Hunting Wild Game

Game Notes for tonight.
- Frank Bouillon will be in the lineup, but as a forward.
- Tomas Plekanec is getting a second chance to play with Kovalev and Samsonov.
Should be a very fast paced game.

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#1 ROFL1967 says:
November 22, 2006 at 3:38 pm

Such a shame i’m gunna miss it

So glad to see the B-Man back. How is Higgins getting on? back in time for Christmas? And i assume Huet between the pipes?

BTW if your interested, the Ashes between England and Austrailia starts tonight. Thats Cricket for the uneducated

#2 snake says:
November 22, 2006 at 4:12 pm

GO Habs, I was starting to get withdrawal.

#3 aurel1 says:
November 22, 2006 at 5:08 pm

Don’t get me wrong,I love watching Kovalev play with the puck. He is one of the best stickhandlers I have ever seen. However, it never seem to amount to anything. If you look at his lifelong stats his best years were when he was playing with Lmieux in Pittsburgh. Since then his stats are average. I don’t beleive he will ever again score 30 goals or become the teamleader that we are all expecting him to be. H isn’t getting any younger. I like the chemistry on this team,however, the major problem has been the second line. Perhaps he should be trade bait. Comments.

#4 HoTiCE_ says:
November 22, 2006 at 5:32 pm

Kovalev mentionned last season that during an 82 game season, it was normal for players not to be able to give their 100% every game. He just said out loud what every player thinks. Is it right? Probably not with their salary but at the end of the day, they are still human beings

#5 Habs#1 says:
November 22, 2006 at 6:28 pm

Yah, but Kovy dosen’t give 100% in 72 out of the 82 games they play. The Wild are on a slide and the Habs need to take advantage. Fernandez has gone cold and Gaborik is out. If the Habs start fast and find their legs early, they should be fine, if they don’t they could be in some trouble.

#6 riser8 says:
November 22, 2006 at 6:58 pm

Hab’ should win tonight….maybe 4-2 as the Wild have some key personnel out. Hopefully Plekanecs will have better luck on his second time around with Sammy and Kovalev. By the way ROFL 1967…I do understand cricket as I had the privalege of living six year’s in Australia back in the late 70′s and early 80′s. In fact I was in Melbourne when the centenary match for the ashes was played and Australia won….”Carn the Aussies”.

#7 snake says:
November 22, 2006 at 7:06 pm

Remember at the beginning of the season we all thought Pleks was the reason for the lack of production on that line. NOw he sounds like a great fit between the two russians. The funny thing is Kosty actually looked pretty good but it amounted to 0 points on his part. Maybe that line is jinxed?

#8 Jack Tornton says:
November 22, 2006 at 7:47 pm

true….Snake:

I TOTALLY agree with you. You are the only person here that said Koststyn played well and it is absolutely true. If a player does not score it does not mean he is not a greta player. Kostistyn played like a well-developed player.

#9 Thunder63 says:
November 22, 2006 at 8:52 pm

has anyone heard how long Gaborik is out for sounds like e is not even skating with the team yet

#10 Habs#1 says:
November 22, 2006 at 8:55 pm

Gaborik may be out till late December, early January. His groin injury is a recurring one and they’ve said they’re not going to rush it.

#11 zzam says:
November 22, 2006 at 11:09 pm

WuuuuJuuuuuu.. WE WON!!
Anybody like Kung-fu fighting?! ….
WOO JOO WOO WOOO JOOO
time to get drunk!!!

#12 Thunder63 says:
November 22, 2006 at 11:11 pm

thanks habs#1,
hey riser8 anymore predictions for the next game lol

#13 fanatic1 says:
November 22, 2006 at 11:28 pm

Even tho we won the game,why do we have to make it so difficult for ourselves? We were up 2-0, after the first period, and then the habs decided to stop playing first the entire 2nd period. So the end result, is that the wild tied the score. why can’t the habs play 60 MINUTES OF HOCKEY? they never do!Are they trying to imitate Kovalev? It’s always a nail biter as a result.The habs don’t seem to have that KILLER INSTINCT!They just aren’t able to put teams away. That’s why all their games are so close. It would be nice for a change to win a game by 3 or 4 goals, instead of waiting until the final minute to know the end result. I think they were lucky tonight,but if they play this way on Friday, in Buffalo-DEFEAT!

#14 Jack Tornton says:
November 22, 2006 at 11:53 pm

Fanatic1:

What do you mean by the habs should dominating over all 3 periods? If today we dominated over 2 periods, then Minnesota only dominated over 1!
End result: Habs= +1—-Minnesota= -1
Sounds better now?????

#15 fanatic1 says:
November 23, 2006 at 12:22 am

no! we need to play for 60 minutes, and not take off for 1 period. listen to Radek Bonk’s comments, following the game. He reitterated exactly what I said. We almost lost the game because the habs decided not to play the entire 2nd period. If we play this way against better offensive teams, we’re going to lose.

#16 stevejur says:
November 23, 2006 at 1:18 am

Great job by Plekanec tonight, him and Higgins are my favorite Habs much better game.
He didn’t give a **** about Kovalev or Samsonov he just played his game.
If he keeps shooting like that they’ll start going in.

What can I say Bonk, Bonk Bonk you’ve become one hell of an asset.
Gotta be the best 3rd line in hockey.

#17 HaBs4EveR says:
November 23, 2006 at 1:45 am

Hey Kovalev played well tonight. Got a goal and an assist right? Maybe he’s starting to get back in shape!

Go Habs Go

#18 Sam says:
November 23, 2006 at 7:17 am

Great result…I didn’t get to watch the game but by the sounds of things, there are still things to improve. The unfortunate part is that intensity and effort are controlled by the players. They earn their paycheck and the fans support when they do both. The win is usually a bonus (but not a guarantee). Afterall, we had St. Patrick steal games so their is that possibility that someone (and there have been many over the years that seem to want to excel vs the Habs and shine (Brodeur and almost any rookie goalie)). The difference being that we gave it our all and lost versus not showing up or playing shinny or going out for a skate. When they pay the price and lose then it’s alright as we know the odds are better for us to win…and in the playoffs that’s what’s needed to move to the next round (good goaltending and a little luck too). Buffalo beat Toronto and we get them next. Coaches have to prepare them to skate and hit (& not take foolish penalties) rather force them to do exactly that and then the Habs have to score on the PP. Hope for the energetic team to show up….

By the way, does anyone have a comment on the play of Bouillon as a forward.

Go Habs Go!

#19 joshtm says:
November 23, 2006 at 11:48 am

Wouldn’t it be neat to have Koivu’s brother on the team?

#20 snake says:
November 23, 2006 at 3:06 pm

TO SAM:

Your message was sooooo long and dull I could not finish it. Please dont write so much garbage. That was a bunch of mumble and none of us should have to read that. What was all that about St. Patrick. Its been 11 years since he was gone. fORGET ABOUT HIM, HE IS RETITED.

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goalie : Didn't get to see the game at all but it's great to see Pacs get a hat trick and fpor Cole to be + 3. When was the last time this team won three games in a row? Great victory -looks like they're giving 100% effort!
Senet1 : 4-2 win habs
Senet1 : Gomez scores, Yea!!!
goalie : As I said yesterday it will be interesting to see what our lame ass GM gets for players he ships out. Bourque is good and he'll help us but I still think we could have gotten more for him and for Halak when he was traded.
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Avatar37 : An interesting article. If we slip to the 5th or 7th draft pick, a very interesting case could be made for drafting Galchenyuk. If we wind up with the second or third pick, I'm not sure who I'd draft, because clearly Yakupov is going to be drafted first overall. Our second round pick also becomes interesting, I know I'd take Vasilevski if he were still available. It will also be interesting to see if we can turn some of our veteran players (Moen, Gill, Campoli) into draft picks, and what
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Avatar37 : That is why PG should have waited on trading Cammalleri. Right now, there is a high demand for a top 6 forward, we could have gotten much more than Bourque in return. That isn't a knock against Bourque, but a knock against a knee-jerk reaction trade that didn't maximize our return on a top asset.
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Avatar37 : chips fall where they may. After all, the only difference between finishing 17th and 29th is how good a pick you get in the draft.
Avatar37 : We currently sit in 26th place in the league. We are 15 points ahead of Columbus, it's safe to bet at this point they will place last. We are, however, only 4 points ahead of Edmonton so it's still wide open as to who is going to finish second last. I still think that it's time to sit the veterans, play the youth, let them get experience, and regroup for next year. I'm not suggesting deliberately tanking like the Penguins, but give all our young players lots of playing time and let the c
Avatar37 : goalie - If it were not for the play of Cammalleri, we would never have made it out of round 1. Cammalleri played as big a part, if not bigger, than Halak did. Sure, Halak played well, but remember the team collapsed in front of him, making his job much easier. We had lots of blocked shots and the ones that got through were typically from the outside.
Senet1 : Goalie you are absolutely right, of course the one thing we had the two previous years that won the games that we are losing this year was our power play. If you look at say 10 games that we should have won had we had a similar power play, again we would not be having these conversations. When your PP goes from first to last in the league that is a lot of goals.How many games have we lost this year by one goal. Again poor management who did not prepare for Markov's possible absence.
goalie : I'll put it another way.... we need more players who are willing to get their noses dirty.
goalie : Two years ago when our goaltending stole series adn our players suddenly scored the coaches / GM believed that that was our true team . Well time has proven that was not. Though I was very glad to see the Habs knock off some very good teams we were very fortunate. And fortunate that spring was spelled HALAK!
goalie : The wrst mistake management could possibly make I believe is to say, we played well some games and we believe the team can play to that level more often in the future. This team CANNOT adnb DOES NOT play to a high enough level. Please do not kid yourself mamngement. hat is partially why we're in the lace we are.
goalie : Senet is correct when he says that if we had more games with a better efort this year we'd likely be in the playoffs. It has been very inconsistent effort but much more than that. We lack big, tough playing and finishing. Never mind fighting for a moment. We did not compete for the pucks nor along the boards nor in front of both nets enough this year. Thus we are in 29th. If the coaching staff doesn't see that then they shouldn't be there.
Senet1 : Surely Molson is not going to keep him as the GM?
Senet1 : when he knows he will be fired at the end of the season. Nothing really makes since in this whole process.
Senet1 : I am not sue why PG has not been fired by now. They could be waiting for another GM to come available at season end, but why would you not set up a committee to manage the team in the short run until a new GM can be named. There is no since in chaning coaches because whoever the GM is he will want to name his own coach. Gainey and a committe of other executives can manage the team through to the trading deadline and onward. What motivation does PG have to making any worthwhile trades when he is
Senet1 : I am too mch of a competitor to want my team to tank to. However, If these players played like they ae cabable of playing all year we would not be having this discussion right now, we woud be talking about the playoffs and who we would rather meet in the first round.
rocky : Exactly, and Senet nails it when he says we have not had an elite top 5 in the nhl player since lafleur.
goalie : I too want the Habs to get the best possible draft this June. We all need SOME hope!
rocky : He is persona non grata in habville, and a ghost in every sense of the term.
goalie : It remains a miracle how we have heard from our mighty GM twice since Christmas - the trades involving Spacek and Cammy and those comments were extremely brief. PG just does not cut it in my world. Part of a GMs job is to go public from time to time. PG never does that in fact he's a ghost GM!
rocky : Its true, there is no honor in that. These guys have only known the ethic of giving it all to win every night. I do not want them to "tank", and they will never do that anyway. I do want them to lose though, as awful as it sounds.
goalie : Roicky as a good point. We all want the Habs to get a really good draft pick. However, players, coaches etc. also have a keen desire to compete and win. That's why they're playing at the pro level. Thus we can only hope that the team plays some good games and let the chips fall where they may. After the disasterous season we've had let's not lower ourselves adn get involved in any dscussions about 'tanking' games.
rocky : So long.
Senet1 : Good discussion rocky, I have to step out for an hour, but may be back later.
Senet1 : The only way this team comes back to a team with long term potential is to draft a game breaker. Even all the other bad teams have a Stamkos or a player like him. He have some good player so what we need is a Malkin that we can count on 80% of the time to win a game for us.
rocky : I mean winning will only do them harm that is.
rocky : It really hurts because my reflexes make me want to cheer like mad, but it will only hurt the team now.
Senet1 : Yes I have mixed feeling when watching the game. Last night I say here we go again. with our record of shoot losses I did not expect to win that one. Yet I wanted to win real bad?????
rocky : God, so horrible to sit and hope for losses, but here we are.
Senet1 : Our problem is we play one out of every 4 games good and therefore, we play well enough to stay on the borderline of a top five pick. If we win three or four in a row we could take ourselves right out of the running.