Habs / Flyers: Game 1
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If we learned anything from round 1 of the Playoffs, it’s that regular season records mean absolutely nothing.
The Canadiens once again play a team they dominated in the regular season. Undefeated, at home and on the road.
If we learned anything else, it’s expect the unexpected.
Who knows what Philly team will show up? Who knows if Montreal will play with the urgency and intensity that they need? Will they underestimate the Flyers the same way they did the Bruins?
Will the powerplay resume and be the decision maker in this series? Or continue to struggle and be indifferent?
Can Martin Biron be as good or better than Carey Price?
All these and many more questions need to be answered starting tonight in Montreal.
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April 24, 2008 am30 12:03 pm
Lets go Boys. Do us Proud.
Get er done Mr. Carey “The Ice” Price.
PriceBerg ………..
The Priceonator ……..
April 24, 2008 am30 12:23 pm
I don’t think that it will be cakewalk, but I expect this team to beat Philly.
GOTTA PROTECT PRICE AGAINST THESE NET-CRASHING GOONS!!
HABS IN 6!!
April 24, 2008 am30 1:52 pm
What goes **&$%”"”@xx crash,BANG, KABOOM?
My TV set when I throw a hammer at it as Kate “The Trunk” Smith sings “God Bless America” before Game #3 in Philly.
Until then,let’s break some bones tonight,Mike.
GO HABS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
April 24, 2008 am30 2:11 pm
Hey me Duckkie no hard feelings eh.
Most of us in here are all on the same team………
April 24, 2008 am30 3:01 pm
Ole Ole Ole
April 24, 2008 am30 3:02 pm
Hey Hey Hey Good Bye
April 24, 2008 am30 3:47 pm
Hey Ladies and Gents, just got the call we got tickets !!!! So I will be there tonight lodge seats … with supper included gotta love working for a multi-national free tickets and free supper !!! Life is good
April 24, 2008 am30 5:10 pm
Don Carnage,you and yours have the best time ever dude represent, represent,and please, please don’t boo the U.S. anthem, lol…..Peace
April 24, 2008 am30 5:23 pm
DieHard Habs Fan,
We must be on the same wavelength because I thought about your “*****” posting, realized I had crossed the bounds of mutual respect and what a Major League ***** I had been.You’re way better than I am,
and hope you will accept my sincere apologies.And you hit the nail on the head.
We’re all one big Family; all of us would walk on fire for our beloved Habs.
It’s time for STANLEY TO COME HOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
April 24, 2008 am30 5:24 pm
Don Carnage,
Admit it. YOU DESERVE IT, BABYYYYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEE.
GO HABS
April 24, 2008 am30 5:27 pm
duckdoc, “DieHard Habs Fan” just changed from “PissedOff Habs Fan”; before that he was “Ice Man”. So…
April 24, 2008 am30 5:46 pm
We cant seem to find those big players like the Flyers were able to get. Van Riemsdyk will be great next year too.
April 24, 2008 am30 6:23 pm
Hey,
somebody other than me posted #12 but used my handle.
Who the FFFFFFFFF………. is Van Riemsdyk anyway? Jamais entendu.
I do not wish to come off as Grandiose, but
THOU SHALT NOT USE MY FFFFFFFF………..NAME IN VAIN, please…………
April 24, 2008 am30 6:24 pm
Q. Why go girls really dig the Montreal Canadiens?
A. Because they score between periods (but not today, I hope).
April 24, 2008 am30 6:28 pm
It’s not so much that they can’t find them as it is that they won’t go out and get them. Skilled players seem to dominate the Habs’ personality as a team, and while that worked against Boston, a more physical presence is required as a team proceeds deeper in to the playoffs.
It’s the Ottawa formula all over again.
And if they make a liar out of me by winning another Cup this season, then no one will be happier than me. And that’s my challenge to these players (not that they’ll ever know that it is).
April 24, 2008 am30 6:57 pm
It is harder to find these good players, over the last few years we lacked the skilled players to score goals, so finally we get the skill that we need and now we do not have the power forwards, I would suggest to you the Lats and Chipchura could both become what we are looking for, but so far they have not developed. I think Lats should have played two years in them minors where he would have learned to play more aggressive, now he is going into his third year and he still does not use his dominate size to his advantage. The other thing is that we have tended to draft 10th or higher for the past few years and it is hard to pick up the big centreman or the strong power forward drafting that high, therefore we end up drafting the smaller skilled players that are still available. Montreal has always been known for the speed flying frenchman and all, therefore, they want a player that can skate, it is the reason why we have dominated the Bruins for so many years. They always drafted touchness and speed was secondary. So I guess we have to ask, do we want a good team like Boston or do we want a great team. Now don’t get me wrong I agree we need a couple of big strong power forwards but they have to be able to skate.
April 24, 2008 am30 7:11 pm
G A M E O N
April 24, 2008 am30 7:36 pm
Breezer’s reached his destination…
April 24, 2008 am30 7:37 pm
The frog is Back!!!! Ribit, Ribit!!!!! 1-0
come on now!
April 24, 2008 am30 7:37 pm
What no Flyer trolls? I don’t believe that for a minute ,ok say it !Fu@kin Breezer!!!!
April 24, 2008 am30 7:40 pm
Knew-it,lol…frog….he’s back and after the Flyers score……
April 24, 2008 am30 7:49 pm
knew sooner or later Brisecrap would cost us a goal.
I was totally against Carbo playing him. I hope Carbo never plays him again!
April 24, 2008 am30 7:49 pm
Thank you, Breezer, now we have the oppotunitity to NOT see you on the ice FOREVER!!!
April 24, 2008 am30 7:53 pm
Ribit, Ribit 2-0!
April 24, 2008 am30 7:55 pm
Xtrahabs, you know what. I like seeing fans with your passion. I must be getting mellow I actually am pulling for the habs… I’m not a big flyers fan
April 24, 2008 am30 7:56 pm
I bet Ryder will get blamed for Breezers goal on his own net.
Breezer needs to be benched NOW! He was on the ice for the two goals.
DUH! CARBO! Time to be a coach………
No luck for Montreal tonight. They hit Two posts and a goal by Dumb *** Breezer on their own net.
April 24, 2008 am30 7:57 pm
boy am I glad I didn’t shell out megabucks for this game. Wasn’t it the flyers who were supposed to be tired??
April 24, 2008 am30 7:58 pm
I’m sorry to Duck. Our emotions get the best of us.
Peace My Habs Brother …….
April 24, 2008 am30 8:00 pm
For the record, I was never Ice Man!
I told everyone I was changing my name to DieHard Habs Fan.
April 24, 2008 am30 8:00 pm
Now were talking Frog,allright now there’s lot’s of room aboard for ya,so frog what do ya think about the game man?
April 24, 2008 am30 8:07 pm
I think they just came out a little cold. I will bet you by the end of the night this games is going to be close. They just have to get the cobwebs out. Its like a boxer who needs that first good shot. After that, he adjusts, and is good to go. This game will be tied by the end of the second period.
April 24, 2008 am30 8:07 pm
The Flyers are tired. And if it weren’t for a couple of goal posts saving Biron early on, they would have been down not 1-0 but 2-0.
So they get a lucky break off of Brisebois’s deflection and then they get inspired. Of course. That’s hockey. The sky is far from falling however.
How soon Brisebois’s first round performance is forgotten. Didn’t he hit the post behind Biron prior to that unfortunate deflection off of his stick? And what was he supposed to do with that exactly? Not try to stop the pass? Tackle Kapanen? It happens.
April 24, 2008 am30 8:09 pm
Back to the game…
April 24, 2008 am30 8:20 pm
The Breese was shaky in the first and the Habs should us his shot more cause thier having a hard time in the Philly end,not clicking and no sign of Kovalev. I do think we need more size against theirs\ guy’s as well.
April 24, 2008 am30 8:23 pm
What I tell you boys… and girls this game is far from over!
April 24, 2008 am30 8:24 pm
I love the Kots brothers!
April 24, 2008 am30 8:25 pm
Thanks, AK46!!!
AK27, your goal in 2nd or 3rd period?
SK74, how about you?
April 24, 2008 am30 8:28 pm
We could use on from SK11 too!
April 24, 2008 am30 8:29 pm
“one”, not “on”
April 24, 2008 am30 8:38 pm
We also have MK08, TK06. They are all KILLERS!!!!
Price had nothing to do with those two fxing goals. As long as Price is OK, we are ALL OK!!!
April 24, 2008 am30 8:40 pm
OH YEAH BABY!!!!!KOVALEV……..YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA DUDESSSSSS
April 24, 2008 am30 8:40 pm
Et, le but!
April 24, 2008 am30 8:43 pm
let’s wait for my forecast: it’s the turn for SK74!!!
April 24, 2008 am30 8:45 pm
YEAH BOYS!!!! RIBIT, RIBIT!! READ BLOG POST 31!!!!!!!
that is when they were down 2-0
April 24, 2008 am30 8:49 pm
YA HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD FROG…..
April 24, 2008 am30 8:57 pm
pHILLY’S looking tired for the third,going to be a nail biter though…who wants it more is the question?…Need the fans at the Bell center to go f@ckin crazy.P J Stock …the new Don Cherry wannnabe…great,lol
April 24, 2008 am30 9:00 pm
So essentially, the Habs were a couple of goal posts and a goal that came one second too late from running away with this one.
Senet 1, I agree with all of your points. And I’m not suggesting that strong skating power forwards are easy to find (available). I’m just saying that the focus, with regard to free agent signings and trades, seems to have been on smaller skilled players as of late. Briere?
As everyone here surely agrees, Lecavalier would be such a nice addition to this team. They’d be dominant.
April 24, 2008 am30 9:00 pm
I watched the Philly Washington series, and if Montreal loses this series, it will be because they beat themselves. Boston is a better team than Philadelphia.
Even so, one or two bad games in a playoff series and it will be hard to come back against any team.
Go Habs!
April 24, 2008 am30 9:00 pm
The f@ckin P J Stock never say any positive words for Habs even in his air time on Team990. ***** Junk Stock!!!!!!!!!!!!
April 24, 2008 am30 9:02 pm
Breezer looks tired, maybe smarting from some hits. He definitely needs to sit out at least the next one. We need O’Byrne to move the Flyers out of Carey’s face.
Habs look like they might be starting to thaw out but boy, did they look stiff in the first period, also unwilling to mix it up and fight for the puck.
What gives???????/
We’d be up Salmonella Creek if it wasn’t for Price, but the way the Flyers are moving in on him, it’s just a matter of time until they mangle him.
Let’s hope our boys can find some testosterone in their jocks.
April 24, 2008 am30 9:03 pm
Yo Joseph ,what’s up dude,what do ya think man?
April 24, 2008 am30 9:03 pm
Before the counter arguments come, I realize that getting Lecavalier is easier said than done. But it’s the kind of possibility that should be pursued vehemently.
April 24, 2008 am30 9:03 pm
PJ Stock loves every team that plays the habs because he played for all of them, Boston, Philly, NYR. You should hear him on the team 990. He bashes the habs all the time, and he lives in Montreal!
April 24, 2008 am30 9:07 pm
Yo Xtrahabsfan!
I was stoked to see the Habs bounce right back in the second, and I think that if they keeop the pedal to the metal in the third, then Philly will be there for the taking in this game. Philly looks like they’re fading.
Further, I agree with others that the Habs are playing an opponent that they should beat in this series.
April 24, 2008 am30 9:08 pm
NOOOO GOAL
April 24, 2008 am30 9:09 pm
F @ C K !!!
April 24, 2008 am30 9:12 pm
Don’t worry. SK74, go ahead!
April 24, 2008 am30 9:16 pm
I do not have this game in my area. I still like the habs 4-3 in OT.
April 24, 2008 am30 9:18 pm
Ouch. That last goal hurt. Price is sucking tonight.
April 24, 2008 am30 9:22 pm
guys he does that so you will listen, it does not make good radio to listen to a bunch of yahoos
# 53 rhabs4real
Posted on April 24th, 2008 at 9:03 pm. About ‘Habs / Flyers: Game 1′.
PJ Stock loves every team that plays the habs because he played for all of them, Boston, Philly, NYR. You should hear him on the team 990. He bashes the habs all the time, and he lives in Montreal!
April 24, 2008 am30 9:30 pm
In general, I don’t like or dislike specific players. But I have been watching Habs TWO shaking (nervous) players: Huet and Brisebois.
1. Huet, farewell.
2. Brisebois, ???
April 24, 2008 am30 9:35 pm
This is terrible. Has the team been participating in late night riots? What the hell is going on with the Habs. These brutal, no energy, listless, heartless games are going to end up costing them a series at some point.
April 24, 2008 am30 9:44 pm
wooooohoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
April 24, 2008 am30 9:44 pm
Et, le but!!!
April 24, 2008 am30 9:47 pm
U rock, AK27!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
April 24, 2008 am30 9:49 pm
Ribit!! Ribit!!!
What did I say!!!!!!! It’s going to happen Boys.
see post 58.
April 24, 2008 am30 9:50 pm
yes, but our defence is horrible. They can’t seem tp make a pass out of their zone. what gives? You know guys, I thought Boston deserved to win the series, and if we play the same way against Philly, we’re most certainly going to lose the series. Philly is much better than Boston, more offence, and better goaltending. Philly has controlled the puck in our zone, and habs D is continually giving up the puck.
April 24, 2008 am30 9:51 pm
I’m watching the game on CBC because I don’t get RDS in HD. So here, for you Habs fans with RDS HD, are some great CBC quotes from the game:
1. When Kovalev’s goal is under review and the CBC team is looking at a camera angle that shows it was not a high stick: “I’m going to say something I shouldn’t say here…but I don’t think he hit that with a high stick”.
2. On the knee on Kovalev at the end of the game: “Richards is getting penalty for a clean hip check.”
3. “Montreal started the game strong and then Philadelphia took over…”
4. When Montreal scores to tie the game: “Scores!” [silence]
April 24, 2008 am30 9:53 pm
A couple of observations:
- Philly has reaped the rewards of several fortunate bounces in this game, at both ends of the ice.
- The Habs have looked far too flat for a team supposedly poised to make a legitimate run.
- The Habs need to skate.
- The Habs need to shoot more whilst in the slot… rather than look to make that extra move all of the time.
- The Habs’ only powerplay opportunity of the game came with one minute left, and that was enough to tie it.
- It’s good to have Kovalev back in regular season form.
- Biron is nothing - the Habs should be able to light him up in this series.
- The brain surgeon that threw a beer at Richards deserves to have his teeth knocked down his throat. That’s uncalled for and gives Habs fans a bad name.
April 24, 2008 am30 9:57 pm
Bob Cole is the biggest jerk! I can’t stand him. He is also anti-hab, like everyone else on CBC. He can’t pronounce the names, and his comments make no sense. he’s old, and needs to retire. In fact, all the old geezers at CBC need to be replaced by younger guys.
April 24, 2008 am30 9:57 pm
And then there’s Pretty Girl Stock’s B.S
April 24, 2008 am30 9:59 pm
Bob Cole is anti-Habs? I always thought that he was one of the more unbiased ones.
April 24, 2008 am30 10:00 pm
groundworking, I am physically in Toronto right now. In Montreal, if you go to a sports store, there are choices to buy fan gears of Leafs, Sens, Flames, Pens… But in Toronto, I went to a few sports stores and super stores, NO SIGN of Habs at all, NO SIGN of Sens at all, NO jerseys, no flags, no hats…
So narrow minded here in Toronto???
Who are the hosts of CBC? They are from Toronto.
April 24, 2008 am30 10:01 pm
Has any one seen Dandy,Breezer,Smoke……I say they got Downie ,we got Stewart.Need to sturr the pot!!!!
April 24, 2008 am30 10:01 pm
These montreal fans r acting a little too out of character. Beer on Richards in the penalty box is uncalled for. N believe me Flyers fans r capable of much worse than that. I’m sitting right near the montreal bench in philly n there gonna get more than just a cup of beer thrown on them. N any montreal fan i c in the building is gonna get it too. cuz thats how we do down here on broadstreet u soft canadian ********.
April 24, 2008 am30 10:02 pm
Woooooooooooo Hoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
April 24, 2008 am30 10:04 pm
TK06!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
April 24, 2008 am30 10:04 pm
Way to go TK06!!!!!!!!!
April 24, 2008 am30 10:05 pm
That’s the way we gotta play, hard to the net and get the rebounds.
April 24, 2008 am30 10:06 pm
yahoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
god is with our habs!
April 24, 2008 am30 10:08 pm
How many referees does it take to give the cads a game? Who knows, they all do. What an embarrassment to the NHL. Guy Lafleur would be ashamed.
April 24, 2008 am30 10:10 pm
This is like the quenching process to make the hard Habs to the summit.
April 24, 2008 am30 10:11 pm
They will pay the price for the poor calls.
April 24, 2008 am30 10:13 pm
Podo2877, what are you talking about?
April 24, 2008 am30 10:13 pm
CHEAP CHEAP CHEAP!!!! First of all, a high stick slop goal on your russian toothless **** bag kovalev, second of all, richards got all shoulder on that “penalty”. The Canadiens didn’t even play well enough to win that game. Luck be a lady tonight, a hairy canadian lady. Kismet will rein supreme on your FlLUKE habs. Ease up, sit back and embrace the upset. FLYERS IN SIX!!!
April 24, 2008 am30 10:14 pm
Huge win!
April 24, 2008 am30 10:14 pm
Cue the trolls…
April 24, 2008 am30 10:16 pm
well i was kinda worried in the beginining of the game, we had a hard time getting the puck out of our net, and we missed a lot of breakaways and stuff, but like always montreal always seems to fight or play harder when their losing so yeah we won YEAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!
By the way who was that guy that kostopoulos jumps on when he scores that looked really cute.
April 24, 2008 am30 10:17 pm
The cads were handed a game; giftwrapped by the NHL’s best; what better way to diminish the sport.
April 24, 2008 am30 10:17 pm
Habsfansrsoft:
I seem to remember one of your porky compatriots getting his bald head smacked around by Tie Domi (a Canadian) after he tossed some booze at Domi.
That said, I’ve always found a contingent of Habs fans to be an embarrassment to our country, the city, and the team. Booing the national anthem is completely classless, and tossing beer on Richards is absolutely unacceptable, and the riots are shameful. That said, there’s nothing that compares in the NHL to the complete cheap shots that Flyers’ PLAYERS have committed in the NHL this year. You can’t hold the team responsible for the behavior of 1% of its fans, but you certainly can for the behavior of players that it keeps in its lineup.
April 24, 2008 am30 10:17 pm
Hey, did I mention Kovalev was toothless, like a grimey old prspector.
April 24, 2008 am30 10:17 pm
My impression of the less objective Flyers fans: “Whah! Whah!! Whah!!! Refs are on Montreal’s side! Goal scored with a high stick!”
You guys are a piece of work.
News flash: The Flyers are a second rate team, and they’ll lose.
April 24, 2008 am30 10:17 pm
Pay attention. It was handed to you by the leagues worst…
April 24, 2008 am30 10:17 pm
Joseph, I understand what you are saying about have Vinny or a guy like him the problem is you have to give something to get something and I doubt if Tampa would even part with him. I am hoping though that next year he is a UFA and we should put a big push to get him then.
April 24, 2008 am30 10:18 pm
And blaming the refs? That knee by Richards was probably the most blatant trip that I’ve seen in these playoffs. They’ve called that all year.
April 24, 2008 am30 10:19 pm
# 89 Podo2877
Posted on April 24th, 2008 at 10:17 pm. About ‘Habs / Flyers: Game 1′.
The cads were handed a game; giftwrapped by the NHL’s best; what better way to diminish the sport.
The old and dusty ‘Biased Ref’ card. What better way to diminish the winning team’s fan blog.
April 24, 2008 am30 10:19 pm
Apparently you have closed caption television…wake up and watch the game…today is your ONLY day to celebrate…EH
April 24, 2008 am30 10:20 pm
Troll Alert …lol…..Heh heh heh heh heh….Ole Ole Ole Ole Ole Ole…………
April 24, 2008 am30 10:20 pm
Podo2877, pay attention: Whah! Whah!! Whah!!!
We’re not interested.
April 24, 2008 am30 10:20 pm
hehehehehehehehh
April 24, 2008 am30 10:21 pm
It’s OK, pooky2877… you’re team will out of its misery soon enough.