Back to Back Weekend

Road trip continues this weekend with back to back games in Atlanta and Dallas. Back to back games and back to back road games have not treated the Canadiens well in recent years.

4 points this weekend would be a generous Christmas gift, 2-3 would be respectable.

Huet is 3-0-0 with a 1.33 GAA in his last three starts against the Thrashers. Those numbers suggest the Habs might have an easier time getting their 4th consecutive road win tonight in Atlanta.

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#1 habsfanforever :) says:
December 22, 2007 at 7:07 pm

Well that just may mean that that ATL is due for a win .. I hope not !!!!
GO HAB GO

#2 habs2010 says:
December 22, 2007 at 9:38 pm

Habs have NEVER come back in a game, when losing at the end of the 2nd period. bad stat! not a confidence builder.

#3 Xtrahabsfan says:
December 22, 2007 at 9:44 pm

Not to rain on Heut’s parade,but we’re not going to win this game heading into the third with him in net,anytakers on this???????$$$????lol

#4 Xtrahabsfan says:
December 22, 2007 at 9:45 pm

Huet

#5 jessef says:
December 22, 2007 at 10:49 pm

Huet struggles in the shoot out

#6 DTD says:
December 22, 2007 at 10:50 pm

Knew that game was over when it went to a shoot out. Huet can’t stop a bag of grass in a shoot out or in any other period either.

Ok Carbo enough silliness. You gave the Whinning Huet his chance,two games, He was not very impressive so go back to our future Hall of Famer Price.

#7 habsfanforever :) says:
December 22, 2007 at 10:55 pm

Should have went to Price for the shoot out…Price should get he stat Sun.

#8 jessef says:
December 22, 2007 at 11:30 pm

i was listening on the radio and the commentator said he did good but maybe the commentator was wrong.

#9 Chris says:
December 22, 2007 at 11:37 pm

Huet looked pretty bad during the shootout but he played a pretty decent couple of games. I’d like to see Price get the start in Dallas tomorrow night though.

#10 Habs4Ever says:
December 22, 2007 at 11:52 pm

just how many shoot ours has Koivu participated in ??? and just hopw many goals
has he scored ?? anyone got the stats ?????

Sorry Saku—but you need to turn the “C” over to someone else, your time
has passed, you have been good to the Habs and Habs have been good to you,
now it’s time to move on. If the Habs settle for this from their captain then we know they are ready to accept a mediocre team.

#11 orilliaborn says:
December 23, 2007 at 1:45 am

I have to agree with DTD. The silliness is over. Carbonneau, go for the gusto. We’re going nowhere fast with Huet as the number one. Turn the reigns over to Price, let him get some bugs ironed out, and pull out all the stops to not only make the playoffs, but to also have a respectable and proud season. Come on Carbo, you don’t belong to the Conservative Party.

#12 groundworking says:
December 23, 2007 at 2:15 am

The Habs deserved to win that one. I don’t normally **** on Huet because he’s clearly a high caliber goalie, but he didn’t play well at all tonight. It was one of those games where he looked very, very shaky even when he saved the puck. He was bailed out by his defense no less than five times for coughing up very bad rebounds on easy shots, he let in one incredibly weak goal, and he was beaten by two feet or more on both of the shootout shots against him. Not his best game. The defense save him from embarrassment by playing a good game, with the exception of Markov, who was still good but not nearly as good as he usually is.

I’m a big fan of both Price and Huet, and I think the Habs need two goalies for situations like this: Huet sucks one night, Price in the next, and vice versa. The Habs don’t want to get into a situation where they have to play a slumping goalie.

The Kostitsyn brothers are looking good. It still seems to be that Saku isn’t happy, though he did celebrate on of the goals tonight in a more enthusiastic fashion than the last time he set one up. I wonder if the RDS guys were right about Saku weighting Ryder on his shoulders? I can’t see Ryder getting back into the lineup for awhile.

#13 jessef says:
December 23, 2007 at 3:20 am

So its Koivu fault the habs are losing whats your problem!?
koivu has stuck around with this team from the good bad and the ugly i think he keeps the C.

#14 jessef says:
December 23, 2007 at 3:21 am

Why are we getting ne where fast with Huet he does have a way better save percentage then Price why don’t you stick with the goalie that is doing better?

#15 habs2010 says:
December 23, 2007 at 10:49 am

I knew that when the habs didn’t win in OT, we would lose. HUET CAN’T STOP ANY SHOTS IN A SHOOTOUT. WHEN IT COMES TO SHOOTOUTS: HUET IS THE WORST GOALIE IN THE NHL! He can’t stop anything. He just stands there and does nothing! Price should have gone in for the shootout! We lost because of Carbo’s mistake.
And Carbo knows that Huet can’t stop a SINGLE SHOT IN A SHOOTOUT!
This has got to be the only shootout this season in the NHL, that didn’t even go to a 3rd shooter! embarrassing!

#16 habs2010 says:
December 23, 2007 at 10:52 am

And the 1st goal that Huet let in, was a SOFT goal! He is a CHOKER IN SHOOTOUTS! CHOKER CHOKER CHOKER!

#17 habs2010 says:
December 23, 2007 at 11:12 am

Huet said after last night’s game:” I’m not good in shootouts, and I don’t have much confidence in shootouts”! So why is Carbo (the moron) playing this bum? Time to trade Huet, if he admits to not having confidence in shootouts.
The fact that he acknowlewdges that he can’t stop a shot in a shootout, is the reason he has to go! At the very least, PUT IN PRICE FOR SHOOTOUTS!

#18 paul says:
December 23, 2007 at 11:55 am

u guys r all negative.Huet is the #1 GOALIE.Don,t forget,he took the #1 spot from theodore.Price is still learning,and some goals he lets in are also soft goals,so hush you crybabies.

#19 Xtrahabsfan says:
December 23, 2007 at 4:21 pm

Demeures ?

#20 kelly boisson says:
December 24, 2007 at 1:30 pm

Koivu 2 goals in 18 games and they are sitting out Ryder.way to many EUROs on this team,lets trade them for some Canadian boys with heart.wonder what larry robinson is doing.

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goalie : Didn't get to see the game at all but it's great to see Pacs get a hat trick and fpor Cole to be + 3. When was the last time this team won three games in a row? Great victory -looks like they're giving 100% effort!
Senet1 : 4-2 win habs
Senet1 : Gomez scores, Yea!!!
goalie : As I said yesterday it will be interesting to see what our lame ass GM gets for players he ships out. Bourque is good and he'll help us but I still think we could have gotten more for him and for Halak when he was traded.
Avatar37 : round those picks occur (probably 3rd).
Avatar37 : An interesting article. If we slip to the 5th or 7th draft pick, a very interesting case could be made for drafting Galchenyuk. If we wind up with the second or third pick, I'm not sure who I'd draft, because clearly Yakupov is going to be drafted first overall. Our second round pick also becomes interesting, I know I'd take Vasilevski if he were still available. It will also be interesting to see if we can turn some of our veteran players (Moen, Gill, Campoli) into draft picks, and what
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Avatar37 : That is why PG should have waited on trading Cammalleri. Right now, there is a high demand for a top 6 forward, we could have gotten much more than Bourque in return. That isn't a knock against Bourque, but a knock against a knee-jerk reaction trade that didn't maximize our return on a top asset.
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Avatar37 : chips fall where they may. After all, the only difference between finishing 17th and 29th is how good a pick you get in the draft.
Avatar37 : We currently sit in 26th place in the league. We are 15 points ahead of Columbus, it's safe to bet at this point they will place last. We are, however, only 4 points ahead of Edmonton so it's still wide open as to who is going to finish second last. I still think that it's time to sit the veterans, play the youth, let them get experience, and regroup for next year. I'm not suggesting deliberately tanking like the Penguins, but give all our young players lots of playing time and let the c
Avatar37 : goalie - If it were not for the play of Cammalleri, we would never have made it out of round 1. Cammalleri played as big a part, if not bigger, than Halak did. Sure, Halak played well, but remember the team collapsed in front of him, making his job much easier. We had lots of blocked shots and the ones that got through were typically from the outside.
Senet1 : Goalie you are absolutely right, of course the one thing we had the two previous years that won the games that we are losing this year was our power play. If you look at say 10 games that we should have won had we had a similar power play, again we would not be having these conversations. When your PP goes from first to last in the league that is a lot of goals.How many games have we lost this year by one goal. Again poor management who did not prepare for Markov's possible absence.
goalie : I'll put it another way.... we need more players who are willing to get their noses dirty.
goalie : Two years ago when our goaltending stole series adn our players suddenly scored the coaches / GM believed that that was our true team . Well time has proven that was not. Though I was very glad to see the Habs knock off some very good teams we were very fortunate. And fortunate that spring was spelled HALAK!
goalie : The wrst mistake management could possibly make I believe is to say, we played well some games and we believe the team can play to that level more often in the future. This team CANNOT adnb DOES NOT play to a high enough level. Please do not kid yourself mamngement. hat is partially why we're in the lace we are.
goalie : Senet is correct when he says that if we had more games with a better efort this year we'd likely be in the playoffs. It has been very inconsistent effort but much more than that. We lack big, tough playing and finishing. Never mind fighting for a moment. We did not compete for the pucks nor along the boards nor in front of both nets enough this year. Thus we are in 29th. If the coaching staff doesn't see that then they shouldn't be there.
Senet1 : Surely Molson is not going to keep him as the GM?
Senet1 : when he knows he will be fired at the end of the season. Nothing really makes since in this whole process.
Senet1 : I am not sue why PG has not been fired by now. They could be waiting for another GM to come available at season end, but why would you not set up a committee to manage the team in the short run until a new GM can be named. There is no since in chaning coaches because whoever the GM is he will want to name his own coach. Gainey and a committe of other executives can manage the team through to the trading deadline and onward. What motivation does PG have to making any worthwhile trades when he is
Senet1 : I am too mch of a competitor to want my team to tank to. However, If these players played like they ae cabable of playing all year we would not be having this discussion right now, we woud be talking about the playoffs and who we would rather meet in the first round.
rocky : Exactly, and Senet nails it when he says we have not had an elite top 5 in the nhl player since lafleur.
goalie : I too want the Habs to get the best possible draft this June. We all need SOME hope!
rocky : He is persona non grata in habville, and a ghost in every sense of the term.
goalie : It remains a miracle how we have heard from our mighty GM twice since Christmas - the trades involving Spacek and Cammy and those comments were extremely brief. PG just does not cut it in my world. Part of a GMs job is to go public from time to time. PG never does that in fact he's a ghost GM!
rocky : Its true, there is no honor in that. These guys have only known the ethic of giving it all to win every night. I do not want them to "tank", and they will never do that anyway. I do want them to lose though, as awful as it sounds.
goalie : Roicky as a good point. We all want the Habs to get a really good draft pick. However, players, coaches etc. also have a keen desire to compete and win. That's why they're playing at the pro level. Thus we can only hope that the team plays some good games and let the chips fall where they may. After the disasterous season we've had let's not lower ourselves adn get involved in any dscussions about 'tanking' games.
rocky : So long.
Senet1 : Good discussion rocky, I have to step out for an hour, but may be back later.
Senet1 : The only way this team comes back to a team with long term potential is to draft a game breaker. Even all the other bad teams have a Stamkos or a player like him. He have some good player so what we need is a Malkin that we can count on 80% of the time to win a game for us.
rocky : I mean winning will only do them harm that is.
rocky : It really hurts because my reflexes make me want to cheer like mad, but it will only hurt the team now.
Senet1 : Yes I have mixed feeling when watching the game. Last night I say here we go again. with our record of shoot losses I did not expect to win that one. Yet I wanted to win real bad?????
rocky : God, so horrible to sit and hope for losses, but here we are.
Senet1 : Our problem is we play one out of every 4 games good and therefore, we play well enough to stay on the borderline of a top five pick. If we win three or four in a row we could take ourselves right out of the running.