Three More
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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.
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April 3rd, 2007 at 12:12 pm
Good line on Tucker. What an ***-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 *** 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.
April 3rd, 2007 at 12:34 pm
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..
April 3rd, 2007 at 1:05 pm
“Tucker”….rhymes with…
April 3rd, 2007 at 1:14 pm
Do you guys think that Halak will be under more pressure tonight to play better because Huet in on the bench as backup ???????
April 3rd, 2007 at 2:44 pm
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 **** 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!
April 3rd, 2007 at 2:54 pm
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!
April 3rd, 2007 at 2:59 pm
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!
April 3rd, 2007 at 3:06 pm
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!
April 3rd, 2007 at 3:11 pm
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
April 3rd, 2007 at 3:21 pm
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-**** would be better than seeing Huet injured again!
April 3rd, 2007 at 3:24 pm
Sometimes it is better to get your mouth shut. Hint HInt
NOw bring me some cigerettes and lets get busy.
April 3rd, 2007 at 3:35 pm
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!
April 3rd, 2007 at 5:24 pm
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 …
April 3rd, 2007 at 5:41 pm
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…
April 3rd, 2007 at 7:29 pm
Lets eat bear ,oh ya!!! Game on!
April 3rd, 2007 at 7:30 pm
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!
April 3rd, 2007 at 8:28 pm
Nice moves by Koivu, must be one of his nicest goals of the year!
April 3rd, 2007 at 9:16 pm
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!
April 3rd, 2007 at 10:00 pm
2-2 PHILLY, HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA , EVERYONE SAY PLAYOFFS!!!!! OOOOOOH YEAHHHHHH !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
April 3rd, 2007 at 10:09 pm
Congrats to all Hab fans eveywhere,wooooooooo woooooooo woooooooo ,KOIVU,HALAT …OH YEAH BABY!!!!!
April 3rd, 2007 at 10:21 pm
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 ***.
I really dislike the Leafs and thier media………
April 3rd, 2007 at 10:25 pm
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 ****** *** F_cking Leafs. F_CK !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Boy it will be great when Montreal beats thier Asses Saturday Night……
April 3rd, 2007 at 10:27 pm
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!
April 3rd, 2007 at 10:31 pm
My mistake. NYI have NOT been eliminated, so they will play hard against the leafs.
April 3rd, 2007 at 10:44 pm
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.
April 3rd, 2007 at 10:45 pm
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
April 3rd, 2007 at 11:20 pm
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…………
April 3rd, 2007 at 11:27 pm
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 !!!!
April 3rd, 2007 at 11:42 pm
yeah if you wanna see the habs on the headline ALL the time go on rds.ca hehe… gotta know french tho!
April 4th, 2007 at 12:03 am
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!
April 4th, 2007 at 2:25 am
don’t you know??? TSN stands for “Toronto Sports Network” what a joke” RDS is the way to go!!!
April 4th, 2007 at 3:34 am
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.
April 4th, 2007 at 7:16 am
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 ******* 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 ****, I wasn’t sure I saw this coming! I thought the Lightning would bow out. Hats off to Vinny and the boys for ******** Carolina out of a playoff spot.
Saturday night is going to be nerve racking to watch
April 4th, 2007 at 7:26 am
Hey, Joshtm, your boy Koivu had a pretty good game…
April 4th, 2007 at 7:55 am
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………..
April 4th, 2007 at 8:26 am
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!!!
April 4th, 2007 at 8:53 am
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……
April 4th, 2007 at 9:02 am
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 ******* tries to give him mouth to mouth…..thats the bomb right there man….thats the bomb!!!!
April 4th, 2007 at 9:09 am
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!
April 4th, 2007 at 9:31 am
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……..
April 4th, 2007 at 9:46 am
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
April 4th, 2007 at 10:13 am
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!!!!
April 4th, 2007 at 10:13 am
Fan4066: You just about made me piss my pants with your last comment.
Give him The Ulitmate Habs Torture. Duct tape his Ugly *** 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 ????
April 4th, 2007 at 10:23 am
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!
April 4th, 2007 at 10:53 am
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………..
April 4th, 2007 at 11:04 am
Hey, you may have been asked this before, but, how do you guys feel about this OT 1 point **** 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
April 4th, 2007 at 11:05 am
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 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
April 4th, 2007 at 11:10 am
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!
April 4th, 2007 at 11:23 am
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
April 4th, 2007 at 11:48 am
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!
April 4th, 2007 at 12:24 pm
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…
April 4th, 2007 at 12:27 pm
I was jumping from NUT to NUT back then……………
April 4th, 2007 at 12:33 pm
LMAO…you crack me up man!! But , ya, me too
April 4th, 2007 at 12:42 pm
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??
April 4th, 2007 at 12:44 pm
Fan4066, Are you my long lost Twin Brother…………. I’ve been searching For years.
April 4th, 2007 at 12:51 pm
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!!!
April 4th, 2007 at 12:58 pm
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!
April 4th, 2007 at 1:11 pm
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 ****……….
April 4th, 2007 at 1:14 pm
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…
April 4th, 2007 at 1:15 pm
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 **** then!
April 4th, 2007 at 1:19 pm
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 ****……….
LMAO…you fool!!! lol
April 4th, 2007 at 1:22 pm
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 *** clowns mentioned!
April 4th, 2007 at 1:25 pm
Fan4066, that would mean we’d face the Devils… I would almost like an 8th place for the 1st round????
April 4th, 2007 at 1:26 pm
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………..
April 4th, 2007 at 1:29 pm
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
April 4th, 2007 at 1:41 pm
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…
April 4th, 2007 at 1:49 pm
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 **** 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 ****! Enuff about little Koivu, he is ****, 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!!!!
April 4th, 2007 at 1:51 pm
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!!
April 4th, 2007 at 1:52 pm
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!
April 4th, 2007 at 1:55 pm
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…
April 4th, 2007 at 1:59 pm
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?
April 4th, 2007 at 2:00 pm
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??
April 4th, 2007 at 2:01 pm
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!
April 4th, 2007 at 2:12 pm
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!
April 4th, 2007 at 2:18 pm
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
April 4th, 2007 at 2:21 pm
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…
April 4th, 2007 at 2:29 pm
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!
April 4th, 2007 at 2:36 pm
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!
April 4th, 2007 at 2:37 pm
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 **** 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.
April 4th, 2007 at 2:39 pm
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!
April 4th, 2007 at 2:42 pm
OOHHH I know, OOOHHH, OOOHHH…..Jaromir Jagr
April 4th, 2007 at 2:59 pm
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 ****. 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
April 4th, 2007 at 3:02 pm
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………
April 4th, 2007 at 3:10 pm
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!!
April 4th, 2007 at 3:17 pm
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…