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Carey Price World Junior Shutout

  • Montreal Prospect Carey Price was by far the best player on the ice and earned a shutout in Canada’s opening game of the World Junior Championship.

    Canada as a team looked questionable and pulled off the win mostly due to Price’s strong play.

    Keep an eye on him throughout the Tournament.

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  1. #1 Snake says:
    December 26, 2006 at 5:10 pm

    Its funny how TSN keeps saying how Price won the job by default and dont really give him any credit. I cant help but wonder if this is because he is a Habs prospect. Last year with Pogge they kept raving about him although he only had to make like 12 saves a game. ANd we all know which team holds his rights. Coincidence?

    Price is the man.

  2. #2 coutNY_HabsFan says:
    December 26, 2006 at 6:13 pm

    It may be time to find Abby a new home. I like the guy, but Huet has pretty much come out as the better of the two as a starter. We should free up some room to call up some younger talent. Huet and Abby both have a hefty price tag. I do not think anyone would feel confident if Huet went down before the playoffs and Abby was forced into the go-to role… Isn’t that why they’re paying him $1.9 million as a back-up so we the have confidence that the Habs have the best 1-2 punch in the League? I do not think Abby going to return next year in this role or management can even afford him in this role as a back up… (I may regret saying this if something did happen to Huet)

    Management has played the cautious card “what if” game and it got Lapeirre sent back to the minors because money was tight. Maybe we should let it all hang out and play some wild cards in the “what if” game? Try find hidden gems with players that have performed in the minors to fill roles in areas the Habs may be lacking… one of those roles is a strong center! Someone who can take a pounding in front of the net and in the trenches not always looking the best but producing results. Price, Danis, Kostitsyn, Chipchara, ect. are players that possibly fill roles at a lower cost.

    Lets face it, the New NHL has changed the game to who can best spend their money the wisest. I think management has been doing a great job trying to bring seasoned talent into Montreal with some moves paying off, but should be will to shift gears for a run at the Cup as we inch toward the midway point!

  3. #3 Xhabsfan says:
    December 26, 2006 at 6:56 pm

    coutNY_HabsFan,man,BINGO.NICELY PUT SIR,I tip my hat too you.

  4. #4 Habs#1 says:
    December 26, 2006 at 8:36 pm

    To bad Price is in the Juniors and can’t be called up or sent down. And if there’s one position were you can’t rush a prospect it’s a goalie and since Gainey is notorious for not rushing younger guys, which is the smart thing to do, we won’t see Price wearing the CH for 3-4 years at least.

    And Danis is the backup in Hamilton now. Halak has taken over and is the best goalie in the AHL right now AND is 5 years younger then Danis so I’d call him up first.

    As for Chipchura, we won’t see him except in spot duty till he’s 22-23 like they did with Plekanec/Higgins/Perezhogin but the older Kotstitsyn we might see as early as next season if a spot or 2 opens up on the wings.

  5. #5 HoTiCE_ says:
    December 26, 2006 at 10:24 pm

    In my opinion, I think Carey Price is only a commodity for the HABS and will be used for a transaction more then anything else.

    The only reason why he’s a HABS prospect was the fact that he was the best player available when we picked fifth last year. If you guys look into the team’s players, we don’t exactly lack goalies.

    I wouldn’t be surprise if Price is part of a trade later this season for that dreaded second line power forward we’ve been looking forever, especially if he does well in the tournament and we do well in the latter part of the season

  6. #6 hab heaven says:
    December 26, 2006 at 11:10 pm

    there’s no way the habs are parting with price. he’s the best goalie in juniors, and you think we’ll give him up? this is a no brainer.we’ll trade samsonov, Kovalev or Ryder before we part with a star goalie in the making. we’re keeping our young players. Gainey won’t make that same mistake that his predecessors (Savard, Houle) made.

  7. #7 J-Nic says:
    December 27, 2006 at 12:14 am

    Price won’t be an exchange choice until he make the NHL. We won’t really get anything for him, you never know what can happens with young guys in the new nhl.

    We have
    Huet : 31 years old, he won’t play forever
    Aebischer : probably won’t stay here another year
    Danis : waiting for a nhl spot, but might play as substitute to Huet or get the same treatment Biron got
    Halak : Still young, can’t really know what will happens
    Lacasse and Lindberg : I have no information on those, witch mean not impressive for now.

    So we don’t have other big prospect in the Goal position. And we will really need good ones in the future, just like we gonna need nice playmaker in front. You need players from the organization to go high in the season and in playoff.

    BTW : Is it me or there is never anything on the Habs on NHL website. The only articles I see the word, montreal, habs or canadien, is when the article talk globally on the teams or articles coming from official Canadian website. They never anounce a hab game etc… (For this I understand cause doesn’t need marketing like other teams need). But why no article on Huet when he was 1st overall in the league ? Last year he won the BILL MASTERTON TROPHY and is on the way to reproduce the same thing. I wonder if there is going to be an article if the Habs pass Bufallo ?

  8. #8 stevejur says:
    December 27, 2006 at 3:10 am

    No way Price will get moved. Are you Kidding me?
    The only way Price gets moved is if I hear the names Kopitar, Malkin, Lecalvier, Marleau, Bergeron or Richards.
    If these players are not part of a package (for the second line center we need) all you’ll hear on
    the other line is “CLICK”.

  9. #9 coutNY_HabsFan says:
    December 27, 2006 at 10:58 am

    I agree we should not trade the likes of Price a possible future Superstar. Montreal has demonstrated that one of the Most important aspects of hockey is who is sitting between the pipes! (Dryden, Roy) Habs#1- you are right I have jumped the gun with moving Price to the NHL, but I am a little anxieous to see Montreals young talent play. Pittsburgh is an example of a team that has given young talent a chance and they have developed into stars of the game. Granted they do not have a defence or a goalie the Habs possess and are not winning games, but I am not saying dump half the team… only add or subtract a few players to complement such as the move made with Lapeirre. He brought a much needed size and determination to the fourth line which he seemed to spark some chemistry. These surprizing moves, finding these hidden gems, is what will move the Habs to within reach of the Cup.

  10. #10 smiler2729 says:
    December 27, 2006 at 10:57 pm

    There’ll be no trading of anybody anytime this year… the chemistry is too good. Live with this team, die with this team.

  11. #11 Rubberman says:
    December 27, 2006 at 11:37 pm

    I agree with smiler2729. There’s something clicking now and it looks like the Habs are playing for each other. Yes, there are still the puck hogs and stupid moves (e.g. complaining about a bad call to the pt where you get another 2 minutes, etc…). Overall, I wouldn’t make any moves unless it’s right for the team. It looks like the HAbs are in the driver’s seat. Go Habs Go. On another note, I’ve always answered back to anti-Habs fans when they knocked/poked fun at the “Canadiens” with the famous, at least they won a cup every decade. Did your team (Leafs, Bruins, Islanders (yeah, this is going back to the ’80s)?. So, in my eyes, we still have 3 yrs to do so. Pressure’s on. PLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLEASEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE BRINGGGGGG THE CUP HOME!!!

  12. #12 Sam says:
    December 28, 2006 at 12:29 am

    Can I put in a request to have a better picture of Kovalev on the top of this blog…it scares the cr@# out of me…even if it’s only for a moment. May I suggest Huet’s instead. Thanks a million. By the way, this is the type of game they should have played versus the Bruins with the exception of the giving up of the pp goals. That’s why Huet had a good game but not a great game….and tonight he had a great game. Some of the offensive power is coming from different sources…there’s the lack of consistency. Still take the wins….so far so good.

    By the way, I think the guy from the chevy contest was robbed as a puck that had gone in actually deflected a without a doubt goal. Interesting as a replay was not shown or a one by one analysis provided where the fans could judge on their own. Smells fishy…..Yeah,……..some of you will say who cares he won the truck…but it’s the principle of the matter…you get it!

    Go Habs Go!

  13. #13 habs phan says:
    December 28, 2006 at 2:48 am

    i have a crazy idea, maybe it’s just me but it seems like kovalev takes the most absurd penealties at the worst time. i know he is a well rounded player, and he can certainly put the puck in the net. but everytime i see him lose his temper and cost our team or take a stupid penalty at the wrong time i have to ask myself “is this all worth it?” my proposal is trade him for koivu!!! get the brothers together and let’s create some real magic!!! like i said, maybe i’m dreaming. and i certainly realize kovalev’s contribution to our team. but when is enough, enough??? go habs go.

  14. #14 smiler2729 says:
    December 28, 2006 at 8:02 am

    Kovalev’s fine. Like I said, no trading, not even potential UFAs. Any holes we have can be plugged in by calling up farmhands. As for anti-Habs idiots, the best comeback for the moronic Leaf fans is “at least I’ve seen my team win the Cup in colour… a lot!” This team is starting to get noticed too with Mike Keenan on TSN picking them as one of his 5 Stanley Cup favourites and Carbo getting the most votes in the TSN poll of who should be coach of the year. The thing with getting noticed is the more attention they get, the more other teams gun for you and quit taking you lightly. I preferred flying under the radar and surprizing the **** out of every team we played. Oh well, such is the price of success.
    Let’s we win the Cup this year cuz it looks like it may be the last year of a semi normal NHL. Next year, with the modern sweater redesign for every team and the crying for bigger nets, I think I’ll have to bow out of being an NHL fan. The salary cap has taken trades out of the game, fighting is infrequent and staged, I hate the shootout, the idiotic conference/division leader standing seeding, the stupid schedule and every ridiculous thing Gary Bettman’s ever done. I see 4 quarter games and 2 point goals from outside the blueline coming too. Is nothing sacred to this guy??? He brought in a ******* glowing puck 10 years ago, remember?

  15. #15 25_in_2007 says:
    December 28, 2006 at 11:56 am

    Getting back to the topic at hand, it has to be remembered that it’s difficult to judge a goalies talent in the world juniors especially when they play for a strong defensive team like Canada. People who are getting excited now over Price are overlooking the fact that we have more of a realistic shot of attaining the cup this year than we have had in a decade. Lets get excited about the solid play we have seen today, rather than looking at the future and what we should do, because there is no way Price will be between the posts any time soon. A loser says ‘next year,’ I’m excited to say ‘this year’ for once. As for the discussions about Kovalev; he has proven to find another gear in the playoffs and hopefully this year he can find a couple more to help the second line shine when it really counts.

  16. #16 Habs#1 says:
    December 28, 2006 at 12:55 pm

    It was funny to listin to mister Leafs kiss *** Darren Dreger last night. He refuses to give Carbonneau or the Habs any credit. Mike Keenan, a guy who’s probably forgotten more about hockey then Dreger will ever know says Carbs should be a lock for the Jack Adams trophy, but Dregers not sure. What an Idiot. I’m surprised he didn’t have the Leafs in his group of cup contenders. But Keenan did which was pretty smart of him.

    The Habs have the best checking line in the NHL bar none. They’re the only teams in the league that have been able to shut down Ovechkin AND Crosby. Whoever the other teams top line is should just consider them neutralized from now on.

    And the Habs still get no respect. They’re the best Canadien team this year by a country mile, they’re probably one of the only three cup contenders in the East along with Buffalo and Atlanta(maybe Jersey if Brodeur get’s really hot), buy no one gives them any respect. But I’m sure the Habs are fine with that cause they’ll just continue to roll over people leaving them scratching they’re heads wondering what just happened.

    Boy does Downey have sweet hands or what! And while it showed he has guts did he have to challenge Brashear to a fight? That was a middleweight going up against one of the top 5 heavyweights in the league(Laraque, Boogard, Parros, Brashear and McGrattan) and it showed. He got pummuled.

  17. #17 Habs#1 says:
    December 28, 2006 at 12:57 pm

    I screwed up on the Keenan cup contenders thing. I ment to say he had the Habs on his list. Don’t want him to seem like an idiot by saying he had the Leafs on his list.

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  • Senet1 : Also the addition of Blunden and even Leblanc is not shy to throwing body checks. Also PK has been more aggressive lately
  • Senet1 : That is partly because of the change in coaching styles and the addition of Bourque.
  • Senet1 : If we kept Plekanec and Bourgue then we need a shooter on that line. So to me from a forward standpoint we need to add a goal scorer, but one who goes to the net and is not knocked around. To me based on our offence this year that is the most needed position to fill on our forward lines. When you consider that we got ride of Cammy, and if we trade Gionta and Gomez disappears we are no longer a small team. The team has more grit now than at the first of the year.
  • Senet1 : So we have to add some muscle as well as skill to our second & third lines and upgrade our fourth line as well. I could see Leblanc moving in as the centre on the second line if we got something good Plekanecs, otherwise, he could play the wing on either the second or third line. Blunden seemed to score faily well in the AHL not sure if he has it in him but would like to seem him on a line with Eller and maybe Leblanc next year all three players like to use their bodies and therefore should be
  • Senet1 : Not counting Markov if he plays. If we trade or let go of our UFA defenceman then we will need at least three D-men, I would like a good look at Nash to see if he can play at this level. If not he is gone, I do not think any of our other defensive prospects are ready quite yet. Our junior and college players should be coming on stream for Hamilton next year so we will get to see how much they have developed and whether any are ready for the big time.
  • Senet1 : While I agree we have quite a few players that could be made available, I do not see a need to make wholesale changes only the necessary one. obviously Gomez, Gionta, AK46(if he will not sign) I keep our top line of Cole, Pacman and David. I keep Eller and Leblanc, Blunden, Bourque, probably Plecanec unless we can really improve on his positin. I keep PK, Emelin, Gorges, Diaz and Naturally Price. Probably Budaj. That basically gives us two functional line and two sets of defence, not counting
  • goalie : Great to see Pacs gets su=ome success after the devestating dirty check last season that could have paralyzed him for life.
  • goalie : Given ho the team has played this season one thing in our favor is that we pretty much need to clean house. Other than about 6-7 guys everyone else would be available in my mind.
  • goalie : After how the tes]am has
  • Avatar37 : Apparently only one offer for Carter on the low side so far, I think Montreal would be foolish not to investigate the possibility of a trade for him, and if there is low interest, the deal might be able to include moving Gomez. Gomez/Darche/Cam poli and a third round pick? Maybe not, but I'd be in serious talks with Columbus right about now.
  • Avatar37 : «link»
  • Avatar37 : for him had we held on to him until now and created a bidding war. There are more buyers than sellers currently on the market and it would have been the perfect time to have traded him.
  • Avatar37 : Goalie - I'm not sure how we could have obtained more for Halak. We showcased him, everyone knew he was available for trade, and in the end, we took the best offer. Any asset is only worth what a purchaser will pay for it. The Halak trade wasn't like the Cammalleri trade where you had GMs afterwards saying they didn't even know he was on the market. The Halak trade was done properly, the Cammelleri trade was a knee-jerk panic move, and while my opinion is that we could have received more
  • Avatar37 : I saw the game, the Islanders first goal came from a shot that was clearly above the height of the crossbar. How is it possible for a play to go to review where they have the advantage of mulitple camera angles and the ability to pause and they STILL get the call wrong?
  • goalie : I agree don't get dilusional over our three game winning streak. Changes MUST be made. I am however, glad to see the effort being put forth by the players.
  • Mats Naslund : I just went to capgeek to see who the Avalanche might be dealing for a rental - and I see they have only 6 players signed for next season!!! There are a couple young D men on that squad who are RFAs who would do very nicely next season.
  • Mats Naslund : One thing I know - the 3 game winning streak had better not get PG thinking about holding onto guys for a PO run. Trade them, build the value and move on to next year.
  • Mats Naslund : How about Max Pac though.. 21 goals and on pace for 65 points this year. That is absolutely monster for a guy at his age/experience and especially coming after a horrific injury. Huge cornerstone moving forward. On pace for 33 goals.. could he get 35?
  • Mats Naslund : Didn't get to see it either - and while I don't really care about the win, I am very glad that Gomez scored so we don't have to endure all of the negativity in the media about him for the rest of the year. He still su@ks, but at least it won't be a topic every shift he takes.
  • 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
  • Avatar37 : «link»
  • 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.
  • Avatar37 : «link»
  • 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.

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