all i know is that tonight is a huge game!!!! atlanta is not beating buffalo. all we have to do is give carolina a good beating and we are tied for third in the conference. it’s our time to get ahead and solidify a spot in the playoffs. go habs go. as for samsonov. trade him for a bag of chips and a pepsi. i don’t think he’s worth much more then that. good luck tonight boys.

Don’t let the door hit you on the way out, sucker! What a waste of money, I feel sorry for Gainey. Samsonov, Niinimaa, Downey for a 1st rounder. There ya go, case closed.

Or maybe just Samsonov for a black sharpie and 20 lbs of used sock tape.

Gazette’s - reporting no changes to tonight’s line up from Sunday’s except a possible Markov insertion if healthy. Sammy has seen his last days with a CH on his chest… New home press box!

Samsonov and Niinima for BIG Bertuzzi,Habs allways take care of their players.Good for Florida “ready to play” ,while big Bert will have it together for the big show,AWSOME…This way while rebuilding we can still injoy the rest of the year and Bertuzzi a chanch at saving his career so were ever he goes next year,he ,his wife and family are ok,U bet he”ll be trying!!! Win or lose tonite ,Cole 2 goals,we need bigger D MEN for Hab Killers like him ,SOURAY can”t do it all ,all the time.

What a selfish WHINER!!! We should trade him to the Maple Duds, he would be in good company with that CLASSLESS organization, except for the fact that they are in the same division as us and knowing the Hab’s luck with ex-players (John Leclair)he would probably come back to haunt us. I say GOOD F*&^ING RIDDANCE!!!!!

http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/article.jsp?content=20070206_122214_5340
From sportsnet

We ain’t getting nothing for Sammy! But Maybe some Cap room if someone picks him up… I guess Bob read my #7 and desided he wasn’t going to let Sammy’s pride wait for a trade!

Like I’ve said before, if Sergei Samsonov had his **** together at any time over the past couple of seasons (a) Joe Thornton would still be in Boston and (b) Edmonton would be last season’s Stanley Cup Champs…
His lack of production got a franchise player traded out of Boston (did anyone really think big Joe was the problem on that underacheiving team?) and then for an encore, Sammy completely disappears in the ‘06 playoffs as the Oilers fall in 7 to the fluky dirty Hartford Carolinas…
The guy has talent and moves but is lacking in guts and grit, I say he has one last chance to salvage his NHL career somewhere before fading away like a Gilbert Dionne, hopefully Bob Gainey can find that place for him and actually get something in return (I like the Flyers, Samsonov for Calder, bust for bust, what does Philly have to lose and their GM’s an inexperienced dummy).
BRING ON Mickey Grabovsky from the ‘Dogs!!!!

I’d be surprised if anyone picks him up off waivers…

Habs Blog - How does that work? Would we foot part of the bill for this year or next year or something?

Would that be for the remainder of the the year or the whole contact?

Its one thing to pay 3.5 mil to let Samsonov watch the game from the pressroom,but to pay him to play against us???well that’s NUT’S”Ko-Ko for Co-Co puffs!!” One bad move after another and again who really pays: WE FANS!!! Now I’m really pissed off!!!!!

Well according to Snake and Rob, it’s all our fault for not treating King Sammy with respect. Blame it all on the fans eh Rob and Snake?

JonoPEI - I don’t think there are goning to bring anybody up until something would actually happen to Sammy. His Cap money still applies and we already have Perez sitting in the stands and Begin possibly returning. Maybe this is the beginning of the shopping season? We’ll see how the players react on the ice tonight…

Samsonov was actually showing some amount of effectiveness on the third line. Still not worth $3.5M/year (not even close), but he might have been more trade worthy had he played with Bonk and Johnson a bit more. Those two create space for a player like Samsonov to operate.

Still, there’s not much room in the lineup for him, what with Perezhogin, Murray, Downey and eventually Begin trying to find a regular spot.

You know this all came about trying to complament the Koivu …Kovalev line.If you watch the utra talented Kovalev,he plays like a shark and because of that style,you never know when he’s going to strike.So its impossable to build a line around him.Bob should of got a line member to complament Koivu,a big strong in the corners ,trigger happy player with a proven history,thus when Kovalev goes to feed all the better. NOW WE HAVE SAKU BURNED OUT, KOVALEV PLAYING WITH HIMSELF AND 7 MILLION DOLLARS IN THE PRESSROOM AND DOWNEY, MURRAY AND NEMO”NIINIMA” ON THE ICE FOR A PLAYOFF RUN. THANKS…THANKS ALOT!!!

HEy JOshtm;

YOu got what you wanted!!!!!!! BUt yet you still seem to dribble out negativity instead of joy. ENOJOY THIS DAY!! Gainey did ity for you. THe broken down players are on their way out. ALl thanks to you. YOU DID IT! Gianey has followed your words yet you fail to mention him. WE DID IT!

Are you all just looking at his stats? Watching the games as of late, he’s moving very good out there. How can Sammy be productive when getting just 12 minutes of ice time with little of that coming on the PP? Why not look at other forwards averaging 16-18 minutes that aren’t producing?

Last season once traded to Edmonton he tallied 16 pts in 19 regular season games. For those going by stats for production, those are great numbers. Playoff time he produced 15pts in 24 games. What kind of production would make any of you TRUE fans happy? Maybe it’s just that he doesn’t fit the style of play that Carboneau is looking for. Should have seen that then during the summer before making him an offer. He’s gifted with the puck and any fan can see that by watching him on the ice when given a chance.

what if he was averaging a point a game but wanted to be traded cause he didn’t like mgmt? I’m sure all you haters would still find something to complain about in regards to Samsonov and how it’s his fault instead of what’s wrong with management.

If you have a disagreement with your current employer, and feel it would be better for both side to part ways, what is wrong with that? Alittle more complicated when you have contracts and salary caps to worry about.

Also, can’t fault a player for getting the money that someone is willing to pay. I know we all would take more money if given to us whether we thought we actually were worth it. I’m glad Sammy got his deal. Hopefully things will workout for both sides.

I love samsonov…I never seen so much ignorance in my life. The guy moved here and bought a house. He wanted to be a huge part of this team and 10 games in carbonneau decided to make him the scapegoat. He is a playmaker primarily, not a sniper and he needed someone who he can set up and score. They guy is in the middle of the pack in Canadiens scoring and he did that while getting 3-4 shifts a night, absolutely zero power play time where he excels and constantly blamed every night..If he got the powerplay time kovalev had he would have just as many points. I have been a habs fan since I was born and I watch every game…Even though he wasn’t scoring for obvious reasons he played hard and backchecked…so what about Kovalev? koivu? higgins? ryder? how come they aren’t getting scratched of blamed? only samsonov…this is a team game and the underachieving habs are average at best…last thursday in pittsburgh..his line with bonk and johnson…both who are not as good as him..were the best line they had and then he gets scratched…he was awesome out there. and he didn’t get any pp time, not a shift in Ot and wasn’t chosen as a shooter in the shootout which he deserves
Carbonneau is all over the place this year and the team is playing awful…In addition…Huet earned the number #1 job in Mtl hands down…when he lost it wasn’t his fault it was the teams..he stole so many games this year i cant even count and he was an allstar for god’s sake…he had better stats then raycroft, luongo kipper etc and all they’re coaches stood behind them win or lose because they recognized it was the team’s fault they were losing, not their star goalies…and because of that these goalies got the appreciation and confidence they needed and every one of them is heating up down the stretch…carbo once again screwed huet with this stupid 2 man system which never works and come play off time you are gonna have huet cold and unconfident when abby proves he is not number #1….it’s disgusting..I hope they trade both sammy and huet to teams who will appreciate them…It’s getting harder and harder to watch what gainey and carbonneau are doing to this team…

Hey Rob sounds happy, at least someone’s happy. By the way Carbo’s comments of late have all but trashed the habs Rob, next we await to see if Gainey also supports his coach on this. Geeze, Rob, if Guy Carboneau is unhappy with the habs….kinda of self explanatory then isn’t it. Or you can lead a horse to water but….

Iceberg14 - People did not start coming down on Sammy until he started opening his mouth the first time in November. Ignorance, just because he played well with Bonk and Johnson does mean he is playing up to potential. Pleks, Perez, Streit all have benefited from Bonk and Johnsons hard work. But a positive +/- is worth $3.5 million.

The reason Carbo has not come down on Kovalev, Koivu, Higgins, Ryder…ect is that their slumps have not dragged on the whole year. You have to earn your way onto the powerplay, shotout squad, PK. I remember a few Shotouts where he was given the opp to try to break a slump but failed. Similar to Higgins last Thursday and tonight Higgi on the 3rd line. Carbo does not have many options to motivate the team, but the #1 tool is icetime. He took some away some from Sammy and he was feed up; He ran his mouth, so he is finding an early exit!

We already have Kovalev who handles the puck (sometimes too much) but turns it over less and at least passes for a few points. Sammy was NOT a good fit, no hard feelings! Good riddens…
Go Habs Go

Souray = Franchise

Geeze Ziman.. a little harsh? Do you have nothing else going on in your life than to put that much hate and anger towards a person that I am willing to guess you don’t even know? You probably have no idea what has/is going on behind the scenes, but with statements like that I doubt you even care. You just run your mouth on an issue that you know nothing about. Do everyone a favor on this site and keep your mouth shut. Your post did nothing for this site and your opinions have no validity.

kazmojo,Niinimaa”NEMO” PLAYED ONE GAME IN HOW LONG?,Dude ,did U not see him give the puck away against the Pens,he is another big wast of cash! Put him on a plane out of here.The wheels ARE FALLING OF OFF MAN,and NEMO,DOWNEY AND MURRAY are not and never will be the answer!Funny enough,I think the only thing that’s going to fix this big mess ,the play of Erik Cole,now that saddens me to no end!!!

That’s for after the game Ziman,lol

I really don’t think the turmoil surrounding the tean now, is going to help us. It is a major distraction for a team that already has it’s share of problems. no matter what, we need to support this team. and now that 1 cancer is leaving, maybe, just maybe this team will focus on the game instead of it’s troubled players. Everyone knows we need more scoring, and if it were possible to make a trade, Gainey would have done it. Nobody in their right mind, wants an underachiever, over paid player, with an overinflated ego.
So, what should Gainey do? I guess the best scenario, is that after Samsonov clears waivers,trade him for a draft pick. Then go for a much needed center, and maybe part with Rivet and Aebischer. I think Carbo played Aebischer back to back games, to showcase him for a possible trade. Let’s hope so.
If we could put together a few wins that certainly would help a trade get done.
This franchise never seems to go thru a season without turmoil. It’s always calm before the storm, then whamo! Maybe our nickname should have been ” The HURRICANES”

Hey BeSen, its Carbo and Gainey that hired Samsonov, it sure as heck wasn’t Ziman, or XHABSFAN or hey it wasn’t the City Hall, or what’s the other excuses? Revenue Canada hired Samsonov….honestly, the excuses just keep coming and those for and against the actions of the habs organization….

Isn’t it odd the George G would spend his own money to build Liverpool a new stadium but he sure as heck won’t give us any leg room to hire some real talent? Or how Gauthier and Gainey all but handcuff themselves by throwing money at players no one else wants. Heck if Gainey went to a yard sale, he’d buy the most expensive useless thing guaranteed to break down…he just has that wonderful Midas touch. Yet he can pick the rookies…just what gives? Good with rookies but just crapshoot out of luck with real hockey players? And then there’s Carboneaus Las Vegas Lines, just pull the arm on the one arm Jack and figure out who’s gonna play on which line, heck next we’ll see Huet playing rightwing in his full gear, send Youpie out there too won’t you Guy?

Okay I go to far, but honestly sometimes it just makes you wonder.

Hey doggone, it’s Huet’s horrible record, he’s in a slump, he’s lost more than he has won, that is why the habs are in a minnie slump there, it’s all the goalies fault, cause Souray ain’t gonna win us game winning goals every time, and our offense is hit and miss, and we have no defense to speak of really…..once Huet snaps out of it then we’ll have a chance at putting our foot in the door for the playoffs, it may take bringing up some new blood though from the dogs, Andy Over Andy Over, bring Grabby and Kosty over cause Rivet sure as heck isn’t standing tall on defense….

Or hey wouldn’t Rivet and Sammy look good in Coyotes uniforms? Maybe the Great One can do us a favour, maybe in return for a first round draft pick, cause of Phoenix’s place, we might get a decent rookie prospect….we’ll throw in Downie perhaps and bring up Butterfly Biron in hopes he’ll sting like a bee finally….

There’s something really Deja Vue about this game ,oh yeah it’s Cam Ward, lil’*******!!

well we lost, AGAIN! I’m really getting tired of losing . It’s getting old.
6 games in a row we have given up the first goal of the game. Not a good sign.
Koivu said they play better when they’re behind. Well they’re getting good pracice at that. It seems every game they find a way to lose. You know what they say: Good teams find a way to win, and lousy teams find a way to lose.
It looks like they’re playing without any confidence, and they can’t score on the PP anymore. So to sum it up, I’m disgusted! the opposition loves to play habs, because they know how soft our team is, and an easy win for them.
Remember in the 70’s how intimidating habs were, well just the opposite now. That’s why leafs lick their chops when they know they’re playing us. Oh, how the mighty have fallen. shameful, we can’t score more than 1 goal.
BTW, Pitt, with their win tonight, only 1 point behind us, with 2 games in hand. And now we have back to back games vs Ottawa. Doesn’t look good.

Xhabsfan:

Snipers? Your team just put one of your best hopes of a sniper on waivers today! All because in November, he wouldn’t roll over and accept his demotion to Latendresse because Montreal fans were looking really stupid all over North America chanting “GUI-GUI-GUI” before le garcon d’or had posted a single point in the NHL (Two months into the season, I might add!) Really Xhabsfan, you should check with management before posting your rants.

Well, my new team (the Penguins) beat the best team in hockey (Nashville) easily tonight by a score of 4-1. Of course, we all know that whinny, cry baby, anglo Crosby (who goes down when you spear him in the gut or high stick him in the face) doesn’t have the maturity to play for the Blue, Blanc et Rouge of les Glorieux. How did you guys make out against Carolina (8th place in the Eastern Conference) at home tonight, by the way?

Since you guys don’t seem to want talented, “broken down” players in Montreal, I just hope that you won’t mind if the Pens steal him off waivers because I really think that there is still a lot of talent left in Samsanov’s tank. Maybe Aaron Downey can give us all a lecture (not just Sidney Crosby) a lesson on how to play hockey properly since he is that much closer to being the most talented player on the Montreal roster.

Joshtm: I have always paid attention to myor posts. I have to admit you havea point. Bob Gainey is a little conservative. But, you have to admit you’ re a little too picky. Every night, after we win, I sit down on my chair and start reading the posts, and the funniest part is that I am always looking for your posts. I just want you to appreciate the team instead of criticizing it. I know that the Hab fans are not at all loyal(no wonder why Shanahan and Elias denied playing for Habs although they were willing to pay them way more than they get paid right now)

One other thing I wanted to mention Joshtm, this year Habs actually gave the chance to two youngsters to play permanently for the big club not to forget, we gave chances to Kostistyn and Grabvoski.

Sincerely,
Jack

They should trade samasonov for Martin Havlat

Habs blog:

I have actually been a Habs fan my entire life.

However, if you look back at some of my previous posts of the last few months, you will see that I mention that the Habs future hopes of another cup in the next decade are probably dependent on signing Sidney Crosby as a free agent in 2012. He made no secrets of the fact that he wanted (emphasize: wanted — past tense ) to play in Montreal. Most of you obviously seem to know nothing about how much Sidney Crosby wanted to play for the Habs (or maybe, you don’t really care.)

However, after the Montreal fans booed him every time he touched the puck last Sunday, and chanted, “faker, faker” at him, why should he even consider going near that place in his career? He can play wherever he wants to. Seriously, if you really think that Montreal is currently such a great place to play, recall that Samsonov was Plan E after Elias, Arnott, Sykora, and Shanahan all refused to sign. This particular free agency signing has ended badly so do you really think that free agents are going to be lining up next summer to sign with Montreal?

You should all try to remember that Canadiens fans live all across North America these days, and if Habs’ fans are seen behaving in a manner that is highly offensive to an entire region of the country, you should expect to lose some of your fans in that region. Congratulations, some of you made a 19 year old kid from Nova Scotia look bad on national television last Sunday. You won a battle, but you lost a war!

End of rant. That’s it — I’m done!

Rob,did you know that if you nailed your wife as much as you’ve been nailing Hab Fans lately, you would have your own country,.geeesee man.

Sorry rob i guess i exposed your true colours. Now even the Blog is jumping on the bandwagon. Sorry Dude (he he he)