Comments on: Bruins/Habs 2009 Playoffs: Game3

By: Senet1

Senet1 — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 01:38:48 +0000

Melssa, from your comments you must be a class act? But maybe you should stick to what you know and it sounds like you are pretty good at it?

By: Joseph

Joseph — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 18:35:04 +0000

Fair enough, Melissa. It’s just that the nonsense about the anthem (talk about an insecure culture, by the way) has been visited and revisited ad nauseum throughout the years. So I guess I mistakenly lumped you in with the ignorant hypocrites who come here and throw their stones from glass houses. My apologies if this was the case.

But on the topic of classless, an American East Indian girl I knew in university had to go to Boston with her father, a university professor, for a conference. They went to a restaurant while they were there and were told that they had to leave as the restaurant didn’t serve ‘their kind’. Absolutely true story.

Ah well, enough of all of this.

By: PACTUM SERVA

PACTUM SERVA — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 14:43:34 +0000

Just because a guy wants his nuts licked it does not mean i have no class. I was only throwing it out there for you just in case you wanted to. You should thank me for being such a gentleman……Anyways the offer is still on the table. Call me

By: Donnie

Donnie — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 13:31:13 +0000

One question I would love to ask Gainey, if indeed I’d get a truthful answer…..”Why does this team give up altogether in the 3rd period of games?”
Been doing it all year….it stands out and look ridiculous and embarrasing to anyone watching the game. This is the playoffs, you’re supposed to be fighting for your lives down 2 games to nil, you’re at home, you need the crowd behind you, and for some reason just stop trying. You get 5 shots on net, just to sink the truth home that “WE SURRENDER!!!”
And don’t anyone start on me about injuries…with no injuries we still played like this for the better part of the season…also, with or without these injuries, the guys that are left still shoulkd have the skill and drive to play much better and harder than they have been.
So……..why do we surrender in 3rd periods? It’s the attributes or a gutless, spineless, team with no drive, OR this is the poorest conditioned team in the entire NHL…again either option being no where near satisfactory.
I said on here before this series that I didn’t expect to beat the B’s this season….but what I wanted was for this team to go down fighting with their very last breath…you can’t even get that from this bunch…makes it so hard to cheer for this bunch….worse Habs team I can ever remember seeing on the ice. Even the Blues last night played their hearts out to try and stay alive…the Blues!!!…and with all the history in Montreal, we go out on our knees? This team is a disgrace to Habs teams of the past, the city of Montreal, and all the Hab fans around the globe. Disgusting season from a team full of quitters. Need malor moves this summer…Happy 100.

By: melissa

melissa — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 13:17:07 +0000

i honestly didn’t mean to personally offend anyone on this blog so my apologies for that but i am allowed my opinion and that’s what blogs ultimately are for. i honestly think both teams are great i just like to rouse the canadian fans as i’m sure it’s done on the other end. And just for the record i didn’t go to seek out a “Habs” fan blog for the sole purpose of bashing. I have been on related blogs for a long time. Both for support of my teams, ect. And as for the “ball licker” guy, i’m sure you would love me to “lick ur balls” but i’m sure this is the only way you get anything of ur’s licked!! and this just goes to show the “classiness” of montreal fans!!!!

By: Joseph

Joseph — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 03:03:50 +0000

Well, Senet1, a rebuild is certainly in order as it will obviously take a little time to acquire all of the players you’ve mentioned. At least the right ones.

I agree with your take on the current team all the way around and, as funny as it seems, I would be all for building around the 3rd and 4th lines. I’m not so sure that we’ll get our wish but a daunting task lies ahead for this team either way.

By: Senet1

Senet1 — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 00:04:15 +0000

Joseph that was a good observaation, about the team make up, Good teams generally have a good mix of skill, speed, toughness and goaltending. The reason why Boston has not been successful in the past is because they had too much toughness and not enough skilled players. Now it seems they added skill in Savard and Bergeron, toughness and grit has always come easy to the organization so all in all they have the right formula to win. Whether they have enough to win it all, personally I do not think they have the goaltending or the defence to win. As long as they can play in the other teams end they can win, but even the Habs have exploited them at times and only our poor shooting skills have failed us. We have never been able to get any momentum in this series because we can not get up two goals. We always seem to make those momentum breakers like some stupid penalty or pass that causes us a goal and the game swings to Boston. Unfortunately, the skilled players that you would want to build a team around are all older players and will be gone to FA this year. We have no star players that can take over this team. It looked like we were grooming some last year but they all turned out to be duds this year. Maybe they can turn it around but probably not in Montreal. So to me what we have is a good solid #3 and 4th line. A good solid #3 and #4 defenceman and a good solid #2 goalie no matter which one we keep. So that means we have to go out and get an allstar centreman, and allstar winger for the first line. We need to go out an get a solid big strong 2nd line centre and two western boys who like to hit but have the skill needed to play this game. Gone are Koivu, Kovalev, Komesarek at least through FA, none of them will wnat to come back next year. Weber looked good but he is too small to carry this team from the blueline. A couple more juniors may be ready to play next year especially if we loose too many players.

By: habknot

habknot — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 23:01:54 +0000

Well it looks like I was wrong, we’re not winning this series in 5, it’ll have to go seven
I just thought the first 15 minutes yesterday were going to be the 300 minutes of the series. It seems odd that we can skate over a team for 3/4 of a period at a time and not be able to match up the rest of the way.
We are being out-positioned, especially in the neutral zone; but I kinda suspected that, Julien is my favorite Xs and Os guy in the league. Is it just me, or does it seem, when our D play puck support we play like the better team. Then they start dropping back, creating gaps, and we spend too much time in our own zone. We seem to be above average in the O zone and below average in our own. Last year we were very good at quickly clearing our zone so it looks like teams have figured out something in our defensive clearing scheme, or our D are making passes to the point instead of the forwards (see goal one last night).
So its Halak tomorrow; you can’t get swept with one goalie, can you? I’m not sure it will make a positive difference, but he’ll at least be given a chance.
Can we maintain offensive pressure the whole game or is that even what coach (Muller) wants? Even if we play great will Thomas steal one (good goalies do that, he hasn’t had to yet). Either way, the fat lady is warming up her vocal cords, backs are to the wall, golf clubs and brooms are being readied.
I’m cheering tomorrow, it maybe the last time for a while for THE team that boils my blood, one way or another.
P.S. guys, be gentle to those mal-adjusted trolls. Imagine having no other purpose in life! Sad. (oops, that didn’t start out trying to be mean, I just feel very sorry for them)

By: Joseph

Joseph — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 20:43:57 +0000

Further on the topic on team makeup, I never properly examined Boston’s lineup before. The Boston Bruins are: 15 Canadian born players, 4 US born players and 3 European born players.

In contrast, the Montreal Canadiens are: 12 Canadian born players, 3 US born players and 8 European born players.

Interestingly enough, the Detroit Red Wings have 13 European born players. So is it the actual makeup of the team or is it the coaching and system that determines the end result? Of course, one could also argue who those players are. Perhaps Montreal’s woes are a simple case of being mislead by certain players earlier on. Perhaps not.

By: PACTUM SERVA

PACTUM SERVA — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 20:39:10 +0000

Hey Melissa, i am looking for a cute little ball licker tonight, you could be her.