Tomas Plekanec skated with his teammates on Wednesday for the first time during the Canadiens training camp.
Plekanec had been listed as “day-to-day” with sore ribs – an injury he incurred while playing for Kladno in the Czech league during the NHL lockout.
“It’s good for him to get a couple of practices under his belt before we start the season,” said coach Michel Therrien, who believes Plekanec will be ready for Thursday’s intra-squad game at the Bell Centre.
Asked about playing with Canadiens first-round draft pick Alex Galchenyuk, Plekanec said he has a lot of talent and works very hard.
“He came over to me before practice today and said if I saw anything that could help him he’d appreciate it,” Plekanec said.
Last year was a tough season for everyone and Plekanec wasn’t different from the rest of the team, Therrien said.
With a healthy lineup and having Gionta with Plekanec, Therrien said he was sure the two would be able to help each other.
“There was no stability with (Plekanec’s) linemates due to so many injuries the team had to face last year,” Therrien said.
“But he’s a guy who can do a lot of things on the ice. He’s a really smart player. He can play against top players. He can play on the power play, penalty-killing. I really appreciate that type of player. And again this year he’s going to have a crucial role with us.”
Five players have been called up from the Hamilton Bulldogs for Thursday’s two-period intra-squad game at the Bell Centre. (Admission is free … for more details about what the Habs have planned for fans this weekend, click here.)
They want to simulate an exhibition game as much as possible, Therrien said. He also felt it was important for players to have a game at night before starting the season.
“It will be structured hockey,” the coach said.
Bulldogs defenceman Jarred Tinordi was one of the players Therrien talked about after practice. Tinordi was the Canadiens’ first-round draft pick in 2010 and one of four Bulldogs players invited to camp.
“We are very pleased with his development,” said Therrien, who mentioned among other things Tinordi’s excellent speed.
“He’s constantly improving.”
You can hear what Tinordi had to say after Wednesday’s practice below:
(Photo by Paul Chiasson/The Canadian Press)
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You’re welcome
http://thechive.com/2013/01/16/paulina-gretzky-is-using-the-instagram-machine-properly-48-photos/
I’m gonna say thanks anyway.
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Everytime I watch Jones play I see the skill, no doubt. But I can’t help think of that old Larry Robinson story
Q:”How tall are you?”
Larry: 6’4″
“START PLAYING LIKE IT!”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7q55ZmRjBZ4
Dave Schultz, Louis Sleigher, Ken Hodge, Mike Milbury, Bobby Schmauntz, and Dale Hunter would strongly disagree…..
Strongly disagree with what?
What Boomer was getting at Haborama, was that he was getting overlooked until he was told to start hammering people. The Canadiens told him in order to crack the lineup we need you to play physical, and as we all know, he did.
i should have been more specific. I tend to do that and i’m misunderstood at times because of it. My bad.
Seth Jones has **NOTHING** to gain by playing physical hockey in junior. Why get involved in scraps and risk injuries when you’ve got a top-3 draft pick waiting for you?
I’ve watched countless talented junior players just go through the motions on the defensive end and in the physical department throughout their OHL careers.
Daniel Girardi was pretty soft here in Guelph…if you told me he was going to turn into a gritty shot-blocker in the NHL I would have laughed you out of the room. Matt D’Agostini could go into the corners with eggs taped to his bodies and come out without breaking any. Malhotra was the softest top-10 draft pick I have ever seen, and now he is a defensive specialist.
Anybody that bases too much on how a guy plays in junior is just delusional. Scouts look for talent and skill to match physical gifts like excellent speed, agility, size and vision.
Jones meets the bar in most of those categories. He’s got great size, is a fantastic skater for his position, has some offensive flair and he’s quite mobile. You can coach the other stuff, but you need the raw goods.
You seem to be of the mind that we are saying Jones will never develop a more gritty style. Playing a more gritty style doesn’t just mean taking liberties in between whistles or fighting. And you say we are basing too much on how a guy plays in Juniors. How are you going to Project a player, which is what scouting is all about, if you don’t evaluate his abilities and tendencies at the junior level? I don’t understand your post, nor some of your opinions on scouting players (from earlier posts). I respect you, I hope this doesn’t come off as an attack, but I don’t understand.
Edit: Did you mean that eventually a player may change his style of play after leaving the juniors? IE jones may become a more physical player after leaving Juniors?
Jones just reminds me so much of Jay Bouwmeester in junior… the great size, the smooth skating, the offense and shot, and the unwillingness to ever throw that big hit.
I think Bouwmeester could have been a better player than he is… and I think Jones will turn out better than JayBo. But i just can’t shake the suspicion that he’ll leave me wanting more at the NHL level.
I’m not asking him to fight in Junior. But there is no reason why he can’t throw his weight around on a guy trying to go wide, or in front of the net.
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I watched first two periods of prospects game. I think Seth Jones stock will rise again…compared to McKinnon or Drouin.
I agree.
Anyone else notice MacKinnon is looking large out there. He looked smallish at the beginning of the season but i think he had a growth spurt.
Dont think he is having a #1 type game.
No, if Jones pulled ahead of him before this game his performance has done nothing to close the gap. But he does look bigger and battles hard for the puck.
is Erne or Mantha at the game??
if so how r they doing?
Lombardi goes back to the Coyotes.
http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=413721
First trade to take advantage of wealthy teams keeping salary.
Vs Geoff Molson and his predecessor’s band aid contracts which have hampered the habs. Maybe it is time we just suck for a long time, and then by attrition get real players. But then you get the laffs who are trying to do that for the past 40 years.
three things
1. is it just me, or does my homie JT looks like a real badass in that clip.
2. Is Nuna off his meds again??
3. someone a few threads ago mentioned that the Canadiens were in a position to trade for Wendal Clark using Shayne Corson, but backed out at last minute. wow. stupid. stupid. stupid.
I wonder who in the management at that time was responsible for that mess. My car is gassed and my shotgun is loaded, all I need is a name.
Yes, yes and…
Good luck, it’s Savard.
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The Habs were concerned with Clark’s injury history and hoped Corson’s antics off the ice would end. In hindsight, even though both guys were awesome, Clark was better and Montreal should have pulled the trigger.
And uh management at the time was pretty damn good. Remember the Stanley cup in 86 and 93 and the appearance in the finals in 89?
yeah, quite vividly, the 89′ team was probably my favorite Habs team to not win the cup..
If we had traded Corson for Clark. We wouldn’t have had Damphousse, our leading scorer in 1993
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@neumann. “Hot Bunking at the Special Hospital”? Jes*s Chri*t , now I am frightened.
I wouldn’t be upset if we drafted the big Russian D on team Orr. #65.
Mobile for his size and age and loves to throw some heavy hits.
Zadarov…..
love the guy (no homo) one of my favorite 2013 prospects period.
but I still think it would be wise if we picked a big, skilled forward this draft.
Is it my inexperienced eyes or are the forwards much further along in their development then most of the dman in this game?
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I think Kypreos and Maclean are coaching the D.
Bridge contract is appalling to some,
appalling to some, appalling to some,
Bridge contract is appalling to some,
appalling to some, appalling to some,
Build it up with gold bars,
gold bars, gold bars.
Build it up with gold bars,
My fair PK.
Build it up with coin and term
coin and term, coin and term
Build it up with coin and term
My fair PK
Take the deal and lock him up,
Lock him up, lock him up.
Take the deal and lock him up,
My fair PK.
When u put it that way PK does seem very fair in what he’s asking for.
I have a question about these gold bars. Are they the same that dropped into the porcelain bowl?
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I just got a nasty visual of PK in a pink queen ballet dress and tights.
This Manti T’eo thing, on the heels of the nauseating sex assault and suicide scandal, officially makes Notre Dame’s the most dysfunctional athletic program going.
Full Breezer 4 Life
The Athletic Program with the highest graduation rate?
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Subban’s having a tough one tonight…
Hey Bri! Its also on TVASH . You can thank me later Amigo.
Mike McPhee outcoaching Cherry!
+1
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nice hits by zhadorov
Not sure if this is been asked but, how many of you guys/girls are gonna be going to the scrimmage tomorrow? And if you are what time around will you be showing up?
@Burly. Unless of course,he really is Boone. Then by all means, Crucify the bugger. Saludos!
I just got home. I missed the first period. The highlights look like Rychel had a good one. I miss anything?
Michel Therrien seems like a completely different coach from his first stint round. You can tell hes matured, has a plan he wants to execute, brushes off the media, I wasnt so kean at first, but after watching and lsitening to him , I think Pittsburgh made him a much better coach, and its looking like a very good hire.
Also is anyone doing anything to send a message to the league this saturday night? since everyone agrees this was all the owners fault and had nothing to do with the players at all whatsoever, then I think we should cheer on our players and BOYCOT the concessions, I mean 10 bucks a beer anyway!
Heh, $5 of that belongs to the players! You crazy old unionist you
So Del Zotto signed a 2 year 5.1 Million dollar deal with the Rangers, and didn’t he have better number then Subban last season?
I know Subban had to be our number 1 defense man last season and I’m not entirely sure the role that Del Zotto played with them but I guess Subban wouldn’t sing for that amount money.
From what I heard he wants Doughty money, not sure how true that is tho. I just wanna get Subban signed already so we can move on.
Yea I posted that link. I don’t think it’s true but “If” it is, that is just ridiculous…
I don’t think Del Zotto or Kulikov are in the same class as Subban. There might be another RFA Dman but I can’t remember who it is.
Carlson but he signed before the lock out at around $4 ML per for 6 years.
Del Zotto had better numbers on a more offensive team.
But Subban blew him away on mins played.
Like I said I don’t know much about Del Zotto I was just basing off numbers and just heard about it on TSN.
Giradi, Mcdonagh and Stall did the heavy work. They had more ice time and/or more difficult matchups than did Del Zotto. If Subban had two other high quality defensemen in front of him, responsible for shutting down the Malkins of the league, and was free to be as offensively minded as Del Zotto, we could more readily compare their simple statistical output.
It’s not quite the same, but look at Kaberle and Gorges. Kaberle was on pace for a forty-five point season with us, but very few people would argue that he is more valuable, contributes more to a team’s success, than Gorges. Kaberle was never counted on, and should never be counted on, to play a difficult role; he was a power play quarterback and got to play against third-liners.
What ever happened to that Telio/wjc/hockeyinsiderr/Mike Boone guy?
It’s funny because I have noticed that wjc seemed to drop off the face of the planet a few days ago, telio sometime before that and suddenly nuna has appeared and been posting up a storm…
Instead of a conspiracy theory meybe they are hot bunking at the special hospital
“Et le but!”
Ha!
@Bri. Prospect game on Sportsnet. The hate on for nuna today is due to some posters saying that nuna is really Boone in disguise.It is a possibility.
But everybody loves Boone.
Is that Mike McPhee or Mr. Burns coaching Team Orr?
OK well, I just finished work, and I’m scrolling.
PK’s not signed yet, right?
Someone made reference to 2 years $9.5MM?
What is that?
And, what is all the hate on Nuna?
What did he say this time?
I can’t find his comment? (not that I’ve looked very hard….)
I would like to think no one has hate on for nuna Bri. Just some ribbing. Sportsnet Top Prospects Game, Mike McPhee is coaching team Orr.
Nuna reminds me if one of my children when they were young. What’s that? How come? Why? Who said? Are we there yet? ……. After awhile it wears on you. I think he wore on some today.
Edit: you work too hard.
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Hey the truth hurts when you finally see that the Wizard of Oz is just a fat old man with a loud speaker….welcome to the Adolph Coors Habs team boys….
Mike McPhee sure looks different without that trademark mustache.
Is that the intra-squad game?
What channel is it on?
CHL Prospect game
Prospect game. On your TSN.
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Actually it’s on Sportnet. But thanks Jim.
Of course it would be on Sportnet!
And why not?!
Just because I pay $4,320/month for satellite to have TSN and RDS
but no Sportsnet.
Figures…
How many channels do you get for $4320 per month?
7,312.
And 7,310 show the exact same thing.
I hope that’s in pesos
It’s very early but Seth Jones looks like a man among boys out there. So much skill plus the size. What a total package.
We can’t be watching the same game.
Seth Jones reminds me of Jay Bouwmeester at the same age.
WIth his size I want to see more Chris Pronger.
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Ya Bouwmeester was a Stud at that age too. He was awesome. Hasn’t had the NHL career that I thought he would.
Hab coaching team;
http://www.habsworld.net/article.php?id=2977
Dave_Stubbs – Major preseason Q&A w/ #Habs Therrien will be linked when online. My full interview in video form on hockeyinsideout.com around 11 pm ET
This is either frightening or interesting for us Montreal sports fans.
Seems Tim Tebow is out of options in the NFL. Where does a stellar in college QB who can’ make it in the NFL go to?
The CFL of course.
And who owns his rights in the CFL?
http://www.esquire.com/blogs/culture/tim-tebow-should-head-to-canada-14985995?click=news
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HAHAHA yeah we have his rights, but that doesn’t mean crap they would never let someone like Tebow take over AC spot don’t worry he’ll be a Jaguar anyway
http://nickolaisblog.wordpress.com/
Remember, Doug Flutie was out of options in the NFL also…and he became one of the best QBs the CFL has ever seen.
Flutie’s problem was size
Tebow’s problem is that he has no accuracy and can’t throw.
You can be a running QB all day, but you are gonna need to throw in the CFL and I’m not convinced Tebow can.
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Am I silly for hoping Team Cherry gets a too many men penalty tonight?
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No, but I am really hoping they don’t have Nick Kypreos or Doug Maclean with a microphone on. OH no I just saw a Microphone hooked up Nick. I may have to listen to music while watching the game.
At least Mike McPhee is coaching Team Orr.
Go Orr Go!
I’ll try once again in terms of the Zajac contract.
Zajac is a good player, not a great player. He is 27 and coming off an injury shortened season (although he was great in the playoffs). What would be a good comparison? Pleks?
Now Jersey gives him an 8 year contract. Yes, he should be pretty good until 35 but there is no reason to bet the farm on a guy like this. He’s no Stamkos for crying out loud. The comparisons to Gomez’s contract are just too easy to make. I won’t even mention how this team totally screwed up the Kovalchuk and Parise contracts.
Am I on the owners side? Gimme a break. I feel I can see both sides of the equation, in terms of pros and cons. I just find it a bit laughable that even before the season has started the first contract given out is the same old, same old.
I realize the players took a hit by going to 50% (which was a given)but it won’t take long for them to eventually win this new CBA battle (assuming there is continued growth in the game). The owners didn’t really win many other important concessions and whatever ground they made up will quickly be pissed away by their GMs.
Have to remember the same idiot owner who pressured Lou to sign Kovalchuk just convinced banks to keep lending him money so he could own the Devils. Just last year he was missing payments, then the Banks realizing the Devils are worth less in foreclosure lend him more money. So what does he do? Tells LL to start spending other peoples money all over again.
Terrible owner, terrible contract.
I think you are bang on Steve.
Bettman and Phoenix’ days are numbered.
In fairness he is getting 5.75/season – just a tad more than Plex.
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Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.
It’s the eight years that I worry about. Both Zajac and Pleks are 2nd line centres, why give Zajac the sky and the moon?
It’s all these little bits and pieces of shitty and/or over the top contracts that add up.
I agree. The other thing is the Devils might be worried that they can’t attract free agents. A bit like Gainey was after the Sundin fiasco/saga.
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Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.
Brrr… still gives me shivers, in a bad way.
Not all oysters produce pearls, thankfully, Price is a pearl producing oyster.
They don’t add up though…. Escrow ensures the players never get more than 50%.
An overpaid Zajac can only screw one team, and thats the one that signed him, because his cap hit will be too much for his value.
It doesn’t screw over other teams.
In fact its paid for his fellow players if he’s overpaid because it drives Escrow up.
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I agree with you that New Jersey overpaid AND gave too much term, but I don’t see how this hurts the owners financially, as they can only spend to the cap, and will not give the players a penny more than 50% of HRR. This just means some other player on New Jersey gets paid less and some journeyman third liner will be cast aside in favour of a less talented call up who they can pay less.
This type of move mainly hurts them competitively. Not being competitive could lead to lower revenues, but lower revenues also hurts the players share, so a lot of the owners’ risk is shared with the players.
I wonder how much input Lou had with this contract. This is Gomez like overpayment.
Here is my take going forward for cap space and player dollars. 1st line players ave $5mil 2nd line players ave $3.5 mil 3rd line players ave $ 2mil 4th line forwards only ave $1mil goalies total dollars 8mil for a total of about $63.5 mil. Not much left for spare parts or if you give someone too much above the ave for their roster spot. Remember these are only averages but a GM would do well to use some form of system to manage the cap. I am sure someone has a comment on these so have at it. GO HABS GO!
@rhino. Did you see how Pyatt withstood. repeated blows to the head with an elbow pad from Campbell in the Boston Beatdown and got up got up under his own steam? He is a tough little Hombre. Meanwhile that puke Gomez was caught on camera smirking and chatting! Adios Gomez!
Bought out players ought to forfeit their salary from the previous team if they sign for a new one.
Just like when your ex remarries.
I never really hated Gomez. If you want to hate there are a lot worthier candidates. Putin. Berlusconi. Chara. Piers Morgan.
But if that smirking lazy scam artist gets an extra salary this year I will truly hate him.
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Why the hate for Putin?
Or are you just another Free Pussy supporter?
Free Pussy! Where?
Mr. Biter
No Guts No Glory
Relax …no such thing as Free Pussy unless someone gave you a kitten
Putin is a Fascist, that’s an easy one.
Why the hate for Piers Morgan – that one is interesting considering how liberal Hab 72′s positions usually are.
Please explain, ’72
Couldn’t post one without the other now could I
Piers Morgan is an absolute scumbag. He was the editor of one of the worst British tabloids. He was involved in phone hacking. For example he hacked into Paul McCartney’s phone and recorded conversations between him and his wife as they were splitting up.
He’s a nasty obnoxious amoral human being.
I know nothing of his politics. That he’s opposed to widespread ownership of assault weapons merely labels him as sane, not left or right.
He’s good friends with Rupert Murdoch however so unlikely to be that much of a liberal. Not that it matters.
And my positions are not so much “liberal” as sensible. On every issue. You know that.
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I had no clue about his past. thanks for sharing. since he’s arrived on CNN there is not a single right wing position that he has endorsed.
you tend to bat left handed as well.
moderately left I would say.
Politics is extremely unimportant and uninteresting to me. Somewhere between the weather and the filmography of Gwyneth Paltrow.
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@ed – definitely not a saint. He didn’t tap Paul’s phone but one of his reporters. Has a string of questionable doings but looks good on TV…all that is really important
Nah I won’t hate Gomez. He’s just a not good hockey player. That’s no sin.
And there’s no point in hating Scotty when people like Lance Armstrong still have supporters…
See what he did to Betsy Andreu and Emma O’Reilly:
http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2013/01/the-small-petty-fraudulent-vendettas-of-lance-armstrong/267184/
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Total agreement on Lance.
Piers Morgan?
I guess you guys don’t know him that well. He is in America because everyone in Britain loathes him. Because he worked in UK print his sins are not widely known here.
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OK. I thought you were on him about the NRA battle, an issue that I happen to agree with him on.
Of course but even though I agree with him the sanctimony is grating. He deliberately invited inarticulate loons to make himself look intellectually and morally superior.
Well done Piers – you pwn3ed a guy who thinks kindergarten teachers should carry machine guns.
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Listening to Ian Pulver I get the impression Gomez may indeed lead some team to the Stanley Cup this year. His stats appear irrelevant as all I am hearing is that Gomez led teams go to the playoffs and have great success.
It’s was the system after all?
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Seems so, afterall as we have learned in our discussion today, agents represent nothing but the truth. GM’s should bow to them and grant them what is requested, Mr. Pulver clearly is one of the best agents as he got Scotty the contract in question and Glen Sather is a great GM, he has Cups to prove it.
Personally not sure why Mr Sather has this fascination with players athletic protection devices… sounds unhealthy to me and that is without the hygienic issue.
I tell my daughter – who plays hockey – that parents are not athletes, they’re the athletic supporters!!
Gomez agent Ian Pulver on Primetime Sports now, saying chances strong Gomer plays again this season.
You’ve heard of scroll-o-matic. Well let me introduce you to nuna-o-manic. Stop reading all those tired ramblings and shaking your head trying to make heads or tails out of the disturbed diatribes of a tortured soul. Get the whole synopsis in one easy to digest but understandable format. No need to pore over so many nunasensical ideas that reaching for the Smith and Wesson appears logical by Mr. Spock standards. Here’s an example. I assure you it will sound much more coherent than if you pored over every sentence yourself.
The habs with a captain that
actually did better than
the Gauthier theory of scoring
In order to win
a significant hit
vs what other NHL teams score
screams volumes
that Patches can match.
All the habs need is
to score more and defend
to finish the season
Body language and words speak volumes
without the benefit of offering anything
for nothing
if you could find any
daycare nursery.
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JB. Imitation is the sincerest form of plagiary.
Post of the day!
Clap clap clap.
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Is there an app for this?
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Ka is a wheel.
“Bring it back home to me baby”
Bring it on Home
Haven’t checked out one of your songs lately, they sound awesome!
Are they new?
About a year old.
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Ka is a wheel.
“Bring it back home to me baby”
Bring it on Home
I find that emoticon strangely stimulating! Bad thoughts, bad thoughts!
In the interest of fairness here us Notre Dame’s statement on the TiO hoax.
https://www.facebook.com/NDFootball/posts/553537038009180
Yikes, I understand you are just posting the response Jim, but this just seems like a desperate attempt at damage control.
Yes but I can hear the NY Jet organization drooling over adding him to their circus.
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Teo’s statement
http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/blog/eye-on-college-football/21563964/notre-dame-statement-teo-victim-of-a-hoax
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Good answer!
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This is going to be fun to follow.
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So why this??
Here’s an example of Te’o's comments about Lennay Kekua during the season, from the Tulsa World:
“My girlfriend’s service was the day of Michigan’s game,” he said recently. “I knew when they were going to close the casket and all of that stuff, and it was during walk-through. I remember I asked Coach (Bob) Diaco, ‘Coach what time is it?’ And he said, ‘It’s 12:01.’
“That would be 9:01 California time and nine o’clock is when they closed the casket for my girlfriend. So I had a moment then.”
Read his statement again.
He says he wasn’t at the funeral.
He had a private moment when he believed the casket was being closed.
I still think he might have been in on this… but his statement that you quoted doesn’t prove it.
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@Commandant, apparantly a story from a UND based paper speaks of how Teo spent time with her in Hawaii initially, another story of exchanging phone numbers with her.
Either he is bold faced liar, or this guy is very daft.
@ Ben – sure doesn’t prove him a victim of a hoax.
Do you really think it’s possible that Te’o wasn’t in on this? He’s been #busted.
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Me skull and crossbones arn’t the only thing I plan on raisin’ tonight.
I just watched the interview on Primetime Sports in Toronto where the author of the story Jack Dickey from Deadspin was the guest. I don’t know I am afraid to say anything, only cuz the story is so truly bizarre.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0cF2piwjYQ&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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It reminded me of my favorite movie of all time, Animal House, when Otto checks the obits and pretends to be the deceased boyfriend. Unbelievable story.
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I can’t say it enough, the bottom two line are looking perfect, especially if Galchenyuk stays with the team and bumps Bourque down a notch.
Moen-Eller-Bourque
Prust-White-Armstrong
Beautiful!!!!
That 3rd line is a great line with a good mixture of size and skill (for a 3rd line) and the 4th line is what I’ve been begging for, going on years.
Weber, Diaz or Streit on the 4th line!!! Give me a freakin break! It was painful to watch! And Metropolit, Halpern or Moore, those are 3rd line guys or were at some point, they have their value but not on the damn 4th line. And pussies like Pyatt and all the other jokes we’ve had on that line, I wanted to shoot myself.
A 4th line’s job is to dump the puck in the corner and crush the defenders face into the glass when they go and get it. spray snow it the goalies face. Cause faceoffs in the other the teams end after holding the puck in there for a shift. And Fight! Create some emotion. Stick up for the stars. Not skate around like Swedes and Finns having a damn tea party in December.
Thank you Therrien, thank you Bergevin!
If we had Subban signed and a couple bigger bodies on defense you’d never here me complain again.
Pay attention people, these guys are going to build a real tough, good all around team when all is said and done.
Unless Eller and Bourque step it up a notch or two and play up to their full potential that line is slow with no goal production.In tandem with that 4th line there’s a disaster waiting to happen. I want to see that PAW line play hockey and fight when needed only.They don’t have to be head hunters. I think all 3 have hockey talent and can be productive if allowed to be.
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A third line of Moen-Eller-Bourque facing other teams’ third lines and third pairings could net the #Habs some good production this season.
Like I said….Unless Eller and Bourque step it up a notch or two and play up to their full potential that line is slow with no goal production
“I figure Bergevin has 3 or 4 moves left to bring the Habs that extra step closer to perhaps being the best in the league.” – Einstein
Well, that’s you misguided opinion. First of all Eller is NOT slow and he’ll pot 20 this year. Bourque was injured last year and has scored 27 goals on a couple of seasons. Moen is gritty, and can also move for a big man and bury some goals.
Hate to say it dude, you wouldn’t know a good 3rd line if it bit you in the ass.
No hard feelings.
And No Reply eh Hobo uh sorry Hobie.
For your vision to fructify Eller and Bourque will have to step it up a notch or two.
“I figure Bergevin has 3 or 4 moves left to bring the Habs that extra step closer to perhaps being the best in the league.” – Einstein
“dump the puck in the corner and crush the defenders face into the glass when they go and get it. spray snow it the goalies face. Cause faceoffs in the other the teams end after holding the puck in there for a shift. And Fight!”
You do understand that the objective of the game is to score more goals than the opposition?
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Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.
Yup, that’s what lines 1-2-3 are for.
And Armstrong and Prust know how to find the back of the net.
I’m just commenting on what Bergevin has put together here. Have you not been listening to the Habs management state that one of their main goals is to get tougher?
I know it hurts being wrong the last couple years on this site and you’re upset we’re actually putting a tough team together. It’s only just begun as well. Wait until Tinordi is in the lineup!
You might want to move onto another team that uses the smurf philosophy now cuz those days are dying in Montreal.
I agree that Tom Pyatt was not a physical player, nor did he have slick hands but he wasn’t a pussy. The guy took punches on the face from that prick Campbell and bled for the team. He knew he had no chance against him, yet he fought because our team was getting their asses whooped. I’ll always respect him from that.
I had respect for him after that as well but I’m so glad Prust will be in his place now.
You are salivating due to the size of their muscles. Moen is no third liner. Bourque could be ok but he could also be terrible.Prust is a good fourth liner, but the team listened to the muscle-obsessed commentariat apparently and paid 2.5 million for a fourth liner.
Of course someone like Pyatt, who goes and scores twelve goals as soon as he leaves montreal, and is a modern era Doug Jarvis, is a joke. People around here prefer guys who can fight and show off their muscles.
Do you guys really think Moen and basically nobody, or maaaybe an 18 year old kid playing out of position are improvements over Camy and AK? Oh yeah, they couldn´t fight….
Don´t get me wrongI like the team, they could even make the playoffs and i will be rooting for them, but Armstrong(!) and Prust come nowhere close to replacing the close to 50 goals we have probably lost on LW; They will be better because Markov and Gionta are healthy and the D is a year older, but I think the off-season acquisitions are being way over-hyped.
Rhino, you may not want to hear this but when Travis Moen won his Stanley Cup, the 3rd line of Moen, Pahlsson and I believe Niedermayer was considered to be one of the best 3rd lines in all hockey.
You MUST explain why Moen is not a 3rd liner, as history proves otherwise.
I like Moen. I like Prust. I even kinda (well, not sure) like armstrong, but…..they are all fourth liners!
People are excited over off season signings of two fourth liners, and number 6 Dman (BTW I like Bouillon…but he´s a number 6 Dman!)
Moen can play third line for stretches, as a fill in for injuries, is responsible defensively, but he has stone hands. He´s good for 7-10 goals a year. I really think he´s a good fourth liner but a below average third liner on a really good team. Eller, if he is going to blossom, needs someone who can convert his passes. Moen´s not the guy. Eller isn´t strong enough at this point to carry guys who are so-so offensively.
OKay, all I will say is your expectation of a 3rd liner is completely different from that of mine then.
I just think that Eller can put up 40 points if things break well for him. If Bourque is comfortable on RW he could go back to notching around twenty goals. So if you had a guy with comparable offensive skill on LW, then you would have an awesome third line. Sometimes, if you have two players with some skill, but the third player isn´t on their level, it can bring the whole line down, as the other two guys are ok, but not quite strong enough to compensate for the third guy. I fear that´s what could happen with such a third line. Almost better to have just a grinding third line of Moen, Prust and a centre with less skill but more physicality than Eller, if you are going to go down that road.
Imagine what that line would look like with AK on LW, which is where we had him last year! You don´t have to be a championchip team to have productive guys throughout your third line; proof is we were a sh%ty team last year and had AK who is both physical and can put the puck in the net. Not regretting his loss (i believe we got Collberg with that pick?), just saying why not try and have all three guys with some offensive punch (instead of signing guys like Kaberle; and, yes, I would rather have Gallagher´s or a healthy LL´s heart on the right wing over Bourque for 3 million less, but that´s another story.
@timo re/AC. It really is quite amusing when they get going on a topic and Bergy gets excited , then Tremblay pushes his buttons and really sets him off and then sits back and laughs at him. Occationally Stock gets slammed and everyone rejoices. Damphous is the only sane one and Gaston Thierrien Is the wall paper. Try getting hammered and/or buzzed before you watch it.
LOL – great comment on TSN site
11 mins ago
I bet Gomez and Redden kickback a couple mil each to Sather.
I used to love nuna’s stupid, drunken ramblings. Now he is just getting annoying.
Drunk? Noooooo!
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What an idiot, I think he just copy and paisted last years stats. So much effort goes into reviews from these so-called “experts”
Last year I think Boston was to win the presidents trophy. Blah !!!
Paisted?
And you comment on someone else’s intelligence and call them names?
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@Timo. Only when Le Tigre backs him up.Hope he’s back from Florida.
I don’t know why but I cannot stand watching l’antichambre. It sounds like it would be a good entertainment but somehow I just can’t handle it.
Off topic, but you guys seriously gotta check out this Manti Te’o story.
WTF
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‘o no. Te it ain’t so.
Incredible.
Here’s a link to the story.
http://m.deadspin.com/5976517/manti-teos-dead-girlfriend-the-most-heartbreaking-and-inspirational-story-of-the-college-football-season-is-a-hoax
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This is bizarre, sorry to hear about this Jim, I know you are a big UND fan. Can’t figure out why he would do this.
This is the weirdest thing I’ve ever heard.
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I never got the details on the mind-boggling coincidence that he had lost his grandmother and girlfriend on the same day. I thought the media was showing probity and respecting his privacy by not going in depth on the matter, just stating the facts. I left it at that, and assumed that if I listened to breathless sideline reporters instead of skipping over them on PVR I’d get the full story, or even in a quick Google. Somehow I’d learn the full-story over time.
I wonder if this will affect his draft stock. It brings into question his intellect, his credulousness, his honesty, his forthrightness, the company he keeps, his emotional maturity. I was hoping he’d slide down in the first round so the Chargers could scoop him up. It may very well happen now, and I’m inclined to want to let him keep dropping.
Thomas Plekanec days as a hab over?
Next season the cap will be adjusted to 6 million dollars less. A tough predicament for teams already at that ceiling. The Montreal Canadiens helped their cause by burying Scott Gomez cap hit of over 6million; however, they still need to sign young blue chipper, P.K. Subban. This places habs GM Marc Beregevin in a difficult position. Assuming Beregevin signs P.K. in between 4-6 millon dollars, that will leave very little wiggle room to sign RFAs David Deharnais and Ryan white , both in search of pays raises over the less then million dollars they each make this season. There also remains Yanick Weber, the undersized swiss defenceman is a movable peice, and an attractive bargaining chip as he as well is the teams final RFA currently on the team. Weber’s game is also very similar to Rapheal diaz. One problem you can bet bergevin will solve by seasons end, perhaps shipping both young players and making way for the habs future pairing, Nathan beaulieu and Jarred Tinordi.
With a forcast of a cap space around 2-4 million for next season, and 3 rfas on the team looking for a big raise, its hard to imagine this team not sheding some salary. could plekenecs defensive value and veteren leadership be attractive to other teams, could MArc beregin pull a magic out of his hat and trade away talented but unmotived players like Bourque or kaberle, well hes going to have to. Perhaps shipping plekanec now and letting Lars Eller or Alex Galchenyuk get their chances could put this team in a more stable postion to sign RFA and UFA for the next few years to come. Bergevin certainly has options, maybe seeing Markov moved or even Captain Gio all possibities must be thought out in order to keep the nucleous together and get ready to go a stanley cup championship run.
5 million dollars for your second line centre, who plays against the other teams top lines, is not too expensive… nor should it be where you are making payroll cuts.
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If he had seen the opposing teams’ top lines last season I would agree. He didn’t. He’s still our #1 centreman in my opinion, though he shouldn’t be counted on for that production.
$5 million for him may not be too much but we’re creeping very close to the point where he’s expendable.
Who do you believe took on the toughest matchups?
Plekanec faced first-line competition. At times, as with a game in Detroit, as I recall, Lars Eller took his place, however he was inferior in the role. On average, both based on opposition time on ice (first line forwards get the most icetime) and on the more traditional (if, to some, suspicious) shot-based measures of competition, Plekanec faced top opposition.
http://nhlnumbers.com/uploads/Image/Montreal.PNG
The above graph is somewhat misleading, as Camelleri should be around Plekanec (as I recall), but is on the Flame’s chart due to his being traded. Gionta would be closer to Plekanec as well, I’d wager. Shot-based metrics attest even more strongly to Plekanec’s role; only Ryan White faced tougher competition, but this is only due to the fact that his stats are skewed by his limited number of games.
@habillis. Well, we have the Two Swiss tough guys ,a guy with a funny mini stick,and a guy taking a powder.The D looks fine to me. Saludos amigo!
Thierrien is on L”Antichambre tonight? Nice! I hope he rips PJ Stock a new one!
Did he rip him in a past?
Every night behind the bench, I presume.
Hopefully.
@donmarco. I say its Diaz that drops the Mitts first.
to wash his hands?
“Keep your stick on the Ice”
Kind of hard to hold a fondue fork with gauntlets.
Unlikely. I suspect Diaz would stay neutral on most disputes.
This tweet’s a little old but when I heard how fast tickets are selling here in Calgary I remembered this.
Eric Francis (@EricFrancis)
BREAKING: League dispels rumours every NHL rink will feature a message in the ice reading: “Welcome back…suckers!”
…I’m a bit late coming to the party, so if someone can confirm/clarify whether this belated tweak to the dual buy-out options in the new CBA, which will mean that any bought-out players/Gomer shall be allowed to play this year for another team/league, while We still pay his pro-rated salary for this season
…does this mean Gomer is off Our books for next season whether he gets injured or not ?
Yep.
…good news, and thanks David
…though, if the thought of paying that amount of money to Gomez while possibly seeing him playing against Us this year burns My craw, think how much it must be burning Geoff Molson’s …ouch
The only thing that might be worse than paying him to play against us is paying him to play FOR us
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I hear that. I forget who it was, but one of the network panelists made a joke about it last night. I’m paraphrasing, but something like “Scott Gomez’s reward for playing awful hockey for the Canadiens over the last few years is not only his full salary this season and 2/3 next year, but also the chance to earn a second salary somewhere else.”
Goofy.
To be fair, it’s his reward for playing well enough for long enough to signed to a ridiculous contract. I get the panelist’s point, though. : )
Mike Boone: “With Gainey at my side, I’d walk into any dark alley in the world.”
We’re doing the same with Armstrong. It all evens out.
If I understand it we have to pay his full salary this year and next year. This year he is a 6.4M cap hit but there is no cap hit for next year.
Kind of hard to hold a fondue fork with gauntlets.they got 900K relief right away, and technically he’s still on the books next year until they officially exercise their amnesty buyout.
I think they’re exercising the buyout on Friday (or whenever), that doesn’t get them off the hook for paying his contract next year. It just removes his cap hit for next year. I’m not sure if the buyout for next year is full salary or 2/3.
Next year is 2/3
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Well I guess the Zajac extension proves the lockout was a waste of time for the NHL and that the players are well on their way to winning their 2nd lockout.
I find it hilarious that we’re supposed to have bleeding hearts for the owners but not the players.
If the owner can’t afford a team and the expected escalation of player salaries, they should be forced or voluntarily sell to somebody who can.
Players get 50% of revenues.
The idea that any individual contract is proof that the owners are paying too much is lunacy. The CBA just isn’t designed that way.
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This comment makes no sense. The owners will pay 5.7M less for player salaries next year based on the new CBA. How they choose to divide that up between their roster is their choice. If NJ chooses to overpay one player it just means they have less to spend on the others.
Agreed.
Not all oysters produce pearls, thankfully, Price is a pearl producing oyster.
So no make whole payments then?
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Due to 50% and the way Escrow works… the owners will be saving more than 5.7 million.
Even after make whole.
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I think it’s a writeoff…..They write it off….
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCZRqH7sRyA
So, who’s the first to drop their gloves for our new tough team? I say Prust, within the first 5 minutes. Thoughts?
Prust will be looking to make a statement on Saturday. I would bet Him and White will both be roughing people up on Saturday
“Keep your stick on the Ice”
Can MB just trade Subban for Yakupov or Bobby Ryan. Let’s forget this diva and move on. Get the most you can for him on a trade, top 10 pick awaits. Habs have plethera of dman coming through the system.
GHOD – Go Habs Or Die
Who replaces Subban’s minutes on D? Markov? Are you really willing to bank the season on Markov staying healthy and being effective?
Markov, and Diaz for now.
“thoroughbred”
For now maybe. But over 48 games in 99 days? Do the Habs have a shot without PK? Barring a quantum leap in Diaz’s game or a return to the pre-injury Markov, I don’t think they do.
Do you really think the Habs have a shot?
“I figure Bergevin has 3 or 4 moves left to bring the Habs that extra step closer to perhaps being the best in the league.” – Einstein
In a 48 game season, with PK in the lineup, I think they do have a shot.
Regarding minutes being replaced. MT would come up with a plan for that. Maybe I’m just frustrated with PK’s stance. Sure he has tons of potential. The guy misses shots wide of the net all day long. Definitely not worth Drew Doughty money!
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I don’t think he’s worth Doughty money either. But if you look at it objectively, he is still a very good hockey player. He’s worth 5 to 6 million over 6 or 7 years in my books. Considering the style of game he plays and the amount of ice time he gets, I cannot blame him for wanting a little financial security. He really has earned that.
He’s played 2 years!! You think he’s earned something in that time ?
“I figure Bergevin has 3 or 4 moves left to bring the Habs that extra step closer to perhaps being the best in the league.” – Einstein
He led the Habs in minutes played last season. He was a plus player while doing so. On a 28th place club. He plays in every single situation, most of the time against the other team’s best players.
Yeah, I think he’s earned it.
As a matter of statistical fact, Subban is very good at getting shots thorough to the net (I make no claim about blocked shots, only missed shots, as that is the crux of your argument). Belief otherwise is merely the product of confirmation bias combined with the fact that Subban is, for a defenseman, so good at generating shots. We think that an inordinate amount of his attempts miss simply because he takes so many. This is true as an absolute number, but not as a percentage of shots taken.
http://www.habsaddict.com/2012/03/habs-by-numbers-pk-subbans-accuracy.html
Yakupov would be an interesting discussion. We would feel it for the next couple of seasons while we wait for our young D to develop but would help our offense long term.
We def are not as strong in offense in the future as we will be in D.
“Keep your stick on the Ice”
That would be a huge mistake on the Habs’ part.
Not all oysters produce pearls, thankfully, Price is a pearl producing oyster.
Vote here: Do you think Galchenyuk and Gionta as wingers for Pleks are improvements over Blake Geoffrion and Aaron Palushaj?
No.
I’m waiting to vote until Nuna weights in.
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Prust and Armstrong would be improvement on Geoffrion and Palushaj, so yeah!!
Like I posted before, PK is on his way to Montreal.
He left on Friday morning and is just now arriving in Point Claire.
The tire that was flat at the service station in Belleville on Friday seemed to have held up so far. He should be in Brossard by mid day tomorrow, in time to get on the bus for the inter squad game.
He had better hurry up because Malcolm wants his 10 speed bicycle back here soon.
That sounds like good news, hopefully he can get signed soon enough and then we can stop talking about him not signing :p
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He’ll sign by Friday and play 18-20 minutes Saturday.
I suspect PK’s tires are over-inflated.
hahaha nice
I like it Ash.
Your on the ball
Last Season was rough but this was really funny
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52 points last season for Pleks a guy who had a revolving door of line mates. I am glad that he’s healthy and hopefully has the perfect line mates to be with.
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Galchenyuk and Gionta, I’m thinking.
Good vets for Glachenyuk to be around and good players for Pleky to center.
Yeah, I think having those two with Galchenyuk will be a great influence for him to grow!
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Gionta should be fired up to play again, he has something to prove after last season.
Also like that this puts Bourque on the third, where hopefully he’ll thrive.
The habs with a captain that perpetually ranks below well anybody….
“Anybody for Captain 2013!”
I just had a terrible thought, what are we going to do if………heaven forbid……….the Laffs pull off a win on Saturday night? I guess the first order of business will be to hang Therrien followed by a call for P.K. to be signed no matter the price.
Therrien is so far up the derrieres of RDS and all the francophone media, I think he will be here for at least 4 or 5 seasons.
Bergevin and Therrien will get 4 or 5 seasons to build winner.
But isn’t it traditional for someone to be skinned alive (not literally)after a loss to Toronto?
A loss to Toronto would suck, but right now a loss to Boston is much worse.
As a few people I know always say at least the Leafs are from Canada haha I know its terrible.
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But it’s sad when we finish what 29th out of 30 teams in ranking? For once the laffs actually did better than the habs, which is sad to say…..
you spend a lot of time your computer nuna. Remember computers are tools not life partners. What pick would rather have…Galchenyuk..or the leafs very soft #5 pick Reilly? Do you know the lad has only 5 penalty minutes all year? Last year was the year to place behind the leafs. Nobody’s sad about that.
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On the other hand, if (and most reports seem to indicate this) the teams new chemistry is really coming together and we wupp leaf butt, maybe TPTB will decide they don’t want PK to upset the new apple cart with his gregarious ways. With the Tinordi talk, and some other up n comers, I’m thinking the culture has changed and TPTB want team guys first (not that PK isn’t a team guy) but he’ll always be a lightning rod with his play and his trash talk. The CH brass have had enough controversy.
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Relax mustang, we will win the first game. This Saturday’s mission is to end the unbeaten streak for the maple laughs.
Andy, I like your attitude.
Pretty sure the Leafs have owned the Habs recently. It’s not a stretch to think they can be victorious on Saturday
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The Als are in trouble, Trussman gone to the Chicago Bears! They have lost all their good coaches to other clubs the past 3 years.
…I was going to comment on same Ian
…I wonder if Calvillo will retire with the potential instability on the Alouettes this year
…a lot of dominoes yet to fall possibly
Mark Trestman will make the Bears a much better team. The man is a football guru. I have a ton of respect for his knowledge of the game and the way he treats his players.
…hopefully Popp will hang-around a bit longer …that will make any transition less disastrous
Going to be tough sledding for the team.
He is a Jean Beliveau type personality. Class through and through.
…character like Calvillo come around but once in a blue moon
I really hope the Als can find someone who can at least keep the team stable with AC around
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I’m wondering who he’s going to take with him? I personally think Popp would have been a bigger loss. His skill at finding talent makes it really hard to believe he hasn’t benn given a shot in the NFL. Cal villa would never un-retire. Too classy for that, but this could be his last year for sure not that MT is gone.
They stunk out the joint last year anyway Ian so it’s no biggie
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Fans should send MB a message on Thursday night during the game by chanting “PK, PK, PK”…loud and demanding MB get a deal done with fan favourite PK Subban…this would be a great gift to fans post lockout.
Let management know at the game that we as the fan base are not happy we don’t have this exciting player back on the ice.
The dumbest thing MB could do, and the surest way to get himself run out of town, is to pay attention to the most fickle fans in hockey when making decisions.
“thoroughbred”
I’d rather we all congregate outside PK’s house and chant MB MB MB to show him we’re on the team’s side and don’t appreciate being held for ransom.
Something to be said for your point of view for sure.
I am one of those who has never, and will never, forgive Roy for what he did, despite the 3 Stooges provoking him. I despise disloyalty and if he’s not playing Saturday, that’s what he is.
However, we the fans don’t know what his agent is asking for. I would like to see P.K. signed but not at any price.
I think that would be a terrible idea. We’re hearing rumours, and really don’t know what’s up with these negotiations, but it seems likely Subban wants too much for what he has accomplished so far.
So we should put pressure on MB to overpay him, and hobble the team capwise for the next few years?
The contract garbage of the NHL is not our business as fans, and the less we involve ourslves in them, the better.
The best think that could happen will be to win without PK and with Diaz Emelin and Weber all year older and already in game shape PK could be in for a surprise and don’t write of the experience of Bouillon that was not there last year with Markov
Devils just signed Zajac to an 8 year extension. Didn’t the new CBA limit them to 7, or did it change at the end? Good signing by the Devils, either way.
8 if it’s with your original team.
you can go to 8 years if you re-sign with the same team
Thought so. 6 mil a year doesn’t break the bank.
Is boone going to do a play-by-play tomorrow as part of his “pre-season warm up” ?
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…in the realm of what’s possible, though not quite probable, I wonder what the ‘conversation’ will be in here IF Gomer plays this season in the Eastern Conference (NJ Devils ?), scores 70+ points, and is paid $ 8 million plus (90 % covered by Our Habs)
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Michel F.Therrien ???: HIS’ new Official Habs’ Fan Theme Song; Morrissey/The Smiths ‘Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now’: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfkvPnjb9hs
HIS’ alternative HIO Official Theme Song: ‘MTL Stand-up !’: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hK0l0XEW3Dw
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HIO’s BC Odd Couple: UCe, the supercilious stickler; and HIS, the stubbornly relentless ‘schismatist’
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What I WANT ! is an aircraft carrier at centre and nuclear destroyers on each wing going to the net like bats out of Hell !, …NO MORE rubber duckies !!!
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Habitant means PASSIONATE HOCKEY
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Campaign to Retire Toe Blake’s Number 6 !!!
Bring Back Boone, and send Hickey to the Bell Centre !!!
…and, last, but not least: Go Habs Go !!!
The conversation will be, “Honey, you won’t believe the dream I just had!”
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If Gomez plays this year, I sure hope that he doesn’t score one of his 2 or 3 goals against Montreal. That would be a disaster.
…don’t mean he would’ve put that up in MTL
If Gomez puts up 70 points in 48 games, that would be so earth-shattering as to probably warrant deep theological discussions at the highest levels of not only our largest religious institutions, but among our greatest scientific minds as well.
Quite frankly, it would make the Higgs-Boson particle look like crap in terms of shaking our understanding of the universe.
…haha …good one
If 90% of his earning is covered by Canadiens, then he’ll be making 6.1 million.
…8 million PLUS Andy !
Ben and other Junior hockey league experts, who should I be watching tonight in the Prospects Game?
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I’m no expert but MacKinnon and Drouin will be playing together so that should give them an advantage in a game where everyone is thrown together. I’m excited to see Seth Jones in person and I am a fan of the Quebec power forwards Gauthier, Mantha and Erne. Don’t know as much about the non Q-league guys.
Everyone seems to have personal bits of information on Subban lately.
Turns out I too have some of that personal information, but I’m not letting it out.
Not that it’s of any importance really.
I heard that rumour too.
I’m not lying, but in retrospect, I kinda wish I was not told.
Didn’t say you’re lying but what’s the point of posting that you know something, but you’re not going to tell anyone? Why didn’t you just not post it?
You’re right, I should not have posted it in the first place…
I was just yanking your chain, bro.
Shiram, this isn’t like you. I think someone must have hacked your account
“Keep your stick on the Ice”
Nah, it’s me alright, though I would not know how to prove it.
Any chance the scrimmage will be streamed online?
I was wondering about the same thing. Or perhaps RDS?
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“Obviously it would be great, but they don’t really hang conference titles in this rink. They raise Stanley Cup banners.” – Carey Price
While I am happy Pleks is back, why is no one in management addressing the critical situation of his turtleneck supply? This makes PK’s situation pale in comparison. No pun intended.
I wonder how many goals we need to score to outpace Price’s goalie history….you know the Gauthier theory of scoring 2 goals to win a game cause Price is only gonna let in 1 goal per game. In order to win we’ll need to have our defense score more. Losing Subban will mean that we get what 10 or 11 less goals this year? That is a significant hit to take considering this team which is almost the same as last years did not score often.
Cole was great but honestly leading the team with 35 or so goals vs what other NHL teams score on avg…Cole would be an average player on any other NHL team.
That screams volumes Geoff Molson. What high scoring winger have we signed?
It’s great that Patches can match Ovechkin’s 2012 stats, but honestly we need someone who can score and assist all the time. Cole and Desharnais are what ranked at 49th and 58th behind some other not bad names like Krecji and Rick Nash.
All the habs need is bigger size, one or two high scoring offense and get rid of your small defense minus Desharnais of course, but honestly we need to score more and defend the second and third periods.
Time to get the gun out
I know I am going to regret this the minute I hit the submit button but I can’t help myself. Only 10 players last season scored more goals then Cole.
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Price is a better than average goalie, period. Is he in the top 5, top 10 or top 20, who knows and who cares. It has been proven over the last decade that all you need a solid goalie and the days of Roy and Hasek going bananas in the crease to win hockey games is over.
Montreal needs bigger bodies on defense who can do just that, play defense. There is zero issue with Price.
Subban might be out for a while but we’ve got Galchenyuk who’s going to score the same amount as Subban or more, Gionta is back, Bourque is healthier as well as Markov.
He finished tied for 11th in the enitre NHL last season…that is hardly “an average player” …..I doubt he replicates that success again but his season from a personal standpoint was remarkable and was more “elite” last year from a goal scoring perspective…when you outscore 95 percent of NHlers that is definitely not “average”
http://www.nhl.com/ice/playerstats.htm?fetchKey=20122ALLSASAll&sort=goals&viewName=summary
Winning means winning. I guess average for you losers is what losing. Among those that got to finish the season last year and make the playoffs, this speaks loudly. HELLO???? MONTREAL HAS NO ONE THAT CAN OUTSCORE THE TEAMS WHO ARE BEATING YOU AND YOU FINISH ALMOST LAST AND STILL DON”T LAND YAKUPOV…..HELLO?????
If we all ignore him, will he just fade away??
At least nuna didn’t talk about small players this time.
Or Coors.
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Yep, forgot that one.
Inter-squad game on RDS.???? Thursday night.???
So much for a boycott.
I know it’s on radio TSN690 AM.
Hopeful RDS will show it. As soon as I hear anything about RDS televising the intra-squad game, I will post it.
Not on either rds or rds2. But Therrien is on Anitchambre tonight. Can’t wait to not watch that.
Only in Mtl.
Being from a city about an hour and a half away, I am calling in sick tomorrow and leaving at 10am for the Bell Centre.
mmmm! hockey, beer, hot dogs, and le cage after. Life is great!!
It\\\’s all about the CH
You’ll want to hit the road early, I think a line-up is expected, and apparently some people will be camping out overnight (somehow) to ensure a spot.
Not all oysters produce pearls, thankfully, Price is a pearl producing oyster.
Thanx, I will heed your advice!!
It\\\’s all about the CH
I was at the Canadiens Zone Store yesterday, and the manager told me he was expecting people before the store opens, so he expects people to be lining up before 9am.
Don’t know about people camping out the night though.
2 years, $9.5 million.
What is this for?
Not all oysters produce pearls, thankfully, Price is a pearl producing oyster.
Perhaps a prediction or inside info?
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If that’s an offer, I will sign for that amount.
For me? Thank you. Please email me the paperwork.
Been hearing that they Habs get 900K of salary relief by putting Gomez on waivers. Is this true?
I believe so. I read it as well on TSN.
Yes they did.
That’s true. The idea behind it is, that’s all they would be saving by sending him to the minors
Okay, everyone just calm down with the PK deal for the night and enjoy the Top Prospects game. Should be a great game.
Yay
…just in the nick of time for Myself James
That’s great news!!!
Maybe they can do something to help nuna
That is great news.
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great news- uh what was that about? I forget..
…I’m presuming this will take a bit more time to get into the marketplace
And I am drinking one of the fake Canadian brewed Coors Lights also in the same honour.
Not a true American brewed Coors Light like the owners of the Habs.
Be careful! Nuna maintains that stuff is full of saltpeter… just saying!
Noted.
Well that explains a lot.
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My religion requires the consumption of alcohol, preferably in the form of hops and barley. I am currently paying homage to a Foster’s oil can; its’ siblings are in the fridge.
I just can’t get past how much she looks like #99.
I agree. She’s a butter face.
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Ka is a wheel.
“Bring it back home to me baby”
Bring it on Home
She gives me a Great One
I cant get past that she has the #99 tatooed just to the right and above her “five hole”… that would freak me out.
Go Habs Go!
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To me, it just seemed like some kid trying to find his voice and swinging for the fences on the Gomez stuff.
LOL!
LMAOOO