Robert Rice (SeriousFan09) checks in with his weekly look at Canadiens’ prospects.
THREE STARS
RW
Aaron Palushaj jumps
out to prominence this week by continuing to surpass his rookie season totals
as one of a few able scorers for the Hamilton Bulldogs, scoring three goals and
two assists. Palushaj began his scoring on Wednesday, scoring a late goal to
force overtime and an eventual shootout, which Hamilton loss but his goal
provided his team their overtime point. Palushaj went pointless on Friday and
assisted on the game-winning goal on Saturday. Palushaj’s true scoring outburst
came on Sunday at the end of a heavy schedule, which became an eventual loss
but his efforts were not to blame. Palushaj scored two goals and one assist in
what became a 6-5 loss, it was his first three-point game since November 3rd.
Palushaj’s scoring output this week has more than doubled his goals output from
last season with 17 goals in 57 games, compared to 8 goals in 64 games last
season.
2.
LW Andrew Conboy had
his best offensive week of his Hamilton Bulldogs career, scoring two goals and
two assists and raising himself to his first season to go over twenty points.
Conboy scored a goal on Saturday to help his team to a 3-2 victory but went
beyond his normal contributions on Sunday. While the team lost the game, Conboy
was hardly to blame as he opened the scoring a mere 11 seconds in to the match,
than later assisted on two goals to help close the scoring in a game that
eventually got away from the Bulldogs. Conboy’s recent scoring outburst had him
snap a 14 game goal scoring slump and he’s now doubled his assist total from
last season.
3. RW Ian Schultz jumps out of the bubble
group this week, finally adding some points after mostly being interested in
building up his AHL fight card with the Hamilton Bulldogs, he’s now had fights
in 37 games in his rookie season. Schultz assisted on a late goal on Friday in
a 4-2 loss for Hamilton, having his first point in his 35th game of
the season after having two fights earlier in the game. Schultz than scored the
opening goal on Saturday for his team, than scored the final goal for Hamilton
in a 6-5 loss on Sunday afternoon. Schultz’s two goals and one assist have him
on a remarkable 3-game point streak considering his season.
Worthy
Mentions: D Mac Bennett has reached the 10-point mark in his rookie NCAA season. C
Andreas Engqvist scored
one assist to reach 20 points in his first AHL season. D Morgan Ellis scored his 26th
assist to surpass his assist total of 25 from last season. D Greg Pateryn has reached 15 points on
his NCAA season.
Question
Marks: RW Alexander Avtsin has not scored a goal since December 17th. C
Michaël Bournival is
out with a lower-body injury. RW Brendan Gallagher is out with a
concussion. RW Danny Kristo is recovering from frostbite on his right foot.
G Karri Ramo lost
two straight and was pulled in his 3rd start of the week in the KHL
Playoffs, his stats were 4.14 GAA and .844 save %. D Alexei Yemelin is staring down the
barrel for the end of his team’s KHL Playoff run, they are currently down 0-3
in their series and he has no points in all 7 playoff games.
Complete
Statistics for the week of March 7h:
Legend:
Skaters:
Games Played, Goals, Assists, +/-, Penalty Minutes
| Goalies: Wins, Losses, Overtime
Losses, Shootout Losses, Goals Against Average, Save Percentage |
Teams: Wins, Losses, Overtime
Losses, Shootout Losses, Ties (for NCAA teams only)
| Season Stats: Season scoring prior to
the past week.
The AHL
Report:
The Hamilton Bulldogs have been the AHL affiliate of the Montreal Canadiens
since 2002. It is the most common route for developing Montreal Canadiens
prospects into full-time members of the organization. There are currently 12
members of the Hamilton Bulldogs that can be considered NHL-viable prospects,
four of which, David Desharnais, Max Pacioretty, Yannick Weber and Ryan White
have been called up to Montreal. The Hamilton Bulldogs have a record of
35-24-1-6, are 3rd in the North Division, 8th in the
Western Conference, 14th overall in the AHL.
RW Alexander Avtsin: 19 years old, 6’3″, 199 pounds, RH shot.
Season Stats: 44GP, 4G, 13A, +2, 18 PIM
Weekly Stats: 4GP, 0G, 0A, -1, 4 PIM | Complete Stats: 48GP, 4G, 13A, +1, 22
PIM
D Mathieu
Carle:
23 years old, 6′, 203 pounds, RH shot. Alternate Captain
Season Stats: 54GP, 10G, 13A, +11, 32 PIM
Weekly
Stats: 4GP, 0G, 1A, +4, 2 PIM | Complete Stats: 58GP, 10G, 14A, +15, 34 PIM
LW Andrew
Conboy:
22 years old, 6’4”, 192 pounds, LH shot.
Season
Stats: 48GP, 9G, 8A, +3, 57 PIM
Weekly Stats: 4GP, 2G, 2A, 0, 7 PIM | Complete Stats: 52GP, 11G, 10A, +3, 64
PIM
C Gabriel
Dumont:
19 years old, 5’10″, 180 pounds, RH shot.
Season Stats: 56GP, 5G, 11A, -6, 72 PIM
Weekly Stats: 4GP, 0G, 2A, +1, 7 PIM | Complete Stats: 60GP, 5G, 13A, -5, 79
PIM
C Andreas
Engqvist:
22 years old, 6’4″, 191 pounds, RH shot.
Season Stats: 55GP, 8G, 11A, +7, 14 PIM
Weekly Stats: 4GP, 0G, 1A, +1, 2 PIM | Complete Stats: 59GP, 8G, 12A, +8, 16
PIM
G Robert
Mayer:
22 years old, 6’1″, 209 pounds, catches left.
Season Stats: 20GP, 9-9-1-1, 3.06 GAA, .891%
Weekly Stats: 1GP, 0-1-0-0, 3.17GAA, .857% | Complete Stats: 21GP,
9-10-1-1, 3.06 GAA, .890%
D Brendon
Nash:
23 years old, 6’3″, 218 pounds, LH shot.
Season Stats: 57GP, 5G, 22A, +15, 43 PIM
Weekly
Stats: 4GP, 0G, 0A, 0, 4 PIM | Complete Stats: 61GP, 5G, 22A, +15, 47 PIM
RW Aaron
Palushaj:
22 years old, 6′, 183 pounds, RH shot.
Season Stats: 53GP, 14G, 25A, +13, 24 PIM
Weekly Stats: 4GP, 3G, 2A, +2, 4 PIM | Complete Stats: 57GP, 17G, 27A, +15, 28
PIM
Called
up to Montreal:
C David
Desharnais:
24 years old, 5’6″, 177 pounds, LH shot. Alternate Captain
Season
Stats: 35GP, 10G, 35A, +14, 24 PIM
LW Max
Pacioretty:
22 years old, 6’2″, 210 pounds, LH shot.
Season
Stats: 27GP, 17G, 14A, +4, 20 PIM
D Yannick
Weber:
22 years old, 5’11″, 196 pounds, RH shot.
Season Stats: 15GP, 8G, 4A, -5, 10 PIM
C Ryan
White:
22 years old, 6′, 198 pounds, RH shot. Alternate Captain
Season Stats: 33GP, 3G, 9A, -5, 77 PIM
The Juniors Report: The Canadiens currently feature prospects playing in the
Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL), the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) and
the Western Hockey League (WHL). These leagues can be considered the primary
conduit towards professional hockey in North America.
QMJHL:
C Michaël
Bournival:
18 years old, 6’, 190 pounds, LH shot.
Junior Club: Shawinigan Cataractes – Team Captain (40W, 23L, 2OTL, 1 SOL)
Season Stats: 56GP, 28G, 36A, +4, 28 PIM
Weekly Stats 0GP, 0G, 0A, 0, 0 PIM | Complete Stats: 56GP, 28G, 36A, +4, 28 PIM
D Morgan
Ellis:
18 years old, 6’2″, 196 pounds, RH shot.
Junior
Club: Cape Breton Screaming Eagles – Team Captain (17W, 41L, 1 OTL, 4 SOL)
Season Stats: 61GP, 8G, 25A, -26, 63 PIM
Weekly Stats 2GP, 0G, 1A, -1, 2 PIM | Complete Stats: 63GP, 8G, 26A, -27, 65
PIM
C Louis
Leblanc:
20 years old, 6’1″, 184 pounds, RH shot.
Junior
Club: Montreal Juniors – Alternate Captain. (44W, 11L, 5 OTL, 5 SOL)
Season Stats: 47GP, 25G, 30A, +17, 88 PIM
Weekly Stats: 2GP, 1G, 1A, +1, 4 PIM | Complete Stats: 49GP, 26G, 31A, +18, 92
PIM
LW Phillippe Lefebvre: 20 years old, 6′, 200 pounds, LH shot.
Junior
Club: Montreal Juniors (44W, 11L, 5OTL, 5 SOL)
Season Stats: 57GP, 18G, 27A, +24, 36 PIM
Weekly Stats: 2GP, 1G, 0A, +2, 2 PIM | Complete Stats: 59GP, 19G, 27A, +26, 38
PIM
OHL:
D Jarred
Tinordi:
19 years old, 6’7″, 212 pounds, LH shot.
Junior Club: London Knights (32W, 28L, 4
OTL, 1 SOL)
Season Stats: 58GP, 1G, 10A, -10, 130 PIM
Weekly Stats 2GP, 0G, 1A, -1, 4 PIM | Complete Stats: 60GP, 1G, 11A, -11, 134
PIM
WHL:
RW Brendan
Gallagher:
18 years old, 5’8″, 170 pounds, RH shot.
Junior
Club: Vancouver Giants (33W, 30L, 1 OTL, 4 SOL)
Season Stats: 63GP, 43G, 45A, +29, 100 PIM
Weekly Stats: 0GP, 0G, 0A, 0, 0 PIM | Complete Stats: 63GP, 43G, 45A, +29, 100
PIM
US College Hockey
(NCAA) Report: The Canadiens have drafted a number of college players in recent
years, these are generally ‘project players’ who benefit from additional years
in lower level hockey to develop their skills.
D Mac Bennett:
19 years old, 6′, 180 pounds, LH shot.
NCAA Team:
University of Michigan Wolverines (25W, 9L, 4T)
Season Stats: 24GP, 2G, 7A, +12, 17 PIM
Weekly Stats: 1GP, 0G, 1A, +1, 0 PIM | Complete Stats: 25GP, 2G, 8A, +13, 17
PIM
RW Danny
Kristo:
20 years old, 6′, 188 pounds, RH shot.
NCAA Team:
University of North Dakota Fighting Sioux (28W, 8L, 3T)
Season Stats: 29GP, 5G, 17A, +1, 16 PIM
Weekly Stats: 0GP, 0G, 0A, 0, 0 PIM | Complete Stats: 29GP, 5G, 17A, +1, 16 PIM
D Greg
Pateryn:
21 years old, 6’3”, 222 pounds. RH shot.
NCAA Team:
University of Michigan Wolverines (25W, 9L, 4T)
Season
Stats: 32GP, 3G, 11A, +12, 24 PIM
Weekly Stats: 1GP, 0G, 1A, +1, 0 PIM | Complete Stats: 33GP, 3G, 12A, +13, 24
PIM
C Dustin
Walsh:
19 years old, 6’3”, 190 pounds, LH shot.
NCAA Team:
Dartmouth College Big Green (18W, 11L, 3T)
Season Stats: 29GP, 9G, 7A, 0, 6 PIM
Weekly Stats: 3GP, 0G, 2A, +1, 2 PIM | Complete Stats: 32GP, 9G, 9A, +1, 8 PIM
Kontinental Hockey
League
(KHL) Report: The Kontinental Hockey League is the professional hockey league
of Russia, many Russian players first play professionally there before joining
the NHL. Due to a lack of a player transfer agreement between the NHL and the
KHL it can be very difficult for NHL clubs to bring over their drafted Russian
prospects.
G Karri Ramo:
24 years old, 6’3″, 207 pounds, catches left.
KHL Club:
Avangard Omsk (42W, 9L, 1 OTL, 2 SOL) (5-6 Playoff record)
Season Stats: 44GP, 33-6-2-1, 1.78GAA, .930%
Playoff
Stats: 7GP,
4-2-1, 1.98GAA, .916%
Weekly Stats: 3GP, 0-1-1, 4.14GAA, .844% | Complete Stats: 10GP, 4-3-2,
2.49GAA, .896%
RW Maxim Trunev:
20 years old, 5’11″, 189 pounds, RH shot.
KHL Club:
Severstal Cherepovets (30W, 20L, 4 OTL, O SOL) (2-4 Playoff record)
Season
Stats: 39GP, 1G, 6A, +3, 20 PIM
Playoff
Stats:
6GP, 0G, 0A, -3, 2 PIM
D Alexei
Yemelin:
24 years old, 6’1”, 221 pounds, LH shot.
KHL Club:
Ak Bars Kazan (34W, 12L, 3OTL, 4 SOL) (4-3 Playoff record)
Season
Stats: 51GP, 11G, 15A, +16, 117 PIM
Playoff
Stats: 4GP,
0G, 0A, +2, 0 PIM
Weekly
Stats: 3GP, 0G, 0A, -2, 4 PIM | Complete Stats: 7GP, 0G, 0A, 0, 4 PIM
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looool
Yeah right! BUT if it is my friend Jeremy Jacobs’ player and he is important, it merely was a hockey play!
Price never was pulled? Or Roy? He surely wasn’t helped by Schenn especially and Phaneuf and the others tonight.
Thanks yet again for the write-up, SF.
SAY WHAT? CHECK THE TIME OF YOUR AND MY POST————YOURS-20:43—-Where’s Observer?? How come he only shows up to crow about the Leafs on the nights Reimer wins and disappears nights like tonight when he lets in 5 goals?—-MINE-Submitted by observer on Mon, 03/14/2011 – 20:35.
bad game by reimer. schenn is very over-rated- still makes too many mistakes.
Well, there is still plenty of hockey to be played, but most of these teams are pretty consistent and it’s hard to make up ground this time of year. Looks like Habs – Bruins, the main question being who gets home ice. If the Habs can get the advantage you have to think their chances are good in that match-up.
Full Breezer 4 Life
Tony pop a few acetylsalicylic acid tablets and chill out.
1. I don’t watch the KHL really so hard to speculate, but his GAA, Save % on the week were pitiful. Good news, is last time he got yanked it became part of the run that saw him nearly undefeated in regulation for the rest of the regular season. Could be a bit of both, Omsk has had a lot of trouble scoring in post-season so far.
2. I believe someone posted up that for anyone suffering a severe concussion, it’s a six-month recovery period according to the AMA for athletes to safely resume competitive play. Pacioretty’s injury is possibly in that range considering he was unconscious for several minutes. So far there seems to be no lingering post-concussion issues at this time and I believe this was his first concussion so he could come out of his very much who he was, but again Paul Kariya was never the same after Gary Suter as some have mentioned.
3. Henrik Sedin said it and he was right on.
- I shall always remember Captain Koivu. Habs and Hockey.
Man, what happened to Avtsin? I remember so much hype around him at training camp… I guess reality sets in quick. Maybe he’ll settle in next year.
_________________________________
“Obviously it would be great, but they don’t really hang conference titles in this rink. They raise Stanley Cup banners.” – Carey Price
I HAD A $20 LOTO-QUE TICKET ON WASH YEST PLUS TOR TODAY
1. Beats me! Ask Sarah Palin, I can’t see Russia from my house. (Just kidding VancouverHab)
2. Pacioretty has a grade 4 concussion, based on being out cold for several minutes and memory loss. The doctor I spoke to said everyone recovers differently, so it’s really just speculation. He could actually be back next year with no issues or never play again. But if he comes back and gets another bad one … the injury is compounded.
3. A more telling comment from Sedin, not buying Chara’s “I didn’t know the stanchion was there” line: “You play this game for twenty years, you always know where you are on the ice.”
Full Breezer 4 Life
I hope he can pick up where he left off.
“Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I’m not sure about the former.” Albert Einstein
He was, here’s the hit, totally a late hit by Stevens:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kiDJ1y7cGIw
I know this is going to cause some people to choke on their bedtime tea but if I were Max I’d be thinking seriously about getting back into school. Time for a career change.
***STOP THE MADNESS***
Thanks. Though I remember it well, and don’t need to see it again. Kariya came back and scored a goal minutes after.. the winning goal I think. Very dramatic but he shouldn’t have been playing.
And Stevens retired from post-concussion syndrom from someone ringing HIS bell. Just desserts. And then they put the bastard in the f-n Hall of Fame. Should be in the Hall of Shame, the guy made an art out of causing brain damage in other guys. Gos to show a lot of people love the gore…. they voted him in with no protest about his actions in ruining other careers. Who votes for that – sportswriters?
I think he’s having an okay season all things considered (19 yrs old, first N.A. season). Artem Anismov had a 70-16-20 season under the same circumstances; today he’s a 22 yr old who is fifth on the Rangers in scoring. Avtsin is going to take some time, likely two more years in the A.
Nasty hit… However, did anyone notices just before the hit what was that wearing #23 for NJ turning the puck over?
Add to that Chara’s lie about not knowing who was on the ice. F-n liar.
One thing that really shows Chara’s character is his quote after about being sorry that “he got hurt”. Like a meteorite fell on him. No ownership, no real remorse… so passive. He’s such an a-hole. Unbelievable really.
Didn’t Gomez wear 23? Oh man, that guy’s like the Forrest Gump of turnovers. FACK.
dude you have an audience, do us a favour and preview your comments before submitting because i care little about your yeast plus tor today
Thanks Robert – excellent work as always.
Question for you, what possible movements can you see ?
Paslushaj to MTL for playoff push ?
Yemelin to Hamilton to AHL playoff push ?
It was not a trick question SD – I was referring to one and only turnover machine Mr. Scott Gomez.
not this year he wasn’t
Great post! Love your tongue-in-cheek “news” stories. Although the NHL is so ridiculous these days, the line between satire and truth is becoming blurred. Can you imagine Chara on the witness stand, under oath, trying to explain how he had no idea it was Pacioretty on the ice?
Fan since ’71
Hmmm … I thought Scott Gomez said that Stevens may have hit hard, but always clean. Yeah, right. Buddy used to try to kill Lindros by submarining him, and here on Kariya that’s clearly an elbow to the head.
straight to number 2 : I am studying medecine and although I am really not experienced, here’s my take on it:
Theoretically, a grade 4 concussion causes some permanent dammage in the brain (some more serious, some that are irrelevant to a person’s day to day life and in his case athletic performance). Now the thing with grade 4 is that if the symptoms such as headache, nausia etc. are not manifesting within the first 48 hours, the level of concern is much lower and a close to 100% recovery is possible. From what I heard, this was the case with Max… so, he could very well just shake it off and be back on the Ice by September. Obviously, there is the mental aspect of his game that could very well change after experiencing a serious trauma… so who know…
here’s to hoping he can be back 100% and rock the Bell center soon
2. Eric Cole (Carolina), came back from a broken neck and plays for Carolina this season. Not the same player he was before the accident, but still a passable player.
3. Agree completely. If you never book him, he never has a record!
Gotta say, I’m wondering just how bad that toe frostbite could be? It seems like months since Kristo played? What exactly did he do, run around Sioux City naked … all night?
PG should make attempts to sign Emelin if his team gets eliminated from the KHL playoffs. It would give the Habs some depth for a good playoff run.
tampa bay no pp opportunities…leafs 3…..while not putting them in the playoffs this type of ratio for the leafs makes no sense…yet it happens most games…sadly we have no journalist in canada who have the balls to dig into this and at least come up with some answers..
I cant wait for the next game with bruins,too bad we dont have any one to challenge chara.
Not out of the question. This is one of the more tragic aspect of the entir eincident, if Max Pac doesnt recover fully.
Thanks for the updates Serious fan09. If I hear te word concussion one more time though I think I will scream.
Serious thought must be given to the equipment today… something is terribly wrong.
Maybe he should become a lawyer and sue the f out of Chara in a civil suit. Take Chara’s livelihood away.
u mean,hockey game
No I mean an accidnet occurring in a hockey game, possibly involving a stick or skate.
not to mention his roman grecko wrestling background.
Ha ha! (But then, you can’t see the radioactive dust cloud drifting over from Japan either ;–)
KHL contracts do not expire until April 30th and Clear Day lists for the AHL have already been submitted. Not sure if that can be swung with Yemelin.
Paluhaj is a possibility though if he keeps putting up points.
- I shall always remember Captain Koivu. Habs and Hockey.
He was also hit by Suter I’m pretty sure, wasn’t his only concussion (and his latest one has him off the for the year trying to recover but he’s likely done).
- I shall always remember Captain Koivu. Habs and Hockey.
Avtsin is a 19-year old playing in NA for the first time as a pro, he’s going to take time, raw skill and size but he’s got a good upside.
- I shall always remember Captain Koivu. Habs and Hockey.
Anything that affects the extremities can take a while, he had full use of all of his toes after treatment from reports and the latest I’ve heard is and he’s done some skating since then.
- I shall always remember Captain Koivu. Habs and Hockey.
Why? Because he plays ok in the KHL- the equivalent of a watered-down AHL?
Brian Savage.
Really like how Max was playing, but this is something that should make him change his career plans.
Intersting, thanks Naweed.
Here’s a grad school type question for ya…. so obviously the lack of lingering symptoms is a good sign, but is it strongly correlated with negative findings in other areas of some kind of brain damage or does it just allow the recovering patient to resume activities more quickly? I’m suree there are papers on this… if only I had a database to look them up.
I think Tony was poking a jab at Price for last year.
What Tony seems to fail on.
Price > Reimer + Gustavson + Giguere + their next best option.
lol
Sorry to go off topic but I have a question and need the help of some die hard Habs fans.
I was wondering if anyone knows of a different name or somewhere to download the Habs song ” Les Canadiens Sont La”. The song played before the last face-off of a Habs win (I’ll never forget hearing it with 40s left in game 5 of the 1993 Finals!)
Its a fairly well known tune, so I figure maybe there’s a different name non-Habs fans call it?
Thanks!
PS- always appreciate the heads up on our future Habs Robert, thanks!
The last time the leafs won the cup it was still just a bowl!!
Just dropped in to thank SF09 by contributing to HIO in this manner, it brings another (important) facet of the organization to us. I must admit though, I usually just gloss over it. All the same, it’s very useful. You’d think he’s a serious fan or something….
This is an awesome feature. Thanks to HIO for having it, but thanks mostly to Robert for providing some excellent information about the Habs potential future players.
Maybe Schultz would be a decent addition next season or the season after. Anybody know how he’s been doing in his fights?
Go Habs Go!! “Fans are great, but the quickest way to start losing is to listen to them.” – Sam Pollock
Excellent News About Brendan Gallagher:
He is symptom-free with no post-concussion issues and may play this Friday.
- I shall always remember Captain Koivu. Habs and Hockey.
Schultz is a tough customer in a fight from all reports, but he has a lot of conditioning to do and more work to actually playing the pro game to do. He’s likely taking two more seasons in the AHL IMO.
You can visit Hockeyfights.com for video of his fights, or just put his name in to YouTube.
- I shall always remember Captain Koivu. Habs and Hockey.
woops, was suppose to be a reply to a post…
What do they feed those boys on the WHL? I thought for sure he was gone for the rest of the year.
“Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I’m not sure about the former.” Albert Einstein
Fortunately, it was a very mild concussion if he’s ready to go too soon. This is excellent news for his future, missing the rest of the season and the playoffs would have held him back in his development.
- I shall always remember Captain Koivu. Habs and Hockey.
Looks like the Lightning will be 4 points ahead by the end of the night. The Laffs can’t do anything right.
An accident can challenge anyone.
sounds like he and conboy would be good additions for the march 24 game?
NHL finally getting the message …
NEW YORK – The National Hockey League has bowed to fierce criticism over how it disciplines players who commit violence by announcing it intends to use the strap.
“We get crucified for giving players a slap on the wrist,” NHL commissioner Gary Bettman said. “Well, now it’s going to hurt.”
“Fines don’t work, suspensions don’t work, and for some odd reason, non-suspensions don’t work, so we’re introducing corporal punishment,” Bettman said. “It’s not quite eye for an eye but it might satisfy fans wanting to settle scores.”
The league unveiled a chart showing the strap will be administered according to the severity of the offence: hitting from behind – two whacks; elbow to head – two whacks; stick to head – two whacks; questioning league rulings – five whacks; saying disparaging remarks about players’ girlfriends – five whacks.
Repeat offenders will receive an additional two whacks and a strongly worded letter of disapproval from vice-president of hockey operations Colin Campbell.
“I think this shows the world we mean business,” Bettman said. “We looked at spanking but we decided we had to uphold the dignity of the sport.”
The National Hockey League Players Association reserved comment until it had time to examine the leather strap that will be used to carry out the league’s new disciplinary policy.
Bettman also announced the NHL will employ off-duty cops as referees, to forestall intervention in league affairs by authorities alarmed by the increase in on-ice thuggery.
“The new officials, who will be armed, will not only call penalties but they’ll also to be able to lay charges at the same time,” Mr. Bettman said.
This will double the paperwork of official scorers, as they will have to maintain two sets of documents: score sheet and rap sheet.
Bettman said if the two measures do little to reduce player injuries, the NHL will consider changing the ice surface from rectangular to circular.
I don’t think anyone has… Chara is a freak of nature.
6-2 now … Reimer allowed five and got yanked. I don’t know if his bubble is bursting, but I wouldn’t blame him for the goals personally. Lousy coverage.
Leafs fans will have to wait a few days before being obnoxious again.
Full Breezer 4 Life
schenn cost him 2 goals. and has been doing that all along. might have a lot of ability but still is very green – schenn and probably reimer too.
probably his first, by the time theyve played a few years theyve suffered many.
Wasn’t Kariya hit by Stevens?
I guess you never know, but I can’t recall seeing anything like that hit from anyone who didn’t show significant effects…. though I haven’t seen many hits that LOOKED that severe.
Guys I need your help. Three IMPORTANT things on my mind tonight….
1. What happened to Ramo? He was doing sooooo well! Did he choke or did the team collapse?
2. Patches. I love Patches, everyone does, and we miss him… and we ALL want him to make a full recovery… but is that medically possible? We saw the hit, I want to believe but my (passing but interested) knowledge makes it hard to believe. So is it possible he can be the player he was and person he was? Anyone?
3. A lighter question… I saw a short clip today and is there anyone more AWESOME than whichever freakin’ Sedin (grow a different bear guys!) is speaking out against head shot and who said (paraphrasing) “how can you say Chara has no record of this and then not give him a suspension this time so he still has no record – so when does he get a record”.
ANYONE?
Thanks,
SD
Red light Reimer strikes again! Where’s Observer?? How come he only shows up to crow about the Leafs on the nights Reimer wins and disappears nights like tonight when he lets in 5 goals?
Awww, da poah wittew weafs got spwatted again. What a shame!
LMFAO
“The National Hockey League Players Association reserved comment until it had time to examine the leather strap that will be used to carry out the league’s new disciplinary policy.”
That’s brilliant satire. Very funny.
bad game by reimer. schenn is very over-rated- still makes too many mistakes.
Toronto Maple Leafs Playoff Chances
Off topic am tuning in the Leafs /Lightning game…some guys are singing…”.Go Leafs Go this is Canada’s song “ uh I think not !!!
Look lets just put the Leafs out of their misery.
0n off the record tonight with Lansberg he replied that after watching the play at a certain angle..he could definetly see Chara,s hand come up to guide the head into the stanchion
lol. Too funny.
he brings that “turn my back to you and swing wildly” to the NHL and somebody will knock him out cold with a punch behind the ear. I like his willingness and agressiveness, but hope he improves his style.
.. everybody on the team said they all just grew a foot
If he were still with the team, he’d have ‘em all growing peas and carrots… nyuk, nyuk,.. I kill me.
Doode cumon Robert duz thiss onn the snide ‘n don’t not git pade 4it, sew kut hymn sum slacks
Excellent report, only problem is the grammer mistakes in Ian Schultz’s section where you wrote “then” as “than”, otherwise fantastic work keep it up dude.
There’s actually a little more error in this week’s version than I would like but I was unfortunately pressed for time, started my job training today and was in a rush so I could try and sleep to get up early.
- I shall always remember Captain Koivu. Habs and Hockey.
It’s “grammar.” Shhh!
Thanks for the update Robert. Any chance of Schultz becoming a Lucic type player for the habs? He seems to have a little bit of a scoring touch plus the scrappiness.
Lucic is really shooting for the moon there, I’d say he’s more likely to be a David Clarkson.
- I shall always remember Captain Koivu. Habs and Hockey.
Zack Kassian is built more in the Lucic mold.
Go Habs Go! 2010-2011
Good for Kerry for speaking the truth. All anyone has to do is look at the slowed down video and you can see it as clear as day he uses his arm to push him towards the turnbuckle, which shows the intent was there.
Is there a link to a video or an article confirming this? Fraser was quoted earlier on as saying the hit did NOT justify any further discipline.
“Hey Richard, two minutes for looking so good!”
did anyone catch OTR With Kerry Fraser ex NHL Ref?
ASTOUNDING! Fraser said Chara directed, and with a timed malicious intent drove Max’s head into the partition.
Fraser said it definitely warranted a signfiicant suspension.
used to hate the guy, NOW I LIKE EM!.
Funny how many are polarized, the majority know it was a malicious/bad/illegal/dangerous hit,
those who don’t see it this way are biased and corrupt it certainly seems
Amazing how your opinion of a guy can change on a dime. But I will say that the last time Fraser was on OTR – not that long ago actually- I came away with the impression that he was not a member of the old boys club. He seemed to speak his mind on that occasion also.
Good for Kerry.
HGO HABS…
Palushaj has made good strides this season despite battling an ankle problem that really robbed him of his speed, that scoring touch isn’t quite what you’d want it to be but I believe he’s a much more complete player than D’Agostini.
- I shall always remember Captain Koivu. Habs and Hockey.
I would love to see Palushaj turn into even a lesser Patches. A big body on the right wing would solidify the lineup nicely. I’d love to see Patches get healthy and return to form even more.
It’s not even a problem man, I’m sure I do worse when I try as hard as I can for a full evening! I love reading about the prospects so it’s great.
SF, don’t worry too much about the spelling man. We all make mistakes. The reports are great.
“Hey Richard, two minutes for looking so good!”
I’m a bit of a stickler for spelling though, one of the things I’m very good at but doesn’t do me much good in the jobs market.
- I shall always remember Captain Koivu. Habs and Hockey.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFQyib5ZQZY
dude no matter how good you are at spelling and grammar youll mess up… i used to work in the pharma industry and the amount of proofreading when going over technical copywrite would astound you… the more eyes the better… there will always be typos…
It is all about communication, and you communicate well….that is all that matters.
WOW Check Ian Schultz, the ex-captain of the Calgary Hitmen,
WHAT A FIGHTER!!!!! And now in AHL he’s pounding the snot out of guys,
bring this guy up with Henry right before playoffs, and let’s pound the shiate out of the Bruins on the scoreboard and in the alley.
Karma is a biatch, and she’s coming round for the ruins
Wow back at ya..i just read that he got an assist and thought the same thing…after all the habs have been through since the “beatdown in beantown” man this team needs an inforcer…remember when Gainey signed Larouque, everybody on the team said they all just grew a foot…well the same needs to happen now!!!
I,ve looked at Shcult,s fights on utube and i do say , he sure doesn,t lose many fights!!!!
i remember when the wolverine was all over this
The big jump in his PIMs came after the WJC. Came back a little perturbed about how the team lost, picked up a couple fighting majors I understand, some hooks but also goaltender intereference and roughing. He seems to be a much angrier player on the ice in the 2nd half of his seaosn.
- I shall always remember Captain Koivu. Habs and Hockey.
Robert – wondering if you, or anyone for that matter, can shed some light on how or why Louis Leblanc has been racking up PIM’s at such an alarming rate – nearly 2min/gm as compared to Bournival’s 0.5min/gm. Is he chippy or feisty or just plain careless all the time?
If D’Agostini played with as much jam as Desharnais did he’d be a great player. Palushaj just works harder, if he can get his consistency up to an NHL level I’d love to see him in a year or two.
Glad to see that Schultz is starting to play hockey and not just fight. That combo will start the makings of NHL net presense and a sense of protection for our players.
He came into camp out of shape this year, I expect him to be in top shape next season and have a few callups throughout the season, unless he suprises in training camp.
Go Habs Go! 2010-2011
Let’s not start bringing the standards up. Smart people might come.
oh the irony. But if we want to help SF with grammar mistakes and typos, I spotted one in the paragraph on Palushaj: he wrote “loss” instead of “lost”. No big deal.
Nothing wrong with that! David Clarkson is a player I’d kill (metaphorically speaking) to have on the Habs