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  1. #1 chernevog says:
    September 22, 2006 at 11:02 am

    Err…. wtf is this?

  2. #2 habs#1fan says:
    September 22, 2006 at 12:57 pm

    yeah what the hell? A little bit of explanation perhaps. Are they gonna scrap it out or somethin?

  3. #3 Habs Blog says:
    September 22, 2006 at 1:15 pm

    Lol.

    Scrap it out figuratively, for the last forward spot.

    Perogie is not impressing and all the Guillaume hype is pushing him closer.

    Let’s see what he can do on the road in Toronto.

  4. #4 stevejur says:
    September 23, 2006 at 7:30 pm

    Man I know it’s pre-season but the Habs can’t stay out of the box.
    I hope this is not a sign of things to come.
    0-3 in the pre-season is a bad thing,
    it just goes to show that some of our young guys are not as good as we thought.

  5. #5 habs heart 1 says:
    September 23, 2006 at 9:51 pm

    Make that 0-4! And guess what? We open the season in Buffalo!Loss! Then we go to Toronto! loss! Then we go to Philadelphia!loss! then we’ll be 0-3! Wonderful start! By the way, in the game tonight, which we lost, of course, all 3 goals Montreal scored, were on the powerplay, which means we can’t score any even strength goals! And Toronto, didn’t even have all their regulars in the lineup. Sundin didn’t plat. we let rookies beat us, again! The habs are taking too many penalties, and their defence is HORRIBLE! Their offence is HORRIBLE TOO! T2 of the goals Toronto scored, should have been stopped! Well folks, this is going to be a long season, but short on the amount of time the Canadiens will play, because they won’t be in the playoffs!I told all of you, what the weaknesses of the habs are, and nobody listened. Are you listening now?

  6. #6 habsland here says:
    September 23, 2006 at 9:54 pm

    I agree with the last response. The habs don’t look ready for the season. Lots of work to be done. Are you listening Mr. Gainey?

  7. #7 Phil says:
    September 23, 2006 at 10:32 pm

    Relax guys the rookies are getting a chance. The team is in good hands. If this was the regular season…I would be worried. These games are against nothing teams and in the end mean little.Rather have slump now then in the regular season. I guess the press in Ontario and Quebec will hype the hell out of this.

  8. #8 Jack says:
    September 24, 2006 at 12:51 pm

    I agree with Phil; habsland and heart: take it easy. I’ll agree with you if this were the regular season. Nice to win now, sad to lose, but it means absolutely nothing (look at how Kovalev played last night — the pressure’s not yet on).

  9. #9 christin bertisilian says:
    September 24, 2006 at 1:16 pm

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  10. #10 josph serian says:
    September 24, 2006 at 1:19 pm

    hey all my frends…hahahha..do u love bababass..??????i do…u no why…because banana looks like all the hockey players

  11. #11 Razz says:
    September 24, 2006 at 3:52 pm

    That Huet guy isn’t looking too sharp to start things off. Seven goals allowed in 60 minutes of play ?! Good thing we have Abby to back him up.
    Hopefully now they will start trying to actually win the games.

    I liked Latendresse’s play last night. He is big and active. I barely notice when Perezhogin is playing. I say give Latendresse a chance to start the year, and send Perezhogin down. If if doesn’t work out after 10-12 games, then you can switch them again.

  12. #12 Phrank O'Fone says:
    September 24, 2006 at 5:49 pm

    Perezhogin won’t clear waivers – just like Hainsey last year.

  13. #13 Razz says:
    September 24, 2006 at 6:52 pm

    Clear waivers? How does that work? I thought Perezhogin was already under contract (pro contract) for this year.
    The other thing would be to put him in the lineup list at the beginning of the year, and a month or so from now put him down if he doesnt perform. In the meantime let Latendresse use Murray’s spot.

  14. #14 PACTUM SERVA says:
    September 24, 2006 at 9:54 pm

    lol relax guys this is just the preseason Wow i thought it would take a little longer before people started jumping OFF the bandwagon.Some things never change lol

  15. #15 Phrank O'Fone says:
    September 25, 2006 at 4:54 am

    If you send a player with an NHL contract to the minors, he has to clear waivers when he is recalled to the NHL. That is how Montreal lost Ron Hainsey to Columbus last season. If the player has a two way contract (2 different salaries depending on where he plays) he does not have to clear that hurdle and can be sent back and forth any number of times during the season.

    Like PACTOM said though, let’s relax here – it’s only training camp. There is no trophy at the end and no one gets eliminated. It’s just working out the wrinkles and smoothening rough edges. Getting line combos tunes, defense pairs reaquianted, and judginge some rookies against big league competition. Only the last three exhibition games matter much.

  16. #16 jay says:
    September 25, 2006 at 7:28 am

    Allright everyone, just a little bit of perspective here!IT’S PRE-season that means that most players (NHLERS not ROOKIES)like it or not spend their time wondering which broad on cresent street their going to bang after the game is done, before they go home to their wives.And not about the outcome of a meaningless hockey match made up of 60% hopefulls that will be on their way back to the minors anyway!!!Is it the right attitude..NO! But if the NHL was full of players like HIGGs and Koivu it would be a different league!having been at all three games in MTL, Samsonov looks like he just needs to find his stride, which is normal for any newcomer that plays a KEY position, as does Huet, give him at lease a good 10 games or so to get his form!Koivu looks to be about the best thing on the ice right now! But that’s why he’s the C. So ease up on the panic guys the season only starts in October! and until then…GO HABS GO !

  17. #17 Alestar says:
    September 25, 2006 at 12:28 pm

    RE: Latendresse taking a spot

    Found this quote on the TSN site:

    Following Montreal’s second exhibition game vs. the Bruins, new Habs coach Guy Carbonneau said he was disappointed in the Sergei Samsonov-Mike Ribiero-Alexei Kovalev line. While, last year’s camp sensation, winger Guillaume Latendresse, has been getting the locals in a froth again with his exciting play. “That’s fun,” said Carbonneau. “But the fans won’t put him on this team.” – Boston Globe

  18. #18 Habs Blog says:
    September 25, 2006 at 1:17 pm

    Every comment Carbonneau has made has been leaning towards him NOT being on the team. That’s why I think even if he scores 2 hat tricks he’s still gonna be sent back.

  19. #19 habsland here says:
    September 25, 2006 at 7:28 pm

    It would be a huge mistake to send Latandresse back to the minors. He can only gain experience by putting him in the lineup. Sending him back, will only hurt his confidence, and he will gain nothing. Give him a chance in the NHL to see what he can do. What will it take to stick with the big club? As far as I can see, he adds size, strength, and scoring talent, something the Canadiens dearly need, and are now lacking! How can Carbo take Ribeiro over Latandresse? I say send Ribeiro packing, he doesn’t belong. Give Latandresse a chance, because I really think he will do what Higgins did last year. Just let him play!

  20. #20 Frodo says:
    October 2, 2006 at 10:22 am

    I think rebeiro just needs a nother chance he is after all a prity good play maker sure hes not tough but he dose have some skill.

  21. #21 **Higgin's Chick** says:
    October 4, 2006 at 12:39 pm

    Some skill that we had enough of here in Monreal…I think we did a great thing trading him

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  • Senet1 : I want the Bruins to win anyway so that we pick ahead of them in the Draft.
  • Senet1 : Muller you got your wish NYR won game 4. So the Bruins will have to play another game at least.
  • 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
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  • 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.

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