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Bill H

Member since November 10, 2007

Toronto

Habs fan since: 60s
Favorite current player: TBA. So far I like Cammalleri
All-time favorite player: Jean Beliveau, Bob Gainey and Larry Robinson

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  • Comment on No medals for Team Canada or Subban at world championship
    Thanks for your thoughtful and well documented post Steve O. Its not the first time you have compared GF/GA and TOI. I think its an important statistic and appreciate your analysis. This is much more interesting than over-the-top slamming of players.
  • Comment on Prust among walking wounded as Habs clear out lockers Saturday
    Touche. Sarcasm.
  • Comment on Prust among walking wounded as Habs clear out lockers Saturday
    You misunderstood my post. I love the team. Sure, it could use a few tweeks. The above post is a summary of the collective thoughts expressed here on HI/O.
  • Comment on Prust among walking wounded as Habs clear out lockers Saturday
    I've been studying the very thoughtful posting here on HI/O for the last few weeks. Allow me to sum up our collective thoughts on the Montreal Canadiens. Pleks - too soft and inconsistent. Overpaid for 3rd line centre Markov - not very physical. 2 steps slower than the old Markov. Prone to defensive lapses. Accident prone. Way overpaid for the number of minutes he can handle. Some value as powerplay specialist. DD - underperforming pip-squeek. Coasting on his new contract. Trade him for a bag of pucks if you can get it. White - Despite his spunk and low price tag. White’s size and immaturity do little to help his attractiveness. Price - never will live up to the hype. It was a mistake to sign him long term. We should have traded him while he still had value. We should have kept Halak. Gorges - #6 dman at best. One dimensional. All he can do is block shots. He doesn't clear front of net. Diaz - good for second way power play but other than that, too soft. Lacks physical game. Not very good defensively. Disappears in playoffs. Armstrong - will never regain his scoring touch. Afraid to drop the gloves. Re-sign him if he is available for less than $800k. Moen - washed up. Hands of stone. Hasn't put in effort since his first year with the Habs. Too many concussions. Afraid to fight. Kaberle - buy out contract Bouillon - tries hard but too small, too slow. Eller - will never live up to hype. See if we can trade him for Halak. Gionta - washed up captain. Injury prone. Too small. Lost his scoring touch. Pacioretty - not a clutch player. Has become a perimeter player and cannot score consistently. Does not use his size. Injury prone. Ryder - streaky. One dimensional perimeter player. Disappears in playoffs. Don't re-sign him. Therrien - made numerous blunders with game strategy. Improper deployment of players, especially on power play and penalty kill. Played Markov, DD, Patches, Pleks too much. Wrong line combinations. Fire him. Bergevin - did not do enough to fill the holes in the line up last summer or prior to trade deadline. Gave DD a ridiculous contract when there was no need to do it. Alienated Subban by not signing him long term. Now we will have to pay big time to keep him. Broke up best line from last year when he traded Cole. Fire Bergevin. Can I make a suggestion? I can guarantee a cup next year. Its really a brilliant idea, if I do say so myself. Since all of those guys are not worth much in a trade... It would take years to rebuild a cup contender with all the useless players we have; all the incompetence in management... All we have to do to win the Stanley Cup.... Trade Subban, Galley, Chuckie to Boston in the offseason, along with our 6 draft picks. Then cheer like crazy for the Bruins. We will have an instant dynasty that will last for many years. As part of the deal, they can send Cup to Montreal and we can have a parade down St Catherine St, in recognition for our important contribution to OUR cup run. Plan B - same as above. Except trade Subban, Galley and Chuckie and our picks to Minnesota. They have the best prospects in the league. Then get Molson to buy Minnesota Wild and move them to Montreal. BINGO - Canadiens win the Cup and are set to break record with 6 consecutive wins. All is right with the world.
  • Comment on Mike Boone the guest on new HIO show
    Now that Karlson is back, the Sens are going to sweep the Habs. There is no holding us back now. There, does that make you happy, ummm, I mean angry?
  • Comment on Mike Boone the guest on new HIO show
    Great to see Saku doing so well with the Ducks. We could use him here in Montreal. http://www.hockeybuzz.com/blog/Eric-Engels/Can-Markov-Emerge-from-Spotty-Playoff-Past/82/51283#.UYJwkLWG18E In Saku Koivu's second season with the Ducks, he scored seven points in six playoff games. Over his career, he has 55 points in 61 playoff contests. A few years later, watching him play game one last night was an absolute treat. His line, with Dan Winnick and Andrew Cogliano was the most dangerous for the Ducks in the tightest checking game of the night. More impressive--Koivu's line was matched up against Datsyk and Zetterberg for most the night. They won the match up hands down. Koivu was all over the ice, and though they credited him with only three hits, he had many more! He had three against young Danny Dekeyser alone. He also won 53% of his faceoffs.
  • Comment on Tinordi in lineup, Weber out for Jets game
    Kilgour's Bar Meets Grill in Toronto at 509 Bloor St West used to have Canadiens' games. I haven't been this year, so I can't confirm if they still do it though.