Hogwash, Les Boyz. Who is this guy anyway – probably a Leaf fan. We are the most underrated team in the league. Good place to be so when we shine they can all stumble on their words. Gainey is King and he knows what he is doing. Goaltending and more scoring depth – given our speed – will kill the opponent. Naysayers need not apply.

Hi Guys & Gals.

I’m ready for the season to come. I feel that our Habs will do ok this year. Let it take it’s course…….. It will all work out………..

All it did was piss Higgy and Komi more to bring the cup to Montreal.
Look for monster seasons from both of them!!

remember 1 thing: the games we won last year, we’re won on the PP! that’s because we couldn’t score 5 on 5. And the offence is no better this year!
And, the PP is much, much worse! So, exactly how is this team better?
With players like Brisebois and Kovalev? you have to be kidding! this team is a joke!

Well see i guess, but im pretty sure were gonna make the playoffs, and im still wishing for Lecavalier to goin the greatest team ever

I guess it could go either way.
If the team finishes 13th or so, we need mayor changes. Coaching staff should then be gone and a meaningful shake on the player roster as well.
If the team finishes 7th or so and look like they are a young improving team that is getting stronger, quicker and smarter over time, then by all means, give this “process” another year to develop as it has.

The roster, as it stands right now, is NOT a Cup winning team. That being said, this is a team very capable of making the playoffs if they gell as a unit and the strengths of the squad are maximized. Some of the veterans are true leaders. The young talent is very encouraging, and even with the loss of Souray (who to my way of thinking is not a real Defenseman) our blueline has a decent combination of talent. We still have no legitimate scoring threat, but perhaps Ryder and Higgins will change that.
After last year, watching the team go from a league leader to a team that meekly bowed out in that GODAWFUL game in toronto, I am keeping my expectations in check. However, 13th? We’ll see.
GO HABS GO!!

Hey, Ive been a hab fan for the last 30years, and although I hate to admit it, I do not think we will make the playoffs this year, But I think we will finish 10th, with only Boston, Washington, Florida, NYI, and Philadelphia behind us (I think TO will be out of the playoffs at 9th position as well). Contrary to what Bob has been saying, we are rebuilding right now, And we lost some offense from last year in the form of Johnson, Souray, and Samsonov, also leadership in Bonk, Souray, and Rivet. Its going to be a tough year, but the future looks bright.

Dearest Leafs Fans,
In Bob we trust! Its ashame that you so called “fans’ have lost the feel for whats known as WINNING. As we all know its been since that forgettable year of 1967 that the “mighty” leafs have hoisted that charished Stanley Cup in front of those abnoxious Leaf Nation fans…
But enough of that, All i wish to say, and boldly state, is that the leafs will wait yet another 40(hopefully more)difficult years to hold the prize where as the habs, and this is where I boldly state, will Be parading down Ste-Catherines street come the 2009 season to mark the habs Glorious 100 year birthday! The leafs and their dilirious fans will always be in the shadows of our boys, so with that being said…Leafs Fans quit your crying and stop hiding under paper bags to hide your faces and do the noble thing…Step over and convert to Habs-Nation. It would be the best thing you so called fans would have ever done in your lives and could potentially add some more years to them aswell!
Thank you and I’ll see all of you fellow Habs fans on Ste-Catherines street in 2009!
Cheers

The only teams that will beat us in the standings are… NYR, Toronto (sad but true), Pittsburg & Ottawa

Some guy wrote an article about signing both komisarek and higgins to long term deals, 22M/6 years higgins and 19M/6 years komisarek. I have to agree that that would be a good move.

I sure hope the bulk of you guys are right. I’m a Habs fanatic and desparately want to see a better more consistent outing this year. However, I can’t see that happening. Everyones talkin about Souray and the arguement of did his goals help Montreal more than his sub-par defense hurt them or vise versa. Hey, heres a wild idea thats unheard of….HOW ABOUT WE BETTER OUR TEAM IN BOTH ASPECTS OF THE GAME – offense AND defense. Sure Hamrlik might help out defensively, but is that gonna win a hell of alot more games than Souray won with his bomb from the point? Once again I find myself saying this…we need offense fellas, good old fashioned offense. Keeping a few more pucks out of the net is not gonna mean a whole lot unless theres more goals scored. Last seasons goal tallies were horrible, can anyone argue with that? And theres been no changes to up the goal production this season. And you know Ryder (top goal scorer for the last 2 seasons) has got to be left with a sour taste in his mouth. The mere fact of how his signings the last 2 years went, he’s gotta feel unappeciated and somewhat unwanted…so are his tallies gonna stay the same? Gainey it seems is dumping all the teams resources into defense, and the fact that he admittied himself that the only player they were seriously looking at this year was Briere (who didnt wanna come there), proves this point. So, basically the only major change offensively that was made this year, was the removal of Souray’s 20+ goals. Bottom line, you need to score goals to win games, and unless theres some big jumps in production from a few players, we’re not gonna score as many as last year….a year where we still didnt make the playoffs with the amount tallied. It doesnt look good this year, but I’m a huge fan and would never change sides…it would just be nice to see our Habs put up some better numbers, play more exciting hockey and finish higher in the standings. In our conference, look for jumps in ranking from both Washington and Philly this year, just because of the OFFENSIVE additions they made in the off-season…that doesnt look good for us when all we’ve done is take offense away. A reality check is that in todays game you need to score…period. And on almost every team in the league you can pick out 2 top notch offensive stars who will have great years once again…except Montreal. Just think of it this way…our top point getters are finishing on par with the top point getters on teams like Columbus, Boston, and Florida…yet we are finishing higher than them in the standings…just imagine what high offensive players would do. Then we are pulling closer to Pitt and OTT. 13th? I hope not, I think we’ll finish higher than that…but to claw and scratch at a 8th place finish (which is what we;ll be doing again)..just to say we made the playoffs, only to exit them as quickly as they started is not much of a change than what happened last year. I want a good season, and I’ll watch every game they play yet again..but we need something more there than what we have now to be a serious contender again. GO HABS GO !

And that brings up the question,how do the Habs stack up as compared to the Sens?…yikes !!!!!….

chevy4ch honesstly now, do you sniff glue?
#1 we were 2 pts out of 8th last yr
#2 we replaced bonk with smolinski (more scoring)
#3 we replaced souray (not worth the money cough -28 no repeat season) with Hamrlik (better in his own end)
#4 halak backin up Huet instead of that moron abeschier

4 reasons why we are not worse then 13 we are better
god stop sittin near open paint cans

WITH LITTLE IN THE WAY OF ANY BIG NAMES COMING TO MONTREAL ANYTIME SOON-OF COURSE THE HABS ARE NOT GOING TO MAKE THE PLAYOFFS. THEY SHOULD FINISH LOW ENOUGH OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS TO GET TOP PROSPECTS IN THE DRAFT LIKE STAMKOS-AS PITTSBURGH DID, BUILD THEIR SYSTEM OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS AND HOPE A VINNIE WILL WANT TO COME HOME. THIS WAY WE HAVE A CHANCE OF WINNING A CUP BEFORE THE DECADE IS OUT. A NOTE ALSO TO MR. GAINEY–HOW COME THE FLYERS CAN GIVE UP ONE PLAYER FORSBERG, AND A DRAFT PICK AND COME AWAY WITH TIMONENN, UPSHALL AND HARTNELL-TWO POWER FOWARDS AND AN ALL STAR DEFENSEMAN-WHILE THE HABS SIT IDLY BY AND DO NEXT TO NOTHING. MAKES YOU WONDER.

1 word……….MAXIM!

13th spot? shame on you hockeynews!that prediction is absurd. like really!well… i won’t be subscribing to that magazine EVER!

The Hockey News is a Toronto paper, it’s writers are Toronto Boys and Leaf Fans. Just Like TSN Toronto Sports News, or Don Cherry ( I hate Quebec but I am a Christain), just like all the Sports Sations in Toronto who really believe eveyone in Canada is a Leaf Fan,and Toronto is the most storied Hockey Franshice ever now that,s a joke, only Leaf Fans and The toronto media beleive that ****. So guess what, every year the Toronto Media boys have to put down Montreal, Ottawa and the rest of Canada’s Teams. Toronto is not the world centre of Hockey, remember when Montreal had to bail out Harold Ballard and they owned 10% of the Leafs. The Hockey News is good for Bird Cage liner and that is about all.

(Ice) ur so right man. the Habs play as a team more like any other team. If Montreal makes it to the playoffs,I think they have a terrific shot at winning that cup.