Three More
The Canadiens strong play, 6 wins out of the last 7 games, combined with the Maple Leafs choking so hard on the Big Apple have put them in a favorable spot.
Three games remain, one crucial home game against a weak team before hitting the road against the Rangers and the last dance of the year in Toronto.
The stage is set for Saturday to be potentially the biggest NHL game of the entire year, but the Canadiens can’t look that far ahead because the Bruins would love nothing more than spoiling the Canadiens chances.
If Carbonneau can keep the Canadiens focused on the task at hand, the rest should take care of itself.
Two more wins and maybe some more choking from the Leafs could make for a fun free skate in the Air Canada Centre on Saturday. More likely it will serve up a Darcy Tucker special, cheap shots and whine.
Posted on April 3rd, 2007 at 12:12 pm. About 'Three More'.
Good line on Tucker. What an ass-clown ! He’s an absolute joke outside of hockey circles here in Toronto. Did you see him on “Off The Record” last week ?. His answers on ‘rapid fire’ (?) were so banal and commonplace. Eg. “Next question….next question…next question”. Whoooo…sooo insightful. This is the face of the Maple Leafs for the next several years ?
Wow, what an embarrasment. What a moron. And I am shocked that his ‘F%^(ING HOMO” insult that was heard on national tv a few weeks ago was not picked up by anybody. Look what it did for the reputation of Anne Coulter and that Isiah Washington dude from Grey’s Anatomy ! The gay community should be up in arms.
That is not acceptable language. Shame on him. Shame of this joke of a franchise. Let’s get some breathing room between them and the beloved Habs before Saturday. Go Habitant !
Toodles. The Duke in T.O.
Posted on April 3rd, 2007 at 12:34 pm. About 'Three More'.
I’ll, I’ll, I’ll Toast to ah, ah dat………Hickup, Hickup, Hickup.
I’m tipsy on Tuckers Whine already….. FOR THE LOVE OF GOD…..GO HABS GO..
Posted on April 3rd, 2007 at 1:05 pm. About 'Three More'.
“Tucker”….rhymes with…
Posted on April 3rd, 2007 at 1:14 pm. About 'Three More'.
Do you guys think that Halak will be under more pressure tonight to play better because Huet in on the bench as backup ???????
Posted on April 3rd, 2007 at 2:44 pm. About 'Three More'.
Oh no, that means that Carbo would have no qualms in putting him in at the slightest slip of the skate, especially with Dandy and Bouilly basically playing like their usual crap selves! It is sad that we have great goalies, perhaps the best overall, not the best, but amongst the best anyway, only to have them destroyed by our own defense!
Posted on April 3rd, 2007 at 2:54 pm. About 'Three More'.
There goes the happy times, back to the same old same old, Koivu hooking, Alexei’s elbow slipping, Huet letting in easy shots, next we await to see Bob Gainey sending all the rookies down to Hamilton!
Posted on April 3rd, 2007 at 2:59 pm. About 'Three More'.
Who knew that Guy Carbo and Bob Gainey could destroy the habs chances so easily so quickly! And Guy or Bob hasn’t even called up Grabby or Milroy!
Posted on April 3rd, 2007 at 3:06 pm. About 'Three More'.
By doing nothing and saying basically nothing, Guy has all but destroyed the habs! Talk about great skill. That is unless Lapierre and Latendress and of course Pleks and Bonk dig him out and Koivu or Kovalev get the winning goal! Go HABS GO!
Posted on April 3rd, 2007 at 3:11 pm. About 'Three More'.
Joshtm,
You seem like such a happy child. Where did it all go wrong for you?
I’ve had hamstring problems playing hockey…a goalie at that, and I still believe that Huet should be sitting out the rest of the season. There is no way he will be able to play with playoff intensity….that hamstring needs more time to heal. He’s gonna screw his career doing this
Posted on April 3rd, 2007 at 3:21 pm. About 'Three More'.
Geeze fan4066 I see you and Guy Carbo are classics at saying nothing, meaning nothing and yet destroying everything by doing exactly that, kinda like that embarrasing drunken auntie at X-mas!
But at least you get my point. Even Abby-shit would be better than seeing Huet injured again!
Posted on April 3rd, 2007 at 3:24 pm. About 'Three More'.
Sometimes it is better to get your mouth shut. Hint HInt
NOw bring me some cigerettes and lets get busy.
Posted on April 3rd, 2007 at 3:35 pm. About 'Three More'.
See fan4066 even Snake agrees, I agree too, sometimes it is better if Carbo kept his big mouth shut! That goes for Kovalev too! Honestly, I have never seen such a bunch of gripes! And they get paid handsomely for doing what?
Worse than complaining about those who complain about them complaining!
Posted on April 3rd, 2007 at 5:24 pm. About 'Three More'.
Sorry to say but Josh takes up space, nothing more … Gainey is oneof the best minds in the game and Carbo is learning what needs to be learned …
The key 2nite for the players who have (almost) pulled this out of the fire to stay in the game … avoid penalties and keep most of the play in their end-zone … and shoot from everywhere …
Posted on April 3rd, 2007 at 5:41 pm. About 'Three More'.
Hey guys just wanted to add that there’s an article on the Habs ‘93 playoff run on nhl.com, it’s even the first tab in the headlines!
Check it out, cuz it’ll probably be a real long time until you see the habs on the nhl.com headlines…
Posted on April 3rd, 2007 at 7:29 pm. About 'Three More'.
Lets eat bear ,oh ya!!! Game on!
Posted on April 3rd, 2007 at 7:30 pm. About 'Three More'.
Hey guys, in this age of technology, you would think the habs could get paperwork to the NHL office in time. right? WRONG! So as a result of the habs error, Huet(tho ready), will NOT be the backup tonight, because they didn’t deliver the necessary paperwork on time. I hate to say this, and let’s hope it doesn’t happen, but what if Halak got injured or had a terrible start? we would be stuck with Abbyshit, bite my words. The habs should have gotten the paperwork in, no excuses! Especially because of the importance of this game!
Posted on April 3rd, 2007 at 8:28 pm. About 'Three More'.
Nice moves by Koivu, must be one of his nicest goals of the year!
Posted on April 3rd, 2007 at 9:16 pm. About 'Three More'.
Our Defence is giving the bruins too many scoring chances. We need to tighten up the D, and put more pressure on them offensively. Our PP isn’t looking good, either! Remember, this is the Bruins, who have nothing to play for, yet they’re getting better scoring chances than us!
Posted on April 3rd, 2007 at 10:00 pm. About 'Three More'.
2-2 PHILLY, HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA , EVERYONE SAY PLAYOFFS!!!!! OOOOOOH YEAHHHHHH !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted on April 3rd, 2007 at 10:09 pm. About 'Three More'.
Congrats to all Hab fans eveywhere,wooooooooo woooooooo woooooooo ,KOIVU,HALAT …OH YEAH BABY!!!!!
Posted on April 3rd, 2007 at 10:21 pm. About 'Three More'.
Those F_CKING Leafs. A nice time to get a powerplay goal eh. In OT. The Flyers Goalie was outstanding.
The Leafs have nothing to be proud of.
I have to listen to the F_cking Toronto Media brag about the Big win by the Leafs. Big win my F_cking ASS.
I really dislike the Leafs and thier media………
Posted on April 3rd, 2007 at 10:25 pm. About 'Three More'.
OH !!!
Excellent job in net kid. Halak should never have been taken out of net when he first started. We would have a playoff spot all wraped up now.
Way to go Halak & Kiovu …………….
Those Shitty Ass F_cking Leafs. F_CK !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Boy it will be great when Montreal beats thier Asses Saturday Night……
Posted on April 3rd, 2007 at 10:27 pm. About 'Three More'.
NYI won in a shootout, which means NYR haven’t clinched, and will make it tough on the habs on Thursday, and even tho NYI won, they’re eliminated, so they’re playing on Thursday for nothing. Damn it! Easy game for leafs, and tough game for the habs! Now I think all the breaks are going the leafs way.
NYR will be playing hard, and NYI won’t! We have to find a way to beat NYR. We have no choice, and 1 point will not be good enough!
Posted on April 3rd, 2007 at 10:31 pm. About 'Three More'.
My mistake. NYI have NOT been eliminated, so they will play hard against the leafs.
Posted on April 3rd, 2007 at 10:44 pm. About 'Three More'.
Canes are out of the playoffs.
TSN turns my stomach. Those goofs are so pro-Leafs. They are talking about the BIG win tonight. They barely beat the worst team in the NHL. Boy, that’s something to be proud of. They will have another 2 points come Thursday. Talk about a easy shedule. It makes me sick.
Posted on April 3rd, 2007 at 10:45 pm. About 'Three More'.
Well the Canes are gone , out its over for them , does not happen to often the defending so called Champs dont make the playoffs the year after , gonna be a halluva game Saturday
Posted on April 3rd, 2007 at 11:20 pm. About 'Three More'.
Guess who’s in the headlines on TSN.ca ??? Yes, the almighty Leafs who just barely beat the woest team in the NHL.
God they make me SICK…………
Posted on April 3rd, 2007 at 11:27 pm. About 'Three More'.
Boycott TSN.ca,simple,you don’t ask …you tell,period.There’s a hole Internet of news ,sports and entertainment out there,just say NO to T.S.N.ca,fu@k -em !!!!
Posted on April 3rd, 2007 at 11:42 pm. About 'Three More'.
yeah if you wanna see the habs on the headline ALL the time go on rds.ca hehe… gotta know french tho!
Posted on April 4th, 2007 at 12:03 am. About 'Three More'.
Fantastic game! what a way to end the season at home, end the series with Boston with a shutout! Halak impresses me more and more each game. He’s quick to his feet and looking more like ROY. That game on Saturday is going to be SICKKKK! I’ve had my tickets for that game since september!
Anyone else on here going to the game as well?? My prediction 3-2 OT HABS!
Posted on April 4th, 2007 at 2:25 am. About 'Three More'.
don’t you know??? TSN stands for “Toronto Sports Network” what a joke” RDS is the way to go!!!
Posted on April 4th, 2007 at 3:34 am. About 'Three More'.
I love the LEafs, they were fantastic in 67. WHo will ever forget the George Armstrong Empty netter to beat teh habs. THat is the greatest goal in NHL history. Andrew Raycroft is one of th top three netminders in the NHL. MCCabe is great defensively and Tucker has alot of class. I look like the back of a bus and I smell like Bob McKEnzie’s armpit. I suck.
Posted on April 4th, 2007 at 7:16 am. About 'Three More'.
I dawn my hat and jacket today in honor of our beloved Les Canadiens for the awesome win last night. Special thanks go out to Koviu and Halak for making this a special night for all us red,white & blues in Habs land
Well my fellow Habs fans, we got a big needed win last night. Since those bastard Mustard Leaves won as well. I say we play Halak for the duration and let lying dogs lye where they may till the end of our run this year.
And the Canes…..the Canes, Holy shit, I wasn’t sure I saw this coming! I thought the Lightning would bow out. Hats off to Vinny and the boys for screwing Carolina out of a playoff spot.
Saturday night is going to be nerve racking to watch
Posted on April 4th, 2007 at 7:26 am. About 'Three More'.
Hey, Joshtm, your boy Koivu had a pretty good game…
Posted on April 4th, 2007 at 7:55 am. About 'Three More'.
How come Joshtm is a “NO-SHOW” after the Habs win. Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm ??????
Well boys. It does not get any easier for us. NYR’s tomorrow night. We have to bring it boys, just bring it. Lock, Stock & barrell. There is some good news. If we loose tomorrow(Heaven Forbid we don’t)and the Laffs win, we still will make the post season when we beat the Laffs on Saturday.
Lets pray to the Hockey Gods for a Laffs loss tomorrow………..
Posted on April 4th, 2007 at 8:26 am. About 'Three More'.
Thats right DAWG…..thay have to beat us by points, because they CAN’T beat us by wins.
Its literally has come down to points now, and will be decided on this game, since TB clinched last night and the Canes were eliminated….Mustard Leaves and our beloved Canadiens are sandwiched right between them in the last game of the year…..OH MAN!!!
Posted on April 4th, 2007 at 8:53 am. About 'Three More'.
Remember the game last Saturday night in TO. when the guy collasped. They had to revive him.
Well they better have a few paramedics there this Saturday night. Cause when the Habs win, a few of the Laffs top brass will need to be revived as well……
Posted on April 4th, 2007 at 9:02 am. About 'Three More'.
Holy Christ, I hope that no good for nothin GM Johnny Fergison JR. has a massive coronary and drops dead and slouches right over in his chair and that idiot Steve McKichan asshole tries to give him mouth to mouth…..thats the bomb right there man….thats the bomb!!!!
Posted on April 4th, 2007 at 9:09 am. About 'Three More'.
Hey I said Koivu or Kovalev would get the winning goal just to rub it in Carbo’s face, and after the way Carbo spoke of Koivu, that was just punishment to Carbo for Koivu to not only get the winning goal but both goals! Mind you, Sakku did suck the rest of the game, I have never seen so many misfires in my life, Saku got lucky not once but twice!
Dandenault and Bouillon sucked big time! And Kovalev and Ryder both had the greatest chances only to fan on each time!
Posted on April 4th, 2007 at 9:31 am. About 'Three More'.
Fan4066, you are bad.
I hope he doesn’t die. Just revive him so he can see the loss again on TSN..
HA HA HA……..
Posted on April 4th, 2007 at 9:46 am. About 'Three More'.
DAWG, your bad too…..revive him….hhhmmm ,OK, then, strap him down to a chair, and make him watch the winning goal over & over & over again, and the BIG OL’ HABS CELEBRATING!!!!!! YYYAAAA BABY!!!! while the Laffs look on in disappointment
Posted on April 4th, 2007 at 10:13 am. About 'Three More'.
I hope the Habs win against the Rangers and beat the hell outa the Laffs if only to rub it in HNIC’s face! Take that Bob Cole! Take that Don Cherry! Pricks!!!!
Posted on April 4th, 2007 at 10:13 am. About 'Three More'.
Fan4066: You just about made me piss my pants with your last comment.
Give him The Ulitmate Habs Torture. Duct tape his Ugly Ass to a chair and tape his eyes wide open. Make him look at the Habs winning goal over and over and over again while playing the Hab’s song. When he collapses shock him again & again & again.
By the way, how many times can you bring a person back from the dead ????
Posted on April 4th, 2007 at 10:23 am. About 'Three More'.
Never mind Ferguson, I say do that to all the TO media! Wouldn’t that be reality TV? Showing Don Cherry, and his sidekick the dog there, the ref wannabee and the entire TSN crew, all duct taped to their chairs and their eyes held open with toothpicks while the habs destroy the Laffs 10 to nothing on Saturday night!
Posted on April 4th, 2007 at 10:53 am. About 'Three More'.
Now your talkin Joshtm. YEAH BABY YEAH…………How sweet it is.
No matter what the outcome Saturday night. The Laffs are just lucky to be where they are. Thanks to the OT. losses………..
Posted on April 4th, 2007 at 11:04 am. About 'Three More'.
Hey, you may have been asked this before, but, how do you guys feel about this OT 1 point shit anyway? I hate it, and ya the Laffs are lucky, you take away 1/2 of those….they don’t even factor in this race, I’de rather see the Canes there.
The new proposal is on the table to reduce the league from six divisions to four divisions organized according to timezones. The top two teams in each division are guaranteed a playoff spot while the next four in the conference have to duke it out. I don’t know if this is the best solution but it may be a lot more fair making it in
Posted on April 4th, 2007 at 11:05 am. About 'Three More'.
I just thought I’d bring up the Latendress fight ,I’d say that more than makes up for his skating ,I’d love to see the kid beat on the Sens Neil.That Lats will only get bigger,stronger and faster,a bad day for non Habs ! Also, I think Lapierre might of got under Chara’s skin ,taking him off his game. Oh yeah ,one more thing,KOIVUuuuuuuuuuu !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted on April 4th, 2007 at 11:10 am. About 'Three More'.
I say make the original six into a division all by itself! Then we’d be guaranteed that the original six which have a hard time making the playoffs would also bring much needed revenues to the NHL!
Posted on April 4th, 2007 at 11:23 am. About 'Three More'.
I like it, it more fair, you fight for the other 3 spots,if you don’t, your out!!
Reducing the current six divisions to four, with two in the Eastern Conference and two in the Western Conference. There would be one eight-team division and one seven-team division in each conference.
The top two finishers in each division would be guaranteed the top four playoff seeds. The four other playoff qualifiers in each conference would be based on point totals.
EASTERN CONFERENCE
• The Northern Division — which includes Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Buffalo, Boston Pittsburgh, Washington
• The Southern Division — New York Ranger, NY Islanders, New Jersey, Philadelphia, Carolina, Atlanta, Tampa Bay, Florida
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Pacific Division–Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Anaheim, Los Angeles, San Jose, Colorado, Phoenix
Central Division–Detroit, Nashville, Chicago, Minnesota, St. Louis, Dallas, Columbus
Posted on April 4th, 2007 at 11:48 am. About 'Three More'.
I prefer the original six, what was it? Hmmm…its so long now, but hey that would guarantee that TO gets a butt kicking every year at playoff time!
Posted on April 4th, 2007 at 12:24 pm. About 'Three More'.
Picture it: the “O-6″
Its 65-66 season…Montreal beats the hell out of the Laffs 4-0, then go on to beat the Wings 4-2….that was good times…
Posted on April 4th, 2007 at 12:27 pm. About 'Three More'.
I was jumping from NUT to NUT back then……………
Posted on April 4th, 2007 at 12:33 pm. About 'Three More'.
LMAO…you crack me up man!! But , ya, me too
Posted on April 4th, 2007 at 12:42 pm. About 'Three More'.
So this is looking like the possible matchups:
Prediction
Buffalo vs MONTREAL Mtl 4-3
New Jersey vs Tampa Bay NJ 4-1
Atlanta vs NYR Atl 4-3
Pittsburgh vs Ottawa Pit 4-2….
…..anybody disagree??
Posted on April 4th, 2007 at 12:44 pm. About 'Three More'.
Fan4066, Are you my long lost Twin Brother…………. I’ve been searching For years.
Posted on April 4th, 2007 at 12:51 pm. About 'Three More'.
my mom said I had a brother that died at birth…..wait…that the soaps…is there a woman involved in this???
Wait…this is a Habs blog…..no wives aloud!!!
Posted on April 4th, 2007 at 12:58 pm. About 'Three More'.
post #39 Joshtm - you’re a joke!
Koivu lucky…LOL
He was superior against an inferior Defense. He may have be fired up by what Carbo did in the previous game, he could of quit on Carbo, but instead he stepped up. Just because he mis-fired does not make him suck, it makes him a shooter and personally in this playoff atmosphere I want a shooter besides our youngsters… One can not score if one does not take the opportunity, even if it is a seemingly missed one. It is called pressuring your opponent!
I get that you do not like Koivu, his contract, or that he is the Captain, but NOT giving him credit when he single handedly beat the “B’s”, in one of the most important games, with probably 2 of the most charismatic goals scored all year by the team makes you sound like an idiot!
I am sure it hurts after cutting Koivu down so much when he had not performed the best, but step up and be a man. Admit you were wrong for once!
I am sure I’ll hear the same old Robot like response; “broken this, broken that�, “Carbo and Gainey suck�, and “we need to call-up more Hamilton guys�, so save the BS. I can just go back to your others…
GO HABS GO!
Posted on April 4th, 2007 at 1:11 pm. About 'Three More'.
Fan4066. Mom lied to you. I’m not dead. I’m here typing to you my Brother. We have so much to talk about…………
I’m so happy I can just Shit……….
Posted on April 4th, 2007 at 1:14 pm. About 'Three More'.
Glenn Healey is the guy who needs a beating the most. I’d love to see him get smoked at ice level by an errant stick or slapshot…Honorable mentions go out to Maguire, who never shuts up, MacLean, who still knows nothing, Kypreos for wanting to blow the entire NHLPA, and Claude Feig, for his name alone.
Anyone else bitter at the Score for our post-game correspondent? The guy looks like he’s wearin’ one of those novelty glasses/nose/’stache thingies. Sans ’stache. I say we trade him straight up for Sara Orlesky, who puts a smile on my face whatever she’s saying…
Posted on April 4th, 2007 at 1:15 pm. About 'Three More'.
chew on this:
So, the NYR pound the piss outta the Laffs….the NYI then beat the NYR’s, so, then would it not stand to reason that they should have no problem beating the Laffs, right? NYR lost in Long Island, the Laffs play there tomorrow night. the NYI are 21-13-6 at home this yr. If the Laffs do lose to the NYI, and we win, there out and the NYR grab 8th.
If we beat the Rangers, we would jump into 7th ahead of the NYR , based on wins 43-41, and be up 3 points on the Laffs, therefore, Saturday night would not mean a bowl of shit then!
Posted on April 4th, 2007 at 1:19 pm. About 'Three More'.
Fan4066. Mom lied to you. I’m not dead. I’m here typing to you my Brother. We have so much to talk about…………
I’m so happy I can just Shit……….
LMAO…you fool!!! lol
Posted on April 4th, 2007 at 1:22 pm. About 'Three More'.
On Demand PPV showed the Boston version in the States ‘nigelski’, but I am with you on Sara Orlesky thing. Eventhough, I have only had the pleasure once, she was far better to watch than the other Ass clowns mentioned!
Posted on April 4th, 2007 at 1:25 pm. About 'Three More'.
Fan4066, that would mean we’d face the Devils… I would almost like an 8th place for the 1st round????
Posted on April 4th, 2007 at 1:26 pm. About 'Three More'.
So which one of us has the Biological Mother??? We better call Maury Povich for the DNA results……….
Should we change our names to Fan4066#1 & Fan4066#2
OR
CANADIENS-DAWG1 & CANADIEANS-DAWG2………..
Posted on April 4th, 2007 at 1:29 pm. About 'Three More'.
64 coutNY_HabsFan
Fan4066, that would mean we’d face the Devils… I would almost like an 8th place for the 1st round????
I know, its a double edge sword. fight LAffs for 8th or win tonite and get rid of them. Jesus I hate this…..better playing in February would have prevented all of this
Posted on April 4th, 2007 at 1:41 pm. About 'Three More'.
John Garret is another guy I dislike intensely. On HockeyCentral a month or so ago, he said LA would be “smart to pick up Theodore.” That’s JUST what LA would need: a $6 million stiff goalie to complement their other $3 million stiff goalie in Cloutier.
And speaking of stiff goalies, why do so many of them get broadcasting jobs? Them, and marginal players seem to get these plum gigs. Do the networks figure they have some great insight from all that time on the bench?
At least TSN wised up to Domi pretty quickly, taking him off the panel and relegating him to a 2 or 3 minute segment. He was all duh ur gak, every topic. Win Lose or Tie? I wish they’d eliminated this Tie along with the others…
Posted on April 4th, 2007 at 1:49 pm. About 'Three More'.
Hey listen, NYrangers and the Laffs eat Koivu like he is so much chocolate chip cookies, and the rest of the team ends up picking up the crumbs! Koivu is by far one of the worst centermen, he can’t win a faceoff to save Finland, honestly, the Olympics bore that out. So in our worship of Koivu, let us leave it to hey he got two lucky shots in, and the rest of the game he spent on his back and fanning passes!
Call it like it really is, and Koivu doesn’t deserve to eat up the team budget, come trade time or the summer when bigger paying fat cats are available we are stuck feeding the vulture Koivu a kings ransom!
But it was not right for Carbo to crap all over Koivu the way he did. He was nicer to the underachievers like Samsonov and Ninny for God’s Sake!
Koivu is good, but he needs a Chara or a Shanahan to protect his little butt!
Unfortunately we don’t have either and in the end he tries to outdo Ryder with the falling down, but hey not to worry Johnson has the team record for the biggest wimp on the ice.
Holy crap! Enuff about little Koivu, he is crap, deserves to get another serious benching if he has to, but not being crapped on by his own coach, I draw the line there.
Dandenault and Bouillon would surpass Koivu on assists if the league allowed defensemen to get points for passing the puck away!
Finally, the laffs couldn’t beat the worst team in history, the Phlyers in regulation time! And the TO media makes it sound like they pulled off a miracle! HAHAHAHAAA!!!!
Posted on April 4th, 2007 at 1:51 pm. About 'Three More'.
See, those goalies never were any good, so they felt sorry for them. They were down and out with no paycheck, so they said why don’t you come color for us. What they probably really though was that the TV station was going to give them crayons and a coloring book!!
You never see a real good hockey player doing this job because they are smarter that that. You’de never see Gretzky, Lemieux, Sakic, and so on do this stuff. They are busy being top notch hockey Exectives, think about all the players you deem as goofs….then think of all the smart ones, and look where they stand in hockey society….its nite and day!!
Posted on April 4th, 2007 at 1:52 pm. About 'Three More'.
But that would be classic Koivu, to pull the same hooking penalty binge, turn a Habs powerplay against the Laffs in the final game, turn a five on three to a Laffs victory! Then where would those Koivu fans be? HUH????? Koivu is the reason why we are fighting for a play off spot against a team that couldn’t beat the worst NHL team in history during regulation time!
Posted on April 4th, 2007 at 1:55 pm. About 'Three More'.
65 fan4066 - I should have clarified that any place in the playoffs would be nice and anything that ensures that opportunity I am all for it…
Posted on April 4th, 2007 at 1:59 pm. About 'Three More'.
Why is Bob Gainey still flying around in a helicopter when he should be calling up Milroy or Grabby to fight off Shanahan and Antropov in the remaining games?
Posted on April 4th, 2007 at 2:00 pm. About 'Three More'.
72 coutNY_HabsFan
Sitting at the bottom isn’t fun, thats for sure. But we have to look at what Calgary and the Oilers did the past 2 seasons, and have faith, and Pray to Jesus our Father, that we can battle though this thing. It may not look pretty, but whatever works, right??
Posted on April 4th, 2007 at 2:01 pm. About 'Three More'.
George Gillett: hey Bob come and work for me, you can ride in my chopper all day!
Bob Gainey: Okay but only if I can make the habs the UNICEF of hockey!
Posted on April 4th, 2007 at 2:12 pm. About 'Three More'.
67 Joshtm another one of your laughable statements:
“Hey listen, NYrangers and the Laffs eat Koivu like he is so much chocolate chip cookies, and the rest of the team ends up picking up the crumbs!”
What? Koivu had 4 assist in the last Ranger Game and the goal that proved to be the game-tier in the last Laffs game, along with a tying goal in the shootout…
Just another blown analogy; no pun intended!
Posted on April 4th, 2007 at 2:18 pm. About 'Three More'.
I just finished reading that article on the NHL.com…..I remember everything in it they said. I watched the entire run that year, like a Habs fan would of course.
It was the wildest ride in playoff history…ever, the 93 team was soooo great. that 10 straight OT wins will never be broken, and never will be a magical ride like that for years to come
Posted on April 4th, 2007 at 2:21 pm. About 'Three More'.
Koivu, as everyone knows, has equaled his career high in points, and beaten his goal total as well. His defensive work hasn’t been the best, as indicated by his terrible +/-, and he hasn’t been a shutdown guy. There’s no questioning his work ethic out there though. As far as euro captains go, he’s better than most…
Posted on April 4th, 2007 at 2:29 pm. About 'Three More'.
Its not so funny in the defeets that we have been downtrodden under and booted into playing for last place came oddly enough largely because of hey that little Finnish guy that you guys seems to think is the best thing since the Maple Syrup festival!
Posted on April 4th, 2007 at 2:36 pm. About 'Three More'.
79 Joshtm
At least Koviu is leading the team in scoring, which I have not seen anyone else on the team with do do. So If he doesn’t score those 2 goals last night, then what 0-0 into a SO. You take the chance of losing in it, only getting 1 pt…then we are tied with th Laffs instaed of being up a point.. We had no 100 pt scorer in 93 either!
Posted on April 4th, 2007 at 2:37 pm. About 'Three More'.
We paid Sakku big bucks so we could play for a final spot against the Laffs who couldn’t beat the worst team in the NHL in regulation time? And we should thank Sakku for getting us into the cellar? No wonder Carbo benched him, he deserved to be benched. What other highly paid Euro gets to play like crap and still gets paid the highest in the team, and one of the highest over all paid over a number of years? What, because he skates fast after he gots knocked over and gives up the puck to the other team so they can score on Dandenault and Bouillon’s defense and Sakku retaliates by getting a hooking penalty we should be grateful? I don’t think so.
Posted on April 4th, 2007 at 2:39 pm. About 'Three More'.
I would check my stats again, Sakku leads in assists, is not first in the team in scoring, Sheldon is, and by the way Sakku is what second in the most penalties? Not an impressive record when the penalties come when we are on a much needed win and power play only to have the habs lose by one or two goals, thanks Sakku for that great period from Christmas to March where you lost us a secure fifth place spot, thanks Sakku!
Posted on April 4th, 2007 at 2:42 pm. About 'Three More'.
OOHHH I know, OOOHHH, OOOHHH…..Jaromir Jagr
Posted on April 4th, 2007 at 2:59 pm. About 'Three More'.
I did not watch the game last night as I was working but I saw some of the highlights and the Koivu goal was a good one. Both his goals were awesome. The Habs need to win tomorrow and hope(and pray) that the Leafs somehow lose to the Islanders on Long Island. The Isles are still in playoff contention and will be playing their asses off but the Canadiens cannot look past the Rangers. The Rangers have not clinched a playoff berth yet and will start Lundqvist in net and he has played well against Montreal so they should not expect an easy game. Toivonen played well against them last night and the Bruins had nothing to play for so the Canadiens need to play much better than they did last night if they want to beat the Rangers. We Habs fans need to pray for a Montreal win tomorrow night and a Toronto loss so that the last game of the season would not mean shit. There are many scenarios that can happen but I hope Montreal makes the playoffs and faces the Sabres in the first round because you never know what can happen in the playoffs as it is a brand new season and whatever happened in the regular season doesn’t mean anything once the second season starts. If Montreal can make the playoffs, I have a feeling they might be able to pull of an upset and defeat the Sabres as they have played well against them the entire season and could have won the season series if they didn’t lose the first game of the season in a shootout after Afinogenov tied the game with 14 seconds left. However, enough of that bullshit because that is all water under the bridge and we have to look ahead now, not behind. We have to MAKE THE PLAYOFFS first before we can look at any matchups and that will be a daunting task. I have faith and confidence in my Habs though that they can make it! Go Habs Go!!
Ziman
Posted on April 4th, 2007 at 3:02 pm. About 'Three More'.
Joshtm. What F_ckin drugs are you smokin or sniffin ???
You do not bring anything constuctive to this forum.
You need to shut up. You are a broken record. The same BLAH BLAH BLAH comes out of your Pie Hole.
Joshtm, the best part of you ran down your fathers leg………
Posted on April 4th, 2007 at 3:10 pm. About 'Three More'.
OH, SNAP!!!….I agree,gotta prop up the troops. We’ve won 7/8….we are playing capable hockey right now, lets not down play this run.
It could be worse Joshtm….we could have LOST 7/8 and not even be a factor in this thing at all!!
Posted on April 4th, 2007 at 3:17 pm. About 'Three More'.
Wrong again Josh, Sheldon has two less goals than Ryder. And Sheldon leads in PIM followed by Komi and Kovalev… meaningless dribble as always.
the habs power play and to some degree our offense was built around Sheldons shot which can be backed up by him having 65 more shots on goal than Saku…
Posted on April 4th, 2007 at 3:49 pm. About 'Three More'.
Actually Sheldon shoots more than Saku. What does that say. Never mind the power plays cause the game is not only power plays. Good try though at brown nosing Saku, hey Dawg, Saku wants you to take your head outa his butt cause he’s constipated!
Posted on April 4th, 2007 at 4:05 pm. About 'Three More'.
The only way we are going to win is if we push these lazy bastards like Saku and Alexei. Alexei noted that it wasn’t a sore elbow but he was so constipated cause there were so many brown nosing fans that he forgot how to win….we are champions! It is time we act like Champions!!! We Win!!!
Posted on April 4th, 2007 at 4:06 pm. About 'Three More'.
Yeah idoit (Josh), that is my point… Sheldon shoots more. Meaning, the more shoots on goal you get you’re probably going to score more. Our offense is set up by a point man to feed shots on goal and the forwards are there for the rebounds… Sheldons shot is pretty accurate and fast so he scores alot. Saku is a finesse style player and makes plays through assists. THATS WHAT IT SAYS…
Saku has acuracy of about 14.57%(top on the team), while Sheldon is sitting at 11.47% impressive. They each have their talents and they equally valuable and both will be needed to make the playoffs… THATS WHAT I SAY.
Posted on April 4th, 2007 at 4:17 pm. About 'Three More'.
We don’t deserve to fight for last spot only to face the Devils! Thank you Saku, Thank you Alexei, and most of all Thank You Bob Gainey for tearing the rookies apart after XMAS! Yes! That is Bob Gainey, while most teams would stick with their rookie winners like hey oh gee most of the top finishers for this year, what does Gainey do? Tears the team apart! Now with the rookies we managed to claw our way back to what! Fighting the laffs for last place, the laffs who couldn’t beat the worst team in the entire NHL in regulation time!
Posted on April 4th, 2007 at 4:17 pm. About 'Three More'.
Yeah lets never mind the Power Plays where Sheldon has scored 70% of his points!?!?
Posted on April 4th, 2007 at 4:19 pm. About 'Three More'.
Josh time to reboot your post seem to be duplicating themselves…
Posted on April 4th, 2007 at 4:27 pm. About 'Three More'.
Yes, let us forget Sheldon, and demand he be traded like some bloggers before, I know I razzled Sheldon for basically destroying his own goalie, but thanks to Kirk reading my posts you notice that Sheldon no longer tears the habs goalie apart! That seems to have been left to Dandy and Bouilly to do that chore now! Hamstring Huet has Dandy and Bouilly to thank! We could get the world’s best goalie and within six months you could guarantee with Bouilly and Dandy that the world’s best goalie would leave the Belle Center on a stretcher! Yup Montreal, the UNICEF of Hockey! Where the worlds’ worst defense are guaranteed a decent salary!
Posted on April 4th, 2007 at 4:29 pm. About 'Three More'.
I’d Rather be fighting for a chance than waiting for next year… As the 2005-2006 Stanley cup champs and runners-up are doing at this point.
As for 8th place, as our flawed point system dictates our position, we have more wins than the #3 and #7 team in the East. We have 3 more wins than the Laffs, yet 1 point differential. Does not make sense or favor the better teams in my opinion.
Posted on April 4th, 2007 at 4:35 pm. About 'Three More'.
Not that I am saying trade Sheldon, never trade Sheldon, never….
Posted on April 4th, 2007 at 4:43 pm. About 'Three More'.
hey there. made a reference to this post and the upcoming habs/leafs game this saturday on midnight poutine. check it out here:
hey, made a quick reference to this post and upcoming habs/leafs game on midnight poutine. ch-ch-check it here:
http://www.midnightpoutine.ca/media/2007/04/this_week_in_blogs_for_april_4_habs_showdown/
s
Posted on April 4th, 2007 at 5:43 pm. About 'Three More'.
Joshtm is the biggest town idiot this town has!!!
By far the worst kind of fan any team can have is a Joshtm .
Posted on April 4th, 2007 at 6:50 pm. About 'Three More'.
It would be nice if I could turn on the sports news, on any of the big 3 sports stations, and see some balanced team coverage. Instead, it’s the leafs this, the leafs that. If they mention the habs at all, it’s almost by accident. The Man of Glass, a.k.a. Carlos Coliacovo, is injured again , and this pylon gets as much coverage as all the Habs combined. Sure, I live in TO and all, but it’s not like I’m watching City TV for my sports news. These are allegedly ‘National Networks’, but they can’t see past the percieved epicenter of the world: the leafs.
If you go to sportsnet.ca, they have only 5 of the 6 canadian team logos at the bottom. 3 guesses who isn’t there. Did Quebec seperate when I wasn’t looking?
Posted on April 4th, 2007 at 7:46 pm. About 'Three More'.
‘Hey, you may have been asked this before, but, how do you guys feel about this OT 1 point shit anyway? I hate it, and ya the Laffs are lucky, you take away 1/2 of those….they don’t even factor in this race, I’de rather see the Canes there.’
Ok, time for me to clarify a misconception. The extra point in a shootout goes to the winner. There is no such thing as a loser point. The Habs are BENEFITTING from the rule as it stands so let’s not complain.
Also, Saturday is looking huge. I hope it pans out because it would make for a great game.
Posted on April 4th, 2007 at 7:50 pm. About 'Three More'.
Lundqvist will be tough. In his last 6 games at home he is 6-0 with a GAA below 0.70. The team won’t be able to play half a game like against Ottawa.
Posted on April 5th, 2007 at 8:24 am. About 'Three More'.
La Verite
The Habs are BENEFITTING from the rule as it stands so let’s not complain.
Now’s that La Verite? Explain yourself………..
Posted on April 5th, 2007 at 9:45 am. About 'Three More'.
To make a long story short:
If the Canadiens get victory in regulation, overtime or shootout, or even a loss in overtime or shootout – and the Toronto Maple Leafs lose in regulation time to the NYI’s, the Canadiens are in the playoffs and the Leafs are history. Even if the Maple Laffs beat Montreal on Saturday, the habs go to the playoffs based on wins in the tie-breaking formula.
Both the Laffs and Isles are chasing the habs. If the Isles lose Thursday and the Habs get one point against the Rangers, the Isles will be history.
Posted on April 5th, 2007 at 9:51 am. About 'Three More'.
Sorry Post#98 La Verite - The argument;
“Ok, time for me to clarify a misconception. The extra point in a shootout goes to the winner. There is no such thing as a loser point. The Habs are BENEFITTING from the rule as it stands so let’s not complain.”
I’ll tell you how the habs are NOT BENEFITTING from the existance of a LOSER POINT. The LOSER gets a point in OT, the LOSER being the team that does not WIN the game. Montreal has not had many over-time loses, meaning they do not get the LOSER POINT.
Yet as stated in post #93 states the way it affects the HAbs directly “As for 8th place, as our flawed point system dictates our position, we have more wins than the #3 and #7 team in the East. We have 3 more wins than the Laffs, yet 1 point differential. Does not make sense or favor the better winning teams in my opinion.”
There is most definately a LOSER point. Why should a team recieve a point for just making it to OT? Should it not be every teams goal to WIN or make into overtime to be get the safe LOSER POINT…?
We need to reward th WINNER and NOT the LOSER. IT should have a system in place where Winner gets 2pts in OT and 1pt for a shootout. This will take out the LOSER point reward system and cut down on shootouts and OT play. It does this by deminishing rewards for shootouts and NOT rewarding losing team!
The system is what it is but sucks in MY opinion!
Posted on April 5th, 2007 at 9:55 am. About 'Three More'.
What makes a Loss in OT better than a Loss in Regulation?
Posted on April 5th, 2007 at 9:57 am. About 'Three More'.
Why does 2 OT loses = a WIN?
Is this under the same theory that 2 wrongs make a right?
Posted on April 5th, 2007 at 10:08 am. About 'Three More'.
Those Shiity Ass Laffs got 5 more points than our Habs because of the OT. loss point shit. So they would not even be in the playoff race right now.
The same for the NYI’s as well………..
That is “PURE BULLSHIT” !!!!! A team with more wins may not make the playoffs and a team with less wins will.
There is something seriously wrong with this F_CKIN picture………..
Posted on April 5th, 2007 at 10:33 am. About 'Three More'.
I agree Dawg, anything to win as they say. Enuff of this friggen brown nosing crap!
Posted on April 5th, 2007 at 10:47 am. About 'Three More'.
Montreal is 6-5 in SO and 2-1 in OT.
Toronto is 4-7 in SO and 4-4 in OT.
That means that the Leafs are +3 over the Habs in OT points but the Habs are +2 in SO points so the difference is only 1 point. Unfortunately, the system is as it is. If there were no shootout then the Habs would be below the Leafs. The point for making it to OT has been in place before the shootout so that was why I thought everyone was referring to the SO points.
The easiest way to overcome it is just to win both games. Tough to do but it takes away the possibility of missing the playoffs.
Posted on April 5th, 2007 at 12:54 pm. About 'Three More'.
107# LA VERITE -
In my proposed system the Habs (2pts for a Win OT and 1 In Shootout win) we would have earned 14 pts and the Leafs would have earned 12pts.
The Big consideration to the current system is that the Habs only earned 6 LOSER points and while the Leafs collected 11 LOSER points. Which is equivalent to +5 points differential not +3 points… or equilvalent to 2 and 1/2 wins they earned only by getting beat in overtime.
Posted on April 5th, 2007 at 1:09 pm. About 'Three More'.
107 La Verite -
Your looking at the OT and Shootout as separate from the regulation in your comparison and you can not because, a win in in Regulation, OT, and Shootout are all 2 pts and there is no distingushing them when you look at a teams overall record… But a loss in OT and shootout gives the loser a point which is rewarding a team for losing.
Posted on April 5th, 2007 at 1:52 pm. About 'Three More'.
Don’t forget the whole purpose of the point system was to help TO, and its served its purpose, you can bet Bettman and the TO media are not gonna touch the excuse for crappy play and overpaid worn out vets that make up the Laffs!
Posted on April 5th, 2007 at 2:43 pm. About 'Three More'.
Still no call up of either Grabby or Milroy! Honestly. Doesn’t Gainey wanna get outta his chartered helicopter and win? Just another corporate welfare bum Gainey, as long as he’s got his three piece suit benefit, he’s not gonna care for the bonus that a stanley cup would bring! We need Lou Lamorello!
Posted on April 6th, 2007 at 3:08 pm. About 'Three More'.
man did anybody see tie domi on tsn’s win lose or tie.I belive it was” the canadiens are a team with no buisness here” what a crock! if thats the case than the maple laughs with less wins have no buisness as well,(same for the iles) tie dummy brings as much isight as a pet rock