habstrinifan - (Jameson Lee-Yaw)
Member since April 10, 2010Ottawa
Habs fan since: 1970
Favorite current player: Eller and Budaj ....good guys!
All-time favorite player: Guy Lafleur
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- Comment on Assault charges withdrawn against former Hab Damphousse
I wouldnt mind Emery.. but I kinda like and respect Budaj. - Comment on Assault charges withdrawn against former Hab Damphousse
My 30 thoughts! #1 Damphousse looks real angry in that picture. #2 Who is cuter between Mavid the gramma and the new little darling. #3 Quenville is getting real desperate.. He has the FBI digging up Michigan looking for HOSSA! #4 Actually Michigan is really trying to lay seige to Detroit.. the middle ages way..undermining so it caves in on itself. #5 More Americans trusted Bush #2 than they do Obama #1 now. #6 Once HABS have hired their goalie coach they should turn their attention to a face-off coach. I am sure one of the reasons Price Price has not reached his potential is because we lose too many face-offs in our zone. #7 Why is 'lose' pronounced 'oooooooozzzzzzzzeeeeee' but 'rose' isnt? #8 What does it mean that P.K gushes over Molson and that other guy but not 'you know who' and that other guy'. Just asking! #9 If the Canadiens start next season with the followin top THREE lines: Lecavalier/DD/Pacioretty; Prust/Gally/Gally; and Bickell/Plekanec/Eller are we having a Summit during the Conference finals. #10 Would you play Tinordi/Subban as #1 pair in training camp pre- season next year. #11 If Bournival makes the team from camp or soon after would you all acknowledge my genius or do I have to keep coming up with these profound thinking marathons. #12 Who will win in a fight.. Chara or King Kong. I say the APE wins. See what I did there.. bet you didnt. #13 How do you keep an HIO poster glued to his computer? Promise them 30 thoughts.. and........ - Comment on Assault charges withdrawn against former Hab Damphousse
Well the stage is set then! - Comment on Assault charges withdrawn against former Hab Damphousse
And some solid moves by our management team.. like getting face-off teaching expertise for people like Galchenyuk and Gallagher and DD and yes Pleks and White!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - Comment on Assault charges withdrawn against former Hab Damphousse
While I think the jury is still out on MB as a GM, I must say I understand Timo's lack of confidence in what management has served up as 'team construction' in Mtl in the recent past, including 2013. Maybe we can get a hint of how resourceful MB and his staff will be by how they try to solve one of our very persistent and pressing problems of the past few years. Face-off competency. What have we done in the past. Well please correct me if I am wrong but we have gone out and obtained people like P Noke... and Halpern etc, who have questionable contributions in other areas of the games... for their supposed face-off skills. And what did we get in return.. mostly a bench player who has not played sufficient game minutes for his teammates to become sufficiently acquainted with his technique to take advantage of his presence. I spent the last hour or so reading about Bergeron and also Richards and their face-off battles. Both place a lot of emphasis on tricks of the trade which they are constantly honing and changing and which MUST BE part of the knowledge base of the other teammates on the ice. Meaning the other players watch how Bergeron (or Richard) lines up for the draw, where his hands are, his feet etc and 'expect a certain result' and are ready to react to properly 'win possession'. Bergeron in particular stresses the 'familiarity' with his teammates have with his techniques. He alsp pays tribute to his Acadian-Bathurts-Titan coach from 2001-2003 (was it Paiement or Couturier) for instilling the 'art' of the face-off in him. We all see how important the face-off is from these playoffs. I think we can all agree now that there is no place for a 'part time' player to be your go to face-off guy. That you need a regular centre who takes regular shifts and who is integral to the team and familiar with his teammates as they are with them. In other words no more 'parachuting' some borderline player just for taking face-offs... while losing all the other skills of a 'regular'. MB (and MT) need to identify some of our 'core' youth and do what was done with Bergeron... teach them how to take face-offs. From reading, I cannot tell who was specifically the coach who made Bergeron the face-off king. I suspect it was Paiement. But Coturier was also on the staff then. Maybe MB should put in a call. These are two Quebec league people so it will be a plus. Bring one of them on board and improve our team in this specific area for the long haul... and with a player who is a 'frontline' contributor to our team. Luckily Halpern and Noke.. are UFA'S.. so we arent stuck with them. Time to do what Timo is asking... identify your weakness and dont go junk-yard picking for a solution... put in the work and make one or two of your front line youth, capable face-off artists. Let's see what MB does. The need is still there. Maybe he can impress Timo. In today's hockey world you dont only build through the draft or smart trades/acquisitions. You have to develop for your team. - Comment on Assault charges withdrawn against former Hab Damphousse
I say if Bickell has reduced his value by his 'performance fall' in the last two games.. then it may be a blessing in disguise.. Habs may be more in the picture then. I would still take the gamble. - Comment on Assault charges withdrawn against former Hab Damphousse
Did he have a bridge contract? Just asking!
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