On the Road Again

One of the positives The Habs have this year is they are one of the better teams on the road. For whatever reason, leaving the pressure cooker in Montreal and playing on the road brings out the best of them.

Tonight they play the first of six games on the road and hope to continue that trend.

First up the last place Capitals, and not a particularly friendly city to play in for the Habs. In addition, the Capitals have put together good efforts in recent games.

One glance at the crowded Eastern Conference shows that every single game is important and there is no such thing as write-offs or sure things. Especially for this team.

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#1 paul says:
December 20, 2007 at 7:59 pm

Habs should win and huet could get a shutout.My prediction 4-0.go habs go.

#2 jack hab says:
December 20, 2007 at 11:11 pm

HUET….37 shots….35 saves baby!! Welcome back! I still fee that we have one
of the best goalie tandems in the league.

#3 jack hab says:
December 20, 2007 at 11:13 pm

oops..I meant FEEL (lol)… I just found out that the leafs lost… I guess in my
excitement I forgot how to spell. (lol)

#4 patrick says:
December 21, 2007 at 12:14 am

how eerily quiet

#5 callingallbuldogs says:
December 21, 2007 at 2:47 am

great game by all..goes to show that when they play a full 60min they look like a team that could win every night….go habs go

#6 habs2010 says:
December 21, 2007 at 1:23 pm

played 60 minutes? They were totally outplayed in the 1st 2 periods. They were damn lucky! Did you see how much they were outshot? against anyone else, but the cellar dweller Caps, they lose. They weren’t able to clear the puck from their zone. They have SOOoooooooooooooooo many problems getting the puck out of their zone. Why? I guess the addition of Hamrlik didn’t help. Didn’t we get him to help get the puck out of our zone? what’s with our D?

#7 habsfanforever :) says:
December 21, 2007 at 2:50 pm

Yes we were out played but look at the stats on why “CALLINGALLBULLDOGS” thought that…..we blocked 20 shots(D did what they were to do)..over 60% on the face off..16 take aways …forced 20 turn overs…No it was not the greatest game we played but at least we did not give up and kept working even when it looked like they were going to dominate the game.. it shows that they have the heart to keep it together. As for the people that might say we won because of HUET. well that is what your goalie is there for,to steal you a game or two and that is the difference between a #1 goalie that has something to prove and a goalie that thinks he is a # 1(ABBY COULD NOT STEAL A GAME FROM A PEE WEE TEAM LAST YEAR) . I am not saying we played a full 60 min. but if you were like me and watched the game on and off as you were doing Xmas stuff with the family then by the score you might think(after looking at the stats)we played pretty well(we always seem to get out shot so I never go by that stat). GO HABS GO……

#8 habs2010 says:
December 21, 2007 at 5:02 pm

but maybe we continuously get outshot, is because the puck is in our zone so much. Our defence is not playing the same way as at the start of the season, and it’s a very long season. I shudder to think how much we will be outshot come April. It’s not a good sign.

#9 habsfanforever :) says:
December 21, 2007 at 6:00 pm

no it is not a good sign. i do not like that stat. that is why i don’t look at it..LOL .. we will lose more games then we will win if this keeps up that is for sure.. The bright side of it is look at the young guys we have. I only see the D getting better over the next 2years.. at that time we should have one of the best YOUNG “D” in the league. We will be with out BREZZBY,BOULLION,STREIT,and have guys like Alexei Yemelin ,Pavel Valentenko ,Ryan McDonagh, David Fischer, P.K. Subban, Yannick Weber
All of these guy have the potential to be great “D”men. And don’t forget we will still have Andrei Markov ,Mike Komisarek ,Ryan O’Byrne

#10 orilliaborn says:
December 21, 2007 at 8:28 pm

Really like Jack Todd’s article in the Gazette about “Ovechkin coming to the Habs” trade rumour. What do you think about that, Habs armchair quarterbacks?

#11 habsfanforever :) says:
December 21, 2007 at 8:51 pm

Never going to happen.. BUT WE COULD ALL DREAM ABOUT A STAR LIKE THAT

#12 habs2010 says:
December 21, 2007 at 10:20 pm

You know what they say: If it’s a rumour, forget about it! all I ask, is that this team show up every night, and be competitive! right?

#13 habsfanforever :) says:
December 22, 2007 at 12:24 am

Right !!! if these guys come to play every night then we can play with just about every team out there.

#14 Xtrahabsfan says:
December 22, 2007 at 2:16 am

Hipoththeticly,if Oveckhin was a Hab with the current roster,I’d bet on them for the cup.

#15 habsfanforever :) says:
December 22, 2007 at 12:29 pm

Well they would definitely be in the top 5 for contention.
No particular order .. OTT,DET,ANA,SJ and HABS

#16 habs2010 says:
December 22, 2007 at 1:15 pm

so, back to reality, now. I wonder if Gainey is going to make a trade before the trade deadline. He can’t just have Ryder sitout every game. As much as I don’t want Ryder in the lineup, it’s the only way to get his value back up, so we could at least get a decent draft pick for him.

#17 Xtrahabsfan says:
December 22, 2007 at 1:44 pm

I, once again insist Hab fans take it easy on the prospects”especialy home town boys”.Just seen the highlights of Dallas vs the flames where Ribero wins he face-off then scores his 18th to win the game.As it turns out he’s a late bloomer like Brent Hull was. The fans and Gainey really blew this one?And getting Niniima was a big slap in the face,lol……….

#18 orilliaborn says:
December 22, 2007 at 6:42 pm

If you missed Jack Todd’s article in the Gazette about the Ovechkin rumour, you can still find it at denniskanemontrealcanadiens.wordpress.com

#19 Don Carnage says:
December 23, 2007 at 12:50 pm

You cant just throw a goalie in for a shootout, even Price himself said he would not want to be thrown into the last 5 minutes of a game, just in case it is tied and you end up in a shootout, the rules dont allow you to change a goalie just for the shootout he has to be on the ice during the game, not the overtime period, but the 3rd period. So you can all stop crying now, we got 3 out of 4 points in two road games.

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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,