Every time this team plays this year wearing th CH,it is the real Habs!And as for all the games they have been trying at the end,they had two games left….2 GAMES!…And no effort ???????????????????????????????????? W.T.F.?????? The REAL CANADIENS need a BIG TIME MAKEOVER in the O F F S E A S O N ! This team is way to soft,and the clutch is big time broken. We need players like:SMYTH, NEIL and Avery !!!!!!!!

“I don’t think we played bad, but I wish we had played the first 30 minutes with more desperation, with more passion,” Carbonneau said. “We sat there and watched them.”

These are the words spoken by CARBO, following the game.
I don’t think we played bad???????????????????????????????????????????????????
Is Carbo kidding???????? THEY WERE HORRIBLE! Maybe that’s the problem!
Carbo is afraid to call a spade a spade! Why doesn’t he whip their asses, and give them a strong tongue lashing? That’s what they need. Not only are the players too soft, but so is their coach!
I think if we had a tougher coach, like a Mike Keane, or Hitchcock, or Torturella, the habs would NOT BE SOFT, and certainly not be in the position they’re in.
And don’t count on the habs winning on Saturday. It’s not happening!
The leafs are 8-0 in their last 8 games, and score plenty there.
the habs haven’t won a game there since the fall, and it was only a shootout win. The habs don’t have the desperation, toughness,desire, or passion to win the big game. I guess nobody understands how a team can come out so flat in the biggest game of the season. I certainly don’t, as you can tell by all my ranting. In all the years watching the habs,I’ve never experienced a team with so little desire to win. I couldn’t believe what I was seeing. After that game, I have lost total respect and admiration for this team.
I no longer care who wins on Saturday, because both teams are losers. But I do hope the ISLES get in, because they deserve it more. Despite their goalie problems, they continued to work hard. WORKING HARD, is a term the habs aren’t used to. Gainey will have to do something about that in the offseason. But I do know that major changes are in the works. I wish I could say I enjoyed the season, but I would be lying. It was a tale of 2 parts. October until mid December was great,and mid December until mid March was horrific!
Ok, it’s over, and time to move on. But wouldn’t someone like Cris Neil or Avery put some toughness back into the habs? I guess Gainey missed the boat, AGAIN, in not getting Avery when he had the chance. I would take a chance on ROBERTS, tho, no matter his age. I hope Gainey doesn’t bring back Kovalev(Mr. no show) or Dandenault. There will be some surprises tho.

I got this info from Spector’s hockey net:
SPECTOR’S MAILBAG.

“Daniel” recently sent in the following on the Canadiens: “This is probably not possible to check if it’s true or not but former referee Ron Fournier said yesterday on popular radio show “Les amateurs de sports” that Gainey’s plan is to have Huet as a starter next season and have Halak or young Carey Price as a backup. On defence, the 7 starter planned are Dandenault, Markov, Streit, Komisarek, Gorges with young Jean-Philippe Côté and Ryan O’Byrne leading to the speculation that Souray and Niinimaa won’t be signed and Bouillon will be traded somewhere this summer. He also said that Gainey want to pursue big UFA name such as Bill Guerin, Daniel Brière and Chris Phillips. Fournier said that there’s some big surprise for the forwards and don’t want to reveal them until the Habs season end. He also said that he has a source from the Habs management but don’t want to say who it is. This have been heard on CKAC 730AM around 5PM tuesday.”

Here’s another quote from CARBO(the hab’s softest coach):
You would think with a game with that much on the line that we would come out with more passion and energy,” Canadiens coach Guy Carbonneau said. “I don’t know why, but we sat there and watched them for 30 minutes

Enough. I can read most posts whining and complaining about the habs and how crappy they are and how they have no heart and the coach is ****, the GM is **** and they can’t win on the road, never show up for first periods and on and on and on. But when I see a post suggesting that Samsonov should be playing beacuase other players are **** I have to vent. So here it is.
Where the hell were the habs before Samsonov was finally benched for good? Tell me that Icy! What has their record been since he was taken out of the lineup?? Do you perhaps see a correlation there? Samsonov may be a very skilled player (although I don’t think we ever saw it this year) but he really is an a**hole and obviously caused problems with the team.
Now as for the coaching. I’m fed the hell up with people bitching about the coaching. Montreal has had some very good coaches in the last few years who have been fired because of unrealistic expectations. This team is around where they should be in the standings based on the players they have. This in not a coaching problem.
And guess what. Teams do lose. Montreal has been great lately, but they have to lose some games. They have been competing so hard lately they were due to not show up for one of their games. So it happened last night. Better than happening to the leafs.
I don’t about the rest of you, but I’m proud of how my habs have played in the final stretch in trying to get to the playoffs. So they may have blown their chances earlier in the year. Right now I’m proud. They’ve played hard. They’ve won a lot more than they’ve lost. And they have shown a lot of heart and desire.
And this Saturday I’m gong to be cheering for my team to kick some T.O. a**. I’ll leave the complaining till after the season is over. And if that comes right after the Toronto game, oh well. At least I was loyal to my team instead of whining and complaining when it really doesn’t make a damned difference or help the team, and certainly doesn’t change the outcome.
GO HABS!!

GO HABS!!

Boy oh boy:

Some of you are whacked! Really whacked.

I can’t think of a better way to end the regular season than to take the Leafs out of the playoffs. This is the kind of showdown that I have been waiting for years to see. Despite all your gloom and doom, the Leafs are not that good on their home ice. This is essentially a playoff off game, and remember there is often home ice disadvantage in the playoffs.

I am sure that most of you will keep posting your usual garbage, but try to show a little dignity, please.

Oh Yeah!

One more thing…

Anybody and I mean ANYBODY!!! that does not show up for tomorrow night’s game should never wear a habs jersey again…they simply don’t get it, AND NEVER WILL!!

GO HABS GO!

CBC + Nationwide + Away + Maple Laffs = BLOWOUT

You heard it here first folks, do the math. We’ve seen it all year and here it comes again.
This should no longer be a suprise this team is in for a pumping a la Senators style.

OK ,it’s one thing to be upset at the no show Habs,but cheering for the fu@kin MAPLEfAGS, please spare me,lol…..You people scare me,holy ****!!!I have another replacement suggestion ,Get rid of that FU@KING YOUPEE !That over size ,stuffed,gawd awful ,fluff ball is a BAD OMEN !!!! Use it for target practice!!! ! Youpee sure saved the EXPO’S,eh??????? If this team NO SHOWS AGAIN TOMORROW ,I hope you FANS REALLY LOOSE IT,DO IT FOR CHANGE AND DO IT ALL FU@KEN SUMMER TILL SOMEONE DOSE SOMETHING B I G ! GO HAB FANS!!!

WOW!!!! sounds like everybody is getting warmed up for the game tomorrow. too bad none of us are playing eh!!! i think the habs are gonna show up tomorrow, they know that they are a better team. and their piss poor road performance has to end sometime soon. i have a feeling that’s gonna be tomorrow. putting Huet in scares me, but on the other hand. If he is as hungry as he should be, then he may perform amazing. if the defense offer him a ton of support and don’t hang him out to dry like they have in the past. i have a good feeling about tomorrow. sure it sucks not being at home and yeah we have a goaltender decision to make. it’s all gonna come down to “who want’s it more” let’s just hope it ends up being us. if everyone plays like Chris Higgins has in the past month then we may spank the leafs 10-0. boy, wouldn’t that be nice. GO HABS GO!!!!

Halak saving us? what have you been smoking? Obviously you didn’t watch the game last night. Every goal Halak allowed, WAS SOFT! He’s nervous, and HASEN’T WON A GAME ON THE ROAD! HE’S 0-7 ON THE ROAD! Yeah, he’s great on the road!
on the other hand, Huet was the one who got us into the playoffs last year, and nearly got us to the 2nd round. This year, until Huet was exhausted from playing so many games, he was ok. We brought him here to be a backup, not a starter. But you don’t put an inexperienced 21 year old, in such a pressure game. He couldn’t handle thge pressure last night. And had he been able to, he would be starting tomorrow. And what’s so great about his play? He was simply ok, but not brilliant. He’s not good on long shots, and also lets in some soft goals. Hey, I didn’t say Huet was perfect, but he does have experience in these type of situations. Oh, BTW I have seen every single game Halak has played, and he’s average, nothing spectacular, and his GAA isn’t great.
Guess who was in the allstar game? Huet, not Halak. Give the kid time to adjust to the NHL, he was just a fill in, and we were desperate. He’s not quite ready yet.

I’m not Joshtm. I can’t even decipher anything he says, and I normally skip over his comments because it’s always the same thing about Gainey and broken down players, or nonsense like that! I am a true blue habs fan, and that’s why I can’t tolerate these no show games. They upset the hell out of me. I just want a good effort from them!

CANADIENS-DAWG was the only one who told it like it was and actually made sense.

That’s fine. I don’t want to argue either. What I said was the truth and you can’t handle the truth and you can’t argue what is the truth.

We will see what your super hero Huet will do Saturday night.

If everyone plays like Higgins has been playing for the past month (like #74 says), then we will loose 10-0 instead of the score of 6-2 which I think is a correct prediction.

IF the Habs win tomorrow then they are heroes in my book.

If the Habs lose then they are bums.

Its as simple as that!

it would be great to have #9 or 10 or 33 but we do not
it”s up to the #”s 11 , 27 , 73 ,21 and 14 to get the job done tonight. get behind your team……a game like tonight is what it is all about
good luck habs,,,,,,

Don’t get me wrong. I have wanted my Habs to win. I always have and always will. I get fustrated with the way Montreal is playing this year.

I’m not sorry for saying that I hope Huet gets pulled from the net before the 1st period is over. I don’t like Huet as a goaltender never have. He is another Thedore. He has done nothing to impress me this year or last year for that matter either. From what I have seen Huet is no better than Halak. So Huet stoped 8 shots Thursday night. Big deal. Halak stoped 23 and some were great stops. I will cheer for the Habs but not when Huet is in Net, No damn way.

To set the record straight: I WILL NEVER, I MEAN NEVER CHEER FOR THE TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS. NO BLOODY WAY.

All th habs have to do is shut down the toronto D. Think about it. Toronto has one three times this year, the frist one, kaberle had three goals. The second, kaberle has 1 goal and two assists and mccabe had 2 goals. The next time they won kubina scored twice. Shut down The Big Three!!!

1 to go….. let’s see who’ll show!!!everybody on this blog should put their ***** jersey on and cheer for their team. so much negativeness, makes me wonder if you guys have been drugged by some leafs fans. it’s gonna be a tough battle but come on. your comments are very unfaithful. GO**** HABS******GO.

I’m putin a kevlar flak jacket under my C.H. jersey,lol!I’m trying not to be full of doubt. I keep thinking what ifs.What if Kovalev was a commercial plane pilot and he flew like he plays,would you trust him with your life????Or Huet was a maternity doctor,would he drop the baby??? And then there’s Niinimaa,do you trust him?, period???? Quite the Habs season and finally.Blow my mind and win this one Habs !!!!