Alex Kovalev not on waivers.
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Bob Gainey has something cooking, apparently Alex Kovalev and $4.5M of his salary was just put on waivers.
Or maybe not.
This turns out not to be true, a mistake printed by the Associated Press blown out of proportion. Got to love the Internet and rumors at trade deadline time….it won’t be the last one.
Clearing $4.5 Million of salary sure got some people excited.
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February 26, 2007 pm28 5:07 pm
Waivers?!?! Wow.
February 26, 2007 pm28 5:14 pm
I think it’s a misprint…Kovy is back and Downey is on waivers…..
February 26, 2007 pm28 5:15 pm
Kovalev, more like on Drugs……….The NHL should be for only North American players. Mostly Newfie Born and French Canadians…LOL………
February 26, 2007 pm28 5:16 pm
Kovalev on waivers is not comfirmed in fact it may be a mistake by USA today. He was removed from the IR today and Downey was waived to make room, but we’ll see
February 26, 2007 pm28 5:16 pm
Thats what i’ve heard.
February 26, 2007 pm28 5:28 pm
UPDATE!: The Fourth Period reports Kovalev’s agent denies that his client has been placed on waivers. Canadiens rep Donald Beauchamp laughingly denied it, and confirmed that it was Aaron Downey, not Kovalev, who’d been placed on waivers.
February 26, 2007 pm28 5:46 pm
Kostitsyn back to the Dogs???
February 26, 2007 pm28 5:48 pm
too bad. I was hoping it was true, because putting Kovalev on waivers is like chemotherapy for the CANCER! would have cured all our ailments!
February 26, 2007 pm28 5:50 pm
There is no way Koivu and Sammy are out tonight while we are sending players down to the dogs???
February 26, 2007 pm28 6:10 pm
It’s true. It was on THE SCORE. KOIVU and SAMSONOV are out for the game tonight,with the flu. Begin and Kovalev(cancer) in their places.
such a soft team. these lazy, soft millionaires can’t pick up a stick and skate for a fuc#$%ken 20 minutes! So much for eurolazies!
February 26, 2007 pm28 6:23 pm
I will only believe if they are not on the Ice tonight. Does the Score have sources on the Club? We’d be playing at least 1 player down with no body in the press box, and thats playing Nimmi as a forward again??? Milroy, Kostitsyn, Rivet, ANd Koivu and Sammy would all be out line up?
February 26, 2007 pm28 6:34 pm
OK word is that Saku is playing BUT Samsonov is not. Samsonov for Aucoin, its coming. I reckon you”ll hear it before the puck drops tonight.
February 26, 2007 pm28 6:34 pm
Chicago has just traded Smolinski to the Canucks.
Caps traded Zednik, again to the NYI; Now that trade is a joke. Do you know what you’re getting NY?
Roberts(pendind him waiving his no trade clause), is going to Pittsburgh.
If we don’t trade Souray ,it would be horrible for the habs future. We could rebuild a team around what we would get in return, nsmely 1st round draft picks, probably a player off a roster, and other picks.
February 26, 2007 pm28 6:40 pm
I can almost see a Samsanov and Perezhogin for Aucoin and Seabrook or something resembling that, i heard chicage was trying to sign Samsanov last summer.
This being said i believe Sammy has no movement clause and i’m not sure which 10 teams he is willing to go to. I’d rather not have Aucoin and his Salary, but i can’t see us moving sammy without taking some money back in return. I don’t really want to lose Perez but if we could get Saebrook in return i’d do it.
February 26, 2007 pm28 6:42 pm
Don’t have a good feeling about tonites game. Someone try to tell me otherwise but I think this team just doesn’t have what it takes to push themselves into the playoffs. Besides; I think many of the Leafs remeber last years sweep which ultimately lead to their demise so I beleive they’re more motivated than we are.
I do hope I am wrong though
Go Habs Go
February 26, 2007 pm28 6:50 pm
Samsonov must know that if he stays in Montreal he is dealing with a coach,team, and for all I know some team mates who are beginning to find him a pain. If he takes the deal with Chicago (I believe its there,and he will) he gets a fresh start on a team he can be a leading light on, and he helps out the Montreal organization (such things are remembered). There are only so many people, and so many times you can annoy. This guy needs to start making some friends. Your kind of town (Sammy) Chicago is!
February 26, 2007 pm28 6:50 pm
As odd as this sounds coming from a habs fan they may end up doing us a favour in the long run by beating us tonight… I also find it odd that Abby is in goal tonight, he’s been outplayed by Halak so far..
February 26, 2007 pm28 7:29 pm
What a big phoquen mistake sendy Kosty back down. Trade deadline and Gainey’s big move equals acquiring Butterfly Biron, another big goon who couldn’t check worth **** to save its own life. HEY BOB! YA YOU! YOU HAD THE WHOLE PHOQUE LEAGUE AND YOU GET ANOTHER UNDERACHIEVER?
Now I know there is something wrong with the Habs.
February 26, 2007 pm28 7:43 pm
Gainey knows he’s gonna lose Souray and Markov for sure, why is he not trying to get something decent, in return? What let their contracts expire? Is that wise GM material?
February 26, 2007 pm28 8:07 pm
In a way I feel sorry for Bob Gainey, no body loves him enough to give him a decent trade, yet he is under pressure to let Souray go. Thing is, you don’t know what he is being offered in return. For all we know Pittsburgh could be dangling Ovechkin or someone like that and knowing Gainey, he’s gonna say no.
February 26, 2007 pm28 8:12 pm
Guys lets not bash the GM until we have proof for it. Theres still time and usually the last moments are where Bob acts.
February 26, 2007 pm28 8:16 pm
Joshtm u must admit, u couldnt have imagined gainey getting what he did for rivet
gotta at least give him props for that.
February 26, 2007 pm28 8:33 pm
Good point LJ55. I am thankful that Gainey has at least some common sense. Rivet was one of those millionaires who just were not producing. Although Rivet would be great when he retires as a Habs exec of some type, perhaps Rivet is not ready to retire yet.
Maybe Rivet thinks the Sharks have a chance and maybe Rivet will propel the Sharks to the cup! And to think we treat his Rivetness like he was nobody…
Honestly Gainey is probably more afraid of doing a horrible trade, what having acquired so much ****, its no wonder that he is not even gonna gamble on getting the leagues best if it was offered to him. Gainey has painted himself into the corner, he is playing Russian Roulette now with four bullets. The only person who can blame Gainey is Gainey.
February 26, 2007 pm28 8:41 pm
Freeking Kovalev just stated he decides when to play and he’s playing today cause his elbow feels 100% ,so he won’t play if it feels 95% even if it’s a playoff race in other words. He pisses me off and he owes us a hat-trick for that one,tonite. Game on…
February 26, 2007 pm28 8:41 pm
GUT CHECK TIME.
February 26, 2007 pm28 8:46 pm
HALAK WE NEED YOU!!!
February 26, 2007 pm28 8:48 pm
Geeze Loooease, I am suprised Gainey and Carbo can’t see it. Ryder and all those others just being muscled. That’s what happens when you don’t have rookies to gnaw them down.
Abby just doesn’t have it, neither does Huet. Gainey needs to trade for a decent goalie, trade both of them.
Friggen Kovalev gave it away. So much for the Koivu line, the rookies are not there to back it up.
I wonder if Begin is next on the Gainey cross hairs. But Rivet was unhappy early in the season. So was Samsonov, makes you wonder if Gainey is gonna trade Sammy for Aucoin now, if only to shut me up.
February 26, 2007 pm28 8:48 pm
OMG KOVY IS BACK!!!
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for this game atleast!
February 26, 2007 pm28 8:48 pm
GO ALEX
February 26, 2007 pm28 9:06 pm
Ryder!!! oh man the whole team showed up today!
Except Garth maybe lolz…
February 26, 2007 pm28 9:06 pm
Eat that Frank !LOL
February 26, 2007 pm28 9:15 pm
WHO ARE WE?
February 26, 2007 pm28 9:15 pm
I can’t wait to hear them sing SHANANAAANAAH… it’s about time.
Even Johnson is there again. Begin is really putting it to her.
February 26, 2007 pm28 9:17 pm
BEAUTIFUL HIT!!!!
February 26, 2007 pm28 9:18 pm
Ok, ya hear that , leave Souray alone with that trade bullshit, it’s driving him crazy,plus you can’t replace him ,he’s top 5 D man in the world, THE WORLD,so shut up about it,Bob Gainey going to keep him ,THANK YOU GAINEY. GO HABS GO!!!!!!!
February 26, 2007 pm28 9:19 pm
NANANANANAANA HEY HEY GOOD BYE
February 26, 2007 pm28 9:19 pm
First 3 lines score. Kovalev doesn’t seem to have an injury problem anymore. Begin has a foot problem? Yeah right
Fourth line is checking hard and getting chances.
Now the only problem will be KEEPIN THIS UP FOR ANOTHER 40 MINS!!!
February 26, 2007 pm28 9:20 pm
Holy ****, Stajan should be ejected and fined, that was a cheap shot, intent to injure! Now we lost Begin again.
We really need Laraques now, if Gainey doesn’t see that one, I don’t know! But hey at least it’s nice to see the whole team playing as a team for once, except for being outmuscled and knocked down. Montreals needs an enforcer of some type, not a real dirty one, but hey when you have the likes of the Sen’s and their hitmen, the Leafs and their hitmen, the league has all but declared war on each other. If Montreal is not there, they are gonna see not just Begin out before the end of the season….
February 26, 2007 pm28 9:26 pm
L A R A Q U E S
February 26, 2007 pm28 9:30 pm
Didja get that? TSN crapped all over Yellow teeth Sundin, cause Kovalev hogged the puck! Oh ya, cause Kovalev played like he is paid to, that gives TSN an excuse for the Laffs to trade….
But, really it makes you wonder if Gainey is gonna trade, who is next? Maybe he’s told em, if you play really well, I’ll trade ya to a cup contender..ahahahaaa….that might explain Kovalev and Johnson maybe….what a laff!
February 26, 2007 pm28 9:38 pm
What the phoque? Begin gets penalty instead? Stajan practically deserved it! Time to send in Halak cause Montreal has gone into its typical, oh ya we won mode already and its only the start of the third period!
At least Higgins is back pestering the laffs goalie, the only hab to actually play like a real NHL player on the offense…
February 26, 2007 pm28 9:41 pm
Must be in a time warp cause it is the start of the 2nd here
February 26, 2007 pm28 9:53 pm
YA LOVE THAT FRANK!!!!
February 26, 2007 pm28 9:53 pm
EVEN WITH THE FLU KOIVU SCORES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
GO HABS GO!!!!
February 26, 2007 pm28 9:53 pm
Yup the Habs gotta keep on scoring cuz we got a blow up doll in nets.
February 26, 2007 pm28 10:01 pm
wow…
Well well boys… looks like Souray is staying in the real “hockey town”
February 26, 2007 pm28 10:01 pm
WHICH ONE OF YOU WANT TO GET RID OF SOURAY ???????????????????????????????????????????
February 26, 2007 pm28 10:02 pm
SHOW SOURAY THE MONEYY!!!!!!!!!!!!
GOOD BYE RAYCROFT!!!
February 26, 2007 pm28 10:24 pm
Get ready for a key board punch out, lil blog just attacked by badlooser leaf fans,lol.
February 26, 2007 pm28 10:27 pm
So the Sharks want Souray?
I bettter here the name Patrick Marleau cause Souray’s not going anywhere.
Did someone trick Kovalev into the wrong date? I think he thinks it’s playoff time.
Man when he wants to play there’s nobody better.
I don’t care about the other 60 games as long as he’s here when we need him.
February 26, 2007 pm28 10:30 pm
I wish they could play like the everygame, we are out hitting toronto badly, if they played like this night in night out they could be dangerous… unfortunately
this isn’t usually the case…Nice giving TO a whipping though. games not over yet let’s hope the keep there foot on the gas.
February 26, 2007 pm28 10:32 pm
YOU SAID IT ALL
February 26, 2007 pm28 10:34 pm
Nobody’s getting traded… okay, maybe David Aebischer, I hope. Best game they’ve played since October when they dominated the Hurricanes in Carolina 4-0.
Where are all the Kovalev haters?
February 26, 2007 pm28 10:41 pm
PULL ABBY!!!!!!!!!
PUT HALAK!!!!!!
February 26, 2007 pm28 10:41 pm
Time to put in HALAK !!! C A R B O!!!!
February 26, 2007 pm28 10:41 pm
See? Aebischer sucks. Hopefully brings in a goalie tomorrow to help Halak til Huet comes back.
February 26, 2007 pm28 10:43 pm
Sorry, hopefully GAINEY brings in a goalie tomorrow…
February 26, 2007 pm28 10:46 pm
Hey, home from work… man games come on early here. At least this habs game is actually on TV. What the hell is Aebischer doing in net?
still… Montreal scores 5 goals? holy ****!
February 26, 2007 pm28 10:47 pm
We have no goaltending!!! Bring up DANIS!!!
GET BOUCHER. HE WAS PUT ON WAIVERS!!!
Aebischer makes me so nervous! He can’t stop the puck!
February 26, 2007 pm28 10:48 pm
Makes me laugh all the 27 haters Alex is a great player so what he is not haveing a great year it happens , he still is a monster in the playoffs and you want him with you not against you .
February 26, 2007 pm28 10:49 pm
Aebischer= Swiss Cheese !!!
February 26, 2007 pm28 10:50 pm
Sorry but Perezhogin’s useless.
February 26, 2007 pm28 10:54 pm
Aebischer’s hurt!!!! YEAH!!!!!!! Oh, wait, damn, he’s okay…
February 26, 2007 pm28 11:01 pm
Anyone watching TSN? The announcers are being pretty harsh to poor Aebischer.
February 26, 2007 pm28 11:02 pm
Hope Bonks not hurt to bad,this is when Kovalev has to realy step up!
February 26, 2007 pm28 11:10 pm
THAT WAS CLOSE.
February 26, 2007 pm28 11:12 pm
Like that Frank ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha…………..
February 26, 2007 pm28 11:13 pm
That was close. dodged a bullet with that Garth Murray non-call. Sundin looked PISSED.
February 26, 2007 pm28 11:13 pm
The Maple Sucks are lucky Aebischer let them back in the game, the rest of the Habs were great (except for that floater Perezhogin)…
Aebischer and Perezhogin to Chicago for Nikolai HABibulin and Martin Havlat… yeah, I wish.
February 26, 2007 pm28 11:20 pm
Crazy how the habs suck a keeping a lead tho… So glad Murray didn’t get that penalty or this could of went bad!
I hate to think we have to waist some of our trading possibilities to get a goalie…
February 26, 2007 pm28 11:22 pm
After the habs barely beat the leafs, I have come to 1 conclusion.
There is no way we’re making the playoffs with this team! NO FUC@#$KEN WAY!
WE HAVE NO GOALTENDING! A junior B goalie is better than Aebischer!
2 of the leaf goals should NEVER EVER have gone in. What the hell is Carbo doing? He van never put Aebischer back in. Put him on waivers.
The habs as usual stopped playing in the 3rd period. We have 2 more games with the leafs and I guarantee they will beat us in both those games!
Gainey needs to be a seller. Trade Souray, for the future of this team!
We really do have the WORST GOALTENDING IN THE LEAGUE!
there is no way with these goalies we will win. And BTW, look at the habs schedule: We play only 1 team below 500. The rest are playoff contenders.
Guys, we didn’t dominate them. We should have won this game big time, but we didn’t. We held our breath until the last second, against the leafs?
What does that tell you? It tells me, that against much better teams, we will fall flat on our buts! I’m ready to wave the white flag, and so should GAINEY!
Trade, while we can get good value for Souray. Remember, it’s for the future of this club, because this team is going NOWHERE!
February 26, 2007 pm28 11:25 pm
Souray is mother fu***. This mother fu*** made the entire team lose their confidence which seemed indestructible. Man, this guy has all the skills to make the team lose its confidence. what was he thinking when he jumped ike jaki chan????? Was he shooting a movie or was he paid to do so?? Bob Gainey should inspect his case ’cause I strongly believe was paid a dinner to play like ****. Watch out, he might be on the headlines tomorrow.
Beside his case, Habs played an awsomes game. They might have played some disgusting hockey, but thqat ws mainly becaus eof their por goaltending.
Remember when souray was questionned at the begginning of the year why the team was doing so good, he said it was because of their strong goaltending (by Huet). How in the name of GOD do you guys want the team to play well when the goaltender is shooting a movie scene???????????
We had such a good game. Damn. Does he hate us that much????? Please bring in Halak and never ever play Aebisher. Just leave him as a backup in order to make Halak play better.
I’m only 17 but he is the WORST goalie I’ve seen in the Habs’ uniform.
February 26, 2007 pm28 11:25 pm
Now the Leaf Nation pussycats are going to cry like they do about ‘93 and Kerry Fraser… Geez, they bug me. They think their team is so good (for the 40th year in a row) and that they deserve the Cup without even earning it because they KNOW NOTHING ABOUT HOCKEY. With their little aluminum foil homemade Stanley Cups running up and down Yonge Street throwing up their Pizza Pizza slices cuz they can’t handle their beer.
It’s beyond me how a team that has done nothing but FAIL for 40 straight years (not even a losing appearance in the Final since then either) can garner and maintain such a fervent following… oh, yeah, I remember, it’s cuz their fans are STUPID!
February 26, 2007 pm28 11:25 pm
Souray is mother fu***. This mother fu*** made the entire team lose their confidence which seemed indestructible. Man, this guy has all the skills to make the team lose its confidence. what was he thinking when he jumped ike jaki chan????? Was he shooting a movie or was he paid to do so?? Bob Gainey should inspect his case ’cause I strongly believe was paid a dinner to play like ****. Watch out, he might be on the headlines tomorrow.
Beside his case, Habs played an awsomes game. They might have played some disgusting hockey, but that was mainly because of their poor goaltending.
Remember when souray was questionned at the begginning of the year why the team was doing so good, he said it was because of their strong goaltending (by Huet). How in the name of GOD do you guys want the team to play well when the goaltender is shooting a movie scene???????????
We had such a good game. Damn. Does he hate us that much????? Please bring in Halak and never ever play Aebisher. Just leave him as a backup in order to make Halak play better.
I’m only 17 but he is the WORST goalie I’ve seen in the Habs’ uniform.
February 26, 2007 pm28 11:26 pm
I don’t want to see David Aebischer in a Habs uniform this season.
I don’t care if a rookie has to play the entire season. He looked like a 3rd string.
Go out a get Belfour or Cujo tomorrow they’ll come cheap.
AEBI-******* MUST GO!
February 26, 2007 pm28 11:27 pm
I meant Aebisher NOT SOURAY
February 26, 2007 pm28 11:28 pm
What is Jack Tornton talking about? Souray made us lose confidence??? Filming a movie??? Huh???
February 26, 2007 pm28 11:29 pm
They played some disgusting hockey in the 3rd period that’s it and it was mainly because of aebi-*******
February 26, 2007 pm28 11:31 pm
Souray going no ware , get used to it ,we won the game and were tired in the third trying to play BIG ! Consider some players played hurt and sick ,we beat the Laff’s lol. Feel proud of your team ,we got 2 points….go habs…and get L A R A Q U E S !!!!
February 26, 2007 pm28 11:37 pm
THE GAME SHOULD HAVE FINIST 5-2 FOR THE HABS
EVERY ONE SHOWED UP EVEN IF THRY WERE SICK.
GO HABS GO
February 26, 2007 pm28 11:38 pm
So, is Danis injured? I think so, otherwise he would be here. You know, I think Theo is better than Aebischer. Maybe we did lose that trade with the Av’s. And he didn’t even try to stp those shots. he stood still like a moron!
they were soft shots from the blueline! He has ZERO cofidence. Oh my god! WHY DIDN’T CARBO CHANGE GOALIES AFTER LEAFS MADE IT 5-3 ? Maybe Carbo has a death wish, or just wants us to lose. I know 1 thing. If he puts him back in the nets, it’s an automatic win for the opposition, and might as well forfeit the game.
February 26, 2007 pm28 11:39 pm
Here’s the latest I HOPE THIS IS NOT TRUE:
Souray to Anaheim “Growing Possibility Tonight”
That according to a few sources. One Duck’s source said the rumored deal is Souray for Ryan Shannon, Kent Huskins, Fourth Round pick. Also heard was that Bryzgalov could be involved in the deal. The first round pick that came from Tampa tonight is “a necessity.”
February 26, 2007 pm28 11:43 pm
that’s an old rumour, i’d think they can get alot more for souray..
Why do we always let our openants of the hook, we need that killer instinct when we have team down. Abby was awful, every shot taken on him scared me, i bet it scared his teamates also. I like the hitting by us tonight, i can’t count how many big hits our guys through.
Can u guys play a full 60 minute game already.
February 26, 2007 pm28 11:48 pm
Souray’s NOT getting traded, forget all the ’sources’ and the ‘rumours’ and EKLUND!
David Aebischer IS terrible. Always sliding around on his knees. High shots and he’s on his knees… with his eyes closed, I bet. The soft goals he lets in are killers, man, he looks like Theodore did last season (remember Jose getting pulled in what, 5 -6 games in a row?)…
Please, Bob, get Cujo or Belfour or Lalime or someone tomorrow, they can be got for picks and Perezhogin, of course.
February 26, 2007 pm28 11:55 pm
NO WAY!!!
We ain’t losing our picks or youngsters for a damn goalie. What’s wrong with you guys?!? Am I the only one that remembers that we have Halak, Danis, Price and Huet that will be ready for playoffs?!?
If Gainey and Carbo really think Abby is not worth second goalie, they are gonna bring up one of our other goalies. Use your heads guys. Your thinking like the laffs do: which is you ain’t thinking.
We got all of the prospects, souray (although i say we keep him) and draft picks to get a 2nd center. Not to lose all that work to start back at zero with another goalie…!
February 26, 2007 pm28 11:56 pm
Do we really think Lalime is better than Aebishit?
But Chicago did put Boucher on waivers today. Go get him, we’re desperate for a goalie! Yeah, the game shouldn’t have been any closer than 5-3.
Will the habs ever play 60 minutes? I doubt it. That, and their very difficult schedule the rest of the way, will in fact prevent us from making the playoffs. Unlike some of you, I would prefer to see Souray getting dealt. People who don’t agree, must be satisfied with this team finishing in 8th place, and never getting any better. Not to be redundent, but Souray will NOT resign with the habs, and we WILL lose him for nothing!
February 26, 2007 pm28 11:59 pm
BTW, Danis is injured, Price won’t be ready for 2 years, Huet is out for the rest of the season, and Halak is a rookie without alot of experience.
February 27, 2007 pm28 12:00 am
R Habs 4 Real:
Do you really think that Gainey hasn’t spoken with Souray to see what he wants? If BG trades him tomorrow, its because he knows Souray ain’t signing back with the habs no matter what. If he stays, then either he is really confident about the team making a good playoff run (and you never know what happens in the playoffs, think of the oilers for proof)or that Souray has hinted that with the amount of money he deserves, he will stay in Montreal.
February 27, 2007 pm28 12:03 am
R habs 4 real ,what are you ? The Amazing Kreskin, give it up with the Souray **** ,its getting boring Dude !!!
February 27, 2007 pm28 12:03 am
Price could be just fine as a second goalie until Huet is back. And Abby hadn’t played for a while so maybe, just maybe, he can still be a good second goalie.
Halak will be fine for the rest of the season as second goalie.
Trading to get a goalie right now would turn into having a useless guy as soon as
Huet is alright.
February 27, 2007 pm28 12:10 am
Carbo is a complete MORON. He should be traded. With coaching like that the Habs will not make the playoffs. Why in the blue hell would he not put in Halak. Instead he puts in a bigger MORON than himself. The Habs should have won 5 – 0 tonite. That shithead Abby would not stop a beach ball. They guys finnaly score a bunch of goals and that idiot Abby can stop a bag of grass. If that Jackass – Carbo continues to go with **** for brains – Abby they will not go anywhere. That game pissed me off so much.
February 27, 2007 pm28 12:12 am
I personally think you’re all brain dead! Even on “after the horn”, (leafs channel), they were laughing at Aebishit. I agree with their statement” there is NO WAY habs will make the playoffs, especially with this horrible goaltending. Look at the replay of the last leaf goalie. Aebishit actually jumped out of the way to avoid the shot.
It irks me that you guys are actually satisfied with this team. I guess you never want to win the cup again!
February 27, 2007 pm28 12:18 am
And Habz4ever: Price won’t be in a habs uniform for at least 2 years.
I hate repeating myself, but HUET IS OUT FOR THE SEASON! So, who do we have? A rookie with no experience. that’s it! And you belive that will be good enough to make it into the playoffs? Please guys, get the rose colored glasses off!
I want to see this team get better, not mired in 8th place every year. Oh well, some people just prefer the bottom of the barrel! Not Me!
February 27, 2007 pm28 12:19 am
Rhabs4real ,who’s going to replace Souray man ? I tell U who, KNOW BODY then you’ll ***** there’s no leader ,point shot or fighter and so on …. get on the forreal bus. Why do U think all the other teams want him??????? H E L L O !!!!
February 27, 2007 pm28 12:25 am
Isn’t it funny, Koivu and Kovalev have us all trained. Just when we had their number, basically that is they are just wimpy european players, they put in one or two good games and basically spend the rest of the season in the penalty box at the wrong times. We used to sing SHANANANA, but thanks to Koivu and Kovalev, we never know if this duo will pull prima donna penalties and lose us the game.
It used to be fun to get ahead and actually know the lead was gonna stay.
I say trade Alex and Abby for a decent goalie and a first round pick. If only to get back the old SHANANANA song. Kovalev is just to volatile and unreliable.
February 27, 2007 pm28 12:34 am
Any body see are resident Laff’s fan, Frank the freek geek? He always go missing when his joke for a team “the Maplenothings” loose, come on Frank ,don’t worry bout that big L on your forehead, put in your 2 cents.HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA
February 27, 2007 pm28 12:38 am
Souray is having a career year, but I’ll guarantee he won’t come close to a season like this, EVER AGAIN. He is a defensive liability, and defence comes first. How come he couldn’t score last year? He’s having the same type of year McCabe had last year. And look at McCabe’s record this year. only 12 goals.
Yes, he has a great shot, but Souray’s numbers have dwindled the past 20 games.
He’s not worth more than 5 million. He can score, but he can’t stop the opposition from scoring. He’s not the only D man who can score! get over it.If he was such a great leader, how come this team doesn’t play for 60 minutes? or show up every game? It will be a different scenario next year. Once players get a huge salary increase, they stop playing. He won’t be the same next year, and we shouldn’t mortgage this team for 1 player!
February 27, 2007 pm28 12:43 am
Then why does all the other teams want him ? Or why is he an allstar? or who’s the Habs goal leader …and so on and so on and so on and why do you skirt the question dude?
February 27, 2007 pm28 12:46 am
Come on boys we have nothing to brag about. We just won by the skin of our teeth. Actually I am embarrased we blew such a good lead. They need to get rid of Carbo and Abby. A total waste of money, those two. If they put Abby in het again I hope they loose. Anybody is better than Abby. Carbo could not coach a dog fight. He got lucky the first half of the season. They should string both of them up by the balls those useless twits.
February 27, 2007 pm28 12:46 am
Hey Kovalev, get this, 10 percent of the total team salary.
The habs pay their players a total of $43,761,100
Kovalev gets over ten percent of that, out of 28 players, the only other person to get more than Kovalev is Sakku Koivu.
The real heroes on the team, Pleks, Higgins, Halak, Begin, all make under a million dollars. The millionaires who have brought us a slump that extended from new years until just recently, and some five place standings, all make over two million dollars each.
Kovalev only has 38 points, or not even more goals than Souray. We pay Alex to score, and he’s only got 13 goals in what 56 games? That’s almost 125 thousand for every point. Compare that to Pleks who gets the same number of goals, Pleks makes not even half a million. That works out to about 12 thousand dollars per point. What a big phoquen difference, the guy who has almost single handedly pushed, cajoled and helped to bring the team out of a slump, makes less.
And then you wonder why are we peeved off at Alex?
February 27, 2007 pm28 12:48 am
Xhabsfan is right! That Souray’s shot is unstopable and my team would kill to have a leader like that,he da man !!! GO HAB’S GO !!!
February 27, 2007 pm28 1:15 am
Xhabsfan: here’s my answer. It’s fine to have Souray on your team, if you already have a great defence. WE DON’T! If he’s traded to a team like Anaheim, they already have a great D, so they want him for their PP. We aren’t in the same position as them. If he craps out for another team next year, they have OTHER GOOD D MEN, and lots of other talent. We don’t. We need to rebuild, because right now, we have NO GOALTENDING, NO D, NO OFFENCE, and we CAN’T XCORE 5 on 5, even with Souray. And if we trade him for a good defenceman who could, in time, become a great D man, and also get a quality scorer, and 2, #1
draft picks, wouldn’t you do that deal? almost anyone would. And what happens if we sign him for alot of $$, and he gets injured? What do we have to show for 6 million? NOTHING! Let’s face it, with or without him, we’re not going anywhere this year, so trade for the future of this franchise. I’m sure, 2 years from now, you would like to have a team with talent like Ottawa, right?
Think with your head, not your heart. We’ve been down this road for the past 15 years. It’s time for a change. And hey, you never know what will happen. If we trade him as a rental, he still might resign with us in the offseason.
Anyways, that’s the way I feel about.
February 27, 2007 pm28 1:22 am
It’s a business risk you have to take and at the same time you need a leader for the new guys, a great leader .and since when is it you can’t compete every year and build,no sorry ,you are wrong ,.live with it and move on ,bro Hab fan
February 27, 2007 pm28 1:28 am
Hey R habs, the problem is not Souray. The problem is number 11, number 17, or hey just pick any hab who makes over two million dollars, they are the problem. At least Souray plays for his keep. Our forwards and defensive specialist, even those two deadbeats, Boully and Dandy, are all underplaying, they are not producing. Granted Markov is about our only shining star in defense, but hey the rookies outshine him, so while Markov may be underated, he is far from being star material.
Why shoot yourself in the foot, why pay for a 20 goal scorer for seven million or even five million when you already have one for under 2 million? That is Souray. No, no, nah, in Gainey’s book, Souray is worth more than what we pay him.
Getting rid of Dandy, Boully, Koivu and Kovalev, Johnson and Ninnima, Abby, Begin, that would free up over half of the total payroll, or some 25 million dollars, target those players who have cost you games and money.
Just imagine what we could get for 25 million dollars?
Instead of waiting until the summer, when players are not available, generally and all you get are those troublesome players no one wants, use the trade deadline to get what you need. We have had enough of Gainey’s and Carbo’s Lotto 6/49 approach to gambling on broken down injured has beens, our Dr. Frankenstein has had limited success recouping injured vets, we have only Koivu who came back from the death bed literally.
But big difference he was not dying or having body parts falling off like the bunch we have.
February 27, 2007 pm28 1:33 am
xhabsfan: everyone is entitled to their opinion, so you can’t just say you’re right and I’m wrong. You think your way, thinking only about the present, and I would rather think about the future, and stability of this team.
Also, I didn’t say we couldn’t make the playoffs while rebuilding.
But realistically, do you honestly believe, that our goaltending will get us into the playoffs? Have you seen the schedule the habs have the rest of the season? It’s brutal! I was watching the local sports(MTL), and even they were saying that with the goalies we have now, it’s just not happening.
If Gainey get’s a bonafide goalie, maybe we squeeze into the playoffs, but eliminated in the 1st round. Don’t you want more than that?
Hey, maybe we can try for Aucoin. He’s got a great shot too.
Anyways, we all want what’s best for this team, and we want to be in a better position next year, right? So, there’s point in arguing, because we simply disagree. I’m still a habs fan, and always will be, but I want this team to be in the upper echilons of hockey greatness again.
February 27, 2007 pm28 1:33 am
hey, it smells like **** on this blog, oh wait, that’s just all the aebisher haters, come on guys we won the game. it wasn’t pretty and i’ll be the first to admit that it looked like aebisher had a few too many cocktails between the second and the third, but we won. if you ask me i think carbo had to play one of the two tonight. save halak for the rangers maybe. it dosen’t make much sense but maybe that’s what guy was thinking. regardless we won. so let’s all be happy and look forward to tomorrow’s game. keep climbing the ladder boys. go habs go
February 27, 2007 pm28 1:43 am
NAME A BETTER D MAN THAN SOURAY ?And Aucoin would work so replace him with Dandy or Boullion, cause not only am I rite ,but guess what , SOURAY ‘S STAYING ! SO MOVE ON MY FRIEND ,IT’S A NON NEGOSANABLE ISSUE, DONE DEAL AND THANK THE HOCKEY GODS…..
February 27, 2007 pm28 1:51 am
so Xhabsfan: Are you God? If not, don’t make stupid statements like that. And what makes you think you are smarter than anyone else? You can’t even spell!
Get off your high horse. There’s no such thing as right or wrong! It’s called a difference of opinion. Understand?
And if we keep him, and are in 10th place next year, out of the playoffs, I’ll be saying: I TOLD YOU SO!
I’m signing off now, so you can talk to yourself.
I’m not going to waste any more time on your nonsense.
February 27, 2007 pm28 2:10 am
Rhabs4real doesn’t like to be wrong eh, you think he’d be happy we beat the Laff’s’ ! The God remark was funny to me through cause I’m a atheist with Buddhist tendency’s and I GOTS NO HORSE. And as for my spelling ,well again ,Souray’s staying and so is Markov ! not bad eh! lol
February 27, 2007 pm28 2:28 am
WOW!!! you guys should just drop the gloves already!!!
February 27, 2007 pm28 2:29 am
WOW!!! you guys should just drop the gloves already!!!!
February 27, 2007 pm28 2:30 am
WOW!!! you guys should just drop the gloves already!!!! see what religion comes out on top!!!!
February 27, 2007 pm28 2:46 am
I’d be happy of Gainey unloads any of the dead wood on the team…
as for Souray i’m not sure what’s going to happen, if he gets traded it will definately mean he intends to test free agency or Gainey isn’t willing to pay how much he is asking for.
I think we may make a surprising move right out of left field.
February 27, 2007 pm28 3:01 am
did i really say that three times?
February 27, 2007 pm28 5:36 am
So Souray got his 22nd goal, on the powerplay of course. What’s the value of a 25-30 goal defenceman at the trade deadline? Oh yeah, a lot. The only way Souray doesn’t finish the season in a Habs jersey is if Gainey gets offerred something ridiculous he can’t turn down. Considering Rivet went for a 1st round pick and a 4th-6th d-man 10 yrs younger, other GMs will HAVE to overpay to acquire Souray’s services and they know it. If Gainey could trade Kovalev to say … Pittsburgh for say … Malone or Armstrong, I’d be pretty happy … it would pave the way for big signings and/or big trades in the offseason.
February 27, 2007 pm28 6:37 am
WOOOOOOOOOOOO
Great game.
Suindin really shoed his class when he gangtackled Markov after the game. What a team player. THat disgusts me. Habs WIn LEafs Lose. Habs make playoffs. Souray wins COnn SMythe with Habs.
February 27, 2007 pm28 9:13 am
Higgy21
Posted on February 27th, 2007 at 6:37 am. About ‘Alex Kovalev not on waivers.’.
WOOOOOOOOOOOO
Great game.
Suindin really shoed his class when he gangtackled Markov after the game. What a team player. THat disgusts me. Habs WIn LEafs Lose. Habs make playoffs.
I am a die hard Habs fan for life. But what if it were Koivu that was high sticked last night and Montreal lost like that there would be some bitterness today right. I call a spade a spade. It should have been a penalty. I would be like that as well and you would have too. You guys have absolutly nothing to brag out today.
I hate the leafs but I have to give credit where credit is due and the leafs battled back and gave the Habs a run for the money. The leafs are not out yet. They have to play Montreal again yet. Be careful about what you say boys it just might come back a bit you in the ***.
February 27, 2007 pm28 9:16 am
11 points for koivu in the last 5 games.
Kovalev was incredible.
Abby …..um…had a tough night.
Bonk….is a force.
Komisarek hit a few guys so hard their ears are still ringing.
Begin? = guts…..could hardly skate, but he knew how big a game this was….man…broken foot after all….guts?….I’ll say. Craig Rivet said that Begin was different from anyone he has ever met from the shoulders up…..
Souray is staying……and dont think BG doesnt know what his intentions are.He will sign.
Cujo says he will waive his no trade clause this morning to go to Toronto or Montreal….just the fact that he thinks he can mention those two in the same sentence makes me say…dont take him.
Samsonov for Aucoin?…..nope.
Higgy played with the flu…..not a euro.
as I look out the window, my neighbors dog is ripping open my garbage bags I put at the curb…..sigh…
I’m off today ….how good is that?,,trade center all day baby!….
oh, and good morning Frank……life goes on….the leafs dont.
February 27, 2007 pm28 9:30 am
lol@frank
February 27, 2007 pm28 9:31 am
CUJO…..I’d love to see him in Montreal. We need a good goalie. He still has it. He just needs the right team. Give them Huet and Abby. Huet is another Theodore. “A ONE NET WONDER” They shawn for a brief moment and the light went out.
February 27, 2007 pm28 9:45 am
BOy is Frank a poor loser. Put him in the same class as SUndin and McCabe. Frank edited my last post to make me sound like I had respect for the laffs. HA
For McCabe to grab Markov after the final whistle is pathetic. What a joke. POOR LOSER. You think he would be alittle happier after rodding the Laffs mgt of all that money. And SUndin, what is wrong with him. I thought he was going to bite bill Maccreary with this baked bean teeth. Leafs suck.
ALso out west teh leafs are just one big joke. IN calgary if you mention the leafs you will get slapped. IN Vancouver they piss on leafs fans. IN Winnipeg ther are no leafs fans and in Regina, well who cares.
February 27, 2007 pm28 9:56 am
38 Dalley1 ……Overpaid sissies Euros kicked *** last night. Confidence and motivation are the keys to our success. When we have faith in our scoring and goalies, we win games. The team has no faith in Abby, nor does he in himself. I have never seen a goalie week on their glove side???
February 27, 2007 pm28 9:57 am
Hey Higgy Dude. Take it easy Show some class. Frank is not the only poor loser on this site. If ya know what I mean.
Now I’m not defending Frank. Just show some class Brother we are all hockey fans ok.
Just remember Montreal is only a few points above Toronto. Montreal has to face Toronto in Toronto in April. Don’t bark to loud Dog. Pay back can be a *****. And that goes for all of the Habs fans in here. Including myself
February 27, 2007 pm28 10:02 am
coutNY_HabsFan:
They were ok last night. I give credit where credit is due. But to be out for a sore elbow, when we have a player playing with a broken foot. I feel that my comments were justified. You say “Confidence and motivation are the keys to our success”. Yes I agree, But when your goalie can’t stop a beach ball, that confidence will qiuckly fade…………..
February 27, 2007 pm28 10:36 am
I taped the game last night, I watched that high stick by murray, over and over and over again, guess what people, it was a friggen dive, murrays stick didnt even come close to scamdins mouth. Im sick and tired of watching this overpaid swedish meatball whining, as if he should not be allowed to be touched on the ice while the f#$%ken ***** crosschecks guys from behind. He’s a low life coward who should go back to sweden and rot the rest of his remaining teeth with a lifetime supply of riccola throat lozenges. Seriously, hab bros, if you get a chance to see the phantom high stick, look carefully while they are close to the boards, their sticks tangle, and scammedin suddenly tilts back his head as if he just lost his eyeball,while his head is tilting back, murray’s stick is nowhere near his face. Nice try scammer, typical swedish move, why was there no penalty? Because there was NO high stick. Toronto media were complaining, what bothers me more is the irresponsible reporting that goes on. They have far better equipment than I have, why not look at it further and report the truth? Because it gives Toronto an excuse to soften the blow of the loss. You know, Montreal got away with that one there or else Toronto would have been on the power play and the game could have been different. Its exactly what was reported on Tsn.The T.O media was also complaining on how the referees bad call on torontos goal against Islanders, something should be done about the refs, stating it was one of the worst calls they had ever seen. Big deal, if they want the worst, how about a high stick that caused an eyeball hanging out of its socket,with blood gushing out, and koivu struggling to find his way in panic, millions of people saw it except the friggen 4 refs, and what was the call? NOTHING. It cost the Canadiens the series. THAT was the worst I have ever seen. What did the refs think happened? But if there’s something I hate worse, its a 6 million dollar diving swedish meatball like scammer sundin.
February 27, 2007 pm28 10:53 am
You tell em Lor……..
February 27, 2007 pm28 11:22 am
I don’t hate David Aebischer but he’s not a good goaltender and the Leafs didn’t battle back, Abby let them back in the game. The Habs outhit, outscored, outgrinded, outfaceoffed, outplayed Toronto.
February 27, 2007 pm28 11:27 am
And another thing, the Leafs play like spoiled little babies, they can dish it out but sure can’t take it. Those baby-brains deserve everything they get – NOTHING.
Sundin is so overrated and yeah, I didn’t see a high stick either. And for whoever said if it was Koivu we’d be pissed well, it was Koivu in the playoffs last season against Carolina, he nearly lost his eye and even though there was blood and an obvious eye injury, there was no call against Justin Williams.
Just an aside here, Glenn Healy is a moron. TSN and their pro-Toronto **** is so bush, thank God for Pierre Maguire there.
February 27, 2007 pm28 11:41 am
Abby did make a couple of good saves toward the end, but 2-3 goals unimpeded and untipped that any goalie at this level should stop. He looks lost and does move well laterally. He seems to be tougher on the blockerside, which is weird because most goalies are glove side strong. He’s small and plays even smaller in a squat style stance. The game should have not been this close! Carbo should stick with Jaro because even in his loss players felt confident in his abilities…
February 27, 2007 pm28 11:42 am
let’s just pray that Gainey get’s us a goalie today, or else you can just forget it for this year. Besides, it’s not fair to a rookie with no experience, to carry the entire weight of this team on his shoulders. Gainey will probably go after CuJo or Boucher or Esche. And if we can swing a deal for a scorer, that would be great. Perehzogin and Dandenault need to go!
February 27, 2007 pm28 11:42 am
And for whoever said “if it was Koivu we’d be pissed well” I said that yes. And alot of Habs Fans did not like that call. Yes and I for one was pissed as hell at that call as well. But **** happens and calls are not made. It won’t be the last one either. And if that was a hight stick (but everyone says it was no hight stick) then the Habs got away with one. Sundin is a wimp yes. But so is Kovalev. He ranks in the top 10 for sure………….
February 27, 2007 pm28 11:43 am
The Montreal Canadiens have recalled Andrei Kostitsyn…
February 27, 2007 pm28 11:46 am
“Besides, it’s not fair to a rookie with no experience, to carry the entire weight of this team on his shoulders”
Well it is fair. Dryden & Roy rose to occasion and done an oustanding job when called upon……………
February 27, 2007 pm28 11:54 am
Why do Leaf fans bother coming on to this blog? Envy?
February 27, 2007 pm28 11:58 am
yes, but Halak is no Roy or Dryden. We are going to pick up a goalie; you can count on it!
February 27, 2007 pm28 12:07 pm
Martin Biron traded.
February 27, 2007 pm28 12:15 pm
Good Point. BUT Halak is our only option right now…………
February 27, 2007 pm28 5:06 pm
you mean to tell me that Gainey couldnt package up say sammy or perez and milroy plus TWO first round picks of a weak draft for Ryan?
please tell me its because he knows that Ryan will re sign with the oil next year…
please?
and now?….what do we do?….do we send Halak back and ride leighton and Abby into the playoffs?…if you believe that you’re nuts.
bottom line is the islanders with this addition will make the show, and either the habs or leafs are out…..smythe is THAT good.
March 2, 2007 pm28 10:25 pm
r we goin to beat the sabres???
March 2, 2007 pm28 10:28 pm
good luck habs……
go habs go!