Canadiens goalie Jaroslav Halak clears puck away from Panthers’ Rostislav Olesz. John Mahoney, The Gazette
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• At a Glance: This time, the Canadiens were able to hold on in the third period despite their best efforts to let the game slip away. One night after blowing a two-goal lead in the final three minutes against the Buffalo Sabres, Montreal didn’t make the same mistake twice in a 4-1 win over the Florida Panthers on Thursday night, snapping a three-game losing streak. The Canadiens got first period goals by Benoit Pouliot, his 17th of the season, and linemate Brian Gionta, who scored his 24th of the season with a shot Tomas Vokoun would likely want another shot at. Jaroslav Halak had a calm night through two periods, facing only 13 shots, but the Panthers came on strong in the third, firing 11 shots at him. Radek Dvorak made for some tense moments at the Bell Centre when he scored 16:24 into the third period. But Tomas Plekanec scored into an empty net with 1:24 to play, his 100th career NHL goal. Gionta scored his 25th of the season with eight seconds to play, also into an empty net.
• Key Moments: Unlike the game in Buffalo, the Canadiens were able to keep the Panthers off the scoresheet on five power plays, including a 5-on-3 at the end of the second period. This time, with an empty net at the other end of the ice, the Canadiens were able to pot two into the empty cage, rather that letting their opponent score.
• What It Means: The Canadiens improve to 37-30-8 for 82 points, moving them two points ahead of the Philadelphia Flyers for sixth spot in the Eastern Conference. The Flyers lost 4-3 to the Wild in overtime on Thursday night.
• What’s Next: The New Jersey Devils will be in town on Saturday night, followed by the Carolina Hurricanes next Wednesday to wrap up the 14-game month of March.
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Bravo Chuck. Where are you located? As you may tell from my name, I’m in NT.
Love that avatar BTW
Price is a bit risky at the moment given that we need all the points we can get in order to make the play-offs. We should continue riding Halak until we secure a play-off spot and then let Price play for a while.
wow, you must be one of the few on here who actually knows about hockey…finally someone with a brain
And please bench hammer….he has sucked large lately……And not because of another shite call from Devorski either. He’s been horrible of late, and like tommy knickle has been saying, “why aren’t people complaining about his contract of 5.5mill per.?” Anyhow, what happened to being able to battle in front of the net like in the old days, now you have to front the guy like in basketball or something. If you want to stand in front of the net/goalie you better be willing to pay the price, not get a free pass and if you do happen to get hit, go down like a girl and get the stripes to fall for it and give you the call. No wonder Larry Robinson hates the new rules….so do I.
Shaker
Worst example of an obstruction penalty I’ve ever seen. Two refs is and
always has been a waste of ice. The penalty before O’Byrne’s was
called by a guy 80 ft away while the ref right on top of the play didn’t
see fit to make a call. Pathetic. Two ref system should go away but
sadly it won’t.
Go Habs Go
It was Plecky with big GILL, I thought he was going to jet to the bench but he joined the 2 on 1 better pass from plecky he would have put it in. What a moment lol!!
In HABS we trust.
and San Jose
Halak did the samething against the Leafs but still got to play the very next game against Sens. That’s what baffles my mind the most. Geeze!!!
Amen!
Ha! Why would they want to come here? Cold, annoying media, no privacy.
And no. The numbers are near identical without either goalie, except that St. Louis is older and who knows if Lecavalier can hold it together?
The problem with benching Hamrlik is, who are you going to put in his place? MAB is horrible on D, Mara out for the year, Weber can’t handle big nhl forwards, Subban is spending the year with the Dogs….
Was at the game last night…what a f%$#king bummer. Having to listen to those obnioxous Sabre fans on the way out was almost unbreable…don’t they know the only reason they are where they are is Miller? Well, and a pretty good coach in Lindy Ruff. That guy has got to have pictures of somebody, to keep things going the way he does, more power to him I guess. Those late game penalities are Hab lead killers. Seems we always find a way to get them, plus, I think it’s a league policy…close game, give out late penalties to make it interesting. Ya think!!?? Na…
“Gill might as well sit in a chair in front of the net waving his stick back and forth watching the opposition fly around him.”
haha…it’s very rare that I actually laugh out loud (lol) about something I read online, but you did it with that one Ian!
I didn’t read your post till after I posted my comment above, but obviously agree entirely with you. We can’t sit back, there is no way that the top clubs in the East are going to be stymied for a full period by our D. We can beat them, especially Washington…but we have to take risks, and take the game to them.
Thanks! I’m about 30 minutes west of downtown Toronto.
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finally a comment from someone who knows what they are talking about
didn’t anybody watch price play against buffalo, he played extremely well and came in after sittting for 17 days, halak is playing good too but price can’t get a break from you guys no matter how well he plays, its getting very old
And the bottom line is: A big fat W!
cheers,
Shaker
8-1-2 we lost to ottawa (shutout) toronto and buffalo (shootout)
the whole time I was thinking please dont skate past the red line, please dont skate past the blue line, please dont stake past the hash marks, please dont skate past the goal line, fewsh!!! I think gionta got on the ice about 10 seconds before gill get off lol
Timo- had to go to the can. I guess I missed a Gill two on one did I. Who was he with and did he make it all the way down the length of the rink?
I hate those “Shoot the puck!” fans
agreed 100 percent
That must be the first time he’s ever been in that situation
I can’t remember who it is on this site that keeps saying we should trade Gionta!!!!!! Well the guy should wake up and smell the coffee cause night in and night out Gionta is probably one of our best players on the ice!!!!!
3 games in four weekday nights, even Habs fan tires
Victory calms the masses.
- I shall always remember Captain Koivu.
http://habsandhockey.blogspot.com/
Poor him for the results, I hope he gets better, but he isn’t a very intelligent player. He constantly skates with his head down entering the zone, and is completely at fault for getting hurt by the Spacek hit.
wrong, once again.
I have a much better appreciation for Moen’s game. He made a huge
difference tonight. The team as a whole is better than they show most
nights. I believe Martin plays a far two passive style of game. He
needs to turn the boys lose to create spontanious plays at times.
Halak did not have a ton of shots but his very solid play has put him
in the driver’s seat. He is a little more careful with the puck , after
he touches it, it always goes to a safe area or to one of his team
mates or he kills the play.
Cary on the other hand is a little
more daring and adventurous and the puck often ends up with the
opposition as he tries to do a little to much with it. He will be a
great goal tender in this league in time. It would have helped a lot if
he had of spent a year or two in Hamilton to mature and hone his
skills. But he will have to put in his development time of the fly now.
It might take a little more time this way, but he will get there and be
a real force for us.
Martin Knows who his #1 is now, and will use him mostly the rest of the way I think.
We
cannot continue to play this way and be successful against better
teams. Once we get the lead we do not try to put the games out of reach
offensively. We go into a more defensive posture of play.
At
one point of play tonight we had 6 goal tenders on the ice all standing
in the shooting lanes ready to block shots or passes. No one was
attacking the man with the puck. Just a matter of time before they pot
one playing that game.
Can you just imagine the amount of
penalties Gill, O’Byrne and Hammer will be taking in the play offs if
we play that way against the speedy Washington or Pittsburgh clubs.
Gill might as well sit in a chair in front of the net waving his stick
back and forth watching the opposition fly around him.
We have as
good of a 4 line hockey club as most in this league, but our defence
will only be addressed next camp. Until then we will continue to sit on
the edge of our seats and chew our finger nails for the remainder of
the year.
don’t they know the only reason they are where they are is Miller?
That’s definitely true, however we also had a few games where we played terrible and were outshot 2 to 1 yet came out with a win thanks to a brilliant performance by Halak.
Me and the people around me had a good laugh at the game. We all cheered for him anyway.
—Hope Springs Eternal—
I may have caught a glimpse of it.
Dubiously unequivocal, know me as
L.B. Potter, esq. First Bugler of the St-Habberson’s Club Red Brigade and Head Coachman to the President of Habsbros Flannel-weaving Services: http://habsbros.blogspot.com/
I was there tonight, and it was a good game overall. A snorer for the first half of the first, but we came out on fire in the 2nd. A bit of a lull in the 3rd was scary, but it was a good effort.
Some observations:
Gionta played his ass off all night, a great effort from him.
Gill skating back for the puck = scary. Gill in our zone = shutdown.
Spacek’s hit on Booth, right in front of me (a couple of miles up, tho) was completely clean, and it was quiet when it happened, and we could hear his face hit Spacek’s shoulder way up in the nosebleeds. Echhh.
The best line was definitely Moore/Moen/Sergei. They worked and worked all night, and they all had good shots on goal.
Best player of the night: Josh Gorges. Wow. He took a puck in the inside of his elbow early on, and he played through it, and made some fantastic plays in our end. Always fighting for the puck, dogged, full-on.
The Horton goal: offside. I saw the linesman looking up at the replay after the goal. He realized it too.
Everyone cheered when they put up the Boston result.
Awesome. I’m hoarse.
Oh, and a piece of advice to the guy next to me: SHOOTING ALL THE TIME ISN’T THE BEST OPTION!! STOP COMPLAINING!!!
—Hope Springs Eternal—
Thanks, it’s got the pre-game ceremony, which is what I really need. I have the game, the ceremony is what got messed up. All I have to do now is figure out what player to download for the Mac and I’m all set. Thanks again
i was about to post something in a similar vein. i know he should have his head up, but damn do i feel for him.
apparently he was coherent and alert in the hospital. he must be rattled though.
Much better fellas!!! Booth got OWNED!! JAroBlock was good once again! too many penalties yet again, need to get disciplined. I say 4 more wins and we can breath a little easier. Who else is in favor of playing the Sabres in the first round?? I sure don’t want the Pens, but I would love to see us beat Crosby’s bitch ass…. A guy can dream huh!
——-US Born Habs fan, Proud to be a traitor (when it comes to Hockey).
Is it ok if I say “Poor David Booth” or is that traitorously misplaced compassion?
Cuz… dang, that didn’t look like it helped his concussion rehabilitation any.
Dubiously unequivocal, know me as
L.B. Potter, esq. First Bugler of the St-Habberson’s Club Red Brigade and Head Coachman to the President of Habsbros Flannel-weaving Services: http://habsbros.blogspot.com/
Quite the shake-up for tonights game. I agree that Price really has had it tough and deserves anotherstart. I am just glad that he has the fire to say what he said about the team sitting back on its a$$es the last 5 minutes. We have made that our trade mark over the last few years…get a lead and try to sit on it. DRIVES ME CRAZY!
http://gushuecards.webs.com/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRRiyN3A0pg
50+ shots for the B’s and they still lost
Exchange on the way out of the building last night:
Sabre Fan, assuming I’m from Montreal: “Man, it must suck to drive a long way to watch your team lose.”
Me: “Actually, I didn’t have to drive far at all.”
Sabre Fan: “Oh… because I know that it sucks to drive all the way to Toronto if the Sabres lose.”
Me: “If I were you, it wouldn’t be the drive to Toronto that sucks… it would be losing to the second-worst team in the NHL.”
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Well, well, well…Little different personel out there with less than 2 to go tonight, eh Jacques?
Much better job at shutting things down late..Gionta goes hard right until the final whistle…
OK, Just for Fun-ziees !
Would you trade for:
M. St Louis and V. Lecavalier
In Exchange for:
B. Gionta, S Gomez and C Price
?????????????
Just had a chuckle over this with a buddy.
On a random……..Third line is getting very scary and Poulio is still gonna be too good. Good Team game for 2 important pts.
Habs, OLE !
I did, and it’s because we have a tiny tot named Camm who I think is the best of the 3 tiny tots. We are never going to get to the “promised land” with our 3 best forwards all under 5’10″. What other team is like that? When you get to the playoffs these tiny tots (3 on the same team that is) will be targeted and worn down making for a short series. Gomez and Gionta added to separate bigger teams would thrive similar to Kessel in Laff land, Briere in PHI and Martin St Louis in Tampa to name a few…but not 3 on the same team.
Again, all 3 are talented but it won’t work on one team which is why I said we should trade Gionta and Gomez for that matter.
During the regular seson our tiny tots will run around and zip in and out and score pretty well but it will end in a 7 game playoff series….that’s just the way it is and hopefully explains why I said “trade him”.
you got that right Gio competes night in and night out. Kovy is a magician he plays great for 3 games and dissapears for 20 at a time.
Change Price for Halak and I would think about it….
I think we’re 8-2-2 since the break. Still a good record.
That check Spacek delivered on Booth was the kind of thing we used to see from Doug Harvey. http://dennis-kane.com/
He ain’t no bum, that’s fersure.
Unless my math is out the window, a goal every two games is 40 goals at the end of the year, no?
I guess maybe Gio for 5 years could be better than Kovy for 2 after all…
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L.B. Potter, esq. First Bugler of the St-Habberson’s Club Red Brigade and Head Coachman to the President of Habsbros Flannel-weaving Services: http://habsbros.blogspot.com/
Thats a problem with Hamrlik, he’s up there in age, and its really the same thing with Spacek. The problem with MAB is that he makes horribe passes in his own end, he can’t play D on the boards. If you rememeber early in the year he was playing with Mara, as bad as Mara was alot had to do with him playing with MAB. The offesive potential that MAB has is his shot, and that is why he is in the lineup becuase it is so good, but playing as a forward.
I like Pouliot who always shows his smiley face.
That might be the reason.
There might be another reason too…
Dubiously unequivocal, know me as
L.B. Potter, esq. First Bugler of the St-Habberson’s Club Red Brigade and Head Coachman to the President of Habsbros Flannel-weaving Services: http://habsbros.blogspot.com/
Either is that small guy called Gionta!!!!!
Say, that kid Poolio ain’t too shabby, eh?
Dubiously unequivocal, know me as
L.B. Potter, esq. First Bugler of the St-Habberson’s Club Red Brigade and Head Coachman to the President of Habsbros Flannel-weaving Services: http://habsbros.blogspot.com/
Oooh. Good liink. I didn’t know about this one…
try nhltorrents.co.uk probably get it in hd
The first name you mentioned….at least he can skate, join the rush, and actually shoot the puck and get if off the ice when he is in the offensive zone. Hammer looks like a worn out bum, who’s sippin on his last drop of JD out there….completely useless. I’ll take my chances with MAB, his offensive potential will make up for his defensive shortcomings. And explain to me how hammer is helping this team right now?
Cheers boss,
Shaker
You can watch it on YouTube, the uploader’s name is buffalochoppers I believe.
- I shall always remember Captain Koivu.
http://habsandhockey.blogspot.com/
I think they will win for Halak cause he’s the one in net tonight.
Price didn’t do bad yesterday’s 3 periods… he did bad during the shootout. No one would be talking about Carey Price today if we would have won in the shootout.
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Off topic, but just wondering, does anyone know where I might be able to get a tape or dvd of the CBC coverage of the pre-game ceremony and the Bruins-Canadiens 12/4/09 (100th anniversary) game? I had taped them but unfortunately the tape was accidentally destroyed. If anyone can help me out, it’d be greatly appreciated. You can check my contact info for my email address. Thanks.
PHEWWWWWW.
Gotta give props to Moen. Played a great game, and only missed one after a crazy scare and 50 stitches. Wow.
Great home win when I was on the road.
Moen got screwed out of being selected as one of the 3 Stars though.
- I shall always remember Captain Koivu.
http://habsandhockey.blogspot.com/
attach a giant stick on spacek, attach a manican paint it red and call it a player … does it really matter?
Great road win, Moen And Gionta were great tonite.
7-1-2 since the Olympic break – not much to complain about!!!
“I find your lack of faith disturbing” Darth V
Scott Gomez missed an open net last night that could have put the Habs up 2-0 early on PP. SH*T HAPPENS!! Price deserves another start for peatsakes!!! Not his fault but the team in front of him that just could not match Sabres high tempo attack. C’mon boys lets rock & roll tonight and WIN for Priceberg. Go Habs Go!!!
Nights like last night where you take away a loser point after a fifty-odd minute lead are lessons. Hopefully we’ve learned how to compete for and retain a lead. Unfortunately this being Florida, the conclusion you can draw is that we are, broadly speaking, worse than Buffalo and better than Florida. And we knew that already. Hopefully some sphincters tightened up and that is the reason we pulled this off.
Why do Price fans always have to make it sound like there is some sort of conspiracy theory among the team to play poorly and lose on purpose whenever Price is in net and save their best performance for Halak?
Did it ever cross your mind that the energy might be flowing the other way, i.e. that Halak might inspire his team mates to bring out the best performance, to give them the confidence that he’s got the goal covered and that everyone can concentrate on their own game?
I’d be all for that.
Haha. Can we trade our coach?
It was a ok game for 40 mins but Martin pulls the team back for the last 20, he pulls this crap Saturday it wont be good. Someone wake this guy up and tell him it’s 2010 not the 90′s style of hockey anymore
57 + 3..thought that was the Alouettes motto. Seems like the Habs have adopted that too.. except they don’t execute in the last 3.
Can anyone tell me why Darche was scrached last night ?
No idea, one second they’re talking about how well he’s doing, next he’s scratched for a -15 player. Maybe he’s injured or something. I think Metro was out too.
That is exactly what I was thinking – Darche has given 110% since being called up – living his life long dream of playing for HABS – Not that I want to hear he is hurt , but that would be the only reason I would see for taking him out and putting in Mr. -15 . Hope to see Mathieu back on the ice on Sat .
Ok – Not to be over critical but I do not in any way understand your comment – I understand that players are benched , scratched etc and usually for a poor performance, send a message , maybe an injury not disclosed – but >>>>>> Why would scratching Darche who has 9 points in 24 games and only has 4 PIM ( non of which cost us a game to my knowledge) and Metro who has 24 pts and 24 PIM in 68 games be productive in “sending a message to Poiullot and the other rookies ” Why not scratch those players ?
Sorry if I am being over sensitive but it really annoyed me that Lapps who has 12 pts in 70 games 56 pim and is a -15 was playing while Darche was scrached .
Moen played his best game of the season, Halak was solid and Moore looks like has found a home on the 3rd line! Hopefully they bring a solid game against Jersey on Saturday!
Read more:
http://www.habsaddict.com/2010/03/montreal-florida-brian-giontas-two.html
Probably sending a message to Poiullot and the other rookies to stop getting stupid penalties that cost the game.
lol
I would like to see Gomez skate in the Offensive zone like he skates in the Neutral Zone. Take the puck to the net. I don’t know, maybe even try a shot or something.
Who cares about toronto in a habs blog?
I don’t wish injuries on any player(other than one that actually contributed to a Habs series win a few years ago but I’ll post that as a ps remark later down the page). Fans and media are making martyrs out of arrogant hockey players and it’s changing the game. David Booth had his head down admiring his hands last night. Not that he was making a great play with the puck but he wasn’t watching Jaro Spacek at all. The other point that I’m going to make about Booth is the Richards hit. I personally don’t think it was dirty but that’s not the point. The point is that when you have the puck on your stick at the opposing blueline you “feel” the other players around you. You know if somebody is close and if somebody is dangerous to you, and if you don’t, you aren’t prepared to be on the ice. You can see two defensemen in front of you and you know if the opposition had a high man coming out of your zone that could be dangerous to you on the backcheck, nevermind that the man(Booth) was moving at the speed of a snapping turtle, he needs to be aware, and for that, he is accountable, not Richards, not Spacek.
ps. The man that I wanted to see scratched, not injured, was Stephane Quintal in the playoffs so that Mike Komisarek would get into the lineup. Quintal was getting beat on every rush and the Bruins were eating him alive. Quintal hurts his leg in game 4 and Komisarek comes in and we erase a 3-1 series deficit to win the series.
How reliable is this? Or is it just conjecture?
……’cept he’s never been a coach before. And where did you get that BS about Lever??!?!?
Guy Boucher… i mean who the hell is that right? He probably has a thick accent!
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Does anyone on here actually miss Kovalev damn I’d take Gionta and his 5 million a year over Kovy and his????
At least Darche and Metro will be back in there on Saturday nigth. Jaro will go again, and JM will finally figure out the lineup and play with 7 D and 11 Forwards.
Poulliot/Gomez/Gio…..Cammy/Pleks/AK46…..Moen/Moore/SK74…..Darche/Metro and whoever JM wants to double shift
Markov/O’Byrne……..Gorges and either Gill, Hammer, Spacek or MAB, these last four guys are going to rotate and share the other pairings and ice time.
Thank you JM for finally making a wise decision.
Shaker
New NHL promo for NBC, by DownGoesBrown.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Zd5jTtzWx8&feature=player_embedded#at=239
Not really funny.
spacek +13
markov +12
pouliot +11
Whoever said that that kid Poolio was all that, I totally agree with them. I think the folks who said that are totally brilliant and I think they all deserve some gushing congratulations for their super fantastic perspicacity and mind-biggling acumen in All Things Related to Mojo Within The CH.
Great job!
Dubiously unequivocal, know me as
L.B. Potter, esq. First Bugler of the St-Habberson’s Club Red Brigade and Head Coachman to the President of Habsbros Flannel-weaving Services: http://habsbros.blogspot.com/
I have a night class on Thursdays, so I missed the game, but it seemed a little too similar to the game against Buffalo for my liking. Two goal lead going into the third period, so JM has them send in one forward and sit back and let the other team keep coming at you and gaining momentum. When you’ve got a guy on the ropes, KNOCK HIM OUT!!! Don’t try to win the bloody thing on a TKO. The mantra for this team to have any chance of an upset in the playoffs has to be Attack, Attack, Attack!!—along with Halak, Halak, Halak! (Don’t start yelling at me, I only put it there because it rhymes)
If we try to sit on a two goal lead against the Pens, the Caps or as we’ve seen, the Sabres, we are going to lose. When you are the underdog you have to go for the knockout. It mightn’t work, but sitting back definitely won’t, the top teams will eat us alive, even with a two lead.
That being said, a win is a win, and especially after the Flyers, Bruins and Thrasers all lost.
GO HABS!
I remember someone bashing Benny here when he had that bad game…
Can’t decide if that’s a compliment or not. Perspicacity? Now, I’m loaded with that! I perspire perspicacity but I don’t think my mind is biggled…..I dunno….
But if anyone deserves the accolades (and someone does!), it would have to be BG. Hats off BG….you made a brilliant move…
7 games left…4 wins needed
Carolina twice, Toronto, Buffalo, NJ, Philly, & NYI.
I dont see 4 guaranteed wins, its gonna be close.
Im not sure 88 points gets you in.
You should check out this site. Their statistical forecasts are much more optimistic. They have forecasts for each of our possible records over our remaining games. Right now our playoff chances are at 96.3%.
The only remaining threat is the Thrashers. They picked up one point last night losing to Toronot in O/T.
With 76 points they have eight games remaining:
@ Car, Car, @To, @Wash, @Pitts, @ NJ, @ Wash, Pitts
To get to 90 points they would have to win seven of the above eight games.
Sure, anything can happen. But barring a complete collapse by our Habs, I don’t think we need to worry too much anymore.
“Hey Richard, two minutes for looking so good!”
Do you use the same name (bigjcc526)? Because I play a lot at late nite, and I’m pretty sure I’ve seen that name a number of times. I’m light_tasty.
Who would like to see a 3-6 Buf Mtl first round? I honestly think we can take Buffalo. They are no unbeatable. With exception to Miller they have no stars really. It would be a good series, possibly a 7 game series, but i do believe we could beat them. At least better than Playing Wash or NJ in the first round
I think we can play well vs the Sabres and also the Pens.
Im hoping for the Sabres too. We can beat them. And i think we are better than they are. Miller is their star. We showed last night we can beat him. We were unlucky not to have had more goals.
We have been playing pretty well since the break, and now that we are healthy i think we are a different team.
There may be other teams, but only ONE Club De Hockey…
Here’s hoping for a W and no injuries involved with that win.
Cammy will score at the Bell Centre, count on it.
- I shall always remember Captain Koivu.
http://habsandhockey.blogspot.com/
Perfect timing on the back to back, good thing is a Habs win and a Philly loss to Minni, and were 3 points clear of them sitting in 6th. With everyone how wheelchair GM blaming Price for last night, when one Scotty Bowman himself says “Dont trade Carey Price”, in todays Gazette. Play the same way we did last night and we’ll be good to go.
Scotty Bowman??????
What has he ever done? What does he know? Who has he ever gotten for his teams that actually did anything? He is clueless. He hasnt done anything in the last few years. He is clearly senile, and doesnt know what he is talking about.
Ken Dryden too. What a dummy, I mean what kinda understanding of hockey does he have? Has he accomplished anything to be able to say he can judge talent when he sees it?
Carey Price is a flop. and will never amount to anything. Waste of a first round pick. The Habs are going nowhere…
There may be other teams, but only ONE Club De Hockey…
halak to start…
Halak, Moen in tonight!
I hope the players can win one tonight in spite of their Head Coach.
Are you saying JM is jockeying for fifth place to make sure we play Buff in the 1st round?
“Hey Richard, two minutes for looking so good!”
Hey Guys,
It’s really time we start to drive the coach out of town right? I mean that hasn’t happen in a long time.
We should have hired Don Lever instead. We would probably be 1st or 2nd by now.
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Do you not know what happened with Don Lever by now? He was pulled away from Hamilton because the kids weren’t maturing. They weren’t capable of playing the NHL game. He was pulled away and brought up to the big club for an assessment on his philosophy and how he sees the game.
Kirk Muller should be the Head Coach of this team. People are screaming for Guy Boucher and know next to nothing about him. Kirk Muller is aware of the pressure and responsibility. Most of all, he’s ready.