was essentially that what he says in the broadcast booth has absolutely no effect on what happens on the ice, so he wouldn’t lose any sleep.
Don’t you mean “corksoakers”?
http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/cork-soakers/280265/
Think these two corksuckers could say “shutout” a few more times?? Max Pac noooo …
Good on JM to put the DD-Benny-White line out there at the end
I doubt that the team or Carey were sweating about his performance in that game. Hell, the guy with the best state in the league was scored on 6 times.
If they were that worried about Price’s mojo, they would have started him against the Islanders.
I know Carey didn’t have to be spectacular, but that was a big shut-out for him. He needed to respond to letting in 8 goals in his last start. Great message sent by him and the team, despite so many injured. I hope Max Pac is OK…
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That was probably Price’s easiest shutout of the season, but he was still very deserving.
AK-Gomez-Moen = new 4th line
THANKS!!
The only thing that was missing from Hamrlik’s denial of Kessel was a Mutumbo finger wag!
“Not in My House!”
Go the NHL channel. It’s not on the Center Ice channels but id on the NHL US Network
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Try NHL.com, I think you can register for free for a week for their live feeds.
http://www.atdhenet.tv
- I shall always remember Captain Koivu. Habs and Hockey.
Help.. NHL Center Ice is not carrying the game. I don’t get NHL Network, and the FEDS have blocked atdhe.net.
Anyone know a URL I can see the game on ??
PLEASE!
Thanks. I got a million of ‘em.
whoaaaa, that’s harsh….. and so true
Lucky laffs. We’re gonna pop one. I can feel it.
Wizniewski looks dreadful–but at least his rocket hit a Leaf this time and not one of his own teammates.
I’d say he’s on the third line
- In Price We Trust
I was thinking the same thing.
Wiz needs work. He has raw potential. I hope he signs for 2 years 3.5 per. But he needs work.
Gomez supporter!!
pk is a cowboy fan, maybe thay is why he plays like tony romo.
Pitiful.
lol at Moen being back in the top six.
Boone’s Ron MacLean comment on the Hudson Bay coat is an all time classic.
Fourth line draws a penalty, nice.
Wow, one of the Leafs didn’t take a run at one of the kids as they skated by, I’m impressed.
Better question, at the moment…Recchi or Selanne?
Edit: scratch that, I should have known…
“I went to see a fight the other night…And A hockey game broke out!”
~Rodney Dangerfield~
He was great in the early years and a foil to Don Cherry. Unfortunately, at some point he realized that DC was his meal-ticket to continued success. I now consider Ron MacLean somewhat bent, but not completly broken.
I also think it’s Lidstrom because of how well he controls the game, however I think there’s more age showing in him this year than there is in Selanne. Teemu constantly blows my mind with how effective he is, and I’m so glad I drafted him in 3 pools.
Very savvy player.
Maybe we can trade AK46 for one of those kids — the kids may know how to pass and hit the net.
Charles Prevost Linton. A class act. The best in the business. That is all
“Hey Richard, two minutes for looking so good!”
Pat Hickey, oh snap!
Bob Cole tonight. Ugh.
Smart kids. Not one went to stand next to a Leaf.
Haven’t heard Gaslight, but Brothers is great.
Lidstrom, still running the Detroit D at his age, just incredible.
- I shall always remember Captain Koivu. Habs and Hockey.
Cherry getting real old so leave him alone ….
Maclean is a good host. But even a diamond looks like sh*t in a cesspool. In other words, it’s his colleagues that are dragging down HNIC.
The right-winger coming in with his stormtroopers.
Cherry, ” No I cant kid, I got to go on television” he’s like a damn rock star,
“It’s not an obsession, It’s a way of life..”
He used to be a lot better, but he let himself get pushed into being Don’s babysitter and has just given up over the years.
- I shall always remember Captain Koivu. Habs and Hockey.
Id say Lidstrom, He’s more of an anchor for Detroits defense…Selanne, at his age, is amazing as well, but he’s more of a “piece” of the Anaheim puzzle…
“I went to see a fight the other night…And A hockey game broke out!” ~Rodney Dangerfield~
I used to like him. Then he became Cherry’s lap dog.
———————————————————————— “Young people have seen that a team can play electrifying, fascinating hockey while still behaving like gentlemen.” ~Serge Savard~
I think I’m a part of a small group on here that actually enjoys Ron Maclean
“I don’t know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.” – Bilbo Baggins
Close but no cigar;)
Two things from the pre-game:
1) My god, does Brendan Gallagher sound like he’s in Jr High or what?
2) Like you as an MP, love you as an author and adore you as a goalie…but man alive Ken Dryden, are you even capable of verbally filtering yourself or do you just open your mouth and let ‘er rip?
Who’s better right now at 40, Lidstrom or Selanne?
The Keyes are great. Can’t decide what was the better disc; their Brothers CD or the Gaslight Anthem’s American Slang.
I have a feeling Ryan White is going to ring someone’s bell tonight in a 1st period fight.
We’re gonna clobber those bums!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
***Subbang!!!***
Quinn, Burke, Mclean, Cherry….c’est du pareil au même.
So being one of the biggest pessimist on this site, the last couple of games have been rough. Even I could use-need someone to say “We’re going to clobber these bums” and “Go Habs Go!”…ANYONE???
I stand corrected. Maclean.
The Black Keys are awesome man! Blues breaking out in the mainstream! LOVE IT!!!
Whoops, it was Pat Quinn — I get the Tarana guys confused sometimes.
Burke
Hey Now!!!
What the &%@#*%& is Ron MacLean wearing. Who is the bigger dufus, MacLean or Brian Burke sitting next to him.
It’s not Burke.
***Subbang!!!***
Hudson Bay coat. Popular in the 70′s. I recall women wearing it though. Perhaps some more of the older guys can confirm.
You are the biggest something on this site to be sure, but it isn’t a pessimist.
Wearing a Bay blanket. Sadly, no smallpox
Yikes!
———————————————————————— “Young people have seen that a team can play electrifying, fascinating hockey while still behaving like gentlemen.” ~Serge Savard~
He’s a gutless yes man unless he’s interviewing Gary Bettman, at which time he turns into a fake hard hitting journalist who gets his ass handed to him by someone way smarter than he is.
I agree about Gallagher — maybe he’ll be more intimidating once he hits puberty
What did Dryden say?
LOL! My thoughts exactly!
Oh he didn’t say anything much…he just said so much of it
In my more charitable moments I give Cherry a pass…he’s obviously becoming senile (at best…). But MacLean has changed in recent years – he’s become much more of an advocate for the Cherry-Millbury school of hockey.
Cole , Galley and Healy, MUTE
“It’s not an obsession, It’s a way of life..”
Are the fans chanting VEE-SAA again? He’s not in net!
Let’s pound these punks! Come on Habs!
We’ll see at the end of the game when he has around 17 minutes of ice time.
stream?
I hate CBC. Let’s show the losers walking back to their loser dressing room instead of the winners celebrating.
Go Habs Go!
Nice bounce back game for Price. Lets just prat Max is okay.
What was Price’s celebration move at the end? He was pointing his stick up in the air all over the place.
“Hey Richard, two minutes for looking so good!”
That’s what I thought, but my son said that the Laffs flipped the puck high down the ice as the game ended and that Price was trying to bat it down.
I think he was being a Jedi.
Go Habs Go!
Someone flipped the puck towards the net and he treid to knock it out of the air/away from the net.
SHUT OUT SHUT OUT SHUT OUT,……. SHUT OUT…….. SHUT OUT
SHUT OUT SHUT OUT SHUT OUT…….. SHUT OUT SHUT OUT………….
There may be other teams, but only ONE Club De Hockey…
This game made me feel good.
SHUTOUT!!!!!!
SHUTOUT!!!!!!!!!!!!! Again!
If you want to satiate your bloodlust watch the Strikeforce HW tournament tonight, I know I will. If you want to watch a hockey game, feel free to tune in tonight.
Although, I am worried the Laughs want to get in on the act and try to hurt people.
Probably not but then again neither did we.
Really? What happened to Lucic?
And people should be bombarding the league with complaints about that. That wasn’t a hockey game, and it wasn’t entertaining. After we tied it up 3-3 I just got bored, I could barely watch anymore. I didn’t get excited when we brought it back, and I didn’t get mad when the Bruins scored.
It was a glorified game of shinny with no rules. If the league isn’t going to put its foot down players are going to get hurt. I can’t believe more people don’t realize this, the game isn’t “hurt the other team” it’s hockey, lets start treating it like a real sport.
Saturday night. Habs-Leafs. 3-0. Sweet.
The added bonus is that the “Habs suck” posters will largely be gone…at least until the next loss.
By the way, I never bought the argument the Habs are not a resilient hockey team. It doesn’t take a very courageous or tough player to beat up Jaro Spacek. If some posters here want players like the Bruins have, then consider the following: how many Bruins stood around like cowards after Cooke (sadly) ended Savard’s career? Clod Julien is a hunk of sh*t as a human being, and the Bruins are in general loser pussies. I sincerely hope the Habs meet them in the playoffs.
If no moves are made too get tough back-up for the Habs the worst thing that could happen is the Canadiens facing the Booins IN PLAY-OFF ACTION and ONLY A MADMAN WHO CARES NOT FOR HIS TEAM WOULD WANT THIS!
Yeah, but a couple of Habs are sporting shiners and scars from the Boston game.
A win feels great especially shutting out the Leafs on Saturday night while the CBC is broadcasting the game nation-wide.
It’ll take a few more wins to start the parade planning again.
It was 8, not 9. And being rushed back to action while recovering from the high ankle sprain would have had something to do with it.
*rolls eyes*
Whatever. Like I said, I think he needed to make a statement. And I am mighty pleased that he did. You of course are in no way constrained by my line of thinking, and as such are free to think what you like.
Speaking of statements, I stand by mine.
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This entire season has been a statement for him. His mojo wasn’t going anywhere as the result of how he and the rest of the team played in Boston.
Forgive me for remembering the lsat time Carey got lit up for 9 goals – the 2009 YoungStars game…it took him a long time to regain his mojo.
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Would a Chris Neil or George Laraque have prevented what happened to Pacioretty? C’mon.
Kind of implies that Patches is small, which isn’t true. He’s one of our bigger players.
I am not convinced by your argumentation. A tough team is one that plays through rough play and bounces back, not letting such play deter from the ultimate goal. The fact is, having a bunch of tough players will not prevent other teams from hitting you. Do you think the other teams just stopped hitting Montreal when they had McPhee, Skrudland, Chelios, Ludwig, Nilan, and Corson? McPhee took as many hits as he dished out. The question is whether as a team you are strong enough to play your game despite opponent’s efforts to knock you off your game. Frankly, we lost to Philadelphia last game not because Philadelphia was “tougher” but rather because we were undisciplined and they weren’t.
also one more point .. of all those guys you listed .. shane corson was the smallest of all those players at six ft one 175 lbs…. those players you listed are exactly the kind of players iam refering too not nessesseraily and “enforcer” type.
“After 13 years, I couldn’t accept to be number two.“ Guy Lafleur.
your taking what iam saying to literal. i know teams wont stop hitting us, nor would i expect them to its hockey. When i say ‘hit’ i mean take advantage of, run, knock around, its easy for teams to key on certain players on the habs because there is no interference and i think that a little grit would help limit that and also free up time and space for the offensive guys to be more productive. It would be most evident in our 5 on 5 production a little more size would make a world of differnence for the plekys and gionta’s.( not that their is anything wrong with their production now) but you want to maximize and use the player to full potential and a little size on the boards would creat a lot of space for them.
“After 13 years, I couldn’t accept to be number two.“ Guy Lafleur.
no he is not small at all, he has all the attributes to be a power foward. i was just implying that he is counted on to be one of our offensive producers so it would be in the teams best interest to help protect those players because they are no good to the team if they are on the shelf.
“After 13 years, I couldn’t accept to be number two.“ Guy Lafleur.
thats not what i was gettting at at all. I mean the the team needs to insulate as in put one or two bigger bodies in the line up not enforcers but people who can play so that other teams dont take liberties with players. You know that just having a player or two of that calibur on the bench let alone on the ice changes how other teams and players approach game situations. As for the hit having a certain player on the ice would not have stoped it from happening. BUT if one sed player was to create a hastle for the player throwing the hit it would then play a part in discouraging other players from hitting our players when they have them in the same situation. Thus preventing injurys to players we rely on to score goals/win games. its not all about going out and punching the face off some one. Its a ligit tatic.
“After 13 years, I couldn’t accept to be number two.“ Guy Lafleur.
Agreed. They could invest in total body armour and large rolls of foam padding. What’s wrong with them?
Come on…an enforcer or fighter or thug, whatever, does nothing to remove the threat of injury.
***Subbang!!!***
Exactly, the implication that an enforcer would have made any difference is ridiculous.
man the team/gm needs to do a wayyyyyyyyyyyyy better job of protecting/insulating its players.
“After 13 years, I couldn’t accept to be number two.“ Guy Lafleur.
No way, man, I love it! I don’t care how it’s the same thing every year, just consider it our 4th of July.
I agree. The CBC plays it up for ratings like it should I suppose but for latching onto the cultural theme and sapping it up, my vote goes to Tim Horton’s and their marketing gravy train. They’re sucking that cow to dust. Pretty sickening really.
i generally find the whole hockey night in “canada” thing played out..
“After 13 years, I couldn’t accept to be number two.“ Guy Lafleur.
Anyone else find the whole Hockey Day thing hackneyed and played out? Go to small towns/cities, interview coaches and volunteers, get sentimental, etc.
I love hockey and the role it plays in our culture, but the constant acknowledgement of that role is tiresome.
Great win for Habs though.
Easy. Gomez sucks.
Then call me The Mad Hatter. The Bs would be the ideal opponent for this team. Though I’d rather face the Flyers first and get the question out of the way early when we’re fresh. Lose in the first round and get a higher draft pick. The longer we play the worse the pick and we need higher picks.
***Subbang!!!***
Hey waitaminnit…….My avatar is the Mad Hatter….where you goin’ with this????!!!!
I doubt anyone here will come to your defence. Somebody really must have screwed with you when you were young.
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz…like you know me,lol.Your last post was so devoid of any hockey subject that you have to make personal attacks at people and that is truly Pathetic!Learn that in University did you? ha!
I am a madman, xtrahabsfan? You write like a primary school non-completer–although I’ll give the benefit of the doubt and assume you “withdrew” from secondary school. After the kinds of psychotic avatars you once used, you are the last person who should be making comments about people’s sanity. What does it say about you that you continue to crawl back to this forum after you promised all of us you would leave. You are pathetic.
The league has become Slapshot. It’s bordering on obscenity. The league refuses to address attempts to injure other players and it makes me sick to my stomach.
We came out of the lockout talking about speed/skill instead of hooking/holding your way to winning. It looks like ‘tough’ teams want to forgo any semblance of a hockey game and just want to fight and intimidate their way to wins.
It’s ludicrous, and we’ve had two of these games within a couple of days, if the league doesn’t put its foot down soon the refs will continue to lose control (in addition to being blind) and players are going to get hurt.
I’m gonna put my foot down, once and for all: fighting isn’t what makes a tough player. I’ve been a defender of fights in hockey for a long time, but I’m starting to come around. It’s not a hockey game when it escalates to the level of this week, it’s a circus. If the refs can’t control a game, they need to be fired. If Campbell can’t get it through his thick head this is unacceptable, the fans need to speak out.
Those weren’t hockey games we watched this week.
It was idiotic. The worst part is that Godard, who left the bench to protect his goalie, will undoubtedly get a much longer suspension than Gillies, whose vicious blind-side elbow to the head of Tangradi is one of the most gutless cheap-shots I’ve ever seen.
Hey, still no disciplinary action from the NHL after Julien sent out his goons to mug veterans Hamrlik and Spacek. And obviously I am not holding my breath for a suspension of Colin Campbell’s little boy for using his elbow pad to go all Joker on Tom Pyatt.
Full Breezer 4 Life
No, I commented on it last night. The NHL looks like such a bush league. It continues to tolerate the lack of respect that exists on the ice with its non existant discipline system, and poorly trained referees.
I also mentioned last night that I don’t know how one could explain to a kid watching such nonsense that this is the highest level of hockey and as young hockey players these are the guys you look up to
Am I the only one who found last night’s PIT-NYI game absolutely disgusting? I mean… I’m just speechless. It wasn’t even a game most of the time.
I think that might be your longest post ever. One more paragraph and I would have had to attach an epic score to go with it. Come clean you hired a secretary for the evening!
Punkster,just because you’ve been wrong on most things hockey related doesn’t give you the right to hurt my feelings. So you can be happy by making others feel sad,NICE …………………………….***Subbang!!!****;)
Evolved??? You’re wrong…You’d like to think it has. What we are seeing is a return to idiocy! The Flyers are loaded up with talent but they also have Carcillo, Shelley. Powe etc. The Bruins are following suit. Sonds like the 70′s all over to me.
I was loving the transition to skill and speed over the last decade or so. Now I’m seeing a league with inadequate officiating when players show no respect at all and a league administration that is beyond ridiculous.
“If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.” (anon)
A few thoughts from punkster’s armchair:
***Subbang!!!***
Would Detroit also curl up in a corner and whimper when if their goalie was attacked?
Detroit has Team Toughness something the Habs do not! And when the Habs start to have a tougher group of athletes they trade them for peanuts.
That’s actually all true. Everything you said.
This is why I believe guys like AK46 and Pouliot should be given more ice-time. And why I feel there is no place on the team for all three of Plekanec, Gomez, and Desharnais.
By the way, Desharnais is clicking along at slightly above 0.5 pts per game, almost exactly the same as Gomez, who averages SIX MINUTES more ice-time per game with better linemates! Someone explain that to me please!
Full Breezer 4 Life
Thank you for making a sensible point about this “ordeal” the amount of overreaction to one game has been ridiculous to say the least. I recall posters clamouring for Boogard, the most useless player in the league. If it weren’t for the D and Price sh$ting the bed the other night Montreal would have won by a lopsided score as Detroit did last night
Just wanted to point something out to those who feel Montreal needs a goon:
Detroit has the fewest fighting majors in the NHL, while Boston leads the league. Detroit plays a speed, skill, and puck possesion game. Their lineup combines a healthy mix of both size and finesse players. Detroit doesn’t have an enforcer, and when asked whether they would get into the fisticuffs with the Bruins the way Montreal did, Babcock responded: “Who on our team would fight?”
Well, last night Detroit pasted the Bruins 6 – 1 in their arena.
Montreal doesn’t need a goon, but they do need size to balance out their skill.
Case in point: Look how well Gionta has been playng since Pacioretty came up.
Montreal not going after a big forward, is similar to the Flyers continually failing to get a top notch goaltender.
E.
Please dont be hurt Max-Pac
Hope MaxPac is just heading off for precautionary reasons.
How on earth is that not a penalty? What total bullshit.
two blind refs
Oh dear, Max Pac to the locker room
I LOVE it!
“I went to see a fight the other night…And A hockey game broke out!” ~Rodney Dangerfield~
David “Le Grand Espoir” Desharnais
re : flyers
What makes the Brieres and the Girouxs play with such confidence is the presence of gritty players who protect them.
Its always been the same formula since I’ve followed the NHL – 40 years or so.
When Habs start playing the Whites instead of the Pyatts, this team will compete against any team.
We all agree – no goon enforcers – just guys who make playing against the Habs much more difficult for the opposition.
Habs hockey is “smart” hockey – we play 5 man defence, not just 2 – we move up the ice as a 5 man unit, we back check with 5.
Good points. Evolution doesn’t always produce better results. Look at me
***Subbang!!!***
I thoguht he might have taken on the Hamilton job this year to get some practice. Not all assistants become good head coaches. I hope he does, however,
mulls on the move…can’t keep a good man down. martin going no where unless molsons does the unthinkable and move the count upstairs. ottawa is a good landing place.
Not in Montreal, regrettably.
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http://www.thestar.com/sports/hockey/nhl/article/937561–muller-has-what-it-takes-to-be-a-head-coach
What a beautiful goal!
So was the whole “Darche out for the season” story another crock of sh**?
***Subbang!!!***
DD, time to get an apartment, if you haven’t already
Boone is it true Markov is skating.
HELL of a goal, we got somethign special in DD folks!!
Not sure if noted previously. Dustin Boyd’s stats in Hammertown. 24GP 14 G -0 A
i hope…:p
nice goal.
You mean there’s a difference?
DEEDEE!!!!!!!!!
Man oh man another beauty. DD tied with Price for first star
I went to Santa Barbara CA today and I saw a dude wearing a Nordiques jersey!!
Tough guy Dion has no problem pushing DD or Kostitsyn but then won’t stand up to Wiz or even White. Hilarious.
Dion might be the biggest douche in hockey but he would definitely fight White, and probably win
should i jinx it guys?:p
Plek makes everybody he plays with better.
“leafs suck” now thats a chant!
Iam I watching HNIC or a Leaf telecast?
don’t…do…it
I’m not superstitous, give er hell.
Mike’s just working his Reverse-Jinx® magic
“Hey Richard, two minutes for looking so good!”
That comment is really getting old. Nothing personal intended and it’s not you saying it all the time. It just seems that because he didn’t spend any time in Hamilton, people seem to think he spent NO time in the AHL. He was there and did learn.
The Blues management all expected him to make the team this year. They all felt he had nothing else to learn there.
Next goal will be huge – if we score the goonery will start.
1. Subban veing hauled down was a blatant missed call.
2. Komi closed his hand on the puck, I agree.
3. I’ll disagree on the too many men though, that was just another boneheaded play from the Habs and was the right call. PK and Wis were both standing on the far side of the rink and they were the guys who should have come on for each other.
I think they said Mike Foligno wrote it.
Didn’t they say Mike Foligno wrote it?
I despise that douche. and I’m not talking about Mario.
2-0 may be the worst lead in hockey, though I suspect that if it becomes 3-0, the Leafs will try to goon it up
Great tribute to Pat Burns written by Mike Foligno on the hotstove
I just love the way Desharnais reads the ice and make plays. I do not think he will go back to Hamilton.
Really liked the poem read for the Burns tribute. Any idea what it was?
“Start the season with a clean equipment bag and a freah bucket of febreze!”-CharlieHodgeFan
Don’t jinx it Boone! Habs can win this game! Positive thoughts!
Le Bleuet givin’ her to Colin Campbell. Good stuff Mario.
“Hey Richard, two minutes for looking so good!”
So who’s gonna be out here in Cow-town next weekend for the big game? Anyone up to anything before?
I’ve got a bunch of Habs fans friends, an we’re all marching into the Alcove bar(across the street from McMahon) should be good, we could use alot of Habitant support!
hey SF since you keep trac of our prospects, hows andrew conboy. hes big hes tough he pisses off people. is he ready for the big league
** Buck Fruins **
Should we book hotel rooms for the parade.???
Whats up with these refs again GD I can’t believe this. Subban pulled down no call, Komi-idoit covers the puck with his hands and they blow the whistle to stop the play. That was not to many men on the ice are you kidding me. Whats even worse every time this team plays those lauffs they make goofy plays. Good news they are up by 2, bad news you can sure expect the refs will give them more chances in the third.
DD has definately been a great addition since being called up
Good game so far. Surprising however how much favouritism Toronto gets from the officials. In a game where Toronto looks slow and completely outmatched they’ve enjoyed twice as many powerplays as Toronto.
was the whole 2 nd period some kind of documentary on Kessel
Eller needs to go down to the Dogs he has lots of skill be he needs to go to the minors. He will score down there and learn the game it won’t hurt him.
I haven’t actually had the opportunity to see the Bulldogs in person this season, I think he’s had a reasonably good season in the A so far, I think as a 4th-liner he should get a good luck in camp but he could stand to gain some more weight.
- I shall always remember Captain Koivu. Habs and Hockey.
DD is catching up to the NHL game he getting better and better. PG we still need a trade and we need a tough player who can play.
DD!!!!!!!!!!!!
Over!!!
I agree, i’m not attacking you, but who would you rather have up in a Habs uniform from Hamilton instead? Why not let him learn the game for a year, push him, challenge him, help him see some real fast NHL action. Just because he has one bad year doesn’t mean he’s gonna be a bad player.
And yes, he was in the AHL all last year, Peoria I think. So he’s had a good amount of time in the A, I like having him up here. He’s not always a factor in the game, but at least we’re not talking about his mistakes. He’s positionally sound, has a good back check, it could be alot worse. I just don’t really see anyone in Hamilton that is a better player than him…Keep him up, learn on the fly
Full credit to CBC, hockey day in Canada was once again awesome. Great stories
“I don’t know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.” – Bilbo Baggins
Umm Boone, last I checked we were in the same division as the leafs and play them 6 times a season, not 4.
- In Price We Trust
Does Boone still think the Leafs are in the Western Conference?
Hey Mike it’s 2011, welcome to the party!
Sweet pass by Gomez!
Gomez’s pass was sick, but I thought DD’s first pass was even better, how awesome
There’s our top six centre!
Oui, oui, oui! Wee Dee Dee!
“Hey Richard, two minutes for looking so good!”
What’s with all the drooling over Chris Neil? If there was ever a gutless ‘tough guy’ he’s it. The guy ran away from Darcy Tucker ffs! He’s not going to all of a sudden stand up to Milan Lucic and acquit himself well. If anything he’ll run to the bench or turtle.
At least Phillips.
[Disclaimer]: I’m a hockey fan. I care about the habs, but probably not as much as you.
Random trade blabs: I would love to see the Habs swing a deal for Phillips and Neil. Or Penner. I don’t think it would cost too much, either.
I would love Clowe on this team.
Me too. Unfortunately so does San Jose
I hear Setogutchi is available though…for whatever that’s worth.
prediction big games from patches and subban.
GO HABS GO
“After 13 years, I couldn’t accept to be number two.“ Guy Lafleur.
Seeing some concern here about Leafs possible goonery. I think we should be more worried about their speed. They can definitely skate with us, and with our beaten up, worn down defence, we should be prepared to play a cautious game. Opening it up could turn out to be a mistake.
if we press the leafs d we should get lots of scoring chances …with camm out of the line up the leafs top 6 have much more goal scoring abilities than our top 6…leafs 6 highest scoring forwards in the line up today= 101 goals…our 6 highest scoring forwards in the line up today= 71 goals..the excuse that we dont take the leafs seriously cannot be used today…a very important game..
I don’t even get up for Leafs games anymore… they’ve been losers so consistently that these games don’t mean anything. Of course I want to win, but it just isn’t as much fun as it used to be.
http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/hockeynightincanada/idesk/
http://atdhenet.tv/33999/watch-toronto-maple-leafs-vs-montreal-canadiens
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OK Cammy takes a hit like that against Buf and no call, AK gets one here?? BS!!
Inconsistent calls.
My biggest issue with AK, he made a nice play, took a good shot, then he didnt fight for the rebound, he was easily out worked behind the net, I dont get it, I know he’s strong, Oh well
“It’s not an obsession, It’s a way of life..”
Benny’s steady improvement is getting me excited for Louis Leblanc’s arrival. I feel like they’d be very complementary players.
what a bs call, he was falling on his own
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So, is anyone still miffed we took MaxPac instead of Esposito?
- In Price We Trust
The Belarusian Beast is slowing awakening from his slumber
“Hey Richard, two minutes for looking so good!”
anyone have the link to the game online?
We’re starting to see why Benny was so coveted.
What a dominant shift. I’ve missed those.
Max Pac is a beast!
Picard this this year’s MAB.
Pouliot… what a game.
what a shift by Benny!!!
the dreaded penalty again!!
Too many men??? You gotta be F’ing kidding me?
Geez – that was a tough call. The extra guy was right by the bench – like a foot away – and heading in.
Too many men appears to be this year’s version of the DOG.
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Nice, let’s take a too many men on the ice penalty.
Nice play by Max Power — he’s been great since the call-up
Ah, good ol’ too-many-men to kill the momentum……deja vu all over again
Are you efin kidding me, not again
“It’s not an obsession, It’s a way of life..”
Whoever coordinates this team’s defensive line changes needs to be informed he’s the worst in the league.
Another solid shift by the DD line, culminating in a strong backcheck by Benny
Habs won the Pouliot trade. No way on this Earth does Guimauve backcheck like that.
- I shall always remember Captain Koivu. Habs and Hockey.
That’s weak.
2 minutes for being a stronger player?
I haven’t seen Grabovski do anything tonight.
The Belorussian Bonehead has made his usual complement of errors.
Go Habs Go!
I’d take Pacioretty over Perron, the kid’s a power forward whose response to being hit is scoring goals.
- I shall always remember Captain Koivu. Habs and Hockey.
Leafs are due for another chintzy call between now and the start of the third period for their mandatory 5 on 3.
Nice call, totally correct
“It’s not an obsession, It’s a way of life..”
To be fair, they have a hard enough time calling the really obvious penalties.
Refs ignore Komiwreck covering the puck with his hand.
- I shall always remember Captain Koivu. Habs and Hockey.
Twice.
Yup, easily.
DD > Gomez
Yup.
He closed his hand on it!
Even outside of the crease, that’s a delay of game penalty.
Go Habs Go!
I never hated the Bruins, it was always a fun rivalry. As far south as I am, lots of my friends are Bruins fans.
I am not very happy with what transpired in the last game.
The Flyers were always the team I hated. Nothing but dirty …
How is it that we teach kids to play respectful hockey, and let the NHL go to goon town?!?
Growing up in Montreal I could care less about the leafs. I hated the Bruins to no end and still do. However, when I moved to Toronto, there was a new team to loath. I’d say I get more pumped for Habs/leafs than I do for Habs/Bruins but that’s only because I live in the middle of leaf nation.
- In Price We Trust
The Habs have played ONE game in 30 years where both teams had something on the line and it was for 17th place.
It isn’t a rivalry, it’s a feud.
The rivalry with Toronto hasn’t had a single truly meaningful game since 1967. Ken Dryden knew that it was a joke while he was a player and continued to make note of same in his epic The Game, written in 1983. The Bruins have always been the real rival – look at how many more playoffs matchups there have been in the past forty years. They are always hotly contested matches, whether it’s a pre-season game in Halifax or a brawlfest in mid-February. Having games that matter is what makes a rivalry. The Habs & Bruins seemingly get themselves worked up to a point so that EVERY GAME matters, which is why every game is so fierce.
Go Habs Go!
as hab fan now, i dont hate the leafs as much as i hate the bruins. if you ask me the rivalry is between us and the bruin not as much with the laafs.
** Buck Fruins **
Look I woke up with a headache this morning. I wasn’t drinking last night. Right now I just have a feeling that the Habs are focked. Geeting beat up in Boston, losing to the Isles, the Leafs in town tonight,Western Canada road trip, man its just lights out.
Gomez, Kostitsyn,Eller…merde , Hammer, Spacek , Gill old, no spunk, Pyatt, Moen , wtf? Gionta and Pleks are gonna be getting nailed, gone are Gorges, Markov & Cammy ( not that he was doing anything anyway, if you recall he was playing like a ghost )
Ya ya call me a nutless loser but I see no hope and no light at the tunnel. With 4 mill in cap space and nobody to offer in return what can Management accomplish that would turn things around at this stage of the season? There’s nobody left on the Dogs. Can we get that Russian over here now?
You playing hockey and I can’t compete
You playing hockey and beat the crap outta me
I’m down, I’m really down
I’m down,down on the ground
I’m down, I’m really down
How can you laugh,when you know I’m down
Plex beautiful!
“Hey Richard, two minutes for looking so good!”
How can there be any doubt in your tiny mind, Dion?
phaneuf the troglodyte!
DD, dont pass to Gomez, shoot it
“It’s not an obsession, It’s a way of life..”
GIO!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BEAUTY GOAL!!!
#21 for #21!
Oh Captain, my captain!
I love our youth movement!
“I went to see a fight the other night…And A hockey game broke out!”
~Rodney Dangerfield~
Oui, oui, oui! Wee Dee Dee!
Benny! Le tir sur reception!
Leafs Suck. That is all.
“Hey Richard, two minutes for looking so good!”
Good one! I see what you did there!
DD is really growing on me.
i really hope we dont let go DD for a rental
** Buck Fruins **
BENNYPOO!
boy am i ever loving KING DD
** Buck Fruins **
LOOOOOOVE IT.
David Desharnais showing his amazing skill and intelligence. Pouliot with the snipe. And Ryan White causing mayhem in front of the net.
Beauty! I’m liking this line a lot!
Goal was possible because of White — two Leafs went to him, leaving Benny wide open
Anyone know how well Henry is playing? Picard gets on my nerves.
Ryan White must have made a mistake.
Very nice pass.
PK not getting much respect from the refs there
- In Price We Trust
Travis Moen hands of stone
“Hey Richard, two minutes for looking so good!”
Get used to it….
“A fanatic is one who can’t change his mind and won’t change the subject”–Winston Churchill
My name is Black Snake Moen
I was born with hands of stone.
A shortie would be nice.
Thats tripping??? 0_0
Another good kill guys!
Leafs suck indeed!
Not boring but not exciting neither. A goal would break this game wide open.
YES! Nice shot Benny!
Desharnais has been the best player on the ice so far
Haha… Benny looked like he was congratulating his baby brother DD.
That kid can shoot!!!
Who’s leg do I have to hump to get a dry martini around here?
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! Shut-up Knob Hole!!!
Interesting part of that goal was Ryan White going to the net and drawing attention. That left Benny uncovered. Great goal.
DD is for real. Shortest 2nd line center in the NHL.
I want the 50s line staying together for the rest of the season, it’s got good luck in the numbers! Cup Years.
- I shall always remember Captain Koivu. Habs and Hockey.
White is just what that line needs, some size. Please keep them together JM.
Yvon Deharnais
7-2-1 lifetime vs. the Habs…..Wilson actually made a sensible decision for once
Boone, Toronto papers have confirmed that JSG is starting for the Buds tonight.
Great backcheck by Pyatt
The Cherry, MacLean “Mad Trapper” bit reminded me of a little skit I did in Grade 8 with Dave Cox and Cora Gooyers about 45 years ago!!!
nice post, on no. 10…i’ve heard that one before! Also,
11. Is Max-Pac OK?
Thoughts from a fun night at the Keg…
1. We can dominate a perennially bad team
2. DD is playing the role Eller wasted all year, it’s time to develop the Dane in Hamilton
3. The kids are pressing the vets and we’re better for it
4. Price can rebound from a tough loss to Boston
5. PK can land punches, miss five minutes and still play more than 23 minutes
6. What does it mean when Cherry praises White and Healy praises Wiz… can’t be good
7. Where does Darche play when he returns…
8. Brendan Gallagher scored his 37 and 38th and got first star in the Yukon game
9. Ron McLean needs a wardrobe consultant – and acting lessons, e-gad.
10. Ron Wilson isn’t going to finish the month
Who’s leg do I have to hump to get a dry martini around here?
Pricey keeps it out!
of course, Carolina had to tie it up with 2 goals in the last 60 seconds…arg…
MAB with the game winner in Tampa!
Weak…
haha nice — they’ll all have an early summer to sell a lot of Big Macs
Got a minute to kill? Click this : http://i475.photobucket.com/albums/rr118/ZMachine13/Gillies.gif
You’re welcome.
what an uncharacterstic snoozfest between the two teams
** Buck Fruins **
This Coach’s Corner is hilarious!!!
We get screwed alot, but seriously guys, dirty hit on Pacioretty? Not so much. We all have to reign in our homer-ism once in a while. Honestly, he turned as he was about to be crunched. Only thing dirty tonight was brace-face Boyce and pathetic Leaf passing.
No update on Max. He will be re-evaluated on Monday per JM.
i have no idea but no one seems to be concerned about that whole situation. it would be devastating if he was to miss any length of time.
“After 13 years, I couldn’t accept to be number two.“ Guy Lafleur.
Is Patches ok?!
He has been trolling the main page…go have a look. Different profile but I think it’s the same Jeff.
***Subbang!!!***
Well, no sign of Jeffy the Timmins Snowmobile Troll!
Gone to ground again?
He must have been kept late at the legion buying all the Hab fans rounds for the win and ANOTHER Shut-0ut by his favorite Carey Price!
Your LAFFS have an outstanding team Jeffy just keep drinking the Burke Kool-Aid!
“I only like to watch and takes notes” JM
I’m sure Major James Walsh one of the founders of the RCMP, born in Prescott, Ontario, home of Bruins hall of famer Leo Boivin is spinning in his grave at this exhibition.
Not that anything’s wrong with that.
I think Ron MacLean must have borrowed his bride’s coat.
GIOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
WHAT A PASS!
Can you believe that mess of a coaches corner?…unbelievable…the CBC what an embarassment of a national network.
Another gigantic goal by our tiny giant. Brian Giiiiiiiiooooooooooooonnnnnnnnntttaaaaaaaaaaaaa!
Leafs Suck. That is all.
“Hey Richard, two minutes for looking so good!”
Too bad they didn’t do a tribute to Marten Hartwell instead.
Wowww, what a pass by Pacioretty!!
Well that settles it. The people at CBC are doing LSD.
Some kind of acting there…..wtf
That was F’ing painful to watch.
I’d be going to bed a lot happier if I knew that Pacioretty was okay. Funny how important he’s become. Loved Ryan White, David Desharnais, Roman Hamrlik, PK Subba, and Carey Price in this one. Pouliot too.
Nice. Grab the puck with your hands. No call.
Christ, does Colin Campbell own stock in MLSE?
wtf happened to the closing the puck in play rule
** Buck Fruins **
Good period. Winning in spite of the corrupt refs.
“Hey Richard, two minutes for looking so good!”
That was nice!
- In Price We Trust
DD is playing the role Eller has wasted all year.
Who’s leg do I have to hump to get a dry martini around here?
WOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! Little DD does it!!!
Excellent analysis of tonight’s game:
http://didthemapleleafswin.com/