CHasman - (Charlie Struck)
Member since November 19, 2007Kitimat, B.C.
Habs fan since: 1967
Favorite current player: Markov
All-time favorite player: Robinson, Beliveau, Koivu
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- Comment on About last night ...
So great to see the win over the Laffs last night. They are a better team than they showed though and shouldn't be taken lightly. Having a fourth line of guys that will all fight really helps against the Leafs. They can't even line up for a face-off without gooning someone. We really need a guy like Tinordi back there who can end a rush and stop the oppositions puck possession with one hit. Some things that worry me. As a team we are weak on the puck. Guys like Deharnais, Plekanec, Galchenyuk (he'll get stronger} and Gionta don't win many battles. Guys that are bigger and stronger and should win more puck battle are Bourque and Patches. Guys that are good battling for the puck are Eller (so much stronger this year), Gallagher(sheer determination), Subban and sometimes Gorges. Stiill need to be bigger. Our rushes on the power play are so slow, no speed going into the opposition zone. Then, when we have possession we give the puck up too easily by making too many bad passes (Pacioretty, Deharnais) or losing puck battles where we outnumber the bad guys. Sorry to the little guy but Eller would be a better center on the PP than DD. He's creative, bigger, stronger and has a better shot. The penalty kill was better last night but how do you give up breakaways on the Pk? The one yesterday was because Gorges tried to do someone else's job and left his side open. We should not be playing Gionta on the penalty kill because he skates around like crazy but when he has a chance at the puck he just gets pushed out of the way. I don't like Bourque either as he just doesn't skate hard enough. But Prust and Eller, those guys are great. I think Gallagher would work on the PK too, hardworking, fearless, blocks shots and for a little guy wins battles. My last rant is about Ryan White. Many people complain about him, but if you're playing Toronto or Boston you need a guy like him in the lineup. He's a little crazy and the other team knows that. He made our fourth line much tougher last night and we can all agree we lack toughness. - Comment on Liveblog: Canadiens edge Lightning 3-2, reclaim division lead
If Toronto's goaltending ever runs into trouble like ours has they will be in deep doodoo. They have been brutally outshot many times, but tonight is unreal,31-8 Isles just past halfway. So happy to be in this game tonight, had some bounces, now we need to score. - Comment on Habs look to end slump against Lightning; Beaulieu sent back to Hamilton
You definitely nailed it. We can't give up an early goal or two and in all three of our recent games the early goal was very stoppable. Last year it was too easy for other teams to score on us. No work required. And during this slump it is again 'too easy' to score on us. - Comment on About last night ...
We're losing and it sucks. It's a slump and as all slumps go it usually concerns poor goaltending combined with a lack of scoring and not getting any bounces. The scoring isn't too bad, the goaltending has been poor but the bounces have really killed us. In all three losses we had some pushback but no luck. Either a goalpost or an incredible save to keep us from scoring or a bad bounce off a stick or a skate to put a puck in our net when we were trying to come back. The Habs are struggling but a win tonight will make us all happier. Things will turn around, but we may need some bounces for that to happen. - Comment on About last night ...
As soon as we get NHL level goaltending again we will be back to winning. The Leafs played terrible yesterday and were outshot badly but they won because of their goaltending. Price sucked again and the whole team implodes. Even after the poor start the team fights back to tie it and boom they're behind again. That is when the game went south a second time and spelled the end for our team. Without Prust and yes, someone like Ryan White in the game, (and no Emelin) our physical presence wasn't there. The refs started the game by calling the Flyers junk but then decided that they had called enough. (The non interference call on Ryder would have resulted in a 5 on 3 situation.) Don't the other players see Gallagher playing his heart out? Bottom line last two games. Goaltending, goaltending, goaltending! - Comment on About last night ...
I PVR most of the Montreal games because I'm not available for the start of the games but I usually catch up to live TV by the end of the third period. Anyway this means I read Boone's live blog after the fact but I still love it, especially after a win which is mostly the norm. Even when I know what has happened I love to read the blog and the 'About last night' column. Thanks Mr. Boone for making the game more fun for us fans. And thanks to our Habs for playing so well. Now for the Leafs. - Comment on About last night ...
Two games ago I said Budaj stole the game from Boston. Well last night Price did the same thing. Without his stellar performance in the first period the Rangers could have been up by 2 or 3 goals and then we would have had a different game. Top notch goaltending is a requirement in this league if you want to win consistently and it can turn a game as it did the last two. We have lost some games because of opposing goalies and it is nice to be on the other side of the coin on this occasion.
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