Thanks kazmojo:

I don’t really even look at his comments anymore — he sort of showed his colours during the Habs’ mini-slump, and they were blue and white — not red, white and blue. I think I will start skipping Xhabsfan’s comments too because they both pretty much say the same thing. Alls good when the Habs win; fire all the players and coaches when they lose.

Do you know when Kovalev really stopped putting in an effort if you ask me? He was playing spectacular hockey in his first playoff series with the Habs against the Bruins, and he made a MISTAKE! Everyone jumped down his throat and boom, he completely put his creativity away. To get to the level of superstar, you have to take risks, but some Hab’s fans can accept any mistake so it is easier for these guys not to take any risks and be function at a mediocre level.

I am sure I will get lambasted again, but I don’t really care. There it is.

Ooopppss! I made the mistake of reading one of joshtm’s postings where he referred to the retiring of Dryden’s “stinky old number!” (post #46)

I take it all back, joshtm. You are clearly not a “whack job.” You are all class and a true Habs fan.

Rob,I had no idea there is internet avalible on the fourth floor where your at,too bad there’s no cable. By the way ,thanks for the spelling,SCHMUCK!!! xtrahabsfan

Wellcome Johnny D.

You’d think Rob really believes its the fans who draft and acquire the team. Rob, its’ not a conspiracy by the Quebec Media to shut down the habs, nor a conspiracy by the Quebec Government to tax it out of existence and most of all it is not the conspiracy of fans out to shut down the team like your type did for the Expos. Fans care, that is why the Bell Centre was built, because we all come. We live at the expense of Gainey and Gauthier’s horrible acquisitions, and their triumphs at bringing in the few talented players they could afford after they squandered the budget with a bunch of broken down vets. You wanna blame the fans for Gainey’s acquisition of Ninny, Sammy and Downie, and keeping Rivet on, or even worse thinking Johnson will stop being the “gentleman hockeyplayer”….or even need I say blowing it all on Saku and Alexei with nothing left over but a few million to acquire those no one wants. And the bleeding continues, Gainey’s acquiring of Butterfly Biron, honestly if that wasn’t a waste of money….but hey we have prospects, and this year they are what we needed to make Markov, Streit and Bonk come out and play and with Plekanec’s leadership, not Kovalev or Koivu, Plekanec, and Souray’s tough backup, we can make it. If we get rid of the deadwood, Ninny, Downie, and dare I say Boully and Dandy too….trade Johnson, Streit for some great centerman. We lose the games when we can’t win the faceoffs. It was that guy, who got us into the last stanley cup appearance by winning faceoffs and helping and we ended up trading him whats his name, starts with a P…anyway, Richer was there too to help win the faceoffs.

Most of all we got to get rid of the five on five defensive strategy, its not working. It only works on power plays. We got to get rid of Kovalev or he’s gonna cost us in some penalty at the key time, honestly, for all the talent he provides, his constant hooks, Koivu is bad for that too, there has to be some consequence to Saku and Alexei hooking all the time.

I could see if they were worthwhile penalties but in the middle of the ice when we have the puck? Honestly. This individualism is huring the habs. We have to take the hard decision and threaten these two ******** from Eastern Europe and Russia with the fear of God, threaten them with trades to Phoenix…..that might smarten them up….

Last comment before I go! Hard to get the last word in on joshtm because he keeps coming back with more ad nauseum!

Joshtm, you obviously have the mentality of a twelve year old, and I apologize that I have obviously shattered your world on the effects that you, fair-weather, “whack job” fans like Xhabsfan and yourself have on this team. You love ‘em when they win, and throw temper tantrums, demanding the firing squad for everyone when they lose. No Habs’ player is allowed to make a single mistake or you can be damned sure that they will be smeared in the pages of “The Gazette” and “La Presse.” The players’ creativity suffers because they are forced into a conservative style to avoid any potential embarrasment.

When the Rolling Stones say in their shows that it is really to great to be in X, they don’t always mean it! What else can Tretiak say in a speech in Montreal? That doesn’t prove anything! A lot of hockey players have actually spoken out about the difficulty in playing in a gold fish bowl where hockey takes on a religious importance. If I am being too obtuse for you, joshtm, I am speaking about Montreal here!

Why do you think that the top French Canadian players won’t even consider playing with Montreal? Why did high quality players like Mark Recchi, Denis Savard, Pierre Turgeon, Eric Desjardins, Mathieu Schneider, Trevor Linden, Danius Zubrus, Vinnie Damphousse, John Leclair, Yanic Perrault all have their best years outside of Montreal?

You don’t want to answer these questions because you are scared to. You want to speak with platitudes, and want to blame Bob Gainey for everything (who happens to be one of the few world class, quality players that the Habs have at any of their positions.) You want to attack me personally because you cannot do so with any logical basis.

Once Gainey and Kovalev, Koivu, Souray, Samsanov, Markov, Rivet, Ninnimaa etc., etc. (and everyone else that you want fired from the team) are all gone, who exactly is going to play for the Habs? You are part of the problem, dude. Look in the mirror before you start lashing out at everyone else.

That’s it for now; I am done.

Hey Rob, prove it boy! Prove how the media shuts down the world’s greatest players in your opinion….

And Mick does love Montreal, who doesn’t? Honestly Rob, you have this thing, what the hell is with you? Hey didn’t the Rocket in spite of all the adversity that he faced, Anglos like you maybe Rob, maybe you were one of them, the French Media, heck he made it. Dryden made it, the Mahovolichs made it, heck even Lafleur in spite of his complaints about the media in the end said it was his own damn fault that he couldn’t make the best of it at times.

If you look at what Recchi, Savard, Turgeon and company had to put up with, was a slew of wretched coaches and trades like Brashear of all people, honestly, you are only as good as your team. By the way, the long list of successful players you mentioned were drafted into the USA league where just putting on skates and shooting the puck to the other end will mean it goes in. A totally different division to what the Habs have to put up with.

Up here in Canada its called real hockey, not the Fast Food and Gear Oil leagues of the southern USA where one eyed men are Kings….Giants…

What is it, the habs are no good anymore, and as fans because we believe the habs can do it once more? That we are wrong to assume that they have a chance? By the way I didn’t say fire Souray, Kovalev or Koivu you *******! You are a real miserable piece of whatever aren’t you? Go to Toronto won’t you already?

Rob, your points would work except for fact that other Fans”LEAF” have backed their team since 1967 unconditionly and look what it’s done for them,so drop it Bro and feel the passion.

The montreal media will never be a positive to the Habs organization. We just have to hope it wont get any worse.

There is no excuse for Rob, and hey Snake, the Laffs have the whole national media on their butts but hey it doesn’t stop big names from going there either, so what gives? HUH? Both you and Rob are on a real nasty man drip man, like pop another tampon boys cause hey, its that time of the month for the both of you.

I meant stinky old number in reference to Dryden’s jersey symbolically being retired you old fool! Talk about being picky and you never did answer the Question Rob, in one post you say Crosby is great and then in another you agree with Snake that Crosby is a “bi*ch” well which one is it Rob?

Give up already there ain’t no way you are having the last word on crapping on the habs brother, you got a whole province and nation, not to mention Montreal who’ll step up to the plate to knock down your negativity man, shut up and go quietly you old ****.

The funny thing is there really is no argument happening. NO good points have been made in the last 30 points. JUST MUMBLE.

Aaron Asham who is a acquaintance of mine said even he could not handle the MOntreal media and he was a 4th liner at best. His exact words were the media sucked the fun out of the game and made the players fear Failure more then seek success. NOw imagine what a top player goes through. Other then ulsers and chest pains.

I am officially calling this the I’m like Souray site, where ” HABS FANS GIVE A ****!”

i agree there is a lot of media scrutiny associated with playing for the habs. but what about the yankees? or the lakers? those teams managed to win championships and they dont seem to have problems luring in free agents. the problem with many canadiens having their best years while playing for other teams, like perreault, kovalev, samsonov, leclair etc its cause these guys played with better supporting casts like nagy and doan, lemieux and gretzky, allison and thorton, lindros and primeau. im in no way letting the so called stars on the habs off the hook i’d just like to see some players around them like a solid second line centerman

Hey habrez you are even more on the hard side than any of the rips I may have put on, and all you do is recant all the stuff I had to say and take credit for it…what a rip in itself.

Higgy21, no way is Souray in the running for the Norris just like McCabe wasn’t seriously in the running last year. Souray is a horrible defender and is going to get rich off his one skill: a booming slapshot on the powerplay.