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Eastern Mess

  • What is going on in the Eastern Conference?

    Philly fell apart. Ottawa is crumbling, and the Bruins are coming out of nowhere.

    How long will Ottawa struggle for before getting back in the groove? They are too good of a team to bomb the rest of the year. Or are they?

    Are the Bruins a good enough team to keep surging to the top of the Northeast?

    Which team in 9th-12th spot now is going to sneak into 8th?

    I don’t recall this many teams being this close at this point. There will be several teams missing the playoffs by 1-4 points. An overtime point, a shoot out win, or one minor error will be the difference for someone.

    The Habs are in the middle somewhere. A 1st place Division or Conference finish isn’t out of the cards. Neither is a 10th place finish.

    No room for error.

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  1. #1 habman says:
    February 29, 2008 at 10:32 pm

    Caps are the “crunk” i think…i really like Ovechkin..hes always laughing and enjoying himself..he has “fun” and it really adds to his charisma….what a great player…some scout out there is “rich’ nice “secret agent man”…thats my dream job…going to junior games all over the country and scouting….

  2. #2 habman says:
    February 29, 2008 at 10:33 pm

    Special “K” scores!

  3. #3 Xtrahabsfan says:
    February 29, 2008 at 10:44 pm

    Wow ,are you checking out Lat’s ,he want to fight tonite,lol

  4. #4 habman says:
    February 29, 2008 at 10:51 pm

    Hes tougher than i thought..what up?…Kovalev was hammering em tonight to!

    5 to 2 seven to go…fingers crossed!

  5. #5 habman says:
    February 29, 2008 at 10:55 pm

    Wow,,”Beefalo”…likes to srap tonight..with visions of Brierre still dancing in their heads!
    I got to check the weight on latendresse, hes pushing or over 200 anybody?

  6. #6 habman says:
    February 29, 2008 at 10:57 pm

    I see cheap fight coming up..Ruffs an arse hole anyway..hed do something like that

  7. #7 habman says:
    February 29, 2008 at 10:59 pm

    Dem Rochester boyz are tough too..kaleta ok ..like his style..mean mo-fo

  8. #8 habman says:
    February 29, 2008 at 11:00 pm

    Budda bing Budda bang!!!!!!!!6 to 2…odd man rush baby!

  9. #9 habman says:
    February 29, 2008 at 11:01 pm

    OH “K” already!!!…lol..the special “K” boyz are gonna be scary come playoff time!

  11. #11 habman says:
    February 29, 2008 at 11:03 pm

    Im wrong ..no late fight…

  12. #12 habman says:
    February 29, 2008 at 11:03 pm

    Good nite fellas…congrats to HAb fans and the team alike

  13. #13 habman says:
    February 29, 2008 at 11:05 pm

    Lets try to get a couple “chics” on this blog…ill scout out some “beev” for the site..theres gotta be “hab Muff” out there somewhere…

  14. #14 Xtrahabsfan says:
    February 29, 2008 at 11:31 pm

    Now ,that’s the best idea ever,lol

  15. #15 habman says:
    March 1, 2008 at 2:13 am

    I had late ,early morning vision…presidential candidate year, I really think the Refs are gonna go for the “Capitals” this year….not that they need the help..i just got this “feeling” that Washington is going to take the cup……and I hear that HUET got his shutout…good for him….i really hope that draft pick is a good one..mmmmm…yup Caps take it all!

  16. #16 STUO11 says:
    March 1, 2008 at 10:50 am

    Michael- I don’t think the habs are mising it this year lol. only only 6 more wins for 91 pts. I want to face, Philly,Boston, or even Huet(Washington) because a I’m sorry but I deon’t think the habs can kick out crosby and the pens. It’s not because of Hossa!we’ll go 4-1 against Philly,4-0 against Boston and 4-1 against the caps.

  17. #17 STUO11 says:
    March 1, 2008 at 10:51 am

    that’s just what I think, but who would you guys rather play against in the 1st round?

  18. #18 Donnie says:
    March 1, 2008 at 11:41 am

    All riiiiiiight !!! I love the new look Sens….5th place really becomes them. It also seems we sent Huet out to do our bidding for us against the Devs.

    Thats it boys, keep on scoring….keep the PP flying high and keep Mr.Price turning away 30 shots a game. We showed backbone last night also in the toughness category…..big Latandresse used his size to tap Pratt in the jaw. Komisarek is playing very discipline until they absolutely need him to throw down. Lapierre is improved 100% from last year, lotsa hustle and playing great as a forechecker. Streit is one of the most under-rated players in the league, a very important part of our success this year, and we have got to sign him next season. It’s so good to see such solid hockey once again from our Habs.

    5 of our last 17 games are against Jersey and the Sens…these are the games that probably will decide a 1st, 2nd, or 5th place finish. Big western swing coming up….20 road wins so far, and it’s gonna be good to match up with the Ducks to see where we stand.

    Keep playing great hockey boys….great performance 2 games ago Higgins, you don’t have to wait 8 games to score again…Koivu gotta stop taking penalties because he’s standing still….but all in all we’re in a position we deserve….now lets pull out all the stops and keep it. Remember, most teams that soar far into the playoffs usually finish the last 15-20 of the season on a high note…..keep playing hard….for all intended purposes we playing playoff hockey now. Thumbs up boys……GO HABS GO !!!

  20. #20 kovalevisagod27 says:
    March 1, 2008 at 1:27 pm

    i was part of that chant!!! OLE OLE OLE OLEEEEEEE

  21. #21 jack hab says:
    March 1, 2008 at 1:59 pm

    Wow! I absolutely loved the results last night. We took 1st, Huet got a SO, and
    Leafs got a point! You see gentlemen, I don’t want (the laffs) to tank. I’d like
    them to climb to 9th so they don’t even get a good pick for next year!! LOL
    Huet slapping Jersey even helped us…(I wonder if he’s still on our payroll.)LOL

    In response to a fellow poster…… I’d love to face Huet in the playoffs if
    at all possible. I’ll always be a fan of his (just like other Xhabs). The only
    difference being that I stop cheering for Xhabs once we face them! LOL
    Montreal in 1st – Washington 8th would be an ideal finish for me!!

  22. #22 habman says:
    March 1, 2008 at 2:47 pm

    When your fed and looking down…is harder to defend than hungry and looking up!

  23. #23 habman says:
    March 1, 2008 at 2:53 pm

    Ok boyz.i want to hear some predictions and player results for tonights game!…im keeping my yap shut for the rest of the night..i may have a few comments ..but guyz..show me some savvy soothsaying here…wad up with the crunk?…whos gonna score whos gonna make “the big play”?//

    mind you your intitiled to ..”WIZARD OF THE NIGHT ” award!
    GO HABSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!

  24. #24 STUO11 says:
    March 1, 2008 at 3:53 pm

    Guys I have bad news. If pittsburgh wins today, It doesn’t matter if montreal wins because Pittsburgh will still be in 1st. But montreal will be tied!

  25. #25 habsalltheway says:
    March 1, 2008 at 4:34 pm

    So then we want OTT to win. If that happens aand we can pull of the win then we have first.. :) A few “IF’S” but hey any thing can happen
    GO HABS GO

  26. #26 groundworking says:
    March 1, 2008 at 6:59 pm

    HUGE game tonight. First in the East? Screenshot? Wall poster? Many possibilities.

  27. #27 Smoore24 says:
    March 2, 2008 at 1:51 pm

    Being a Montreal transplant to Hartford I see a lot of the Bruins and have to say they have been playing extreemly well against everybody but Montreal all season and they ran into some pretty serious injuries. But like the Habs they have some young players playing big games, I’m really impressed with Milan Lucic, he’s being groomed off ice by Cam Neely and it shows. As for Ottawa I was at their first game vs. the Rangers at MSG when they were hot and they struck me as a one line team with a hot goaltender. The only player that stood out to me beyond the first line was Antoine Vermette, I think they are overated. The Habs have blown me away this season and Carey Price has been a phenom this team is reminding me of the 86 Habs when I was growing up on the south shore, hopefully they can acheive the post season success of that team.

  28. #28 mike says:
    March 8, 2008 at 10:17 am

    Hey Habsfans !

    Does anyone know if there is fan access to morning skates? My son is heading to MTL for their high school grad trip and I got him tickets to the Sens game on Mar 13. His first real NHL game ( I took him to Leafs at ACC once, pregame meal in the lounge was excellent but …. ) and I know he’d get a real kick out seeing the players close-up ( closer than the 400 level seats I got him !! ) Thanks all. GO HABS!

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  • Senet1 : Galchenyuk scores to back to back goals in shoot out to help USA win Bronze metal. I did not see the second goal but the first was a beauty.
  • Senet1 : So we could pick anywhere from 25th to 23rd depending on who wins these quarter final series.
  • Senet1 : First, is the 14 teams in the lottery. Then there are 12 teams that did not make the semi finals in the order of the seasonal finish, Then there are the four teams in the semi final the first two eliminated pick in the order of the regular season points total and the last two based on who wins and who loses the cup. So as it stand now if say Detroit beats Chicago then Detroit moves up to pick after us. Boston or NYR will move up and pick after us. LA or San Jose will move up and pick after us
  • Senet1 : Basically, I was wrong about the draft pick situation. There are three groups of drafting teams within the 30 teams.
  • 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

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