Montreal Canadiens: Eastern Conference Champions

Enjoy it Habs Fans. After being written off again and again by the various ‘hockey experts’ the Canadiens proved everyone wrong and are the best team in the Eastern Conference.

How did they do it? Some interesting stats about your Habs…
- Highest scoring team in the NHL.
- Balanced Scoring – Seven (7) 50+ Point scorers.
- Best Powerplay in the NHL.
- 2nd best Road winning record in the NHL.
- Rookie Carey Price: 2.56 GAA – 24 Wins – 3 SO
- Rookie Sergei Kostitsyn: 9G – 18A – 27pts +9
- Rookie Ryan O’Byrne: +7
- Mike Komisarek – Most Blocked Shots and Most Hits before being injured.
All little pieces to the puzzle to be the best team in the Eastern Conference.

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#1 Ice Man says:
April 7, 2008 at 12:38 pm

Bring on the Big Bad Goon Bruins.

Bring on “Cry Baby Sid”.

HELL YEAH! BRING ON ALL OF THEM !!!!!!

It doesn’t matter who we play. We will whip their Candy Asses all over Montreal. All over the USA. All the way from Montreal to Boston. Boston to California. Damnit this is our year………

Don’t forget it………….

WHAT YA GOING TO DO WHEN THE HABS RUN WILD ON YOU!!!!!!!!!!

#2 Nick says:
April 7, 2008 at 12:53 pm

Go HABS Go!!!
It is OUR year!!!

#3 habs4life says:
April 7, 2008 at 1:02 pm

Balanced Scoring – Seven (7) 50+ Point scorers. I just like this character the most! That’s the one of the key points of Habs’ success.

Few teams can play that good after losing some key players!

My high marks to:

Most Balanced Team!!!
Most Nice-looking Goaltending!!
Most Talented Coaching (Guy and Kirk)!

#4 Xtrahabsfan says:
April 7, 2008 at 3:27 pm

You forgot one more thing on the list:The greatest FANS in all of pro sports !!!!OLE OLE OLE……

#5 habby says:
April 7, 2008 at 3:51 pm

you said it xtra!!! GO HABS GO

#6 jack hab says:
April 7, 2008 at 4:41 pm

The Habs no question have been the most consistent team in the league. Is it enough
to win it all? We’ll just have to see. But win or lose, this team will have my full support.
In other news… Patrice Bergeron has been cleared to play in game 1. Yeah whatever!!

#7 habs4life says:
April 7, 2008 at 5:02 pm

Bergeron is not ready yet:

http://www.nhl.com/nhl/app?articleid=359516&page=NewsPage&service=page

#8 jack hab says:
April 7, 2008 at 5:12 pm

I keep hearing on 640am (Toronto) that he’s been cleared and will play on Thursday.
Doesn’t matter to me, we’ll beat them with or without him.

#9 JohnS says:
April 7, 2008 at 6:04 pm

It does not look like Bergeron will play Thursday.

Not that it matters we will have our injured players back for Thursday with the exception of Koivu?

Looking for the habs to take the bruins in 5

http://www.boston.com/sports/hockey/bruins/extras/bruins_blog/2008/04/red_jersey_is_o.html

#10 habs4life says:
April 7, 2008 at 7:07 pm

Bergeron would be trembling if Komi or Gorges proaching him within 5 metres…

He might need practice in AHL to gain some confidence. LOL.

#11 Senet 1 says:
April 7, 2008 at 9:54 pm

Well I like our chances of beating Boston.
I do not see Ottawa beating Pitts.
I am going to go with Philly over Wash, if Philly can shut down Ovey then I don’t see washington getting past them.
Here is the hard one, NYR/NJ I like NJ but I think NYR will win.

#12 Habs4Ever says:
April 7, 2008 at 10:14 pm

The Rangers are one team I am worried about and they are my least favorite team in the league. Every year—like every year..they try to buy the Stanley Cup, they have had more saviours than a drunk bible puncher down on
Hastings street in the East side of Vancouver.

Every years it’ s a new saviour, and fortunately the cup is not for sale,
so if they win once every 40 years that is more than enough.

Now hopefully the Canucks will dump their underachievers, Naslund ( terrible captain), the sisters, morrison and other re-treads.

GO HABS !!!!!!!

#13 STUO11 says:
April 8, 2008 at 6:37 am

MTL 4
BOS 1
MTL 4
PIT 4 phi 0
OTT 2 MTL 4 MTL 4
PIT 4 PIT 2 ANH 3
WAS 2 NYR 2
PHI 4

NJ 3
NYR 4

#14 STUO11 says:
April 8, 2008 at 6:40 am

WOW that didn’t really work out lol. I’m thikning Anaheim or Dallas for the West, enough of this Sanjose ****. Pittsburgh will barely get past the devils or rangers in the second round and montreal will be ready for them as Pittsburgh will be tired.

#15 molsonsman says:
April 8, 2008 at 9:17 am

How are the second round match up determined? Is it most points vs least points play second round?

#16 STUO11 says:
April 8, 2008 at 3:26 pm

yeah. the first place team would play the worst team left.

#17 Senet 1 says:
April 8, 2008 at 7:58 pm

Playoff format from: http://www.nhl.com/hockeyu/history/cup/formats.html

The NHL’s clubs were re-aligned into two conferences each consisting of three divisions. The number of teams qualifying for the Stanley Cup Playoffs remained unchanged at 16.

First-round playoff berths were awarded to the first-place team in each division as well as to the next five best teams based on regular-season point totals in each conference. The three division winners in each conference were seeded first through third for the playoffs and the next five best teams, in order of points, were seeded fourth through eighth. In each conference, the team seeded #1 played #8; #2 vs. #7; #3 vs. #6; and #4 vs. #5 in the quarterfinal round. Home-ice in the Conference Quarterfinals was granted to those teams seeded first through fourth in each conference.

In the Conference Semifinals and Conference Finals, teams were re-seeded according to the same criteria as the Conference Quarterfinals. Higher seeded teams gained home-ice advantage.

Home-ice advantage for the Stanley Cup Finals to be determined by points.

All series remain best-of-seven.

#18 Senet 1 says:
April 8, 2008 at 7:59 pm

If I understand what I just posted from the net, it would seem that the seedings remain the same based on points except for Washington, pitts and Habs they remain with their seedings.

#19 KJ David says:
April 11, 2008 at 5:16 pm

Who is the person that wrote that nasty article to the Gazette about Habs needs, and why at this time was it published. Sacramento Kings and Los Angeles Kings rule.

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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.
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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,