Hey BeSen, its Carbo and Gainey that hired Samsonov, it sure as heck wasn’t Ziman, or XHABSFAN or hey it wasn’t the City Hall, or what’s the other excuses? Revenue Canada hired Samsonov….honestly, the excuses just keep coming and those for and against the actions of the habs organization….

Isn’t it odd the George G would spend his own money to build Liverpool a new stadium but he sure as heck won’t give us any leg room to hire some real talent? Or how Gauthier and Gainey all but handcuff themselves by throwing money at players no one else wants. Heck if Gainey went to a yard sale, he’d buy the most expensive useless thing guaranteed to break down…he just has that wonderful Midas touch. Yet he can pick the rookies…just what gives? Good with rookies but just crapshoot out of luck with real hockey players? And then there’s Carboneaus Las Vegas Lines, just pull the arm on the one arm Jack and figure out who’s gonna play on which line, heck next we’ll see Huet playing rightwing in his full gear, send Youpie out there too won’t you Guy?

Okay I go to far, but honestly sometimes it just makes you wonder.

Hey doggone, it’s Huet’s horrible record, he’s in a slump, he’s lost more than he has won, that is why the habs are in a minnie slump there, it’s all the goalies fault, cause Souray ain’t gonna win us game winning goals every time, and our offense is hit and miss, and we have no defense to speak of really…..once Huet snaps out of it then we’ll have a chance at putting our foot in the door for the playoffs, it may take bringing up some new blood though from the dogs, Andy Over Andy Over, bring Grabby and Kosty over cause Rivet sure as heck isn’t standing tall on defense….

Or hey wouldn’t Rivet and Sammy look good in Coyotes uniforms? Maybe the Great One can do us a favour, maybe in return for a first round draft pick, cause of Phoenix’s place, we might get a decent rookie prospect….we’ll throw in Downie perhaps and bring up Butterfly Biron in hopes he’ll sting like a bee finally….

There’s something really Deja Vue about this game ,oh yeah it’s Cam Ward, lil’*******!!

well we lost, AGAIN! I’m really getting tired of losing . It’s getting old.
6 games in a row we have given up the first goal of the game. Not a good sign.
Koivu said they play better when they’re behind. Well they’re getting good pracice at that. It seems every game they find a way to lose. You know what they say: Good teams find a way to win, and lousy teams find a way to lose.
It looks like they’re playing without any confidence, and they can’t score on the PP anymore. So to sum it up, I’m disgusted! the opposition loves to play habs, because they know how soft our team is, and an easy win for them.
Remember in the 70′s how intimidating habs were, well just the opposite now. That’s why leafs lick their chops when they know they’re playing us. Oh, how the mighty have fallen. shameful, we can’t score more than 1 goal.
BTW, Pitt, with their win tonight, only 1 point behind us, with 2 games in hand. And now we have back to back games vs Ottawa. Doesn’t look good.

Xhabsfan:

Snipers? Your team just put one of your best hopes of a sniper on waivers today! All because in November, he wouldn’t roll over and accept his demotion to Latendresse because Montreal fans were looking really stupid all over North America chanting “GUI-GUI-GUI” before le garcon d’or had posted a single point in the NHL (Two months into the season, I might add!) Really Xhabsfan, you should check with management before posting your rants.

Well, my new team (the Penguins) beat the best team in hockey (Nashville) easily tonight by a score of 4-1. Of course, we all know that whinny, cry baby, anglo Crosby (who goes down when you spear him in the gut or high stick him in the face) doesn’t have the maturity to play for the Blue, Blanc et Rouge of les Glorieux. How did you guys make out against Carolina (8th place in the Eastern Conference) at home tonight, by the way?

Since you guys don’t seem to want talented, “broken down” players in Montreal, I just hope that you won’t mind if the Pens steal him off waivers because I really think that there is still a lot of talent left in Samsanov’s tank. Maybe Aaron Downey can give us all a lecture (not just Sidney Crosby) a lesson on how to play hockey properly since he is that much closer to being the most talented player on the Montreal roster.

Joshtm: I have always paid attention to myor posts. I have to admit you havea point. Bob Gainey is a little conservative. But, you have to admit you’ re a little too picky. Every night, after we win, I sit down on my chair and start reading the posts, and the funniest part is that I am always looking for your posts. I just want you to appreciate the team instead of criticizing it. I know that the Hab fans are not at all loyal(no wonder why Shanahan and Elias denied playing for Habs although they were willing to pay them way more than they get paid right now)

One other thing I wanted to mention Joshtm, this year Habs actually gave the chance to two youngsters to play permanently for the big club not to forget, we gave chances to Kostistyn and Grabvoski.

Sincerely,
Jack

They should trade samasonov for Martin Havlat

Habs blog:

I have actually been a Habs fan my entire life.

However, if you look back at some of my previous posts of the last few months, you will see that I mention that the Habs future hopes of another cup in the next decade are probably dependent on signing Sidney Crosby as a free agent in 2012. He made no secrets of the fact that he wanted (emphasize: wanted — past tense ) to play in Montreal. Most of you obviously seem to know nothing about how much Sidney Crosby wanted to play for the Habs (or maybe, you don’t really care.)

However, after the Montreal fans booed him every time he touched the puck last Sunday, and chanted, “faker, faker” at him, why should he even consider going near that place in his career? He can play wherever he wants to. Seriously, if you really think that Montreal is currently such a great place to play, recall that Samsonov was Plan E after Elias, Arnott, Sykora, and Shanahan all refused to sign. This particular free agency signing has ended badly so do you really think that free agents are going to be lining up next summer to sign with Montreal?

You should all try to remember that Canadiens fans live all across North America these days, and if Habs’ fans are seen behaving in a manner that is highly offensive to an entire region of the country, you should expect to lose some of your fans in that region. Congratulations, some of you made a 19 year old kid from Nova Scotia look bad on national television last Sunday. You won a battle, but you lost a war!

End of rant. That’s it — I’m done!

Rob,did you know that if you nailed your wife as much as you’ve been nailing Hab Fans lately, you would have your own country,.geeesee man.

Sorry rob i guess i exposed your true colours. Now even the Blog is jumping on the bandwagon. Sorry Dude (he he he)

Habs blog:

I don’t really know why I keep coming back to this site, but if you guys don’t know that Crosby REALLY wanted to play for the Habs then you REALLY don’t know squat about him or his family. When the #1 draft pick and future greatest player of all time says before the lottery draft in 2005 that he hopes that he is picked by Montreal, he probably means it! Otherwise, why would he have said it? In fact, it actually hurts his career/bargaining position that he once did say it.

The treatment that Crosby received at the hands of the Hab’s fans last Sunday was atrocious. I spent a good part of my life in Montreal so I understand how competitive/brutal the fans can get, but I would bet that most Nova Scotians don’t have an inkling as to why that happened the way it did. All they see is a bunch of hooligans who are booing and chanting “faker, faker” to their hero on national television. Crosby is a good kid with principles and a ton of natural talent. He deserved much better than that, and I am not just saying that because I live in his home town.

Yes, joshtm, I repeat that there are many ways that the way fans conduct themselves that can hurt a team. You can choose to believe that or not.

Habs blog:

If you are wondering why I am so pissed about this, consider the fact that Denis Savard (although not nearly so talented as Sidney Crosby) did not hide the fact that he wanted to play for the Canadiens too, but had the misfortune of being drafted by the Black Hawks before the Habs could get to him in the draft. However, whenever Denis came to town, it was always pretty hard to tell that he didn’t actually play for the Canadiens. He was always greeted as a native son in Montreal.

What is the hell is the difference in the Crosby situation? There is one big factor, and you and I both know what that factor is. For the last roughly twenty years of my life, we have watched that particular factor rip this team apart. It has also been a factor in the Samsonov situation as I have previously alluded to (post #62.)

Who made that factor important? The fans in Montreal, of course. Bob Gainey didn’t!

Nothing that the rest of us can do, but sit back and watch it happen yet again. Well, this time the folks that have decided that this factor is more important than talent can go down with the boat because some of us are abondoning ship. C’mon, admit it! You are thinking the same thing.

Actually, Habs Blog; it’s probably better that you stay on board, and try to straighten the deck chairs on this Titanic. If you ask me, you could probably challenge the joshtm’s of the world a little more to find out what makes them think and behave in the ways that they do. Hell, you might even be Canada’s next Don Cherry if you did that….

See you, it really has been fun. I am not kidding.

PS. I’ll be back if Crosby does sign with the Habs one day.

Looks like what Gainey looks for is hockey players who are just as ugly as he is. That must be it. Anyone know of any real ugly centermen that don’t get knocked down by the smallest breeze? Oh ya, they have to have a long history of injuries, can’t be forgetting the one other requirement to be drafted by Gainey, injured vets…..the Habs Hospital, MASH Montreal….calling Colonel Gainey, calling Colonel Gainey, please come to the operating room, Johnson need another liver transplant….

After all the crowing in the first half of the season what are you guys going to do when the Habs miss the playoffs?

Wow.. Samsonov didn’t play again and Montreal still lost? Now who is going to be the fall guy and the reason for the Habs losing? Goes to show that it’s not one guy, it’s the team. Reading back on some of the earliest posts, some people should give Sammy a break. It’s time to find another reason why the team is failing, don’t you think?

It’s not Carbo’s fault. The team was overachieving based on special teams. Since their 5-on-5 play has always been terrible their recent special teams downturn is starting to cost the Habs games. Forget a playoff round or two the only rounds Montreal will be playing will involve greens and tees.

coutNY is right, it’s not Carbo’s fault that the Habs are just not very good. They have some good pieces to build on which should give everyone comfort but they are still very much a work in progress.

The biggest worry for all of us is the perception by other future free agents that Montreal is not a good destination. This is the really big problem with the sammy disaster.

Bummer.

DON’T

I think Carbo is just lacking experience. Gainey needs to take him by the hand and show him how to coach a team. But didn’t Gainey do that last year? Obviously Carbo didn’t learn too much from Gainey.
At the same time, Carbo has to work with what he has, which is very little.There simply is not alot of talent on this team, and the D has remained the same;( which wasn’t very good last year) We knew coming into this season, that the habs didn’t make alot of changes, so what could we expect? The problem was, they started off fast, so then everyone got on the bandwagon, and expected it to continue. Had the habs started like a 500 team, would we be reacting in the same manner? NO ! I was really surprised how well habs played for 2 months. I kept saying, “but how are they winning all these games, because on paper they’re not that good”. I was right, they’re not that good. they won some games they didn’t deserve to win, and they had alot of luck, combined with the fact that players were playing over their heads, and overachieving. What we have now are ” THE REAL HABS”! Since is how they performed last year. Unfortunately Gainey did NOT makes the changes necessary to make this team better. I am putting the onus on him! True, alot of UFA’s turned down offers to play here, but c’mon, there has to be some guys,(especially french canadians) who would love to play in their backyard, right?
So, unless, and until MAJOR changes occur, don’t expect anything from this team. I sincerely doubt they will make the playoffs, but I think the leafs will, because, even tho they aren’t blessed with alot of talent, they have heart and desire, which is an ingredient sorely missed on our team! Not all teams have alot of talent, but they make up for it with grit, passion, and desire. look at Calgary, not alot of talent, but boy do they have a strong work ethic! The habs will never change until management overhauls, and I mean OVERHAULS this team. The D is awful, no real snipers up front, and a really bad work ethic. Just a lack of apathy on this team, too bad! Let’s see just how bad Gainey wants to win. I think he is way too stagnant, like a lame duck GM. And signing Samsonov was never the answer! I guess building thru the draft is the only way things the habs will get better. I have very little confidence in Gainey, because he has not come thru!