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2008 Playoff Predictions

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  1. #1 Xtrahabsfan says:
    April 8, 2008 at 11:25 am

    After all those years the C.H. is still in it’s simplicity,the most beautiful logo,first again.

  2. #2 superfan says:
    April 8, 2008 at 11:34 am

  3. #3 Ice Man says:
    April 8, 2008 at 11:43 am

    I Disagree on some of the Results. BUT I LOVE the final outcome. Montreal #1.

  4. #4 PACTUM SERVA says:
    April 8, 2008 at 12:31 pm

    Habs will come out of the east and play the wild in the finals. Habs win cup in 6 games.

  5. #5 Ice Man says:
    April 8, 2008 at 12:57 pm

    HABS BEAT BRUINS
    CAPS BEAT FYLERS
    HABS SPANK CAPS (Habs teach Huet a lesson)
    PENS BEAT SENS
    DEVILS BEAT RANGERS
    PENS BEAT DEVILS
    HABS DESTROY PENS (Sid cries all the way home)

    WINGS BEAT PREDS
    SHARKS EAT FLAMES
    WINGS BEAT SHARKS
    AVS BURY WILD
    STARS COOK DUCKS
    STARS BEAT AVS
    STARS CLIP WINGS

    HABS PUT OUT STARS

    MONTREAL CANADIENS 2007/08 STANLEY CUP CHAMPS !!!!!!!!!1

  6. #6 Dancan81 says:
    April 8, 2008 at 1:15 pm

    Living in Calgary I would love nothing more than a rematch of 1989. Flames vs Habs. The Flames are the only team to win the Cup in Mtl. During the run in 04 this city came alive, it was awesome. Flames are and will always be my second team. Lets hope Superfans prediction comes to fruitation. Go Habs!

  7. #7 coutNY says:
    April 8, 2008 at 2:44 pm
  9. #9 STUO11 says:
    April 8, 2008 at 3:23 pm

    Montreal has the team. If Carey Price is good, no one has nothing to worry about. Montreal will win the stanley cup If carey Price is good. I’m not really worried with Price because he’s been playing under 21,000 fans, and hes used to lots of pressure.

  10. #10 STUO11 says:
    April 8, 2008 at 3:26 pm

    Hey, Superfan, ur prediction is the same as my friens, tom’s. Except that he had Penguins over Rangers.

  11. #11 Joseph says:
    April 8, 2008 at 6:27 pm

    Habs in 5 (I was leaning toward a sweep. I really was.)
    Pens in 7 (No way they’ll dispose of the Sens in 4 or 5.)
    Caps in 6 (Philly has no defense at all.)
    Rangers in 6 (Brodeur won’t save the Devils this time around.)

    Wings in 6 (Underestimated.)
    Sharks in 6 (Too consistently good a team for inconsistent Calgary.)
    Avs in 7 (Minnesota… pfft. Trap this!)
    Ducks in 6 (I despise Anaheim, but they’ll beat the Stars.)

  12. #12 Senet 1 says:
    April 8, 2008 at 7:49 pm

    Hab in 5 against Bruins
    Pens in 4 against senators
    NYR in 7 against NJ
    Flyers in 7 against Caps – I am picking an upset here, flyers have a good powerplay and if they get the goaltending I think the caps may wilt in a long series.

    Detroit in 5 against Preds
    Sharks in 6 against Flames ( would like to see Flames win but I do not think they have enough to be the sharks.
    Avs in 7 against Minnesota
    Dallas in 7 over Ducks
    I see Detroit coming out of this conference against our habs. Original six match up Habs did not look very good against the wings this year but I think the wings are going to find a different team to play against come the finals.

  13. #13 Senet 1 says:
    April 8, 2008 at 11:21 pm

    Hey Iceman, if I understand the seeding process of the playoff, the habs can only play the capitals if the are in the conference final.

  14. #14 bossdj420 says:
    April 9, 2008 at 2:38 am

    EAST:
    Habs in 5(we’ll lose game 4 in Beantown)
    Pens in 5
    Caps in 6
    Rangers in 7
    WEST:
    Wings in 7
    Sharks in 6
    Avs in 6
    Stars in 7

    Habs then face NYR & win in 7(Lots of OT)
    Caps will beat Pens in 7(OT winner by none other than OV8)

    Avs beat Wings in 6
    Sharks beat Stars in 5

    Habs play Caps and win in 6(More OT wins for Price)
    Avs play Sharks and win in 7

    Final Matchup: Colorado vs Montreal aka Theodore vs Price aka Sakic vs Saku

    Montreal wins in 5 @ the Bell Centre!!! GO HABS GO!

  15. #15 Ice Man says:
    April 9, 2008 at 7:29 am

    Hey Senet 1:

    You maybe right.

    Stupid me….

  16. #16 tonn says:
    April 9, 2008 at 10:05 am

    hi all

    goin down to Florida, Hollywood and Fort Lauderdale region. Don’t want to miss the habs playoff game….anybody nows of a good sports bar to go too?

  17. #17 Wes says:
    April 9, 2008 at 1:25 pm

    East:
    HABS 5
    Rangers 7
    Pens 6
    Flyers 6

    Habs over flyers 6
    rangers over pens 7

    habs over rangers 6

    Stanlet Cup
    Habs Ov Sharks

    West:
    Det 6
    An 6
    Sharks 5
    Avs 7

    Det 6
    Sharks 7

    Sharks 6

  18. #18 STUO11 says:
    April 9, 2008 at 3:09 pm

    If Saku Koivu gets back for game 2, they are sweeping the series. I just hope the habs aren’t thinking that it’s going to be too easy. The Bruins are pissed and game 1 really matters for the habs.

  19. #19 hablifer says:
    April 9, 2008 at 4:56 pm

    I would be very surprised if Koivu played until at least game 5, especially if the habs are winning. Komisarek and Ryder will play.

  20. #20 groundworking says:
    April 9, 2008 at 9:11 pm

    Ottawa is brutal. Too bad you can make the playoffs exclusively based on your team’s play in the first 2 months of the regular season. They are absolutely not a playoff quality hockey team. Anyone catch Alfredson eating French fries with his head turned while his teammate was bleeding out on the ice?

  21. #21 Ice Man says:
    April 10, 2008 at 7:36 am

    She starts tonite Baby. The Road to Lord Stanley’s Cup.

    Lets go boys. Put the pedal to the middle and not look back…….

    GO HABS GO………

  22. #22 Xtrahabsfan says:
    April 10, 2008 at 10:41 am

    The bear trap has been set, the BRUIN will be captured in 4 games and then sent to the local minni putt,lol.

  23. #23 Joseph says:
    April 10, 2008 at 11:44 am

    The Evgeni Malkin Show strikes again. Crosby did manage to get in a nice crosscheck on Redden, however, upon being thrown to the ice by Neil and not Redden. And my favourite part of that play was how Redden simply stood up to Crosby’s slapping attempts without making any kind of attempt of his own to throw a real punch at the little girl, yet Whitney comes in to fight Redden and not Neil, who threw Crosby to the ice and hurt his feelings… perhaps even broke one of his nails.

    Anyway, I thought that Ottawa would bring a better effort in the playoffs. I was obviously wrong. What a disgrace.

    Colorado-Minnesota was easily the most entertaining game last night. That’s playoff hockey! Forsberg looks like Forsberg so far.

    Go Habs! Get that critical game 1 win and re-instill doubts in the Bruins’ minds.

  24. #24 Ice Man says:
    April 10, 2008 at 11:49 am

    This has been the longest 4 days of my life.

    Bring on Da Big Bad Goonie Bruins. The Habs are afraid of no team. We will fight til the End.

    We are the Champions. We are the Champions, No room for losers, cause we are the Champions, Of The World……..

    “WHAT YA GOIN TO DO WHEN THE BADASS HABS RUN WILD ON YOU”!!!!!

  25. #25 hablifer says:
    April 10, 2008 at 12:23 pm

    just heard that Brisecrap is playing instead of Obyrne. UNBELIEVABLE!
    bruins will be hitting and Carbo puts in his smallest and SOFTEST player!
    obviously he has learnest NOTHING ABOUT TURNOVERS !

  26. #26 snowy says:
    April 10, 2008 at 12:29 pm

    Go Habs Go!
    Habs in 5
    Look after Chara and the series is done.
    Bring on the Flyers next round.

  27. #27 Ice Man says:
    April 10, 2008 at 12:37 pm

    I agree. Not a good move by Carbo. Breezer is not tuff enuff for the Bruins.
    Bad Move already and the Series is not even started yet. Next comes the line jugling if they get down a goal or two.

    Oh Boy it is going to be a Roller Coaster ride from now on. Hold on to your hats Boys & Girls…

  28. #28 Tony from NB says:
    April 10, 2008 at 3:15 pm

    WOW…I can’t believe the number of Habs fans looking at beyond the first round with rose colored glasses. Habs over the Flames/Habs over the Sharks…etc

    Are u kidding me…Take away the 16 points away from the Habs againts the Bruins in the regular season and they are simply ordinary…in fact the Bruins have a better record againts the rest of the league ( Check the fatcs…they don’t lie! )

    I know…I know…Habs fans love to live in the past…it’s 86 all over again!

    Truth be told, the Habs will destroy the Bruins. However, they will not get past the Flyers.

    So wake up from your slumber my Habs fans…stop dreaming…and concentrate on the 2007/08 version and not the 1986 version of the Habs.

    Tony ( an intelligent hockey and bruins fan )

  29. #29 Xtrahabsfan says:
    April 10, 2008 at 3:25 pm

    Hey Tony,you and the Bruins are going golfing in 4or 5 games and can KISS MY HAB ARSE !!!!!

  30. #30 Tony from NB says:
    April 10, 2008 at 4:07 pm

    Yo Xtrahabsfan…..class act again….

    We may very well be golfing in 4 or 5 games….but will make certain we book your Habs a tee time in about two weeks after the Pens or Rangers make Price look like the second comming of Red-Light.

    BTW…better wipe your “arse” before you ask anybody to kiss it.

    Tony ( an intelligent hockey and bruins fan )

  31. #31 hab75 says:
    April 10, 2008 at 6:44 pm

    eh tony stfu u piece of S***t get the fu** out of here

  32. #32 Joseph says:
    April 10, 2008 at 11:07 pm

    Tony:

    Pointing out your own intelligence is a self-defeating exercise.

    That being said, it must be difficult for you, being so emotionally attached to a hopeless franchise. But don’t despair because there is help available, Tony. In fact, you might just find a lot more in the way of people that you can relate to and share your stories of disappointment with here: http://chat.mapleleafs.com/.

    After all, your story is becoming more and more like theirs with each passing year.

  33. #33 Jessica says:
    April 11, 2008 at 12:55 pm

    Hey Tony, we crushed your piuny little bruins arse.
    J

  34. #34 T T says:
    April 11, 2008 at 4:26 pm

    Just heard that Carolina is willing to hear offers for Eric Cole after the season, hmmm, seems to me that may be exactly what we need, a replacement for Ryder. Said to be asking for a defenseman and center “prospect”. Now if we can do something creative like that, and add a center this summer, lmao, from classically good to extraordinarily dominant.

  35. #35 HABSMAN says:
    April 11, 2008 at 7:52 pm

    MONTREAL IS GOING TO KICK BOSTONS *** IN THE FIRST ROUND!!!

  36. #36 The Preacher says:
    April 11, 2008 at 11:37 pm

    Fans of a fairness in sports, we may have a crisis on our hands as fans of Canadian teams. These refs have already cost two Canadian teams to lose hard fought games, and there seems to ne no end in sight.Please get in touch with your teams reps about this.

  37. #37 HABSMAN says:
    April 13, 2008 at 3:35 pm

    in the stanley cup finals it will be montreal and san jose

  38. #38 rgillis says:
    April 14, 2008 at 3:51 pm

    I think it is going to be

    Habs in 6
    Flyers in 7
    Pens in 6
    Rangers in 6

    Detroit in 5
    Flames in 7
    Avs in 6
    Stars in 5

    Then Habs will beat the Philly in 6
    Rangers will beat Pens in 7
    Flames will beat Detroit in 6
    Stars will kill Avs in 5

    Habs beat Rangers in 7
    Flames in 6

    Montreal and Flames for the cup, keep er all Canadian.

  39. #39 rgillis says:
    April 14, 2008 at 4:01 pm

    And i wasn’t going to mention the Brisbois thing, but since i read about it, what is up with that, i mean, he is not playing badly, but it is only going to take 1 or 2 mistakes to loose the series and with him on the ice it is bound to happen.

    We have to find a way to stop Lucic, Savard and Sturm. It will make the series even easier to win.

    My 2 cents, anyone want change??

  40. #40 Notorious says:
    April 22, 2008 at 12:28 am

    this site is so funny. your dreaming if you think the habs are going to win the eastern conference. keep dreaming!

  41. #41 MrHockey says:
    April 23, 2008 at 6:50 am

    NOBODY LOOKS GOOD AGAINST THE WINGS THIS YEAR…GO WINGS

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  • goalie : I can't type.... what a faux pas on my behalf...
  • goalie : I just realized what I said adn didn't say yesterday. What a fayx as on my behalf. Regarding coaching Randy Cunnyworth MUSDT stay as an assistant- he deserves at least that after the tremendous job he did in the latter part of this past season. I'd still mlike to have Robinson, Carbo adn Allard on the staff also.
  • Avatar37 : I agree Senet, my choice if we can't have Cunneyworth would be Crawford, Robinson on defense, Cunneyworth for offense, and Carbo as offense/faceoffs .
  • Senet1 : I think if I had my choice it would be Crawford and see if he could get Carbo and Robinson as assistants. That would be my idea coaching team.
  • goalie : I witnesed Marc Crawford MANY times when the Avs, etc. played against Oilers and let me tell you - he is constantly on the referees asses virtually game after game. He is the complete OPPOSITE of J. Martin. Crawford is calm on TSN but he is one excited coach behind the bench. A friend of mine who was an NHL linesman for 26 years said they dreaded Crawford he was so tough on the officials!
  • goalie : You know, I've bee thinking about the coaching situation. I'd be really excited if the Habs had Hartley as head coach and Carbo adn Robinson as his assistants. I also read it somewhere about a month ago that Toronto's goalie coach Allard (?) wants to relocate back to Montreal where he has his goaltending school/business. Add him to the mix and I'd say the Habs would be in great shape coaching wise.
  • Avatar37 : Well, from what I recall, Hartley didn't do all that well with the Thrashers. But, I don't know enough about him to judge one way or the other. Crawford I do know, and he always seemed to be a good, level headed coach to me.
  • Senet1 : even Pacioretty two years ago did not impress any of us. Younger players have to play and make mistakes and learn from those mistakes. If they sit in the press box they are learning nothing.
  • Senet1 : Of course if he have some good assistants like a Larry Robinson to teach the young defence and someone like Carbo to teach faceoffs etc. then your coach does not have to be as good at teaching. If Hartley fits the bill you get no argument from me. My only previous point is that if he is impatient with your younger players to the point that he does not play them, then we are right back where we were with Martin. Martin was a good coach too, but how he handled Emelin, PK and even Pacioretty two
  • goalie : I would like to see the Habs sign a coach who realizes that our team isn't tough enough (we need to get bigger and somewhat more nastier),the coach needs t be a great TEACHER and be a coach who can get the players to understand and buy into his system. Other than that I couldn't care what lingo he speaks. I wnat to see our team become a ligitimate contender fast!
  • HabsLoseAgain : Well we dont know if he is or is not a teaching coach. I woukd just hate to paint Hartley something that he is not. There will always be questions but if Hartley was hired as the habs new bench boss i for one would not be overly upset.
  • Senet1 : My thoughts are not that he is or is not a good coach but rather that when he won the cup he had an experience team of superstars on that team. Where as we have a group of young inexperienced players, is he a teaching coach or a tactical coach or both? I am not question whether he is a good coach, but my question therefore is he the coach for us at this point in the deveopment of our team?? Not sure we are all purely speculating at the moment?
  • Senet1 : Something happened to my first post. I will try again.
  • Senet1 : That is why I said I am not sure he is the coach for us at this time? Right now we are all speculating including yourself, because non of us know for sure?
  • HabsLoseAgain : Crawford also won a cup with Patrick Roy so would you say he is a good coach or did he just have great players and one of the best goaltenders of alltime?
  • HabsLoseAgain : Senrt so please give me some reasons why you think Hartley is not the coach the habs need right now. What is it that you do not like about him or his coaching style?
  • HabsLoseAgain : Well all great coaches had great players playing for them so i guess you you add a a pile of other coaches to that list including Bowan......
  • Senet1 : Hartley, was he a good coach or did he just have great players and one of the best altime goaltenders of all time. I am not sure that he is the type of coach that this organization needs right now. Unless of course we sign a ton of free agents.
  • Avatar37 : However, my feelings may completely be wrong, Hartley may turn out to be a good fit.
  • Avatar37 : I didn't say Hartley was unknown, I said we demoted a good coach in Cunneyworth and now have an unknown quantity because we don't have a coach. I don't have that great a feeling about Hartley, I'd be much more comfortable with Crawford.
  • HabsLoseAgain : In my opinion i think he might be a good fit in montreal. Oh and he also likes to have a tough team.
  • HabsLoseAgain : Also this year he coached the ZSC Lions to the swiss championship title.
  • HabsLoseAgain : lol the so called "unknown" won a cup in 2000-2001 with the colarado avalanch.
  • HabsLoseAgain : lol Bob Hartley is not an unknown lol.....sheesh.
  • Senet1 : I think he has until the trading deadline to show us that he deserves to be on this team. If he does not get back on track then he could be simply a 2nd round draft pick to whoever we can trade him to.
  • Avatar37 : Bourque reminds me of Pouliot, size, skill, and invisible. He needs to get back to playing a physical game and bang people around and maybe he'll start getting some of those garbage goals again. Need to get to the front of the net. I hope he can find his game again.
  • Avatar37 : We had a good coach in Randy Cunneyworth. Now we have an unknown, with Bob Hartley rumoured to be the front runner. I'd rather have Cunneyworth.
  • goalie : A player like Rene Bourwue has al the physical attributes of what would be a beter than average player. Hwever, he certainly didn't play that well especially after being in Montreal about three weeks. We NEED players like Rene to play hard AND produce points on a REGULAR BASIS in order for us to be competitive.
  • Senet1 : MONTREAL – Rene Bourque had a rocky start to his career as a Hab, but he’s planning on using the next four years to make up for it. After arriving in Montreal under less-than-ideal circumstances in January, Bourque spent the following 38 games hoping to find the spark he needed to rekindle his offensive production. Despite flanking Tomas Plekanec on the team’s second line to close out the season, the 30-year-old sniper suddenly found himself firing blanks in his new NHL home.
  • Senet1 : I think we have to be patient and not expect too much too soon. Let's get a strong management team in place, make a good choices in the draft get a good coach and then see what we need at the free agent market. I will not be too disapointed if we miss the playoffs again next year if it means a long term team success. We have the opportunity to make some major strides over the next two years at the draft table. Then we fill in the holes.
  • goalie : I certainly agree that we need to get some impact forwards who will sign for 5 years, not for a season then walk away. That's not going to help us.
  • goalie : I wouldn't trade PK for Ovetchkin no matter what. He is a coach's NIGHTMARE and a poor team player.
  • Senet1 : I believe he will as we graducally put better players around him and build this team.
  • Senet1 : Goalie I agree with Avatar. PK is the present and future of this teams defence. I would not even take Staal from Pittsburg unless I had him tied up in a long term contract of a Minimum of 5 years. Also once has to consider the salary difference. Pk is on the move up probably 3M plus for his next contract and then eventually 4-5M if he keeps on improving. He has moved his game up two gears since he came into the league 2 years ago. He now has to move to the next level and I believe he will as w
  • Avatar37 : pressure playing in Montreal, since he has problems with the expectations in Washington and Montreal isn't any easier. Then again, the media were very easy on Kovalev, so maybe it's a Russian thing? No idea. Anyway, yeah, it would have to be an established star that gives us an immediate drastic upgrade at forward, that's the only way I'd trade PK, because we'd be giving up a potential QB on our blueline for the next decade.

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