Game 69: Devils/Habs

Marty Brodeur may or may not tie Patrick Roy’s win record tonight. A nice story, but not important. Patrice Brisebois starts his 1000th game. Another nice story. Not important.

Habs are up against a very tough team and having left a point on the table against the Islanders, earning some tonight becomes even more crucial.

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#1 crankyintoronto says:
March 14, 2009 at 11:01 pm

Let’s face it guys, its not working…even with Guy gone, there is a malise on this team…I wished I knew the answer, but I do not. There’s a lot of high priced help that should have the answer and do not (Mr. Gainey). It’s a regroup for 2009-10 season at this point. The game tonight was a great summary of the ills. Few were willing to mix it up…and I am sick and tired of watching les glorieux watching the other team take the puck in the cormers…come on, if you are not willing to do it for pride, earn your contract

#2 Donnie says:
March 15, 2009 at 11:15 am

Firing Carbs or not firing Carbs….who cares, it’s done…these guys weren’t playing for Carbs the same way they are not playing for Gainey. The reasons theres problems it seems that this is just a horrible team. There’s no one playing for anything…they are just going thru the motions night after night…and is the softest team assembled in this league.
Our D don’t hit, they get get beaten too easily, they back up and surrender the top half of our zone on any given rush by the opponents, and some of them even let up when racing to the boards for the puck because they don;t want to get hit..thus, surrendering the puck to the other team.
Our forwards, can’t pick up breakout passes cleanly, dump it in 90% of the time however are not strong enough to go and win it back, when we do carry it in the zone it’s always with elbows scraping the boards…where alot of our shots on net come from, they refuse to try and stick handle into the slot , go to the slot or front of the net in any way shape or form..this also in because they don;t want to get hit….and when they get hit along the boards they stop skating and glide, whereas the other team delivers the hit and keeps going for that puck.
How is a team like this supposed to win? Basically we have a team trying to win without body contact, hitting, breaking a nail or sweating at all….a disgrace in any season, let alone this one. Even when Koivu, Tanguay and Plekanec want to work for the puck they are too small…they usually get flicked rather easily to the ice as the other team progresses. Two thirds of this squad are skilled enough to score goals or create offense, and the third that can are too scared and girl-like to go to the net and don what it takes to score them. Wow, what do you do if you’re a coach, a GM or an owner?
Even guys who have showed promise….our “BIG” propest guys like D”Agostini and Pacioretty look terrible out there now…..sucked into the void that this Habs team creates.

This is the absolute worse I have ever seen this team play, but the reasons why I have already written. Right now I am embarassed to be a Habs fan (never thought I’d ever say that), I don;t even care to watch these fiascos anymore.

We take alot of penalties…..well, bad teams take penalities. It stems from lack of composure, lack of skill, being frutrated at urselves for having no ba*lls to play this game right.
Truth is, right now, we are an Atlanta, Florida, TB or NYI. We are 2 easy points now for anyone it seems, and this season is a wash. We will NOT make the playoffs, and who cares if we do scrape in there….this bunch of women can’t go anywhere. Tear it down Gillette…tear it down, pay for a legit first line center and start again from there. Stay away from an overload of these soft Euro girls and get some good Canadian boys ( and it is OK if they speak predominatly English)…just build the best team you can….Koivu should be first on the block…should have been gone years ago, is the most invisble captain on the ice in the NHL, and is getting 4.5 a year for this ???
Anyways guys, long rant, sorry….I enjoy this site and come on a couple times a day to read what you guys write…probably gonna be my last time writing this season though cuz its all regurgitated junk I say….basically can;t think of any different ways to say this team stinks anymore….I give up…later men.

#3 Joseph says:
March 15, 2009 at 3:43 pm

The truth, Donnie, is that Atlanta, Florida, Tampa Bay and New York have been a tougher two points than the Habs as of late. So please don’t insult those teams by comparing them to ours.

#4 teamhab says:
March 18, 2009 at 1:46 am

Donnie…you are right on every single count. So sad , so sad.

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Senet1 : He may just bring all three of the kids up.
muller93 : MB is forced to go out and get a big D-man. Missing Emelin for almost half the season is the last thing we needed to hear. Now going out and getting a big D-man is a MUST!!!
muller93 : Now for the Fu**en Bruins who have no business even being in the second round are going to get a nice rest. Yes the same goons who took out one of best D-man for 6 more months. There is NO Fu**en justice. Just venting--Ok i feel better now.
muller93 : So pissed to see the Rangers lay down and play like total crap. How did the Rangers beat the Caps? This team is playing with no heart--a must win and can only muster 23 shots...PATHETIC !!!
muller93 : Senet I did see Galchenyuks goal--Made a great move for the game winner. You can see the kid has so much confidence.
goalie : If Rangers get swept I wonder if Tortorella will get his walking papers? Or Glen Sather? They have tons of 'talent' but zero wins in this series.
goalie : It's really too bad we lost to the Sens as we would have played the Rangers and the way NYR are playing we would have beat them too. If only. If only!
Senet1 : Actually I agree it was a good move for them to play a shorter season and get the experience. He could not have played in the minors this year he would have had to play junior or the NHL. However, he now has a year under him and knows what to expect next year and hopefully take a bigger responsibility on the team. Did you see those two goals in the bronze game? Wow.
muller93 : Good move by the Habs not having Galchenyuk play in the minors. Now Galchenyuk has 1 year in the NHL and playoff experience this is going to pay off big time come next year.
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.
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