Canadiens sign Tom Kostopolous
When it looked like it was all said and done Bob Gainey signed Right Winger Tom Kostopolous from the Los Angeles Kings.
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When it looked like it was all said and done Bob Gainey signed Right Winger Tom Kostopolous from the Los Angeles Kings.
Posted on July 4th, 2007 at 11:25 am. About 'Canadiens sign Tom Kostopolous'.
Wow, I feel so much better now!lol.
Posted on July 4th, 2007 at 11:26 am. About 'Canadiens sign Tom Kostopolous'.
Great, we can count on Krusty the Clown to score once every ten games, join the rest of the low producing forwards….
Posted on July 4th, 2007 at 11:29 am. About 'Canadiens sign Tom Kostopolous'.
Krusty the Clown, expected yield for the 2007-2008 NHL season, tops eight goals! Wow, that is like $112500 per goal!
Posted on July 4th, 2007 at 11:39 am. About 'Canadiens sign Tom Kostopolous'.
Hey that’s a bargain, Kovalev’s making almost a quarter million per goal.
Posted on July 4th, 2007 at 11:49 am. About 'Canadiens sign Tom Kostopolous'.
I guess this is the tinkering Gainey promised. Joy.
Posted on July 4th, 2007 at 12:05 pm. About 'Canadiens sign Tom Kostopolous'.
What the hell is Gainey thinkin’!? how is Krusty the Clown going to help!?
They should of tried to sign Shanahan or even Yashin is better then this guy!!!
Gainey’s gon nuts! The habs are going to come in the bottom 10! I’m on a contract!I’m going to be a habs fan for 5 more years then if this goes on I’m going to be a pens fan!
Go pens!
Posted on July 4th, 2007 at 1:12 pm. About 'Canadiens sign Tom Kostopolous'.
These are rmarks from the habs website: regarding Kostopoulos
Note: This signing surprises me, as I would be tremendously stunned to see Kostopoulos making the team out of training camp, with guys like Mark Streit, Andrei Kostitsyn, Kyle Chipchura competing seriously.
Gainey had US$2 million to spend on a replacement for Mike Johnson, and has wasted half of it on a career 4th line/reserve player. Instead of putting convincing offers on the table for guys like Glen Metropolit, Jeff O’Neill… he gave up, and signed a “10 point a season” guy.
Nice going Gainey! missed the boat again!
Posted on July 4th, 2007 at 1:21 pm. About 'Canadiens sign Tom Kostopolous'.
your all rats for bashing gainey
Posted on July 4th, 2007 at 2:34 pm. About 'Canadiens sign Tom Kostopolous'.
You guys don’t get it. As long as they continue to sell out the Bell there is no incentive for Gillette to throw a lot of money at this team. As long as we are content to spend money and go watch a mediocre team, that’s what we’ll get. To Gillette it’s a business and nothing more. He will sell out the Bell whether we have Yashin or Kostopolous.
Posted on July 4th, 2007 at 3:12 pm. About 'Canadiens sign Tom Kostopolous'.
Are the Gainey apologists feeling good now? Isn’t it clear that he’s a terrible GM? What’s the plan? Does he think that if he moves the Bulldogs up to the NHL that they’ll win the cup?
It is going to be a long, long season and a 5th place finish…in the Northeast Division.
Posted on July 4th, 2007 at 3:23 pm. About 'Canadiens sign Tom Kostopolous'.
Where are all you “Gainey is God” fans? HUH? All of sudden the Gainey supporters are cowering in shame, finally the sunlight has hit the Belle Centre and the cockroaches go scurring…..now do you basturds finally see what I’ve been saying all year long? Gainey has lost it, he belongs in an insane asylum!
Posted on July 4th, 2007 at 5:02 pm. About 'Canadiens sign Tom Kostopolous'.
Wow, Josh cries all year for Bonk and Johnson to be gone, now he wants Bonk and Johnson back… Make up your mind, you’re worse than a woman.
Posted on July 4th, 2007 at 5:37 pm. About 'Canadiens sign Tom Kostopolous'.
Too bad we can’t trade josh to the Leafs or something…
Posted on July 4th, 2007 at 5:42 pm. About 'Canadiens sign Tom Kostopolous'.
lol .. We’d get less back for him than the bag of pucks he wants he rest of the team traded for.
Posted on July 4th, 2007 at 5:46 pm. About 'Canadiens sign Tom Kostopolous'.
Smiler + Avatar + Gainey = a Cheap Crazy Loonie!
Yes, come one, come all, to Smiler + Avatar + Gainey’s Crazy Yard Sale!!!!
Bargain Basement Hockey Players, for next to nothing!!!!
What do you get when you sign Bargain Basement Hockey Players For next to Nothing?
Nothing…..HAHAHAAAA!!!!!!!!!
Posted on July 4th, 2007 at 5:48 pm. About 'Canadiens sign Tom Kostopolous'.
By the way, I wanted Johnson gone, not Bonk. If you read my posts I repeat often what every habs fan knew, that is Bonk along with the rookies worked hard and long to get us out of the slump! Only to have Koivu, Johnson and Bouillon and Dandenault basically throw that away at the end of the season! Get it right you pervert! Thank God Johnson is gone!
And its you jerks who sound like Laff fans, happy with mediocrity and afraid of winning, you are worse than a bunch of cranky grannies!!!!!
Posted on July 4th, 2007 at 5:54 pm. About 'Canadiens sign Tom Kostopolous'.
Nice signing by Gainey…..Kotsopolus will replace Murray/Downey on the fourth line and you may see a fourth line of Lapierre/Begin/Kotsopolus. Kots brings
grit, responsible defensive play, will drop the gloves and will put up some
points as well 7g 15 a 22pts last year and a -2 on a terrible Kings team. He is
a tenacious forechecker and backchecker and apparently is a great team player
who will go to the wall for his team mates. This team lacked this type of player last year….and he definetely is an upgrade for the fourth line. You need all types of players to make a team go and this is a step up in the right
direction….trust me you guys will love this player when you see the way he plays.
Posted on July 4th, 2007 at 6:23 pm. About 'Canadiens sign Tom Kostopolous'.
In the few games I saw Krusty play, he usually shows up one in three games, scores once in every ten games….I guess given that Kovalev and Markov show up every other game, heck, if we can get a decent game every few games I guess it is worth it after all. My only hope is Gainey doesn’t put too much faith in this bunch and will not reassign the rookies down. When Gainey has a chance to replace the vacancies with rookies, he’s not doing that now. Which means what, another season of yanking the rookies back and forth and watching the habs win when the rookies are here, and watching the mediocre used up European players put us into another slump!
Posted on July 4th, 2007 at 6:38 pm. About 'Canadiens sign Tom Kostopolous'.
I feel Alot more better, but I know they’ll get someone else, now I have no idea who, but they will get someone!
Posted on July 4th, 2007 at 6:55 pm. About 'Canadiens sign Tom Kostopolous'.
The Habs main problem last year was that they had no heart and soul players who just give it there all every game. The fourth line guys generally don’t have alot of talent, they aren’t supposed to. This guy has loads of heart. This is EXACTLY WHAT THEY NEED!
They have enough talent on the first three lines, the fourth is for grinders with minimal talent and size. That’s what the Ducks had. And what did you expect Gainey to do with 2-3 million to spend? Trade a fourth round pick to T-Bay for Lecavelier?
Posted on July 4th, 2007 at 7:13 pm. About 'Canadiens sign Tom Kostopolous'.
there are some good signs……Bonk..that scumbag is gone
get rid of that gutless Ruskie kovalev..notice small K–he doens’t deserve a capital K, gutless scumbag. along with that other ruskie who was just as gutless.
2 out of 3..heading in the right direction, but not happy untill that
gutless kovalev is gone
Posted on July 4th, 2007 at 7:17 pm. About 'Canadiens sign Tom Kostopolous'.
Habs#1 is right… a lot of heart comes with Tommy K. I look forward to watching him playing with Begin. What a great work ethic our 4th line will have! With Tommy finishing at a -2 last season…sparkling I’d say, considering the year the Kings had. Good tinkering indeed! I along with Stuart-SB77 believe however, that there will probably be one more new face yet to surface in a Habs jersey. Who you ask… I am at a loss.
Posted on July 4th, 2007 at 7:37 pm. About 'Canadiens sign Tom Kostopolous'.
Everyone knows that Tom K. will not have a 30 goal season, but look at it this way last player we got from LA turned out to save our 05-06 season and make the playoffs (Huet)… And for signing a big name, no one wants to play for us…Briere was offered 55 million and declined, so we will have to build our rookies and try to have some veterans help them develop fast, whom gainey already signed… We are the fans and a true fan will support their team and their GM threw the hard times…
Posted on July 4th, 2007 at 8:36 pm. About 'Canadiens sign Tom Kostopolous'.
Possibilites are:
1)Lecavalier
2)Marleau
3)Richards
4)Selanne
…) many more to be figured out
*I see Marleau comming to this team and it makes perfect sense. Some of you guys may think it’s completely ridiculous and some may not
That’s how it goes:
To Montreal:
-Marleau
-Someone else
To San Jose:
-Koivu
-Someone else
Let me explain why it makes sense:
-Koivu’s last and true friend left in the team was Craig Rivet who agrred to a 2 year contract wioth Sharks.
-Craig Rivet, himself stated how much San Jose was a better team than Habs, how the fans were loyal and much more faithful, how good the weather was and etc to the MEDIA. IMAGINE WHAT HE SAID MTO KOIVU!!!!!!!!!
-Koivu stated for the first time of his career that he was ready to be traded if the team rebuilds meaning he doesn’t have the love he had for this organization, fans and management anymore.
-marleau might wanna play for a team that cries for its service
What do you guys think?
Posted on July 4th, 2007 at 8:56 pm. About 'Canadiens sign Tom Kostopolous'.
joshtm…….you have finally pissed me off with your bullshit rantings!! You are a complete fucking moron with absolutely no knowledge of hockey. You come on with your krusty the clown and crazy bob BULLSHIT and whatever the fuck else you talk about but you really never make a point. You have entirely too much time on your hands to make up all this bullshit! GET A FUCKIN’ JOB WOULD YA YOU FUCKIN’ RETARD!!!!!!!
Give us a break from your idiotic rantings! I bet you are one of those guys that people really hate to be around because you are always so fuckin’ depressed. I bet you bring everyone down don’t ya!!!
I only read what you say never mind actually knowing you and having to listen to your whiny, retarded, moronic, idiotic, senseless shit!!!
GO FUCK YOURSELF WOULD YA!!
Say good-bye to MadmanPaddy all….joshtm has driven me out!!!
You fuckin’ moron!!!
Posted on July 4th, 2007 at 9:18 pm. About 'Canadiens sign Tom Kostopolous'.
Hey Madman Paddy, seems like you have your head in the sand buddy….while everyone including the media jump all over Gainey for not signing great players, you are in lala-land with your jar of vaseline eh?
Krusty the Clown, sure to please with scoring a goal every ten games! Oh ya, that was worth 112500 per goal, big bucks for doing nothing, he doesn’t even win that many face-offs, and he’s supposed to replace both Bonk and Souray! At least Bonk won more faceoffs than he lost, Krusty the Clown only shows up one game in ten, that is on the scoreboard….and Smolinsky, not that great with the stats either now….and Hammerlink there, for this bunch we gave up Bonk and Souray? that is just pathetic! Two players with more stats between the two than for all the stats that Gainey signed with recently…heck Gainey could sign more players and they wouldn’t come close to Souray’s stats!
Paddy you suck big time, you know that? You are a perv! Get back to the basement with ya now, momma’s pissed that you pee-d in the lemonade again!
Posted on July 4th, 2007 at 9:23 pm. About 'Canadiens sign Tom Kostopolous'.
Krusty the Clown, lotsa heart, lotsa skating, lotsa falling down, lotsa hooking penalties…hmm…don’t we already have those in Koivu? Oh great, two players with lotsa heart! Man are we all a bunch of pansy fans now ain’t we? Lotsa heart, giva huggie huggie to Krusty the Clown, and don’t be singing that faggot song OH Aye Oh Aye too loud tonite cause Momma’s banging Mr. gainey agin and he’s tired of hearing you fags!!!!!
Posted on July 4th, 2007 at 9:58 pm. About 'Canadiens sign Tom Kostopolous'.
Joshtm, what the hell was that?
Posted on July 4th, 2007 at 11:00 pm. About 'Canadiens sign Tom Kostopolous'.
see what I mean!!! nuff’ said moron! You just proved my point!
Now I am out!!
Ciao MoFo’s!!
P.S.
CH4EVA…thanks for your support! I leave you to deal with joshtm and his B.S.!! Good Luck…you’ll need it!
Posted on July 4th, 2007 at 11:00 pm. About 'Canadiens sign Tom Kostopolous'.
Joshtm are you seriously retarded… because thats what it seems like..
Anyway I don’t think the habs will do anything else, can’t see them making a trade, can’t see them trying anything surprising, seems like we are in for another grinding year, sigh.. Its not like Bob did not try and keep souray, or get smyth or briere, he just couldn’t. No one wants to come to montreal and it’s not because of the media or bob gainey or carbo, it’s because everyone can tell the team is a average club thats gonna stay around 7th to 11th place. No veteran players want to sign with a team that had no chance at a cup in the next few years. We are just going to have to wait for our rookies to develop.. Plus free agency is bullshit anyway, overpaying players, thats all its good for.. No matter what I’m gonna cheer my ass off for this club… If we get really bad we can always do what the pens did… become really shitty for 8 years or so then get unreal drafts and now they’re a good club.. I don’t think Joshtm could handle that though, might take the lid off his sippy cup and throw his orange juice all over and rant.. fucking annoying
Posted on July 4th, 2007 at 11:08 pm. About 'Canadiens sign Tom Kostopolous'.
Who wants to buy a Habs Blog Joshtm t-shirt?
Posted on July 4th, 2007 at 11:13 pm. About 'Canadiens sign Tom Kostopolous'.
ALERT!!!!!!!!!!!!TSN is reporting that Montreal”You”has traded Koivu,Plekanec and their 1st rounder”are”next year to the Ducks for the rights to Bobby Ryan and for”a”Patrick Marleau!!! This is awsome!!! I am”fuckin”so excited about this as these”moron”two players will certainly help Montreal!!I wonder”joshtm”if this will change the opinions of the critics!!
I hope that joshtm “gets” this news!!!
Rangoon on Jack-ass!!!
Posted on July 4th, 2007 at 11:43 pm. About 'Canadiens sign Tom Kostopolous'.
Souray signs with the devils. I guess we’ll never beat that team anyways.
Posted on July 5th, 2007 at 4:12 am. About 'Canadiens sign Tom Kostopolous'.
First of all,the little scumdouch mimicking me in little Habs BLOG is a proven hockey idiot!Second,fuck we lost Souray!!!!!a very bad thing just transpired ,Again Bob Gainey ,YOU FUCKIN SUCK,jOSH IS RITE ,STEP THE FUCK DOWN.
Posted on July 5th, 2007 at 7:33 am. About 'Canadiens sign Tom Kostopolous'.
where did you hear that Souray signed with the devils?
Posted on July 5th, 2007 at 2:58 pm. About 'Canadiens sign Tom Kostopolous'.
TSN???
C’mon, this blog is becoming a joke..
Posted on July 5th, 2007 at 3:00 pm. About 'Canadiens sign Tom Kostopolous'.
Tomy K is a beast
Posted on July 5th, 2007 at 3:06 pm. About 'Canadiens sign Tom Kostopolous'.
RBK … Briere signed with the last place team in the league last season, so I don’t think his reason for going there had anything to do with the Habs standings. I agree that we should just trade Koivu, trade Kovalev, bring in the rookies, be last place for 8 years, draft the best players, and become like anaheim or the senators … or like the penguins are going to be in 5 years. Unfortunately, you’re right… most fans and the media don’t have the patience for a last place team for 8 years so we’re stuck with a mediocre team for 14…
chevy … There is no mention anywhere of Souray signing with anyone, although I doubt we have the cap room to sign him anymore after that huge contract to Hamrlik. God, I hope he’s worth that money because he’s being paid more than Regehr.
Posted on July 5th, 2007 at 3:46 pm. About 'Canadiens sign Tom Kostopolous'.
Once again , the little box to the right “little blog” is to be ignored as far as it goes when using my blog name ,Xhabfan.The only funny thing to me about is I’ve never used the forum for my opinions.Its to bad some sick S.O.B. can railroad Habs blog like that!!!
Posted on July 5th, 2007 at 3:56 pm. About 'Canadiens sign Tom Kostopolous'.
Hey Bob Gainey built this crappy team. Now he admitted to reporters this past week that no one wants to come here because of the players. RBK seems to think that Montreal is a free f0r all team, you know like street shimmy where pro hockey players come and go at their own pleasure and Gainey has no say in this.
Nothing could be furthest from the truth!
It’s Gainey’s fault! Get over it! Don’t blame Briere for not wanting to play with crap! Blame Gainey!
Posted on July 5th, 2007 at 5:34 pm. About 'Canadiens sign Tom Kostopolous'.
Guest 0011,you are a joke,come on over and get some,and you will gets some ,trust me.Before you come over punk, you best shore up your life insurance fool!!!!You are a G O O F !!!
Posted on July 5th, 2007 at 5:58 pm. About 'Canadiens sign Tom Kostopolous'.
Finally, we get to see some rookies, but even though Gainey might have come to terms with rookies, doesn’t guarantee that they will suit up…Gainey playing GM to the dogs again! Signing Biron, Rivers and Pleks, great move. It would be good if Gainey could guarantee more rookies a regular spot on the habs though.
Earth to Gillett, Earth to Gillett, we need a real GM for the Habs!
Posted on July 5th, 2007 at 6:05 pm. About 'Canadiens sign Tom Kostopolous'.
The Habs signed Pleks,and Ryder for 2 years. The money is not decided.
Posted on July 5th, 2007 at 6:07 pm. About 'Canadiens sign Tom Kostopolous'.
I forgot to put thepart!(sorry)What is really wrong with you guys,huh!?
Posted on July 5th, 2007 at 6:35 pm. About 'Canadiens sign Tom Kostopolous'.
I’ll vouch for Joshtm–he never slagged Bonk that I recall, he actually had positive things to say about him.
As for Kostopolous, I don’t recall ever having seen him play, so I can’t really comment on what he does or doesn’t bring to the table. I’ll save that for the regular season, when I can see for myself, but I hope that those of you who have praised his tenacious playing style are right about him. We certainly need players with heart on the team.
I’m having mixed emotions about the failure to land some of the big name guys, mostly due to the staggerring piles of dough they were given, and the ridiculous length of the contracts. I’ve been all over Kovalev for years now, and yet, at the prices some of these UFA stiffs have signed for, he doesn’t actually look like that poor of a bargain right now.
Take Lang. He got $4 mil for 2 yrs after a 52 point season, a whopping 5 points more than Kovalev. Handzus, who has never done anything, got a 4 year deal worth $16 mil for an 8 point year, and his career season was 58 points a few years back. Hell, Kyle Calder, a bust everywhere he has gone, got $2.75 mil for 2 years. The market is way out of whack when the so-called premiere free agent gets a 7 year deal worth $51 mil after an “epic” 13 goal, 60 point campaign.
I guess if I’m happy about anything, it’s that we signed Kovalev 2 years ago, before this off season’s resumption of head scratching fiscal insanity. He probably would’ve gotten a 6 year, $38 mil contract this off season…
What was the point of the lockout? The only reason the cap has jumped so much is that the owners are bleeding the fans at every turn. Fans like us. It certainly isn’t the Panthers’ vast fanbase, for example. The Canadian teams are carrying this league, and in a weird way, we are to blame for the salary cap increase.
Yeah, that’s oversimplifying, I realize, but without the likes of the Habs, Leafs, Flames, and Oilers selling out every game, how then is the revenue going up to this degree? It isn’t due to Nashville’s 29 fans, not due to Carolina’s less than impressive fan base, and Wang has left his once proud franchise struggling to sell upwards of 14000 tickets per game. Just a few examples, I could go on.
Just read we signed Jamie Rivers to a 2 year deal. I’ll file that on under–WHO?
Garrgh!
Posted on July 5th, 2007 at 7:08 pm. About 'Canadiens sign Tom Kostopolous'.
Gainey is a real joke!
Who are those players:
Kostopoulos??
Rivers
-Hell, I didn’t even know who Hamrlik was!?!?
C’mon, Bob! If you cannot sign a good UFA, then simply don’t.
Atleast, he could ahve left a sopt for a rookie defenseman so he could develop.
Man, is he trying to ruin our franchise.
BTW, I’M A HUGE BOB GAINEY’S FAN. BUT HE’S REALLY STARTING TO LOSE HIS REPUTATION.
Posted on July 5th, 2007 at 7:34 pm. About 'Canadiens sign Tom Kostopolous'.
Finally some good news!
BEAUREGARD…
We signed this very-y(x10000000) underrated player who scored more than 70 goals in the minors.
Wow..what an acquisition. That is what I call “un tour de chapeau”
Posted on July 5th, 2007 at 9:57 pm. About 'Canadiens sign Tom Kostopolous'.
The greatest acquisition Gainey made is Rivers. Even though he is rated an underachiever, given his speed, and matching him up with Koivu, and the rest of the rookies, should make up for the loss of Souray. He may not have weight, but good on a power play, not as a scorer though. Should make for exciting fast hockey, although a bit of disappointment, in that he is small in weight, and can’t protect the goalie worth anything. If Price makes it, count on Price to get injured at the hands of both Markov and Rivers…..it is too bad Gainey didn’t get rid of the biggest liability in defense, Bouillon and Dandenault…..Gainey went cheap, spent the payroll to keep Markov and punished Souray by signing Hamrlik. That was Gainey’s worst move or the second worst move after signing Samsonov…..what a disappointment Hamrlik will be.
Posted on July 5th, 2007 at 10:19 pm. About 'Canadiens sign Tom Kostopolous'.
Jack Tornton,do you have any idea how many hockey players there are with the last name Beauregard? So I dying to know the story bout this guy ,starting with his first name.
Posted on July 5th, 2007 at 10:26 pm. About 'Canadiens sign Tom Kostopolous'.
Your an idiot Josh
-93 thats his +/- since he started he is a good defense man .. and for all the loser’s saying we need boys from Quebec well they dont want to play here ask DB he said nope dont want to play in Montreal go figure that …
Posted on July 5th, 2007 at 10:44 pm. About 'Canadiens sign Tom Kostopolous'.
Thomas Beauregard from the QJMHL…
http://allhabs.blogspot.com/
Imagine if the Habs also managed to get Esposito and that russian…what a trio this would be…
Posted on July 5th, 2007 at 10:50 pm. About 'Canadiens sign Tom Kostopolous'.
joshtm, i love how you throw random stats at people with out backing it up. like how jamie rivers falls all the time. do you even know who that player is! and bouillon and dandenault werent our biggest liabilities on defense, it was souray u fcking idiot. -28 anyone.
Posted on July 5th, 2007 at 11:06 pm. About 'Canadiens sign Tom Kostopolous'.
I wonder which Montreal sports team will be worse? Alouettes or Canadiens. Both are horrible. Notice I didn’t say PROFESSIONAL team.
Posted on July 5th, 2007 at 11:19 pm. About 'Canadiens sign Tom Kostopolous'.
Excuse me, I didn’t write that Rivers falls all the time fool! Get your facts straight! Honestly, you are so petty! You are a wimp! A Fool! A JERK!!!!!
I said Rivers should make for exciting hockey!
Where were you Habsfanforlife? Excuse me, last season all we saw was the duo of Dandenault and Bouillon get scored on time after time. Dandenault a better defenseman that Souray? Souray at his worst at least kept the net clear, what did Dandenault do? Compete with Markov to see who between the two would injure Huet…..
At least I do my research, like Degon, ranked 213 overall, man that just sucks. And Hamrlik’s total goals? some 900 some odd games and he scores what, the total number of goals Souray did last year….and that is Hamrliks total NHL career, some seven or eight years! That is pathetic! And Smolinski? Supposed to be a forward? Scores every seven games, every ten games at his worst? Honestly….those stats are just horrible! And if you look at their sizes and weights, and ages, man that just sucks. That is washed up used broken down veterans FOOL!!!
Posted on July 5th, 2007 at 11:41 pm. About 'Canadiens sign Tom Kostopolous'.
How come Gainey only signs minor league players? Is it because he thinks the habs look like a minor league team? He would be right. this is a bush league team, and none of them belong in the NHL. Gainey’s problem, is that he’s way too conservative, not willing to take a risk. He needs to be more like Holmgren.
Now there’s a shrewd and gutsy GM! bring him to Montreal. He who hesitates, is lost! Gainey looks like a lost confused GM, bent at making this team worse.
He can’t even make a decent trade! when did he ever make a trade to get us a goal scorer? N E V E R !
Posted on July 6th, 2007 at 12:09 am. About 'Canadiens sign Tom Kostopolous'.
Listen up joshtm…some good points here for ya!!
This person actually knows what they are talking about!! Read and learn jack-ass!!
Bob Gainey finally pulled the trigger on Monday by signing UFAs Roman Hamrlik and Bryan Smolinski to contracts. The Canadiens were unable to sign the big name UFAs like Daniel Briere, Scott Gomez or Ryan Smyth but it wasn’t from a lack of effort. Numerous reliable sources (including the players and agents involved in the process) stated that Montreal had made very attractive offers and were in the running right up to the end. Briere was allegedly offered a 6 year/$42 million while Smyth was supposedly offered a 5 year/$32.5 million. Both contract offers were allegedly more money annually than what Philadelphia and Colorado had given them.
As Habs fans, we can all speculate and debate the reasons why these players went elsewhere: higher taxes, constant media pressure, non playoff contender or language issues to name a few. The media have already started the “blame game” and are unfairly criticizing the Montreal Canadiens for not landing these players (especially Daniel Briere). Some media outlets have even questioned why Bob Gainey, Pierre Bovin or George Gillett did not travel to Los Angeles to hand deliver the contract offer and persuade Mr. Briere to sign with the Habs. Can you imagine Gainey leaving his office at the Bell Center and abandoning negotiations for other UFAs to attract one player.
Thank god, Bob Gainey has the courage and for a lack of a better word, BALLS!!! to stand his ground so as not to be persuaded by our wonderful local media “experts”. The Ronald Corey and Rejean Houle era has come and gone when it was common practice for the french media to influence their decision making process (Patrick Roy would have retired as a Hab if cooler heads had prevailed and management had settled things down).
Yes, Gainey did not land the “big fish” UFAs but the additions of Hamrlik, Smolinski and to a lesser degree, Tom Kostopoulos have improved the team. Roman Hamrlik is a better all round defenseman than Sheldon Souray and will provide much better defensive zone/one on one coverage. Hamrlik won’t score 26 goals next season but neither will Souray who had a career season offensively. When you factor in the plus/minus and goals scored stats, then Souray is a-2(26 goals and -28) while Hamrlik is a + 29 (7 goals and +22). A bit simplistic but at the same time rather revealing don’t you think!! Hamrlik will also help tutor young prospects like Ryan O’Bryne or Pavel Valentenko when/if they make the Habs roster. He was credited with helping develop Dion Phaneuf in Calgary so Hamrlik has some successful experience in this area.
Bryan Smolinski will not be as good a shutdown center as Radek Bonk but he will provide more offensive punch. Smolinski is a better face off guy and even at 35 years old, he is still a better skater than Bonk. I think Maxim Lapierre will be the shut down center while Koivu, Smolinski and Plekanec will center the more offensive lines. Tom Kostopoulos will provide more grit and bring a solid effort every game. He is very strong along the boards and is a good skater who will improve the 3rd and/or 4th lines (will replace Mike Johnson).
In the end, there will always be critics who will have something negative to say no matter what is done to improve the team. If Bob Gainey would have signed Daniel Briere or Ryan Smyth, there would have been criticism that the player was paid too much and his salary would cripple the team’s financial ability to add other players to the roster. Let’s take a step back and take a deep breath (especially the media) while Mr. Gainey continues to improve the team with the recent additions as well as giving some of the younger players a chance to shine.
Posted on July 6th, 2007 at 12:11 am. About 'Canadiens sign Tom Kostopolous'.
I keep expecting to see Bob Gainey sign Paul Newman….hey Bob, its not the Chieftans buddy! Its the Habs and you are supposed to sign real hockey players!
Posted on July 6th, 2007 at 12:12 am. About 'Canadiens sign Tom Kostopolous'.
Here is some info on the Beauregard kid!!
Wow, this kid could be a steal of a deal!!
Beauregard scored 71 goals in 69 games in the Q last season so he knows where the net is. He is on the small size (5′11″ 185lbs) but has an excellent shot with good wheels. He went undrafted three years ago as he was injured most of his draft eligible year. See below sites for more information and video:
http://www.lhjmq.qc.ca/lang_en/index.php?page=11194745&an=0607&v=v2&typ=reg&seasonSubType=&report=PlayersLeadersGeneral
Posted on July 6th, 2007 at 12:15 am. About 'Canadiens sign Tom Kostopolous'.
After reading Dave Molinari article, you certainly get the impression Sydney Crosby wants to please his teammates, the Penguins organization, fans and the NHLPA. As a Habs fan, I will be selfish and hope he only signs an extension of 3-4 years at the most (I can still dream of Syd the Kid in a Habs uniform). I’d love to see him become a UFA at the tender age of 25 years old and so would the NHLPA. Crosby has always said that his favorite team growing up was the Montreal Canadiens and he stated while watching the 2005 draft lottery on TV, how anxious he was as the Canadiens got closer to the 1st overall selection (they got the #5 pick which they used to select Carey Price).
The NHLPA will make sure that Crosby’s agent, Pat Brisson signs for the maximum allowable amount and doesn’t give too much of a hometown discount to the Penguins. Mario Lemieux and GM Ray Shero would love to sign Crosby to a 8-10 year deal but with the ever increasing salary cap and spiralling player salaries, it would not make economical sense for Sydney Crosby or the NHLPA to commit to such a contract. The negotiations will be interesting to watch and all habs fans will still be dreaming of the “Syd the Man” donning the bleu, blanc et rouge one day!!!!
Posted on July 6th, 2007 at 12:20 am. About 'Canadiens sign Tom Kostopolous'.
IN OUT
� Andrei Markov, D (RFA, re-signs)
� Janne Lahti, F (UFA, Free-Agent)
� Chris Higgins, F (RFA, re-signs)
� Mike Komisarek, D (RFA, re-signs)
� Jassen Cullimore, D (trade, Chicago)
� Tony Salmelainen, LW (trade, Chicago)
� Roman Hamrlik, D (UFA, Calgary)
� Bryan Smolinski, C (UFA, Vancouver)
� Tom Kostopoulos, F (UFA, Los Angeles)
→ Alex Perezhogin , F (RFA, Russia)
→ Aaron Downey, F (UFA)
→ David Aebisher, G (UFA)
→ Mike Johnson, F (UFA)
→ Radek Bonk, F (UFA, Nashville)
→ Sergei Samsonov, F (traded to Chicago)
→ Michael Leighton, G (traded to Carolina)
→ Jassen Cullimore, D (UFA)
→ Tony Salmelainen, LW (UFA)
Posted on July 6th, 2007 at 12:22 am. About 'Canadiens sign Tom Kostopolous'.
What kind of player is Tom Kostopoulos? Think a younger Mike Johnson with a smaller paycheque and a bit of an edge.
“I’m basically a defensive player who can chip in with some offence now and then,” Kostopoulos said yesterday after signing a two-year contract with the Canadiens for $900,000 (U.S.) a season.
The 6-foot, 201-pounder said he is used to playing on the third line against the opposition’s top line. That’s the role the 28-year-old right-winger has played the past two seasons with the Los Angeles Kings. Kostopoulos had seven goals and 15 assists in 76 games last season.
“There were a couple of teams which showed interest in me, but when my agent told me that Montreal was interested, that’s where I wanted to go. I grew up near Toronto and I know all about the rivalry between the Canadians and the Leafs,” Kostopoulos said from his offseason home in Oakville, Ont.
He said he didn’t know any of the current Canadiens, but it shouldn’t take long for them to know him. He admitted that he has a reputation for being a practical joker who “likes to keep things loose in the room.” “I did talk to some guys who used to play there, Mathieu Garon and Jason Ward, and they had nothing but good things to say about Montreal,” Kostopoulos said.
While he’s not the Quebecois some folks have been clamouring for, Kostopoulos said he and his wife are looking forward to trying out their French in Montreal.
“My wife went through French immersion all the way through high school and minored in French in university,” Kostopoulos said.
“I took French immersion through Grade 8. We’ll be brushing up this summer.”
While he’s not a heavyweight, Kostopoulos will drop the gloves.
“I’ll stand up for my teammates,” said Kostopoulos, who was involved in nine fights last season, although www.hockeyfights.com reported that he lost most of them.
The addition of Kostopoulos gives the team 18 players under contract with a cap hit of about $39.5 million. GM Bob Gainey still has to negotiate with restricted free-agents Michael Ryder, who earned $2.2 million last season, and Tomas Plekanec and Josh Gorges, who each earned the minimum $450,000.
phickey@thegazette.canwest.com
Posted on July 6th, 2007 at 12:30 am. About 'Canadiens sign Tom Kostopolous'.
I heard that Bettman was considering waiving the rules regarding equipment, to allow Sakku Koivu and Roman Hamrlik use their walkers on the ice, and an additional waiver for Sakku to use his seeing eye cane and german shepard…maybe that way instead of hooking players Sakku could actually play hockey!!!
Hey Bob, instead of water bottles, the Habs are gonna be giving out Ensure to half of the team during the game!
I feel sorry for the Habs trainer, he’s gotta get those adult pampers for Sakku and Roman!
I also heard Gary Bettman is considering hiring a researcher so Bryan and Tom there, the other old age pensioners that Bob Gainey hired, hiring a researcher to find out ways in which they can transfer their social security cheques to Canada…..
There was a replay on the old CBC HNIC black and whites, and Sakku, Tom, Bryan and Roman all looked old in those too! I think half of the Habs were born just after they invented electricity!
Man, the NHL is considering making the nets larger just for Sakku’s behalf! That’s cause Sakku’s so old he can’t see for trying.
I also heard Gary Bettman is considering waiving the hockey stick rule for the habs forwards, seems on top of getting larger lighter pucks, they are considering allowing Roman, Tom, Bryan and Sakku to be allowed to use Goalie sticks in the hopes that the bigger blade will allow them to actually pass the puck!
I have never seen such a wide range of players, one side of the bench is the old folks home for retired worn out used up broken down veterans in pampers and the other side are for Tim Bits players who are still in potty training!
Man is that sad or what?
And you know what is even funnier? There are fans out there who think Bob is Hockey God cause he can find a way to still allow old folkies to still play hockey and on the flip side, be a walking talking ad for Tim Bits peewee hockey!!!!HAHAHAAAA!!!!!
Posted on July 6th, 2007 at 12:35 am. About 'Canadiens sign Tom Kostopolous'.
Poor Roman! In the Sportsnet.ca interview he admitted he was so old, that he can’t skate past centre ice anymore and that he has to hobble inside his own end….
Man, at least Gainey is giving Roman the golden parachute like he’s doing for Sakku!
The Habs, where old used worn out veterans come to play, and where the GM and brown nosing fans blame the media and fans for the despicable play of the old veterans!
Honestly! Blaming the media for worn out old used players who are past their prime? Are we all that stupid or what?
Posted on July 6th, 2007 at 12:49 am. About 'Canadiens sign Tom Kostopolous'.
Thanks for the stats on Beauregard Josh,omg another small dude,what gives with that? Even Brian Murray and Brian Burke are shaking there heads at the Habs and there anti stanley cup mentality,at this point me thinks Downie be a better G.M. boys!lol
Posted on July 6th, 2007 at 8:16 am. About 'Canadiens sign Tom Kostopolous'.
man It looks like the team last year. Kostoboulos will get 25-29 points(samsonov) Smolinski will get 40-50 points(johnson,Bonk), now if kostoboulos gets less than 15 and smolinski gets less than 20 pts, were screwed because we cannot have another screw up. It’s up to higgins to get out of the 30 pt area and become who he is- a 60-70 point getter, Ryder get as much as he did his 1st season, Koivu stay the same u did amazing last year, Kovalev(oohhh boy) u have to get at least 65 points to prove ur shelf again, age might be getting at u but get out of ur slump. Latendresse will have a great season around 50 pts, kostitsyn bros. Andre should get at least 25 pts, while sergei should get at least 18 pts.(if they get a chance.)Grabovski(if he gets achance) should get around 20 pts. Chipchura should get at least 15 pts. This year we had lots of $$ to spend( hamrlik,Smolinski,Kostoboulos)-good GM=(Briere,Zubrus,Souray).(loosing team= priceless.
Posted on July 6th, 2007 at 9:03 am. About 'Canadiens sign Tom Kostopolous'.
Tke your eklund blog down, that guy knows jack s-h-i-t, he was wrong 100% of the time on trade deadline day, and 99.9% on FA day, he’s a moron who thrives off dumbasses like you. His bloggers are mostly full of shit too, they are paid to reiterate everything eklund says.
Posted on July 6th, 2007 at 10:47 am. About 'Canadiens sign Tom Kostopolous'.
hey josh is there anybody on the team that you like? ur so negative all the time man.
Posted on July 6th, 2007 at 11:38 am. About 'Canadiens sign Tom Kostopolous'.
Some of you guys are so dumb! Joshtm is telling the truth about this team and you guys are calling him a JERK!!! I’m on Josh’s side!!! LOSERS!!!!!
Posted on July 6th, 2007 at 11:40 am. About 'Canadiens sign Tom Kostopolous'.
OK 62 and 63 I don’t agree on.(happy now!)
Posted on July 6th, 2007 at 11:56 am. About 'Canadiens sign Tom Kostopolous'.
I don’t even bother reading josh’s comments anymore. That would be a waste of my time.
Posted on July 6th, 2007 at 3:17 pm. About 'Canadiens sign Tom Kostopolous'.
when can we expect these Joshtm shirts to go on the market?
Posted on July 6th, 2007 at 3:58 pm. About 'Canadiens sign Tom Kostopolous'.
… wonder why Shelly is takeing his sweet time to sign anywhere? Maybe the offers have ceased? Could it be he is that greedy? Personally, I wish we could see him back for the upcoming season… which I know will not be the case.
Posted on July 6th, 2007 at 6:52 pm. About 'Canadiens sign Tom Kostopolous'.
Does anyone here know how, to use proper punctuation! I don’t think so? LOL
Listen guys, I understand that the purpose of this site is to express our opinions about our team, but how about we all stop pulling each other’s hair? Look, Samsanov’s gone and Gainey bought out the contracts of the two guys he got for him. That’s it, that was our biggest problem (aside from Kovalev). What does Gainey have to do to make you guys happy? He’s trying his best.
Why don’t we just discuss the off-season changes without giving up before the season even starts. I was happy when I found this site last season, but quickly grew tired of it with all the bitching and moaning going on. I just recently came back to see what everyone was writing about the changes. Still the same shit…bitching and moaning. It’s embarassing!
Posted on July 6th, 2007 at 6:58 pm. About 'Canadiens sign Tom Kostopolous'.
Shelley’s taking his time cause all the GM’s in the league know that he’s drastically overrated.
Posted on July 6th, 2007 at 7:00 pm. About 'Canadiens sign Tom Kostopolous'.
Want the cure LeBeau,its called the fucken Stanley Cup ,and we all want and need one for our fucken Habs,OK bro.
Posted on July 6th, 2007 at 7:25 pm. About 'Canadiens sign Tom Kostopolous'.
The cure is firing Gainey and Carbo and actually hiring a real GM and a real NHL coach who will in turn draft, sign, trade for real NHL hockey players.
It is pathetic, today Gainey is now drafting 11 and 12 year olds at the end of today, he is going to use the rest of the salary cap to sign the best of today’s Habs day camp for kids to long term contracts in the hopes that one of them won’t grow beyond 6feet 1 or 200 pounds and if possible to be shorter than 6 feet and weigh just above 187 pounds but no more. Man is Gainey picky or what? He only goes after hockey players who are shorter than 6feet one inch and lighter than 200 pounds!
Posted on July 6th, 2007 at 7:40 pm. About 'Canadiens sign Tom Kostopolous'.
HEy JOsh you always say what the problem is but never what the solution is. Okay then say we fire Gainey, who is the replacement? John Muckler? HAHA. NO NO how about serge Savard or maybe even Rejean Houle. I want some solutions buddy. Show your worth. IT is easy to say bad things. Heck I can say many bad things about the Ducks but bottom line is they have the cup. HEck we could have signed Kariya to 6 mill a year ot Guerin to 4.75 but we didnt because it would not help us. The big guys like Smyth and Shanny dont want to play here. WHY? Pretty obvious isant it. THE MEDIA FOOL. I am a die hard habs fan and if I was a NHler I would not go to the habs. Not getting Briere for that price was the BESt thing that has happened tot he habs. I could have devastated us for years. What we did in the offseaseon shoulf excite you. All you talk about is youth. Well we are keeping the youth movement moving and yet still picked up a couple of good players to fill the holes untill then. You should be pumping fists cause this is what you wanted. THIS IS FOR YOU JOSHTM. IF we gfail this yeat its on you.
Posted on July 6th, 2007 at 7:42 pm. About 'Canadiens sign Tom Kostopolous'.
Lapierre is overated
Posted on July 6th, 2007 at 7:46 pm. About 'Canadiens sign Tom Kostopolous'.
Awww Pepto, take a Bismal won’t yA!!!
There is Larry Robinson fool!
Anyway let’s get back to the arbritration….it’ll be interesting if Ryder doesn’t resolve things, who else is in arbritration?
One more thing….
Looks like Souray’s name is off the roster on the official Habs web site….so it looks like Gainey definitely wants him gone. Too bad he didn’t do that to Bouillon and Dandenault…..
The Habs have oldest rookies…hahahahaa!!! that’s okay I guess, since Gainey has set up the old folkies home at the Habs now….the latest old folgie being Krusty the Clown and Hedican his cheer leader! I guess they must shop at the same Adult Pamper Store….
Posted on July 6th, 2007 at 8:43 pm. About 'Canadiens sign Tom Kostopolous'.
Montreal is the Edmonton of the East. Bottom line, nobody wants to play here.
Posted on July 6th, 2007 at 11:26 pm. About 'Canadiens sign Tom Kostopolous'.
Hey Joshtm,I’ve figured out how to nail the scum ball mocking us on the little blog site to the right of the screen,I gots friends in very high places too and that scumbags not going to like signing on real soon Bro,real soon!!!LOL HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA H A HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA .i HOPE HE KNOWS A REAL GOOD GEEK,LOL, HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA …………………………………………………………………………………..
Posted on July 6th, 2007 at 11:45 pm. About 'Canadiens sign Tom Kostopolous'.
I really do hope that the Oilers offer Ryder a real whooper of an offer sheet now that they’ve missed out on Vanek. Ryder is the most one dimensional player I’ve seen in years. He can shoot. That’s it. Not a good skater, doesn’t hit, has no heart, is soft, can’t pass and isn’t very smart with the puck.
And next years draft is supposedly as good as 2003 which was the draft that produced most of the good young players in the league today(Horton, Staal, Vanek, Perry, Getzlaf, Suter, Phaneuf, Seabrook, Mihaclek, Bernier, etc.). And even with Ryder the Oilers would suck so the Habs would be getting a possible top 5 pick in an extremely deep draft. So go for it K-Lowe, please make my day!
Posted on July 7th, 2007 at 1:20 am. About 'Canadiens sign Tom Kostopolous'.
Habs#1…….Ryder has been one of the only consistent players on the Habs. He may not be the best at everything but he is their only 30 goal scorer!!
Believe me…on a team where goals are hard to come by…we cannot afford to lose Ryder.
How old are you joshtm??? Seriously….what 10,11 maybe 12 or 13……I can tell by the way you write your blogs and the level of maturity you show when you write them. You are so annoying!!!
ATTENTION ADMINISTRATOR OF THIS SITE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I HAVE SEEN MANY BLOGS ON YOUR SITE WHERE PEOPLE HAVE SAID THEY WILL NOT RETURN BECAUSE OF JOSHTM AND HIS CONSISTENT GARBAGE AND GUESS WHAT…THEY HAVEN’T RETURNED…THAT HAS GOT TO HURT YOUR BUSINESS, DOESN’T IT???
I SUGGEST YOU PERMANENTLY BAN JOSHTM FROM THIS SITE. THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE A PLACE TO TALK ABOUT THE HABS AND HOCKEY IN GENERAL AND ALL I SEE IS JOSHTM INCITING POOR LANGUAGE, MAKING NONSENSICAL RIDICULOUS COMMENTS AND INCITING THREATS FROM THE OTHER BLOGGERS??? IS THIS WHAT YOU INTENDED YOUR SITE FOR???
IF SO THEN SHAME ON YOU AND YOU CAN CHALK ME UP AS ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE WHO WILL NOT RETURN AND I WILL MAKE SURE AND TELL OTHERS TO STAY CLEAR OF THIS SITE!!
CARE TO RESPOND OPENLY ON YOUR SITE FOR ALL THE OTHER BLOGGERS TO SEE???
Posted on July 7th, 2007 at 1:27 am. About 'Canadiens sign Tom Kostopolous'.
Habs#1,I can’t understand some of you guy’s and your memory issues,Ryder took on THE MAPLE DICKS ALL ON HIS OWN THE LAST GAME OF THE YEAR AND SHOWED ALL KINDS OF HEART!!! Was it two or three goals that he potted that nite???Where was the rest of the Habs ,eh? He’s our only sniper now that Souray history?Do you think the Great White Russian Kovalev IS GONNA SAVE USE????I swear ,the remarks some of you guy’s make,make me think the Blogs headquartered in the head trama wing of some hospital and some of the patients are never too be the same!! Like I said earler,it do or die for Gainey and Carbo and they just made there bed,now they get to lie in it,
;I’ll predict a new G.m. and coACH BY December!!!!
Posted on July 7th, 2007 at 1:56 am. About 'Canadiens sign Tom Kostopolous'.
Ignore him. Not very difficult.
Posted on July 7th, 2007 at 2:29 am. About 'Canadiens sign Tom Kostopolous'.
I wonder what mysteryfan will call himself next???lol
Posted on July 7th, 2007 at 8:52 am. About 'Canadiens sign Tom Kostopolous'.
Maybe it’ll be Xhabsfan…or maybe that is who I already am???
What other handles do you go by Xhabsfan??? Maybe joshtm!!!
YGFNMF!!!
Posted on July 7th, 2007 at 10:46 am. About 'Canadiens sign Tom Kostopolous'.
Ah mystery man, I am starting to figure out it is you that is using my blog monaker.First off you paroinoid little pee brain,Josh and I are two different bloggers,secendly we have been the most accurate on this site to what will happen scenarios since I have participated on said site.Thirdly ,you don’t know hockey and your frustration is showing all your character flaws ,which there are many.And four,you should not participate on Blog sites period.You have a problem accepting other peoples opinions ,to the point where you make an ass of yourself,so GO back to your birthplace ,where there are no freedoms and in brief stupid,YGFNMFAH!!!!
Posted on July 7th, 2007 at 11:01 am. About 'Canadiens sign Tom Kostopolous'.
Losing Ryder might help is in the long-run with a draft pick, but it seems the majority of bloggers on here want help right now. Ryder’s been one of my favourite players to watch last season. I really don’t know what game you’ve been watching, Habs#1.
Posted on July 7th, 2007 at 11:13 am. About 'Canadiens sign Tom Kostopolous'.
Just in Souray to play for the leafs, Not good news
Posted on July 7th, 2007 at 11:40 am. About 'Canadiens sign Tom Kostopolous'.
I.ve read so many blogs on the habs in the last couple of days and no one seems to realize that the Habs have one of the best group of upcomming player in the league. Bob has done a great job of keeping and aquiring draft picks. In this day of age where any good player requests insane amounts of money to play anywhere, the only way to win a cupm and to have a deap team is to draft your way up (Look at Anaheim). And another point I thought I would hear is that Lecavalier will be a UFA next season, now I may be dissapointed but I think the Habs will go all out to sign this guy and he is way more of a pillar to any team than DB. You wait and see, Bob has somthing u all don’t Patience and Vision.
Well that was my 2 cents
thanks for listening.
Posted on July 7th, 2007 at 2:01 pm. About 'Canadiens sign Tom Kostopolous'.
XHabsfan, you and josh have been the most accurate in your own opinion, not everyone else’s.
Ryder and Souray are both overrated, deal with it.
Posted on July 7th, 2007 at 2:58 pm. About 'Canadiens sign Tom Kostopolous'.
Joshtm are you even a fan of the habs? I mean you don’t like the team and you don’t like the players, and then you say you’re a die hard fan because you think they suck and want to get rid of everyone for a good team. I say FUCK that you retard, a die hard fan sticks with the team no matter what. I’m not saying you can’t criticize the GM, but to say all our players are shit and he is dumb is just plain retarded. I would love to see you as our GM, I mean you do seem to think you have more hockey knowledge then Bob Gainey. Hell you should be our coach too seeing how you think you can out coach Carbo. Xhabsfan can be your assistant, god only knows what you two would be doing in the locker room.
First off this team is better then the last couple of years, I mean was I the only one that was horribly embarrassed when Spezza literally walked around Souray and sniped only to celebrate while Souray was picking his jock strap off the ice, or how about Souray’s constant giveaways in his own end. Souray can score a lot of goals with his shot, what do you think they say about Hammer, the guy has a blistering shot and easily anyone can see that he has a better defensive side. I think that makes him perfect for our powerplay because he can shoot and yet still is able to prevent giving up shorties. Smolinksi is a gritty player that knows how to score. He has a veteran ability so can help out rookies like Lapierre who seems to be following in the ways of a gritty in-your-face type of player. Clearly we have amazing young talent, which so far Bob Gainey has kept around and clearly will not give them away for nothing. Josh if you think the Habs are old and shitty why do you still cheer for them. Go fuck off and cheer for Pittsburg or something and when they can’t afford all their players anymore you can start bashing them. If our team needs rebuilding, we are already almost there, when you rebuild a team you need two things, rookie talent (we have shitloads of it) and a veteran presence(seems like Josh thinks we have a lot of that) so it looks to me like it’s a pretty damn good time to be a Habs Fan.
Now you’re going to post another reply and you’ll be ranting and annoying as hell with stupid fuck’n names and retarted things to say. Hell you probably won’t even talk about hockey, you’ll just rant and hope that sometime soon Xhabsfan will say something like “Joshtm is right and I wanna suck his cock..�
Losers.
Posted on July 7th, 2007 at 3:16 pm. About 'Canadiens sign Tom Kostopolous'.
RBK,YOU ARE ONE RUDE NO MINDED WANNABEE,LOL!!! Are you related to JO-JO the FUTUREST,LOL. How do you know how young unprovin talent is going to preform in the big leagues,HUH? Mix in with noname generic old-timers and just add ice,eh and we have a contender? lISTEN,BEFORE YOU THINK ,TRY THINKING WITH YOUR HEAD FIRST AND THEN YOUR HEART……free addvice.
Posted on July 7th, 2007 at 3:17 pm. About 'Canadiens sign Tom Kostopolous'.
no cup this year boys
Posted on July 7th, 2007 at 4:07 pm. About 'Canadiens sign Tom Kostopolous'.
xhabsfan…….aaaahhhhh…this is so fun! First of all….good job with the YGFNMF…..impressive!! Secondly(noticed that I spelled it right?…take notes!), the reason I say that you are one in the same as joshtm is because you were always at odds with joshtm until recently? Now you are his shadow??? WTF?? Are you guys an item?? Hmmmm….well are ya pretty boy!!
Third, it is not me that is using your moniker(TRUTHFULLY)…I may change mine from time to time, but I would not steal someone else’s…..sorry to let you down there small fry!! By the way, it is my understanding that you are a 105lb. weakling who once broke his arm lifting an empty tea cup??? Is this true skinny-boy!!! At least that is what joshtm tells me???LOL……..YGFNMFAHCSDW!!
Seriously though, the habs will be fine…they will shock a lot of people this year. They have a good solid mix of veterans and youth and Huet will rebound from a poor season last year to push for Vezina consideration.
I have faith in the Habs and besides, better to be a HAB fan than a Leaf fan!! Agree??????
Posted on July 7th, 2007 at 4:09 pm. About 'Canadiens sign Tom Kostopolous'.
a heart doesn’t think “xhabsfan”
Posted on July 7th, 2007 at 4:29 pm. About 'Canadiens sign Tom Kostopolous'.
How the hell am I a “wannabee”?
But seriously,…young unproven talent?… Isn’t that what every rookie is. Did anyone have a doubt that Crosby wouldn’t perform in the NHL.. I think not, anyone who is around the game can tell who is gonna make it somewhere and who isn’t. Especially GM’s and NHL Scouts… THATS WHAT THEY GET PAID FOR! What do you think the Hab’s establishement was made by drawing names from a hat! NO! Use your heads,xhabsfan and joshtm, you guys think you can do a better job with the team! Honestly guys, if you could do something better then you wouldn’t be here typing on this blog would you now.. get real. And to say we have no veteran smarts is ridiculous, these guys play internationally, professionally and everything in between. Hammer has helped develope the soon to be best d-man in the league in a guy named Dion Phaneuf. And as much as I and everyone else despises Kovalev, he is always on the bench giving advice because he has an extreme knowledge of the game. Koviu too!
But this doesn’t mean anything because the Habs will not have to break everything down and rebuild. Where already almost there.. We are gonna have a good team this year, and even if we don’t, I’ll still be there cheering my ass off every game, and thats what makes a fan, not a guy who as soon as something goes wrong starts to cry and blame the GM or the coach or everything else that can be blamed, because blaming and crying is easy to do.. Xhabsfan and Joshtm might as well be leafs fans because all they do is cry, isn’t that what the tm stands for anyway josh?.
Posted on July 7th, 2007 at 4:37 pm. About 'Canadiens sign Tom Kostopolous'.
By the way mysteryfan… Great posts #56 and 58-61, Awesome statistics
Posted on July 7th, 2007 at 5:26 pm. About 'Canadiens sign Tom Kostopolous'.
RBK AND mysteryfan,HAVE YOU BEEN WATCHING THE SAME TEAM SINCE 93″habs”???Idont think so!!!Listen,you two pretty boys got to stop hobnobbing with your eye’s closed,your like a MARKOV slapshot missing everything! I’ll tell you what ,if we get into the play-offs I’ll be real happy ,but realisticly it’s not going to happen,Steve fuckin Wonder can even see that!!!So YGFNMFALICSDW-DFG!LOL
Posted on July 7th, 2007 at 5:38 pm. About 'Canadiens sign Tom Kostopolous'.
I think Joshtm is afraid of me after the spanking I gave him last month. See teh kid has to now not to bother me when I am getting freaking with the his mommy. Two up that butt.
Posted on July 7th, 2007 at 6:02 pm. About 'Canadiens sign Tom Kostopolous'.
Xhabsfan do you know what your talking about? When did I ever say this team is like the ‘93 team? All I said is we are gonna have a better team then the last couple of years. I think we will make the playoffs, and even if they don’t doesn’t mean I’m going to start blaming everyone from the GM to the stick boy. And if Markov is so bad maybe you should suit up Xhabsfan. You sure seem to know how much everyone else sucks. You and Joshtm must be Wayne Gretzky and Mario Lemiux. Because you guys talk like your the best players ever. Maybe we should just get rid of markov, if he is as bad as you say he is. I mean clearly he is one of if not the best player for the habs. Its not all about points sometimes. If Steve fuckin Wonder can tell who is gonna make the playoffs and who isn’t why do we even have a regular season, Why don’t we just have PLayoffs and he can pick the teams who are in? All you do Xhabsfan is say stupid shit with no back-up and no real meaning or point. I mean look at your last comment. What point are you trying to proove? That our team isn’t as good as in 1993? Well shit Joshtm’s vibrator can tell that! Honestly you don’t know anything about hockey do you Xhabsfan?.. Maybe you should just stop writing on this blog, from my short time being on here I can tell no one likes you or takes you seriously. Go start your own blog called Pointless Fags Typing Pointless Shit.
Posted on July 7th, 2007 at 6:42 pm. About 'Canadiens sign Tom Kostopolous'.
Hey RBK you suck big time don’t you know that? Honestly, if there is anyone who should be asking “are you a fan” is us of you! Honestly, when Gainey makes really Sheety moves like he has, after the horrible up and down season we had, and you praise him for delivering us to a spot just short of a playoff spot and then to be shut out by all people, the worst teams in the league? When we can’t even beat the worst team in the league to guarantee a playoff spot and then have the salt rubbed into the wound by the Laffs? And you thought Gainey was a “God” because of that?
When the whole city was asking “what is with this Gainey fellow” when he wouldn’t take advantage last year of being able to trade, and then just before the playoffs when he didn’t, and then this past summer when he kicked Souray out but kept deadwood like Dandenault and Bouillon?
And because we are pissed at Bob Gainey’s lousy leadership, as true Habs fans who like to see winners, you question us? You are a real MORON RBK DO YOU KNOW THAT? Asking if we are fans…honestly.
Are you totally out to lunch? Are you devoid of common sense? What Gainey gives you free batteries for your dildo and free vaseline and the only question you ask him is “how far down do I bend Mr. Gainey”….
Let’s get back the real issues here. Gainey is chasing out the high scorers, he is letting Souray go. He penny and dime-ing Ryder to death. All the while Gainey spends big money on players who can’t even score but one every ten games or so! And you love the man for that? Bringing us a gang of has beens?
Posted on July 7th, 2007 at 6:49 pm. About 'Canadiens sign Tom Kostopolous'.
Xhabsfan……awsome…you got me on that one……care to share the full length version!!!LOL
What are you talking about with Markov???? He is a solid point producer and is responsible in his own end?????? Isn’t that what a good “D” man does???
Give your boney little head a shake Xhabsfan!!!
RBK…….and little girly-man has the nerve to say that we don’t know what we are talking about???
YIKES!!!!
Posted on July 7th, 2007 at 8:41 pm. About 'Canadiens sign Tom Kostopolous'.
mysteryman, Markov has NO SLAPSHOT AND I cringe when he does take one cause its guaranteed to hit a fan or something. He’s a good playmaker ,skater and a passer but he’s soft as well,oh yeah he’s rich,that’s it that’s all!Good wrist shot and no snap shot and he couldn’t fight his way out of a wet paper bag….a very quiet leader and his play can be spotty,here’s the problem,he’s our best D man !!!!If we are to be a defensive style of play,should we not have the very best of D men? You know ,like the ducks . Gainey is doing a Carbo, “musical chairs” number on the team and I will bet ANYONE THERE’S GOING TO BE BAD RESULTS! ANY TAKERS????
Posted on July 7th, 2007 at 8:48 pm. About 'Canadiens sign Tom Kostopolous'.
Joshtm are you serious.. If you will look back in my posts I have agreed with you a countless number of times saying Gainey has made some really bad moves and never once praised him. I don’t like what Gainey has done this free agency but I DO like what has not done with our rookie talent. I ask you why go out and spend 50 million dollars for 6-8 years for one good player when you can spend that much on developing our bottomless barrell of rookie talent and have a great team in easily 6-8 years.
And secondly, Gainey did not LET Souray go, he offered him what he is worth(obviously the same that other teams are offering him because he hasn’t gone anywhere) and Souray and his agent denied that offering. So instead gainey made a smart move by getting Hammer, who is a better D-man then Souray and if you can’t see that you don’t know hockey. Hell Souray is still a UFA, he could potentially still come back( I don’t see how and frankly I don’t care). Joshtm do you love seeing Souray giveaway the puck and then get danced around by other teams players or something?? Because thats what’s been happening. At least with Hammer he will be able to make that crisp break-out pass that begins every play, a crucial pass, not bank it off the glass or ring it around the boards like Souray does, only to have it intercepted and end up in the back of our net. PLus Hammer has a great shot and can replace Souray on the PP. Now he obviously doesn’t have the offensive side like Souray but his great defensive skills will make up for that. I mean what would you rather have a 10 goal scorer who is a +25 or a 20 goal scorer who is a minus 30.. DO the math Joshtm. And you hate Bouillon and Dandenault so much? There combined plus minus was still better then Sheldon Souray’s last year. They are good for thier postion, a 3rd set of defenders, thats what they do!! Are you kidding me, I mean did you see when Bouillon dropped his mits and layed out a little Bitch called Darcy Tucker.. You can’t sit there and tell me you didn’t cheer when that happened. Or maybe you didn’t see that happen, maybe you didn’t see any of last season, you and Xhabsfan were to busy practising positions out of the Kama Sutra..
And yes I know last season was a bust.. Everyone knows that including Bob Gainey. And if you weren’t paying attention the guy did everything he could to try and land a big name player here. So how can you blame the guy if those players CHOSE not to come! Yes gainey has made some bad moves, but he has made some good ones too. I mean would you still want to be backstopped by Theodore? Honestly joshtm you wouldn’t know what to do with yourself if you were a GM of any team. You don’t know hockey, all you know is saying random shit and ranting and crying. You should go join xhabsfan’s blog.
Posted on July 7th, 2007 at 8:52 pm. About 'Canadiens sign Tom Kostopolous'.
102 Joshtm
Posted on July 7th, 2007 at 6:42 pm. About ‘Canadiens sign Tom Kostopolous’.
Hey RBK you suck big time don’t you know that?
HAHAHA thats awesome joshtm…. just awesome..
Posted on July 7th, 2007 at 8:57 pm. About 'Canadiens sign Tom Kostopolous'.
Alright…I end it here…..MARKOV….last year….49 pts. and +3, year before…….46 pts. and +14…year before lock-out…20 pts. and -2…..in Russia during the lock-out….23 pts. and + 27……..he has been getting better and better every year!!!! I would say at this rate Markov will be vying for the Norris trophy very soon!!! What in the HELL are you talking about Xhabsfan????? I think joshtm has been sneeking up behind you again and boinkin’ the sense right out of ya!!!!LOL
Xhabsfan…..if this is what you call a bad defenseman then I want a whole blueline of bad defensemen!!!!
I know you are an intelligent fan(most of the time, errrrr.. some of the time, o.k….never really…LOL…kidding!!) but really…..check things out before you spout off would ya!!! Stats don’t lie girlyman!!!!
And OH MY GOD…..you sound just like joshtm!!! WTF!!!!
Hey RBK….any comments??? Care to shore me up here????
Posted on July 7th, 2007 at 8:58 pm. About 'Canadiens sign Tom Kostopolous'.
Josh.. get off the crack pipe. If you were a Sens fan back when they came back into the league you’d be screaming after the third year that they were in last place. The Habs have been badly managed for well over a decade before Gainey got here, it’s going to take at least that long to get them back into a good position. You can’t trade Samsonov and a first round draft pick for Crosby in real life, so stop pretending that we’re living in a video game. I don’t think anyone out there could do a better job than Gainey, so while it’s easy to sit back and blame everything from no one wanting to sign in Montreal to global warming on Gainey, the reality is that neither you nor anyone else could do a better job of it. If you don’t want to be a fan through the hard times, then go jump wagon and be an Anaheim fan… for this year.
Posted on July 7th, 2007 at 9:28 pm. About 'Canadiens sign Tom Kostopolous'.
I really hope Grabs cracks the line up… he’s very slick with the puck, and will be exciting to watch! Something to look forward to! Go Habs Go!
Posted on July 7th, 2007 at 9:33 pm. About 'Canadiens sign Tom Kostopolous'.
LOL,just what I thought,NO takers,come on walk the walk and talk the talk!!!See ,that’s what I’m talking bout Fans, we all know ,deep inside,NEXT YEARS GOING TOO SUCK,AGAIN!!! OH WAIT ,KOVALEV WILL TALK THE YOUNGER PLAYERS INTO SUPERSTARS ,I feel much better bout that,LOL! look if you think using KOVALEV AS A REFERENCE is the way to make your argument,then to-days Habs blog is as uninspiring as our new members on the Habs!LOL And for the guy who said we should follow the ducks then ,I will ,as soon as they wear a C.H.
Posted on July 7th, 2007 at 9:52 pm. About 'Canadiens sign Tom Kostopolous'.
Xhabsfan……why is it that when someone makes a point that obviously makes you the loser of the argument….why do you refuse to respond and acknowledge that you were wrong????
I stated some facts about MARKOV that are irrefutable yet you do not respond????? WHY???? Scared????
YGFNMF!!!
Posted on July 7th, 2007 at 10:05 pm. About 'Canadiens sign Tom Kostopolous'.
mysteryfan,when you read what I said in post #104 I never mention Markov as a bad D man nor did I state him to be great ,he’s a good D man and our best and that isn’t going to cut it when it comes to play a defensive style,so when you put words in my mouth that I haven’t said ,it makes it very hard to muster up replies,eh!
Posted on July 7th, 2007 at 10:45 pm. About 'Canadiens sign Tom Kostopolous'.
I have a QUESTION FOR ALL OF YOU.If all the teams have $40,000,000 to spend and you compare lineup “Detroit, Pittsburgh, Rangers ,Tampa, Ducks and the like against our un mity Habs team,how in the hell did we spend it all???and on what???? At the very least we could of saved moneys for the half way point!!! Right now John Ferguson jr looks like a better G.M. than Gainey
;and thats very,very bad Bob !!!!!
Posted on July 7th, 2007 at 11:00 pm. About 'Canadiens sign Tom Kostopolous'.
Josh… Were you molested as a child? That would explain your sad attempt to deflect the fact that you’re a moron by making lame sexual references. Speaking of being a moron, obviously you weren’t watching the 2005-2006 season (when Gainey was the GM) when the Habs went to the conference semifinals.
A piece of advice, it’s better for you to shut up and let everyone think you’re a moron than type and prove it.
Posted on July 8th, 2007 at 12:07 am. About 'Canadiens sign Tom Kostopolous'.
Xhabsfan……WTF….your right…you did not say he was a bad “D’ man but you certainly described him as bad????? Read your own fuckin’ words moron!!!!
I never put any words in your mouth…..you put them there yourself!!!
You make no sense?????
These are your words…..does this not describe him as a bad defenseman???
He’s soft, he’s got no shot, he cannot fight, spotty play and we’re in trouble if he is our best defenseman???
Markov has NO SLAPSHOT AND I cringe when he does take one cause its guaranteed to hit a fan or something. He’s a good playmaker ,skater and a passer but he’s soft as well,oh yeah he’s rich,that’s it that’s all!Good wrist shot and no snap shot and he couldn’t fight his way out of a wet paper bag….a very quiet leader and his play can be spotty,here’s the problem,he’s our best D man !!!!
Please see the stats Xhabsfan…..Markov is a top tier NHL defenseman girlyman!!(see below)
Alright…I end it here…..MARKOV….last year….49 pts. and +3, year before…….46 pts. and +14…year before lock-out…20 pts. and -2…..in Russia during the lock-out….23 pts. and + 27……..he has been getting better and better every year!!!! I would say at this rate Markov will be vying for the Norris trophy very soon!!! What in the HELL are you talking about Xhabsfan????? I think joshtm has been sneeking up behind you again and boinkin’ the sense right out of ya!!!!LOL
Xhabsfan…..if this is what you call a bad defenseman then I want a whole blueline of bad defensemen!!!!
Your worse than joshtm you sissy!!
Posted on July 8th, 2007 at 12:17 am. About 'Canadiens sign Tom Kostopolous'.
Hey Xhabsfan…why is your moniker linked to SHAW.CA??????? Do you work there or something???
Oh and also……why “X” in fromt of habsfan????? If you are indeed an X habsfan then why are you here???
Posted on July 8th, 2007 at 1:04 am. About 'Canadiens sign Tom Kostopolous'.
Yo mysterygoof,since when is it other peoples fault when you can’t figure shit out,ydf !You need to have more accountability in yourlife don’t you?
You are not trying to say our Habs have a stanley cup defence now ,are you?Cause if you are I told you put your money’s where your really big mouth is,sadly it will be like taking money from the handycaped,”not very karma good”,but for you I’ll do it! Noproblemo yfwmfdbcsd 2]Plus you haven’t answered where the missing 40 millions at PUSS NUTTS !!!
Posted on July 8th, 2007 at 9:51 am. About 'Canadiens sign Tom Kostopolous'.
Yo mysterygoof,do you think our Habs now have a Stanley cup defence,do you?Do you see a couple of Niedamyers and Pronger back there?You are on dots that you will never be able to connect you dits,and answer my question for a change ,where did the 40 million go,eh? We got all these rookies ,didn’t spend it on them? And what did we get for the rest ,kOVALEV KoIVU,Hamerlik and Markov,oh yeah I can see the cup at the end of the rainbow,lol.And why do you keep changing your blog name?Are you the pervert writing that shit using my blog name,cause if you are ,think of all the young Habs fans your exposing to that filth ? Hows your Karma? Oh yeah,how is it my fault you can’t understand shit ,eh? Do yourself a big favor ,instead of blaming others take some accountability fool!!! UFNMCSMFDWTW-UYs
Posted on July 8th, 2007 at 10:15 am. About 'Canadiens sign Tom Kostopolous'.
What the hell, if you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em. I’m with RBK. Dude, you make a lot of sense. Sounds like you need a tag team partner anyway. LOL.
joshtm…in post # 103, you said Gainey was chasing out the high scorers…then why did he get rid of Samsanov and keep Ryder? What the hell are you talking about, moron? And what’s so special about Souray? He led the team with 135 penalty minutes last season. Yeah, he had 26 goals, but -28 rating. Take him off the ice completely, and there’s the extra 2 goals we needed to beat the Leafs to get into the playoffs. I know it doesn’t really work that way, but it almost makes sense, doesn’t it? Yeah, he’s got a wicked slapshot, I’ll give him that, but 19 of those goals were on the PP. If Hamerlik can’t replace him there, then Carbo does like Murray did for the Sens and drops a forward with a hard slap shot on the point for the PP. Souray won’t be a huge loss…especially since his defensive game is so lacking.
Posted on July 8th, 2007 at 12:18 pm. About 'Canadiens sign Tom Kostopolous'.
Xtrafullo’sh-i-thabsfan…..if your going to come at me son ya better put on your bi-foculs and get your walker YGFNMFAHCSDWCLAFSHMB!!!!!!
No where in my last post did I mention anything about having the “D” to win the cup?????? Where do you get that s-h-i-t???? Again, you obvioulsy purposely skipped over the point…again. You said Markov was not a good defenseman, I pointed out with actual stats that he is and I think the habs would have a very good “D” corp if all we had was Markovs on the blueline!
Stay to the point goofball!!!
As for the $40 Million…..it was spent on the players on the roster of the habs you dumb goof……what did you think…Bob stole it???
Posted on July 8th, 2007 at 1:23 pm. About 'Canadiens sign Tom Kostopolous'.
This blog has turned into an absolute joke and it’s not even fun anymore.
Seriously. People complain about how much certain players, and sometimes I agree that they suck or that they’re cancers(ie. Kovalev) but no one offers A REALISTIC OPTION(go read and understand the freakin CBA some of you) on how to get rid of them or improve the team. Everyone wants instant results with no patience and no actual feasable ideas on how to do it. Everyone complains about Gainey and Carbo yet they don’t bring up anyone to replace them with accept people who are already employed and wouldn’t come or dream about Scotty Bowman coming back(get real, he has no loyalty to the Habs anymore, his loyalty is to the Red Wings).
Until people actually come up with some constructive, REALISTIC ideas on how to improve the team this blog will continue to be an absolute gong show.
Posted on July 8th, 2007 at 2:49 pm. About 'Canadiens sign Tom Kostopolous'.
Lebeau… The only thing I’ll disagree with is when you talk about Souray’s bad +/-, you have to take into account that he did get alot of his points on the PP, and those points do not count towards your +/- … so it’s misleading. Souray was the primary reason that we had the highest rated PP in the league last year, either from him scoring from his shot or from the PK having to slide forwards up high to cover him and leaving space down low for the forwards to operate. Yes, Souray isn’t good defensively, but in his case, his offensive upside and his physical play make up for his defensive lacking, and we will miss him if he doesn’t come back. With the signing of Hamrlik, I don’t see how Souray can possibly come back… but I still have hope they’ll find a way.
Posted on July 8th, 2007 at 2:57 pm. About 'Canadiens sign Tom Kostopolous'.
Avatar37…I stand corrected. I honestly didn’t know that PP points didn’t count towards +/-. Either way, as much as I loved seeing that shot of his from the point, I can do without it if it means we have a stronger defense. We’re not going to win games 7-2, so we need to assure that our defense can keep the opposing teams’ scores down.
I’m not a Souray hater, but with Hamrlik on the team, I’m more confident.
Posted on July 8th, 2007 at 3:55 pm. About 'Canadiens sign Tom Kostopolous'.
LeBeau.. I’m not a Souray hater either, I loved Souray, but when you look at the logical sense of it all, Souray was a bad defenseman,I mean he has a blistering shot and an awesome physical side. But with Hammer here I’m not even sad that he is leaving because Hammer has those and more. It be cool if somehow they could keep him but who cares if he is gone because we already have a better D-man on our lineup. Your right LeBeau.. With Hammer shoring up the hole in our D Souray won&#