It started festive … but that didn’t last.
The Flames outhustled a listless home team and romped to a dismayingly easy win.
Bad D.
Popgun power play.
30-plus shots and one goal to show for them.
Nowhere to go but up.
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kovalchuck and parise both scored nice goals for NJ in SO against the kings.
at least McGuire is gone…so losing is not nearly as annoying as it used to be…OK time to mount the big comeback….i
second place is just the first loser
Tow periods into the home opener and already with the Chicken Little sightings…
The issue is Chuck this is beyond typical for Montreal. Lose the home opener, play like crap against Calgary (also a WC team) and a team that’s not favoured for playoffs.
They want to start moving up in the league, break the bad habit of losing (Badly) to teams like this.
- I shall always remember Captain Koivu. Habs and Hockey.
SF09 on Twitter
Fans pay how much money to watch a game but our team never shows up has to be something wrong
I really can’t believe we re-signed Markov.
Even if he ever skates again, which seems doubtful, how durable is he going to be? 2 games, and then he has more ACL/MCL surgery? Really, this is beyond ridiculous.
All of our most expensive players are either unable to walk or absolutely useless on the ice.
You don’t say, Dr. Recchi.
which francophone replaced Muller
just curious
Here is the Asham histrionics. Is this what the league is about?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoBXfD2oHRg
thats good stuff right there
“The gesture was there, but it’s like wrestling, … They do all kinds of stuff and there’s kids in the stands. It’s entertainment. Even one game (suspension), I thought, would have been too much. But I guess they’re trying to give a good image. I can’t do anything about it. I have to be more careful next time, I guess.”
Gary’s NHL.
Okay. Who hid the panic button?
so how many games left till the playoffs?
im locking myself in the freezer, please wake me in april
going to hold you to that, good luck
and the playoffs are an IF
then again, if i watch everything we did to get us there in 10min, my heart and head might explode.
OK… so THEY KNEW that Markov wasnt gonna be ready. And THEY KNEW that White’s injury was more than ‘day to day’. And THEY spent the PRESEASON camp doing NOTHING and day before sent down almost EVERYONE they had invited to camp and managed to lose Jeff Woywitka (not a star but certainly you do not lose a big body like this on waivers knowing your injury situation) and made some questionable signings..
This management is F’iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii ridiculous!!!
And this coach looks helpless. We may have lost more than we know when we lost Muller. Early yet but the players are showing signs that they are LOST.
im thinking they’re waiting till after the all star break. its a long season, not to mention the playoffs. but hey, im no JM
“The gesture was there, but it’s like wrestling, … They do all kinds of stuff and there’s kids in the stands. It’s entertainment. Even one game (suspension), I thought, would have been too much. But I guess they’re trying to give a good image. I can’t do anything about it. I have to be more careful next time, I guess.”
welcome to Montreal with an accent gue on the e
Nothing left on that d
OCCUPY BELL CENTRE!
proteste le blanc et noir!!!!!
emphisise on the accente et gout and the french thing put on noir…
oh friggn lay boys!!!
If I have to watch many more games with Plekanec at the point on the powerplay, I may lose my mind.
Clearly it isn’t working. He lacks the big shot, and it’s a total waste of his skating and passing skills having him sit back there. Not to mention his lack of shot makes covering PK much easier.
Put Weber or Diaz there and stop this nonsense.
Ummmm, yes, that makes perfect sense
But we wouldn’t know that, we’re not NHL coaches
Pleks on the point is dunm dumb dumb, as I said from day 1.
Aaron Asham knocks out Jay Beagle (Capitals) cold in a fight and does his best WWE impression with a ‘nighty-night’ gesture afterward.
Cherry must be wetting himself.
I cannot believe that people aren’t back in their seats by the time the period starts. Time for a sit-in, wrestle those seats back from the people who don’t deserve them
Wrestle th eteam back from the coach and GM who dont deserve to be in charge of this team. They are making us the laughing STOCK of the league.
After we’re down 2 goals, I think it’s safe to leave the building and beat the traffic.
they have capitalised, we look shellshocked.
i feel bad for carey, if i didnt wish i was him
That Moss guy is playing a heckuva game.
Thank-god we’re playing the Flames,could you imagine what would happen if this team played Boston or Philly.It’s stupid to single out Martin cause Gauthier is just as responsible! Clean house Molson bro’s!Lets get the cup plan 213 next…so who’s next years Wonder-kid cause it looks like we’re gonna get a good shot at him!
ifs and buts dude. by that imean we might actually fight
“The gesture was there, but it’s like wrestling, … They do all kinds of stuff and there’s kids in the stands. It’s entertainment. Even one game (suspension), I thought, would have been too much. But I guess they’re trying to give a good image. I can’t do anything about it. I have to be more careful next time, I guess.”
Nothing like a L to bring out the entertainment.
I got my head bitten off for attempting humour. lol.
Humor is a faux-pas ’round these parts….
Wonder if Hamrlik has a giant smirk on his face knowing how terrible the D looks this year. Or are we still kidding ourselves that the D has one too many glaring holes?
I doubt he’s smirking considering he’s been terrible for Washington.
http://twitter.com/andrewberkshire
Hamrlik terrible? Get the heck outta here!
here’s to another year of protecting one goal leads and playing from behind
JM juggle hockey at its finest!
You’re WRONG there re protecting one goal leads and they dont look to have the gumption to ‘play’ from behind. Everything I have seen from DAY 1 of the 2011-2012 season frightens me into thinking that unless something drastic is done early, this WILL be a disastrous year for the team.
I hope Cole plays better because I can’t watch him suck this bad for 4 years. One Scott Gomez per team is enough
“It’s not an obsession, It’s a way of life..”
Blame Gauthier not JM.
He signed Cole (for ridiculous money), a journeyman 32 year old.
He signed Markov with no plan B should his knee fail.
Etc etc …
*Should* his knee fail? He signed him knowing his knee was botched and he wasn’t coming back yet. That’s far worse than worrying about the future
Journeyman? Wow you know your hockey.
184 career goals, 25 behind our captain, take the edge off the super-season Gionta had and they’re par.
- I shall always remember Captain Koivu. Habs and Hockey.
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There’s zillions of players out there signed for redonkulous amounts of money, it’s the nature of the beast in the NHL these days.
Take WIZ for example, nowhere near worth what he is getting paid imho
Pure and simple, they’re being out-hustled.
Don Cherry says it best…..PUKES!
So looks like we’ll be in the mix for the 8th playoff spot for the 3rd straight year.
My prediction is we miss the playoffs this year, and JM is finally fired. Not that any coach could do much with this roster.
Got all that from eight periods did ya?
Actually does this look any different than the last 2+ years?
This collection of players looks better than our stellar 8th place 2010-11 squad? Seriously?
This has been less than three games. I’ll do my best to reserve judgement until the 20 game mark. This is a much different team than last years’ version. At least in personnel.
PLAYOFFS??????!!!
I’d actually prefer Jim Mora as our JM.
Night changed when Gio took two penalties in a row
Wasn’t Cole brought in 2b that traffic ?
1. Line changes are horrible. I would love to hear what Scotty would say about this foolish 35 second shift nonsense. We spend more time racing to the bench than attacking!
2. This team is not in shape. I couldn’t believe it when I read that Cammalari said that he didn’t do “any cardio all summer”, and that it is over-rated!! Does he also think that the earth is flat? Who is their fitness trainer…Fire the lot of them.
I agree..JM’s line changes always do seem to be at the wrong time. I disagree…Cammy has looked in real good shape.
“I figure PG has one or 2 moves left to bring the Habs that extra step closer to perhaps being the best in the league.” – Einstein
Habs management won’t get rid of Martin cause it is considered a success just to creep into the playoffs yr after yr …
“Winning isn’t everything, it’s the only thing”
Getting whipped like this, by one of the leagues’ inferior teams, on your home opener, is a very bad sign. Early in the year or not.
GO HABS…
Ottawa is looking for fans…as a matter of fact my husband is at the game…someone gave him free tickets in one of those nice sky high swanky boxes….give them a try…lots of seats..free tickets…nice quiet building in the middle of nowhere…super duper special team with top players like Chris Neil…
second place is just the first loser
I hear Ottawa is having a raffle…
1st prize is two tickets to a Sens game.
2nd prize is four tickets.
again…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6HVFfvuZvM&feature=related
“amnualll meat’n?…”
“WHAT WE NEED IS A WAR!!!”
/plekanec point nonsense
/end
True… and very obvious..except of course to the coach
“I figure PG has one or 2 moves left to bring the Habs that extra step closer to perhaps being the best in the league.” – Einstein
Cole is going to quickly discover that no shift goes without intense scrutiny in Montreal. He’s really going to hear it for that last goal.
Yep.
My biggest worry is if he has a 4th straight season with a slow start, the boo birds are going to shift the target from Gomez (well, not entirely…) to Cole.
Ya..at the end I really thought he was going to drop his gloves, cover his face and start crying.
“I figure PG has one or 2 moves left to bring the Habs that extra step closer to perhaps being the best in the league.” – Einstein
It isn’t like we have seen this over and over for the past two years.
past 2 years … more like 15
So who will be the next French speaking coach of the Habs? My vote is for Don Cherry. I hear his French is impeccable.
There needs to be some traffic in front of the net on the PP.
pleks looks good but dont like him on the point – AK flashes but also two terrible turnovers….. is anyone else on the ice?
did Gomez drive the net?
Habs made Kip look good.
Kip IS a Very good goalie
“I figure PG has one or 2 moves left to bring the Habs that extra step closer to perhaps being the best in the league.” – Einstein
Can they please just take Price out already. The game was over at 3-1, why waste him.
A message from the team. “You think we suck? You people on this site suck more. So there.”
waah
Yeah?
YOU SUCK
I guess my attempt at irony sucked.
Have to hand it to Kiprusoff…he’s had a good game tonight. Grr.
Shhotin’ more blanks than a track meet starters gun.
It’s a home opener
Man, Tommy K just can’t win. Even Patches tosses him around.
Amazing Pleky shift
Dooooooooooooooooooooomed I tellz ya!
I think Cole will soon will be my new whipping boy, he sucks
“It’s not an obsession, It’s a way of life..”
price, pk, and gio (maybe skillzy) are the only habs on the ice now.
flames have had some help tonight,
oh how we made kipper look good
“The gesture was there, but it’s like
We gotta put up with Cole for 4 more years and gomez for 3 more years
Very poor execution and Calgary is fighting for this, the Habs aren’t. Absolutely no jump since the call on Darche in the first.
Thanks Boone. You’re excused. You may go now.
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“Hey Richard, two minutes for looking so good!”
let’s take a poll:
how long before JM is fired?
i say 25 games.
I want to give him enough time to hang himself.
He will be here till the end of his contract …. DAMN
“Winning isn’t everything, it’s the only thing”
he should have been fired a loooonnngggg time ago
This team is not even close to a NHL caliber team. They do not deserve my time. We have the talent but we have no one to put this talent together.! Martin has to go.
Just don’t think anymore that the preseason is meaningless.
Habs took much too much time with young non caliber players and failed to develop any cohesion with the main team. Don’t tell me it doesn;t show.
“I figure PG has one or 2 moves left to bring the Habs that extra step closer to perhaps being the best in the league.” – Einstein
How have the Flames not been called for one single interference penalty? Ever after the puck is long gone, Gomez is getting slammed into the net, with no call. WTF is that?
Oh who cares, the refs didn’t put them into this hole the habs did
This must feel like a practice scrimmage to the Flames…..
Well… I think we better enjoy the 82 games we’re guaranteed, More play like this and that will be all she writes.
BTW, can anyone tell me how this team is suppose to be better than last years? The only improvement was Cole, yet still big holes left.
Wait, did you say Cole was an “improvement”?
I would have thought he was, a big body, and he can score… or use to
you’re right and he looks lost out there no?
“I figure PG has one or 2 moves left to bring the Habs that extra step closer to perhaps being the best in the league.” – Einstein
Wow. That last sequence was just br00tal. You’d think the whistle had blown five seconds before the goal.
Passin’ game – both short and long – is waaay off. Looks like Eight Ball Deluxe out there.
Not one for the books.
I’d be setting up the old VCR for the comeback JD. Could be a classic.
***Subbang Baby!!!***
I’m filmin’ the faux-wood finish Zenith with the 8mm.
Is this karma kicking the Habs in the balls for ruining the Jets historic home opener?
Relax everyone, it’s only preseason
Gonna give them a pass since they haven’t played in a while, but they are sure throwing up all over themselves. Absolutely everyone looks bad. Even the girls in the crowd are ugly.
Who was the loser that chastised me for saying they had no jump or spark in Winnipeg?
About the same, maybe worse tonight but without the good bounces.
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They lost me 2 quarts of rum, better make it up next year with a cup!
It’s like last season never ended………….NO OFFENSE AT ALL!
The Scott Gomez line………..where wingers go to die.
Yep, and this year we’ve added a worse defense to go with our popgun offense.
When sane people note dthe PRE-SEASON disorganization, lack of focus and preparation by the coaches… the ‘rose coloured’ crowd sneered.
I have rarely seens a team as rudderless as this one this early in the season.
Sane?
***Subbang Baby!!!***
I’ve seen it. About 1/3 of the teams in the league look terrible for the first couple of weeks. Some of them never pull out.
Some of them win the Stanley Cup.
And by the way those vaunted Bruins, winners of the Stanley Can last season, are what? Blazing their way to a 1-3 start.
I said it earlier today. Good teams who start slow and bad teams who start fast, happens every season to some.
The Bs won’t go 20 – 62, the Loafs won’t go 82 – 0 and the Habs, as so many have predicted, will likely finish in a playoff spot.
Of course, being a rose coloured glasses and certainly not sane means that nothing I say should be taken seriously.
***Subbang Baby!!!***
Why can’t the Habs play the Winnipeg Jets every game?
So, Cole is the latest and greatest social pariah?
This team us in a coma.
Ok, so we have a top 3 goaltender, a bottom 5 offense, and a bottom 5 defense.
Wow, this should be an entertaining year!
Markov signing lookin fantastic!
What does his signing have to do with the game?
Nevermind. It’s all his fault, him, Cole, and Gomez’s.
You kidding? It’s a hole and the GM thought it wasn’t a big deal. It does have to do with this game and the one in toronto.
Do you assume PG re-signed him blindly?
Yep. Just like he lets players go without even asking what they want. Maybe he can trade some draft picks again for some more rentals he won’t keep
Well, put it this way, the organization consulted with the doctors and they said he will be good to go. Big whoop, so he had a minor setback.
Better that than rushing back in like the last time.
They know what they’re doing.
But not the game Montreal won huh? Funny how that works..
Yeah, looks good keeping Gomez too.
Good thing we added Cole.
Jesus, this team sucks worse than last year.
So far you are right sir
“I figure PG has one or 2 moves left to bring the Habs that extra step closer to perhaps being the best in the league.” – Einstein
Jacques Martin,
I was critical when you were hired, turned the page and accepted and appreciated your efforts with this team for some time now and am currently back on the fence. Pierre Gauthier has given you some toys. Lars Eller, Erik Cole, David Desharnais. And you have some leftovers at your disposal like Andrei Kostitsyn.
So with that in mind, please put Travis Moen where he belongs, in the press box or on the 4th line.
Thank you.
SURE GLAD WE SPENT $$$$ 18,000,000.00 ON COLE.
Fans are doing well not to be booing this gong show.
GO HABS…
We could try to change the momentum by fighting someone, but….