Gorges’ value has been recognized by Canadiens management, who signed the defenceman to a six-year contract extension at $3.9 million per season.
Gorges was obtained in the best trade Bob Gainey ever made as Canadiens general manager.
At the February deadline in 2007, the Canadiens sent Craig Rivet and a fifth-round draft choice in 2008 to San Jose for Gorges and the Sharks’ 2007 first-round choice (22nd overall), which was used to draft Max Pacioretty.
The team announcement:
Members of the media covering the Montreal Canadiens voted defenceman Josh Gorges as the 2011-12 recipient of the Jacques Beauchamp-Molson Trophy. The trophy is awarded annually to the member of the Canadiens who played a dominant role during the regular season, without earning any particular honor. Gorges, who won the award in 2009-10, succeeds Roman Hamrlik who was the recipient in 2010-11.
Gorges received the most first-place votes in the race for the Jacques Beauchamp-Molson Trophy, earning 140 points in the overall standings, ahead of forward David Desharnais (102 points) and defenceman Alexei Emelin (44 points).
A native of Kelowna, British Columbia, Gorges leads the Canadiens at even strength with a total of 1,447:44 minutes of play, averaging 18:19 minutes of ice time per game. He is first on the team and second in the NHL on the penalty kill with 303:56 minutes of play, an average of 3:50 minutes per game (third in the NHL). Gorges ranks second with the Canadiens in overall ice time, with 1785:49 minutes of play, averaging 22:36 minutes of ice time per game.
Gorges leads the Canadiens with a +11 plus-minus differential and ranks third on the team with 125 hits. He leads all NHL players with 243 blocked shots. Gorges is one of two Canadiens’ players to appear in all the team’s games this season, after missing Montreal’s last 46 games in 2010-11 with a knee injury.
The 6’1’’, 201 lbs defenceman played his 300th career game with the Canadiens on December 15 against Philadelphia. Gorges took part in his 400th NHL career game on December 22 at Winnipeg.
Created in 1981 to honor the memory of the legendary sportswriter who spent most of his professional career covering the Canadiens, the Jacques Beauchamp-Molson Trophy was first awarded to Doug Jarvis following the 1981-82 season.
Josh Gorges will be presented with the Jacques Beauchamp-Molson Trophy during a ceremony prior to Saturday’s game against the Toronto Maple Leafs at the Bell Centre.
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Hopefgully today’s news that we’re looking to talk to Bergevin is true. He’s the right guy for the job. He helped rebuild the Hawks, so he has experience doing that, and he helped them win a Cup, which we cuold use some of, too. Patrick Roy asked to leave MTL. We don’t need him back.
So I’m watching NHL.com Live the other day and Gary Bettman is taking calls. People from all over the USA are phoning in and Gary is answering their questions and he’s not being a jerk to them. This leaves me to believe that what I always suspected is true. He hates Canadians and that’s why he is a complete ass when he’s interviewed in Canada by Canadians.
The thing that really caught my attention was a fan called in about the draft lottery. Here’s what was suggested: If you finish last this year overall, you get a chance at the 1st overall pick. If you get that pick and finish last the next year, the best you can hope for is the 2nd overall pick. If you finish last again the following year, you can only hope to get the third overall pick as that is the 3rd year in a row that your team tanked. This would effectively eliminate teams like Pitt and EDM from building power houses through the draft. Here’s the interesting part. Bettman said “I like that idea but no one has ever tabled a suggestion like that. Very interesting. Thank you.”
After I picked myself up off the floor, it all made perfect sense to me. There are 3 Canadian teams floundering near the bottom of the league and may be for years to come. Of course he liked the idea! It give the US franchises a better chance at getting the best picks in the draft.
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“It just goes to show how difficult predictions are, especially ones made about the future.”
RGM
***Habs Forever***
It probably hasn’t helped that the Canadian who has interviewed Bettman the most is Ron Maclean. His “tough” act doing the interviews was always a joke to watch. Ron would jump from topic to topic with no way of backing up his assertions and Bettman would get angry and smug.
Then when interviewed by a TSN host, Gary would get pure lip service since TSN gets its bread buttered (Scoops) from the league.
My main point may have got lost in my hate for GB. Doesn’t it shock anyone that GB acknowledged that the idea for a better draft lottery has never been tabled? He’s surrounded by hockey minds every day who I presume talk everything hockey.
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“It just goes to show how difficult predictions are, especially ones made about the future.”
RGM
***Habs Forever***
Bettman favors one thing and one thing only. Money. He could care less about the game or who wins or loses.
No matter who is the coach and the GM next year, I think they Canadiens goal should be to at least reach mediocrity.
No eternal reward will forgive us for wasting the dawn.
I was thinking about this famous “big” centre we have all been dreaming about and I decided to look at Ryan Getzlaf’s stats. I was surprised to see that in 80 games he has only 10 goals and 45 assists. Our own DD 78 games with 16 goals and 42 assists. Plekanec 78 games with 16 goals and 34 assists. Lars Eller 76 games with 16 goals and 12 assists.
Id take him on my team. I think Getzlaf is having an off year and considering his age, its fair to assume this is a one-off as opposed to a regression. His shooting % since 05-06 is about 12%, this year its 5%.
[Disclaimer]: I’m a hockey fan. I care about the habs, but probably not as much as you.
Agree, there are better centres out there that Getzlaf. The price is extremely high though. I don’t think the centre position is as big of a deal when you have two brutes on your wing. Two 30 goal scorers is good compensation for your centres size.
Question: How many more points / goals would 67, 51 and 72 have if Markov was anckoring the PP the entire year? Would there even be a question about whether the Habs had a #1 line?
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“It just goes to show how difficult predictions are, especially ones made about the future.”
RGM
***Habs Forever***
Yes, and I’d trade both Plek and DD for Getzlaf in a heartbeat. Don’t think the Ducks would though.
Still laughing at my ol lady’s smug look when she seen the bi gendered Canadian pagent contender suing Trump and then I said” well ,don’t need girls anymore,lol!” She could get action out of croc dundie!
Can things get any worse? YES!
Max Lapierre heating up for another play-off’s scoring in overtime to put the Nucks in 1st place….another money player and hometown hero givin das boots by the No Minds at the Habs Helm!
Speaks French too can skate and has size, over qualified for habs.
On the list of bad decisions by PG. 27 years old. When he was with the Habs, one of the few with grit, and got mocked for it, and meanwhile, about 4 million thrown away to employ a broken down Georges Laraque.
“May you live in interesting times.”
Lapierre asked for a trade. I’m glad he’s gone.
I vote the Canadiens only draft the BEST french (or if options limited, bilingual) player with at least 100 PIM and 6 foot 4!! That will get the next HOMETOWN HERO.
Just as long as its the sixth of seventh round pick used. Draft a Russian or a Swede with the first pick at least.
Unfortunately for your plan, Central Scouting has no French players listed in their top 150 European prospects. Lots of Russian, Swedish, Finnish and Czech players, a smattering of Swiss, Austrian, German players, a couple of Danes, that’s it. No Frenchmen.
http://www.nhl.com/ice/draftprospectbrowse.htm?cat=2&pg=1
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How about it NHL? No fighting, just hockey?
http://relentlessineptitude.blogspot.com/
Quebecois
UCE was playing dumb. Others don’t play….
“May you live in interesting times.”
WTF does Milbury contribute to sports broadcasting? Do they keep him on just for some pseudo-shame factor
The only thing I can think of is that Mike is used as an example to all other up and coming broadcasters of what NOT to do .
He unfortunately has a job because he gets people talking, and people tune in just to see what moronic thing he’s going to say next.
His comments get articles on TSN, Sportsnet, Yahoo, etc.
He’s a moron in every sense of the word. He’s one of the biggest failures this sport has ever known so anything he has to say about hockey lacks any credibility whatsoever.
habs 23rd most goals scored same position as last year…yet maxpac/dd/cole/ career years..plecks 16 goals ..he is not going to score that much more next year (maybe 6-7 more)..gion needs 20 goals just to match his and ak46 totals…eller maybe 4 more goals next year..and than there is borque..unless our draft pick makes an impact..and we sign or trade for an impact forward and gallagher explodes on the habs next years our forward lineup once again will be brutal in scoring goals…
how do you determine standings if 2 teams are tied in points
I thought the team with most wins got the nudge, but I guess it isn’t since Oilers are 29th and Habs 28th.
Anybody know?
The Oilers have played 80 games, and we have played 79 with the same amount of points, thats why.
“I don’t wanna see Maurice tonight, I want the rocket!”
At the end of the season if 2 or more teams are tied in points whoever has had more regulation+ot wins has the first tiebreaker. Shootout wins do not count in the tiebreaker.
@canada4l – u beat me to it..lol
And at the end of the season when all teams have played their 82 games if we are still tied with Edmonton the team that has the most wins not including shoot outs will finish ahead. This stat is reflected in the ROW column. Regulation and Overtime Wins. As it stands now Habs would finish 29th and Oilers 28th. They have the higher ROW…
Tough guys are great but they gotta have a little talent to go with it. we have some tough guys, with next to zero talent. Lucic is the best tough guy in the league, even if he gets beat up now and than. he can put the puck in the net. that’s the kind of tough guy’s I want on my team.
How about a Ben Maxwell instead?
Here are my lines for tomorrow night’s game:
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How do you expect to win with a 4th line full of unknowns?
*Listen to my instrumental tribute entitled “Habs at War” at http://web.me.com/ptolias/Music/OtherOriginalMusic.html
Are you sayin’ my choice of linemates is questionable? Why are you so querylsome?
It’s been a tough year to be a habaholic.
*Listen to my instrumental tribute entitled “Habs at War” at http://web.me.com/ptolias/Music/OtherOriginalMusic.html
What about this famous line that we have seen most of the year.
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It has caused a lot of buzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
RC is that you?
C’est moi
Have another drink.
No eternal reward will forgive us for wasting the dawn.
Interesting chronolgy of events:
On March 21/2012: Reports first surfaced that Molson had met with Roy several times and that Roy was gonna be the coach of the HABS and Roy had selected two assistants from QJMHL. All that was left was to get ink to paper.. some details to worked out.
Period March 21/2012 to March 29th/2012 Roy becomes darling of the media(french) and excitement reigns. Roy answers many questions re this news. One very intriguing answer late in the week was a “it is something I would have to think about….”.
March 29th/2012… Molson fires Gauthier (officially relieving him of his duties which he may have done some time before… nuance is important.)
March 29th/2012.. Serge Savard is all over the airwaves as a specially chosen advisor to Molson in search for new GM. Remember it was only days before that Savard had given a scathing criticism of Canadiens re Quebec prsospects.
Today, April 03/2012 RDS reports that Roy had sought VETO power over all hockey operations.
Look at the chronolgy.. and do some deductive reasoning and questioning.
One question which someone like Boone or Stubbs can answer better than most of us here. How much of a relationship was there between Savard and Molson before .. … enough that they could see this coming??
My take:
Molson did meet with Roy. Giddy with ‘boyish hero adulation’ and superficially impressed with the PR bonanza, he was indeed close to signing Roy.
But as we all have speculated, Roy the ‘power’ personality drove a hard bargain.. he wanted to be the coach but also have ‘veto’ power over any moves by a figure-head GM.
When the reports came out and media glare was put on the move… the pros and cons became glaringly apparent to Molson. Who knows Molson maybe even was gonna keep PG and Gauthier as ‘figurehead GM’s. People wouldnt have ‘noticed’ as long as he had ROY out front driving the news coverage.
But Molson wised up. Picked up the phone and touched base with Savard… maybe on advice from???. Savard of course knew the pitfalls. Savard was the catalyst for the full blown and ‘sudden’ moves after.
PG… fired. Gainey gracefully pushed out. Savard becomes front and centre ‘the voice’.
Laugh and scoff at me now.
I distinctly remember being laughed at when I suggested ‘chemistry problem in the room especially with number 13). I remember some smarty pants posting “I guess you musta been in the room eh” Who was that. Bet you wont own up to it now.
So go ahead and laugh and scoff.
But mark this post. ROY will not be in any capacity with the Montreal Canadiens in the near future anyways. Not GM! Not Coach!
Go over the chronolgy. And again ask (and I hope Boone or Stubbs can answer).. who here saw Savard as becoming so integrally inolved before he went on air on March 29th/2012.
Interesting chronolgy.
OH Yeah….
my next post will be a full expose of Roswell. I know you cant wait.
And another.
No eternal reward will forgive us for wasting the dawn.
You sir, as I have said before, wear your name rather WELL!
I believe Patrick Roy landed at Roswell…destined to become one of NHL’s premier goaltenders..and Habs coach extraordinaire.
The truth is out there.
Hey I had copyright to that story!
Roy should be the next coach and he should have some power over the moves that are made. Roy would never want to go into Boston or Philly coaching the team of pussy cats that Gauthier, Gainey and Martin put together over the last 3 years. Roy has too much pride to watch his players get pushed around and have no push back at all. Things have gotten alittle better the last month with the addition of Staubitz but Roy would have never put a team of smurfs together.
I’ve tried, guys, honest, I have. For the past two weeks – or is it two months? – I’ve faithfully visited this site every day and worked my way through the myriad threads, many of them hundreds of posts deep. There’s been a lot of facts, figures and fantasies tossed out there and it’s been a real chore trying to cram all that information into this shrinking noggin but I think I’ve managed to sort things out, even at my advanced age.
From what I’ve gathered the consensus choice among HIO habitués is that the Canadiens should select Claude Julien Brisebois as their first round pick, hire that hothead Nail Grigorenko as the GM, and pair him with Pierre McGuire as the coach because he’s known as an ice level-headed fellow (although there’s the risk he could go back to Russia), and trade Tomas Plekanec and Tomas Kaberle to Boston for Tim Thomas just for the H of it. Patrick Roy is to become the head trainer, Trevor Timmins will remain the head scout, and Cole, Pacioretty and DD will return next season as the team’s head line. Halak and Price will split goaltending duties, but with different teams.
I’m pretty sure there’s more but my brain’s starting to cramp so excuse me while I go lie down.
(I’m making notes from now on.)
EDIT: I believe this is the first time I’ve ever occupied such an exalted spot in the cue. Reminds me of that famous Cagney line: “Made it, Ma! Top of the thread!”
Just be mindful, JB. That’s all we ask.
Just for the H of it. A gem.
Brilliant!
Beauty- Gooins lose AND Boychuk goes down after a “hockey play.” 2 for 1. Laffs losing in OT is a BONUS!
Miller lets in 5 goals & is lying on the ice at the end of the game on top of a player going all gaga. U think they won the Cup ….
It’s unbelievable that some Halak fans try to convince the world that Price is faking an injury.
Does it surprise U in the least?
The team has shut him down in case it is serious.
Sabres have to be the luckiest team to come from behind and win
I can’t stand the Sabres & Miller ….
Don’t overlook the possibility that the Leafs may just be the best team to blow a lead and lose
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☞ Wow, that’s a nice lookin’ pair of Crocs!” Said no one ever.☜
Nah! They were playing the laffs.
Wayda suck, TO.
Got your point to go ahead of us, and still let the Sabres in over the Caps.
—Hope Springs Eternal—
I like it. I am not sure why I cheer against the Caps.
The friggin Leafs had a 3-0 lead & could not put the Sabres away.
For F sakes …
Oh Man! Looks like Asham busted Boychucks leg!
Johnny boychuck probably just tore his acl. It’s never good to cheer for an injury but…. I am cheering just a little.
lol I’m with you buddy
@ Mattyleg RE the value of a big center vs big wingers.
The reason size is so important up the middle is mainly for 5 on 5 defensive purposes. Centermen get in many more puck battles per shift/game than wingers on a consistent basis, and all over the ice. In the defensive zone wingers often receive a pass along the boards from a battle won by a center. Not to say small players can not win battles, but bigger players that use their size will win battles based on that alone. Look at St Louis for example, their top 3 centers are all 6’4″+ and win many battles for the puck.
Hmm, that’s a pretty good case, and I can definitely see how that would help defensively.
Problem is, lots of people think that they can help score more goals.
I think it’s overemphasized amongst certain fans.
—Hope Springs Eternal—
I would argue that size on the wings creates more offense, hard into the corners on dump-ins. Centers with speed seem to produce more offense because of their ability to quickly get to pucks in the offensive zone, particularly in sustaining pressure.
Two sides to every player attribute. I guess that is why the speed AND size of Patch and Cole is so valuable.
Jean Beliveau, Pete Mahovlich, Bobby Smith. Nice centers to have because they could control the game. Mario Lemieux…
Its a Leaf and Sabre suckfest going on tonight
Wow! Great comeback by Buffalo! Great choke by the Leafs!
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☞ Wow, that’s a nice lookin’ pair of Crocs!” Said no one ever.☜
They seem to be unsuccessfully trying to outsuck each other.
—Hope Springs Eternal—
Indeed! Hard to separate the emotions from the intellect on this one. My head wants the Leafs to win, but the heart loves to see them fail.
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☞ Wow, that’s a nice lookin’ pair of Crocs!” Said no one ever.☜
Yay Toronto *choke, gag, spew*
That was hard to say, but I did it! I must REALLY want that high draft pick.
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☞ Wow, that’s a nice lookin’ pair of Crocs!” Said no one ever.☜
it would be a shame if that pick is Grigorenko…
Why?
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☞ Wow, that’s a nice lookin’ pair of Crocs!” Said no one ever.☜
I’d love that pick! Offensive center with size, why not?
Out of all the players projected in the top 10 he is the only one that most pro scouts think is a bust… I suppose there is a reason behind that. There is a lot of talk about his effort level and willingness to compete against tougher opposition. I tried to watch as much videos and interviews of him to try to form an opinion of my own and while I am no psychologist, I gotta say he does not look like he is going to be that great. Don’t get me wrong. he is very skilled and has great size for his age, but just seems to lack that edge…
Anyways that’s the way I see it. For all we know the guy can come in to the league and have 100pt seasons…
I will admit that you know more about him than I. I just have to hope the Habs make the right pick – and if it’s Grigorenko he turns out to be the right one.
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☞ Wow, that’s a nice lookin’ pair of Crocs!” Said no one ever.☜
Other than one blip on TSN about his effort I have heard/read only positive things about him. Are you sure that “most pro scouts think he is a bust” ???
@MacDougall, if you google it you will come up with at least 5 different reports on him from various sources… I would post the links for you but I imagine you are a big boy well capable of doing it yourself
Less than a minute after giving PITT the lead (3-2), James Neal acquits himself very nicely in a dustup vs Ference. Well done …
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Julien’s not happy now.
Oh my God,
I ALMOST felt bad for Phaneuf!
He took a shot right in the middle of the chest, then one deflected off his chin, then the Sabres scored!
Ha!!
—Hope Springs Eternal—
We have to talk about something … so this post is not anti-Desharnais, okay? It’s in defence of Plekanec, who a lot of yahoos on this site think should be traded.
The difference, in offensive stats, this year between Pleks and DD: 8 more assists for DD. They have the same number of goals. DD has 58 points, while Pleks has 50.
Everybody here who, like me, has watched every game this season knows the difference in their assignments this year. But the perception is that DD is now the number-one centre, while Pleks is trade-bait.
Silliness. No reason to trade Pleks. How he is only 8 points DD, who has played with a pair of 30-goal wingers all year, is beyond me. This guy needs some wingers of his own, and I am not talking about Bourque and Moen.
Full Breezer 4 Life
Excellent point Bill. I have to admit, I hadn’t really looked at it that way, but it is pretty amazing that he’s only 8 points behind DD when you compare the wingers and Plek’s ice time short-handed.
Perhaps if our smallish top 2 centres are surrounded by guys of Max & Cole’s ilk, they can both do very well in this league.
Go Habs Go!!
“Fans are great, but the quickest way to start losing is to listen to them.” – Sam Pollock
Bill, there’s no question Plekanec is the better player, period. He could play with Cole and Pacioretty next year and have a career high in points.
Desharnais, Pacioretty and Eller down the middle as a whole is as weak and passive as it gets around the league though.
I think ‘weak’ is a pretty relative term that doesn’t take much into account.
How do you define ‘weak’?
Easy to knock off the puck?
Have you seen Desharnais moving around behind the net? It’s like the puck is taped to his stick. Ever watch Plekanec take the puck into the other zone on the PK? He can hold the puck up against 3 players for ages.
I don’t really understand this fetish that some people have with the Big Strong Center. What’s the deal with that? Can’t we have Big Strong Wingers?
Is there some kind of macho penis-measuring that some fans get into about Who Has The Biggest Center?
Like I said, I don’t get it.
—Hope Springs Eternal—
FORE!
Uh, relax lol.
I was speaking more about our top centerman being 23rd in the league among centerman in points on a team that doesn’t score very much and are missing the playoffs.
Okay, I thought you were talking about physically. Because you used the word ‘passive’.
And there are plenty of other people who seem to think that size is everything.
—Hope Springs Eternal—
I don’t consider P. Bergeron and Kreicji better 1 & 2s than DD and Pleks and we all saw the disgrace to hockey those 2 made possible last June. Wingers? thats another story
Bhahahahahahahahaha and hahhahah
Talk about wearing the Hab colored sunglasses or drinking the Hab flavoured Koolaid…
This is the most delusional post ever…
@jobs101
P. Bergeron 2010-11 80g 22G 35A 57pts
T. Plekanec 2010-11 77gp 22G 35A 57pts
Both same type of players.
D. Kreiji 2011-12 76gp 23G 36A 59pts
D. Desharnais 11-12 78gp 16G 42A 58pts
But don’t let the facts get in your way.
Well i guess quoting STATS proves everything.
Bergeron was Team Canada’s best centerman at the 2010 Olympics a team DD wouldnt be allowed to fill water bottles for…
Kreicji has the best vision and makes some of the most creative passes in the entire League …
As a Habs fan i love Pleks and reserve the right to waite another season to pass judgement on DD, but they are no Bergeron and Kreicji…and again I am a 30 year die hard Habs fan, but i don’t let that distort reality…
I’m with you jols101. Pleks and DD is not, and will never be an “elite” 1-2 punch at center. I prefer Pleks by a large margin out of the two.
you are comparing DD with Bergeron and Kreicji with pleks where as you should look at it the other way around. Bergeron and Pleks are more or less the same type of players. they both kill penalties, and are the go to C in important defensive assignments. Kreijcji and DD are both offensive players and as much as I agree with you on Kreicji’s play making abilities, I consider DD one of the better players in the league as far as ice vision goes. and if you wanna put it that way Pleks was also the best C on his team during the olympics… Anyhow… I don’t think that it is “delusional” to say that the 2 pairs are comparable… + don’t forget the wingers those centers play with….
Horton, Lucic, Seguin and Marchand vs. cole, Maxpac, white and bouruqe?
Are you serious?
To your comment re : weak and passive down the middle, replace DD with a bonafide / full-sized # 1 center, and we take on a different complexion down the middle.
In a non-Gomez world, $7.3M in cap space makes this entirely possible …
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I’m with you. Keep DD for next season, let him pad his stats and increase his value, and see if Crosby, Getzlaf, or J Stall become UFA in the summer of 2013. If any of those three can be signed, trade DD or Eller.
agree 100% Bill. People tend to have a short memory when things are not going to their liking. I am not claiming to be an expert by any means but anyone with any hockey knowledge can see how valuable Plekanec is to this team. If god forbids he gets injured long term, only then people will see how much the team will miss him. In my eyes he is probably one of the few untouchables on this team. Any team that has had any success in the recent years is very deep on multidimensional guys like Pleky (Detroit comes to mind). Players like him don’t grow on trees… He is a great team mate, amazing hockey sense, cares about the Habs since he is a homegrown player and never seems to complain no matter what shltty assignment he is given. Like you said, give him some decent wingers and he’ll put up 60+ pts every year.
Nothing to talk about, Pleks isn’t going anywhere. Its unfair to compare these 2 players by 1 season stats. Look at Pleks numbers over the last 6 seasons, look at Pleks playoff numbers. Pleks is a role player a naturally gifted defensive player, the stuff thats hardest to teach, great on the PK. It would be a shame to lose him, or give him away. He also misses few games, which is rare for a Euro.
Actually Bill, the trade Pleks people may actually be complimenting Pleks in their own way. They seem to be saying that if we want certain kinds of assets, then Pleks is the best trade bait we have since Price, PK and Pacs are pretty well off limits.
I believe they see him as one guy whom we could lose in order to get a good return. Mind you, in my books, it would have to be a very good return. I would want to feel that we won the trade.
It’s not about discarding the guy. At least that’s not how I look at it. I admit that others may be seeing it differently.
You said exactly how I feel. If he is dealt, the Habs have to “win” the trade.
I actually don’t believe that Plekanec should be traded because of this season. I think he should be traded for a different reason. This team has placed first in the East with him as its #1 centreman, it has gone to the conference finals with him as its #1 centreman and it has developed him and seen him hit his prime. He has not shown an ability to elevate his game to this point when the chips are down.
It’s very likely that this team has gotten the most that it ever will get from Tomas Plekanec and if a culture change is the number one priority he and veterans like Andrei Markov, Josh Gorges, Tomas Kaberle, Scott Gomez and perhaps even Brian Gionta should all be traded.
That’s if a culture change is needed.
Hear! Hear!
Richard R
I wouldn’t be adverse to a Roy, Damphousse combo although I like JB as the gm
ability is what you’re capable of doing.
attitude determines how you do it
jB = Johnbellyfull?
Who’s Johnbellyfull?
Hire the best regardless of language
Some think so, Zak. Some think so.
The only way I want Damphousse there is as assistant GM, hopefully to Brisebois or Bergevin.
Roy gets my only vote for coach….if I had a vote.
Hey……not a bad idea. Let the fans vote for coach & GM.
Just kidding….most of you should not get a vote
Go Habs Go!!
“Fans are great, but the quickest way to start losing is to listen to them.” – Sam Pollock
Get out to a Junior A hockey playoff game! Boys! If you are missing good hockey.
I wished. Not possible here so I’ll have to fish my way thru this draught.
Too cold to golf yet. Playing PGA Tour 10.
Sooo bored.
***Subbang Baby!!!***
I am booked solid all weekend for more golf, sorry Punkster.
I’m sorry but go Sabres!
I’m with you Frank. I want to root for the Leafs. I really do but I just can’t get myself to. Maybe I should go to bed and read.
It is not only to see the Leafs lose but the desire to see those arrogant Capitals not make the play-offs…double pleasure.
Do you know what grinds my gears?
There is almost nothing to discus about the Habs.
Blah Blah GM Blah Blah Coach Blah Blah Tank.
Price/Halak?
***Subbang Baby!!!***
(deep breath)
Halak just lost a bunch of…
(sigh)
no, can’t do it.
Sorry.
—Hope Springs Eternal—
lol
I’ve watched a few games recently and come to a conclusion:
No teams look particularly good.
Honestly.
This is the ‘age of parity’?
Well, talk about the lowest common denominator.
Everyone is equally mediocre.
Too many teams, too many games, too many players, and we have pretty tepid hockey.
Lots of drifting, lots of mistakes, lots of blah.
—Hope Springs Eternal—
Too many injuries too.
From playing such a stupid number of games with an idiotic schedule that has far too many back-to-back games and games in clusters, I believe.
—Hope Springs Eternal—
Yup. Winning the Cup is all about being healthy and getting “hot” at the right time.
It always picks up come playoffs. We will hardly recognize the game then. There is nothing like it in any sport.
Right on. Six less teams would be a good start.
Richard R
Let the gooning begin. Pens up 2 zip.