Division on the Line
The Canadiens are injured and depleted. The Senators, in the midst of a serious breakdown at the worst possible time.
Who will come out on top?
The Canadiens aren’t healthy, but do they have enough to walk into Ottawa and win the Northeast Division in front of the once mighty Senators?
In their own building, in front of the panicking SENS ARMY.
Nothing would be sweeter.
The Canadiens don’t play well in Ottawa, haven’t in a long time. The Senators aren’t the same team however.
A win tonight will not only clinch the Division, but send a big message and put Ottawa in a very dangerous spot, teetering on the edge of even reaching the post season.
A no show by the Habs, and it’s very far from over.
Posted on April 1st, 2008 at 3:53 pm. About 'Division on the Line'.
Go Habs Go !
Posted on April 1st, 2008 at 6:01 pm. About 'Division on the Line'.
YO,this would be a good time to win one!
Posted on April 1st, 2008 at 6:21 pm. About 'Division on the Line'.
Has anyone heard about the romour that KIRK MULLER is apparently coming out of retirement to play, due to Koivu’s injury?
It’s supposed to be true. team 990 says Kirk is in excellent shape, and is going to play!
Posted on April 1st, 2008 at 7:05 pm. About 'Division on the Line'.
Um… has he been practicing? It’s the bloody NHL, Kirk, not a father-son game!
Love the new Sens logo. Is it official?
Posted on April 1st, 2008 at 7:08 pm. About 'Division on the Line'.
Oh, and Go Habs Go!
Posted on April 1st, 2008 at 7:17 pm. About 'Division on the Line'.
gotcha ya! April fools day!
Posted on April 1st, 2008 at 7:53 pm. About 'Division on the Line'.
So I JUST NOW TURNED THE GAME ON “rds” and Cris F Neil is allready trying to bully,I hope he gets his!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted on April 1st, 2008 at 7:57 pm. About 'Division on the Line'.
GOALLLLL!!!!!!! GOAL !!!!!!!
Posted on April 1st, 2008 at 8:21 pm. About 'Division on the Line'.
You didn’t get me. No, you didn’t. Nope. Never got me. Uh-uh.
OK, you kind of did.
Posted on April 1st, 2008 at 8:30 pm. About 'Division on the Line'.
If we see players like Jason Spazzer fighting, the only implication is the team in “frustration”.
He fought with Markov, but failed to bring any motivation to his team.
That’s it, Ottawa, this season.
Posted on April 1st, 2008 at 8:33 pm. About 'Division on the Line'.
A nerf fight lol….
Posted on April 1st, 2008 at 8:37 pm. About 'Division on the Line'.
Handsome AK27 Capitain!!!
Posted on April 1st, 2008 at 8:49 pm. About 'Division on the Line'.
Goal: MTL DANDENAULT,M.; LATENDRESSE,G.; LAPIERRE,M. 23′ Wrist (5:28 2nd)
2:0 Habs!!
Another productive line.
Posted on April 1st, 2008 at 9:23 pm. About 'Division on the Line'.
Liking the game so far, we are looking good, not great, but getting the job done which the most important thing. Price also improving which is a great thing coming into the playoffs.
As for the Sens, that logo fits perfect, i am just going to say what i feel about the Sens, i hardly ever blog so please don’t rip into me, lol.
They are a bunch of f’ing babies, Chris Neal is a f’ing bum, not worth the
sh!t that comes out of my little babies a$$, he could fall off the earth right now and noone would even know he was gone, f’ing bum, bum, bum. As for the rest of the team, babies, again, babies.
That is that, lol, sorry, i am watching the game on rogers sportsnet and the guys on there whether i am watching a Habs vs. Sens game or Sens vs. whom ever, they piss me off just terrible, just horrible calling of the game, so that is why i came here to blog about it.
Sorry for the long blog, go habs, one more period to put the 2 legged, 1 eyed, deaf, broken tailed, stupid, worthless DOG down. So lets go.
Peace
Posted on April 1st, 2008 at 9:48 pm. About 'Division on the Line'.
You forgot to say Neil is a F@cking bum,bum,bum,bum……
Posted on April 1st, 2008 at 10:11 pm. About 'Division on the Line'.
1st place….oh yeah!!!!!!!!
Posted on April 1st, 2008 at 10:13 pm. About 'Division on the Line'.
Division win and secodn place overall. Nice.
Now all they have to do is get healthy for the playoffs.
Posted on April 1st, 2008 at 10:13 pm. About 'Division on the Line'.
Price shut out. Dividion title and that boys played well. Sergie looked good at centre, streit made the difference on defence and the PW. Even Brisecrap didn’t make too many mistakes tonight. Bottom line now Hapman we can rest all those guys and get healty. Now bringup baron the beef. he can play the last two games.
Posted on April 1st, 2008 at 10:13 pm. About 'Division on the Line'.
YYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
Congrats boys, go Habs go!
Posted on April 1st, 2008 at 10:16 pm. About 'Division on the Line'.
Sorry, thought that i included that one in there, you get the drift. The best thing about tonight i personally think, besides of course the clinch, is that Washington won. That puts them in a tie with Carolina for 1rst in their division. with 90 and 2 games to play. Ottawa has 92 with 2 games to play. The way that Ottawa is playing right now, if they loose the last 2 games, there is a really go chance they don’t make the playoffs. Has alot of factors of course, but hey, it can happen. Boston, Philly, Washington, and Carolina would only have to win 1 more game this season and Ottawa lose both. LOL, a man can dream.
Posted on April 1st, 2008 at 10:20 pm. About 'Division on the Line'.
Well I for one would rather see Ottawa in than out. We know hoe to beat them and adding another team to the playoffs that we have trouble beating is not my idea of a smart thing to have happen.
Posted on April 1st, 2008 at 10:21 pm. About 'Division on the Line'.
That is true, my judgement is clouded because of my absolute hate for Ottawa i guess.
Posted on April 1st, 2008 at 10:23 pm. About 'Division on the Line'.
Your forgiven, we all have weak moments
Posted on April 1st, 2008 at 10:27 pm. About 'Division on the Line'.
Hey which out of you guys wanted to trade Streit back in February, since KOMy got injured he has been our best defenceman including the powerplay quarterback. He sure was a sight for sore eyes tonight and it was obvious how important he is to our team.
Posted on April 1st, 2008 at 10:33 pm. About 'Division on the Line'.
Carey “The Ice” Price is a Monster.
The best game by far I’ve ever seen him play. Both in the NHL & the AHL.
Way to go Kid.
Way to guy to all of the Habs tonight.
We got the Jersey monkey off our back. Now the Ottawa monkey is off our back.
Anymore monkies to get rid of?
I’m so proud of our team tonight.
Posted on April 1st, 2008 at 10:43 pm. About 'Division on the Line'.
Hey Iceman, couldn’t agree more, they played better defensively tonight than they have in a long time.
Posted on April 1st, 2008 at 10:45 pm. About 'Division on the Line'.
Hey Iceman, were is out good buddy Habman tonight. Maybe he is talking to carbo about resting all our starts for the next two games. We should bring up Hamilton to play the last two games.
Posted on April 1st, 2008 at 10:48 pm. About 'Division on the Line'.
LOL Senet1……….
Posted on April 1st, 2008 at 11:10 pm. About 'Division on the Line'.
Next game Brisebois can play 30 minutes and Baron the beef can be his partner. Bring up five or six and give Kovy a rest as well as Markov and Hamerlik and give Streit another day off and then we play TO on Saturday night. Don’t need the win but I m sure the guys would like revenge. Or we could consider winning the division all the revenge we need. Habman does have a point about the health issue. so now is the time not last week.
Posted on April 2nd, 2008 at 10:46 am. About 'Division on the Line'.
Can somebody please explain to me how Alex Kovalev goes from being one of the most talented and least motivated players in the NHL, to one of the most talented and most motivated players?
What has happened to this guy over the past 10 or so months? I mean, he’s an incredible leader, we have Russians basically working harder than anyone else, game in and game out, and not only did he look good wearing the C, but he clearly deserves it as well.
I don’t know how Gaigney and his group managed to change the culture of the dressing room, but you can just see in their faces that this team really like each other. What an incredibly display this year has been for many players, not least of which Kovalev.
No Ray Emery’s or Andrew Raycrofts on this team. What a team!
Go Habs!
Posted on April 2nd, 2008 at 11:16 am. About 'Division on the Line'.
After all these years, we finally got a goalie guys….and he’s as cool as a drool on a polar bears tool. Great win guys…..you looked like champs…everyone played well, did their jobs…..we played tuff with no tuff guys……fantastic effort…proud to be a Habs fan…..anyone else get the taste of playoff hockey last night? Keep Dandy in….congrats on the banner.
Wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo GO HABS GO !!!
Posted on April 2nd, 2008 at 11:40 am. About 'Division on the Line'.
I gave hihger marks to
Mark Streit: He made blueline working again!
Josh Gorges: Functioing KOMI!
Sergei Kostitsyn: Young SAKU!
Josh Gorges + Markov’s fight = Komi
Posted on April 2nd, 2008 at 11:42 am. About 'Division on the Line'.
I like to cool drool on the tool Don..LMAO.
Posted on April 2nd, 2008 at 11:51 am. About 'Division on the Line'.
re: groundworking
“Can somebody please explain to me how Alex Kovalev goes from being one of the most talented and least motivated players in the NHL, to one of the most talented and most motivated players?”
Two words: Contract Renewal
Posted on April 2nd, 2008 at 12:21 pm. About 'Division on the Line'.
I guess that I am in the minority of habs fans but I would like to see Ottawa in the playoffs. I am a hab fan but I am also a pro-Canadian and would love to see another Canadian team in the playoffs but I would prefer not to play them which may be a strong possibility.
Posted on April 2nd, 2008 at 12:36 pm. About 'Division on the Line'.
“Can somebody please explain to me how Alex Kovalev goes from being one of the most talented and least motivated players in the NHL, to one of the most talented and most motivated players?
What has happened to this guy over the past 10 or so months?”
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20080322.KOVALEV22/TPStory/TPSports/
Posted on April 2nd, 2008 at 1:03 pm. About 'Division on the Line'.
Kovalev’s renaissance came from his denial by Russian National team last year. That woke him up…
Posted on April 2nd, 2008 at 1:27 pm. About 'Division on the Line'.
Habman??????????????? Yeah thats what i thought.
Posted on April 2nd, 2008 at 3:32 pm. About 'Division on the Line'.
I have a feeling the habs are going to kill the leafs on saturday. the habs want momentum going into the post season.
Posted on April 2nd, 2008 at 6:55 pm. About 'Division on the Line'.
In the last blog, people were speculating on who we would/could play in the first round. Personally, I do not think it matters, every team is going to be tough come playoff time. We have had good luck with Boston and Phily and recently Ottawa and NJ. I am like Jaker1 being Canadian, I like to see more than one Canadian team in the conference playoffs. It would be a shame though if we had to meet each other in the first round. I guess I am tired of seeing the cup going south of the Border. It seems that the league does everything it can to keep a Canadian team from winning it lately. Having said that though other than Calgary we have not had much to cheer about in recent years.
Posted on April 2nd, 2008 at 7:02 pm. About 'Division on the Line'.
Stewart, D’Agostini called up from Hamilton Montreal Canadiens Apr 2, 2008, 5:00 PM EDT
Posted on April 2nd, 2008 at 9:11 pm. About 'Division on the Line'.
Malkin, has the Penguins up 3-2 in the second. And on a related note…
This guy truly is the Pittsburgh franchise. Logically, they voted him MVP of the team before tonight’s game, which is great because he certainly deserves it. I also like the fact that he doesn’t embellish, cry, complain or take cheapshots and then run away… which brings me to my second point.
I cannot stand Sidney Crosby. He is a prima donna. He embellishes every single bit of physical contact he encounters, he crys, he wines, he complains, and then he crosschecks players in the back after the whistle, and then goes and hides behind Gill or Laraque. I don’t care how skilled the little bastard is. Malkin is just as skilled, if not more so, and he plays the game like a man.
Posted on April 2nd, 2008 at 9:23 pm. About 'Division on the Line'.
Montreal has done more this year than anyone ever expeceted from them, including Montreal themselves. They have made the playoffs and as a bonus won the North East division.
The only this left that the Habs should fight for is the Cup. I don’t feel that they will beat out the Pens for the top spot in the eastern Conf.
Just rest up the Bruised and the Battered for the playoffs. We don’t need anymore injuries.
Posted on April 2nd, 2008 at 9:25 pm. About 'Division on the Line'.
It’ll make no difference at all whether they finish first or second. They’ll have four teams to beat.
Posted on April 2nd, 2008 at 9:27 pm. About 'Division on the Line'.
Oh, and did I mention that Crosby is a pussy? Well, it’s worth mentioning again.
Posted on April 2nd, 2008 at 9:27 pm. About 'Division on the Line'.
Actually I think Malkin is more skilled. i agree about Crosby. If we play them, everyone at the bell centre should bring a baby bottle just for Crosby. He is extremely immature, acts like a cry baby always. He thinks he’s god and a penalty should be called anytime someone touches him. Anyways, they’re killing each other, and if Philly loses, I think they will beat Pitt on Sunday in Philly. So I still think we can finish in 1st. I’m a bit worried which hab team will show up tomorrow, now that they’ve clinched 1st in the division. They could come out really flat like in Toronto.
Posted on April 2nd, 2008 at 9:37 pm. About 'Division on the Line'.
I can’t stand that Crosby is Canadian. The little Pr!ck.
Posted on April 2nd, 2008 at 9:40 pm. About 'Division on the Line'.
His name is Cindy Crosby …. LOLOL
Posted on April 2nd, 2008 at 10:13 pm. About 'Division on the Line'.
The Birds won.
See how a few no show games will come back and bite you in the Ass.
Montreal should have won enough games to have the Eastern Conf wraped up weeks ago. Seriously they could have. But that is how the cookie crumbles right.
Lay off a bit Habs. Take a well deserved rest.
Posted on April 2nd, 2008 at 10:20 pm. About 'Division on the Line'.
I wouldn’t mind if Pitt played Philly in the 1st round. They’ll kill each other, and then we can play a battered and tired Pitt.
Posted on April 2nd, 2008 at 11:07 pm. About 'Division on the Line'.
I’ve tried all combinations for points, and no matter what it ends up with the habs playing Washington in the 1st round. That’s not the team we want to face.
Posted on April 3rd, 2008 at 1:18 am. About 'Division on the Line'.
Washington is sitting and 9th and hasn’t accomplished anything with regard to the post-season as of yet, so I am unclear as to how a first round match-up with them is inevitable.
That being said, it really shouldn’t matter what the match-ups turn out to be. The Habs are either going to be good enough to win the East or they’re not.
The playoffs are an entirely different story than the regular season anyway. Living in southern Ontario, I’ve watched Ottawa own the Leafs during the regular season in past years, only to lose miserably to them in the playoffs each of those years. And Ottawa had its deepest run last year… when the Leafs were out of the picture.
I don’t care much for the match-up game.
Posted on April 3rd, 2008 at 6:33 am. About 'Division on the Line'.
Guys lets hope Philly comes 8th, Because Philedelphia, would play really really rough in the playoffs and Pittsburgh won’t be able to handle it. Philedelphia might be able to injure some guys on Pittsburgh. I think the habs can kick everyone out, except for Pittsburgh, but that’s just my thought.
Posted on April 3rd, 2008 at 9:34 am. About 'Division on the Line'.
The thing I’m seeing with Crosby very early in his career is that he’s already a yapper. Bitching, whining, complaining, moaner. The kid has talent, but if he keeps heading down this road (which I say he is), he’s not gonna end up being listed with some other top players in this league who kept their traps shut and just played the game. Yzerman and Sacik are 2 that stand out right away. I have never in the 20 year careers of either of these guys seen them crying to the ref. They took their lumps and played through the bad or missed calls and did all their talking with their point totals. Sacok was stuck in Quebec, winning nothing, getting nowhere for the first 5 or so years of his career, no playoffs but racking up 100 points a year…didn’t whine at all, stuck it out, and just look at him now. Totally respecatble players for our generation…and my hat is off to them both.
Sid, I don’t know if it’s the fact that you’re still a kid, or if this is gonna be a permanent thing with you…but talent only goes so far with Canadian hockey fans…the aspect of of respect is the rest. Quit your whining kid, play the bloody game. You got talent to burn and you’re reminding me of Sundin already. Grow up and play.
Posted on April 3rd, 2008 at 9:35 am. About 'Division on the Line'.
lol 2 typos on Joe’s name……….it’s SAKIC. There.
Posted on April 3rd, 2008 at 12:22 pm. About 'Division on the Line'.
And the problem is this: it’s more than a matter of opinion at this point - almost everyone I talk to seems to cringe at the mention of his name, as if in unanimous agreement that he is a bad ambassador for Canadian hockey. Myself, I just see it as a further evidence that metrosexuality is consuming the world. The original definition of ‘manhood’ will soon be extinct, friends. Speaking of which, when are they going to build a bubble for these guys to play within, so that no profanities can be heard by the ever increasingly fragile ears of fans and no renegade pucks can ever again threaten to break a fingernail on the hand of a well manicured male hand.
Posted on April 3rd, 2008 at 12:25 pm. About 'Division on the Line'.
“Guys lets hope Philly comes 8th, Because Philedelphia, would play really really rough in the playoffs and Pittsburgh won’t be able to handle it. Philedelphia might be able to injure some guys on Pittsburgh. I think the habs can kick everyone out, except for Pittsburgh, but that’s just my thought.”
Philly tried that yesterday and failed to produce anything more than overacting by Crosby.
Posted on April 3rd, 2008 at 12:31 pm. About 'Division on the Line'.
Ice Man, I assume you’ve been to the ACC. What a picnic-like atmosphere they’ve got going in there, hey? That’s what happens when a hockey club goes corporate.
On a related note, here’s the ongoing argument in Toronto…
For as long as season tickets continue to sell out in record time, TMLSE feels absolutely no pressure to put a product on the ice that is actually worth watching. So, boycott the games, right? Nice try. The corporations affiliated with that hopeless organization have monopolized most of the seats, leaving the little guy in the purples with essentially no voice. Sound like a familiar pattern? You betcha it does.
Posted on April 3rd, 2008 at 12:57 pm. About 'Division on the Line'.
Not to watch a Hockey Game Joe.
Posted on April 3rd, 2008 at 1:02 pm. About 'Division on the Line'.
Concerts?
Anyway, it’s like watching a game while sitting on a sofa in someone’s living room. At one point (during a game against Ottawa two seasons ago), I almost dozed off. Luckily, the waitress woke me up to see if I was hungry!
Posted on April 3rd, 2008 at 1:36 pm. About 'Division on the Line'.
Kovalev started off rough in his first five games against the Sabres whom the Habs play tonight. He has nailed a goal and five assists in his last two games vs. the Sabres. Kovalev had a four assists, 3 on the PP (career high) on Feb. 29 to Plekanec for a 6-2 win. Can Toronto take care of the Sens?