Habs / Flyers: Game 4
The Canadiens trail a playoff series for the first time this year. Down 2-1 for game 4 tonight in Philly.
Despite out shooting the Flyers by 20 shots the Canadiens dropped game 3. The powerplay clicked in the end, but was horrendous in the beginning when it was needed. Combined with some bad bounces, unlucky posts and bad goaltending, the Canadiens played catch up down 2-0 for the third straight game.
Guy Carbonneau is playing a few headgames by keeping his starting goalie a ’secret’ until game time.
Expect Carey Price to return to the lineup and redeem his poor effort on Monday night.
Other than Martin Biron and their penalty killing unit, the Flyers have not overly impressed in any way. The Canadiens have defeated themselves.
Should the Habs start executing - manage to score first, have decent goaltending and have an average or better powerplay - they should not have any problem getting back into the series.
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 4:39 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
I haven’t noticed Don Cherry for a certain time on CBC Hockey Night Canada. Has he left only for the playoff or for good?
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 5:04 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
I will bet on Ryder, Plekanec and Brisebois tonight.
GO HABS GO !!!!!!!!!!!——!!!!!!!!!!
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 5:06 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
The citizens of the city of Montreal should thank the Flyers after this series for saving their city from another riot.
P.S. refer to Blog 215 (Habs/Flyers: Game 3)
GO FLYERS GO!!
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 5:12 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
HALAK IS IN ! official.
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 5:24 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
The citizens of the city of Montreal will thank the Flyers for taking their fans golfing with them.
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 5:32 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
Incidentally, do the Flyers intend to help out with crowd control at hip-hop concerts in Montreal? Because that was, in fact, the source of the riots. Do your homework.
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 5:34 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
dammit we need carey in nets……
he is our number 1 and easily will bounce back…. games 5 and 6 of last series
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 6:00 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
So has Montreal Canadiens figured out what they are doing for a net minder?…how about a brick wall?…because thats about all thats going to stop us…Philly, on the other hand, have Biron, which solves our net minder problem unless Montreal gets 60 minutes of power plays this game vs. 20 minutes last game. How do the matadors say it?…OLE OLE OLE…what a gay saying…must be a Canadien thing.
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 6:03 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
All your Biron was all his carrer was a Backup. He will be again soon!!!!
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 6:14 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
To 6
Joseph,
I don’t give a rat’s ass what happens in Montreal…been there once, bad choice of places to visit on my part, and never again… so why would I care to do any type of homework on Montreal? So I really don’t care how or why or who about these riots…they just happened following the Habs 7th game win over an unskilled team like Boston and now the low class Hab fans have blood on their hands.
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 6:14 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
Actually, Philly Pucks, “OLE OLE OLE” is a chant that is heard at bullfights.
Just like the matador drives the sword into the bull so are Les Canadiens going to skewer the Broad Street Thugs.
The Special tonight will be FLYERS SHISHKABOB!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Just a thought……..how about playing the Russian National Anthem to get our Ruski Habs going? Please, no Communist jokes!!!!!!!!!
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 6:14 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
Biron was saved my his posts all this series, I have never seen so many posts … in 3 games
Where is the link saying its official for Halak?
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 6:20 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
Jack:
You’re immature and ignorant. Only a loser wouldn’t enjoy being in Montreal. Is that what you’re telling me… that you’re a loser?
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 6:21 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
It’s also a soccer song.
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 6:23 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
If the Habs decide to finish their many chances against this weak Flyer defense, they’ll blow them out of their own arena. If not, then they don’t deserve to win anyway.
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 6:24 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
Here is the link looks official to me.
Right or wrong Carbo’s got balls.
http://www.globesports.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080430.wspthabs_update30/GSStory/GlobeSportsHockey/home
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 6:27 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
Do they have excuse books at the book stores up there in Montreal? You Hab fans have an excuse for every loss…”goal posts, rough playing(too many Russians on your team), Biron was lucky, Price had a bad game”…etc. Why can’t you loose with class and just accept the fact your team does not have what it takes to win playoff style hockey against the Flyers, maybe next year or the next but not this year…PERIOD! Either you go easy or hard…we’ll take you out…even with the officials on your side!!!
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 6:31 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
I can’t believe that benching one young goaltender with some playoff experience in favor of another young goaltender with 20 minutes of playoff experience will be what the Habs need.
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 6:32 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
Carbo better wear his “Very Gay” Tie ……….
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 6:33 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
Hey Jacko,
Why can’t you go to your own team’s fan site and annoy your own fans with your ignorant nonsense? Let me guess, they rejected you.
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 6:34 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
JACKASS, what will be your excuse tonight when your Fylers lose.
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 6:35 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
If his Flyers lose, I can guarantee you that he won’t be anywhere near here… because he’s that type of ‘fan’.
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 6:38 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
Let’s go, Habs! Wake up! You’re a better team than you’ve shown in this series.
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 6:44 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
Jack’s an A..hole
Jack’s a Prick
Jack can’t even hold a Hockey stick
WHAT A JACK OFF
OLE OLE OLE OLE OLE OLE OLE OLE OLE OLE OLE OLE OLE OLE OLE
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 6:47 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
Did I see ref on our side looser????? Look who is complaining and trying to find excuses for the unsportmanship of his poor team…..Hey Jackass, you better tell Biron to hide himself from the puck tonight, cause our shots are all going in bast….!
See ya after game, after our 2nd victory!
Go habs Go!!
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 6:50 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
Jack’s just frustrated with all the losing. The Flyers, the Phillies, the Eagles… all mediocre franchises. The last Philadelphia team to win anything was the 76ers, and that was 26 years ago.
Sucks to be Jack.
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 6:53 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
Score Habs Score!
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 7:03 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
Sorry guys for deserting you the last couple of games I had to go away an no internet.
Anyway here is how I see the last two games, considering we outplayed the flyers both games and came out losing in both cases concerns me but being a die hard habs fan I still have faith in my team.
This is what we have to do, we have to start to screen Biron, he is not that good of a goaltender but we have made him look good. Most goalies can make 99% of the saves if they can see the puck. We have not screened Biron at all so we have to start putting players in from of the net and get some screen shots. Now there is no point in putting men in front of the net if the defense is not going to shoot the puck so that is another priority. Once we start to do that then it will force Philly to come out to the point which will give our forwards more room to work down low. That should improve our power play as well as our five on five. Now our defence have to give our goaltender a chance to see the puck. Two of the three goals Philly got last game were screen shots that Price did not see to the last second. He got his glove on both of them but not enough to stop the puck. To me the media has been far to hard on him. Also you have to realize that he only had 17 shots on goal and at the time of the two goals he only had 6 shots, so he was hard for him to physically be in the game with so little activity.
I have not lost faith, but we do have to win tonight otherwise it will be difficult to win three in a row.
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 7:19 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
Hi, Senet 1.
My goodness, the Flyers’ defense is terrible.
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 7:20 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
Big save by Halak.
Lets bury those flyers!!!
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 7:24 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
I agree, but the one thing they are doing is keeping the shooting lanes open so their goalie can see the puck and they have been able to clog up the passing lanes down low. Our forwards are looking for the perfect pass, good things happen when you shoot the puck at the net, just look at the goals that philly are scoring.
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 7:25 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
Post#25,you are turning into one heck of a Habs fan …..go habs go….
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 7:26 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
We need to get some garbage goals and that will open up the game for us.
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 7:28 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
See the shot that Striet just made from the pass from Lappiere. It was a useless shot, the only way a goalie is not going to stop that shot is to have a heart attack. It would have been much better had he held onto the puck and waited for the rest of the team to clog the front of the net.
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 7:47 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
I wouldn’t let Streit play. he is horrible.huring the team and responsible for the flyer breakaway. Next game he should be scratched.
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 7:50 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
Great points, Senet 1… good insight.
Another period where the Habs dominated the Flyers and came up short. And as you stated, the Habs are making Biron look good in this series. They need to get bodies to the net and screen him, agreed.
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 7:52 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
And again, when the Habs get the puck in the slot, they have to just shoot it. It’s frustrating watching them always thinking ahead to the next move, or the next pass. Shoot it!
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 7:54 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
SHOOT if you’re open, damn it.
QUIT OVERPASSING!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 7:57 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
37 duckdoc: EXACTLY MY POINT, THEY ARE TRYING TO MAKE THE PERFECT PLAY, GOOD THINGS HAPPEN WHEN YOU PUT THE PUCK ON THE NET, HOWEVER, YOU HAVE TO GET A GARBAGE GOAL TO UNNERVE BIRON.
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 7:59 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
Montreal could not score in a Whore House…………
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 8:02 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
In the Boston series I said that the habs character had to come out in game seven, there was no urgency in games 5 or 6 but there was in game 7.
Well there is urgency in game 4 in this series because we cannot go down 3-1. Hopefully, they will respond. Here is what I would do, I would break up our checking line and put one player on each of the first and second lines. We need to get some phycial play on those lines and getting someone in front of the net.
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 8:02 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
well,if anything from the first it shut up the trolls as thier phillypilons were out played once again.And how about that Halak kid ,way to go!!!ole ole ole………………………………..
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 8:04 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
Senet1: exactly what I was saying after the last game - we need to crash the net, get in the lanes and screen Biron. You can’t stop what you can’t see, and at the moment Biron is seeing everything.
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 8:04 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
Halak is a very good young goalie and will be a #1 anywhere is this league
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 8:06 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
The ref was looking for an excuse there… let’s kill this one off and then get a goal or three…
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 8:14 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
Takes grit and irrational dedication to get the front of the net. I’d put Begin with Kovalev and Koivu, and Kostopolous with Kastitsyn and Higgins.
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 8:16 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
SCORE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
In court the other day there was a case regarding the custody of a small child.
The judge asked the boy, “do you want to live with your mother?”
He replied, “No I don’t want to live with her because she beats me!”.
The judge then asked, “Do you want to live with your father?”
The boy stated, “No he beats me too.”
Finally the judge asked, “where do you want to live?”
The child responded, “I want to live with the Montreal Canadiens!”.
The judge asked, “Why do you want to live with the Montreal Canadiens?”
The boy exclaimed, “Because the Montreal Canadiens don’t beat anybody!”
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 8:17 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
It’s all over folks!
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 8:19 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
I like you Begin move but I would put Smolinski with because he is a centre with Higgins and Andrea. and Kostopolous with Plex and Sergie.
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 8:24 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
48 future habs fan: Are you really a habs fan??????????? Our team is playing well but he have to find a way to score goals. Have some faith in your team>
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 8:24 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
This is frustrating to watch, i cant imagine what it’s like to play. Montreal is playing against the worst team in the playoffs, dominating like never before, and they can’t get a save from their goaltenders. Biron is playing very well, true, but how many games can you win when your goalies literally never bail the team out. Pathetic.
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 8:32 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
I agree it is frustrating, it would be one thing if we were playing badly but we are not Philly seems to be getting the breaks and taking advantage of them. We need out leaders to step up and show some leadership.
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 8:34 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
Halak has played very well, The guys just cant bury their chances, this is weird, not sure what else they can do, they need to keep working and just hope to get a few bounces
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 8:35 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
Come on guys… don’t get frustrated. After all you are playing against “the worst team in the playoffs” and you are on the PP 1/3 of the game and you’re only going to be down 3 games to 1.
Come on it’s 8:30… there has to be something on Candian TV to watch that your team will win… Curling maybe?
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 8:39 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
Well. Carbo’s experiment is not working out to well so far is it?
That was a weak one on Halak. Talk about Price……….
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 8:40 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
Well nobody wants to crash the net, and cause some trouble for Biron. The longer we go without a goal the harder is it going to get, they are already starting to squease their sticks too hard.
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 8:42 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
I mean why are we so inept at scoring? This is a shadow of the team we saw during the regular season. It’s not the same team. Normally we would bury all these chances. Also our shots aren’t on net, and the fewthat are, are without power.
FOR THE FLYER FANS NOT HERE BECAUSE THEIR BLOG IS CRAPPY: no team is getting by Pittsburgh. so you’re not winning anything! Pitt will win the stanley cup!
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 8:42 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
Well Don, Price played well in the playoff too, only to have his D-Men hang him out to dry many night.
I’m glad this is blowing up in Carbo’s face.
Price in game 5 & 6 last series not the best. Next game a shut out.
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 8:42 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
54 Flyers~cup2008: Well I would not expect an unbias statement from a Flyer’s fan but the last time I looked both teams have been penalized exactly the same amount
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 8:42 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
Flyers fans are classless turds.
That being said, the Flyers are a weak team, and the Habs are playing like they’re a weak team. The difference, again, is goaltending. Soft goals by Montreal’s goaltenders and the inability to score on Brion - a highly overrated goaltender.
Oh, well. They’ve only themselves to blame.
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 8:43 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
Its not over yet, and I think Halak was the right choice, of course your going to crap on him you would crap on your own mother if you had a chance..
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 8:45 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
Don has a love affair withy Halak I see.
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 8:47 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
Halak is playing well. It’s not his fault if his team can’t score. Carbo did make the right choice, and he should have changed goalies in game 3. If the habs could learn how to get a puck on net thru to the goalie, and screen him, then they’ll score. that’s the only way!
Nobody dump on Halak. He’s playing so much better than Price!
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 8:47 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
I’ve no problem with Halak. He’s young and he allowed a soft goal when he was deep in the net. Rookie mistake. But this continues to be the difference in this series - good goaltending vesus bad goaltending.
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 8:50 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
Halak is playing well, but the goal was the result of a rookie mistake (a.k.a. bad goaltending) - being deep in the net.
Anyway, as I stated in the previous thread, if the Habs would convert half their chances, it wouldn’t matter who was in goal.
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 8:54 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
Anyway, no surprises. Carbonneau and the Habs have a lot to learn with regard to success in the playoffs. This can be considered a stepping stone.
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 8:54 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
I’m with you guys. Enough of the passing. Get in front of the net and shoot the damn puck! God, I could stop the shots Biron’s facing too. GET IN BIRON’S KITCHEN!!!
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 8:55 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
58 DieHard Habs Fan: As I see it,Carbo would have been criticized by you whether he made this move or not, if he left Price in the net and he had another game like the last one, (not that I am blaming him for those goals or the loss) then everyone would have blamed Carbo for not making the move. Halak has played very well and if you listen to the experts, the goal was not entirely his fault either. You cannot let philly have those kind of shots because they are in a good position and a hard shot for the goalie to cover the entire net.
Anyway I see this move as a good move for two reasons, one to shake up our team and the defense and secondly simply to see if he could get some spark into the team. One thing our defense has played better tonight. Our team as a whole have played very well too. If we loose we do have one thing going for us even though we are down 3-1 we are playing well. So if we loose we come back with Price next game, if we win we stay with Halak until we loose. Halak if you remember played a number of games last year at the end of the season when Huet was hurt and had he played the last game against the leafs we probably would have made the playoffs.
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 9:04 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 9:04 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
yea BABY………..YEA!!!!!
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 9:06 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
oops. sorry. thought i was at the Flyers FanZone. Back to my LaBatt Blue.
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 9:07 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
My oh my!
Two soft goals on Halak.
What a time to experiment???
IN YOUR FACE CARBO! IN YOUR FACE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 9:08 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
flyers are the luckiest team. won by luck only, because they’re crappy! With any luck we’d be leading the series 3-0.
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 9:10 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
#74-
But your not….your down 2-1 and probably (though there is still time left) going to be down 3-1…..in a one game playoff….ok a team can get lucky and the New York Giants can beat the New England Patriots…..but over a 7 game series…. 9 times out of 10 the team that plays the best wins….it really is ok you guys can admit it.
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 9:12 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
Yeah, Halak is da man. He will get the #1 job next year……
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 9:13 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
LUCK?????? Have you been watching Biron?
Put you glasses on Pappy and why are you a “future” Habs fan. Too much commitment? After the Habs lose are you a Future Pens Fan?
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 9:13 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
If it wasn’t for luck in Game 1, the Flyers would be wrapping this thing up tonight, you convoluted rose glassed a-hole…
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 9:14 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
So can we all agree now that our position has very little to do with our goaltending but has everything to do with the fact we can’t score? We’ve missed at least three open nets tonight, and we’ve not given Biron any grief at all. That’s why we’re losing this game, and the series - it has nothing to do with anything else…
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 9:16 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
portly,lol
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 9:20 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
Yes!! Traffic in front of the net at last!
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 9:20 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
that’s one
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 9:21 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
Again!!!
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 9:21 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
take that flyers fan!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 9:21 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
that’s two whoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 9:22 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
now at least have the guts to say that second goal was lucky….if you are going to say they flyers have gotten all the bounces you need to admit that its not going to be any better than that
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 9:23 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
LOL
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 9:26 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
yer right ,the flyers 2nd goal was lucky!
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 9:26 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
Sacre Bleu!!!
waiddaminute! This isn’t LaBatt!! It’s BEAVER PISS!! BARMAID!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 9:27 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
Oh Know…………. Did they just……….
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 9:28 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
SCORE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I see the Pens in your future, “future habs fan”
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 9:28 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
no…they created a chance for themselves just like you did there….luck happens in cards not in a real sport….teams create what happens during a game…you can create a bad situation and give up a “fluke” goal or you can just stand your man up at the blue line and have it called great defense
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 9:32 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
All the Flyers goals are lucky beacuse the Flyers are Crappy… Oh wait
If Flyers=crappy and they are winning 3 games to 1 then what does that make the Habs?
Sing it Fat Lady!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 9:33 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
please shut up until the game is over….we dont need anything going wrong here
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 9:33 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
There’s no luck in this game guys. The Flyers are winning because they have a better goaltender. That is it. It’s the only reason this series is 3-1. Playoff games are always low scoring.
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 9:34 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
Murray Wilson, you are a homer!!!!
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 9:35 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
Defibrilator…..STAT
……forget this beer - i need a shot!
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 9:36 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
Refs are so f**ken biased! that wasn’t a penalty! Flyers are the luckiest team and the the crappiest! They’re going nowhere!nowhere!nowhere!
They’re never getting ny Pittsburgh!
Habs are totally unlucky!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 9:36 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
Thank you Begin for handing the series to them… great move.
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 9:37 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
yes….running at a guy while the puck is on the other side of the ice isnt a penalty….you are right…..and the door was open….talk about a lack of respect for the opponents
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 9:40 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
I’m getting really pissed here. 3 losses in a row! Goddamn it!
F’in Begin. He cost us the game.
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 9:41 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
97 future habs fan
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 9:36 pm. About ‘Habs / Flyers: Game 4′.
Refs are so f**ken biased! that wasn’t a penalty!
———
Dude, that was a penalty. No doubt about it. STUPID F’ING PENALTY!
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 9:50 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
Future Habs fan wrote:
They’re going nowhere!nowhere!nowhere!
They’re never getting ny Pittsburgh!
And just imagine how bad the beating would be if the fu(king Habs some how get to the east finals against Sid the Kid?
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 9:55 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
The Flyers are a weak team. The Habs are supposed to be a better team but showed that they’re actually a poor team when it comes to playoff hockey. They’ve got a lot to learn. Carbonneau can start by teaching them about killer instinct. Killer instinct is needed to finish a team that’s down 3-1. Killer instinct is needed to bury your offensive chances. They have none of it.
As to the classless Flyer fans that have poisoned this site with their presence, I’d like to return the favor in telling you that I’ll be enjoying watching the Penguins take your team apart period by period, game by game… letting you know just how far your team acutally is from a true champion. If you had shown any kind of class at all in here, I’d likely be cheering for your team (as I usually like the underdog), but you haven’t, and I’ll rest easy knowing that you special fans are whining about penalty calls whilst your team is getting destroyed by a far superior team in the next round. Start practicing your whining skills…
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 9:55 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
Really disappointed at the fact there was no tenacity or hitting by Montreal.
I am sick of fancy passes and those feeble attempts at blind back passes by Kostitsyn…Price is no better than Halak, this is not a goalie situation, but a lackluster, lazy, poor performance from a team thats happy enopugh getting through the first round..PATHETIC !!!!
NO HITS, NO FIGHTS….Roll over and die then !
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 9:55 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
Rayzor, the Habs would be destroyed by Pittsburgh as well.
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 9:56 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
Se ya all next year !
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 9:56 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
Well it isn’t going to be easy but with those two goals, both going to the net and giving the goalie some trouble, we may have lost the battle guys but I still think we can win the war. Price will be back in the net with four days rest, some thought he looked tired.
If we were playing badly, I would say the series is over but we played well enough to win the last two games and all we need is the puck to bounce our way instead of Phillys way. they have got the breaks the last two games and they have worked hard to get those breaks, it is just unbelieveable that some of the breaks haven’t gone out way so far. Philly is a good team, and we should not keep running them down, they beat a good team to get here. However, I still feel we have a better team and can win three in a row. Whether we will or not we will see. BUT HAVE FAITH HABS FANS.
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 9:59 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
#104
1) Even if we lose every game 100-0 we will still be further than your team and the fact that we finished dead last last year would make even getting to that point an incredible feat.
2) If you go on the Flyers blogs you will see Montreal fans saying the same things that have been said here, every team has dumb fans
3) If the Flyers are a weak team that I guess you guys are a Junior league team then? Just admit that the Flyers are a team full of grit and yes some skill and your team isnt mentally strong or talented enough to over come them.
4) You should be embarrassed not supporting your team when they are down and saying that the series is over.
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 9:59 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
Someone give Begin a medal…way to blow the comeback and all but knock your team out of the playoffs dummy. This team is going nowhere anyways…they never did evolve into playoff hockey players. Here’s Guy’s choices to put on the ice….a bunch of soft European pussies, or a bunch of no-skilled bums who are barely NHL level players. Either choice is lose-lose. Change this team for future playoff success Bob. Thanks for the terrifc regular season though. But a very weak and pathetic playoff efford. See ya next year bloggers…have a good off-season.
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 10:03 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
this team is built for the regular season. too soft, too many euros, not willing to pay the price! Gainey please go get big bodies. we need them!
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 10:04 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
#109
4) You should be embarrassed not supporting your team when they are down and saying that the series is over.
But that’s why they’re habs fans…when it comes down to Fu(k or walk in a series, they start on about how great 1993 or 86 was and how this version of the team is a disgrace to the team’s history….blah, blah, blah…
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 10:05 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
Chris:
That is why I specified ‘classless Flyer fans’. There are classy Flyer fans as well.
Also, keep in mind that I don’t go to the opposing teams’ fan sites, so I’m left here to contend with a plethora of stupid and classless comments against my team and its fans more often than not. It gets old.
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 10:06 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
109 Donnie
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 9:59 pm. About ‘Habs / Flyers: Game 4′.
Someone give Begin a medal…way to blow the comeback and all but knock your team out of the playoffs dummy. This team is going nowhere anyways…they never did evolve into playoff hockey players. Here’s Guy’s choices to put on the ice….a bunch of soft European pussies, or a bunch of no-skilled bums who are barely NHL level players. Either choice is lose-lose. Change this team for future playoff success Bob. Thanks for the terrifc regular season though. But a very weak and pathetic playoff efford. See ya next year bloggers…have a good off-season
Couldn’t agree more.
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 10:07 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
i’m gonna sock the first Flyer fan in here that says this thing is over! In case you didn’t notice, we were up 3-1 against a vastly inferior Caps team and it took a game 3 overtime to finally squeak out of THAT series. Joseph is right, the Flightless Fowl are likely to eat either team coming out of this series for LUNCH. i’m not sure the better team won tonight, and it really defies understanding, but there it is. The realists among us thought this young team would start to make noise after a few more years together cause they DO have some talent, so this unexpected success (so far), against a superior foe, is pretty startling. There is NO ONE south of Moose Factory that thinks the Flyers could beat the Habs in four straight games, so buckle up! This ride ain’t over by a LONG SHOT!
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 10:09 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
Fair enough….just realize when you say classless Flyers fans it certainly seems like you mean all fans.
And you should try going to another teams blogs…it is beyond interesting reading how the other teams fans perceive the same event that you saw.
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 10:09 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
There’s a difference between supporting one’s team and realizing that one’s team is going to lose a series. And that’s nothing to be embarrassed about.
I am not a bandwagon jumper, Chris. I called this team early on in the Boston series when I stated that I didn’t see a potential champion in them yet. That’s not abandonment, that’s just a realistic perspective.
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 10:11 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
Chris:
Read my posts in the previous thread and you’ll get a better idea of my views.
Anyway, my apologies for coming across as though I were generalizing.
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 10:11 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
103 Joseph
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 9:55 pm. About ‘Habs / Flyers: Game 4′.
The Flyers are a weak team. The Habs are supposed to be a better team but showed that they’re actually a poor team when it comes to playoff hockey. They’ve got a lot to learn. Carbonneau can start by teaching them about killer instinct. Killer instinct is needed to finish a team that’s down 3-1. Killer instinct is needed to bury your offensive chances. They have none of it.
Joseph, I am disappointed in you, I thought you learned your lesson from the Boston series. Philly is no different than the Bruins except they are getting the breaks and we are not. To this point we have made their goalie look good, the last two goals showed that we he is no better than our goalies if we do the same things to him that Philly is doing to ours. Sometimes the best team does not always win but what you ask for is the an effort. The team must change it’s game plan. That is the only thing I am disappointed in with our Coaching staff, not just carbo but all the coaches, we need to go to the net, shot the puck and set screens. We did both for about four for five minutes at the end of the game and got two goals. The ghosts of habs past came out in game seven of the Boston series and it is time for them to come out again. Anyway, I was hoping I would hear that true habs fan spirt and continue to have faith. again one game at a time it is never over until it is over.
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 10:16 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
One thing win or lose, we have played at least 12 playoff games, and the kids will have learned alot but most of it will not sink in until the playoffs are over. Then they will understand whether they have what it takes to move their game to the next level. It will also show Gainey what he actually needs to do to make this a better team.
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 10:18 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
Who said Pittsburgh was going to win the cup? Have you heard about this upstart team in the West from Detroit?
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 10:18 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
I realize that a team’s fans will always be biased toward their team, and thus they’ll see things diffeently than the opposing team’s fans.
On that note, I am done purporting the Habs as something that they are not this playoff year - the better team. They have more skill than most, and they may be able to take the play to the other team in the offensive zone for longish periods of time, but none of that matters if they can’t score the goals and come out with wins. That in itself makes the Habs a weak team. Fair enough.
That said, the Flyers, in this series, remind me of the 1991 Northstars. They would get bottled up in their own end for extended periods of time every game but they would captialze on the opportunities that they got. Of course that team got crushed by the Penguins in the Final.
Apologies to Flyers fans. Your team may have been outplayed more often than not in this series, but they’ve held the fort and they’ve been opportunistic. And they lead the series 3-1, which they honestly deserve.
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 10:20 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
Well said and thats all that I asked to hear.
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 10:21 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
you gotta beleive boys you gotta believe….we had boston down 3-1 and they forced a game 7
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 10:23 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
111 Robbie Rayzor
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 10:04 pm. About ‘Habs / Flyers: Game 4′.
#109
4) You should be embarrassed not supporting your team when they are down and saying that the series is over.
But that’s why they’re habs fans…when it comes down to Fu(k or walk in a series, they start on about how great 1993 or 86 was and how this version of the team is a disgrace to the team’s history
YOU WILL NEVER EVER HERE ME GIVE UP ON MY TEAM. I STILL THINK WE CAN WIN THIS SERIES WITH A FEW BREAKS AND A LITTLE STRONGER PLAY THOUGH OUT THE LINEUP. IN MY OPTION WE WILL SEE YOU BACK IN PHILLY.
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 10:23 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
I’m sorry to disappoint you, Senet 1, but the Habs were up 3-1 in that series, not down. Regardless, lightning is not going to strike this team twice. They’ll probably find a way to win Game 5, but I’ll be as shocked as Flyers fans if they find a way to win the next three.
Paul:
No one said that Pittsburgh is going to win the Cup. I think it will likely be Detroit. Although I also think that the Penguins will give them their biggest challenge.
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 10:30 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
I AM GOING OUT ON A LIMB BECAUSE I FEEL THAT ALL MY HABS FANS ON THIS BLOG HAVE DESERTED THEIR TEAM WHEN THEY NEED US THE MOST. SO HERE IS MY PREDICTION, IT MAY BE A LITTLE PREMATURE BUT SEE YOU IN GAME SEVEN IN MONTREAL.
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 10:30 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
I hope that the Habs do come back and win this series. I just don’t see it happening the way that they’ve played. I mean, come on. The Flyers have taken a 2-0 lead in all four games. That’s piss poor hockey on the Habs’ part. In fact it’s ludicrous for a team with plans of winning it all.
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 10:31 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
Emotional stress, Senet 1.
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 10:32 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
Carma is a great equalizer but if the Habs fans don’t provide it then their team will not feed off it. So please guys have faith and provide the carma that our team needs.
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 10:34 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
NA NA NA NA, NA NA NA NA, Hey Hey Hey, GOOD BYE!
This series is over!
Have fun making tee times on Sunday morning!
LOL…
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 10:35 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
I need a break from hockey in the form of a cheesy comedy. I’ll be back with some mustered up karma tomorrow…
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 10:35 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
# 129 Senet 1
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 10:32 pm. About ‘Habs / Flyers: Game 4′.
Carma is a great equalizer but if the Habs fans don’t provide it then their team will not feed off it. So please guys have faith and provide the carma that our team needs.
Senet1….Your a loser…Carma! your team needs heart..
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 10:36 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
Bye bye habs fans thanks for coming! But it is time for you to go…Have fun wrecking your city
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 10:37 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
Wow, the Flyers pulled another one out of their collective ass tonight.
What is up with your team? They seem to give you guys a heat attack in the playoffs so far, just like ours. Maybe we’re kindred spirits in a way?
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 10:37 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
Don’t call Senet 1 a loser, FLYERSFAN. He’s anything but. You, on the other hand, could use some maturity.
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 10:37 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
I`m a Flyers fan and I know this series is in no way over, despite the fact that the Habs are 1-12 when down 3-1 in a series and the Flyers are 18-2 when up 3-1. Despite that, Montreal could easily win the next three. Why?
1. Montreal has completely dominated up to this point. Especially shots.
2. The referees are obviously trying to get Montreal into a series with Pittsburgh as there have been at least a half dozen rediculus calls against the Flyers in this series and many non calls against the Habs
3. Montreal is obviously a much better team, especially in the speed department.
This should be interesting. I predict Montreal in 7.
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 10:38 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
Joseph, I understand why you feel that way, believe me in my younger days I used to feel the same way. However, experience tells me that this team has played well, they have carried the play the last three games and lost, so what are the little things that they have to do in order to win instead of loose. It is not difficult, go the net, pay the price, set screens and shoot the puck. These are all fundamentals that this team has got away from for whatever reason. If they start doing them then there is no reason that they cannot come back and win this series. They are a better team on paper and on the ice, but they have to do the little things that win games and most of them are doable.
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 10:38 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
#119 Senet 1:
Good post, you’re absolutely right. Win or lose we’ve had a great season and our many young players as well as our staff will have learned a great deal and have a lot to look forward to next year.
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 10:39 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
Washington almost came back and theres no way way montreal can’t do the same. At least Montreal will still be first next year, and Price won’t be a rookie in the playoffs cup 4 sure next year! Montreal will wn game 5, no doubt but will they win game 6? probably not.
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 10:40 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
Now Habs fans realize why Pittsburgh LET the Flyers beat them last regular season game, throwing the game to NOT have to play them 1st round of the playoffs. They knew then, that it’s better to lose to the Flyers in the Conference Championship, than get knocked out of the playoffs in the 1st round.
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 10:41 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
Fair enough, Senet 1. As I said though, I’m in ‘knee jerk reation’ mode. It happens.
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 10:42 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
Whatever makes you feel better, Benjamen. Watch what you ask for.
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 10:42 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
132 FLYERSFAN: If you understood anything about heart you would know that is where it comes from. I would never call you a loser because I attempt to have more respect for fans from other teams that have not had the success that my team has had over the years. All I ask is the same from you.
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 10:44 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
Paul
History means nothing in this seies so far. If you want to use stats as a fallback, look no further than the recent season. If you like, look even further back…the Habs lead the all-time playoff series according to playoff history. But stranger things have happened, the Flyer look to be on a mission this year. GO EFFIN’ FLYERS!!
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 10:46 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
FLYERSFAN is a child, if not in age, then in mentality. He showed his ignorance immediately by not reading the posts throughout this entry. People like him just come to take shots about somehting that they don’t understand.
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 10:47 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
EFFINFLYERS:
You read an insult in my post the other night. There wasn’t one. I was simply conveying to you what Milbury said to McGuire.
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 10:48 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
57 future habs fan
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 8:42 pm. About ‘Habs / Flyers: Game 4′.
FOR THE FLYER FANS NOT HERE BECAUSE THEIR BLOG IS CRAPPY: no team is getting by Pittsburgh. so you’re not winning anything! Pitt will win the stanley cup!
125 Joseph
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 10:23 pm. About ‘Habs / Flyers: Game 4′.
Paul:
No one said that Pittsburgh is going to win the Cup. I think it will likely be Detroit. Although I also think that the Penguins will give them their biggest challenge.
Joseph:
Um…well…er…read comment 57 (above), someone did in fact say that Pittsburgh would win the cup.
Signed
Paul
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 10:49 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
And FLYERSFAN has fled the scene, of course.
That’s the problem with the world today, friends - too many have no sense of personal accountability.
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 10:50 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
Oops, overlooked that comment. My mistake.
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 10:51 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
I tend to overlook ALL CAPS comments… usually.
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 10:52 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
This series is nowhere near over. Havlak(or whatever his name is…i think) actually looked good, although he faced minimal shots tonight. Biron on the other hand, still playing out of his head. There may be no stopping him. He might possibly be one of those playoff performers.
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 10:54 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
Now that I think of it, Biron came in for an injured Hasek in Buffalo and stoned the Leafs in the playoffs several years ago.
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 10:54 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
I know Joseph, I appologized about that. Sorry man, I read it wrong that night. Too many beers.
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 10:56 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
No worries.
Now, that cheesy comedy…
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 10:56 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
144 EFFINFLYERS!!
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 10:44 pm. About ‘Habs / Flyers: Game 4′.
Paul
History means nothing in this seies so far. If you want to use stats as a fallback, look no further than the recent season. If you like, look even further back…the Habs lead the all-time playoff series according to playoff history. But stranger things have happened, the Flyer look to be on a mission this year. GO EFFIN’ FLYERS!!
If you read my comment Effin, you`ll see that I`m in fact not using the stats as a fallback to buttrest my point. I said DESPITE the stats, I was predicting the Canadiens to win in 7, and I`m a Flyers fan!
Also, the stat you made about the Habs being the all-time playoff series leaders is missleading as well, as the Montreal Canadiens for years, used to be awarded the 1st pick of the best French Canadien player in the draft each year. They haven`t had that for years though so this changes the impact of that stat.
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 11:10 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
For those of you who think there will be a 7th game, you are truly Retarded!
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 11:14 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
132 FLYERSFAN: Oh buy the way when was the last time Philly won the cup???????????? Lets see was it 86 NO, was it 93 NO! HMMMMMMMMMMM 1975 I think!!!!!!!!!!!!
So you have a good team, is it better than ours no, can it win this series Yes, can it loose this series yes, Will it win the Cup in 2008 No!!
So don’t give me all this bull about heart and loser and all that stuff, but there is no relevance to you argument. The only difference between you winning this series and us is so far you have got the bounces and we have not, your team has earned some of those bounces and I would say that our team has earned some too but has not got as many as your team. As a habs fan I hope that turns around in game 5,6, and 7 and I expect that you hope it does not.
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 11:20 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
156 DieHard Habs Fan
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 11:10 pm. About ‘Habs / Flyers: Game 4′.
For those of you who think there will be a 7th game, you are truly Retarded!
AND IF YOU DON’T THEN YOU SHOULD LOOK FOR A NEW TEAM TO CHEER FOR BECAUSE YOU ARE NOT TRUELY A HABS FAN. A TRUE HABS FANS WOULD NEVER GIVE UP ON THEIR TEAM UNTIL THEY HAVE PLAYED THEIR LAST GAME. I CANNOT BELIEVE THAT A TRUE HABS FAN WOULD RIGHT THEIR TEAM OFF SO EASILY, OH AND I AM NOT RETARDED I AM JUST A FAN OF A HOCKET TEAM THAT HAVE LEARNED OVER THE YEARS THAT IT IS NEVE OVER UNTIL IT IS OVER AND I WILL CHEER FOR MY TEAM UNTIL THEIR LAST GAME WHETHER THAT IS IN THE STANLEY CUP FINAL OR IN THIS SERIES. SORRY THAT YOU DO NOT HAVE THAT SAME COMPLETITVE DESIRE AND MOST ATHELETES HAVE.
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 11:20 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
Paul
Sorry man, yet again too many playoff beers, slowly I’m becoming that playoff alkie. DAMMIT!!! Beer ot not, I still don’t believe that a game seven is looming. Lady luck seems to have laid down with the Flyers. It’s just a matter of discipline now, and Biron!!!
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 11:25 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
Oh, by the way…sorry for missing last game, I was incredibly tired. Barely watched the game, I enjoy blogging with you guys. Like I said, I will continue leaving my smelly American mark after this series is over.
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 11:30 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
I relish speaking with others who actually know hockey. I’m in a bit of a craphole in New Jersey right now (born ad raised in philly!!) with no real hockey fans. I’m trying to convert people, but it’s pretty hard.
Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 11:36 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
There are some Flyers fans down here, but not like me…they don’t know the game like I do. Most of them are Devils fans that think that the Devils are a Jersey team…Idiots. Everyone knows that they are a New York team, they just see a team that won the cup multiple times in the past ten years and think there’s a dog-gone winner down here y’all!! God I hate Jersey!!!
Posted on May 1st, 2008 at 12:35 am. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
Shoulda been a sweep! Who’s the guy that posted canadiens will win 7-0 in this game, and who’s the other idiot who said flyers will loose the series at home, n whose the guy who said Price shouldn’t start? Take a fork and eat those words up. Who would have thought Bill Mcreary( who any Flyer fan will tell u the guy will do anything to make sure the Flyers loose) would be the only ref to give the Flyers a fair shot. When i saw him come out before the game i was almost sure we’d be in the box the whole game. N I’ll admit the canadiens dominated most of that game, maybe Price would have been a difference maker in this one, but i would have to say the only reason they dominated is because the Flyers were not playing physical for fear of being thrown in the box. N against the speed of canadiens the only way to win is being physical, or have Biron in net. N it’s just ridiculous how the NHL try’s to take the Flyers out of there game, which is punish anyone who crosses your path. I mean Hatcher was actually trying not to hit people becuase he know’s hes a marked man. But it ain’t over so don’t go crying yet. I wouldn’t be surprised to c this one go 7 n Flyers win it in Montreal cuz the Fly guys now how to overcome adversity.
Posted on May 1st, 2008 at 12:47 am. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
Yo, Benjamin, I am referring to a post you put up a while back. You said the Pens LET the Flyers win because they did not want to play them in Round 1.
The way things are unfolding in this series, that was a sharp pickup on your part.
Everybody is crapping on Carbo, which I think is ridiculous.
However, the unsung hero for the Flyers is the coach (sorry but I don’t even know the dude’s name). Class guy, especially when given a chance to get negative on the Habs during interviews, he plays it low key.
The way the Flyers are getting’er done,he must be one heck of a communicator.
Not only is he good for the Flyers and the Philly community, but he’s good for the game. Many Kudos!!!!!!!!
Posted on May 1st, 2008 at 12:54 am. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
boys any one going to the game sat nite should start chanting birons name every chance u get, get into his head, throw him off his game
Posted on May 1st, 2008 at 4:41 am. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
Biron’s head is wrapped in a cocoon of awesomeness. Series ends Saturday. Begin the countdown.
Posted on May 1st, 2008 at 6:26 am. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
It’s not over yet. Maybe luck can start coming montreal’s way now. Philedelphia almost let the caps come back.
Posted on May 1st, 2008 at 6:36 am. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
Montreal will win on saturday but I can’t see them winning in Philly.
Posted on May 1st, 2008 at 6:38 am. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
Mark this post, (Time and date) This series is not over. In Fact Montreal is going to take it. As I have stated before Philly teams just do not win at anything!
Posted on May 1st, 2008 at 6:42 am. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
If Montreal loses this series it’s going to suck knowing they were the better team, I rather have montreal playing like crap, that way I can say they’re doing bad. What do I say know? MONTREAL IS AMAZING, Then my friends willlaugh and say that’s why they’re loosing 3-1, which is not deserved. Biron has been good and goaltending is the most important thing in the playoffs and when u lose that u cant win. And it’s just about goaltending, 2 goals is not enough! The forwards have to stop hitting the post and just aim alittle closer to the open net.(lol) Philly plays like shit but at least their capitalizing on their fluky wrist shots from the point. Montreal gets luck in the third when It’s all done.
Posted on May 1st, 2008 at 6:45 am. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
If montreal does come back, don’t worry philly fans I won’t bash u guys because I don’t have any anger problems. I know how it feels to have ur fav team beaten out in the second round.(MTL-tampa 2004)
Posted on May 1st, 2008 at 7:13 am. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
This series is eerily similar to the Montreal/Buffalo series in 1998-Montreal badly outshot the Sabres in 4 games(174-101) and were swept!!Hasek was unbelievable.Biron is playing well,especially positioning.Halak-pretty average I thought-nice save on the 1st period breakaway but terrible on goal 1-not tracking the puck well on 2 and 3.Defense still backing in-check out the”backcheck” by Latendresse and Smolinski on the 2nd goal-BRUTAL!!Thats the difference in the series(besides the goaltending)-Flyers forwards are digging just a bit harder and winning the races to loose pucks-as Ive said before-give me north american players over euros in the playoffs any day.Price will be back in Sat.-bank on it.Carbo and the gang need to show some video to these guys about all the good things that happen when you GO TO THE NET!Both goals were the result of someone in front.DUMB,DUMB penalty by Begin-good call I thought,ref had no choice-you cant hit a guy like that anymore and the timimg was terrible.Did the game winner remind you guys of Kessels ppg in game 5 of the Boston series?Komisarek blocks shot while screening his goalie and forward snaps in rebound-Briere in last nights case.Kovalev-average again-made some fancy moves but didnt generate many scoring chances.Breezer played well(for him)-his holding penalty in 2nd was typical of him-no upper body strength.BENCH that f—ing Streit-when are they going to wake up??Wsate of a roster spot putting that idiot in-gave up another shorthanded breakaway in the 1st-how many did Boston get when he was on the pp point?I still think this series can change but they gotta find another gear
Posted on May 1st, 2008 at 7:21 am. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
STUO -dude this is the 2nd round.
Posted on May 1st, 2008 at 7:42 am. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
Habs Fans…quick question:
Why did Halak start??? I just don’t understand it. Sure, it’s certainly not all on him last night, but I believe this has done more damage to the team psyche, not to mention to what Price muct be thinking.
You want to point fingers…two “men” that should know better:
1. Gainey for placing way to much presure on the kid, and trading the veteran for a bag of pucks.
2. Carbo…for what he said to the media before the game about Price’s confidence.
Note: Any fan of a philly based teams has series complex issues…ask any other fan from any other sport in NA…philly fans are absolute crude, lunatics…just think Hextal with his tongue sticking out…there you, that’s a Philly fan.
Tony (really wish the habs play the pens in the next round)
Posted on May 1st, 2008 at 8:04 am. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
Hey Carbo put Ryder back in at least you have someone to blame if we lose the next one fn a$$.Ryder kick a$$ next year with your new team Go HABS GO but still not out of it yet.
Posted on May 1st, 2008 at 8:24 am. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
#160 Senet 1:
Talk about me giving up on my team. There are few players I can name that have already given up and what country they are from. I guess they want to go back to the Mother land to start their vacation. They can’t have to many bruses you know. Bruses don’t look good in a tank top and shorts…….
Posted on May 1st, 2008 at 8:40 am. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
broad street bullies are back montreal going down
Posted on May 1st, 2008 at 8:45 am. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
stanley cup stays on u.s. soil again nice ha ha ha ha ha
Posted on May 1st, 2008 at 9:04 am. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
Morning Hab Fans,
I’m not here to rub in your loss and my predictions on my previous written blogs, just here to mearly state my dissappointment in how all the Hab fans have given up on and abandon their team with all their comments written following their loss. Even though I’m not part of your fan base(I bleed orange and black)…the series is not even over yet and you guys are talking how the Pens will perish in the next round with the Flyers. As a fan you should always stick with your team through thick or thin even after they but a fork in them…maybe you guys should take lessons from some Leaf fans!…my condolences.
Posted on May 1st, 2008 at 9:13 am. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
I’m a Flyers fan and have been reading over the postings and their corresponding comments on here throughout the course of the series (just as I did with Japers Rink for the Flyers-Caps series). As someone mentioned earlier, I like to get the opposing team’s fan’s reaction and perspective on the play of both teams throughout the series. At no point have I left a comment though simply because I know the opposing team’s fans DON’T CARE what I think, just like I don’t care what they think of the Flyers (or Phillies, or Eagles, or Sixers). That being said, the moronic Flyers fans on here need to shut the hell up. Montreal beat the hell out of us this season, and, if not for the play of Biron, they’d be doing it again this series. Also, we’ve seen that we’re fully capable of blowing in-game leads and series’ leads during the course of the playoffs, so you might want to keep it quiet until we actually win the series. To those of you who aren’t familiar with Philly fans, the people here running their mouths and the idiots who the media love to point out (for throwing batteries, starting fights, etc. are GREATLY in the minority). Unfortunately, one or two people can ruin it for everyone and Philadelphia gets a bad rap because of these people. We’re always going to be emotional/fanatical about our teams, but some take it a bit too far (just like any city). Sorry for the rant, but it had to be said. Carry on.
Posted on May 1st, 2008 at 10:39 am. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
The better team DOES NOT always win a series. Do you remember when Jose Theodore was making 40 saves a game and Montreal was being outshot 45-18 by the Bruins a few years ago. Montreal won that series. Biron is doing the same now.
The breaks are not gonig our way. I would have played Price last night
but he will be well rested for the next 3 games(hopefully it goes that far).
Habs have two days off and I like the fact that games 5 and 6 will be back-to-back. Look at Begin’s stats at www.hockeydb.com-he never had 30 points in a season anytime during his career. Cementhead.
Get Ryder in the line-up.
Posted on May 1st, 2008 at 10:40 am. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
Habs are probably going to lose this series but I will still be watching Saturday as anything can happen.
Win or lose though I am proud of this team and they have given us a lot of thrills and entertainment over the course of the season.
They are a young team and they will only get better although hopefully Gainey will take some steps to address the weaknesses that have become apparent in the playoffs this year.
Posted on May 1st, 2008 at 11:22 am. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
There you go this guy knows what he is talking about and what I have said many a time:
“We have already seen Carbonneau crush the confidence of Carey Price early in the calendar year. Price had done a good job carrying the load while Huet was out with an injury. Upon Huet’s return, Price promptly found himself on the bench for about a dozen straight games. Then Carbo tossed Price into a game with a win or be demoted ultimatum. We all know that Price then found himself in Hamilton for a period of time.
Bob Gainey had to intervene twice this year to right his goaltending situation after Carbonneau’s mishandling. Perhaps, the third time Gainey has to step in, it will be to remove the biggest ego from the dressing room”.
Posted on May 1st, 2008 at 11:29 am. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
John S,
“hopefully Gainey will take some steps…………….”.
When he took over, the CH were floundering. After some much needed housecleaning he started putting his stamp on things. Look how far they’ve come so far.
Don’t you think finishing first in the East means something? Gainey works like an architect, building level by level until he completes it with the penthouse.
Look at all the young guns that have come up from our farm system. They all have the “Gainey-Carbo” work ethic. I think this team has achieved a whole lot more anybody would have imagined.What Bob is putting together is a TEAM. It would be nice to have a couple of “finishers”, but when they come you can bet they’ll not be just “one way” guys. Defense and backchecking is what brought the Cup to Montreal and you can go all the way back to the 56-60 teams.
For example,if you watch some old clips you’ll see Beliveau catching opposition players on breakaways before they even hit out blueline.
If Gainey is allowed to make his moves without interference, Montreal will once again become home to a dynasty.
In all fairness to this group,we gotta give them at least 2 more years for serious Cup consideration.
Posted on May 1st, 2008 at 11:54 am. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
Hey Duckdoc dont get me wrong I am thrilled with what Gainey has achieved up to this point but we do have some weaknesses to address.
I fully expect Gainey will address them and hopefully with the success of the team this year we will be able to land some decent free agents in the off season.
I agree that serious cup contention is probably a couple of years away but I am not giving up on this series until the habs loss that fourth game.
Posted on May 1st, 2008 at 11:57 am. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
Good morning Jack. Our expectations are higher. That’s why ownership in Montreal, unlike Toronto, does not have a free-hand to run things like a bunch of clowns.
We all still love the Habs, but we still call it like we see it. That’s also why RDS is the best hockey coverage in the world, if you can understand French. They are Habs fans to be sure, but their coverage is objective and balanced.
We’re having goaltending, difficulties. Not a big deal. We don’t make excuses. The goalie is a part of the team. Our #1 is 20 years old, our #2 makes me cringe every time he touches the puck. That said, the team is being built around youth rather than high priced antiques (Toronto).
If the Flyers win this series, it won’t be the first time in NHL history that a goalie stole a series for his team. Biron is playing like a first-rate NHL goalie, stopping 95% of the shots. Our goalies, on the other hand, are playing like young rookies (stopping less than 90% of the shots). That’s the difference so far.
Posted on May 1st, 2008 at 12:25 pm. About 'Habs / Flyers: Game 4'.
To 184 groundworking,
If you read my Blog(178) more closely, where I’m refering to the Leafs, I’m refering to the “Leaf fans” not the Leaf organization(Management, ownership, etc.). When I stated “you guys should take some lessons from the Leaf fans”, I’m refering to their loyalty to their team considering their Stanley Cup drought(known to be the most commited fans-Air Canada Centre is sold out for every gam