Coaching
What do the following three have in common?
- Alain Vigneault
- Michel Therrien
- Claude Julien
If you’ve followed the Canadiens, it’s obvious that they are all former coaches.
What else do they have in common? How about a combined 129-67-24 record this year for a total of 282 points. 94 each on average, with games to play.
Each team in the hunt for their division title, and not a far cry from challenging for their Conference.
Each of these coaches have been tossed aside by Montreal in recent years.
Were they let go too soon?
You can argue it’s easier to coach in another city, or those teams are so much superior to the Canadiens. Are they?
The fact remains Montreal chews up and spits out coaches on a regular basis and it hasn’t provided results that are anything but mediocre in the past 14 years.
Nearing the All Star break Guy Carbonneau was getting ‘talked about’ for coach of the year. Fast forward to now, and there are people calling for his head.
So will Carbo get the time it takes to develop as a coach in the NHL? Or will he be another booted to the curb to go on and coach another NHL team into the playoffs?
Right now there’s a fairly good chance one of those Coaches could hoist the Cup in June. They must be doing something right.
Posted on March 22nd, 2007 at 11:02 am. About 'Coaching'.
Obviously,they were let go too soon. Carbo needs to be given a chance over the next few years to prove himself. This team needs stability and the players need to know that they do not run the ship and will not be allowed to force the coach out. If a player does not want to play for Carbo then they need to get rid of the player thus sending a message to the rest of the team.
Posted on March 22nd, 2007 at 11:04 am. About 'Coaching'.
If no make the playoffs ===> fired, otherwise maybe get one more year.
Posted on March 22nd, 2007 at 11:09 am. About 'Coaching'.
The only Coach that should have been fired was Trembley. Then we would still have had Roy back then.
Posted on March 22nd, 2007 at 11:10 am. About 'Coaching'.
The only Coach that should have been fired was Trembley. Then we would still have had Roy back then.
What the hell, give Carbo 2-3 more years to develope the Youngsters. If he can’t do it then can his Ass.
Posted on March 22nd, 2007 at 11:11 am. About 'Coaching'.
Alain Vigneault and Claude Julien, yes….we let them go too soon. Michel Therrien was a lousy coach with the Habs. He has either learned from his mistakes and improved as an NHL coach or the Pens have so much talent, the stick boy could lead them to first place.
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Posted on March 22nd, 2007 at 11:14 am. About 'Coaching'.
Maybe you can add Jacques Lemaire to that list. Anyway, great post. I”ve been thinking about those coaches too lately.
Posted on March 22nd, 2007 at 11:38 am. About 'Coaching'.
and lets not forget one of my favorites—-Pat Burns
Posted on March 22nd, 2007 at 11:39 am. About 'Coaching'.
Jacques Lemaire was not let go though. He was interm in 84 after they fired Boom Boom (talk about awful) him and Tremblay both…just awful. They tried to resign in 85, but chose to leave
Posted on March 22nd, 2007 at 11:41 am. About 'Coaching'.
Yes it is true all 3 of these former Canadiens coaches are doing very well. But then again they have:
1. Alain Vigneault: He has Luongo possibly the best goalie in the free world right now and quite possibly the NHL MVP.
2. Claude Julien: He has Brodeur argueably also the best goalie in the world. Possible MVP and Vezina winner.
3. Michel Therrien: Has Fleury, Staal, Malkin and of course Crosby again an MVP candidate and no doubt winner of that honor.
I think there is a very good chance 2 former Habs coaches could meet in the finals. NJ vs Van. A very good chance in my mind.
Posted on March 22nd, 2007 at 11:50 am. About 'Coaching'.
its tough to say if Jersey get out alive….that conference is really hard to predict a winner…granted I find myself leaning toward Jersey.
Coaching in Montreal has always been tough, the fans are relentless critics of what happens with that team….therefore players are extremelt hesitant to want to play in that city….so what do you get, average players trying to win a cup….unfortnatley, this is what has become of the once might Habs, mediocracy. When this happens…….fire the coach….next!!
Posted on March 22nd, 2007 at 12:31 pm. About 'Coaching'.
Remember guys, it’s not coaches who win stanley cups,IT’S THE PLAYERS!
It’s doesn’t matter who coaches, if you have the talent in front of you. During our glory dynasty days of 1975-99,it wouldn’t have mattered who coached us, because we were unstoppable with awesome talent. Youippi could have coached that team, and we STILL would have won all those cups.
The reason we have so many coaching changes here, is due to the constant pressure put on them. In any other city,they would be ok, and given more time to get a winner. But here, if you don’t produce by Xmas, you’re out!
And remember TALENT WINS, not the coaches! They don’t play. All they do is change lines.
In Pittsburgh, Therrien didn’t make them a good team. CROSBY, MALKEN, STAHL, RECCHI, ROBERTS DID! In Vancouver, LUONGO is the reason they are in the playoffs.Didn’t they miss the playoffs last year because of lousy goaltending?
In NJ, they were already a cup contender before Jullien came there.
If we had great talent here, any one of those coaches could be here, and we would win! IT’S THE TALENT, NOT THE COACHES!
Posted on March 22nd, 2007 at 12:35 pm. About 'Coaching'.
R habs 4 real
Well put man, very well said, you hit the nail right on the head. This situation is so so much more magnified in Habs town
Posted on March 22nd, 2007 at 12:40 pm. About 'Coaching'.
Jacques Lemaire quit. He did not take over for Boom Boom either. He replaced Bob Berry, who had been there from’81-’84. Jacques Lemaire was not a fan of the pressure in Montreal, and was replaced with Jean Perron.
Paul
Posted on March 22nd, 2007 at 12:43 pm. About 'Coaching'.
Jacques Lemaire quit. He did not take over for Boom Boom either. He replaced Bob Berry, who had been there from’81-’84. Jacques Lemaire was not a fan of the pressure in Montreal, and was replaced with Jean Perron.
I also believe Carbo deserves 2 or 3 years, and it would help the players to not be sent in different directions every year.
Paul
Posted on March 22nd, 2007 at 12:55 pm. About 'Coaching'.
Your right Paul, got it ass backwards. He caoched to 79-80 season, Claude Ruel replaced shortly after…appologies. Ya, Bob Berry always had them competitive, but again no cup. Some of the Canadiens that had seen the dynasty come to a close were either gone or just getting long in the tooth in the early part of the 80’s. Definitely a transition period that was hard to take after 4 straight cups….like withdrawl of rehab
Posted on March 22nd, 2007 at 12:59 pm. About 'Coaching'.
They weren’t let go too soon. None of them got the job done. Therrien is reaping the benefits of a pile of solid young players, and after some of his retarded comments last year, I’m surprised he never got fired @ season’s end. Oh yeah, we’re supposed to call him Mike now. Whatever.
All these coaches got their first head coaching jobs from us. Brought up from Hamilton. I would argue that most 1st time coaches make a lot of errors: Carbonneau is another good example in this. The aforementioned 3 no doubt learned a lot from their time with the habs, and have parlayed that into success elsewhere.
Two of the three are blessed with amazing starting goaltending, in Brodeur and Luongo, arguably the two best in the league. Therrien has the best player in the league, alongside a truly remarkable group of high draft picks, accumulated through years of incompetent teams. So do they have better teams to work with?
The answer is a resounding YES.
Posted on March 22nd, 2007 at 1:01 pm. About 'Coaching'.
Ya know what I think. Shit, I forgot. Wait a minute. I still forget.
Posted on March 22nd, 2007 at 1:03 pm. About 'Coaching'.
Again with the excuses,the pressure of playing in Montreal ,the harsh press,the tax’s, well I’ve figured out the reasons some Hab fans are constantly making these excuses all the time;they are Samsonov fans who are effeminate !!!Carbo’s a good coach for the young guy’s and Roy would be a great addition to the staff,oh yeah!!! Habs ,go kick the Bruins teeth rite in tonite ,GOOOOO HABS!!!!
Posted on March 22nd, 2007 at 1:06 pm. About 'Coaching'.
I think Carb will be around for awhile. Keep in mind this is his first stint at it. Next year should be better. Maybe if we get Price up and going, we could have a great goaltender too, right?
The Canadiens may be 2 years away for cup competition…08-09. if Gainey plays the FA market a bit better this summer
Posted on March 22nd, 2007 at 1:06 pm. About 'Coaching'.
Man. I still forget.
Is the mind the first thing to go?
Posted on March 22nd, 2007 at 1:14 pm. About 'Coaching'.
Rumors of Price playing with the big club next year abound. Don’t know if he’s ready or not, as I don’t follow the jr teams too much. We got Halak, Danis, and maybe Price to try and fit into next year, alongside Huet. Sounds like the most competition for backup we’ve had in a while, though I believe Danis is the odd man out. Too bad we never got to see what he can do.
Posted on March 22nd, 2007 at 1:22 pm. About 'Coaching'.
I would almost think tha Abby is gone in the summer. Huet will be the starter,with Halak and Price fighting out the backup position. The big question is, is Price better than Halak come that time.
Halak is not really exciting me much. However, I am real excited to se Price try out.
Strong temding would make Carbo’s job a lot easier
Posted on March 22nd, 2007 at 1:29 pm. About 'Coaching'.
Carbo was likely Gainey’s man since Bob took over as GM. Took some time, but he finally got the coach he wanted. I have a feeling Carbonneau is here for the long run. If Carbo goes, he’ll be leaving with Gainey. I don’t know a whole lot of people who would honestly want to ditch Gainey, so hopefully things work out with his coach.
The Habs are a young team in a lot of ways. The Habs’ rookies and rookie coach will simply need to grow together. Gotta hate the growing pains, but they pass.
Posted on March 22nd, 2007 at 1:39 pm. About 'Coaching'.
its not gonna be a ckae walk getting in!
Mar. 22 at Boston
Mar. 24 Washington
Mar. 27 N.Y. Rangers
Mar. 30 at Ottawa
Mar. 31 Buffalo
Apr. 3 Boston
Apr. 5 at N.Y. Rangers
Apr. 7 at Toronto
Posted on March 22nd, 2007 at 1:58 pm. About 'Coaching'.
That’s the problem, everyone speaks under their breath that Gainey has to go, look at the signing of Samsonov, keeping Kovalev, bringing on Johnson, Murray and the answer to last year’s trade deadline, Downie. If you ask me it does not look like Gainey is rebuilding. More like setting up the:
Gainey’s Hospital for Retired NHL veterans who can’t skate or shoot good!
Or pick any zany name: Gainey’s Circus for Prima Donna Slav Hockey Players who can’t play worth a damn!
It doesn’t matter what Carbo does or what he has tried, if Gainey won’t let him keep the rookies and develop along with them…it’s not gonna do anyone favours. How can we honestly say then Gainey is rebuilding?
Posted on March 22nd, 2007 at 2:07 pm. About 'Coaching'.
Let’s wait til next season and we will see the improvements.
Big time improvements. Mr. Gainey will surprise us next season. Trust me.
Posted on March 22nd, 2007 at 2:14 pm. About 'Coaching'.
Thats just it. The farm system that used to be the best in the league, is now just so - so.
My real big issue with the Canadiens, and has been for years, is the scouting staff….we’ve got to have one of the worst in the NHL, then you couple that with years of extremely poor draft picks…look what you get- shit
The pair of these things over the past 25 years, have not helped this franchise at all. Granted, we’ve had some OK picks, but nothing we haven’t thrown in the garbage after a season or two.
Montreal is killing itself with the defensive style game. Look at when John LeClair first played in Montreal….he was a 45 point man, at best. He moves on to Philly, now all of a sudden he’s got 85 points, the very next season!
The dynasty in the 70’s was pure offence. When we lost all our scoring stars, the team dummied up and went defencive, why, no big scoring talent anymore. Fast foward to 2007, not much has changed
Posted on March 22nd, 2007 at 2:47 pm. About 'Coaching'.
Don’t forget there was no salary cap, the brewery wanted winners, as did HNIC and between the two a lot of money was pumped to get Montreal decent rookies and players. Now we don’t have HNIC and the brewery gave up when HNIC left.
Then there is the salary cap. But that is the big excuse people make for Gainey, the cap. But look at what he does with what little salary there is, wasting it on the likes of Johnson, Downie, Ninnima, Samsonov….and not rewarding the hard workig Pleks and Bonk…yet paying Dandy and Bouilly more than they are really worth or could ever get anywhere else!
Posted on March 22nd, 2007 at 2:58 pm. About 'Coaching'.
I always took Gainey to be smarter than that. It just seems that everything is all over the map right now.
The real big Qiestion is, can the Habs salvage the rest of the season with some big wins, and carry that into the playoffs and whip the shit out of Buffalo…thats the question.
We finished 8th last year, and had the Canes down 2-0. The Canes team siad Montreal was their toughest series
Posted on March 22nd, 2007 at 3:21 pm. About 'Coaching'.
Montreal will make the Playoffs and upset Buffalo. 4-3. They will go on to the Stanley Cup finals led by our Rookies.
Laugh if you will.
I have faith in our Habs of Montreal. The sun will shine on our Habs again.
Posted on March 22nd, 2007 at 3:36 pm. About 'Coaching'.
The reason why we have gotten rid of these coaches over the years is because we have not had the talent, I agree with some posts here. If we had the talent like Pittsburgh or even the Devils, those coaches would have been fine here. We need to get the talent to be able to compete with the big boys, we do not have it right now.
Ziman
Posted on March 22nd, 2007 at 3:39 pm. About 'Coaching'.
I agree with Die_Hard, early in the season I saw a miracle, it was a habs team largely of rookies, and they were good. It is too bad that Gainey had to split it up, if I were GM I would have kept them as long as they were winning or wait out the slump.
Posted on March 22nd, 2007 at 3:58 pm. About 'Coaching'.
Our farm system and drafting has been excellent the last few years. Especially our picks outside the first round. looks like timmins has found several possible late round steals the last couple of drafts. I was amazed when someone said our drafting has been extremely poor. and our farm system was so so. wow that’s completely devoid of realitly. most of the players we’ve drafted the last 2 years have had breakout years the year after they were drafted, that to me suggests excellent scouting. we didn’t even have enough prospects or decent youngsters to fill out our farm team before BG and his staff took over. we use to share hamilton with edmonton, now we have full control and with all our kids playing together down there they have excelled. the scouting staff deserve’s alot of credit for this as well.
I really hope we let the kids take bigger roles on the Habs next year, i hope we don’t get another b level free agent. we should only sign a free agent if it’s a guy we really want/need. the last thing i want to see is another guy like Samsanov taking minutes away from one of our promising youngsters.
Posted on March 22nd, 2007 at 4:00 pm. About 'Coaching'.
We all keep waiting for Gainey to pull the bunny outta the magic hat. Last year his bunny was Downie, then over the summer Samsonov and Ninnima. None of his magic tricks are impressive. That is what he leaves Carbo to play with.
And Carbo needs to settle down, enough of the line juggling and basically moving rookies with old vets, its not gonna work!
Posted on March 22nd, 2007 at 4:14 pm. About 'Coaching'.
Maybe the United Nations should give the Habs a tax receipt, cause you know why? Cause Bob Gainey is running the UNICEF of Hockey! Yes, he is paying these international players more than they are worth!!!!
Posted on March 22nd, 2007 at 4:50 pm. About 'Coaching'.
Buffalo just loves Gainey’s bunnies, cause they are so pretty and soft, trouble is we need hockey players not pushovers like Ninnima and Johnson! Even Downie has gone soft!
Posted on March 22nd, 2007 at 4:54 pm. About 'Coaching'.
That’s the new names for the Habs! Gainey’s easter bunnies! Oh ya, I can just hear Bob Cole give the play by play on that one!
Posted on March 22nd, 2007 at 5:05 pm. About 'Coaching'.
Bunny, I’d take a playboy bunny. Perky $%#s and a nice round #$@@.
But seriously, in a profession league, should an ex-player get a coaching job when he doesn’t have the COACHING experience? NO
As for Gainey getting rid of Julien, cause it wasn’t his decision to hire him was pretty stupid. Think about it, the players Julien had, weren’t his choice, especially at the end.
And for all you know it alls: Gainey isn’t the saviour that you think he is. If he was, Markov would have been signed before Christmas…
Posted on March 22nd, 2007 at 5:22 pm. About 'Coaching'.
Joshtm: what the hell are you taleking about? Revise what you say before you actually post it. You make yourslef look like a moron.
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JOSHTM: “I agree with Die_Hard, early in the season I saw a miracle, it was a habs team largely of rookies, and they were good. It is too bad that Gainey had to split it up, if I were GM I would have kept them as long as they were winning or wait out the slump.”
DO YOU EVEN KNOW WHAT YOU ARE SAYING???
We had Latendresse as a full time rookie in this organization, and all others just came to play a game or twon when a player would be injured.
Now, let’s check how many full time rookies we have in the team:
-LATENDRESSE
-LAPIERRE
-KOSTYSTIN
-HALAK
Buddy what what you write. Im trying not to be offensive. You’re a great blogger, but you sometimes say things that are off the wall
Anyways, good luck habs for tonight!
!!!!!!!!GO HABS GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted on March 22nd, 2007 at 5:23 pm. About 'Coaching'.
REVISE WHAT YOU WRITE*
Posted on March 22nd, 2007 at 5:29 pm. About 'Coaching'.
Markov is a lock to come back. And if you didn’t know Gainey has a policy where he doesn’t nogociate contract extentions during the season. He’s said so publically.
That’s Markov hasn’t signed the 3-4 year deal worth 4 mil per they have waiting for him to sign at the end of the season.
Posted on March 22nd, 2007 at 5:31 pm. About 'Coaching'.
For men, the mind is the second thing to go!!
Carbo is making some fundamental mistakes that no coach [rookie or not] should be making, simple as that. And the Habs players are observing this and wondering, what the hell is going on??
Didn’t Gainey teach him anything last year?? Or didn’t Carbo learn anything last year, that was the objective of Gainey being the coach after letting Julien go.
Just as video is used to review the play of an upcoming opponent, video should be used by the Habs coaching staff to review the Habs players actions as well as what the coaching staff is doing in specific situations and noting the results. If the results are negative, find another process or course of action, don’t continually repeat it expecting a different outcome.
Geez!!
Posted on March 22nd, 2007 at 5:43 pm. About 'Coaching'.
“Montreal will make the Playoffs and upset Buffalo. 4-3. They will go on to the Stanley Cup finals led by our Rookies.”
My response to the above is to simply say: “Say NO to drugs!!”
Your statement: I have faith in our Habs of Montreal. The sun will shine on our Habs again. When?? or, are you going to leave it open ended and if it happens in 2057, you will say you were right all along??
I am not as optimistic as you are, here is my statement: Montreal Canadiens: Our past is brighter than our future.
La Fierté pour toujours.
Posted on March 22nd, 2007 at 6:40 pm. About 'Coaching'.
Of the coaches mentioned, if i had to pick one it would have to be Julien simply because the Devils can be deadly any year come playoff time (in the last 10 at least). Having said that, i don’t think any of these will do it this year.
On the subject of a possible firing of Carbo.. who knows. I’ll say this though, I think Gainey’s going to give him a real crack at this job simply because Gainey “don’t give a turd” what these blogs or the press thinks of his decisions or lack thereof.
Posted on March 22nd, 2007 at 7:33 pm. About 'Coaching'.
Gumper is right on, yes we all agree Gainey doesn’t give a turd, cause hey Gumper Bob Gainey says he can’t give a turd cause your head’s way up his you know what, he wants you to take your head out of his you know what cause your brown nosing is pretty serious…and yes we also agree that Bob Gainey doesn’t give a turd to begin with, never did when he came, last year when he couldn’t do nothing when he was both coach and GM it kinda showed…he doesn’t care if the habs win or lose, hey he is only happy getting paid highly for doing nothing!
Yes he has made Montreal the UNICEF of Hockey, where old retired Vets go to die, you know, whether they survive the fall of the old Soviet Union, or poisoning by KGB agents in Finland, or hey are just plain washed up American College hockey players, or if they are just plain bad, BoB Gainey has a sign hanging outside the Belle Centre: “Give me your broken down, give me your washed up hockey players”….
Actually by the way fan4066 I guess you were not around early in the season, we had full time Chippy, Grabby, Milroy, and of course your full time rookie Lat, and a couple of more rookies like Lapierre, D’Agostino…but hey if you wanna play the old Bob Gainey Propaganda Mill of Everythings Fine in Baghdad Bell Centre, be my guest, you and Dick Cheney must both have queer kids and bad aim, not to mention an awful sketchy grasp of reality…..
Posted on March 22nd, 2007 at 7:39 pm. About 'Coaching'.
GAME ON!
Posted on March 22nd, 2007 at 7:46 pm. About 'Coaching'.
Here let me do my Don Cherry Impression:
DIDN’T AH TELL YA!!! DIDN’T AH TELL YA!!! THEY WOULD FIGURE DANDENAULT AND BOUILLON OUT!!! SEE I TOLD YOU SO!!!!
Well maybe they will stand a chance now with the penalty, but honestly, that was great team work by Dandenault and Bouillon, moving the puck to the front of the net, and screening Halak, honestly, if only they could assists for giving the puck away they would surpass little Koivu!!!
Posted on March 22nd, 2007 at 7:53 pm. About 'Coaching'.
Anyone else notice Ryder drawing a lot of penalties lately?Good on him eh.
Posted on March 22nd, 2007 at 8:20 pm. About 'Coaching'.
Do the habs look like a team that wants to make the playoffs? NO! NO! NO!
THEY DIDN’T EVEN SHOW UP! There is absolutely NO DEFENCE! NONE WHATSOEVER!
If they play this way the rest of the game, they WILL LOSE! More so, THEY WON’T MAKE THE PLAYOFFS! They look totally disinterested in this game.
They should be playing like their lives depend on this game, but instead I think they’re thinking more about their golf clubs!
Why did I ever think they had a chance to make the playoff? I must have been off my rocker to have faith in this team!
Posted on March 22nd, 2007 at 8:28 pm. About 'Coaching'.
Too bad Dandenault and Bouillon couldn’t do what they did in the other end of the ice, you see that mark of a good coach or GM is they would take that play where Dandenault and Bouillon both worked together to score on their own goalie! Classic Anti-Habs…I bet Dandy and Bouilly are on the combined payroll of the eastern conference, to play against their own team!
Posted on March 22nd, 2007 at 8:33 pm. About 'Coaching'.
Lapiere was to blame on that second goal.Hey what do you know he is one of our young guns.We cant blame him he is french.
Posted on March 22nd, 2007 at 8:41 pm. About 'Coaching'.
Ninnima is back to his old ways! Honestly. Time to send him to the Dogs!
Posted on March 22nd, 2007 at 8:46 pm. About 'Coaching'.
Hey Pactum get it right, even the TSN and other news channels all show Ninnima as the one to blame. Good try though. The most we can blame the rookies for is, hey get this, that we even have the hope of a playoff spot! Honestly Pactum, rewind your TIVO and you’ll see!
Posted on March 22nd, 2007 at 8:49 pm. About 'Coaching'.
HOW DO YOU LIKE YOUR PIECE OF SHIT HABS? NO SHOW! NO HEART! NO EFFORT! NO DEFENCE! PATHETIC TEAM!
Posted on March 22nd, 2007 at 8:56 pm. About 'Coaching'.
How does a team play so rotten? How ? How? I don’t understand them? Why don’t they want to play? Why don’t they skate? Why don’t they try? Why not?
Posted on March 22nd, 2007 at 9:09 pm. About 'Coaching'.
There doing the best with what they have ,after all if it wasn’t for the young guy’s they wouldn’t even be in the hunt,you can only go to the well so many times,eh.If all was well with the Habs ,the only rookie playing would be Lats.
Posted on March 22nd, 2007 at 9:13 pm. About 'Coaching'.
R habs 4 real: I agree with you 100% with your post #50 & 56.
You can’t blame Halak tonight. He has no help from his D-Men. The Habs honestly do not wnat to make the playoffs. They have no desire what so ever to win.
I was wrong with my reply in the other blog. I hate to say it But it is game over for the Habs after tonight.
Posted on March 22nd, 2007 at 9:19 pm. About 'Coaching'.
WIN OR LOSE,the 3rd is going to be great hockey so surround yourself with the beers cause your not going to want to miss a second of it .
Posted on March 22nd, 2007 at 9:21 pm. About 'Coaching'.
All the other contending teams are playing their guts out, and the habs could care less! They’re playing like they have been for the past 3 months!
And talk about NO DEFENCE? Their defence tonight(or lack of), is THE WORST I HAVE SEEN ALL YEAR! THEY JUST CONTINUALLY COUGH UP THE PUCK! I wish we could trade the entire team! Koivu a leader? What a joke! Do you think a leader would let his team play without effort or desire or heart? They’re a joke!
Posted on March 22nd, 2007 at 9:43 pm. About 'Coaching'.
Dhirka–Dirkha–jihad–jihad!!
Posted on March 22nd, 2007 at 9:44 pm. About 'Coaching'.
La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-laPierre!!!!!!!!
Posted on March 22nd, 2007 at 9:47 pm. About 'Coaching'.
They finally listened to my pep talk, right? Thank God!
Posted on March 22nd, 2007 at 9:58 pm. About 'Coaching'.
TAKE THAT TIM THOMAS, YOU SORRY SACK OF SHIT!!!!!!!~!!!!!!!!
Posted on March 22nd, 2007 at 9:59 pm. About 'Coaching'.
I SAY…TAKE THOMAS OUT…
iKNOW I WONT BE LEAVIN HERE….
Posted on March 22nd, 2007 at 10:03 pm. About 'Coaching'.
THESE HABS ARE OUT OF CONTROL’
GOTTA BURN THESE BRUINS, BURN THESE BRUINS…
Posted on March 22nd, 2007 at 10:06 pm. About 'Coaching'.
Post # 23 is pretty welll right on … Didn’t have time to read the entire thread, but if anybody thinks Gainey is not here for the long term, they do not understand the situation nor the game, and though Carbo is the biggest reason the Habs are in tough shape (but not out yet) at this point, he will be here for a few years … and (my opinion), Kovalev will be back as well … and unfortunately Souray will not …
Posted on March 22nd, 2007 at 10:08 pm. About 'Coaching'.
I admit it I have egg on my face.
Posted on March 22nd, 2007 at 10:08 pm. About 'Coaching'.
LANTENDRESSE TAKIN OVER KOVALEV FOR YOU,
LANTENDRESSESE, LANTENDRESSE, LANTENDRESSE…
Posted on March 22nd, 2007 at 10:13 pm. About 'Coaching'.
Guys, until the end of the 2nd period, we looked like death! the goal near the end of the 2nd gave us a lift, and some momentum. But anyone who watched on TSN, knows the BRUINS are the worst team in the NHL ,in3rd periods, this season. So, they helped our cause. But the bottom line is, we can’t start off games like this. For almost 2 periods there wasn’t any effort. You know how we talk about them not playing for 60 minutes. well, they were very lucky tonight. Against a better team, it would have been light out and a loss for us, so count your blessings!
Posted on March 22nd, 2007 at 10:14 pm. About 'Coaching'.
Not rewarding the hard-working Bonk? Are you on crack, Joshtm? Out of three years, Bonk worked for one. Typical European…
Posted on March 22nd, 2007 at 10:15 pm. About 'Coaching'.
It was lookin good for Washington for a while to night but the canes, the lucky bastards won.
Pittsburgh can’t beat NYI’s but they beat everyone else. For F_ck sakes.
Can’t any other team help us out a little?
Posted on March 22nd, 2007 at 10:20 pm. About 'Coaching'.
the crapitals are done come Saturday. True story…Looks like a couple guys crawled us to a victory…
Posted on March 22nd, 2007 at 10:21 pm. About 'Coaching'.
Has anyone noticed how lousy Pitt and NJ are playing lately? I think they both have lost 3 in a row. I wish they would help us out. But I think Buffalo will help tomorrow and Saturday vs leafs. If only Carolina, NYR, and NYI would lose.
Posted on March 22nd, 2007 at 10:32 pm. About 'Coaching'.
at this time of the year a teams best players–have to be their best players !!
so we can see that Kovalev and Samsonov…are both nothing more than a worthless piece of shit !!!
They are both an absolute disgrace to the CH.
I think we are still going to need to have help however to make this happen,
we will see….
Posted on March 22nd, 2007 at 10:38 pm. About 'Coaching'.
Buffalo 2 wins, leafs 0…excellent!
Posted on March 22nd, 2007 at 10:41 pm. About 'Coaching'.
Hey Nigelski, Bonk is one of the lowest paid habs yet he delivers game in and game out, I have never crapped on Bonk on this blog, in fact I have wondered why Gainey pays someone like Dandenault an outrageous salary, yet someone like Bonk who has showed up all year long game in and game out….
I think it is time to retire the old vets, retire the vets, Johnson, Kovalev, Samsonov, yes I said Johnson even though he wasn’t totally plastered tonite he only managed to fall down a few times, Gainey musta found his stash of booze…
Looks like the rookies helped out yet one more time. Chara was muscling but where the hell were the vets? Crumbling under Chara, it wasn’t until Lapierre started hitting back that Chara backed off.
Clearly Montreal needs muscle. If Bouillon was supposed to be the muscle even Bouilly buckled…
But isn’t it sad that Gainey still has not called up Grabby or Milroy? What he doesn’t wanna win a cup or what?
Posted on March 22nd, 2007 at 10:41 pm. About 'Coaching'.
Halak was good tonight. The first goal was iffy but the others he had no chance on. Halak kept the Habs in the game.
Good Job Kid. Keep it up.
Like I said before, most of the goals scored on Halak over the games he played were not his fault.
To tell you the truth all the games they lost with Halak in net, if the D-Men would have helped him out they would have won those games and have a playoff birth wrapped up.
“IF” is the most powerful word in the World. But that is the way the cookie crumbles right.
Posted on March 22nd, 2007 at 10:58 pm. About 'Coaching'.
Dipietro will have his day I am sure, he is gonna pull blanks like he has done all year. Like he has done before. That should help Montreal. Now if only Koivu and Kovalev won’t pull prima donna hissy fits and jinx the winning streak, and if only Gainey would bring up at least one or two big rookies to savave the sabres…
Posted on March 22nd, 2007 at 11:04 pm. About 'Coaching'.
Bonk’s salary is over $2 million/year…and the only reason it is at that price is the 25% rollback, Joshtm. Remember that? He used to make over $3 mil. Sound Familiar? Bonk has played well this year, but, he IS euro, and it is a contract year. And OH YEAH, he’s playin’ for a reduced salary of $2 394 000, even after the 25% reduction. Yeah, what a steal. Johnson, your boy, @ 1 900 000, but that so called stud ? Bonk @ $2 394 000. While Johnson is crawlin’, and Samsontiff is cryin’, Bonk is quietly stealin’. You may have forgotten the salary dump that was Bonk in the Garon-Huet deal, I certainly have not. Sure, Bonk has played ok this season…OK. Not a star, by any means. He did nothing to merit his salary in previous seasons.
Posted on March 22nd, 2007 at 11:08 pm. About 'Coaching'.
HIGGINS that’s all!!!!!!
Posted on March 22nd, 2007 at 11:10 pm. About 'Coaching'.
I’m impressed Joshtm. Somehow, you have managed to defend Bonk 23 minutes before I even critiqued him. Super power?
Posted on March 22nd, 2007 at 11:12 pm. About 'Coaching'.
Can you smell it? It’s the smell of Bear fryin in da pan. We cooked them 2 in a row. The meat is sweeter and tastier tonight than Tuesday.
Lets enjoy this win guys, cause Sat. is another big game. The Caps showed that they can beat the big teams. So we will have our work cut out for us.
Posted on March 22nd, 2007 at 11:12 pm. About 'Coaching'.
I guess Nigelski forgets who it was that helped us scrape and crawl our way outta the slump, it sure wasn’t the highest paid hab, Koivu, or that other highly paid Sherbrooke native, wallflower dandynuts…it was Pleks and Bonk my friend. At least Bonk played for his money and was worth the trade. Big difference to that backstroke champion of the ice, someone forgot to tell Johnson he gets paid to skate and score, not crawl and crumble. Its sad when a vet like Johnson needs a smaller Lapierre to look after him, isn’t that just sad? Oh yah, guess what Halak just happens to be a guess what, yes, that’s right…not canadian!!!
But hey its the real canadians on this canadiens team that are pulling us out, I am not talking about the vets, I am talking about the rookies!
Posted on March 22nd, 2007 at 11:18 pm. About 'Coaching'.
I forget nothing. Bonk has done the Euro contract stroke by playing in the final year of his. Time to steal another 2 out of 3 salary years. And Johnson quit drinking in Toronto, so I hear.
Posted on March 22nd, 2007 at 11:19 pm. About 'Coaching'.
Joshtm Dude. Give it a F_ckin rest. You are like a broken record. The same shit you type with every reply. Brother it is getting very old. Take a break from here until you actually have something intelligent to say. You are getting on everybody’s nerves. Let it rest.
Posted on March 22nd, 2007 at 11:19 pm. About 'Coaching'.
But you are correct, the rookies have been getting it done.
Posted on March 22nd, 2007 at 11:22 pm. About 'Coaching'.
No, don’t go Joshtm. I truly get a good chuckle out of your rants…
Posted on March 22nd, 2007 at 11:23 pm. About 'Coaching'.
People please don’t reply to Joshtm’s silly and useless comments. He is just feeding off of that.
I don’t want to start anything with you Joshtm but you are anoying Dude.
Posted on March 22nd, 2007 at 11:26 pm. About 'Coaching'.
What’s wrong DieHard, did the door hit you on the way out? Don’t forget to flush the toilet, cause the shit sure stinks there DieHard! Jump offa any flaming buildings lately? YippieKyeYaieeee~!!!!!
Too bad you don’t have nothing good to say, you are definitely getting on everyone’s nerves, what with your broken record! Give it a rest won’t you?
Like as if DieHard has any constructive things to bring to the table here.
It’s about time we acknowledge the hard work of the rookies and give crumbling vets like Johnson the boot, cause hey, guess what, this is not the laffs!! I know some of you were licking your chops wishing the habs would die, but guess what, its the habs and they are gonna fight hard if only to be eliminated in the first round at least. At least they’ll make an appearance in the playoffs unlike the laffs!!! Thanks to the rookies of course!
Posted on March 22nd, 2007 at 11:27 pm. About 'Coaching'.
KOVALEV was on the ice for ALL THE BOSTON GOALS! Why do we play him? He’s more of a hindrance than a help! He’s totally USELESS!
And why was GEORGES scratched? Ninnimaa was directly responsible for 1 bruins goal. GEORGES should play instead of Ninnimaa and Dandenault should NEVER play again for us, after this season!
Posted on March 22nd, 2007 at 11:31 pm. About 'Coaching'.
Whatever we won 6 - 3
Cry all you like about Kovy he is a great player and had a fantastic game on Tuesday 4 or 5 good chances ….
Posted on March 23rd, 2007 at 6:55 am. About 'Coaching'.
I was out drinking and only caught the third period. Well, sometimes ya gotta do it, and it’s not like they play hab games in Toronto @ the bars too often–unless they are playing the leafs. Apparently, we didn’t do much in the first 2, so I don’t feel like I missed much.
Still, the comeback was reminiscent of how we played until x-mas. We wereen’t outworking too many teams then, either, but we seemed to have another gear that we could unleash at will. We buried pretty much all our chances then, and it was like that in the third. True, the flopping baby seal that is Tim Thomas got clubbed on a couple of those goals, and as a member of the Colbert nation, it was good to see us defeat the bears two in a row.
Now if we can crush Washington, our confidence should be in good shape for next week’s far tougher sked. Gotta go, but I’ll weigh in later with some heavy-handed opining.
Posted on March 23rd, 2007 at 7:28 am. About 'Coaching'.
If the Habs can play like this through the rest of the season,grab 8th and get their shit together like at the first of the year, we could do some damage.
I didn’t get to see the game. How did Halak play last night? Was he “solid” in the net….make any outstanding saves, playoff calibre saves? If he can eleveate his game in time for the playoffs, it could carry us for a spell
Posted on March 23rd, 2007 at 8:28 am. About 'Coaching'.
Halak played good. No oustanding saves, but good saves. He kept them in the game. The first goal was IFFY but the other two he had no chance on.
If the D-men would have helped him out out from the first game that Halak played and lost, we would have a playoff birth wrapped up now. We should have won the games that Halak lost. I don’t blame on loss on Halak. I blame it on the D-men.
Posted on March 23rd, 2007 at 8:37 am. About 'Coaching'.
I totally agree, I find that their defence is not towing to line like they should. It’s kinda funny ya know, my son plays hockey, and he’s a D-man. I teach him as much as I can, considering I used to be a goalie when I once played. I show him what he needs to develop, I show him how to cut the man down on the wing, and especially clearing the puck from in front of the net!! All the thing the Montreal’s D-men don’t do half the time….that really cracks me up!
Posted on March 23rd, 2007 at 10:15 am. About 'Coaching'.
We know how much money the players make per year. BUT How much do the coaches make ??? Do they make the big bucks? how do their contracts go? It seems that they can be let go in the middle of the season, basically at any time. I’ve always wondered that.
Posted on March 23rd, 2007 at 10:31 am. About 'Coaching'.
It seems there are a select few that make big buck. I believe that Scotty Bowman was one of those big bucks guys, not positive on the amount, but I thnk it was around $1 million. Jacques Lemaire, and Marc Crawford are making around that as well…give or take. Most of them make around 400,000-600,000/ season. Far cry from the players for sure
Posted on March 23rd, 2007 at 10:48 am. About 'Coaching'.
That still is excellent pay for pacing back and forth. But they have the most stress on the team.
The equipment manager must get around the &60,000.00 mark. They work very hard taking care of over 20 guys sweaty equipment.
When you see the players getting off the bus etc. they never are seen carring their own equipment.
It must be very tough being a professional sports player….LOL. Making millions of dollars…….
Posted on March 23rd, 2007 at 11:51 am. About 'Coaching'.
Pat Burns quit and took his 4 year act to Toronto in ‘92. I liked Burnsie but he was a boring coach preferring the dull defense first wins games mantra. His rookie year, the Habs went to the Finals and lost to the Flames in 6 games, his rookie mistake, running the troops through a hard long practice before Game 6 when the battle weary needed rest… His other legacy is not wanting Claude Lemieux on the team so he was traded for… wait, yup, Sylvain Turgeon who he also wasted. Curious, the Habs won the Cup the year after Burns left with pretty much the same roster under Jacques Demers. Coincidence?
Burns lasted 4 years in Toronto til they tuned him out and a turn in Boston where they tuned him out. When New Jersey hired him, it was a match made in heaven and I’m glad he won his Cup but he was the wrong coach for Montreal.
I hated Mario Tremblay, I thought he was a bush player and he turned out to be an even worse coach preferring to battle egos with the team’s superstar goalie (Roy) who he was determined to humble. Throw a yes-man GM in Reggie Houle and Roy got traded with then captain Mike Keane for absolutely nothing (puhleez, Rucinsky, Kovalenko and Thibault??? We shoulda got Sakic or Forsberg for someone of Roy’s superstar stature).
I like Vigneault but again, the inept Houle saddled him with absolutely nothing (remember Rucinky’s team leading 17 goals in ‘99? Or Sergei Zholtok’s 26 the next season?) Houle traded away talent for retreads sending the likes of Pierre Turgeon and Mark Recchi away and bringing in Shayne Corson, Stephane Richer and Dainus Zubrus!
Therrien was a sparkplug and had he not made the bad decision in the Hurricanes playoff series by garneing himself a stupid bench penalty, things may have turned out better for him but, alas, his players tuned him out the following season.
Julien was a good man in the wrong place, the unfortunate position of being the previous GM’s choice for coach when Bob Gainey came in. Again, like Burns, New Jersey is perfect for him where 2-1 victories are considered exciting.
As for Carbo, I say give him time because I’m sick of our coaches getting fired too soon and succeeding elsewhere.
Posted on March 23rd, 2007 at 12:13 pm. About 'Coaching'.
Earlier in the year when I was posting as Xhabsfan,you know during the winning streak with the old guys,just before Lapierre was inserted and got his first 4 goals,I had mentioned my big time doubts that the old ,undersized and overpaid Habs were about to crumble like cookies,and boy did I hit the nail on the head to the chagrin of the majority of the posters on the old Habs Blog. I did not contrive those viewpoints for arguments sake nor to nourish my ego,I just stated the fact as I had seen them through my post, stating that since the budget was blown it simply was Bull-dog time , which almost wasn’t going to happen but for the Habs flu scenario . Thanks to that freak of nature ,we have a new Habs team ,a new soul ,and a new direction,and a new beginning,…thank-you hockey Gods…thank-you!!!So say good-bye to the old and hello to the new,or as the British would say,”the King is dead,God save the King.” Now ,as for the Hab fans, please continue to demand changes to this team in regards to :1)Size 2)Defence 3)Youth movement 4)The resigning of our Hab superstar and leader Souray,as well as Markov 5)Acquiring the rite UFA’S ,WHO DREAM OF PLAYING FOR THE ONLY HOCKEY TEAM THAT TRULY MATTERS!!! So support the new guy’s and lets get rid of half our vets ,with our thanks and good will to there new journeys and let have more of this want of winning,cause that’s what it’s all about baby,oh yeah!!!
Posted on March 23rd, 2007 at 12:27 pm. About 'Coaching'.
None of those coahes have anything on Mario Trembley.
Posted on March 23rd, 2007 at 1:22 pm. About 'Coaching'.
Tremblay is a reclaimation project right now, with Lemaire trying to teach him the ropes. Lucky to get another coaching job, even as assisstant coach. The team should have known better than to hire him, but Houle was far from a genius. The team basically said,”Ok, Mario–you talk the talk, let’s see if you can walk the walk.” He had no coaching experience, and it showed, not just with the Roy incident, but by breaking up the top line of turgeon-recchi-savage, that was at that point, one of the best in the league(for a month and a half anyhow). It seemed to really shatter Savage’s confidence, and he never was much use after that, except in October…
Posted on March 23rd, 2007 at 2:19 pm. About 'Coaching'.
How many points does everyone think Montreal will have after Saturday compared to Toronto?
Posted on March 23rd, 2007 at 3:29 pm. About 'Coaching'.
More points than them I hope.
We need some added help this weekend.
We need Buffalo to stampede over the Leafs………….
We need the Flyers to fly pass the NYI’s……………..
We need the Sharks to eat the Canes …………….
We need the Bruins to put a bear hug on the Rangers………………..(but do you think that they will help our cause after we kicked their asses all over “Bean Town” last night…)
If all of the above pan out and Our Habs Win As Well……………….We Will Be OK…………….
A pretty tall order to fill eh……………….
Posted on March 23rd, 2007 at 9:04 pm. About 'Coaching'.
Many things have to go right for us to get in the post-season. Maybe too many things. If that is the case, the team has no one else to blame. Since the last losing streak, not all that long ago, the boys have been doing a lot of things I like to see my team do, but there is still some work needed.
I’d like to see a change in philosophy for next season, with more of a premium on offence, and notably, the pressure game. Too many nights the habs seemed to get out-muscled in the corners and along the boards, and too often they sit back and wait for opportunities instead of trying to create chances.
I’d like to see a high octane, strong forecheck; a team that comes at their opponents hard every game. A team that attacks in waves, like Buffalo. A team that utilizes the speed of some of its players, guys like Kostitsyn.
That being said, I look forward to seeing Plekanec-Higgins-Kostitsyn as a line for us next season, assuming Guy doesn’t split them up every 2nd shift. They’ve started to show some chemistry the last bunch of games, and we could be watching a preview of next season’s #1 line as this season dwindles away. I had previously believed Higgins should be kept with Ryder and Koivu, but the last few, I’ve begun to see Higgins be able to mesh with Pleks and Kosy.
The Lapierre-Lantendresse-Kovalev line hasn’t looked too bad either, As the two youngsters are currently picking up Kovalev’s slack out there. It’s a lot to pick up, but it has seemed to me that he is better positioned to do something offensive when those two are bangin’ and doin’ the grunt work, as it were.
The other 2 lines are a work in progress, still. Finding someone to ignite the Koivu-Ryder duo should be a project, and there is no telling what the other line will look like, as both Johnson and Bonk could walk. That said, Souray, Markov and Ninnimma could all leave the team July 1st also, though Ninnimma won’t be missed.
If Gainey can’t get the job done this summer, it should cost his job. Like many of you, I am sick of the talk of UFAs not wanting to come here, though it is somewhat of a reality. The holes are there to be filled, and if he can’t fill them, someone should fill in for him.
Posted on March 23rd, 2007 at 9:51 pm. About 'Coaching'.
For F_cks sake, can’t any team f_ckin help us out?
Buffalo is playing like the Habs tonight. This team is #1 and they can’t beat the Laffs, come on this is a f_ckin joke.
Posted on March 23rd, 2007 at 9:54 pm. About 'Coaching'.
I don’t see the habs making the playoffs. NYR too strong and playing great D, and having also that VERY IMPORTANT GAME IN HAND. Leafs are beating Buffalo in Buffalo,which is very bad for us. Those games in hand by other teams, WILL BE THE REASON WE DON’T GET IN! Oh well, there’s always next year.
Posted on March 23rd, 2007 at 10:07 pm. About 'Coaching'.
Leafs are beating the crap out of Buffalo, in Buffalo! They’re up 4-1. Now I am depressed! I think it is really really over for us. All those NO SHOWS by habs in DEc, Jan, Feb, KILLERS! Cost us the playoffs.
Posted on March 23rd, 2007 at 10:25 pm. About 'Coaching'.
Guess what? Buffalo just tied the game 4 all! Amazing.
Posted on March 23rd, 2007 at 10:26 pm. About 'Coaching'.
Buffalo now ahead 5-4. Toronto looks like Boston in the 3rd period last night.
Posted on March 23rd, 2007 at 10:40 pm. About 'Coaching'.
Buffalo won. What an amazing comeback! Just like the habs last night. Devastating loss for leafs. They had the game in the bag, leading 4-1 with about 14 minutes to go in the 3rd period. I think this will be the game that cost leafs chance to make the playoffs. I think leafs will be so emotionally down, that they will lose the 2nd game vs buffalo tomorrow in Toronto. Thanks Buffalo! Hey guys, did you like by play by play of the 3rd period?
Posted on March 23rd, 2007 at 11:02 pm. About 'Coaching'.
is there a sabres blog that i can go to??? i have a major thank you for them!!!
Posted on March 23rd, 2007 at 11:05 pm. About 'Coaching'.
Beauty, couldn’t have said it any better. THANK YOU BUFFALO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted on March 23rd, 2007 at 11:28 pm. About 'Coaching'.
Finnaly. Some done us a favor. Thanks Sabres.
Posted on March 23rd, 2007 at 11:41 pm. About 'Coaching'.
HA HA HA ,Toronto MaplePricks must have the longest losing streak in Pro Sports,as Don Cherry would say ,way ta go !!! Harold Ballard sleeps well tonite .ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha …………..
Posted on March 23rd, 2007 at 11:50 pm. About 'Coaching'.
Oh, one more thing,yo Sabers,ya you Buffalo farts,you are going to get your handed to you on the 31st,ladies,so go fu@k-yourselves as preparation for what the Habs are going to do to you!!!!
Posted on March 24th, 2007 at 2:38 am. About 'Coaching'.
HEY GUYS LISTEN TO SOME OF THESE LEAF LOSERS. I COPIED SOME OF THEIR COMMENTS FROM TSN.
THESE GUYS ARE PATHETIC, YOU’LL GET A GOOD LAUGH OUTTA THESE:
1. I really question myself, why am I a Leafs fan…….disappointed yet again! This loss tonight makes me sick. Does Maurice really know what he is doing? A time out is a must in a situation like that. Raycroft is aweful!! Lets deal with the fact that the next 3 years with Raycroft, the Leafs are going nowhere……..Lets go Jays!!!!!!!!!
2. They lost to Montreal last year in back to back games and missed the playoffs. Is this deja vu for the leafs?
3. Tap..tap..tap.. the sound of nails being hammered in the Leaf coffin. Playoff race is too tight for any team to blow 3 goal leads in the 3rd period..especially if you are outside looking in. The Buds might bring up their Russian prospect Tee-n-off sooner than expected.
GO HABS GO SUCKERS!
Posted on March 24th, 2007 at 8:40 am. About 'Coaching'.
The one guy is right; Raycroft is awful. He’s played in too many games this year, as Maurice seems to have no confidence in JS Aubin. Who would? Raycrofts #s are the worst amoung solidly ensconced starting goaltenders. We should be thankful for that; I know I am. I watched part of the game too and it was looking like a toronto blowout, but the sabres showed their 3rd gear in the 3rd, skating by leafs like pylons, and scoring a couple weak ones on Raycroft…
The irony, if you think about the Leafs-Sens rivalry, is that both team calls their #1 goalie Razor. The thing is, if you’re careful, a razor can give you a close shave, and most ladies love that. But if you’re careless, it’ll cut your throat. Playning andrew razor 71 games in a season is a sure way to cut your own throat. Ha HAA.
I hope they lose tonight as well. Living in TO as i do, i’ve had to put up with some flak the last month or so as the habs slid. Nothing i can’t handle, of course, as the average leaf fan is as intelligent as wallpaper, but even a cloud of buzzing insects can get on your nerves after a while. Hopefully, Buffalo is to the leafs this year, as we were to the leafs playoff hopes last year–and that is the death of dreams.
Posted on March 24th, 2007 at 9:10 am. About 'Coaching'.
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, I know it’s sick and twisted but I actually get a bigger kick out of the Leafs losing than I do the Habs winning… I’m 42, man, I’ve seen my glorious Habs win the Cup, a lot! But having to live in Ontario now with these stupid Leaf fans have given me a real hate-on for that team ! Thank you Buffalo for making “After The Horn” and “Leaf Talk” a real treat tonight!
I love the Habs but my second favourite team (whoever plays the Leafs) sure are fun to watch some nights too!
Montreal 5, Washington 3
Posted on March 24th, 2007 at 9:20 am. About 'Coaching'.
Olag Koldsieve is back, and the Crapitals are again playing fairly well, so it’s important to get on them early and often. I live in TO myself, smiler, and couldn’t agree with you more. My hatred for all things Leafs is an untrammeled, hardcore thing. Good thing they have their own abescher in raycroft. Normally, I could care less about the leafs, but the fact is they are right there with us, so we need to (gak!) root for Buffalo tonight.
Talk about borrowing from peter to pay paul. I despise the Sabres as well, and all things Buffalo, save for the chicken wings. Their commentator, he of the, “Maydays,” “La-la-la-lalafountaines,” etc is a true piece of human refuse, and I’d choke him out as soon as look at him. He makes the suffering at the hands of Ed Kilgore and his ilk(old Buffalo 29 sabres braodcasts, for those of you who are going, HUH?!?!) seem like fond childhood memories. Which, of course, they are not.
Joe Bowen is a sack of sh_t as well, with his overused and incredibly stupid,”Holy Mackinaw!” I know people are chomping at the bit to have Cole replaced, but be careful what you wish for, cause Blowen is his likely successor. And it’s icy cold barbed wire death for Bowen, as far as I’m concerned.
Posted on March 24th, 2007 at 9:39 am. About 'Coaching'.
THE THREEE COACHES YOU TALKED ABOUT IN THE INTRO ALL HAVE SOMETHING THE CANADIENS DONT HAVE…A SUPERSTARS!! JULIEN HAS BRODEUR, VIGNEAULT HAS LUONGO AND THERRIEN HAS CROSBY, MALKIN, AND SO ON!! WE WOULD HAVE 94 POINTS TOO IF WE HAD THOSE FREAKIN GUYS!! MY SISTER CAN SIT BEHIND THE BENCH AND WIN W/ ANY OF THOSE GUYS TOO!!
Posted on March 24th, 2007 at 9:40 am. About 'Coaching'.
THE THREEE COACHES YOU TALKED ABOUT IN THE INTRO ALL HAVE SOMETHING THE CANADIENS DONT HAVE…A SUPERSTARS!! JULIEN HAS BRODEUR, VIGNEAULT HAS LUONGO AND THERRIEN HAS CROSBY, MALKIN, AND SO ON!! WE WOULD HAVE 94 POINTS TOO IF WE HAD THOSE DAMN GUYS!! MY SISTER CAN SIT BEHIND THE BENCH AND WIN W/ ANY OF THOSE GUYS TOO!!
Posted on March 24th, 2007 at 10:53 am. About 'Coaching'.
I agree les canadiens.To compare the habs to vancouver,pittsburg,new jersey is like to compare apples to oranges. GO HABS GO LETS KICK SOME CAPITAL ASS TONIGHT
Posted on March 24th, 2007 at 11:30 am. About 'Coaching'.
Joe Bowen’s good as an announcer cuz in all fairness to him he does get just as excited when calling an opposition team’s goal but yeah, I hate his total bias for anything Leaf from his “Holy Mackinaw” like you said to his near crying “bless you boys” after the Leafs beat Ottawa in the playoffs a couple of seasons ago. He can’t replace Bob Cole for that reason or there’d be a Canadian mutiny from coast to coast cuz NOT every Canadian is a Leaf fan as CBC and TSN would like to believe.
By the way, did anyone else notice TSN’s Sportcentre on Thursday after Montreal defeated Boston? In all their pro-Leaf glory, they forgot to add the Habs two points that night when they flashed their ‘updated’ Eastern standings so it looked like we were still tied with the Laffs. Idiots!
Posted on March 24th, 2007 at 11:45 am. About 'Coaching'.
I usually watch the score for my highlight package, but i did catch that. Because of march madness, and spring training, it’s just easier to turn to TSN at the top of the hour, because the hockey highlights are always top priority there. The score used to have a line that told you when the various sports highlights would be shown, but without that, I’m sitting there constantly watching highlights from sports I don’t have much interest in.
I was OK with poker on the sport channels when the lockout was going on, but isn’t it time that this “Sport” was removed from their line up? If there is anything more boring than poker on TV, I have yet to see it. Well, reality TV blows too. The people who order Survivor on Demand for 1.99/episode have to be the most retarded alive–tape it and watch it later, pylons!
Sorry, no relevance, but had to get it out of me before I exploded.
Posted on March 24th, 2007 at 12:38 pm. About 'Coaching'.
Talking about reality T.V.,don’t forget to mention Kenny vs Spenny. If you are not familiar with the show, IT’S ABOUT TWO LIFELONG LAFF FANS,who are eternally in competition with each other to find out who is the true loser .The one that loses has to watch Laff playoff action from the 40’s and50’s,heh heh!Ok,so that’s my version ,but I like it.Habs 5-Crapitals 1.Didn’t the Laff’s miss those playoff’s too??LOL
Posted on March 24th, 2007 at 12:56 pm. About 'Coaching'.
Hey SMILER: Like you, I enjoy watching LEAFS TV(after the horn), only when the leafs LOSE. It was great last night. The fans complaining how bad Raycroft is,and the announcers(Vaive and Duff), actually saying Raycroft wasn’t too blame. Give me a break. But the truth is, leafs stopped playing, and the sabres speed killed them. Buffalo actually did not play or skate for 40 minutes. Yet Leaf biased announcers were saying how fantastic they were playing. Not the case. As soon as the sabres put it into high gear, it was all over for the leafs, who last night really looked like LAFFS! I know I had a good laff!
But now forget those losers, and concentrate on les habs!
We need some help from other teams, ie. Philly, SJ, and Boston, and of course for Buff to do another job on the laffs. The results of today’s games will give me an idea about the game tomorrow: NYI vs NYR. Someone has to win that game, but who? I guess it will depend on which NY team wins today or both.
Anyways it feels right now like playoff hockey, just in case the habs don’t get in.
Posted on March 24th, 2007 at 1:05 pm. About 'Coaching'.
Thank you so much Buffalo for beating the Leafs last night. Now we need to find a way to win tonight and see what happens with the other teams we are battling for a playoff spot. Hopefully Buffalo can beat Toronto again tonight and hopefully Carolina can lose as well. I am not sure if some of you know, but we are only 4 points out of 6th in the conference, which belongs to Tampa Bay. If we play well the rest of the season and Tampa falters a bit, we might have a chance at 6th. I know I am probably looking ahead a bit but we have to look at the glass half full. Anyways Go Habs Go!!
Ziman
Posted on March 24th, 2007 at 1:24 pm. About 'Coaching'.
I think 6th IS a bit of a stretch. If we hadn’t gone and lost 4 in a row prior to our last 6, it could’ve been a possibility. Now 8th seems like an uphill battle: one I think we can win.
Posted on March 24th, 2007 at 1:40 pm. About 'Coaching'.
Joshtm’s Gainey bashing is really starting to piss me off. I don’t understand how he thinks that gainey is the worst GM in NHL. I can think of a lot of worse ones (JFJ). Gainey is rebuilding this team thorugh the draft and timmins is doing a terrific job drafting, especially in later rounds. Hamilton might not be stacked at the moment but thats only because all the players from the last two draft years are still playing junior or college. Like Price,Fisher, Kostitsyn Jr, Ben maxwell, Ryan White and Mathieu Carle. All these players havce been drafted in either 05 or 06.
One more thing Joshtm, you said that Chipchura, D’agostini, and a few other players were the reason monreal was playing so well at the beggining of the season. neither of them have been called up this year. I think you are thinking of the pre-season which if i remeber didnt go so well.
And what is up with the constant Johnson bashing? He’s leading are team in 5-5 goals. This team wil be a definite competitor by 2009, which is when gainey said they were gonna be great. Not today, not tomorrow. 2009 buddy.
Posted on March 24th, 2007 at 2:01 pm. About 'Coaching'.
josh is like our idiot brother, ya just put up with him. I like Mike Johnson too, hope they re-sign him and Gainey is just what we need so ignore josh, most everybody here does anyway.
Posted on April 8th, 2007 at 5:55 pm. About 'Coaching'.
Kirk Muller might make an excellent assistant coach, but the head coach job (which I am more concerned with) should definitely remain with Gainey. Carboneau, after starting Huet fresh from an injury in a do or die situation, has proven he does not deserve his job. Maybe Huet might be ready for the start of the next season but it is evident after a 6-5 loss to the Leafs - and I just want to stress this point - the F$@*ing Leafs, that he was not ready to come back at this point. Choosing to play him cost us a playoff birth and so I hate to say this Carboneau must go. We have to do all we can to get Gainey back. But back to the original topic I think Muller deserves a shot as assistant coach, because it’s obvious that Carboneau doesn’t deserve either a head or assistant coach job. Thats my two cents.