I see that Kovalev is blaming Carbonneau for not taking a time out once Komi’s penalty was called so that the players could have been rested for the ensuing Panther’s power play. Cracks are already starting to appear. At the end of the day the Habs need to put the puck into the net. This has been their problem for several years. The veterans are not going to somehow get better and turn into scoring machines. They are who they are. This team’s future is riding on the youngsters proving that they are big league talent.

How more patient can we be. 13 yrs. & counting. I don’t like Carbo one bit. If you have not got the players what can he do?

Does anyone here honestly think that if we had Scotty Bowman or Jacque Demeirs (can’t spell his name)for a coach last year and this year we would make the playoffs and go far?????????????????????

Bob Hartley’s suddenly available. I like Carbo but if his players don’t respect him, it’s all over for him… Come on, Bob Gainey, do the right thing and send Guy to Hamilton for some experience… Hell, I’d even take Pat Quinn at this point cuz you can tell it’s gonna be a long hard year with Carbo v.2.

JAKER 1.If Gainey accepts something like that. MTL is getting only getting 40 pts this season. right now I’m thinking 75?think about it. the habs haven’t scored 4 goals or more in any of there games? the most they will score will be 3!

BTW, Souray is injured with a separated shoulder, out indefinitely. He has only 1 goal and 1 assist in 6 games. Maybe it was a good idea not to resign him. On the habs front, alot of turmoil on this team. Kovalev showed up Carbo, by saying: ” CARBO SHOULD HAVE TAKEN A TIMEOUT, AND CHANGED PERSONNEL ON THE ICE, PRIOR TO FLORIDA SCORING THE TYING GOAL.” He’s right. Another huge mistake by Carbo, costing us a win. Is Carbo brain dead, or what?
totally inexperienced as a coach, along with Muller and Jarvis.
If he weren’t buddy buddy with Gainey, he NEVER would be the hab’s coach!
NEVER! NEVER! NEVER! He’s killing this team! And because of his arrogance and cockiness, he’ll never admit he’s making mistakes! Shame, shame!

Kovalev for Tanguay would be gold for the Habs

13 Saskhab……………….how true, and when April comes…how painful
to know that the team pissed away points like this, unfortunately I am afraid we are going to see numerous of these this year—AGIAN !!!!

Watch them go and beat Ottawa tonight, it’s just how goofy the NHL is these days! Lose to **** teams and slay the giants… or they could lose as usual by 1 goal.
At least we’re not the Toronto Maple L(osers)E(ven)A(fter)F(orty)S(easons)… y’know what’s great about that is that fifty starts with ‘f’ too.

Carey Price will get the start tonight.

oh guess what the leafs are ahead of us now. the 07-08 habs season. the worst team in NHL history is the 07-08 habs. I’m so ******* disappointed.

20 Stuart Sb77, your frustration is showing loud and clear…worst team ??
not by a long shot, but it certainly is frustrating.
I’d rather see Habs lose without a Gutless, coward like Kovalev than see
them win with this scumbag in the lineup, he is a cancer on the team,
cut the losses and get rid of this scumbag while the season is still young.
Maple laffs win, Habs lose, how much worse can that be.
Hey Smiler….you are right on target !

so wow scumbag Kovalev has more goals, whup-de-do, I don’t deny his talent,
it’s just that he is a lazy scumbag and a cancer on the team, so he has
scored a little, now he knows better than the coach how to run the team???
and how many times has this cancer shot off his mouth in the past and
ended up with a lousy season. He is a cancer, intelligent ? yeah right,
why doesn’t he just shut up and put in an honest effort, Higgins played 10- times better against Fla than scumbag..even if he didn’t score, he at least tried, and what was that shootout effort all about, PATHETIC !!!!!

This goes to prove why just making the playoffs does not help your team in the future or immediately. You end up drafting 15,16 or 17. All that is left at that point is second or third line players.This team has to have a disaster year or trade a pile of Bob Gainey’s so-called future stars for a bonafied superstar. Make someone an offer they can’t refuse,if not stand pat and finish last but please don’t just add pieces to make the playoffs. Its not like the fans are going to make a statement. The Bell Centre is sold out every year and will continue to sell out.

On the upside:

Latendresse played a good game–he did much better than the he did in the first few games. Plekanac is struggling the last few games, but the announcers on RDS are way off to say that he isn’t the player this year that he was last year. His first few games of the year were excellent and he’s actually a pleasant surprise. Ryder is skating better. Higgins is looking like a solid 2nd line player–maybe on his way to first line caliber? And Kovalev is leading the team offensively, as he should. Price also looks very good–he let in a soft goal, but that happens to every goalie. A .900 save percentage, in your first few games in the NHL, is actually better than Roy.

What I like most about Price, though, is his positioning and his puck skill. Notice with his positioning that he’s always in front of the puck–just like Roy and unlike Theodore. I’m not saying he’s the next Patrick Roy–even though he might be–but I am saying that he reminds me of Roy in style and skill.

A Kovalev for Tanguay trade is a bad idea–that’s not even close. Kovalev for Tanguay and a 1st round draft pick, or Kovalev for Tanguay and another good player from the Flames might make it worthwhile. But I just can’t see that happening.

All in all, last night was a game filled with rookie mistakes–but that’s the downside of having an exiting future on the ice in front of you every night.

If I had any advice for Carbo–and since I’m a blog poster and he’s an NHL coach/player, I’m sure he’s going to listen–is to stop whining at the refs for every single penalty. This trickles down the team, even at the NHL level, and it means that the refs won’t take you seriously when you have a legitimate beef. Complaining about every penalty is something that players do, it’s not something that good coaches do. In any case, it’s probably too late now.

Let’s root for the team, people, not tear ‘em down, stupid moronic fans and stupid moronic media are the reason very few NHLers seem to want to come to play in Montreal, don’t add to that by being one of those kind of ‘fans’.

I don’t wanna hear all year how Bob Gainey’s a bad GM and Guy Carbonneau’s a bad coach, Gainey’s track record speaks for itself and Carbo, well, like it or not, is learning as he goes, as hard as that can be for him and the fans. Patience has a reward while kneejerk reaction will only lead to being a complete screwup of a team forever (again, witness the Leafs)…

This Blog is for intelligent Hab fans with insight and the occasional irrational vent, NOT for constantly cutting up the GM, the coach and the players, if you want to do that go cheer for the Leafs and Bryan McCabe.

My 2 cents:

I wonder if the refs are blowing calls (eg. an off-side that was noticeable on tv, the Heatley interference on Brisebois that lead to his goal) just to rub Carbo’s face in it? Is it they’re way of telling him to shut up.

I think that if it turns out were not in the playoff race by the halfway point in the season, we should tank all the games to get the #1 pick in the draft. look at Chicago: they got the #1 and #3 picks, and those picks are playing this year, and thy’re playing very well. When you get #1-5 picks, you’re in good shape. It would be worth it, because we would be sent for next year. Or would you guys prefer mediocre teams indefinitely? I for one, say I can live with a crappy year if it means great picks playing next year.
look at Pittsburgh: they got Crosby and Malken as a result of finishing in the basement. So Chicago, and Pittsburgh did it. So can we!