We need to make sure that we don’t keep extra baggage. It’s time for Koivu to go. His undisciplined penalty last night and on countless other occasions this season, really hurt this team. Added to the fact that he didn’y show up for many games in Jan, Feb, and so on. His 22 goals are not worth 4.75 mil.
It’s been nice having him here, but it’s time to say goodbye, along with Kovalev(Mr. Invisible). Just to show Kovalev’s cowardness, he didn’t even stay in the dressing room last night, after the game to answer questions.
He’s a gutless, no show piece of garbage! HE’S GONE! Sorry to say, Souray won’t be resigned! Too expensive, and a DEFENSIVE LIABILITY!
Let’s hope Gainey is able to land 1 or 2 UFA’s and trade some of the deadwood.
Oh, BTW,habs missed the playoffs in Jan and Feb! Any team who has to depend on the last game of the season to make the playoffs, has NO BUSINESS BEING IN THEM! They played last night the same way they played all season: playing for only 20 minutes, undisciplined, taking too many penalties, allowing soft goals, and bad defence!
So, just wait for the draft now, and hope we get good draft picks, then a few trades, and sign acouple UFA’s, and out with the trash!

Since the 1998-99 season to present,(8years),(not including the lockout year), HABS HAVE MISSED THE PLAYOFFS 5 OUT OF THE LAST 8 YEARS! Something is wrong with this organization! Why don’t we ever get better,PERMANENTLY!
Detroit,Ottawa, NJ, always gets in the playoffs, why can’t we?
Gainey needs to stop tweaking this club, and make major changes!
We shouldn’t have to worry from year to year if we’re good enough.Detroit, Ottawa and NJ don’t have those concerns! I WANT BIG BIG CHANGES OR I’LL CHANGE MY ALLEGIANCE!

R habs 4 real, please do switch allegiance. I think that would be better for everybody.

And you want to know why the Habs aren’t like the Red Wings, Devils etc.? Cause before Gainey got here Houle and Andre Savard couldn’t draft worth ****. They were horrible GM’s. The Bulldogs and the Habs had no young players or prospects till Gainey got here.

This will take time. I know no one wants to here the word ‘patience’ anymore but it’s the truth. You’re either loyal or not, through thick and thin. This team will be top 6 in the East next year. This will take a couple more years.

And Koivu just had career high’s in goals and assists so lay off. Carbo will be a better coach who will have lived from his mistakes and with the Russians gone there will be no more cancers in the room that he has to deal with. And once they get one more winger and a #1-2 centre man they will start to light it up 5 on 5. All Carbo needs to do is have these guys practising how not to take penalties in the offseason.

Habs#1: You wouldn’t a real fan if they bit you in the ***!
It’s diluted fans like you, that are willing to settle, EVERY SINGLE YEAR, for mediocrity! And you’re happy if a bad team, so go screw yourself!

Ha ha ha ha ha ha. Happy with a bad team? No.

But unlike you I’m willing to give a GM 5-6 years for the fruits of his labour to show, especially when he takes over an organiztion with nothing there. There’s one thing the Habs need more then a superstar centre: STABILITY!

Think of it like a government, if you’re changing it every 2 years you’ll never get anything done cause you’re constantly starting over.

I’ll give Gainey and Carbo till 2009-2010 for the Habs to be tops in the East. If they aren’t by then I’ll start calling for there heads.

Wanting a winner is one thing, being irrational and thinking with your heart instead of your head is another.

And if anyone ever diffends Kovalev and still wants him on the team should go cheer for the Leafs.

Well, wityh Savard we won a stanley cup. Man, that was bad, wasn’t it?
Just because a team is rebuilding, doesn’t mean they shouldn’t be competitive.
And you don’t have to be a great team to make the playoffs.
I doubt Gainey will be any different from previous GM’s, but yes, let’s see who he drafts, and the trades he makes. If he does very little, like at the trade deadline, then I’ll know where we stand. We’re not asking for a champion in 2 years, but BE COMPETITVE AND MAKE THE PLAYOFFS!

The Habs won the cup with Serge Savard as their GM in 1993, Molson fired him, hired Houle.

Then they fired him and hired Andre Savard.

They are two different people.

Once the two Russians are gone this team will improve by leaps and bounds.

When did he fold under pressure ever other then the 2nd goal last night? He couldn’t see the other 5 cause the D played their worst game of the season.

And he kept them in it last year against Carolina. The OT knockout went off a stick, and goalie’s are about timing. His was knocked off it went in.

He will be the Habs goalie next season. Halak will be the backup and Price will be the starter in Hamilton.

And now the consolation prize:

THE LEAFS ARE OUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sad, but we have to take solice in the fact that the Leafs didn’t make it and the Habs will have more cap room(once the two Russians go) and a better chance to improve this offseason.

Habs young players>Leafs young players

THE ISLANDERS JUST MADE EVERYTHING SEEM A LITTLE BIT BETTER> THANKS NEW YORK!!!

V_I_N_D_I_C_A_T_I_O_N_!!!!!!!! I LOVE IT!!

Hey Habs blog: thanks for that! This is the first time I’ve laughed since last night. We really needed that. And thank you Islanders! their win took some of the sting out of our loss. I wish you could get that piece on TSN!
I want to show leaf fans what we think of them. Really, I couldn’t stop laughing! And next year Price WILL contend for the starting goalie position. If he doesn’t make it, at least he’ll be the backup!
Since we can’t be in there this year, I’m hoping VANCOUVER will do it!

The players don’t get paid for the playoffs anyway. It is all gravy money for the owners…………..

The above statement is partially incorrect. For each playoff series, there is a winning dollar amount or pot and a losers dollar amount provided by the NHL.

Exactly who contributes to the fund is unknown to me; Is it only the playoff teams or the entire 30 teams contribute throughout the year?

But, the players are definately paid via the NHL playoffs share for each series. The later the series, the greater the amount and most likely, each players share is less than what they are paid during the season.

R Habs…of course Price is going to “compete” for a spot with the Habs next season. Do you think they’d actually not give him an invite to training camp? That doesn’t mean he’ll get the job though.

Don’t get me wrong. I can’t wait until he’s our guy, but if he’s rushed, we might be shooting ourselves in the foot.

I still predict a Huet/Halak tandem season for 2007/08 and Price gets his shot in 2008/09 – or if H or H get injured next season.

There’s a lot of hollering going on here – but let’s take a step back for a sec. Gainey ain’t going anywhere and neither is Carbo – don’t like the way he coaches becasue he alienates players .. you can’t bench a professional hockey player in today’s world becasue he made a mistake – they just make too much money for it to be a lesson – either way, Carbo is staying because of Gainey. Huet is starting with Halak backing up – Abby will walk. Souray is gone and so is Niinima (no big loss there). So we have left .. Markov (signs) Dandenault, Komi, Bouillion, Streit(for whatever reason) – maybe, Gorges gets more ice time and they pick up another D. Staying up front Ryder (even though Gainey hates him), Higgins (future), Pleks (future), Begin (because he is French and the penalty wasn’t his fault according to Carbo), Johnson, Lapierre (future according to Carbo), Latendresse (future so they say), Kostitsyn (future according to Gainey). Kovalev stays because nobody will pick him up, Perezhogin might go in a deal, Bonk probably goes, Koivu probably stays (only way he goes is if Gainey makes a blockbuster deal and he is not going to do that) – Samsonov hoes if there is a deal. So there is only room for one or two forwards – ie. Gainey tries againg to convince some big UFA to come to Montreal and play under Carbo who uses tactics that you would use in coaching your pee wee son’s league. If he gets a signing, that will not work out come Feb because the UFA will tire of the crappy systems by coaching staff. See you all same place, same time early next spring.