Murray even managed to make his way onto the third line with his play last spring which was a real reward for his play. BUt he has stunk on several nights this year and his confidence has looked very low. This was a move Carbo had to make and if it gets worse for us more notable characters will follow.

IF Carbo really wanted to make a statement he would put RIvet on waivers. WHy?

1. Because he really deserves to be demoted at this point. no arguments
2. NO one would take him anyways
3. HIs salary demands are outrageous and would bring his agent back to earth
4. IT would be a real wake up call for all of his frinds and teammates
5. It would prove you cant get a spot on this club just for being a leader
6. HE has been so awful that I am starting to laugh each time he touches the puck. ALthough its more of a hysterical laugh.

I think Carbo is clutching at straws, he knows his time is up, wouldn’t be suprised if the shareholders are waiting until the summer to can Gainey and Carbo, unless they pull a magic trick outa the hat and force these great players we have to play well, great. Honestly we have snipers in Souray and Ryder, great movers like Koivu and Kovalev, and young upstarts like Lapierre and Gui…..

Boy if we have to include Souray (who’s a D-man) as one of our snipers we’re in trouble.
As for Ryder love the guy but a soccer net won’t help him.

We do not have one pure goalscorer like:
Kovalchuk, Nash, Heatley, G.Murray, Cheechoo, Havlet etc.

Those are goalscorers not Souray and Ryder, Pleaseeeeeee!

Hey maybe with a little luck Downie might get 5 goals this year, what a sniper.

let’s stop talking about how the team is doing bad or has to improve or just wait and relax- they will improve.

Soooooo….. Any new rumour?

Well this won’t really make a difference. I doubt any of the Russians or Rivet are going to go ‘Oh man, they put a fourth line guy who makes the league minimum on waivers. Better step up my game!’

Did you see Sammy when he was benched. He looked like he didn’t give a **** that he got benched. He was just sitting there waiting for his next paycheck. I heard that he might be a healthy scratch tonight and I hope that’s true. Let him sit around in the press box instead of the ice.

And judging what Pierre McGuire said on the Team 990 today I hope Gainey makes a strong push for Scott Gomez since he wants to come to a hockey market with and up and coming team, which the Habs are no matter what anyone says. Although he might chose Edmonton or Calgary, maybe even Van city(Vancouver), because it’s close to home(he’s from Alaska).

I didn’t know that Markov had moved his entire family out to Montreal. And now that he’s taken out a canadian citizenship it’s only a matter of time before he inks a long contract extension with the Habs.

It is true that Rivet, after getting the news of his scratch tonight, stormed out of the Bell center.That’s great news, because you know Gainey won’t let him act in such a manner, and it usually means-”you’re gone from Montreal”. I hope they get rid of him. Also, I commented last night, that Maybe Carbo is losing this team, and that they are starting to tune him out. That was also reported on the local tv channel here. as well reported, that Carbo might be acting too aggressively toward this losing streak. But I think he is acting appropriately. If you give players an inch, they will take a mile!
Samsonov also agrees that the media is on him, and has been from the beginning of the season. if he scored goals, then of course nobody would bother him. Man, is he stupid, or what? So now we have a bunch of underachievers who aren’t willing to go to the wall for their coach. stay tuned. If the habs lose tonight, I shudder to think of the consequences. Carbo is certainly not afraid to speak his mind, and take action.

habs not playing well, down 2-0. can you say “”loss”?
Kovalev keeps turning the puck over, and the hab fans are booing .
next player to go, Kovalev!

The ROCKET has just turned in his grave!!!

Yeah, then why did none of the big name free agents come to Montreal in the summer and why haven’t any come in the last few years. Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm……………..

Oh yah, TAXES.

Your a naïve little child who refuses to give up on the past. Deal with it.

Why is it every other team has a back up plan,ie. Comrie 2 goals so far tonite for Ottawa, and ours is DOWNIE.

Craig Hartsberg, calling Craig Hartsberg!!!

Joshtm, do you pay attention to hockey at all? Do you read articles or watch t.v. when hockey writers are talking about what GM’s are doing? Do you know who Pierre LeBrun or Pierre McGuire are?

In the summer Bob Gainey aggresively persued Brendan Shanahan who used Montreal to get more money out of the Rangers, he went after Patrick Elias but he decided to go back to the swamp cause of taxes, he went after Jeff Halpern, but he wanted to stay in the States and avoid those taxes, he went after Jason Arnott but him and his wife didn’t want to deal with the taxes and he went after Zdeno Chara as well.

He went after those guys like a Bat out of hell but didn’t get any of them cause they didn’t want to play in Montreal.

Contrary to your beliefs, Montreal is NOT an attractive destination for most FA’s. Cause they don’t like the taxes and they don’t want to deal with fans like you.

Why don’t you actually read up on what Gainey’s doing instead of making up your own conclusions in your head while trying to get your radio to work.

Your an uneducated fan who thinks he knows everything yet doesn’t bother getting his facts straight. Try actually finding out what’s going on before slamming people.

And if you want to know who’s a Leafs fan, take a look at who everyone else agrees on. YOU. So go but on your Lanny McDonald jersey and pretend it’s 1967 for the next 3 days.

Oh, and Gainey didn’t draft about 4/5 of this team. He didn’t draft Murray or Downey or Rivet or any other player you seem to hate. The only mistake he’s made is Samsonov. Moron.

I now have to retract a statement I made earlier. I said the habs would finish in 7th or 8th place, and squeeze into the playoffs. WRONG! they won’t make the playoffs, not with this team! unless they make drastic changes, I don’t see this bunch of misfits getting in. I say trade Samsonov, Kovalev, Rivet, Aebischer, ASAP, and bring up Danis, and make Huet a backup. otherwise there is no hope for this team. they look pathetic, and doesn’t look like they have any confidence. Thursday, in Atlanta, expect a loss, and Saturday against Buffalo, expect another loss, which would mean 5 losses in a row. Remember we have now been shut out 2 games in a row, and our PP his only 9 for last 54, and we can’t score 5 on 5. Wow! How did we get so messed up? Gainey are you listening? You better be on the phone making trades!

I just listened to Higgins being interviewed. he said this is the worst hockey he has ever seen a professional team play, and that: “the fans deserve better”!
he said: ” we were horrible, and we are playing without any confidence”.
I said before, don’t touch this or that guy, because they are untouchables, but on this team , there are NO UNTOUCHABLES! trade them all, because THEY ALL STINK!! I’m now embarrassed to be a habs fan!

Wow, this was bad night in Hockeytown. Three shutouts to start this year when previously we had not had lost one in over a year. What the hell happened the past few weeks that differed from the first part of a winning season.

I think what’s been conspiring is all the guys made a pack to stay in Montreal! Hear me out… these guys got together over christmas and decided to play like **** to insure that by the trade dead-line absolutely no one would be worth ****! Markov and Souray know their worth was getting out of the dollar range of the Montreal Cap restrictions, so they both have devised a scheme to plummit their value to remain habs. Huet just playing along with the game giving up 10 unanswered goals. Rivet and Sammy they’ve been playing the game a little bit longer, they’re probably the master minds behind this whole ruse. Maybe it is a hazing of Carbo. I do not think anyone told Carbo, he is probably going to have a coronary that’s if Gainey does rip his heart first!

Guys all we need to do is click our heals three times and say there is no place like home, there is no place like home… and we will wake from this miserable, made for TV, nightmere! Oh yeah, Home hasn’t been that kind to us lately.
There no place like Phili?????

No arm chair GM tonight… Everyone looked weak, frustrated, and broken!

I hate Jan Bulis the guys so ****.
He had that smug look on his face after his goal like he’s such a great player.
I just wanted to ***** slap that piece of ****.
Good luck in Vancouver reality will sink in soon enough.
Enjoy the ride and we’ll see you on waivers soon, *****!

Guys don’t feel so bad Buffalo, San Jose, Anaheim and Montreal are all in a slumps.
We will prevail and get back on track.
It’s good that we’re losing now, this will build character for the playoffs.
We’ll get on a major role before the playoffs and carry that momentum to the end.

Eastern Final – Montreal vs. Buffalo
West Final – Nashville vs. Anaheim

Don’t worry we got Bob, Guy, Kirk and Jarvis.
This team will bounce back, trust me.

Go Habs Go, For Life!

Right on Smiler2729. You make some very good points. The constant negativity I believe is bringing the entire team down right now and it has got to stop. The coaches hear it and I’m sure the players hear it as well. Now I know the Habs are playing absolutely BRUTAL, but all the whinning in the world by us fans isn’t going to change it. The team has to go out on the ice and do it’s job, or at least pretend like they are working at it, and WE have to find a way to SUPPORT them,WIN or LOSE. It will be interesting who will be in OR out of the line up on thursday’s game. Just this…FOR GOD’S SAKES…PLEEEEAAAASSSSEEEE SCORE SOME GOALS!!! GO HABS GO!!!

I’m on ur side Habs#1, these guys are a bunch of ignorant retards!