I think toinght will be a good game. Our team is looking good and if we can put together 60 minutes we will beat the Sabres in regulation. I even feel our losses to Boston and NJ were good games with the excetption of about 5 minutes in each game, We are a real contender if we can start putting in solid 60 min efforts.

“When Montreal plays to their potential and Buffalo to theirs, they are arguably the two quickest teams and an excellent game is always the result.”

Ditto on that HB. The good thing about the habs’ character is that they don’t seem to let a loss affect their confidence as much as it did last year. The difference could goaltending because when Theo started tanking in spots last year, it had a ripple effect on the rest of the team.

When Higgins what are we going to do with the lines?

option 1: Put him on the 1st line and put Latendresse on 4th

option2: Put him on the 2nd line and Leave everyhting as it is, and move- Pleckanek to the 4th line

option 3: Mess up all the lineS, BUT DO NOT TOUCH THE 3rd LINE.

Higgins is returning to the linup next week, either Tuesday against Boston, or Thursday against the lightning. he has been practicing with the club.that’s very good news. Boy, can we use his scoring. carbo said he would play 6 or 7 minutes on the 4th line,and see how he does. But you know once he’s back and comfortable, he will be moved back to the 1st line.

I said before the game started,the only way we will this game, is to have GOOD GOALTENDING, and NOT ALOT OF PENALTIES, but that isn’t happening. Huet was very weak on BOTH goals, and we’re taking bad penalties. You can’t afford to give up soft goals, and still win!lately, he looks tired. but, for whatever reason, he doesn’t look sharp!

4 x 2 on ONE’S. Zero goals.

PLEASE PUT ABBY IN GOAL FOR SHOOTOUTS, HUET SUCKS!

Stick on the ice you f@#%#’n OHL goalie, where the hell was the pock check?
Who the hell taught him to play in net?
That was just brutal, brutal goaltending.

We lost, and Huet still didn’t look sharp! remember what I said about always losing on Saturday? it happened again! oh by the way, expect to lose all the shootouts, WHEN HUET IS IN GOAL! he is simply HORRIBLE on shootouts!!!!no matter what, (even if we stand on our heads), we just can’t beat BUFFALO! that win a few weeks ago, with 1 second to go, was just lucky. We think we have beaten them, maybe once in the last 30 tries. just not happening. now, we have lost 4 of our last 6. not good. We just can’t seem to finish plays, and we miss so many good scoring chances. How many 2 on 1′s did we have in the 2nd period? you have to make the most of your opportunities, and we don’t. I think it’s just a lack of talent. from now on, everytime they play on Saturday, I’m betting on the opposition, because we seem to be lucky on Saturdays. Never on Saturday! We’re losing too many games now!Can we send Samsonov to the minors? better still, exile him to his home country, SIBERIA!

Souray left the game injured with some sort of wrist injury. If it’s serious, or he’s out for any length of time, our PP is finished, and so are we! Because we don’t score 5 on 5. Our only goals tonight, were on the PP. Why can’t we score 5 on 5? I think this losing streak will continue. too many overtime and shootout games, and Huet looks tired. He’ll never make it thru 82 games. he wasn’t built to play that many games. WE should bring up Danis or Jaraslak. Huet’s weaknesses are being exposed. Did you see that slapshot in the shootout? huet looked horrible on that!

You guys are tough, Gotta be X NHL’ers, Right? You gotta be.

Well… i don’t understand all those cries… we just tied a game with BUFFALO, one of the two best team in the NHL at the moment. And we did great. I enjoyed the game. Yes, we need to be better in 5vs5. But we are first in the 4vs5 and we are like 4th in the 5vs4. We have some problems, but why a trade? We can think about a trade in February, but in December? common.

I didn’t see the game but after reading some of these comments…don’t hang Huet…he is the main guy. Aebischer is not stealing the games. Last year it was Huet and if the playoffs are in sight, then Huet has to be the man.

Missing scoring opportunities and not finishing off plays has been part of the problem. Penalities are and have been a major problem. So we just played Buffalo and got a point. Huet did let some soft goals and maybe had some kind of off night. Take this loss a lot better than the NJ game. That’s the one we should have had. We didn’t even get a point. Lighten up, it sounds like the effort was there tonight, perhaps a positive trend building here. There will be another game, let’s come out for the full game. Souray’s injury may become a pivotal factor. Let’s hope it’s a minor thing.

Go Habs Go!

I just copied this off TSN…..

Laura Gainey, 25, was washed off a deck at the back of the vessel in a storm at 9:30 p.m. Friday.

A search is continuing this morning.

Dan Moreland, the senior captain of the Picton Castle, says she is a volunteer on the vessel who is known to be very fit, and is “a well loved crew member.”

Meanwhile, the U.S. coast guard says the search for the woman is in a crucial stage this morning.

Spokeswoman Faith Wisinski says aircraft resumed searching at first light and a U.S. coast guard vessel has searched through the night for Gainey.

However, she says that as of 9 a.m. this morning, Gainey has been in the water 30 hours.

Wisinski says the water is warm in the area, but it’s expected hypothermia would normally take a person’s life after 36 hours.

Gainey isn’t wearing a life-jacket