51 Name,

Thats a great wish list you’ve got there, but most of these things will not happen. Carbonneau has done a formidable job in this first tenure on the job…you have to look at what Gainey has given him to work with, it’s not his fault they have faltered in the second half.

The only thing we can hope for is a strong finish, and hope it gets us in, thats it

hey 51 NAME….did you say trade Higgins, are you on crack?
give it 2 more years and he will have the “C” on his chest.

I’m hearing that even if we were to win 5/7, we still may not make it in. The dammn Rangers won’t quit winning. We didn’t get the help we needed from SJ Saturday night either. Cross our fingers and pray to Christ this all works out. The way were playing right now, which is HOT…..we could beat the swordsmen right now!

Where there is Life there is hope. I have hope, but not much. The odds are overwhelming stacked against us. IF we do manage to make it to the post season, will we have anything left to give?

I get so disapointed with my Habs, compassion I guess.

WOOF, WOOF, GO HABS GO, WOOF, WOOF…….

We need for The Canes & NYI’s to loose their next games. If they do, then all we have to do is keep pace with them. Win when they win, if loose when they loose we will be in, cause with a tie for 8th we have more wins.

I know, “IF: is the key word.

Top ten misconceptions in the NHL:

10)Brad Richards is worth over 6 million
9)Calgary is dangerous team this year
8)Vancouver has a good cast to support Luongo
7)Holmqvist is a number one goalie
6)Ryan smyth would guarantee a playoff spot
5)Souray is seriously considering LA in the offseason
4)Justin WIlliams is an all-star
3)Keith Tkachuk is a team player
2)Matt Stajan is a NHL caliber player
1)Alex kovalev is the habs biggest problem

that’s why I said “if” we had won, 8th would be a shoe-in right now, and there would be no reason to bit our nails

I was really hoping Gainey would go after him, man would he have really helped us, but, there is still this summer, maybe. Better do better than Samsonov this time around….stay away from the europeans and go good ol’ Canadania this time around

Boy, I hope this “calculation” turns out to be the gospel come seasons end. I really like where those f’in Laffs sit in all this…thumbs up!

Don’t laugh at the LEAFS just yet. We still need there help.

Dawg:

We should ALWAYS laugh at the Leafs! Every single chance that we get.

Also, forget about the Leafs beating Carolina — I think that we should still be hoping that Carolina destroys the Leafs tomorrow night — If Toronto wins, they could be tied with us. Our divisional team to beat for the post-season is Toronto. Hopefully, Carolina can also later take Tampa Bay out of the playoff picture for us.

Rob,I must correct you on the also rans category,#9 New York Islander-90.8 points ,#10 Tampa Bay Lightning-90.3. Please use more caution when displaying less than points and do you do Tax’s? Wow getting beat out by .2,freeking brutal,if that happens to the HABS….I’M JUMPING !LOL

Oh boys !!! I thought that I knew a bit about hockey. But, you guys make me sound stupid….LOL….

But I bet that I konw more about Dawg food though…LOL….

WOOF, WOOF, WOOF

coutNY_HabsFan:

You are correct, sir!

Bottom line:

The simpler calculation…

If the Habs can somehow eke out four wins in their next six games, they should be in the playoffs with 92 points. The indications from the hockey gods are looking more favorable right now. It seems a stronger possibility now.

As that guy, Izzy, used to say in his trade speculations, I will let you know for sure whether the Habs have made the playoffs on April 8.

Rob. #78. How do you figure that?

here’s the playoff problem. If we finish the season tied with the same number of points, as say TB or Carolina, then it comes down to wins. If we have more wins, we’re in. But Carolina has 1 game in hand, and TB has won 2 more games than us. Even tho NYR are 3 points ahead of us, we play them twice, and they don’t have any games in hand. Carolina has by far 1 of the easiest schedules, and 1 game in hand. They would have to lose 2 more games than us, because ending up tied with them, we won’t get in. They have 4 fewer losses. TB has 2 more wins than us, so they would need to lose 2 more games than us. Since TB plays Carolina twice, we need 1 team to dominate the other and beat them twice. My guess is Carolina, since TB seems to have less than reliable goaltending. NYI are only tied with us, not actually in 8th place, but still have 1 game in hand. I don’t think they can beat the NYR.(rangers have won the last 3 against them). I still believe that the team we need to beat, are the NYR. We play them twice. So unless Carolina or TB screws up , we will NOT mAKE THE PLAYOFFS! We must win every single game,period! Beating Ottawa or Toronto,and NYR twice, will be very difficult! Too bad Abbyshit lost so many games for us! Looking back, that game in PITT, we would have won(with Halak in nets). And how about those 2 losses in January(with the flu), we gave away points, and I could go on and on, but what’s the point? We have nobody else to blame but ourselves, and now it’s just too late, and we’re running out of games! Let’s hope next season is better, if 1 or 2 UFA’s or trades, and we don’t have to go thru this again!
Oh, BTW, I hope we DON’T RESIGN SOURAY! THAT WOULD BE A TERRIBLE MISTAKE! HE’S HORRIBLE DEFENSIVELY, AND CASE YOU HAVEN’T NOTICED IT, HIS GOAL PRODUCTION HAS GONE WAY DOWN IN THE 2ND HALF,(because other teams have taken away his shot from the point), and he’s not worth 5 million. You’ll see, next season his goal production will be around 12(same as McCabe), and he will still be HORRIBLE DEFENSIVELY, and cost us games, because of his giveaways! There’s no way he will duplicate his goal production, and it would be better for GAINEY to spend that money on a UFA, PROVEN GOAL SCORER!
That’s all. I trust Gainey will NOT offer him over 4.5 million, because of his bad defence. GAINEY DOESN’T WANT TO MAKE THE SAME MISTAKE TWICE!

I do hope that they change the point system for next season. If you win, either in regulation, OT, or in a shootout, you get 2 points. The loser , in regulation , OT, or shootout, gets NOTHING! That’s the fair way. It would force teams to play harder in OT.
Another issue, bothering me, is the point system for determining the playoffs!
If a team finishes in 1st place in their own division, division leaders are ranked ahead of any other teams! Now, if a team in another division finishes with more points than a division leader, it’s unfair for them to be below them for a playoff position. I think teams should be ranked according to points, not where they finish, and it shouldn’t be separated, eastern and western conference. Put all the team together,ie, Detroit, then Buffalo, and so on. Nobody cares about east, west matchup for the finals. It should be the best 2 finishers in all the playoffs. We used to use that crisscross system about 20 years ago, and then they changed. Why? It sure would be more interesting and exciting to open the 1st round against Calgary, instead of Buffalo, right? The NHL definitely needs to a) change the playoff format,b) the point system,c) make the schedule more balanced, so we can see more teams from the western conference.

coutNY_HabsFan:

That video on “Clark, the Canadian Hockey Goalie” (post #86) was fricken’ hilarious! However, I think that Raycroft would be charged with too many errors at shortstop. Abby might also be better trying the soccer version of this video.

What’s boring about Kickin Bear ***.

Get it. Bear ***………

Thank you I’m here all week.

The game of Hockey is going right down the *******. They are ruining the game with all these rule changes and stuff.

WIN, LOSS & TIE. THAT’S IT. DAMNIT.

Guy’s:

Kind of off topic,but I’m sure that everybody on here has heard the CBC has signed a new 6 year contract extension. Not really great news if you are a Hab fan but better than if CTV/TSN had the rights to saturday night hockey because they are TOTALLY infatuated with the Leafs. So it will probably be more of the same Leaf garbage every saturday, but they will doing live streaming of games on the internet as well I also heard that CBC will not have the rights to as many Leaf games as they used to (TSN wants more Leaf games,they can have em)so maybe those morons at the CBC will in the future, show more Hab games.

Anybody want a good laugh, go to globesports.com and read the comments about the CBC HNIC story. People are tearing a HUGE strip of Ron, Don et al, even the people of Toronto no less. HNIC needs a complete makeover NOW!!!

GO HABS GO!!!

Kovalev is still a piece of **** !!!
I hear ya when you say this is the time when he comes alive….well my feeling is, that if that is the case-why has he not come alive already…TO GET THE HABS INTO THE PLAYOFFS.. yeah I know 2 goals the other night..but you know what??? Kovalev is still a piece of **** !!!!!
As much as I love the Habs, if they miss the playoffs and Kovalev is gone for next year..it’s worth the sacrifice….. I’ll just look at my Habs tatoo
all summer and look forward to the next season.
We def need some help from the other teams if we are going to make it, problem
is those other teams we need the help from are also winning..Bummer !!