Canadiens Clinch!

The Canadiens have clinched a spot in the playoffs! The earliest they have clinched in many many years, and currently the ONLY team assured a spot.

Will the 3rd period mini collapse hurt or help the team?

With no games until Friday the Habs can rest comfortably. Having assured their spot before the 4 day lay off was a big accomplishment.

The Habs have 5 games left and can control their own destiny. They are in an excellent position to go on and win the Division and Eastern Conference titles.

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#1 Don Carnage says:
March 27, 2008 at 9:41 pm

Of course it is and its a good idea to play the players that have not had much ice time, while letting some others get a little rest and also avoid maybe some mishap.. but dont expect some people around here to ever let the real coach make the call, of course not we need to act as if we know better .

#2 Joseph says:
March 27, 2008 at 9:42 pm

Thanks, Ice Man. My condolescences to your wife’s Leafs. It must have been difficult seeing them trying to move the puck up ice with the goaltender out, in one final, fruitless attempt at salvaging yet another fruitless season.

#3 Don Carnage says:
March 27, 2008 at 9:43 pm

On the up side Leafs lost to the Bruins thats a win win for Montreal , it holds Washington in check and it make this year all that much sweeter .. watching the Leafs self implode and fizzle out

#4 hablifer says:
March 27, 2008 at 11:16 pm

we’re now in 2nd place overall. We need to win both games this weekend.

#5 hablifer says:
March 27, 2008 at 11:21 pm

Here’s an interesting fact. The caps, bruins and flyers could be tied at the end of the regular season. I hope the caps don’t get in. they’re playing great hockey right now. much more dangerous than the flyers or bruins.
I’ll take the flyers.

#6 h4life says:
March 28, 2008 at 11:21 am

Look at the message posted on TSN.ca following Leaf’s hopeless to Playoff. LOL

No. 20 Author: habsfanlaurie

My husband is a Leafs fan, I am a huge Habs fan so this is good news for our marriage! I’ll just have to avoid him for the next few hours and all will be good in our house again!

#7 Joseph says:
March 28, 2008 at 1:15 pm

Washington doesn’t concern me as much as they seem to concern some others here. After all, how often do you see a team play its’ hearts out for over a month this time of year just to get in, and then fade quickly in the playoffs? And even if they did manage to play their way in and continue that high level of play for an extended time, I still have enough faith in the Habs to be able to handle them. (Edmonton of two years ago was a much different story than Washington of 2008.)

That being said, we could realistically face Ottawa in the first round, so who knows.

#8 Ice Man says:
March 28, 2008 at 2:39 pm

I’d give my Left Nut for Montreal to win the Cup and Price win the MVP.

#9 Senet 1 says:
March 28, 2008 at 7:11 pm

Joseph, I guess for once I disagree with you, i think Washington is the most dangerous team out there this year. They not only have the best goal scorer in the leage but it seems that we cannot figure out how to stop him. He has killed us when we play them. It all boils down to we have been luck against teams that cannot skate with us and teams that can skate with us seem to have the super stars that can put the puck in the net. Having said that I said last week we would find a way to beat Ottawa and we did albeit not pretty in the end. So hopefully our coaches that in my opinion are the best in the league and getting better, can devise a defensive way of neutralizing the Caps big scoring line.

#10 Senet 1 says:
March 28, 2008 at 7:12 pm

Oh yes, and don’t forget the Huet factor, we will have to make him handle the puck alot so he can pass it to our forwards.

#11 Warren says:
April 2, 2008 at 5:33 pm

Washington could squeek in now with Huet getting his 7th win last night.That would be a wild first round opponent for the Habs!!
The Habs are flying with Carbo and Gainey at the helm!! Let the games begin!!

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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.
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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.