Must be a $$$cap move… There are desparate for a forward.

Buffalo knows Phili move will not come back to haunt them in the playoffs…

Martin Biron’s a backup. David Aebischer’s a backup. Biron lost his job in Buffalo to Ryan Miller. Bottom line: Montreal doesn’t need Martin Biron’s type again. But the Sabres must be on crack, dumping Biron and picking up Ty Conklin to replace him, Conks is way more crappier than Biron as a backup. Buffalo better hope Miller stays healthy.

Conklin? Probably a pick… or a jockstrap.

TSN AND SPORTSNET REPORTS PHOENIX COYOTES FORWARD GEORGES LARAQUE HAS WAIVED HIS NO-TRADE CLAUSE TO ACCEPT A TRADE TO THE PITTSBURGH PENGUINS FOR A PROSPECT AND AN 8TH ROUND PICK.

“Toronto trades Mats Sundin to Japan for teriyaki.”

I like that trade.

Maybe B.G. will aquire a good goalie and a centre that can score. But in order to do that he has to get rid of a few to get money to get a couple of good players.

Maybe B.G. should give Fergieson a call to aquire Sundin and give the Leafs Abby (the leafs need a goalie) Kovalev, They need a coach so give them carbo.

Waht do ya think about that???????

Sources tell TSN that the St. Louis Blues have traded Bil Guerin after failing to reach terms on a new contract. Details to follow.

St. Louis Blues have traded Bill Guerin to Sharks

Not much. But “FRANK is up for grabs� Any takers. A real steal I hear. Very cheap.

San Jose’s turning into a powerhouse, hopefully they can beat Anaheim because I still think the Ducks are a Disney joke and I want to see Chris Pronger fail after bailing out on a multi-million dollar, multi-year contract with the Oilers ‘cuz ‘wifey’ didn’t like Edmonton… tough titty.

Proof that the Habs have no confidence in David Aebischer: Michael Leighton picked up on waivers.

We picked up Leighton(goalie) off waivers from Philly. Does anyone have his stats?

Now, we need to put Aebishit on waivers

Recent Career: Leighton
Year Team GP GS MIN W L T OTL EGA GA GAA SA SV SV% SO
2003-04 CHI 34 33 1988 6 18 8 0 5 99 2.99 987 888 .900 2
2006-07 PHI 4 4 195 2 2 0 0 0 12 3.70 102 90 .882 0
2006-07 NSH 1 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 2 6.07 10 8 .800 0
Career Totals (Full) 47 43 2649 10 23 10 0 6 134 3.04 1340 1206 .900 3

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YEAR TEAM GP W L T MINS GA SA SO GAA SVPCT
2006-07 Philadelphia NHL 4 2 2 0 195 12 102 0 3.69 .882
2006-07 Nashville NHL 1 0 0 0 20 2 10 0 6.00 .800
2006-07 Total Nas/Phi NHL 5 2 2 0 214 14 112 0 3.92 .875
2003-04 Chicago NHL 34 6 18 8 1988 99 987 2 2.99 .900
2002-03 Chicago NHL 8 2 3 2 447 21 241 1 2.82 .913

Sorry, but Aebischer is MUCH better than Leighton, not only because of his SV% of 0.908. And by the way, Huet “the Great” has not really proven that he’s abetter goalie than Aebischer yet, a good spring ‘06 doesn’t make up for the fact that Huet was average all his career up to now. So stop the Aebi bashing, please.
This Leighton-pick does not make any sense to me…

Replacement for Halak, ok, that sounds like an idea..

Aebischer’s hard to watch though… every shot at him has me running for another beer!

Guys, Gainey wins again, here we are comparing **** to ****. What the phoque kind of deal is that? We lost Laraques, we lost Guerin, we lost Biron, and now we are comparing two crappy backup goalies to see who is crappier? Once more Gainey has excelled in picking up ****!

OR wait! there’s still Ryan Smith!

Lets see who won and who lost.

Penguins they got some great picks and round picks.

The Sharks got Guerin and Rivet, a nasty duo when they get pissed off enough.

The blackhawks dumped their ****.

“36 smiler2729
Posted on February 27th, 2007 at 1:33 pm. About ‘Habs Trade Day’.

Aebischer’s hard to watch though… every shot at him has me running for another beer!”

I thought it was just me that ran for a pint every time someone winds up in front of Abby…damn is he hard to watch.

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Bob Gainey will strike again out of nowhere a la Kovalev and Theodore trades of yesteryear. Hell, the Rivet trade came fast and furious, we all assumed the Sharks wanted Souray.

Let’s be PATIENT and STAY TUNED!

Apparently Jaromir Jagr can be had for the right deal… does anybody want that sissy on the Habs? Not me. So if Jagr’s available, then is Koivu??? Would Saku waive his no-trade?

At least Jaromir doesn’t convert a 5 on three to a power play, Koivu has lost it. Koivu must go, if we can get Jaromir for Sakku, that sounds like a good deal, go for it. If only to hear SHANANANAA at the Belle Centre again one more time this year at least.

oh **** guys Boston just got Aaron Ward!!! They are definitely making a run for first place in the conference.

Looks like we are going to have to have the Bruins lift the cup before us…

I just want the Bruins to make the playoffs and face us in the 1st round! Easy pickings those chowderheads!

Never mind Boston making the Playoffs. I’m just worried about us.

Gainey does not have the balls to make a trade. A good one at least. he should be the next to go. Along with carbo………..Oh & Abby…….

Leighton being acquired has to mean that Aebischer is going to be dealt. Doesn’t it? Danis is more than capable of being a starter in Hamilton. That acquisition doesn’t make any sense unless there is something behind the scenes that we don’t know.

Yann Danis is injured in Hamilton.

Anybody here like to see Paul Mara on our defence? He’s good (7th overall pick) and should connect somewhere along the way after stints in Tampa Bay, Phoenix and now Boston sick of him.

WE NEED OFFENSE

Thanks Smiler:

What exactly is wrong with Danis? That might explain the acquisition of Leighton.

Anyways, the trade deadline is not yet over. Gainey is taking a bit of a risk by sitting on the fence right now. Neither building for the future or the present. However, let’s be patient before passing judgement.

Just a gut feeling… the longer time goes on, the more I think Bob’s working on something big on a few fronts in case of deals on the table falling through. Every GM involved is on a hot seat today and it becomes a game of chicken as the deadline nears as they wait for the better deal.
Bob’s history in Montreal so far has been that he isn’t afraid to make a big move (Kovalev, Theodore) and this season’s version of the Habs is ripe for an internal facelift so we should all stay tuned and if he doesn’t get it done today, remember there’s two dance partners in this and it’s not Bob’s fault if his trading partner opts out at the last minute. Also, groundwork is being laid for an offseason move (Tampa Bay wouldn’t trade Lecavalier now but at the Entry Draft, it’s a whole different scenario!)

In Bob We Trust…

But the goalie situation makes no sense. Gainey replaced **** with ****.
Leighton will be no better than Aebishit. What is he doing?
Besides, we STILL NEED A CENTER!

Let’s play deal with Florida, we give ‘em David Aebischer and Alexander Perezhogin for Ed Belfour and Jozef Stumpel, what the hell eh?

The more things change, the more they stay the same.
i bring that up, because TSN just did a flashback to trade day, 2000, and guess where the habs were on that day? tied for 7th place with the Pens.
So you see, we’ve been mired in that 7th or 8th spot continuously for the past decade! That’s exactly why GAINEY MUST DO SOMETHING NOW!

testing…again…

I agree with Smiler.

As the clock ticks, all those teams who are not San Jose are now panicking. Guerin and Tkachuk are gone! All of a sudden guys like Samsanov, Kovalev, Souray, Aebischer look pretty damn good to those other GMs. Gainey will fleece ‘em yet. You watch!

umm bob…please make a trade… WE havnt got much better with the addition of leighton…. i would like to see him pull something out of his hat in the next 45 minutes and shock us all with a big acquisition

Burtuzzi gone to Det cond pick & prospect

Bertuzzi traded to Detroit, for an unconditional pick and a prospect.
Basically, we could have had him for almost nothing, but of course we never get players we need. As usual, Gainey missed the boat AGAIN!
Guess he really doesn’t want this team to get better!

HALAK back between the pipes tonight in N.Y. Lets wish him luck shall we. Halak has nothing to loose. He is called up to try to fill some pretty big shoes.

If our D-Men helps him out he will do good.

GO HABS GO……………

I’m really pissed off! Perreault been traded to LEAFS!
damn it. We neede him. damn you GAINEY!

Can we trade Gainey?

Bob Gainey knows this team isn’t going anywhere this year so why would he give up anything that would affect the future to finish in 8th place?

Gimme a break.

I’m just dissapointed he hasn’t been a major seller. Welcome to five more consecutive seasons of 8th place finishes cause this team can’t win with this veteran corps.

And enjoy the 17 reamaining games with Souray in the line-up. Cause when Montreal dosen’t make the playoffs or get swept in the first round, he’s gone and the Habs will have a major hole on their backend that will not be filled cause Gainey didn’t get anything back for him.

AMEN BROTHER…………

Yah, but the Habs will not have enough cap space to give Souray the amount of money he’d get on the open market.

Welcome to the cap era! He’s not going to take a discount.

Bye bye Souray in 17 games and possibly a sweep in the first round.

I wouldn’t listen to anything that those Leaf boosters at TSN would say about the Habs because they are always going to be negative when it comes to the Habs. Definitely NOT a reason for Bob Gainey to be fired.

Since we are firing Gainey lets throw out Carbo with him………..

We have done nothing and will pay for by not making the playoffs. Adding another Goalie???? that’s the last thing we need. We need goal scorers!!!
Look at our last 10 games, 4-6. If we do not score more we most probably will not make the playoffs let alone put any kind of fight if…IF we make it. If you want to make some money on a bet, find your freinds who are huge habs fans and bet them the habs wont make the playoffs. I am a habs fan but with no move made before the deadline??? now if we don’t make the playoffs we will get nothing for Souray meaning we now, no matter what, we are starting next season with less then what we have this year barely in any sort of contention.
Gainey messed up!

Geez i’m glad we didn’t get any of these guys, they cost way too much.. Let’s face the facts… we are alot more than one player away from the cup

I wish Gainey was able to unload some more deadwood, oh well i’m glad he wasn’t at buyer at the deadline, it’s just not worth it. short term or long term

Seems like people just want Gainey to make any sort of trade, yeah let’s give up some young players and high draft picks for a rental who we are gonna have for 2 months. yeah that’s a great idea when your not a contender.

I could see us making a big splash at the draft or in the off season… we now have some more tradeable assets than we did before with the Rivet robbery gainey performed. I’d rather use our assets for a players we really want and need.

If tampa doesn’t get at least 8 playoff home games or somewhere around there, they will lose money this year. The ownership has already stated there payroll will have to be reduced next year regardless of the cap going up. So expect one of Tampa’s big three to be moved for young players and prospects. we’ll see what happens there.

Ryan Smyth traded btw, not the kinda of return they should have got either.

I suspect Smyth may re-sign with the oilers on July 1… if so this would end up being a good trade for them.

Deal. What deal. Where was I when this took place. Oh that rotten deal. The new boy 4 points in 47 games. Well that will certainly bring home the cup. We don’t need Kiovu now……………..

why couldn’t we trade KOIVU STRAIGHT UP FOR SMYTH WE ARE PATHETIC THE ONLY GUY WHO DESERVES WHAT HE HAS IS SOURAY AND I DONT EVEN THINK WE DESERVE HIM GAINEY WTF ARE YOU DOING
F#$K IN GAINEY WE TRUST

I still like the Habs. 25 in 2009

Did it ever occur that no one wanted any of our deadwood? I’ll be mad if Markov and or Souray walk away for nothing… otherwise i am very thankful we weren’t a buyer of any kind. trading youth for a rental at this time would set us back imo.

Listen boys. We need a player/players to win the cup this year or maybe the next. Don’t worry about the future. The days of dynasties 3-4 cups in a row are over. That will never happen again. They build teams to win one cup now. Not mutiple cups in a row.

I’m not sure if it is Gainey or Gillette, but someone is certainly testing my patience as a habs fan. The NHL has had a cap for two seasons now, and the habs have not responded by putting a decent product on the ice for their fans. We have one of the highest seating caspacities in the league, and a very strong loyal fan base…but where is our return. For the past two summers gainey has “saved cap room” in case it is needed at a later date. Yet in neither year has he done anything significant during the season or at the deadline to to improve the team.

All the Theodore trade accomplished was freeing up more money he was not intending to re-invest in the team. Then they turned around and gave too much money to Samsonov whom I predicted wouldn’t be worth the ink it took to sign his name to the contract. We essentially have the exact same team as we had a year ago, and look how far they went. No check that , we are worse because last year we had a goalie. Aebisher’s armour has more holes in it than Switzerland’s other major export…swiss cheese. I absolutely hate what is going on with this historical franchise. No deals when most teams around them got better? Never in my 26 years of loving this team has it been so discouraging to be a habs fan.

Awesome! No replacment for Aebi-*******
How can you drop the ball on Ryan Smyth? How? At least make a damn call before 3pm.
Our 100 year anniversary is coming up and you have a chance to get Captain Canada and you drop the ball?

I can’t forgive them for this or for a better word “lack of managment”.

Yes i agree t-rum i think the habs will be leap froged very very soon for good

If we wanted ryan smyth we would have to start with Carey Price, add another top prospect and first round pick/picks, ya excellent pickup for a 2 month rental.

the guys on tsn are clueless saying they can’t believe we didn’t get a goalie like belfour or Joseph. they actually seem to think the Leafs have better goaltending than us…. maybe the only habs game they watched was last night.

And too suggest the oilers would take samsanov it just play silly.

Can we please be like the Leafs and mortgage our future for a 2 month rental…i was hoping the Leafs would do the same thing again this deadline. maybe there organization has grown a brain.

Yeah we’ll see how much you love the deal when the Isles get knocked out in the first or second round and Smyth walks away as a free agent.

rentals are for teams who are actually contenders. if we made a rental trade like some suggest it would have set us back long term and even immediately after the season.

I just don’t get where people are coming from.

yup no replacement for Abby our back up goalie boo hooo. Carey Price is eligible to play for us as well when the WHL playoffs are over, which is way before the NHL’s season. If they sign have Price signed yet or not i do not know. No one knows when Huet will be back either…

I guess they think are 36 year old rental goalies ,well past there prime will lead us to the promised land. Abby is fine as a back up IMO.

Geez if gainey got Belfour or Joseph can u imagine the ammunition he would have gave Joshtm? LOL

yup management is really pissing me off right now

On TSN, Keenan talked about some GM’s who just look at their roster all day, and never make trades. he’s talking about our fuc#$%%en GM, GAINEY, that gutless moron! You’re ******** over the fans! We should have gotten Perreault!
watch him score against us. He was a perfect fit, and I’ll bet we would have resigned him for next year. What the hell is wrong with GAINEY?
This organization NEVER EVER does anything to improve!
Like I said last night, when the season’s over, Souray is gone, and we have NOTHING to show for it! We should havr traded him for the future of this franchise! But guess what? There’s NO FUTURE WITH THIS TEAM! I’m fed up with Carbo, Gainey, and Gillette! This is the most FUC#$%^ked up franchise!
I hope they lose all remaining 18 games! It would serve them right!

BUTT

How can any of you wannabe manager’s know what deals were offered ? You think you know what was said yet no one knows, as far as I see Bob did not panic and for that I am happy, we cant sell our future for the short term.

Is our neww goalie, called Leighton. Oh , I thought it was laughin. That’s what the rest of the league’s players will be doing when the pucks go into his net!

Hey Don, since Bob did not panic and for that you are happy, maybe you can illuminate us wonderful ignoramuses who are not so fortunate to be in your esteemed company, tell us, if Bob did not sell our future for the short term, gee the present seems pretty crappy. Exactly which of the underachieving millionaires will save us in the future? What by not trading Samsonov for Crosby and Ovechkin, how will that save the Habs?

Or now Pittsburgh and even Toronto now have some key very offensive players, even in the long term that is a big bonus. I fail to see your point.

What because we kept Samsonov and Kovalev and Dandy and Boully, that we are gonna win the cup next year? Is that it?

DO YOU KNOW WHY HIGGINS IS NOT PLAYING??????

Hey Don Carnage, we didn’t trade Kovalev so he can go back to his prima donna ways and get stupid penalties? For that Bob didn’t panic cause that is our long term future? Kovalev in the penalty box at the worst times in a game? HUH???

Hey L55 yes, let us not give up our great future for rental players who might fit in and actually help us win and sign long term contracts. The league is full of rental players. During Montreal’s dynasty all of our greats were rental players, hey it is part of winning.

But no, we sign long term contracts with underachievers. Yes why trade our future for another season rollercoaster rides, you know get that five goal lead only to kiss it away in the third when Koivu turns a 5 on three to a power play….

Yes, let us not think about winning but enjoy a more secure future as losers…

Now you know how the leaf fans feel like over the years. Montreal is heading the same way.

The fans suffer the players don’t. Their millions will keep them happy.

I’m sick of the Habs. I realy am. The Fans have to stop going to the games. Stop buying merchandize etc. When the team looses money they may get the point.

Well if your sick then go to the Dr.. take a pill, leave go to some other teams blog and cry about it … all people do is complain its funny

Maybe people complain because the team sucks? Maybe they complain because they pay money to watch games, buy merchandise and the team *still* sucks. That in the last 14ish years this team has done nothing but toe the line of mediocrity? Maybe we’re tired of lip service like “bright future” and “a core of good young talent”. Neither of those things is anywhere in sight. The Habs havent drafted a real impact player since maybe Koivu, and hes a 70-80 point player tops. Wake up.

Hey Don Carnage which one is it. In your other post you say you are glad Gainey didn’t give the future away, yet in the response you imply that people can see the future. Which one is it? Because we didn’t give up our youth we have a future? That because we say trade for real NHL players we can see the future? That because we are not in Gainey’s presence we don’t know what really happened, but yet you seem to speak as if you know it all. Well buddy, do us all a favour go on TSN and list the reasons why Gainey didn’t make a great trade today. Come on, put up or shut up, it’s you who should go to some other team, we want a team that wins, not a team that loses. LOSER!

habs didn’t show up AGAIN! I guess this the fuc@#$%^en reason why they kept Souray! So they could lose all their remaining games, not make the playoffs, and also lose Souray for NOTHING!! PATHETIC! HORRIBLE PERFORMANCE!!
THIS TEAM SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF THEMSELVES!!! They are the WORST example of a professional sports team!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

He did not get a trade that he felt would better the team right now and make a big enough impact for this season ..its rather easy to see .

Its not like all teams traded today … get a grip its a game after all .

Loser !

What a disgrace. Fire Carbo-this guy is out of his league as a coach. Bring in Pat Burns or a teacher like Dave King.
4 penalties in a row-no discipline-coach’s fault. Worst habs team since 84-85-at least that team did something in the playoffs. Garth murray for Marcel Hossa-great trade.

I said nothing about what he did or did not do , but I am sure there were plenty of calls made ..

He took the Stars to the Cup I am sure he can do the same here in time, but not less then 5-7 years

get a grip little boy its a game .

umm… this team is tired from last nights game? um… we don’t have higgy and lappy really isn’t NHL worthy.

And yeah they ain’t playing with all that much heart tonight. To think that our next games are gonna be back to back also… we dead

Geeze Don Carnage, he took the stars to the cup, but hey he was busy making trades like some *****! But what is he doing here? NADA!

By the way, since you were there and you are so smart and senile….the NHL is public, it thrives on the publicity, at least Kevin Lowe came clean, he said he just had no budget.

Lowe doesn’t make the mistake of signing prima donnas to multi year million dollar contracts, most of the oilers are friggen welfare cases!

The Habs rely on seat sales for their revenue, there is no other more pressing need to create a winning team than ever before. If our GM cannot take us out of a 14 year glut, there may not be another 14 years of hockey in Montreal.

And for what? Because old farts like Don Carnage are only too happy to let old farts like Gainey off scot free! That is why.

Teams like Montreal under a cap and revenue sharing agreements cannot afford to make great losses. Nor can they continue to pay the likes of Kovalev and Koivu for ****** performances!

You don’t need to be a friggen couch potatoe whining wannabee GM like you are Don Carnage to know that GM’s need to take advantage of the trade deadline to acquire players to win.

Rental players are the key in the new NHL.

And this thing about not know who made calls or didn’t? That is ****!

We don’t have to be in the room with Gainey to know he didn’t do ****!

He came out and said it in Nashville that he was not going to shop around. Wake up Don Carnage, and smell your bad mouth brown nosing breath! And Bob Gainey asks you to take your nose outta his butt cause he’s constipated now Don Carnage….here have some toilet paper.

Yes Don Carnage we stick to the long term plan of seeing Montreal lose another major league team. Yup, we stick to our long term plan of losing eh Don Carnage? Hey Laraques told TSN that he was waiting for Montreal to make an offer! What did Gainey do? nothing….Guerin also said he thought more teams would bid on him. Honestly, and there were many players who thought Montreal would make bids for them. But did Gainey do anything? Nope.

Sorry Don Carnage, you are happy to be a loser, fine enjoy your losses. While the rest of us push for change and hope Montreal becomes the winner it should be, you my friend would say Ninnima and Downey are there to save us, with their six points total each, they will save us, cause we are sticking to the long term plan, the plan that says one day six points will be big in the NHL! Oh yes Don Carnage, talk about being in denial and ignorant!

Welp. This team is done. The play you see out there tonight is a classic example of the two NEW (last 14 yrs anyways) eternal facts for Habs fans.

1) There will never be ANY hope of success while the current management is in place. The team knows this, thats why they are packing it in tonight. They were probably hoping for some help, instead they lost a long time serving member and true team player (Rivet) and got nothing in return. How can I be sure the first round pick will turn into nothing? Check the last 14+ years if you’re unsure.

2) Junk players that we trade for junk players will ALLWAYS come back to haunt us. See junk player #4587 Marcel Hossa tonight.

Don’t worry The_Vipah be happy Don Carnage has a long term plan for the Habs. One day when six point Habs are king, you know when the rest of the league basically goes to hell in a handbasket and six points wins you a cup and you get paid two million dollars a year to make six point seasons, we’ll be there. Yes, Don Carnage says don’t worry.

Geeze Don Carnage, wake up and smell your BS! I guess you don’t bother to read the posts before, yesterday and all year! You are pathetic, totally out to lunch you know that?

The posts here are as funny as the idiots on tv shooting their mouths off all the time, then saying no no we need to keep our young players, but had said trade trade days before, the real problem for the Habs are the people that cry and complain all the time, the constant nagging and bitching and pressure on the players , to play here you got to not watch the tv or read newspapers or read blogs from the cry baby so called fans more like fanatics ie: retarded morons like you.

FOR GOODNESS SAKES BOYS LET IT BE. LET IT REST. WHY BEAT A DEAD HORSE. THE HABS ARE TOAST AND ALWAYS WILL BE UNDER THIS MANAGEMENT. MOVE ON AND GET A LIFE. SPEN MORE TIME WITH YOUR FAMLIES. IF THIS IS ALL THAT YOU PEOPLE HAVE TO DO THEN YOU ARE ALL LOOSERS AS WELL. MYSELF INCLUDED. THEY ARE THE ONES LIVING THE GOOD LIFE. DRIVING 100,000.00 CARS, MILLION DOLLAR HOMES ETC. WHILE WE FIGHT AMONG EACH OTHER. COME ON BOY SMELL THE COFFEE.

WELL I’M OUT OF HERE. GET A LIFE PEOPLE. I KNOW THAT I WILL FIND ONE.

Honestly, I think we should all march down to Gainey’s office and protest. WE WILL NOT ACCEPT THIS MEDIOCRITY ANYMORE! CARBO is a lousy coach, and GAINEY is an even worse GM. I guess Joshtm was right. We do get all the broke down players nobody else wanted. Today was a perfect example of that. we took a goalie, who has played a grand total of 4 NHL games, and has been traded 4 times this year already. Yes, he’s certainly going to help us(joke).
Then there was Samsonov, who couldn’t find a taker even when he was put on waivers. Kovalev , who rangers couldn’t wait to unload, because he never shows up, or Aebishit, who couldn’t stop a beach ball. And Bonk, who couldn’t make it in Ottawa. And the list goes on and on. ALL THESE PLAYERS ARE REJECTS!!!!!!
I have been a fan of this team for almost 40 years, but enough is enough.
No efforts have been made to improve this team in the last 15 years!
I can’t take the mediocrity, and losing anymore. There just isn’t anything about this team to look forward to. There future is BLEAK!
I’m not going down with this ship. I’m going to look for an organization that cares about it’s fans, and one that wants a winner and will take the appropriate steps to make sure that happens.

I said its all a **** shoot no one knows ahead of time what a player will turn out like in the long run, no one ever has , how many teams have drafted in the first round and never seen those players live up to it? ALL of them how many times have trades gone wrong > all the time in all teams tell me that Colorado got a better deal with Theo? yeah right

It happens all the time no one knows what players will really do untill they are there , if they did no one could ever make a trade it just would not be possible because everyone would know the future

sounds like people around here they know exactly what trades to make all the time !!! just too easy all you have is 20/20 hindsight and a big mouth

The Canadians probably didn’t deserve to win tonight, but can anyone tell me how they earned 7 penalties against only one for NY? I didn’t watch the game, just the box score. It seems they always get the short end of the stick with penalties. No one can tell me that one team earned 7 to 1 in penalties. This is ****, and that’s why bowling gets higher ratings on TV in the USA over hockey. Hockey is percieved as being an unfair, badly referred game, with no control over idiots like Chris Neil.

Disappointing game, but look at the bright side, The leafs lost 6-1 against the Sabres, Carolina lost 4-2 against the Sens,but the Isles beat the Flyers in overtime and this ties the Habs at the 7th spot.We’re are still in playoff range. Anyways, all we can do right now is pray.

GO HABS GO!!

Hey Don Carnage,Sorry about that im a real douchbag, mybad, I had my head so far upthere all i could type was insults. I Like to poke chickens while riding a John Dear. My normal day consists of painting my 12 yr old body in the montreal colors and running around the mental institute spanking it vigoursly.

So There,

Im Da Loser

strange people can post and use our names how cute

Show how good this site really is eh

i love the habs as much as anyone in here..but let’s wake up and face the truth…bob gainey our gm has no faith in this team this year and he proved it by doing nothing deadline day to help us today tommorow or next year…if the gm gives up, we might as well too, because its’ no coincidence that the 2 teams who sell out every game win or lose year after year and always the 2 teams who management don’t do a damn thing to help make a playoff run..i am sad and going to bed..i miss huet

So much for the playoffs. Watching Abby & Halak on back to back nights isn’t goodfor my heart. See the first five minutes of the Leaf game last night? The one thing that can carry you in the playoffs is a hot goalie, which we clearly don’t have. Through in 5-6 stupid penalties per game with a nonexistent PK and it = first round four game sweep. If they make the playoffs. At least the first three months were fun.

I think there will be a suprise before next year starts dont think Tampa can afford what they have now.

Bob Gainey and the coaching staff are just displaying the canadiens tradition of taking care of their players by backing them, you know ,solidarity . As X players for the organization,the same courtesy was also bested to them. That being said ,you can be sure if the Habs **** out in the last 17 or so games they will be a big change to the core of veterans in the off season.Veterans to be staying will be :Souray and Markov resigned for sure ,Bonk ,captain Koivu ,Higgy ,Komasarik ,Ryder and Huet. Most of the new guy’s will be around”the future “all so. Walking papers through trades for most of da rest. There will be new Bulldogs added as well as some surprises . Its all part of the procedure to perfecting the puzzle,so hang on Hab fans, the real fun is coming real soon ,so buckle up and don’t worryboutit. Hell, we gots fun coming to finish off this season,win or lose,enjoy and stay vocal ,it shows you care and have the highest of standards and so you should ,your CANADIENS FANS !!!!

oh oh!!! should i push the panic button now or wait until next week. AHHHHHH!!!! screw it. i’m pushing it right now. a loss against the rangers is pretty sad, sure it’s a back to back game and the boys may have been tired but “the rangers”. come on!!!! what the hell happened??? march is gonna be really tough for the habs and i was hoping we could beat the teams we should. not get shut out by them. sabres, thrashers, penguins, senators this upcoming month and don’t forget our new nemesis the islanders. march is gonna be a battle. are the habs ready to fight for a playoff spot?? if they get in, will they have enough energy to go on and suceed in the first round?? questions that only time will answer. i would like to believe that they will go far. maybe even make it further then the first round. maybe i am dreaming in technicolor, maybe we will wake up and start playing hockey like we know we can. who knows!!! nothing but the best in march boys, good luck. your gonna need it!!!!

Do you really want Gainey to make a deal just to make a deal? What if any deals offered all sucked for the Habs? You people should all just relax!

The only guys I liked were on the trade date were Seabrook, Guerin, and Smyth. Smyth and Guerin would have added some grit and leader ship for the young guys and Seabrook for depth and confidence on D. Maybe a Vet Goalie…

Smyth: according to what NYI paid it probably would have cost us Mikhail Grabovski, Sergi Kostitsyn, and 1st rounder… a big cost to our future.

Guerin: Cost to us comparitively (Johnson, Bonk or Lapierre), Young prospect like Ben Maxwell?, and 1st rounder.

Seabrook: cost us alot… Young, cheap and talented but Does address our need for consistancy on Offense.

When the first 2 guys went I was not looking for much movement and like smiler suggested we did not need to make a desparation deal which would cost us. Example Sammy and Nimmi…

We have a young team with good positioning in this years draft this fact should not be lost in Bob’s decision. Lets see if this team can grow…

I meant Abby dumped and in a SEPARATE deal(s) a new goalie for prospects/picks and a D-man for picks NOT all for Abby- he probably couldn’t fetch a Glen Healy rookie card! LOL

It would be interesting to see what the Habs were offered for Souray. Even if the Habs are able to resign Souray and Markhov this summer that will leave little or no money to sign anyone else, certainly not a free agent like Briere who would help their anaemic offence. We will be basically left with the same team that is presently struggling to make the play-offs. If either or both decide to leave we will have the money to sign someone, however, we could have had a couple of young guns or draft picks as well if a trade had been made.

HABS PLAYED A TERRIFIC GAME. I just try to keep myslef from insulting people that don’t make unlike some people in this site, and it works perfectly I agin respect rather than be disliked.

I just want to say Habs put in a great effort in yesterday’s game.

REASONS:

1) They played their most physical game of the year against the leafs.

(They finally acknowledge Habs’ fans were dying for a win against the leafs, and they accomplished their mission.)

2) They arrived at 3 o’clock of the morning to New York. That basically means they did not sleep a minute before 3 a.m.

3) Chris Higgins out because of flu

4) KOSTITYN PLAYED LIKE HE WAS A PEE WEE PLAYER

SUM-UP: They were fatigued after playing their most physical game, and arriving at 3 a.m. to New York did not help them at all. Higgins was out of the line-up, and the coach probably had a hard time making up the line-ups.
THE CHEMISTRY DID NOT WORK AT ALL.

So… now the question comes at:

1)Are we to blame the coach??????
my answer: NO! (well he was tired too and after all he made up his lines and he does not have the power to control the team on the ice)

2) Are we to blame the players????
my answer: NO! ( except for Kostityn and Perexoghin)

3) Are we to balme Bob Gainey?????
my answer: NO! ( He got us a skilled and young d-man and a 1st round draft pick for Rivet who 90% of the bloggers believed was useless)
…..AND BOB GAINEY IS NOT DUMB ENOUGH TO AQUIRE A SKILLED PLAYER FOR OUR FUTURE DRAFT PICKS AND OUR YOUGSTERS.

Sincerely,
Jack Tornton

I agree with HABS#1: If you read my posts on Monday night, following the habs win over the leafs, You’ll see that several times I stated my views on whether to keep Souray or trade him. I vehemently stated: TRADE HIM, TRADE HIM! It’s for the future of this franchise. In fact, Xhabsfan kept arguing with me, saying we should keep him,and I insisted that we must trade him for the good of this organization. We could have gotten: a player off the other team’s roster, 2 #1 picks and possibly more. Besides, even if we had traded him, he still could have resigned with us in the summer. People forget that.
Alot of rentals like Guerin and Thacuk, are most likely going to resign in the summer, with their old teams. It’s like a gentleman’s agreement between player and management. Why didn’t Gainey ask permission from Souray to trade him for a couple of months, and to resign after?
GAINEY doesn’t have the guts or the balls to do what’s necessary to improve this team , for the future. Edmonton’s Sather has guts. He traded away his captain, Smyth, the heart of the team, because he knew he probably couldn’t sign him, and LOOK AT ALL THE PICKS AND PLAYERS HE GOT IN RETURN! I give Sather full marks. That’s courage for the good of the organization.
But Gainey is a WIMP, GUTLESS, and cares more about the short term than the long run.
I looked at the habs schedule; it’s very tough. Chances of making the playoffs with the players they have, is not very good, almost impossible. And even if they barely squeeze in, what then? all that, only to be eliminated by the SABRES in 4 straight. And did Gainey really think that obtaining a career minor league goalie would put his team over the top? Does he think the fans are stupid, or so gullible?
And for about 90% of the trades made yesterday, all the buyers had to give was usually a 2nd round pick! Don’t you think we could have managed that?
And who’s to say, that we wouldn’t have resigned that rental player in the summer. Gainey chose the safe and cowardly way out.
Keenan said on TSN yesterday, that some GM’s, (like Gainey), look at their roster all day, thinking everything is ok, and never make trades!
That’s our Gainey. And if he’s satisfied with this team to make the playoffs, how come teams with more talent, and higher up in the standings, made significant changes to improve their team, while we stood pat? It makes no sense. Gainey said he didn’t want to disturb his young prospects. WHAT PROSPECTS? Price is the only good prospect we have, and gauging by the trades made, we wouldn’t have had to give up much to get a decent player!
HUGE MISTAKE! HE WILL LIVE TO REGRET IT! ALL THE FANS WILL SUFFER AND SO WILL THIS FRANCHISE! Remember, he’s had all year to go get a 2nd line center.
He didn’t do it. And now, he’s going to try and tease all the fans, by telling them he will get all the necessary pieces in the summer. But people, he couldn’t get any of the top names to sign last summer, so how is he magically
going to do that this summer? It won’t happen! Players don’t want to come here. Do you know why? Because Gainey isn’t willing to commit to building a winner at all costs! There’s no commitment from management. After all, it’s been the same scenario for 15 years! We’ve seen this act before! It’s getting old, and we’re not going to wait another 15 years for this management to get off their asses and do something!

Looks like we have the Laff trolls trying to convert us into believing that by parading old farts from retirement homes and showing black and white footage of the last stanley cup that the Laffs will be a cup contender.

So how come with Toronto’s wonderful pluses you don’t have a cup? The most expensive team in the whole of the NHL and you can’t win a cup for all the money in the world? Talk about a true definition of LOSER!!!!

hey there. thought i’d let you know i made a quick reference to all these comments in midnightpoutine’s weekly blog roundup. there’s a couple of links to other MTL blogs talkin’ all things Habs too. check it out here:
http://www.midnightpoutine.ca/media/2007/02/this_week_in_blogs_for_feb_28/
feel free to leave a comment, if you wish.

please keep the commen ts short, everybody had a long day and doesnt want to read 2 pages of opinion, just 1-4 lines of meaningful comments are ok.

How come we didn’t watch Alexei Kovalev or Sakku Koivu crying as they leave Montreal? That would have been so nice, everyone getting all sentimental about how great Sakku was or Alexei was and how much of a mistake it was for Montreal to trade them away, but did we get that? NO!

Instead we got to see Ryan Smythe crying today, how come he’s not coming to Montreal? SHAME ON YOU BOB GAINEY!!!!!

Anyone know a good team I can cheer for? Since Gainey and Carbo don’t care, and cheering for the Habs is pointless, no one sings SHANAHANAA in Montreal no more. No we got those Oh Aye Oh Aye fagots running things. All they care about is watching the other teams winning, cause hey, the tax man, the media and the salary cap are all to hard for Bob Gainey, oh yes, and because you can’t rent a cheap apartment in Montreal. Ya right, as if a multimillionaire hockey player cares how much of a tax break they get, cause when you are that rich taxes just don’t seem to be an issue, so put that one to rest. Or how the media scares them away. Like the Montreal media holds scrums and is like paparazzi! As if.

Nope, you are all a bunch of pathetic losers who make excuses for the biggest loser of all…Bob Gainey.

More like why is he still GM more like.

c’mon, does anyone else except Montreal fans really think hockey is a major league sport? Bowling, anyone?

Looks like one of the mental wards is giving free internet access to morons like Don Carnage…what they didn’t give you your pills yet Don?

Actually this would prob be a more civil site, with average internet griping if it were not for Mr. Josh up there. See, I totally get why every second post is yours josh, i really do. This is a site which does not require registration, nor does it give the ablity for the blog owner to ban you, so you are in your glee are you not?

When a Troll finds a bridge thats not guarded, that troll makes his home. And from that day on That troll will make it horrible for everyone who may cross it.

On behalf of everyone who reads this blog, you sir are ignorant, impolite, an just a genral Asshat.

Oh, just so I dont have to respond to the enivitable ignorant response, no sir you are a loser.

Why Hockey sucks in the eyes of a former Montrealer
1) Governed by an idiot who couldn’t cut it in the NBA
2) The guru in charge of disciplinary actions is ***.
3) Referreed by frustrated Canadians who are still angry they weren’t good enough to make it as a pro.
4) Your star hockey commentator on National TV looks, acts, and sounds like Bozo the clown… embarassing!
5) TV ratings were so low on NBC that USA Today organized a Nationwide contest to find the 3 Americans who watched it. Thier were each rewarded a copy of Sports Illustarted swim suit issue!
6) OLN (!!??!!) dropped televising hockey because…1 of the 3 started watching porn instead.
7) The 2 guys who actually still like hockey are now busy insulting each other on line. That caused FX to drop televising hockey too.

Heading to quebec city tomorrow to race in the crashed ice event in quebec city. pretty insane contest going on. representing for the habs. check me out!!! Kelowna BC. tricolore baby!!!

Hey guys:

I just wanted to apologize for my continual character assassination attempts of Bob Gainey. I was just thinking that it must be tough to perform in such a stressful job shortly after a personal family tragedy when you have crazed, lunatic fans constantly heckling you. I also apologize for turning so many of you against being Habs fans with my constant whining. I have been spending far too much time on this website since I got banned from the casino. I do realize that the Habs are still in a playoff position, and will try to keep my comments to just the facts in the future!

FOR THE LAST TIME JOSH YOU IDIOT! BOB GAINEY DID NOT, NOT, I REPEAT NOT, SIGN JANNE NIINIMAA! HE CAME OVER IN EXCHANGE FOR MIKE “THE WEASEL” RIBEIRO!

GET OVER THINGS, MAN, IT WOULDN’T MATTER WHO WE TRADED FOR OR SIGNED OR EVEN HAD AS COACH AND GM, YOU WOULD ALWAYS BE NEGATIVE, GET A LIFE!!!!!!!!!

I like this team, I like the coach, I’m very pleased with the GM and I can see the Big Picture. I’m 42, I love hockey, I play hockey, in fact I’d rather play hockey (or any sport for that matter) than watch it on TV. I backstopped our team to a Tournament Championship on the weekend and couldn’t watch any hockey last weekend and it doesn’t bother me in the bit but some of you need to get a life, get out of the house, kiss a girl, I mean, it’s fun to be a fan of your favourite hockey team (the Habs) but this constant bashing of everything Montreal Canadiens is so pointless,tiresome and repetitive! If you hate the Habs go start rooting for another more ’successful’ NHL team.

The fact that Montreal did nothing on Trade Deadline Day is no big deal, it’s not the end of the world. I like the team we have but I just wish they could play better, don’t we all? I like Sheldon Souray and didn’t want him traded and yes, I have every expectation he will return next season. I also like Sergei Samsonov and cheer for him to break out of his pressure-induced funk. I also like Michael Leighton, as a goalie, I’ve read up on him for years and just wish some team would give him a real chance. I like David Aebischer too but lately his play has led me to believe he’s lost his confidence and it is hard to play with a goalie who fights the puck and is a pack of nerves. That intangible to goaltending, once lost, is difficult to regain (witness our old hero Jose Theodore, who’s still struggling in Denver) so I suggest Abby ride the bench as a backup til next season where (if re-signed), I truly hope he regains his goalie mojo!

See? Where most of you would just **** on the player and want him run out of town, I, like our superb General Manager, take a calmer, SANER, approach. Firing a coach every year and trading a player as soon as they falter is no way to run a class oragnization and that’s what Carbo and Bob are doing so start believing and start having fun as a fan, it’ll make everyone here happier.

In Bob We Trust…

Does it sound like I’ve written the Habs off? I Believe. That’s the fun of being a fan.

No kidding, I’m so fed up with the constant whining and tiresome complaining, makes me think Hab fans are as bad as Leaf fans so let’s show WE ARE NOT!

GO HABS! DIE LEAFS!

Smiler2729 is absolutely right. This site used to be fun to come on here and post some comments but lately it is becoming poisoned by a few(I wont say by who)very negative people that do nothing but nastily critisize management and players in a most barbaric way. Open your eyes people! This is exactly why some players will never sign with Montreal. The fan and media scrutiny is just too overwhelming for some of them and it eats them alive! We all have to calm down (myself included)and find a positive way to support the team through the GOOD times and the BAD times.

We should all take a page from Smiler2729’s book and follow his lead. The Canadiens are only a small part of our lives (if you have one at all)so get out, enjoy the weather,do something positive and constructive in your life )

Ribeiro, no matter what he does in Dallas, was a disruption on the Canadiens, his selfishness was massive and he had to go. His antics (soccer-style faking of ‘injuries’) was an embarrassment to his teammates, his coach, the organization and all the fans.

Janne Niinimaa was a good quality offensive defenceman in Philadelphia and Edmonton who thru stops in Long Island and Dallas seemed to have lost something. Gainey was hoping he could regain some form (I really don’t think he is that awful but I’m not Guy Carbonneau)… Again, Niinimaa was a one season chance but anything to get Ribs out of town was worth it. No other team wanted Ribeiro’s act so basically Dallas and Montreal traded each other’s problems to one another. Two defencemen lead the Stars in scoring, what does that tell you about their offence? They have become New Jersey Devils West, the fact that Mike Ribeiro gets a lot of assists there is inconsequential to him having becoming an ‘unwanted’ in the Canadiens’ dressing room.

Look, the bottom line on Mike Ribeiro is that he is young guy who obviously and hopefully matures in the sportsmanship department and becomes a good teammate (he burned bridges in Montreal) and is a talented but small forward which the Habs didn’t need two of (Saku Koivu being the other small talented forward) so he was moved to make room for the growth of Tomas Plekanec which has shown to be a good thing. I wasn’t a Plekanec guy but he has swayed me over and I see him getting better and better with the increased ice time and roles he’s been given on the team. In the end, Tomas Plekanec is and will always be a better player than Mike Ribeiro in so many ways. Who would you rather have, Ribs or Plecs?

And for all who felt Gainey did nothing at the deadline, how about this? He traded Craig Rivet, a great team guy who I loved as a Hab but had admittedly and glaringly lost a step in all aspects of his game to San Jose for physical defensive minded YOUNG d-man in Josh Gorges and a 1st ROUND PICK! How’s that for return eh?
Another great move was NOT moving Sheldon Souray and to a lesser extent Andrei Markov. We all agree Souray’s growing into a fiery leader as well as being a scoring threat feared by most NHL goalies (Martin Brodeur is not afraid of anything but did you see Raycroft dive out of the way of his slap shot Monday?)
but media speculation aside, there’s every indication, he will re-sign in the summer, he likes it here and obviously Bob Gainey’s talked to him about the future or he indeed would have been moved in a heartbeat for some return.

But more importantly, by not trading away any future for a rental, Gainey’s put his confidence in the guys that he thinks THIS BUNCH can make the Playoffs. And that’s good enough for me.

Problem is we have a third even less talented small forward in Samsonov. I think he was Ribeiro’s twin, if I did not know any better??!?!?

Here are some reasonable doubts why Bob Gainey is NOT a good GM: Lost Ron Hainsey, 13th overall pick, claimed off of waivers by Columbus. He is still young and leads Columbus defensemen is scoring with 28 points. We have nothing to show for him.

2) Traded Mike Ribeiro for Janne Niinimaa. Ribeiro has 41 points and is +7. Niinimaa has played 31 games, is a -8 and spends most nights watching from the press box. He is an unrestriced free agent that we will gladly lose but will have nothing to show for the trade. I don’t begrudge trading Ribeiro but we have to do better than Niinimaa.

3) JP Dumont wanted to play in Montreal, was willing to accept a hometown discount, has 51 points and is a +9. Yet we were not interested. Instead we actively pursued the likes of Elias and Shanahan, neither of whom wanted to play in Montreal.

4) Instead signed Sergei Samsonov to 3.5 million per season. He has 25 points in 60 games played. We can’t even give him away and his 3.5 million will count against next years cap.

5) Held onto Sheldon Souray who will walk at seasons end. Once again we will have nothing to show for him. Souray’s stock was at an all time high as he is playing for a new contract and big payday. There is no arguing he is having a tremendous season but he will not duplicate this season again productionwise and has always been injury prone. I know we need Souray if we are going to make a run at a playoff spot. However, the reality is that we are an average team at best and don’t have the horses, combined with the injury to Huet, to do any real damage in the playoffs that is providing we actually make it in. (Andrei Markov is another unrestriced free agent at seasons end, wouldn’t it be tragic to lose him as well!? I know he claims that he wants to remain in Montreal but nothing is guaranteed).

6) Traded Craig Rivet for Josh Gorges and a first round pick which seems like a good deal at the time as Rivet is an unrestricted free agent at seasons end. Unfortunately we lost some leadership and toughness in losing Rivet. Ironically we receive a “most sportsmanlike player” (Memorial Cup) in Gorges. Just what we need, another soft player.

When will Montreal’s management realize that we need some size and toughness. We have too many European players and too many small, soft players. We must be the easiest team in the NHL to play against. We definitely don’t intimidate anyone.

I hope Bob proves us wrong but thus far he has given us Habs fans little to cheer about.

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R Habs 4 real, Bob Gainey didn’t get rid of Ron Hainsey, he was claimed by Columbus on re-entry, meaning the Habs called him up late last November from Hamilton when we were down a couple of defencemen and the CBJs stole him under the new NHL’s stupid re-entry waiver rules (which is why Los Angeles can’t call up NHL calibre goalie Jason Labarbara from the AHL this season cuz they can’t risk losing him this way).

I hated losing Hainsey too and since my wife’s a nutso Blue Jackets fan, I’ve watched him a lot on the Center Ice package and he’s good, or getting better but still very iffy in his own end and YOU GUYS WOULD BE ALL OVER HIM FOR IT IF HE WERE WITH THE HABS much like you’re on Mathieu Dandenault and were on Craig Rivet.

As for J.P. Dumont, can you blame Gainey for preferring to chase down Patrik Elias, Jason Arnott and Brendan Shanahan? Dumont’s a great secondary type winger but is not a go-to-guy which is what Montreal was seeking last summer. I wish you people would get off Sergei Samsonov’s back, granted he’s holding onto his stick too tight and underachieving but to deride him constantly is not helping his brittle psyche (as everyone here has pointed out, this town pretty much eats their own if they falter and is a major reason why not many players wish to come here).

Bob Gainey’s not a perfect GM but neither is Brian Burke but he’s a quality man and he chose to be here where many others would not have the guts to run this team in this market (again, see how we eat our own!)

Hey Joshtm

I bet you were complaining about Houle and Savard before that.
Face it, nobody wants to come here.
Ever think that Gainey took a chance with Niiniima and Samsonov. Now that he doesn’t take a chance you criticize him also.
Taxes are the problem. Guess you make below 30k family income
Nuff said again

How did the once mighty Habs freefall so terribly? It, for me is the hardest year that I remember and I’ve been playing hockey since three and a Montreal fan I’m sure just as long LOL now 37 and so at a loss for words. Please read this blog Bob (ya right) and demote the deadweight and bring up some players with some pride and let us have look at C Price as well

never get Sundin He’s old and washed up Leighton nor Abby would never be sent down to replace Halak hes better than both of them and besides Price is there who is Better then all of them As far as Centres go they should get on Briere quick