Canadiens coach Michel Therrien confirmed at practice Friday that Ryan White will miss Saturday’s game against the Buffalo Sabres at the Bell Centre (7 p.m., CBC, RDS, TSN Radio 690) because of a lower-body injury.
Michael Blunden has been recalled from the Hamilton Bulldogs to take White’s place.
Friday’s practice in Brossard was optional, with only nine players skating: Travis Moen, Gabriel Dumont, P.K. Subban, Alex Galchenyuk, Tomas Kaberle, Brendan Gallagher, Yannick Weber, Jarred Tinordi and Peter Budaj.
Rene Bourque, still recovering from a concussion, isn’t expected to play Saturday, while Carey Price will start again in net.
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Hmm…. last time the Blue Jackets lost in reg was 1 – 0 to the Hawks on Feb 24 and they had a 5 – 12 – 2 record now 13 – 12 – 6 Talk about a turnaround, with this Kekelainen sp? dude.
That makes 8 – 0 – 4 in last 12.
An almost Habs-like record there.
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Flames tied for last place. Has Cammy talked tpo the press about “Losing Mentality”yet?
lol, nice one.
It’s going to be sweet to turn the Flames second round pick into another Collberg type prospect.
Caps steamrolled over the Jets.
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Watching on CBC Jets vs Caps with the announcer continuing to still call Ovechkin “The Great Eight” – Not applicable since playoffs 2010…….
He meant ‘The Great Eight-ball’, a thinly veiled reference to his coke habit.
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Final. Pens 4-2.
Charles Hudon (2 helpers) and Chiccoutimi up 5-3 on Patty Roy and Grigorenko’s Ramparts with under 5 to go.
How about Columbus? 7 – 0 – 3 in their last 10! Whuda thunk it?
Galchenyuk’s old team, the Sarnia Sting, getting pounded 8-2 after 2 periods in their first playoff game.
“old” team, boy has Chucky come a long way in a short time! What a year for the kid.
Wondering if’s White has re-injured his groin?
Mr. Biter
No Guts No Glory
Uh oh, he was a looong time with that.
Really hope thats not the case :s
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They did say lower body…
Plus I think he played his best two games of the year against Buffalo and the Isles
Edler gets two games. Nash gets zero games.
Random NHL wheel of Justice in effect.
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How many head injuries did Shanny get when he played it might be effecting him
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QMJHL Playoffs are just unfair… 16th place team in an 18 team league gets to play Halifax in the first round.
OUCH 11-1 game 1
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Well you know what they say in Quebec everyone gets a turn chance except 2
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Steep nosedives by former stars. Gomez of course. But also Kiprusoff, Iginla, Briere, Gaborik, Lecavalier, Ovechkin, (put name here).
“May you live in interesting times.”
Brad Richards
Brooks Laich with his first of the season? What’s up with that?
Wasn’t he injured for a long time?
Yep, checked ihdb, it seems it’s only his third game this season, Caps rising from the dead?
They’re 3 points from a playoff spot … you never know!
Ovie has picked his game, last nights highlites were good.
Pens up 3-2. Early third.
Halifax wins their first game of the playoffs 11-1. 5 goals and 3 assists for Frk, 6 assists for Drouin, 2 goals and 2 assists for MacKinnon.
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Wow!
Is Frk’s name spelt Frk?
“May you live in interesting times.”
Frk’n right it is!
Hope things did not turn out too badly with the armed robbery you suffered.
“May you live in interesting times.”
Columbus just scored 3 goals in a little over 1 minute to make it 4-1 over the Calgary Flames.
Flames are just awful, it should be a full out sale frenzy on April 3rd for them.
Iginla has fewer goals than Plekanec, Gionta, Gallagher, Pacioretty, and Subban. Waiting for someone to suggest trading these five for him.
“May you live in interesting times.”
like this?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I40HfH1UiXo
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It’ll always be Habs Inside/Out to me
Ha! Ya, just like that.
Isles up 2-1. Under 3 in period 2.
Pens tie it with 8 sec left in period. 2-2.
Bah!
You are the Mike Boone of New York state, ole pal!
“May you live in interesting times.”
Gaborik would look good on the L/W with Pleks and Gionta. He still has another 4-5 good years left. If we can’t win a cup in that amount of time. We’re not progressing as fast as we think.
7.2 million a year? He would be the highest payed player on the Habs.
Talk about creating mayhem in the dressing room.
Jesus Christ! Gaborik? C’mon man wake up.. we only have one amensity buy out for Kaberle
Hopefully we are once bitten twice shy with massive new york contracts.
Skeptical one, you are overly optimistic about Gaborik. Stats don’t always lie.
“May you live in interesting times.”
j0ls101. He’d also be the best. Name one player on the Habs whom averages 70-points a year …
Just bought 2 tickets to the 4/20 game versus the Caps. About $400 on stubhub, in section 335. :-/
Jesus, tickets are expensive. Are we the highest in the league? We must be. I checked Toronto, and I could get better seats for cheaper.
People pay more to sit farther away from the action in Toronto. Don’t want their faces to show up on TV and embarrass the family letting the world know they’re at a Leafs game.
lol!
Does the 4/20 game include weed, or do you have to bring your own?
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4-0 Caps over the Jets, and Claude Noel looks like he’s about to go on a killing spree.
I’d say that the Caps are to the Jets what the Isles are to the Habs, but we done fixed that last night. Jets, not so much.
Has Washington finally found their game in Winnipeg?
A question for my friend JB if he’s still awake. Is posting while sleeping aka PWS as bad as posting while intoxicated aka PWI?
Another poster’ might be able to help you with that one, Jim, but don’t be surprised if he’s affronted.
Are you guys intoxicating while posting?…. I hope so ‘ cause there’s humour circling overhead and it just may make a landing!
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Hey Andrew! Up late tonight, aren’t we? The morning team is working overtime.
Hiya! Sometimes I get more chuckles here than on the Comedy Network.
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BC/BU (beer) – Hockey East Semi-Final and Jackie Parker’s last kick at the can against the Eagles. This one should be special!
For us folks in the US the game is on NBCSports Network, formally versus.
It’s also on NESN for those who have it. The really good news: no Jack Edwards!
How did you know that would be my reaction? Enjoy the game. CHeers. Moments away.
From your zip you must be in Orange County. I’m down in Northern Westchester.
Yes sir. Town of Warwick near Greenwood Lake. Originally from very Northern NY. Hence my love affair with the Habs.
From TSN:
Maple Leafs forward Joffrey Lupul, who was suspended two games this week for a hit on Victor Hedman, tweeted in response, “If someone can explain the decisions on what warrants a suspension and what doesn’t, please let me and the rest of guys know.”
Wow, Lupul dares to question the decisions from New York? This should be interesting. I hate the Leafs, but I gotta say, good for you Joffrey! ’cause I have no idea how Nash doesn’t get a couple of games for that hit.
If he was talking about last nights Nash hit, he’s right. I wonder if he will suffer the wrath of Daddy Campbell?
He was , he’s right and now he will pay the price.
The explanation is quite simple:
NYR needs to make the play-offs and you can’t suspend their best player with 19 games left in the season. This was a business decision, nothing else.
There can’t be any other explanation; I mean he jumped to hit a guy in the head from behind.
“man, I love winnin’; you know, it’s like better than losin’?”-
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Pens tie it up mid 2nd. 1-1.
Thought at least Borque would play tommorrow but guess not. Would like to see both Prust and him play at least one game before if and when they play the Pens and Bruins. Especially Borque since its been a month he’s been out
I’m surprised as well. Not sure of the clubs protecol though. He’s practiced with the team with contact this week. No setbacks as far as we’ve heard. Extra careful?
Then I would definetly put him on the 3rd line with less than 13 minutes of ice time against those two teams. He’ll be so rusty and he’ll probably need to get his lungs back in shape
Tough choice ..the Habs need for the Bruins to loose both games vs the Leafs but based on Leafs sched if they win those two games they are probably in the playoffs…The Habs sched could be pretty tough if the Caps and Flyers start playing better..2 games at Pitts ….2 games with the Jets,Leafs,Bruins,Flyers.Caps
I do understand the turmoil but as soon as the puck drops it is impossible for me to hope the Bruins win any hockey game. I just can’t do it. Ever.
One is not much better than the other. White is probably the better fighter
Terrorists, who happen to be Bruin fans — news flash! — threaten to detonate a series of planted nuclear devices that will destroy New York and 40 other of the 50 states — or is it 51, I can never remember — unless Bruins win in Montreal. Promise free wings if they do. Conflicted?
Sorry but that’s not even remotely funny, and pretty offensive if you ask me.
You’re right. It was in poor taste, written in haste.
I should have taken my lead from Hollywood, which produces such gems as Olympus Has Fallen, not to profit on the deaths of many but to … what, send a message?
How’s this:
Mobsters, who happen to be Bruin fans — news flash! — threaten to plant whoopee cushions in state capitols across America and embarrass elected officials from both parties unless Bruins win in Montreal.
Promise free wings if they do.
Conflicted?
Sweet Hands Blunden will be a dominant force tomorrow amigos!
Putting aside any personal opinions about PK or his style of play, can everyone agree that we would be WAY better off if he doesn’t win any major awards until after he signs long-term?
I’m pretty sure all this norris talk is freaking MB out. And we need him in a solid state of mind state of mind so he can trick someone into picking up Moen’s contract.
That’s a rather cynical viewpoint of the…
Oh, never mind.
***SUBBANGIN’ NOW BABY!!!***
Moen can still be an asset in the playoffs otherwise time to cut him e next year and open up roster spot for a younger player..
Sheesh, what’s goin’ on here?
Okay, I shall take my reply elsewhere …
It was too clever for me. Noon?
Hi
Ok, was about buying 649. Not about Moen.
(You had me wondering has everyone been mispronouncing his name throughout his career!)
Remember it’s 5 hours closer to bedtime for me than it is for you.
Not really. I’m typing in my sleep. I can hardly wait to wake up to see what I wrote.
Good night and good luck!
Cindy looks hurt……his feelings.
What is going on in Long Island?!
Pittsburg being outshot 14-1 in the first.
Letang? Nah, couldn’t be.
Right?
Pennsylvania…Long Island..some diff.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQBvLY30mXY
Looks like the isles are taking their frustration of last nite on Pissburgh. Perfect.
To Clarify
UND is a lock to be invited to the National Championship tourney. Not a maybe, not a probably. They are 100%. Based on their regular season record and current 10th place position in “pairwise rankings” there is no possible mathematical way that UND can be eliminated this weekend. The only thing to determine is their seed for the tournament and first round opponent.
The current tourney they were eliminated from was the conference championship.
The National Championship Hockey tournament includes all the conference champions = 5. Plus the next 11 teams in PairWise rankings. Since UND is 10th in pairwise, they can’t be eliminated from the tourney, even if 5 crappy regular season teams all pull upsets and win their conference tourneys.
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Thanks for that, I really had no idea how that worked. It seems they have a more complicated route to crowning a champion than NCAA football! Frozen Four, Frozen Five, PairWise, sheesh!!!! When are we signing Kristo? that is really the bottom line
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I know this is a site dedicated to hockey but you guys are so knowledgeable about so many things — except hockey, oddly enough*** — I figure you could help me out with a pressing matter.
I need some investment advice:
What’s the best time to buy a quick-pick 649?
I’m leaning toward buying a ticket days before the draw rather than the day of, because to have two random events — numbers selected by a computer — happen in the same day seems more unlikely than to have it happen in the space of four days.
AND do the odds increase if it’s a human — that would be me — who picks the numbers at random, rather than the system, so that when the human’s numbers get picked by a computer, it’s … fate bringing together the thinking and unthinking (that would be me).
*** I was kiddin’, okay?
If MB ever trades Kaberle…I’m buying one.
“You’re always, always, always looking to make your team better. Always.”- Marc Bergevin
If MB does trade Kaberle, it will be for a lottery pick.
Touché…
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The secret is to buy a Quick Pick at precisely 06:49 am
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Okay, I’ve set my alarm … hey, wait a minute, which day?
This becoming a millionaire is so mind-boggling.
All number combinations have the same odds of being drawn…makes no difference when purchased…now that is the science answer..now if you believe in superstition,ghosts or some magical saviour than purchase your ticket at noon the day before the draw..lol…
Noon, eh?
Daylight saving time?
(One can’t be too careful)
Take no chances. Buy one at noon and another one at 1 p.m.
Best is to buy 2 identical tickets that way if you have to split with someone else, you get 2/3s
“man, I love winnin’; you know, it’s like better than losin’?”-
Ebby Calvin “Nuke” Laloosh
Wouldn’t that be 3/4ths? two halves plus one half.
Rumours of NYR being interested in Dan Boyle. Maybe they trade Gaborik for him? Would be a good hockey trade no?
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That sounds like a good old “hockey deal”.
Personally I wouldn’t want Gaborik but it might make sense given the two teams’ needs. I’m assuming that SJ needs scoring because I know less than nothing about the west this year. They kind of don’t exist to me outside of trade speculation. Till the playoffs anyhow.
I’d want him. He’s been a victim of how terrible they’ve been, and undeservedly was used as Tort’s scapegoat. He was leading NY in goals when he got demoted to the 3rd line. Taylor Pyatt (who I actually like) was getting more minutes than Gaborik.
Everyone talks about Gabby’s lack of defensive game, but Torts quit on him well before he quit on Torts. Never seen a 40 goal scorer, on a team that can’t score, be treated so flippantly.
I’d take him also. High cap hit but only 1 year left on it after this one. I think he would thrive under therrien’s system and you would have a motivated player going into ufa next year. You would have to get the rangers to take salary back obviously so it would have to start with kaberle going the other way. After that who knows how much more it would take. But i wouldn’t be upset if moen was part of it. You can get the same amount of production out of blunden or dumont for alot less cap space.
Out of Toronto Winnipeg and Ottawa which arena would be hardest to play in the playoffs?
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Winnipeg no doubt…they’re crazy…in a good way not like Boston or Philly.
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Toronto and Ottawa would be at least half Habs fans
70-30 Hab fans in ottawa
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Toronto might be tough until the end of the first period, then when half the crowd disappears not to reappear until halfway through the second, it’d be easy.
If by some miracle Karlsson comes back, then I’d say the Sens. This has nothing to do with their building, which I basically consider a non-factor. But Karlsson is that good.
Barring that, I gotta agree with DDO. The Jets fans are a little nuts, and that makes them a little scary.
CBC mentioned that Washington is missing a lot of their D and seem like a much smaller team now. Remember how we thought they were huge in the playoffs?
Also Adam Oates is scary he could be Skeletor!
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Always thought Schwarzenegger’s ex-wife looked like Skeletor…
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Holy crap MT, relax and chill with PK. Good players make mistakes, it’s part of the game…..I think MB needs to have a little pow wow with the coach about his overboard hard ass approach with the team’s best player to date and basically norris trophy winner if he keep’s it up!
Shaker
What on earth are you on about?
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There are really people who wouldn’t take a 3rd for Micheal flippin’ Blunden? You take that deal in a cocaine heart beat!
I would send Blunden to another team for nothing if there were another team willing to take him. He’s a good guy and he isn’t going to see more than a game or two from here in a Habs uniform, in his life. So if he could be accommodated, see ya later Blunden.
Who said they wouldn’t take a 3rd round pick for Mike Blunden?
Thats just crazy.
Even if you believe we need more depth for the playoffs, you can turn around and flip a third rounder for a better player than Mike Blunden.
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Posters below. Some wouldn’t trade Blunden or White for a 3rd. I would trade both, and do as you say, trade for a better player. Take the 3rd then use a 2nd on a legit 5-6 D or 3rd liner.
Oh boy, guilty as charged.
Always liked Blunden, think there might be more to him than he’s had a chance to show, despite his age.
3rd round is minimum 60 guys along…
Actually, I just checked back down the thread and see that there were heavier hitters than myself hanging onto Blunden. Maybe they get up here and help me out!
I don’t have anything against Blunden, he’s just a fringe NHLer (if you really believe he’s more than that, then fine, I would agree maybe you don’t trade him). It’s really all about value. Today Matt D’Agostini, along with a conditional 7th was traded for a conditional 4th or 5th. That’s it, for a guy who scored 21 goals in 2010-11. D’ago has fallen on hard times, but it’s difficult for me think this his value is less than Blunden’s.
Like I said above. Take the 3rd and get a better player than Blunden. In short, Blunden +2nd < Dominic Moore type + 3rd
Strong case. The D’Agostini comparison is very persuasive.
(Come on Trini! Get your butt up here! Hasn’t even noticed the new page…)
Would be nice to have Prust and Bourque back in the lineup next week for the Pens and Bruins. Tough two games for those guys to come back and get comfortable again, yikes.
Because Prust doesn’t seem to have a back-down button, and because the Bruins would know he was just back from injury, I hope he doesn’t return til after the Boston game. Shoulders are dicey, playoffs are coming.
That said, from what I saw, the Bruins looked good coming back vs the Sens.