If the Habs play their game, the Flyers will wish they loss to the Caps.

The Flyer wouldn’t stand a Snow Balls chance in Hell……….

Choosing to hang around with the ‘Biggest Loser fan base in pro sports’, marblehead?

If the Habs show up as they did in Games 1 and 7 of their series with Boston, they’ll win. It’s that simple. Biron cannot stop their offense when it’s firing on all cylinders (few goaltenders can), and Price will give them a grand chance to take a 2-0 lead to Philadelphia.

A no-show by the Habs, however, and this series can easily be tied up tonight.

If the Flyers fluke a win tonite,it will make the Habs even stronger with proven power waiting on the side lines to jump in on a seconds notice,Philly,you are cream cheeze.Sha na na na hey hey hey say bye bye……..
“If my aunt had balls she’d be my uncle…”lol

If it were up time, and it’s not, I would have put O’Byrne in. The Habs could use another wrecking ball in their own end, in my opinion.

I’m OK with Brisebois scoring for the opposition from time to time, just as long as he continues scoring clutch goals for the Habs.

Breezer scored 1 goal in 8 games. I don’t understand Carbo’s logic. Doesn’t he want a young, big and strong Dman against a physical team? guess he prefers a player with experience at not hitting, and turning over the puck.

I thought that he had two, but I was wrong (1G, 4A). Still he has been a catalyst for the Habs’ offense at key times in these playoffs.

Regardless, I agree with you.

I hope they join in the conversation and make it more fun than obnoxious ,and I do hope other Habs fans chip in when the Philly trolls get stupid.

agreed

good move Carbo!

Tabernac !!!!!

yeah baby yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

I don’t know if I registered wrong,or forgot something “password”,anywho won’t let me enter.

Well enjoy the peace cause anytime now the Philly trolls should be rolling in like a bad case of locust,lol

Geezes Cherry,get that jacket from R

My 350lb sister-in-law is singing up the street.

I hpoe that does not mean what I think it does. God NO!!!!

Habs need to regroup they are not playing their style …

He just does not seem to be 100%

LOL I love the way you stand by your team your a real true fan ….

I might have to take back what I said about both Price and Biron. Wow. Those two soft goals to give the Flyers a 2-0 lead were a killer. Meanwhile, Biron is the only thing keeping this a 3-1 game.

When Price is hot, he’s really hot, but when he’s not, he’s not. Not good enough at this time of year, Carey.

That being said, the Habs are clearly a far better club than the Flyers, and Biron won’t be able to save them forever.

I think Philly looks far superior to us. I mean if you’re down 2-0 to start every game, what do you expect? If we lose. it’s because of a poor performance by Price. Habs don’t seem to cash in on their chances, and Philly does, with a little help from Markov and Price.

sjbjcl, the Habs have been dominating most of this game. They just need to beat Biron a few times in the third. Not so easy the way that he’s playing.

I really think Markov is hurt … he is a shadow of the player he was during the year , as Jacques Demers just pointed out

We need to go high on Biron instead of shooting at his pads.

I was thinking exactly this during most of the Habs’ scoring chances. They’ve got skilled players – put it under the bar.

GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL

I cant believe how unlucky we are …

Price realy was not in his game tonight

BEGIN,SIT HIM…

I think Price is too young. Flyers won their 2 games in Philly vs the Caps. not looking good for the habs. If you struggle so much at home, how can you win a series?

Its al tied relax band wagon jumpers , we out played them … Price was not in the game thats the only problem we had, Biron was good tonight … so its all tied thats all , back to square one

Thats right we out played them with ease .. we need Price to play his kind of game

Price played lousy in the 1st game too. When’s he going to play well? when we’re down 3-1 in the series?

Frustrating to see but the Flyers haven’t impressed me any way whatsoever other than Biron tonight..

I couldn’t agree more.

outplaying a team means nothing, if you can’t score. It’s only the score that counts!

They’ll score. Don’t you worry.

rhabs4realit’s only game2,a little early to call it don’t you think? Plus our Habs beat themselves,Price had a off day and Biron was glove hot,and too much passing and not enough shooting.Another thing was cary the puck in instead of allways dumping her in and last but not least, sit Dandy.

Don Carnage Posted on April 25th, 2008 at 12:09 am. About ‘Habs / Flyers: Game 1′.

“That loss is going to hurt Philly … mark my words”

SACRE BLEU! We take a lickin’ and keep on tickin’!!

See you boyz on South Broad Street Lundi…bring that guy Price along, willya?!?

We seem to have a series on our hands…

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We Philly fans know better than to get cocky. We’re a lunch-pail team, as you can see, not slick like the Habs. We like to grind and we did some serious grinding tonight.

Were you guys playing only 3 lines tonight? Are your older stars going to wear down? We had four lines working and we’re a young team…

Lot of hockey left to play. Playoff hockey is AWESOME, no?

Game 1 against the B’s two goals 34 seconds, thought we were on our way, I still think we are and Monday night’s game will show just hoe good the Habs really are…

Price has been bad in 4 of the last 5 games. He has been absolutely brutal in 2 of 5 (tonight and Game 5, rd 1), just mediocre in 2 others (gm 1, rd2 and gm 5, rd1) and excellent in one of them (Game 7).Other than that, not impressive.

I wonder if he isn’t getting tired. He’s a great goalie, but he’s had more bad games already in the playoffs than he had all year in the regular season.

And there’s absolutely no question that Markov is injured. My bet is that it’s a knee or an elbow–based on the way’s he’s been timid and having more difficulty than usual corralling bouncing passes (either he can’t pivot as well on his knee or move his arms up and down as quickly, thus either an elbow or a knee imo)

I totally agree with you groundwrking. Looking at all of Price’s games in the playoffs, he’s not playing well. Against Boston: good in game 1, 2 oK, game 3 ok, game 4 good, game 5 and 6 horrible, game 7 good. so the kid can’t seem to put 2 good games together. More than anything else, those stats worry me! We need him to be good in 6 out of 7 games. I truly believe he’s way too calm, znd too young to understand what it’s all about. give him a couple of years to mature, but not yet.

Ya Ryder going to score goals and get into fights and win them too,I don’t think so,Latendresse is the way to go and Stewart or Chipchura….

The Canadiens again were Priceless, wow that Biron I havent watched the Flyers much being a Bruins fan but he is awsome.

Yo marblehead,you know what would be priceless,you playing goal right now without protection trying to stop Souray slap shots!!!GROINnnnn….

Never mind the disgruntled Bruins fans who can`t seem to stop hanging around, licking their wounds and whining in public, Xtrahabsfan. They`re a waste of time. Tony from NB and BruinsFan are exceptions to this rule, of course.

Nice to see some more objective Flyers fans in here tonight.

portly, playoff hockey is the only hockey.

Joseph!!! I thought I lost you forever. Ying to Yang and all of that prophecy **** and whatever.

This could also be an abbreviated series either way. Either Biron will continue to rise to the occasion and Price will continue to play subpar, or Price will rebound as he did in the first round and start stoning the Flyers.

Joseph

have you seen my earlier questions about the Montreal chants?

F@ckinliars,you just figure out your slow and overwhelmed team of wanna be thugs won,enjoy it while it last…to bad its over…

Joseph

I am a fan of Price’s skills, but don’t you think he’s playing a bit out of his head? I feel the same way about Biron, right now he looks unstoppable, but I think any insecurity can bury either netminder in this series. Neither has looked “Conn Smythe” so far.

I’d have to agree with your goaltender analysis, EF. Every tim e I witness a great game by Price, I think ‘This kid is the real deal’, but then he has a game like he did tonight. Flyers fan or not, he let in some very soft goals.

By the way, EF, we are in agreement with regard to Crosby’s antics. He’s a great talent no doubt. I just wish that he’d grow up and play hockey.

We need something like that here.

Did you hear thier coach whining tonite,what a joke ,crashing the net ,board of govenors,bla bla bla…the flyers were built to intimidate other teams and that’s all they can do!!!They are going to have thier asses handed to them by the Habs…oooohhhh yeahhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

SANTA!!!!!

You guys had a bald guy called ‘Panger’ down there for a while. I believe that he was one of Santa’s elves.

Xtrahabsfan

Ignorance is bliss…wake up and smell the series. It’s gonna be long fought son. The flyers played the better of both games besides the crappy calls. This should be a great round.

Hardspoken would be an understatement. He’s been highly controversial for years.

Evil Santa

Sounds good, But Parren Pang is nowhere near one of his elves then. Maybe Mike Millbury?

Mike is quite the *******.

Panger was born in the North Pole as well (under a rock), relocated to the U.S. to fulfill the role of hockey analyst for ESPN (of all things), and was then mailed north of the border (inside of a Christmas card, of all things) to the TSN studios. Very suspicious.

There’s also suspicion that Pierre McGuire may be an ex-elf as well. It’s being looked in to.

Sorry, to get back on the “chants”, I think it’s kind of cool. Maybe the NHL needs something like that. Not that they need ro draw in fans…maybe something to get the pre-exising fans to get more into the live product. Just a thought.

I like the originality of chants and songs. Many people complain about the Ole song, for instance, especially Leafs fans (Toronto is conservative and unimaginative), but I think it’s great that Habs fans do something different to deviate from the norm.

In conclusion, all hockey fanbases should establish their own chants/songs.

Oh, I will be the entertaining jerk, that’s my job (why else would I be posting on your blog…AWESOME!!!!) you will see me after every game. Oh, and more than likely all postseason, being that you have taken a kindness to me. The feeling is mutual. Orange and Black vengeance is fun. Let’s have more fun.

OK – Habs outplayed them – faster, more skill – this is a 7 game series. The better team will prevail in the end and this is the Habs. Forget the refs and cheap bounces. Skill wins the day. Habs will prevail. No question here.

It’s amazing how little respect is given to the sick goals some skilled Flyers put in net tonight. Umberger started it up high, and Carter slipped one as high as it can get into a space “the size of a puck” (quoting Price). Don’t throw your goalie under the bus, when you should realize only the best of goalies can do something about shots like that.

That being said, Biron made stops that the best of goalies make. He stopped back to back point blank shots at one point.

And Briere made Price look like a fool on his backhand display. You boo him because you wish he was playing for you, and that’s being quite respectful.

BUG

BUG!

This is how it should be: Latendresse in, Dandenault out.

Stu how could you possibly think you will win both games in Philly? You’ll have a chance at game 4, but game 3 will be ugly. Remember game 3 against Washington? 6-3. Sounds alot closer than it was. We have seven 20 goal scorers. Who else can say that in the league? Oh ****, nobody! Most balanced attack in the game will prevail, and with Biron playing out of his mind in his first playoffs as a 30 year old, you guys are in trouble.

and for rcbhotrod, Ryder is one of my favorites but I just haven’t seen him with grit and that goes the same with Dandy. Dandenault is a veteran but he isn’t showing anything! Ryder might not be a french but I know he loves the habs just as much as Latendresse. I like Ryder better but there is no time to gamble to see if Ryder comes back. But I say keep O’Byrne out and put streit on D with Lat, and Ryder up front. Most the players on both teams are tired and Those two players will be full of fire!!!!!!

stu011 great idea i think they would come out flying in game 3

Briere is booed because he shot the puck in to the stands at the end of a regular season game to deny Price a souvenir for his first NHL shutout.

You know what’s funny? The number of fans that embrace their favourite team as if they built it themselves. They didn’t.

Hockey, like all successful professional sports, isn’t at all what is used to be. These players don’t speak for the fans, they speak for themselves… and the companies advertised on the entrance to the arena, the boards and the ice.

Anyway, Flyers fans, you can keep Briere. The last thing that this Habs team needs is another small, skilled player.

A few comments: (Strictly my opinion, I’m entitled to be wrong)

In no particular order

1) I believe The Habs are in a mini slump, we saw them throughout the year,
they were short lived and consistency prevailed, better now than in later
rounds, even in a mini slump Montreal (as I believe showed last night) they
are more skilled than the Flyers and it will show in the end.
2) There is a reason that Biron was never given the full time gig in Buffalo
again in the end I believe it will be apparent why.
3) Hockey is first and foremost entertainment, the unwritten promise from the
the management and staff of our team is to provide this, I for one have been
entertained, along with 21,000 plus (and the thousands left wanting)have
shown, home game after home game. For a mere $1.99 per month I am able to
watch every single Habs game of the season (RDS, Starchoice) name me another
team that allows this without caving to the pressure of PPV.
4) Cherry is the “Madden” of hockey, mixed with a little Howard Stern.
He’s both revered and despised, he’s opinionated but honest and his honesty
is his allure, love him or hate him (and I’ve done both)he speaks his mind
with total disregard for political tact.
5) Pierre McGuire IMO is one of the most unbiassed analysts going, it’s easy
to be an armchair coach, but I think he is the most well versed of the
bunch.
Last} Like it or not, hockey is also a business, every home game played in the
spring is revenue gained towards spending for the future.
The boys are playing in May!!! Be proud, and appreciative,see comment 3
as to why it’s great not to be a Canucks, Hawks, Canes (add teams here)
fan.

The world is off its meds again.

Stop with the boooo , boo, onl makes them play harder and better and you know of whom I am speaking!!!!
And drop the OLE, OLE, drives me crazy when I hear it – IT’S A EUROPEAN SOCCER CHANT!!!!!!!!!THIS IS NORTH AMERICAN HOCKEY. WE ARE NOT EUROPEANS, I cringe when I listen to that chant in our stadium, let’s get something CANADIAN going…who started the stupid OLE anyway???????? Not us good old Canadian folk, grrrrrrrrr and boos make for better playing and also makes us look like suckeeeeee babies, get over it, who cares, we should just be confident in our present time, whatever. I am so frustrated with the fans, low life I guess, for the most part that’s who follows hockey.

Riberio 2nd in play-off scoring with 11 pts.Has he ever proved people wrong,dam,could of really used him!

Ribeiro is the ‘real deal’.

Flew out to San Francisco Friday and ran into a couple of Shark fans on the plane. Had my Habs cap on. They looked at it, chuckled to each other, to which I responded, “Maybe we’ll meet in the Finals. If we do, we’ll klick your ***”.
I am not a hero. They were just a couple of short, bl;oated guys. Joke may be on me AND them, based on how the Habs looked Saturday and them dropping the opening home games to Dallas.
Here’s the skinny on Price. When he goes into his crouch, there’s plenty of room above each shoulder, and it’s no secret as both the Bruins and now the Flyers have been shooting mostly high up. That’s just part of the problem. Even in the crouch, Carey can snag the puck on high shots, sight unimpeded. However, the Flyers have been cruising in front of him, screening him at will, as our Canadiens are unwilling, unprepared, or just plain intimidated to move them out of the way.
Tony Bennett may come out with a new version of his greatest hit, that begins with,”Habs left their BALLS, in San Francisco!”
Maybe Carbo should go back to the days of old, and keep the team sequestered from wives and girlfriends during the playoffs. The way they’ve been looking lately, skating like their legs weighed a ton each,makes me wonder if it isn’t a case of “Sugar in the morning, Sugar in the evening,Sugar most any time.”
In other words, NOOKY and HOCKEY is definitely not an example of perfect rhyming.

It sucks because I have hockey tonight and won’t be able to see the 2nd and third periods. But hopefully they score the first goal of the game!

I agree with you duckdoc.

People are saying that Price is tired. I say, NO he is not. Price needs to get into that Zone again.

Please Mr.Price, start kicking some *** from now on….. We need him. With out APrice we will go no where….

The Spectrum is about to be demolished to make way for a huge commercial development in the shadow of the new stadiums now gracing the South Broad Street corridor. They really ARE a sight to see, the Linc (Eagles), Citizens Bank (Phils) and the Wachovia Center (Sixers and Flyers) are really state-of-the art facilities (dontcha hate bank names on sports facilities??) and a credit to their sports-mad town. The Rocky statue actually has spent several years at the Phialdephia Art Museum, which brought many questions like yours, Joseph. It IS a piece of art, but it also embodies the blue-collar work ethic of this city and the determination and pluck expressed by the “up-by-your-bootstraps” guys here that spend a large proportion of their hard earned pay to go root for their beloved teams…no cheap feat.

Look around your city, my friend, and you may find a few statues of “fictional” or mythical figures as well i’m sure…it’s certainly not something unique to Philly.

Oh, and to DuckDoc: there is one more option you failed to mention regarding the Flyers ability to cruise the crease unmolested:…unwilling, unprepared, intimidated…how about just plain UNABLE!?! We have even used the 6′5″ 260 lb Derrien Hatcher in this roll occasionally, and our main man on the crease, despite a partially torn ACL, will be back in the lineup tonight pestering Monsieur La Price…one Mr. Mike Knuble. Mais oui, it would make Rocky proud!!

Lets get it ON!

BLEU………….BLANC…………..ROUGE……….
It’s wakeup time!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

GO, HABS, GO!!!!!!!!!!!!

The strongest Habs two lines would be:

AK27 – AK46 – SK74;
SK11 – HC21 – TP14.

Post#169 Jack-off,take your goof pills would ya,and what ever you do don’t bet on the game rainman,lol…GO HABS GO…..

Oh yeah on another note…. I once had a girl tell me to kiss her where it stinks so i took her to philly GO HABS GO GO HABS GO GO HABS GO

lineup change: Dandeneault is out, and Latendresse is in for tonight!
official.

So.

habs4life, what’s your point?

no, sir. that’s the latest news for 3rd and 4th line. So far, no info for 1st and 2nd.

For Carbo, I’d rather change ONE line instead of mixing the two lineups: Keeping 4th line unchanged; just putting Lats to Dandy’s position. Why mix up???

Begin, Lapierre and Steit.
Smoke, TK and Lats

Knuble may be coming back tonight for the Flyers. Any of you out there know which knee is the ailing one? If you do, pass it on down to the CH dressing room and make sure that Tom(6), Steve(22) and Mike(8)get the message.
On another note, now that Jacques Lemaire has been let go by the Wild, is there any chance he might come back to the Hab Family? I watched him all the time he played for Canadiens; he was the best 2 way player (and I do not mean that in the Flyer sense; he only likes women)ever. Number #25 should have been retired years ago. Anybody out there know what the deal is? He must have pissed off somebody really big in the organization.

Koivu centring Kovalev and Higgins
Plekanec centring the Kostitsyn brothers
Smolinski centring Latendresse and Kostopoulos
Lapierre centring Streit and Bégin

Hope this works well.

habs4life not bad line up but why in the hell would you even think latendresse in the line up put a real hockey player back in Ryder

Habs never lack of skills, but we do need “hitting” and “blocking”.

Warriors, like TK06 and Begin, are really needed in the lineups. So, for the lineup change tonight, I can see the “physical” factor.

Tony and portly:

Thanks for the thoughtful explanantions. I remember reading something about the Rocky statue being moved from the Art Museum to the Spectrum but I didn’t know the details behind it.

As far a statues of fictional characters go, I’m quite certain that they exist in every city. And although I’m not entirely in agreement with the idea of them being idolized, I do appreciate the more general iconism that they represent. But then, we’re a strange culture.

As to the old forum, I believe that it has since be turned in to an entertainment center, with pieces of its historical past being preserved within. For example, center ice, as I understand it, still resides in the middle of the complex.