Race for First
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The Habs have temporarily lost their 1st place seed in the Eastern Conference. With a game in hand, they have a chance to retake it tonight.
The only thing we know is the Conference title will probably come down to the last day of the regular season which has the Devils, Penguins and Rangers all in action. The Habs having finished the day before.
The Northeast however, could be clinched earlier. And with it, a guaranteed #2 seed and home ice advantage throughout the playoffs.
The Habs still hold a 4 point lead and game in hand against the Senators. Two weekend wins against two non playoff teams would make for cushy lead before playing the final game against the Senators on Tuesday.
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- goalie : Didn't get to see the game at all but it's great to see Pacs get a hat trick and fpor Cole to be + 3. When was the last time this team won three games in a row? Great victory -looks like they're giving 100% effort!
- Senet1 : 4-2 win habs
- Senet1 : Gomez scores, Yea!!!
- goalie : As I said yesterday it will be interesting to see what our lame ass GM gets for players he ships out. Bourque is good and he'll help us but I still think we could have gotten more for him and for Halak when he was traded.
- Avatar37 : round those picks occur (probably 3rd).
- Avatar37 : An interesting article. If we slip to the 5th or 7th draft pick, a very interesting case could be made for drafting Galchenyuk. If we wind up with the second or third pick, I'm not sure who I'd draft, because clearly Yakupov is going to be drafted first overall. Our second round pick also becomes interesting, I know I'd take Vasilevski if he were still available. It will also be interesting to see if we can turn some of our veteran players (Moen, Gill, Campoli) into draft picks, and what
- Avatar37 : «link»
- Avatar37 : That is why PG should have waited on trading Cammalleri. Right now, there is a high demand for a top 6 forward, we could have gotten much more than Bourque in return. That isn't a knock against Bourque, but a knock against a knee-jerk reaction trade that didn't maximize our return on a top asset.
- Avatar37 : «link»
- Avatar37 : chips fall where they may. After all, the only difference between finishing 17th and 29th is how good a pick you get in the draft.
- Avatar37 : We currently sit in 26th place in the league. We are 15 points ahead of Columbus, it's safe to bet at this point they will place last. We are, however, only 4 points ahead of Edmonton so it's still wide open as to who is going to finish second last. I still think that it's time to sit the veterans, play the youth, let them get experience, and regroup for next year. I'm not suggesting deliberately tanking like the Penguins, but give all our young players lots of playing time and let the c
- Avatar37 : goalie - If it were not for the play of Cammalleri, we would never have made it out of round 1. Cammalleri played as big a part, if not bigger, than Halak did. Sure, Halak played well, but remember the team collapsed in front of him, making his job much easier. We had lots of blocked shots and the ones that got through were typically from the outside.
- Senet1 : Goalie you are absolutely right, of course the one thing we had the two previous years that won the games that we are losing this year was our power play. If you look at say 10 games that we should have won had we had a similar power play, again we would not be having these conversations. When your PP goes from first to last in the league that is a lot of goals.How many games have we lost this year by one goal. Again poor management who did not prepare for Markov's possible absence.
- goalie : I'll put it another way.... we need more players who are willing to get their noses dirty.
- goalie : Two years ago when our goaltending stole series adn our players suddenly scored the coaches / GM believed that that was our true team . Well time has proven that was not. Though I was very glad to see the Habs knock off some very good teams we were very fortunate. And fortunate that spring was spelled HALAK!
- goalie : The wrst mistake management could possibly make I believe is to say, we played well some games and we believe the team can play to that level more often in the future. This team CANNOT adnb DOES NOT play to a high enough level. Please do not kid yourself mamngement. hat is partially why we're in the lace we are.
- goalie : Senet is correct when he says that if we had more games with a better efort this year we'd likely be in the playoffs. It has been very inconsistent effort but much more than that. We lack big, tough playing and finishing. Never mind fighting for a moment. We did not compete for the pucks nor along the boards nor in front of both nets enough this year. Thus we are in 29th. If the coaching staff doesn't see that then they shouldn't be there.
- Senet1 : Surely Molson is not going to keep him as the GM?
- Senet1 : when he knows he will be fired at the end of the season. Nothing really makes since in this whole process.
- Senet1 : I am not sue why PG has not been fired by now. They could be waiting for another GM to come available at season end, but why would you not set up a committee to manage the team in the short run until a new GM can be named. There is no since in chaning coaches because whoever the GM is he will want to name his own coach. Gainey and a committe of other executives can manage the team through to the trading deadline and onward. What motivation does PG have to making any worthwhile trades when he is
- Senet1 : I am too mch of a competitor to want my team to tank to. However, If these players played like they ae cabable of playing all year we would not be having this discussion right now, we woud be talking about the playoffs and who we would rather meet in the first round.
- rocky : Exactly, and Senet nails it when he says we have not had an elite top 5 in the nhl player since lafleur.
- goalie : I too want the Habs to get the best possible draft this June. We all need SOME hope!
- rocky : He is persona non grata in habville, and a ghost in every sense of the term.
- goalie : It remains a miracle how we have heard from our mighty GM twice since Christmas - the trades involving Spacek and Cammy and those comments were extremely brief. PG just does not cut it in my world. Part of a GMs job is to go public from time to time. PG never does that in fact he's a ghost GM!
- rocky : Its true, there is no honor in that. These guys have only known the ethic of giving it all to win every night. I do not want them to "tank", and they will never do that anyway. I do want them to lose though, as awful as it sounds.
- goalie : Roicky as a good point. We all want the Habs to get a really good draft pick. However, players, coaches etc. also have a keen desire to compete and win. That's why they're playing at the pro level. Thus we can only hope that the team plays some good games and let the chips fall where they may. After the disasterous season we've had let's not lower ourselves adn get involved in any dscussions about 'tanking' games.
- rocky : So long.
- Senet1 : Good discussion rocky, I have to step out for an hour, but may be back later.
- Senet1 : The only way this team comes back to a team with long term potential is to draft a game breaker. Even all the other bad teams have a Stamkos or a player like him. He have some good player so what we need is a Malkin that we can count on 80% of the time to win a game for us.
- rocky : I mean winning will only do them harm that is.
- rocky : It really hurts because my reflexes make me want to cheer like mad, but it will only hurt the team now.
- Senet1 : Yes I have mixed feeling when watching the game. Last night I say here we go again. with our record of shoot losses I did not expect to win that one. Yet I wanted to win real bad?????
- rocky : God, so horrible to sit and hope for losses, but here we are.
- Senet1 : Our problem is we play one out of every 4 games good and therefore, we play well enough to stay on the borderline of a top five pick. If we win three or four in a row we could take ourselves right out of the running.
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March 28, 2008 at 2:04 pm
That would be to cool to finish first but I’M MORE THAN HAPPY EITHER WAY.GO HABS GO…
March 28, 2008 at 7:21 pm
Buffalo, is always tough to play against and they are playing for their playoff lives right now, heres hoping we come out with our A game tonight. someone said Halek is playing tonight, hope he has is form and the defense give him some protections.
March 28, 2008 at 7:27 pm
I am not sure it might be better to finish 2nd overall so that we dont catch Washington in the first round…
March 28, 2008 at 8:27 pm
I predict 2-1 habs
March 28, 2008 at 8:29 pm
If anyone here likes my hab vids from youtube, I’ll be making NHL PLAYOFF PREVIEW 08 on April 6th.
I really hope Carey can get some shutouts over the next while so that we can say that Montreal has good goaltending. Because Price is good but not the best ad Goaltending is the most important thing!!!
March 28, 2008 at 8:34 pm
Goal Higgins !!! in his own net LOL
March 28, 2008 at 8:36 pm
I see Higgy’s been taking scoccer lessons from our Euro’s on the team.
March 28, 2008 at 8:42 pm
this is what happens when you have 2 dAYS OFF. YOU DON’T SHOW UP!
March 28, 2008 at 8:51 pm
6 shots so far, Pretty bad for a division leader!!!! Pick it up boys.
March 28, 2008 at 8:59 pm
shots 9-Habs
25- Sabres
Period- 2
How pathetic is that. How can you win games with no shots?
March 28, 2008 at 9:09 pm
it is not a matter of showing up, the puck is not bouncing there way and they have spent have the time in the penalty box. Is it me or are the refs looking for reasons to call penalties.
A couple of bounces are way and we would have been up 2-0 in first period.
Finally got a break different game now. Watch
March 28, 2008 at 9:11 pm
habs are lucky to be tied after 2 periods. They were totally outplayed in the 2nd period. Thanks to Price were tied. Need to pick it up in the 3rd period.
March 28, 2008 at 9:12 pm
Can’t be too negative it is hard to get shots on goal when you are killing penalties. What was that call against Ryder, he shoots the puck some guy checks him from behind and he hits a buffalo player into their goalie. We get the penalty, then same thing happens in later in second period buffalo nearly takes our goalies head off (helmet) they don’t get a penalty???
Hard to get any momentum with calls like that.
March 28, 2008 at 9:17 pm
the boys seem like they are skating but this is the way Buffalo always plays against us, they skate and check and hit. They get a lucky goal and the game turns in their favour. Price played well considering the penalties. I believe we said the same thing last game against Ottawa. First two period we did the same thing. Buffalo is a hard team to play against because they do not give you any ice. It is a good thing they have very few proven goal scorers this year or they would be in the playoffs for sure. Good team with no scoring, they just work hard.
March 28, 2008 at 9:42 pm
Les Boys just idling too many days thanks to the f*** schedule.
March 28, 2008 at 9:43 pm
Nothing seems to be working tonight, just one of those games they cannot seem to get on track the passes are just off and buffalo’s check hhas them off their game. this is a desperate team and they are playing like it, just like in Ottawa the other night.
March 28, 2008 at 9:43 pm
the truth is, the habs look awful. the thing is, the sabres are the tired team, and we’re the rested team, but we look horrible. Just gave away 2 points that will cost us finishing 1st place in the conference, and if the habs don’t play better tomorrow and win, then you can probably forget about finishing 1st in their division. What I can’t understand, is how you come out so flat in such an important game? And why can Higgins only score for the opposition?
Somebody needs to show him how to score on the breakaway!
March 28, 2008 at 9:51 pm
What more can Price to do to keep them in this game?
Montreal with a 3 day rest can’t show up and out play a team that played 3 games in 4 nights. Miller has not worked up a sweat. Shameful.
Really how Montreal got where they did this year is beyond me.
These Refs should be dragged out into the street and SHOT in the Head.
Way to go Habs, way to help out Price.
March 28, 2008 at 9:56 pm
well we have on team that has no tomorrow playing a team that seems to be satisfied in making hte playoff. Buffalso sure do not look tired, they have skated and hit all.
Score still have a outside chance.
March 28, 2008 at 9:58 pm
Ice man…hows the brain?….you aint worth bitching about…(dumb!)
Now every body complains, Halak plays next game, of course!..and the veterans will play next game, Dandenault,Begin. Brisebois, they will play a lot next game,…..LOSS, its all good, Hahahahahahahahahah!
March 28, 2008 at 10:00 pm
Here we go either 3-3 or 4-2.
March 28, 2008 at 10:01 pm
Here is where we need a faceoff man
March 28, 2008 at 10:02 pm
3-3
March 28, 2008 at 10:02 pm
woooooooow
March 28, 2008 at 10:03 pm
This is a sign of a good team, they don’t play their A game and still have a chance to win.
March 28, 2008 at 10:04 pm
unbelievable! maybe this is why the sabres aren’t a playoff team!
March 28, 2008 at 10:05 pm
Oh yet have little faith, it is never over until it is over, didn’t you guys every play sports.
March 28, 2008 at 10:10 pm
win!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!4-3
March 28, 2008 at 10:10 pm
yyyeeeeehhhaaaaaaa
March 28, 2008 at 10:11 pm
did someone say Higgins needs to learn how to score??? he had a quick lesson.
March 28, 2008 at 10:12 pm
I can’t believe it. ok I forgive higgins tonight. he made up for his miscues.
Wow! I really didn’t think habs were going to win! way to go boys!
March 28, 2008 at 10:13 pm
I’m wipped the egg of my face.
Why do the Habs have to put my blood pressure to the brink of a near stroke?
Sorry for my earlier comments.
March 28, 2008 at 10:14 pm
Les Boys won like a Eastern leader!!!
Super happy to see Plekanec is BACK!!!
March 28, 2008 at 10:15 pm
what a great game, I almost had a heart attack there.
March 28, 2008 at 10:21 pm
I just seen the game highlites and had to wipe the happytears,lol
March 28, 2008 at 10:24 pm
I guess we should all learn that if we are true habs fans then we have to have faith, I learned a long time ago that the game is never over until it is over, Yoga Bera taught all us old timers that many years ago. It showed tonight that the team wanted to win but nothing seemed to work and Buffalo is a frustrating team to play against. However, if you guys remember last year, how many games did we blow that way? When you have a team that has to play strictly defense to win they tend to go into a shell to protect a lead and the next thing you know the game is tied.
March 28, 2008 at 10:27 pm
I guess the sky stopped falling, eh guys? Bunch of *******.
March 28, 2008 at 10:28 pm
you know, maybe this is fate. maybe it IS our year!
I feel total euphoria now. The same way I felt when we came from behind to beat the rangers. Are you guys getting that same feeling?
And I’m sure alot of us had them for dead when it was 3-1 for the sabres. right? But these guys could really do it this year! maybe we should call them the cardiac kids. no matter, I’m smiling big time!
March 29, 2008 at 2:07 am
A game like this really puts a bunch of stuff into perspective about this team. I don’t
know what happened to Carbo but he seems to be coming into his own behind the bench.
Personally, I would have blown a gasket on the Ryder call. I like how Carbo let the officials
have it, then put his attention on the game.
I’m going to go ahead and state the obvious. Our top line is a bona fide top line. These guys
F!@#N ROCK!
… in other news … the blues beat detroit 4 – 3 in overtime. Sound Familiar?
Enjoy tonight’s game!!
March 29, 2008 at 3:22 am
this game should have been a blow out if the habs were plaing at 100%. it looked like they were playing with toronto in mind. it was a great game, don’t get me wrong. it should have never came to OT though. they got the 2 points and now they have to hit toronto. Who can teach higgins how to deek??? if the boys were laid back tonight because they are thinking about the leafs tomorrow then that’s OK but if they think it’s gonna be a cakewalk in the playoffs then we are setting up ourselves for a defeat. rangers are no joke right now and they might help us acheive a conference title but if we have to face them in the first,second round then we might be in trouble. we seem to have a hard time taking the body instead of the puck. grabovski and lapierre have to start doing this. right now Carbonneau has to start telling the troops that this is a battle against the pens. the ultimate goal is to win as many games to stay ahead of them. get a conference title. we can do this, komi is coming back and we need to stay on top of ****, instead of thinking about who we are gonna play in the first round, let’s go boys. keep it going, great comeback tonight. GO HABS GO
March 29, 2008 at 7:24 am
It was 3-1 in the last 8 minutes of the game, or something and Buffalo had all the momentum and Montreal cames back after that! That’s unbelievable.
March 29, 2008 at 12:55 pm
where are all the guys that wanted Hossa on this team???
March 29, 2008 at 12:56 pm
Perusing the comments here is funny. They go from tearing the Habs a new a**hole to praising them for their character.
That being said, the Habs DO have character, and they showed it. Good times, friends!
“If anyone here likes my hab vids from youtube, I’ll be making NHL PLAYOFF PREVIEW 08 on April 6th.”
I do like them – they’re really good. I like this one too, by the way (if anyone knows who this is): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jph0SZZc0Gw&feature=related
March 29, 2008 at 1:00 pm
And I still can’t believe that Kovalev picked up his glove whilst controlling the puck… I’ve never seen anything like that before, and I watched Lemieux in Pittsburgh for years. Amazing.
March 29, 2008 at 2:42 pm
As I said earlier, a good team is a team that finds a way to win when they are not playing their best game. If kovalev played like this last year none of us would have wanted to trade him away. Likewise, Ryder has played really well since the first of the year. Basically he has almost all his goals since then and I have never seen him take the body as much as he is right now. I think he is playing for a new contract with either the canadiens or another team. If he continues to play this way I would like to sign him again. Carbo seems to continue to show confidence in him as well. To me it is like adding a new player to our team.
March 29, 2008 at 5:26 pm
Habz got it baby – dont you fret. Halak will show you tonight that one of our hidden weapons lies in our goaltending – you will be ‘wowed’ tonight my friends. Even with Koivu and Streit and Komi out we will take the cake and win our first division title in 15 years. Be proud my friends, by proud. We have been waiting for this for a LONG time. Be proud my friends. Be proud.