that actually might be a smart move, but Ryder has 3 points in his last 2 games,give him one more game!

Wooooo!!!! Someone characterize this game for me. I am just checking in, and am reduced to radio. Are the Hbs doing as well as the shot count would indicate?

hmmm
not going as well as i hoped. here’s to a big 3rd

I bet u guys anything that after this month mtl will be 7th and toronto will be ahead of them. STOP PLAYING HUET AGAINST THE TOP TEAMS!!!

here’s the truth: we’re not as good as Ottawa, and we’re going to lose to them EVERY SINGLE TIME! Unfortunately, Toronto is able to beat Ottawa. By the end of the season, leafs will finish ahead of the habs, because they are better than the habs,and because leafs have a very potent offence, and we have NONE!

Well I see that Huet is back to normal. Soft goals are coming in the bundles now. If Huet is our #1 goalie then we are difinately in trouble. He can’t control his rebounds, He not in position. 3 games in a row lost and counting.

We should just forfit the games against the Sens. Did anyone in here actually think that we could beat them?

What a way to spoil Robinson’s night. Every time there is a pregame celebration the habs always loose.

We lost to a better team. Whenever we play against Ottawa, the Habs’ skill deficiencies in the latter reaches of the depth chart start to really show up. On the upside, Kovalev played reasonably well, Ryder was better, and Montreal’s defensive core was pretty solid. On the downside, Ottawa makes a few of the guys I like to cheer for look a little out of their league (eh hum, Streit). And yes, Montreal needs more than a “good game” from Huet if they are going to beat Ottawa. He really didn’t “rob” anybody tonight, and he needs to do that if they are going to stand a chance against Ottawa.

I also think young Latendresse is heading in the wrong direction. He avoids the battles whenever he can: he bailed on a battle in the defensive zone tonight that cost an important second goal against, and he’s certainly not grinding it out on most shifts like any kind of power-forward. I still think that he’d be a better player if he spent a few weeks in the minors to get some of his confidence back. As it stands, he is inconsistent shift-to-shift and he gets, at best, a “B” for effort.

It was all huet. He let us down when we tried to win. 4 goals! come on Huet!

Maybe the habs should put Price in net for rest of the week,scratch huet for a few games, and call up Halak from the minors and Price could be our number one goalie. Maybe this will wake huet up and huet might say hey what the hell am i doing,im the number one goaltender, no offense, but something has got to be done.

DTD you and all other Huet bashers are complete retards. Your memories are so short, he has kept the Habs competitive the last two seasons, we are very lucky to have a legit goalie like him to ease Price into the starting position. You have no loyality, you are not a real fan.

OK so we have no offence. We all know that! We have no stars upfront, and very limited talent. So who’s fault is this? well, in the offseason Gainey did absolutely NOTHING to help this team offensively! What was he thinking? I know UFA’s don’t want to come here. So then you have to go the same route as LOWE!
You give contract offers to RFA’s and hope 1 player accepts it, or you make a trade. YOU DON’T GO INTO A SEASON WITH LACK LUSTRE NO TALENT OFFENCE! GAINEY NEVER EVER DOES ANYTHING TO CHANGE THE OFFENCE! WE DON’T HAVE A #1 LINE! GAINEY WAKE UP! our #1 line is more like a #3 line on any other team. Our 2nd line is better, but Kostistyn has not proven to be a scorer. This team is best a 9th place team, and that’s being generous. And when all is said and done, our deficiencies will be exposed: no offence, mediocre defence, mediocre goaltending(until Price gets his act together), and inexperienced coaches.
But it’s a learning experience. Unfortunately GAINEY AND CARBO NEVER LEARN!

Huet’s brought us nowhere? Newsflash bozo, with the exception of Brisebois no one on the Habs roster has delivered a cup, should we get rid of all of them?
And I suppose that Huet’s 7 shutouts in 05/06 were a fluke (he was the sole reason we made the playoffs that year), or his allstar spot last year also a fluke, and being one of only 3 habs to get a nomiantion for an allstar spot this year also a fluke? Loyalty = Leaf’s Fan? No I believe I’ll stand by my original assessment, your a ******.

Also Patrick. It was Huet who cost us the playoffs last year. Remember…….. The bad goals that were scored on him in T.O. Or was that just a fluke?

You know what, you’re right. I apologize for the name calling. BUT….
Not making the playoffs last year had a lot more to do with the nose dive we took in February, in which we were badly out shot, and rarely put in more then 1 or 2 goals. It’s been the consistent lack of offensive production over the last few years that has been responsible for our poor performances. The goaltending made us better then we were. This is a stale argument but I am consistently disappointed with how quickly many of the “fans” on this site turn on those players that have been our greatest assets (Koivu, Ryder, Souray, and Huet).

Yeah, but someone had to put the puck in the net last year. Should have made him a winger, and only played “d” on the p-play.

i agree with patrick, look at huet stats. not making the playoffs was blamed on a goalie just getting over an injury letting in a few soft goals. c’mon. we had a playoff spot locked up before huet got injured and then we were left with aebischer and halak and a very weak 5 on 5 team.

its good to see that as f late we were better on faceoffs. i heard a stat that we were 27th in the league or something prior to playing boston. this shouldnt happen with kirk and carbs as coaches. other than that we should be very happy this year, except for the way we always play against the leafs. and dont worry we have a bright future, just check youngprospects.com and search team rankings.

Patrick:

Dude I’m not in here to argue, just to give my 2 cents worth. Most of the people don’t agree with my opinions. You have some valid points about Huet. But. I was never a fan of Huet. I never jump on & off ther bandwagon. I call a spade a spade. He has had some good games. But alot of bad as well. He has never impressed me. (Well it not me he has to impress right.)

If price is our Future. Then Price should play a few games in a row to see if he is the “real deal” or a flash in the pan. If he is legit, then Gainey can start the ball rolling to get Huet ready for a trade.

I don’t agree that Price is to young. If a goalie is ready he is ready. That’s all that is to it. You got it or you don’t. He don’t nee to be down in the AHL to season. That’s bull ****. Sure price will let in his fair share of soft goals. But he will get better with more games played in the NHL. He can play all the games he wants in the AHL but the calibur of play down there is not the same as the NHL…………

GO HABS GO……………

we need TALENT-as in GOAL SCORERS! WE HAVE NONE! If you can’t score, you can’t win! Maybe Carbo a lousy coach, but GAINEY IS A HORRIBLE GM! He’s done
N O T H I N G to improve this team! He did absolutely NOTHING to get some goal scorers! I hope he gets fired! Since he’s been our GM the team, we have NO OFFENCE! shame on him for taking checks for sitting on his hands!
And please don’t tell me about our depth, because the only depth is a multitude of 4th liners! no goal scorers! Even with the drafting, we only drafted defencemen! The last time I looked, it takes goals to win a game! Higgins, on any other team would be a 3rd or 4th liner and Latendresse wouldn’t make it on any other NHL team! This team stinks! We haven’t had a 40 goal scorer for 14 years! P A T H E T I C! no playoffs until Gainey starts acting like a GM! I’m fed up with this same crappy team every year!

we were in the same rankings last year at this time, and we all know what happened. So if you guys want a 2 month season, that’s fine, but remember what starts to happen every December and ends with a thud in April, out of the playoffs. It’s the same thing every year! JUST WAIT!

how come most on this site are complaining about the goal tending for the
Habs…..I don’t see many who are talking about the REAL PROBLEM here…
inability to put the puck in the net, I’m surprised someone hasn’t complained that Huet has not scored any goals this year.
Goalies in Montreal are not the problem…it’s the offensive players that are the problem, everyone keeps yapping about the goalies and never addressing the real problem. I wonder why that is ??