Back to Back Weekend
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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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- Senet1 : seriously ready to challenge for the cup. He will us win games but he will not be the difference between winning the cup and not winning the cup. You pick up players like that once you have the team ready to challenge,.
- Senet1 : I am looking at the players to draft and there are a lot of big 6'3-6'5 forwards available ion the draft this year. If we could draft 3-4 big young players in the 2nd and 3rd round why would you want to give that up for a roster player who may have 2-3 years at best. If we are going to build a winner to have to build it with bigger players and there are a lot of good big players available this year. So you sign Ott and he is with us for the short run, but probably not when we are seriously re
- Senet1 : Boullion is a great mentor for the young D-men
- muller93 : Boullion is one of MBs great additions--Boull ion is a definite Keeper.
- muller93 : Getting rid of Kaberle frees up a lot of cash. Boullion is small but is reliable and doesn't back down from anyone.
- muller93 : Exactly Goalie any thoughts on a punishing D-man?
- goalie : They;re showing determination adn skill vs Ducks and Blackhawks.
- goalie : REd Wings could turn out to be the surprise team of this year's playoffs!
- goalie : WE need to rid our team of Kaberle and Webber. Step two would be to then move Diaz. If we get that big d-man I believe that would push Boullion to # 7 on the chart. We'd then go with Georges, PK,Markov (to continue mentoring Ememlin) Tinordi as our starting six . THEN I'd be excited about our chances. We could then work on getting bigger forwards.
- goalie : I too would gladly give up a 3rd round pick for Ott- the type of player we sadly lack. AND if we could get one more rugged, expeienced defenceman it would help immensely.
- muller93 : Senet what you are saying makes sense but if we can get Ott for a 3rd round I'll take that all day.
- muller93 : MB should be looking at a big D-man first, even though I like our blue line with the addition of Tinordi. We need that insurance just in case one gets injured. Also I'm a firm believer in starting with the goalie first then-defense-for wards-and we already have good goalie. We have all noticed when we have the lead Price is tough to beat.
- Senet1 : So sometimes you have to sacrifice for one year or two to build that team in the draft. then add the finishing touches through FA and trades.
- Senet1 : Muller, Detroit is another good example. They have been in the hunt every year with good well balanced teams yet only one or two cups to show for it. However, they have built a team that has a chance every years for the last 10+ years. That is what I think we have a chance to do this year with a good draft. It reminds me of the habs teams of the mid 80 and 90's we built a team then with sold draft picks and won the cup twice during that time period. So sometimes you have to sacrifice a one
- muller93 : Very true Senet, you do need luck and we haven't had any luck it seems since the habs moved to the Bell Center. We had an incredible run in 2010 with some crazy goal tending from Halak. With Galchenyuk-Tinor di-Gallagher all in 1 year--not too bad, even with an early exit in the playoffs.
- Senet1 : Muller I guess we all have our own ideas, but there has never been too many times that were successful when they traded their draft picks away. We have a chance to build this team so we have a shot at winning the cup over the next 10 years. Even as good as Pittsburgh has been they have only won the cup once since Crosby and Malkin have been with the team. That is because you not only need great players but you need luck to win, but one thing about Pittsburgh they have a chance every year. The
- muller93 : Good point on Torres, he might be a liability. Torres has to tone it down a bit, but that's his game-very aggressive.
- goalie : Though I don't condone what Raffi Torres did - thos shows you how repeat offenders or near offenders are going to be treated. His hit was NOT illegal BUT what the rap sheet adn reputation Torres has he got severly punished. Lesson to be learned by OTHER players because Torres dopesn't learn fromk his mistakes.
- muller93 : Senet normally I would agree with you on not trading draft picks but we are not in a rebuilding stage. Sometimes draft picks can be a roll of the dice and it can take up to 3 years to be NHL ready. We have a good team and I agree with Stuo players like Clowe-Torres-Ott -Scott will make a big difference. Somebody has to protect Gallagher, he can't keep getting hit the way does--we need a tough forward so they think twice before going after Gallagher.
- Senet1 : Really a heathly Habs team would probably win more games against the Pens that we did against the Sens. Reason they Pens would not play as physical against us as against the Sens. If we get good goaltending we win at least two games.
- zpezada4ok : hello all «link»
- stuo11 : hes a tougher big guy too! Just a minor adjustment but will help a bit
- stuo11 : hes better than markov, and hes french who was in mention for defenceman of the year
- goalie : Markov for Beauchemin - an injury prone d-man for an ;old timer'd-man. Beauchemin is NOT what the Habs need in my opinion. He is a HUGE defensive liability.
- goalie : Stuo 11 I'd make that trade with Oilers fast BUT I doubt the Oilers will make that. Two marginal d-men at the best for a switch of first round picks - not a chance .
- stuo11 : markov for beachemin?
- stuo11 : let moen go
- stuo11 : maybe try and get steve begin back
- stuo11 : we wouldve kicked out all other teams but pens, sens,
- stuo11 : pens have alot of forwaRDS same with us but we have better goaltending
- stuo11 : theres styles of play goalie. Sens played us good, but lost games to southeast teams florida and tampa and get crushed by leafs EVERYTIME. sens and leafsd cant beat bruins but we do frequently
- stuo11 : Diaz weber and our 1st for their first edm
- goalie : SEns beat us 4 games to 1. Pens had last night's game under their control. What does that mean if we were up vs the Pens in a series. I think the Habs have a way to go before we're competing for Lord Stanley's Cup!
- Senet1 : If he could score goals like Lucic and we could sign him to a four year contract then I would consider it too. However, NOT if we only have him for one to two years.
- Senet1 : So we went from 27th pick to 21st pick.
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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
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.
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
December 22, 2007 at 9:45 pm
Huet
December 22, 2007 at 10:49 pm
Huet struggles in the shoot out
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.
December 22, 2007 at 10:55 pm
Should have went to Price for the shoot out…Price should get he stat Sun.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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?
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!
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!
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!
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.
December 23, 2007 at 4:21 pm
Demeures ?
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.