Domination
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The Habs have dominated the Bruins in every sense of the word this season. The domination even stretches back a few years including 1st round playoff upsets on more than one occasion.
At what point will that streak end?
You’d have to believe at this point of the season the Bruins are going to come out with something to prove. Considering the Bruins and Habs are a very likely 1st round playoff series, they have even more reason to ‘show up’.
Can the Habs really go 7-0 against Boston? 8-0? ….Maybe 12-0?
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- goalie : I don't know when they'll announce it but the Oilers will be signing Sutter (Flames ex-coach) to coach their team - that's why Kevin Lowe chose him to coach in the World's. That was the world's worst kept secret.
- Senet1 : I guess I wish we could get it done so all the speculating was over and we can get to building out team.
- goalie : I can't type.... what a faux pas on my behalf...
- goalie : I just realized what I said adn didn't say yesterday. What a fayx as on my behalf. Regarding coaching Randy Cunnyworth MUSDT stay as an assistant- he deserves at least that after the tremendous job he did in the latter part of this past season. I'd still mlike to have Robinson, Carbo adn Allard on the staff also.
- Avatar37 : I agree Senet, my choice if we can't have Cunneyworth would be Crawford, Robinson on defense, Cunneyworth for offense, and Carbo as offense/faceoffs .
- Senet1 : I think if I had my choice it would be Crawford and see if he could get Carbo and Robinson as assistants. That would be my idea coaching team.
- goalie : I witnesed Marc Crawford MANY times when the Avs, etc. played against Oilers and let me tell you - he is constantly on the referees asses virtually game after game. He is the complete OPPOSITE of J. Martin. Crawford is calm on TSN but he is one excited coach behind the bench. A friend of mine who was an NHL linesman for 26 years said they dreaded Crawford he was so tough on the officials!
- goalie : You know, I've bee thinking about the coaching situation. I'd be really excited if the Habs had Hartley as head coach and Carbo adn Robinson as his assistants. I also read it somewhere about a month ago that Toronto's goalie coach Allard (?) wants to relocate back to Montreal where he has his goaltending school/business. Add him to the mix and I'd say the Habs would be in great shape coaching wise.
- Avatar37 : Well, from what I recall, Hartley didn't do all that well with the Thrashers. But, I don't know enough about him to judge one way or the other. Crawford I do know, and he always seemed to be a good, level headed coach to me.
- Senet1 : even Pacioretty two years ago did not impress any of us. Younger players have to play and make mistakes and learn from those mistakes. If they sit in the press box they are learning nothing.
- Senet1 : Of course if he have some good assistants like a Larry Robinson to teach the young defence and someone like Carbo to teach faceoffs etc. then your coach does not have to be as good at teaching. If Hartley fits the bill you get no argument from me. My only previous point is that if he is impatient with your younger players to the point that he does not play them, then we are right back where we were with Martin. Martin was a good coach too, but how he handled Emelin, PK and even Pacioretty two
- goalie : I would like to see the Habs sign a coach who realizes that our team isn't tough enough (we need to get bigger and somewhat more nastier),the coach needs t be a great TEACHER and be a coach who can get the players to understand and buy into his system. Other than that I couldn't care what lingo he speaks. I wnat to see our team become a ligitimate contender fast!
- HabsLoseAgain : Well we dont know if he is or is not a teaching coach. I woukd just hate to paint Hartley something that he is not. There will always be questions but if Hartley was hired as the habs new bench boss i for one would not be overly upset.
- Senet1 : My thoughts are not that he is or is not a good coach but rather that when he won the cup he had an experience team of superstars on that team. Where as we have a group of young inexperienced players, is he a teaching coach or a tactical coach or both? I am not question whether he is a good coach, but my question therefore is he the coach for us at this point in the deveopment of our team?? Not sure we are all purely speculating at the moment?
- Senet1 : Something happened to my first post. I will try again.
- Senet1 : That is why I said I am not sure he is the coach for us at this time? Right now we are all speculating including yourself, because non of us know for sure?
- HabsLoseAgain : Crawford also won a cup with Patrick Roy so would you say he is a good coach or did he just have great players and one of the best goaltenders of alltime?
- HabsLoseAgain : Senrt so please give me some reasons why you think Hartley is not the coach the habs need right now. What is it that you do not like about him or his coaching style?
- HabsLoseAgain : Well all great coaches had great players playing for them so i guess you you add a a pile of other coaches to that list including Bowan......
- Senet1 : Hartley, was he a good coach or did he just have great players and one of the best altime goaltenders of all time. I am not sure that he is the type of coach that this organization needs right now. Unless of course we sign a ton of free agents.
- Avatar37 : However, my feelings may completely be wrong, Hartley may turn out to be a good fit.
- Avatar37 : I didn't say Hartley was unknown, I said we demoted a good coach in Cunneyworth and now have an unknown quantity because we don't have a coach. I don't have that great a feeling about Hartley, I'd be much more comfortable with Crawford.
- HabsLoseAgain : In my opinion i think he might be a good fit in montreal. Oh and he also likes to have a tough team.
- HabsLoseAgain : Also this year he coached the ZSC Lions to the swiss championship title.
- HabsLoseAgain : lol the so called "unknown" won a cup in 2000-2001 with the colarado avalanch.
- HabsLoseAgain : lol Bob Hartley is not an unknown lol.....sheesh.
- Senet1 : I think he has until the trading deadline to show us that he deserves to be on this team. If he does not get back on track then he could be simply a 2nd round draft pick to whoever we can trade him to.
- Avatar37 : Bourque reminds me of Pouliot, size, skill, and invisible. He needs to get back to playing a physical game and bang people around and maybe he'll start getting some of those garbage goals again. Need to get to the front of the net. I hope he can find his game again.
- Avatar37 : We had a good coach in Randy Cunneyworth. Now we have an unknown, with Bob Hartley rumoured to be the front runner. I'd rather have Cunneyworth.
- goalie : A player like Rene Bourwue has al the physical attributes of what would be a beter than average player. Hwever, he certainly didn't play that well especially after being in Montreal about three weeks. We NEED players like Rene to play hard AND produce points on a REGULAR BASIS in order for us to be competitive.
- Senet1 : MONTREAL – Rene Bourque had a rocky start to his career as a Hab, but he’s planning on using the next four years to make up for it. After arriving in Montreal under less-than-ideal circumstances in January, Bourque spent the following 38 games hoping to find the spark he needed to rekindle his offensive production. Despite flanking Tomas Plekanec on the team’s second line to close out the season, the 30-year-old sniper suddenly found himself firing blanks in his new NHL home.
- Senet1 : I think we have to be patient and not expect too much too soon. Let's get a strong management team in place, make a good choices in the draft get a good coach and then see what we need at the free agent market. I will not be too disapointed if we miss the playoffs again next year if it means a long term team success. We have the opportunity to make some major strides over the next two years at the draft table. Then we fill in the holes.
- goalie : I certainly agree that we need to get some impact forwards who will sign for 5 years, not for a season then walk away. That's not going to help us.
- goalie : I wouldn't trade PK for Ovetchkin no matter what. He is a coach's NIGHTMARE and a poor team player.
- Senet1 : I believe he will as we graducally put better players around him and build this team.
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March 20, 2008 at 2:10 pm
Let’s go for a sweep!!
March 20, 2008 at 2:23 pm
GET OUT THE BROOMS ………..
March 20, 2008 at 2:39 pm
Mon Mar 3, 2008
Bruins @ Capitals
Result: 2 – 10
Thu Mar 6, 2008
Maple Leafs @ Bruins
Result: 8 – 2
Thu Mar 20, 2008
Canadiens @ Bruins 7:00 PM ET
Result: 2 – 9
March 20, 2008 at 2:41 pm
just did wrong typo on the previous…
Thu Mar 20, 2008
Canadiens @ Bruins 7:00 PM ET
Result: 9 – 2
March 20, 2008 at 3:53 pm
Me thinks this one’s going to be a wee bit tougher and if we don’t win tonite we may have opened up Pandora’s penalty box?Go Habs Go….And play tough mon habatants!!!
March 20, 2008 at 4:31 pm
5-2 HABS GO HABS GO
March 20, 2008 at 5:09 pm
I have a bad feeling bruins are going to win, 3-2 in OT, but we win on Saturday.
March 20, 2008 at 6:32 pm
go habs
March 20, 2008 at 6:33 pm
no there gonna win tonight
March 20, 2008 at 8:06 pm
Komi is hurt this could be bad!!
Bruins are hitting hard tonight …
March 20, 2008 at 8:43 pm
Kovalev the Great…WOWSERS….
March 20, 2008 at 8:46 pm
Anybody know what kind of injury Komisarek has?
I hope it’s not serious. we can’t afford to lose him or ANY amount of time
March 20, 2008 at 9:18 pm
Last game..no hits, no fights,no win… now see what you get when you HIT, FIGHT< you win!
This may be a God send that Komi is hurt..the BIRON OF BEEF IS COMING!!!!
March 20, 2008 at 10:11 pm
Halak should get the start Saturday.
Don’t want Price to get runned and hurt. The Bruins know that they may play the Habs in the first round. They need to take out the Better Goalie.
March 20, 2008 at 10:58 pm
If Komi does go down I hope Biron goes in, but don’t be hoping Komi is out just to see biron.
March 21, 2008 at 9:22 am
And does anyone know how bad Komisarek’s injury is? It doesn’t really look that bad because he was on for another shift after the injury.
March 21, 2008 at 12:56 pm
QUestion:
Does Carbo have something against Kovalev? Why wouldn’t he put him out in the last minute to reward him with a possible hat trick?
March 21, 2008 at 3:01 pm
Why question what the coach does all the time? Maybe he did not want him to beheaded by a goon in the last few minutes, seeing as Boston needs to win Saturday and Kovy is the Bruins killer, so just maybe the coach figured its better for Kovy to not be on the ice for the last final assult… who would have thought huh …
GO HABS GO !! GO HABS GO !!
March 21, 2008 at 3:46 pm
Sportsnet.ca — The Montreal Canadiens could be without bruising defenceman Mike Komisarek for the second half of their home-and-home series with the Boston Bruins on Saturday.
Komisarek did not skate with the team in practice on Friday. The team’s hit- and shot-blocking specialist left Thursday night’s game and did not return after getting hit by Milan Lucic of the Bruins. The Canadiens would only specify that it was a lower-body injury.
March 21, 2008 at 5:01 pm
Hey Don Carnage i could’nt agree more with you. Would it be worth it to throw your best player on the ice with less then a minute to go and watch him be taken out by a cheap shot? We had the game in the bag and at this point in the season we cant afford to take risks with our best player. Just take a look at how boston ran price and all the other **** boston was throwing are way in the third. Carbo made the right move keeping kovy on the bench.
March 21, 2008 at 5:06 pm
We beat a cheap, desperate team last night. Just what the doctor ordered to shake the
Blues away.
March 21, 2008 at 5:15 pm
And if Komi is out for the short term it is not a problem either, he needs the rest to be honest, he has looked tired as of late.. we are gonna be fine , i have said it all year …
In Bob we trust !
GO HABS GO !! GO HABS GO !!
March 21, 2008 at 5:50 pm
Number “8″ is both a psychological and a physical WALL to each and every NHL team!!!
Komi, have a good break, but come back soon.
P.S. Is Sheldon Souray ** still playing in NHL?
March 21, 2008 at 5:51 pm
Though you’d want to protect a player, does Kovy see it that way?
March 21, 2008 at 6:05 pm
Gone are the days of outcries for the trading of Kovalev. Good.
I watched Alex in Pittsburgh, and I said it all along, all he needs is the right motivation and he’s among the most dangerous offensive threats in the league… consistently.
The Habs should complete the sweep of Boston on Saturday but the Senators still concern me. A win against them all but secures second place while a loss could ultimately knock the Habs down two or three spots. Needless to say, two huge games coming up.
As to the notion that the Habs ‘can’t win at home’, I disagree. They’re five games over .500 at home, which isn’t exactly a losing record. I think they simply need to adopt their road game mentality at the Bell Centre, stop trying to ‘wow’ the fans so much and they’ll have more success.
March 21, 2008 at 7:15 pm
Kovlev has become a team player, something he has not been last year or before in montreal, as a team player he understands the coaches decides, I think Carbo did the right thing. You cannot loose one of your best defencement and your #1 offensive threat and be very successful.
March 21, 2008 at 7:17 pm
Those of you who think the Blues were such a bad team, well they just about beat Ottawa too they got the breaks against us and did not get then against Ottawa, many times that is the difference between winning and loosing.
March 21, 2008 at 7:28 pm
Hey Rubberman, her is a quote from Carbo. I would suggest that KOVY understands.
If he (Kovalev) doesn’t have any votes for MVP, I will be really upset,” Canadiens coach Guy Carbonneau said. “We are at the top of the conference and he is a big part of it.”
March 21, 2008 at 7:31 pm
I have always enjoyed a team that skates fast, hits hard and fights when it is necessary to support their team. Fighting has always been part of the game and in my opinion should remain part of the game, however, we need people who fight when it does not put the game the team at a disadvantage.
March 21, 2008 at 11:09 pm
A lot of hard games coming up. Boston isn’t going to lay down and play dead at the Bell Center. Their in 8th place right now and they want to win .. Big time. The pressure is on them to keep a playoff spot, not the Habs. All the Habs got to do is play well and keep the pressure on. This is a must win game for Boston, which means they are going to play hard all game and not just 1, 2 or 3 periods. All past wins against Boston mean nothing, as this is “new” game. The Canadiens need to shoot more against most teams and stop trying to setup that perfect play goal. When you shoot the puck hard at the net, it just might go. Oh and they (Habs) got to stay out of the box.
March 22, 2008 at 10:47 am
Hey guys, does anyone have any info about Kovy’s new instructional video? I think it comes out on April 1…..but does anyone know where you can get your hands on one? Remembering I’m in Newfoundland.
March 22, 2008 at 12:11 pm
huge huge loss! will prevent habs from getting out of the 1st round! he was our only hitter! we were soft with him in the lineup… now forget it!
teams will take liberties like crazy. And if they put in Breezecrap, you’ve just opened the floodgates for goals in our net!
March 22, 2008 at 12:12 pm
I was talking about the loss of Komisarek. He’s out for a minimum of 3 weeks! killer!
March 22, 2008 at 12:23 pm
Komisarek out 3 weeks, and Latendresse out for tonight’s game. the bruins will hit us at will tonight, and I wouldn’t be surprised if the bruins finally win tonight! they must be licking their chops knowing our only 2 big bodies aren’t playing. Remember, we don’t play well at home, at lost our last home game to the mighty Blues! and the Sens on Monday? Neil is back in their lineup, so look out!
March 22, 2008 at 1:51 pm
I wouldn’t push the panic button just yet. The Habs should still win this game, and Komisarek will hopefully be back in time for the games that truly matter anyway.
March 22, 2008 at 3:33 pm
I agree, these injuries will show us if our team can dig down deep and play a strong defensive game. Don’t be surprised in Brisebois gets a goal or two. His problem is he does not play with intensity and therefore makes mental errors. Hopefully he will have his A game in place along with a number of other players who will have to step up to the plate. These injuries could be the best thing that could happened to the team as long as they are back for the playoffs.