Canadiens’ Raphael Diaz shows his stickhandling skill Saturday in Kanata.
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• AUDIO, following skills: Carey Price | Raphael Diaz
Canadiens goalie Carey Price, wearing a microphone inside his mask to the delight of television viewers, and defenceman Raphael Diaz dipped their toes into all-star action Saturday at Scotiabank Place.
We’ll add more images to this post Sunday.
Thanks to Heather Engel for sending along the audio. Follow Heather on Twitter at @engelheather
Carey Price is introduced for the start of the evening’s events.
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Price turns his back, successfully as it turned out, on Flyers’ Sean Couturier during shootout action.
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Raphael Diaz takes a shot of Price during a break in the action.
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Diaz threads his way through a challenging puck-control course.
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Diaz at work under the watchful gaze of fellow all-stars.
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Another view of Price’s unique stop of Flyers’ Couturier.
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Price shows, well, unorthodox style in a shootout attempt by San Jose’s Logan Couture.
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Since we can’t apparently let this go, it’s nice to see that the makers of straw men continue to explain Tim Thomas’ and Tea Party reasoning and as usual, get it all wrong. It must be numbly comforting to live inside the echo chamber of the left. The USA is the brokest country in the history of the world and yet wanting a government that lives within its means is such a radical thought. I expect much pi$$ing and moaning when Mr. Harper, in order to thus avoid the depths of a U.S. style deficit, announces the new budget.
Go Habs
Everyone’s entitled to theri opinion – unless you’re a Libertarian Ice Hockey Goaltender
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Mr. Harper’s government is responsible for more spending than any government in the history of Canada. It’s absurd that conservatives call themselves stewards of the economy. Steady hand at the wheel? Yeah, but in what direction??
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Bored I guess… I was just looking at the TSN individual power rankings. We have four guys in the top 200. The first shows up about 80th (Cole), with Patches just behind (86th I think). Price shows up around 120 and PK around 180. And th-th-th-that’s all folks!
So on average, in a 30 team league a team should have 7 guys in that list, fairly evenly distributed, one in about each 30 players. So instead of 7 we have 4. And our “top 30 guy” is totally missing, while our “top 60″ guy falls deep into the next frame, and everyone after that shows up late as well. Note however that PK is one of the 4. He must be doing some things right.
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Well. Power rankings reflect the current form of players. Of course we won’t be doing extremely well, considering we are just a couple of points above the last place in our conference.
We don’t have any point per game players and Price’s numbers aren’t exceptional.
Teams that do well will have more players in the top. I don’t know why would it be an even distribution – Colombus won’t have as many players as Bruins. That makes sense.
Price is better than 120th best player in the league and Subban is better than 180th.
SlovakHab, SmartDog is using the even distribution model as a comparative, an “all else being equal”. Of course the more powerful teams will have more players in these rankings.
SmartDog, interesting timewaster you did there. It reinforces my gut check at the start of the season, where I downgraded the Canadiens’ chances and predicted they’d battle to make it into the playoffs. During the summer and pre-season when everything was roses and P.K. would improve on last season and Mike Cammalleri would score 35-40 because of Andrei Markov’s savant passes on the powerplay, I had lofty expectations, until I looked at other teams’ rosters and realized that the Penguins, for example, had Crosby-Malkin-Staal as their top centers, while we fretted about Scott Gomez and whether Lars or David Desharnais should be our #2 centre. I saw the Bruins send down Jordan Caron since they didn’t have room for him on their roster, while we didn’t have an NHL fourth line. It was the dose of reality I needed. Your analysis has much the same effect.
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How about it NHL? No fighting, just hockey?
http://relentlessineptitude.blogspot.com/
Boonie with the best post I have ever read.
Serious question about Crosby for someone with some medical knowledge or experience…
Is it POSSIBLE that the discovery of the neck injury has an element of positive to it? Certainly having a cracked vertebrae and not knowing it’s there is NOT good, but my point is – is it possible that his recent symptoms are do to THIS injury and that those symptoms are likely to abate or resolve with the right treatment/healing?
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I think that is correct. I heard his agent, Pat Brisson stating almost exactly that.
The concussion is much better, and the neck thing can be treated, much like MaxPac’s was.
Go Habs Go!!
“Fans are great, but the quickest way to start losing is to listen to them.” – Sam Pollock
Thanks. I am SHOCKED that TSN didn’t cover this angle. It occurred to me right away.
And by shocked I mean not at all surprised… why go into a bit of depth, when you can keep everyone all stirred up about this latest “tragedy?” I hope Crosby is back soon and scoring like the machine he is. Until of course he meets us in the playoffs again…. in 2013.
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Where is Dr Recchi when you need him …
ALWAYS Habs -
D Mex
2012, have some faith brother !
I heard Brisson on RDS talking to Chantal.
Go Habs Go!!
“Fans are great, but the quickest way to start losing is to listen to them.” – Sam Pollock
just becuase u dont like drake doesent mean other ppl dont like him i like drake one of my favorrite artist’s GO HABS GO GO DRAKE GO
I like The Drake too. He was Jerry & Elaine’s friend, right?
Go Habs Go!!
“Fans are great, but the quickest way to start losing is to listen to them.” – Sam Pollock
“I don’t even like Drake”
“how could you not like the Drake?”
“who’s the Drake?”
“who’s the Drake?”
“the Drake is good”
“ah forget it”
nice reference hr1. made me lol
I could not believe when they broke off the engagement….and after having bought them that TV.
Sorry….huge Seinfeld nerd.
Go Habs Go!!
“Fans are great, but the quickest way to start losing is to listen to them.” – Sam Pollock
me too man.
I loved the episode when Puddy gets ready for the Devils/rangers game.
Also Drake’s Coffee Cake…..
lol
“hello Newman“
Just curious. Who are the knobs that voted yes in the PK poll?
Go Habs Go!!
“Fans are great, but the quickest way to start losing is to listen to them.” – Sam Pollock
Jack Todd, Red Fisher and Pat Hickey are 3 of the votes. Add in the Antichambre crew (Tremblay, Bergeron, Terrian, Stock, Jacques Martin) and you are up to around 8 of the votes.
Agree. Kinda nuts considering this is the rookie D that came in when Markov got injured, played 29 minutes and shut down the best player on the planet (Crosby).
That guy hasn’t gone away – and that’s not a guy we’d trade easily.
Give me a bonafied first line center still in his prime in exchange and we could talk, but I don’t see that happening.
PK is still a workhorse. Our GM’s mission should be to pair him with a dominant D with size and grit. Pair him with the likes of Suter in Nashville and PK would make the All-Star Team and be short listed for Team C. Simple as that.
Exactly. PK needs a little more mentoring and decent coaching and a steady partner like Craig Ludwig or Rick Green.
I’d be tempted to develop him with Emelin, but you guys would know that better than I.
I wish the Habs would hire someone like that as an assistant again.
Go Habs Go!!
“Fans are great, but the quickest way to start losing is to listen to them.” – Sam Pollock
Intelligent post.
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Hab fans, read and remember… From the Edmonton Journal
If you’re an Edmonton Oilers fan, forget that chatter about wildcat defenceman P.K. Subban being available from the Montreal Canadiens. It’s not going to happen. True, he seems to be in the doghouse on a lot of nights for his on-ice behaviour (ill-timed penalties, some giveaways), but that’s just a sign of immaturity. He’s too good with the puck, and part of the plans going forward.
“I really like P.K.” said former Habs assistant coach Perry Pearn, who looked after the blue-liners and now scouts for the Canadiens.
“When he’s sharp, most of the stuff he does is positive. You see it with a lot of young defencemen around the league … (Tyler) Myers, (Michael) Del Zotto, the growing pains are fairly significant with these sort of players. In P.K.’s case, we came into the season with injuries, too (Andrei Markov, Chris Campoli) and there was no room to back him off. We had to play him too much. He had an injury (back) which set back his training, as well.”
Pearn sees Subban as a 45-point defenceman who can pound the puck from the point. That’s something the Oilers could certainly use more of. But trade him? He’s a wild colt, who just needs some taming. The Canadiens coaches have had a running dialogue on the bench with him; the TV cameras are always finding that. But that’s his personality; it’s not that they don’t like him.
“It’s because he’s hyperactive. You have to be talking to him, or he’d be jumping over the boards for somebody else on a change,” said Pearn. “He took a penalty in the playoffs last year against Boston at a fairly crucial time, but I was responsible for changing the defence. That was my fault. We’d lost (James) Wisniewski to an injury and were down to five defencemen. I wanted to put (Jaroslav) Spacek and (Hal) Gill on, but P.K. had played with Gill and jumped on. I had my hand on his back and so did Jaro, but we couldn’t stop him.”
In some ways, Subban is like Brent Burns with the San Jose Sharks. Burns does a ton of good things with the puck, but every now and then he forces the issue and is up the ice and gets caught. Opposing players chafe at some the stuff Subban does, but that’s who he is. He looks for attention, which annoys people.
The fact is, he can play.
Any time you trade a young defenceman you risk a big mistake. Ask the Habs if they’d like Ryan McDonagh back after they included him in a package to the New York Rangers to get Scott Gomez.
Dan Boyle had talent but was deemed too small when the Florida Panthers had him a dozen years ago, and moved him to the Tampa Bay Lightning for a fifth-round draft pick. Has anybody ever heard of Martin Tuma (the selection) since then?
“When I was coaching in Montreal, I had plenty of confidence in P.K.,” said Pearn.
Compare and contrast: Perry Pearn and Jacques Martin, on PK.
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Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.
Just imagine, in your spare mind, this years Habs with McDonaugh, no Gomez, and a male center.
Thanks Bob the builder. We owe you one.
Todd is an idiot. In a few years from now he will be the one eating crow. PK will be a star in this league when know one will be knowing who Karlsson is.
I don’t think he’ll “eat crow”. I think he’ll just pretend he never said it then start slamming on whatever Hab is easy to slam at that point. Clowns like him use a formula, not brains.
“Max Pacioretty could be our Phil Kessel”
- Sean Bonjovi
So, anyone else think Jack Todd is in for a rough Monday? I can’t believe he played the race card. What a douche.
- In Price We Trust
Todd describes Erik Karlsson as “better defensively” than PK Subban. It’s possible that Filip Kuba is the ONLY defenceman in the NHL that is worse defensively than Erik Karlsson.
“Max Pacioretty could be our Phil Kessel”
- Sean Bonjovi
Hey, does anybody have a link with Thomas actually explaining what his beliefs are?
All I’ve been reading is pure speculation as to what his motives were for snubbing the White House invite.
This is the statement he made. Pretty clear why he didn’t go.
http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=613279
- In Price We Trust
He feel the existence of government is an infringement on his property rights.
“Max Pacioretty could be our Phil Kessel”
- Sean Bonjovi
Good goalie, too bad that as a human being he’s an ill-mannered, selfish idiot.
Thomas in The ASG instead of starting the game like he should (since he was voted in) he took the third period so he had a chance of being the winning goalie which he ended up being so he could have the record of 4 straight wins in The ASG & ASG do not mean much to the players etc…….lol
Thanks guys. That’s pretty clear.
I appreciate that he’s throwing in the line about ‘both parties’ being responsible for this mess… and to that point I would have to agree.
Of course I’d like to remind Timmah that I never heard a peep from him during Bush’s 8 years and that it’s awfully convenient and quite late in the game to have a go at the latest White House incumbent. But I guess it’s better late than never…
I’d love to know who he voted for in the last 3 elections. It would really help clarify if he’s got a leg to stand on. I mean if he voted for Bush and then voted for him again… that would pretty make his protest gesture kinda lame…
basic tea party. We believe in less government, less taxes, more freedom. And by the way, we’re not very happy with Republicans, either.
Let me put it this way: would you like some Quebec government bureaucrat running the Habs for the sake of “the people”?
I didn’t think so.
As much as I agree with Thomas politically, I do think he should have taken one for the team and just quietly gone with the flow.
Nice to see idiot Gerry D in his Leaf jersey chatting with the CBC talking head duing the game.
So much for HNIC neutrality!!!
Lame comic promoting lame CBC show.
How about some non-Toronto bias?
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George Strombolopoulos is a big Habs fan.
Good write-up on the city:
http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/recap/6417.html?tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=955&cHash=2f687aa2cd
Not only is Drake a lame entertainer, he can’t rap either. I am a big hip hop head, and I would know it. He raps only about cars and degrades women, which is not hip hop. Instead of making hip hop an art that it should be, he gives it a bad name… Seeing these players take pictures with him…… So sad. I would never shake his hand..
I’m no hip-hop fan, but I could still tell that this Drake dude has zero talent…that was just awful.
XXIV…and counting
Didn’t see the game, laughed when I saw Drake there. Should of gotten Ghettosocks, Ottawa native and now supreme Halifax based Canadian MC, to perform if they wanted to go that way. Or should have had Drakester in his Jimmy wheelchair doing wheely spins…
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Please beat Boston to tie the season series. You are about to cost me three bottles of rum in a little over a year.
Love,
Michael
right now i wonder what the vote would be if nhl gms were asked thomas or price for game 7 of the final..today i believe you would have to take thomas….but the potential for price can be tremendous based on his age and experience he has obtained so far…
Price has yet to win a playoff series for us. I would hold off planning the parade just yet.
I like him fine, but there’s a risk that he’ll be the Joe Thornton of goalies — and that’s not a compliment.
That said, he’s still young. And maybe missing the playoffs this year entirely will put some fire in his belly.
That sun is getting to your head. I’m pretty sure he shut out the Bruins in a Game 7 and had another in Game 4.
Any truth that Thomas would not shake Drake’s hand. The second period entertainer,because he thought he was a liberal.
This Drake guy is no entertainer, The NHL should be embarrased.
I turned that nonsense off before he could complete his first rhyme, probably around the 3rd verse.
agreed, nother bum hip hop artist wanna be
Everyone is entitled to their opinion – unless you’re a Libertarian Ice Hockey Goaltender.
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Carey let Alfie score his first tonight. Floppy wouln’t dare let him score is 3rd!
CBC is a joke.
CBC: “Thomas maybe the only goalie to win 4 All Star games in a row. Thomas shuts the door” Yeah 3 goals allowed in one period!
An idea to make the ASG a little more meaningful and interesting; Why not go back to the old east vs west format but have the winning conference get home ice advantage during the final series of the playoffs?
Baseball does that, and I find it a miserable way to inject some tension into the game. The all-star game shouldn’t, in my opinion, have any impact on how the real games are played.
You’re not gonna turn the all-star game into a gritty, grinding game, because teams and players don’t want to risk injury. So you’re gonna put what could be a serious advantage on the back of a laid-back game of professional shinny?
Agreed. Can’t stand the way the MLB Set that up. The all star game is merely a a money earning stunt that kids love. Just leave it the way it is, meaningless and a brief break for most of the league.
Thomas made me laugh.
Why doesn’t CBC use Denis Potvin every week. Refreshing to hear a talking head who was elite and has a brain.
Yeah Potvin is a cool guy. And this has nothing to do with hockey, but his daughter… wow. A knock-out!
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C’mon Dog, that has everything to do with hockey!
Or at least to do with dogs.
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So where can I see a picture of this Knock-out?
I think he’s Ottawa’s colour commentator.
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I think so yes. I need to look into his daughter…wait…that sounds all wrong…
Idiot
Smart dog, I fucked your wife
LOL
Geez, how is this comment surviving? Good moderating guys!
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You would’nt be saying that if you heard him call Senator games, he spends most of the game complaining about the officiating.
Why on earth would you watch Sens games? I kid.
I think Potvin does colour for Sportsnet..the Ottawa games
Potvin is notorious for being a homer on Sens broadcasts.
No thanks
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Yep… He borders on Jack Edwards’ level of bias, at times.
All you clowns (deleted) on Subban and blaming him for all that has gone wrong might want to take a look at some of the veterans before you pass judgment on a 22yr old second year D man who averages 23 minutes of ice time, kills penalties and is our only mobile defender who can move the puck out of our zone.Some of you actually want him traded. You people are blind! He’s just a kid who is going to make mistakes because he is relied on so much and gets to pucks others can’t even dream of getting to. The coaching staff, beginning with former coach JM reigned him in and was trying to change him, Cunnyworth is stuck on doing the same thing. Why don’t they just take the stick out of his hands or if he wants to go all the time, put him on the wing for a game. They do it with Weber and PK is ten times the player Weber ever thought of being. Maybe the management and some of you experts should look at the vets like Hal Gill,Plekanec,Gomez…ha and Kostitsyn for starters before they continually (deleted) on PK’s plate. His plus/minus is 0….check out Gill & Plekanec in that category and see for yourself. they are liabilities on the backend and I don’t care that 14 kills penalties. Moan,Bourque and DD are just as good…PK is gonna be a great player somewhere in this league and I for one hope it is with the Habs….(deleted)….figures and fact don’t lie….
take your drink to the end of the bar buddy…come on now, don’t be a fool…
I don’t think people are complaining about his stats or playing as much as the attitude… Turtling, picking fights with the veterans every week in practice, etc.
But ya I agree… He should not be traded. He just needs someone to help him realize that that kind of attitude wont get you far in the NHL.
I agree he ought not to be doing the dive thing, he has let up on the a little, he’s not Claude Lemieux or anything close to that, he’s not a fighter, so he isn’t going to stand there and take a beating either.He’s still somewhat immature and needs to grow up a little I agree, but when some slug wants to take liberties with him that’s when a tough guy would be great to have on this team to take care of that shit. Anyway, PK is a good kid and I think he’s a marked man and people need to lighten up a bit on him…\/
take your drink to the end of the bar buddy…come on now, don’t be a fool…
Wow! Price is showing he’s an All Star… at not holding a lead. Sigh.
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Yeah, leave the Bum in Ottawa!
U know I stayed away for about four years, and used to $&@&$ all over your post until it got me banned, but your truly an idiot
“but your truly an idiot”
If you’re going to call somebody an idiot, maybe you should learn how to spell first.
It’s YOU’RE not YOUR. Get it right next time, idiot!
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just wanted to say something about the Tim Thomas situation. Where were his politics two years ago when he put the USA jersey on and played, proudly, for the Olympic hockey team? Things were no different then than they are now, yet he could put his politics aside and play for his country. Little bit of hyporcrisy there.
Habs fan…Nuff said
Yeah, some people say that. And I don’t like to be in the position of defending Tim Thomas, but I don’t agree that it’s the same. He may love his country, but not the government. In fact, that’s how a lot of people feel. Country is one thing. Government another. Does everyone who protests hate their country? Nope.
The only argument that I get is that he let his team down. And to whatever extent that’s true (I think it’s ridiculous but…) he’s paying the price. So it should be end of story. Not our business. It’s Thomas’s business – and the Bruins.
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Tea Bag Floppy is pathetic. He should have said” I don’t agree with the way President Obama is running this country but I am going to the Whitehouse to support my team, not to support President Obama” That would have been the proper thing to say!
I sure that Obama would respect that!
He is protesting the insane laws being created by two successive governments, one republican, one democrat, both global elite controlled. He is doing that BECAUSE he loves his country. If the rest of America pulled their heads out of their nether regions long enough to be enraged they might be able to take back their country before it’s too late. America used to be a land that honoured people who took a stand for something meaningful. Now we shoot our mouths off at them?!! People wake up! My respect for Tim Thomas increased by leaps and bounds last week and yours should have too!
What has been will be again, there is nothing new under the sun.
Is that actually the case? I haven’t heard a peep out of him other than to say he’s not going?
If he came out and said that was his rationale for not going, that’d be cool. Just saying: “I’m not going” leaves it to interpretation which makes his team look bad.
In any event, he just comes off as rude. You don’t refuse an invite without explaining yourself. Weak…
So you’re an idiot too. Nice of you to self-identify. What he did was rude and disrespectful of his teammates. I doubt anyone other then Tim Thomas gives a crap what Tim Thomas thinks about the government. Do you think Obama even noticed?
Apples and Oranges comrade.
USA Olympics is probably the only program that’s not government funded.
Doing battle for your national team is a far cry from showing up at a presidential photo-op.
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Like the USA quietly signing Russians to the other sports teams in the Olympics behind the scenes for the Olympics? Or Americans joining other countries? While there may not be national American govt. money spent on the Olympics they sure bend over backwards to fast track foreigners to improve their sports teams….. stop this tea party hypocrisy! Bigots are bigots regardless of which party they claim to be under. Hello you now live in a Tea Party Country, Stephen Harper is a big fan of the American Tea Party…..
Just when I thought this all-star game was ridiculous enough, they have Hartnell miked up. There is no player in the NHL I despise more than that clown (Except Chara).
Lucic, Horton, Ferrence… ?
Watching Chara pick off passes with that huge stick of his and it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out why Kaberle can’t play D worth of shiznit.
Hmm, didn’t you say you weren’t watching this “crap”? lol
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I’ve been watching bits and pieces of the actual game but have been away from the stream most of it and turned it off altogether during the intermissions.
Didn’t pay one iota of attention to anything prior to it. I did hear CBC suggest ways to make the whole event even more gimmicky though.
I am just waiting for the 1st hit to be thrown, usually late in the 3rd period.
Just turned on the game, and can’t believe all the missed chances!
What the hell’s going on out there??
Is that the way that millionaires are supposed to play hockey?
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It is when they have been drinkin’ all weekend.
Tim Thomas blamed all levels of government, and both political parties. The media tagged him as a tea nagger. Read what he said or stfu. You are all putting words in his mouth, just like the media has. It’s been spun out of control. Screw the president. I wouldn’t want to meet him. Same with Harper. Meeting the president is not in his contract. He was the only American on the bruins, so he hung no one out to dry. It’s his politics. Not charas (Slovakian) not dr recchis (Canadian) not kaberles (check). This is none of our business, so drop the topic.
It was a classless move pure and simple. He may not agree with the president’s politics or the political system but out of RESPECT you show up. He’s a Conn Smyth winner and a huge member of that band of goons he should have been there. By not being there his no show over shadowed the team’s visit to the white house.
I think he doesn’t respect the government so he didn’t show up.
I wouldn’t show up to shake Harper’s hand if he invited me.
I don’t respect him and wouldn’t want to give him the opportunity to use my handshaking to boost his image.
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That’s BS. If a guy doesn’t stand up for his beliefs on the biggest stage of all, how could he look at himself in the mirror? He stayed true to himself, and my level of respect for the guy went way up.
How can U look yourself in the mirror & respect Tea Bag Floppy?
If you voted conservative in Canada, you are no different than tea bag floppy, hello, Stephen Harper is just an American Libertarian puppet. Are you all red neck white bigots? No I did not think not.
I’m whichoo. Gotta stand for sumpthin’ or you’ll fall for anythin’.
The media’s turned this into a big deal. Tim needs to answer to his team, not to all these f-n media a-holes. And that’s it.
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Civilized people have manners. Smart people recognize when it’s not about them. Thomas apparently is neither. So, apparently are you. Odds are there is a reason that you’re not getting invited to shake the PM’s hand, ever!
Hey Pop”
NO PLAYER is above the team!
Tea Bag Floppy is supposed to be a PROFESSIONAL so he should act like one!
No matter what, he is to support his team. He is part of a team he should have been with his team.
Tea Bag Floppy is a disgrace!
Tim Thomas is all about decreased government and increased personal freedom. Yet, your defense of him ends with the public being told to “drop the topic, because (its) none of our business.” Hmmmm…
This is about hockey, not some red neck white dude who would also blow up buildings…..
There’s no ‘I’ in TEAM. Also, he was representing the NHL.
It was a classless move.
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Watched abit of the first.
Waw this event is for the fans, it seems,
1. they’ve all gon mute.
2. They lost interest in the game and are going to take a nice nap in there seats.
Waw really no atmosphere!
One thing you have to give the Habs, they have been very generous with Markov, in terms of healing time and contract. It sure seems like this team does the right thing and stands by its players. I dont think many people understand, that even without a new contract, he would have received money under his old one.
How is handicapping the team by signing an injured player to a 3-year contract that pays nearly $6M per season doing “the right thing”? It’s a nice gesture based on the level of respect they have for Markov, sure, but in no way, shape, or form was that contract the right thing to do in assembling a team to compete for the Stanley Cup.
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His new contract has hurt the club, so I respect what you say. I am just saying that they are standing by a player who has given good service, and even if it hurts the Habs did the right thing. I also like the way Gorges case was handled, and after he signed his contract, the Molson family were the first to be thanked, so I would assume the family was very involved.
this allstar games boring because it means nothing. they should go back to eastern conf vs west, the winning conf 9th place team at seasons end should get a bonus 3 pts. then that maybe enough for a team to get into the playoffs. then we’d see an allstar game with meaning .
GO HABS GO
That’s a terrible idea.
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GO HABS GO! 2011-12 is probably not our year!
“Scott Gomez, a potential Hall of Fame player, has two Stanley Cup rings and a Calder Trophy that says ‘I’m a player whom any authentic NHL coach will rely on to fix a game problem.’” – VancouverHab
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Scott Gomez, a potential Hall of Fame player, first multimillionairre pro hockey player to not score a goal in a year while making his millions…..not a good Hall of Fame stat….
Pretty one-sided results on the PK poll. I bet an even more one-side poll would be “Is the all-star break too long?”
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