Redemption

It has been less than 6 months since the Philadelphia Flyers defeated the Montreal Canadiens ending their 2008 playoff run.

The bitter taste remains.

Another one sided road victory wouldn’t make up for last year’s playoffs, but would certainly feel good.

Any victory, and the Habs begin with 5 out of 6 possible road points. A near perfect start and some early season confidence to take to the home opener on Wednesday.

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#1 STUO11 says:
October 13, 2008 at 5:44 pm

this is it everbody, great hockey onn tonight!!!!

#2 Izzy says:
October 13, 2008 at 7:56 pm

I cant believe how tough the flyers are when we dont have big George in the line up…..I mean really…two guys going after Kovy at the end of the period?…..hurry up George….

#3 habknot says:
October 14, 2008 at 5:41 pm

I’m with you, Izzy! Hartnell and Downie, but reall the whole Ph@#$n’ team skating around like they’re the toughest thing on ice. I’m actually surprised and happy that we came back like that without George and Frankie. Can’t wait to get them back for Bos and Philly especially!

#4 habknot says:
October 14, 2008 at 5:48 pm

Couldn’t Chipchura play wing instaed of Dandenault, that would give us a bit more size and toughness?

#5 Donnie says:
October 15, 2008 at 10:24 am

Great game against Philly and Toronto. We’re playing well and again it’s exciting thinbking of the possibilities already. Gotta ask though…..what is wrong with Koivu? He’s an NHL team captain, and is invisible most of the time…a non-factor. He’s playing with no intensity or drive at all…you can see this in his game and in his face when the camera goes on him. Just a blank slate is what his face is….like he’s off somewhere else all together. Think of some of the other team captains around the league….they’re into the action, in the spotlight, doing something thats visibly helping.
This problem with Saku goes back to last year…is he not inspired anymore?? sick of it?? just don;t wanna play??
Whatever it is…I’m not really sure he should have the “C” anymore…doesn’t seem to be leading anything anymore…..and he’s definitely shouldn’t be taking Lang’s place as a 2nd line center….Lang can still do it…get him off Kostopolous’ line…put Koivu there…somehwta of a checking role is all he can really do anymore(not that he ever blossomed into the offensive star he was supposed to.
Sorry guys…I know most of you swear by Koivu, and I liked him as a player for a long time too….but it’s time something was said…the guy is just not producing on the ice in any way shape or form, and spends most of the game without his name being mentioned at all…those aren’t captain qualities….you’re a great guy Saku, but it may be time to give up the C…or not to be signed at all next season, as sad as that sounds.

Big one tonight against the B’s…lets goooooooooooooo Habs gooooooooooooo !!!!!

#6 Senet1 says:
October 15, 2008 at 11:34 pm

I agree about Koivu, glad someone else sees what I have been saying for some time. Lang is the big centre that we have needed. He is in the mix and he goes to the net. That is how he scored both his goals that I saw. I said it last year Koivu is only a 15-18 goals at the most per season. His faceoffs were terrible in the late season. He did improve somewhat in the playoffs. However, if you noticed against Phily when he went up against the big centres he lost almost every faceoff. He is the third line centre like I suggested the minute we obtained Lang. In fact, based on his FA status at the end of the year I would trade him if the right player was available.

#7 Senet1 says:
October 15, 2008 at 11:49 pm

Even with out George, we were able to handle Phily’s size because we had Lang up front, Obryne on defence and a healthy Komisarek. The one thing that worries me though is Philly still seemed to control the front of our net at times and some of their goals were directly due to this control. That is why I believe we need another steady experienced defenceman

#8 Donnie says:
October 19, 2008 at 10:15 pm

Guess I shoulda badmouthed Koivu earlier…the last 2 games have been the best he’s played in years….finally got the Saku we were supposed to get years ago…..new life with Tanguay I guess…lets just keep Higgins away from him now….keep it going Koivu, don’t die off now. GO HABS GO !!!

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Senet1 : I want the Bruins to win anyway so that we pick ahead of them in the Draft.
Senet1 : Muller you got your wish NYR won game 4. So the Bruins will have to play another game at least.
Senet1 : He may just bring all three of the kids up.
muller93 : MB is forced to go out and get a big D-man. Missing Emelin for almost half the season is the last thing we needed to hear. Now going out and getting a big D-man is a MUST!!!
muller93 : Now for the Fu**en Bruins who have no business even being in the second round are going to get a nice rest. Yes the same goons who took out one of best D-man for 6 more months. There is NO Fu**en justice. Just venting--Ok i feel better now.
muller93 : So pissed to see the Rangers lay down and play like total crap. How did the Rangers beat the Caps? This team is playing with no heart--a must win and can only muster 23 shots...PATHETIC !!!
muller93 : Senet I did see Galchenyuks goal--Made a great move for the game winner. You can see the kid has so much confidence.
goalie : If Rangers get swept I wonder if Tortorella will get his walking papers? Or Glen Sather? They have tons of 'talent' but zero wins in this series.
goalie : It's really too bad we lost to the Sens as we would have played the Rangers and the way NYR are playing we would have beat them too. If only. If only!
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.