Hats off to the Habs
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A win tonight will put the Canadiens into 1st in the Conference and force the Penguins to win tomorrow.
Depending how the chips fall into place over the last weekend of the regular season,
it looks as though the Canadiens will play the Senators, Bruins or Flyers in the first round.The Maple Leafs may look to spoil the party and go out with a bang like they did against the Senators, injuring 2 key players.
Regardless of how it all ends, the Canadiens have surprised and impressed, exceeded any and all expectations, and find themselves with a very legitimate shot at winning it all.
Go Habs Go!
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- 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.
- 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,
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April 6, 2008 at 10:46 am
Well gentlemen, I must confess that for today I’m a Philly!?? fan… uh, way too long… OK. From
3 – 6 I’ll be a fan!! No that’s not it either. OK F!@K them – but I do hope they pull off a win
today, then our team can go ahead and crush them in the playoffs.
CHEERS TO A GREAT SEASON.
April 6, 2008 at 10:50 am
IT DOESN’T MATTER WHAT DONNA CHERRY THINKS……………
April 6, 2008 at 11:04 am
Ice Man,I also woke up today thinking what a f@cking Archie Bunker sore loser wanabe but never will, REDNECK with a low IQ NEVER MADE IT AS A COACH OR A PLAYER and always lost to the Habs when it counted, Don Cherry is and will alway’s be.Al Gore just classified Don Cherry’s mouth as the worlds biggest contributor to noxious emissions ,lol….” some one should shove a catalytic converter in that idiot’s mouth!!!”
April 6, 2008 at 12:06 pm
Don cherry and the rest of the world never can give us any credit. Many said we would not make the playoffs. We have finnished first in the east even if pittsburg wins today we still have the same points as far as i am concerned.What more do we have to do to prove that we are a great team?. Havent we already proved enough? Playoffs are different i know but i think its safe to say the the days of not making the playoffs are long behind us now. Lets stop all the hate and trash talk on here boys and just enjoy a team we all love. We have waited to long for this and its time once again for our boys to pull off some magic in 2008 GO HABS GO
April 6, 2008 at 1:16 pm
If we face Boston look for them to play a cheap brand of hockey. They simply can’t
contend with our speed/skill… and another thing… Tim Thomas…. PAH -LEASE!
April 6, 2008 at 1:21 pm
Archie Bunker? Bahaha! Does that make Ron MacLean Edith?
April 6, 2008 at 2:19 pm
No, that makes Ron Maclean “MeatHead”.
April 6, 2008 at 2:38 pm
Forget about 11 wins over Boston; forget about regular season wins.
It’s playoff!!!
April 6, 2008 at 4:24 pm
Yes do not take any one as an easy pick, playoff hockey is a whole new season, we should be fine as long as we play our style of game and keep things simple and fast… we have as good a chance as anyone else in the east… its a whole new season folks let the games begin!!!!
April 6, 2008 at 4:41 pm
Flyers up 1-0 after two, and they’ve had SEVEN short-handed chances against the lifeless Penguins. I don’t think that Pittsburgh wants to play Philadelphia in the first round.
April 6, 2008 at 5:06 pm
Xtrahabsfan; I agree Brother.
“Cry Baby Sid” a No Show today in a game to win 1st in the East.
What a JOKE of a Captain he is.
April 6, 2008 at 5:27 pm
WE ARE #1
April 6, 2008 at 5:29 pm
Yep, Habs win the East!
April 6, 2008 at 5:32 pm
First in the east baby!!!!! Go Habs
April 6, 2008 at 5:34 pm
They are gutless makes me sick ….
April 6, 2008 at 5:34 pm
What a classy team the Pens are. They threw the game Sunday, not to play Philly. At least Montreal played Kovy……….
April 6, 2008 at 5:39 pm
Throwing games is a bad idea. They’ll pay for it too.
April 6, 2008 at 5:42 pm
Such a shame for Crosby to miss the welcome mat that the fans had out for him in Philadelphia too.
April 6, 2008 at 5:42 pm
Congratulations Habs, season well done,salute!
My fresh ,crisp “center ice” jersey just came back from the cleaners!
YEAAAEHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Im gonna drink now…or i mean more!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
April 6, 2008 at 5:43 pm
Hey Joseph I would love to have Iginla on my team, and based on the way Malkin played today I would definitely like him over Malkin. I still take Crosby first but you know, it all depends on what you need which of the three players you are going to select. Emough said.
April 6, 2008 at 5:46 pm
Crosby is a cry baby .. dont want him thanks , I will take Iginla, or big Joe Thor , Vinnie … there are plenty of class acts out there with guts and honor .
April 6, 2008 at 5:48 pm
Well, I wouldn’t use anything that happened in today’s game as any indication of what kind of player Malkin is. The Penguins didn’t show up for this game, collectively, and the suggestion that it was on purpose is becoming less difficult to believe.
That being said, Crosby is a whining *****, and I cannot stand him.
April 6, 2008 at 5:50 pm
Well I have to agree, if Pitts actually tried to lose this game then I have no respect for them. Crobsy came back too soon from his injury, the type of injury he had is worse than a break and many players who have this injury continue to have trouble with it for years.
Having said that Pitts seems to play without Crosby for quite some time and successfully so it should not have mattered whether he was in the line up or not. they are definitely a better team with Crosby in the lineup but Malkin’s team did not show up today and from what I saw there was just no effort there at all, which means this team has no pride. Pitts owed Boston and Ottawa there best game and they did not give it. They also owed their fans their best effort to finish first, and they DID NOT GIVE IT. I lost my respect for this organization today.
April 6, 2008 at 5:55 pm
I lost my respect for them a while ago. Typical Pittsburgh mentality: they refuse to change with the times. (Trust me, I know what I’m talking about.) They think that they can run and gun their way to Stanley Cups by loading up with superstar talent. Well, that approach doesn’t work anyumore, sadly.
Pittsburgh is like an 85-year old physician who keeps wanting to throw first generation penicillin at everything that has evolved to resist it.
April 6, 2008 at 5:57 pm
As far as having Vinni or Thornton I really like both of these guys and if I am looking for a centreman to build a team around give me big Joe. I have always like him. I would take Vinni too because he is a good fit in Montreal. But like Gretzky Crosby will have people who do not like him. I for one would not turn him down if I had chance to get him on my team. There are a lot of very good players in the League. I am parcial to Canadian boys though because to me they have more passion for what the Stanley Cup really means.
April 6, 2008 at 5:59 pm
I’m right there with you with regard to Canadian players, Senet 1. I’m just a little more picky about which Canadians I’d want.
History has shown: no Canadians = no Cup
April 6, 2008 at 6:01 pm
Joseph, good point. Today reminded me of Detroit a few years ago, all they had to do was tie or beat Chicago and Montreal was in the playoffs, stead they brought up their AHL goalie and sat out all their best players and got beat. It was obvious they did not want the Habs in the Playoffs that year.
April 6, 2008 at 6:03 pm
habs are mostly a euro team. Does that mean no cup for us?
April 6, 2008 at 6:04 pm
104 points, 262 goals, 24.2% powerplay efficiency, Division winners, Eastern Conference winners!
Woooooooooooo-hooooooooooooo!
April 6, 2008 at 6:05 pm
“habs are mostly a euro team. Does that mean no cup for us?”
Sadly, yes. But that won’t stop me from believing!
April 6, 2008 at 6:06 pm
Question: Has any European Captain ever lead his respective team to a Stanley Cup?
Answer: No.
April 6, 2008 at 6:08 pm
Well give me a whole team of Canadian boys and with a few decent superstar players and my team will be there every year. You should be picking and if you were the general manager and did not like Crosby then you should not take him. I know that if he were on my team especially had say the Canadiens drafted him he would have a different attitude than he has, he became too important tot he Pittsburg team too soon. If he were on my team we would not have been team captain until he stopped his wining.
April 6, 2008 at 6:09 pm
We have enough Canadian content on our team, I am not against non canadian players I am just saying if I had my choice I would pick a canadian boy.
April 6, 2008 at 6:10 pm
I don’t know… 19 years of whining is difficult to undo, good coaching or not. These guys aren’t military drill sergeants.
April 6, 2008 at 6:11 pm
I concur, Senet 1. Nothing wrong with a healthy mix. The Canadian factor just must be present, and preferably in a leadership role.
April 6, 2008 at 6:12 pm
I am not sure if a non Canadian Captain has ever won the SC. What about Dallas. Who was their captain?
April 6, 2008 at 6:13 pm
Modano.
April 6, 2008 at 6:13 pm
Yank.
April 6, 2008 at 6:15 pm
Well we have a Canadian Boy leading the way in Goal, Our defence is mostly Canadian although I have to admit that Markov is so far a good leader back there. Up front, Kovy seems to be our leader this year. The one thing I see in Kovy this year he seems to want to prove something and even though he is not our Captain most of the time he has been our team leader all year.
April 6, 2008 at 6:16 pm
Thats what I was thinking that Modano was the captain I knew he was a Yank.
April 6, 2008 at 6:18 pm
I think that the Habs, being the Habs, can make anything happen. I truly do. They could write the book on pioneerism in the NHL. So anything is possible with this group.
April 6, 2008 at 6:19 pm
On an unrelated note, Marcus Naslund played on he fourth line in Pittsburgh in the early nineties. How scary was that team?
April 6, 2008 at 6:24 pm
It is your senior players that take these rookies aside and tell them they are embassing their teammates. That is were the leadership role comes in, as a rookie you better toe the line or else. Crosby came into Pittsburg and basically was the star of the team overnight and soon to be captain as well. There was no mentorship there at all.
April 6, 2008 at 6:26 pm
On the other hand, you can’t polish a ****. In this case, the **** being his personality (because everyone knows that he has tremedous skill). I suspect that he played with girls a lot growing up. And when I say ‘played’, I mean with doll houses.
April 6, 2008 at 6:26 pm
I just pictured young Stewart saying “You want to go?”to Chara,this is going to be to much fun !!!!Ole Ole Ole….
April 6, 2008 at 6:29 pm
It is more like: “You want to go you Ugly *** Bigfoot”…
April 6, 2008 at 6:31 pm
Zdeno ‘The Giant’ Chara has a future in the WWF after hockey. Another fine product of Pittsburgh, PA.
April 6, 2008 at 6:31 pm
LOL
April 6, 2008 at 6:32 pm
Joe said; “Has any European Captain ever lead his respective team to a Stanley Cup? Answer: No.
I say “This year will be the FIRST”
April 6, 2008 at 6:33 pm
And Joe hopes that you’re right on the money, Ice Man.