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Steve Begin Breaks Foot

  • Steve Begin fractured his foot in Sunday’s game against Columbus and will be out of the lineup yet again.

    It feels like Begin hasn’t even been part of this team this year due to all the games he’s missed.

    An important gritty player the Habs could have used down the stretch.

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  1. #1 T-RUM says:
    February 21, 2007 at 9:04 am

    anybody besides me notice that when joshtm is not on, neither is JL55 ( the guy who applauds his posts?)…coincidence?

  2. #2 T-RUM says:
    February 21, 2007 at 11:04 am

    “Gaby” sends in the following on the Montreal Canadiens: “Michel Villeneuve on the late night show 110% in Montreal has announced that the Habs are imminent on a deal with the Minnesota Wild involving Benoit Pouliot, nothing else was said. It also appears that the Wild have been scouting Habs games and that Assistant General Manager Pierre Gauthier has been scouting the Wild. Villeneuve goes on to say that since Bob Gainey has announced he would speak to the media when there would be news to talk about a couple weeks ago, something may be imminent since Gainey has agreed to speak to the media on Thursday in Nashville.” Hat tip also to Louis

  3. #3 Joshtm says:
    February 21, 2007 at 11:16 am

    hey T-Rum you are a real funny guy.

    I think the habs are in for **** kicking tomorrow, and Gainey is gonna bring the team down by being physically in the same building as the team. Anyone notice when Gainey is not at the games the team is energized? Coincidence?

    Hey T-Rum what other great conspiracy theories do you have. The media routinely asks Gainey to be present for media interviews, I think they want to interview him on the slump and why no trades are involved.

    A-GMs routinely scout each others teams but very little comes of it.

  4. #4 Joshtm says:
    February 21, 2007 at 11:19 am

    Hey Habs4ever would see us trade the kid line that has basically lifted us out of a slump, I guess like Gainey, Habs4ever is only happy when the habs are losing….I say bring up Kosty and Grabby and have a real **** kicking line. Dandy and Boully are just pansies honestly. Limp noodles.

  5. #5 T-RUM says:
    February 21, 2007 at 11:52 am

    conspiracy theories?

    lmao

    you are a demented little man but,

    you are a habs fan – gotta give you that

    hey, here’s one I heard on team 990 yesterday:

    maple leaf fans are the type of people that think Taco Bell is a Mexican phone company.

    struck me funny

    anybody seen Frank this morning?

  6. #6 smiler2729 says:
    February 21, 2007 at 12:08 pm

    I’m a Montrealer who moved to Toronto in 1987 (came for school, got a job, never left)… Grew to hate the Leafs and especially their fans, 6 years ago, I even moved 70 kms northwest of Toronto cuz the city’s so blah…

    I love hockey (as we all do) so while I work the afternoon shift (4-12) I listen to my second favourite team (whoever plays the Leafs) on the radio thru the Walkman. Don’t know if any of you know but they have a TV station LeafsTV and they dissect the game afterwards (segment called ‘After The Horn’) and take calls from ‘Leaf Nation’. It’s simulcast on LaffsTV and the radio so I listen only when they lose and last night was just beautiful.

    A shut-’em-down 3-0 win by the Bruins in Toronto and boy, were the fans about to lose it, calling Sundin a bad captain, saying the team had no killer instinct, that they better trade Sundin and/or Tucker before they become UFAs, criticizing the goaltender (Raycroft got the hook), slamming coach Paul Maurice for his line combos and, oh yeah, FIRE THE G.M. ASAP! It was Toronto’s first regulation loss since the Penguins killed ‘em 8-2 before the All-Star break!

    SOUND FAMILIAR? DOES IT NOT BOTHER YOU THAT SOME HERE SOUND LIKE LEAF MORONS WHEN THE HABS LOSE? We’re all Hab fans here but some of you have nothing better to do than slam the entire organization after a loss, please, PLEASE KNOCK IT OFF, YOU SOUND LIKE LEAF FANS AND THAT SHOULD JUST SHAME YOU…

    In Bob We Trust.

  7. #7 R habs 4 real says:
    February 21, 2007 at 1:11 pm

    Hey Smiler: I watch on my dish ” after the horn”, but ONLY when the leafs LOSE!
    Hab fans think alike. I especially enjoyed watching when leafs were on that 7 game losing streak. So, it shows that fans in all cities get frantic when their team loses. But I feel smug when it’s the leafs.
    I hope the injury to Higgins isn’t serious. We can’t afford to lose him now. The team is almost depleted of players. I don’t mind Kovalev, Huet, or Rivet out, but not Higgins. Maybe it’s our fate, so the kids from Hamilton can come and show their stuff. Since you leave outside Toronto, do you ever go to Hamilton to watch some of their games?

  8. #8 Alestar says:
    February 21, 2007 at 1:42 pm

    smiler2729: true dat! We’ve got a pretty decent young team, best we’ve had in more than 10 years.

    Let Bob do his thing and Lord Stanley will be coming home soon enough…

    18

  9. #9 smiler2729 says:
    February 21, 2007 at 1:48 pm

    Smug’s the word… VERY SMUG.

    Classic Leaf moments of Smugness for me:
    *’03 Playoffs- Martin Gelinas scores in OT as Carolina knocks out the Leafs and Cujo’s played his last game in Toronto.
    *’04 Playoffs- After Sideshow Bob Darcy Tucker takes himself out of the play with a bodycheck on Sami Kapanen, Jeremy Roenick skates in alone down the wing and eliminates the Leafs with a great shot as the Flyers take the series.
    *Last March in Montreal, 2 games back to back with the Habs with their playoff fate in their hands, the Laffs get creamed by the Greatest Team On The Planet in consecutive shellackings! BEEEE-U- TIFUL!

    Yeah, the 7 game slide early this season was satisfying especially all those ’3rd period’ collapses! Also, Bouillon beating the **** out of Tucker early this season was cool.

    That team and its fans are so easy to loathe with their little tin foil Stanley Cups hoisted over their heads as they run up and down Yonge Street after the Leafs win a playoff game!

    As for the Bulldogs, we keep talking about going over to see a game but never get around to it but we’re definitely going to take in an OHL game in March to see John Tavares and Oshawa play Mississauga. Any free time I do have is spent with the kids or playing hockey with the boys, thank God my wife’s a hockey fanatic too (Blue Jackets fan but shares the hatred of all things ‘Leaf’)

  10. #10 Xhabsfan says:
    February 21, 2007 at 1:57 pm

    smiler, smiler ,smiler ,smiler,
    Now I know U taken too many Phil Esposito frozen street hockey balls to da head ,backstopper!!Just want attention or something,lol??? You should play less street hockey cause your game is OFF and start watching more RDS out there in LIL new york,SO YOU CAN BRODEN YOUR POMPUS AND DALUSSIONAL THINKING. It’s not even worth talking to you half the time cause you are so much in denile . STart watching the games smiler before you talk and only then it will come to you. Oh ya ,I’m older than you so take the free advice ROGIE.

  11. #11 smiler2729 says:
    February 21, 2007 at 2:12 pm

    Street hockey?
    BRODEN? Broaden. POMPUS? Pompous. DALUSSIONAL? Delusional. DENILE? Denial.

    Huh?
    What?

    Magilla Gorilla at the keyboard?

    RDS?

    IN…
    BOB…
    WE…
    TRUST.

    All others must be Leaf Fans.

  12. #12 Habz4EveR says:
    February 21, 2007 at 2:57 pm

    HAHA Duuuude… Just because I proved to ya that both Washington goals were scored while the kid line was on the ice doesn’t mean I want us to trade em! Look for one place where I speak about Bob, the kid line, and trading in the same comment. Find any? No. That’s what I thought. So Josh, stop inventing BS to defend urself cuz ur starting to get people on ur backs. If it wasn’t for the fact that we both love and cheer the same team and loath the Leafs, I wouldn’t be so polite.

    I’m only 18 and maybe you’ve been around to see more hockey then me, but I just stated facts and you can’t deny those. So don’t start blaming the Koivu line, nor me for wanting to trade youngsters, without EVIDENCE!!!

  13. #13 val1841 says:
    February 26, 2007 at 5:12 pm

    yeah Steve Begin is my best player.. and i wish i will come back before the season end!.. hehe!.. i love you begin

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  • 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.
  • muller93 : Senet normally I would agree with you on not trading draft picks but we are not in a rebuilding stage. Sometimes draft picks can be a roll of the dice and it can take up to 3 years to be NHL ready. We have a good team and I agree with Stuo players like Clowe-Torres-Ott -Scott will make a big difference. Somebody has to protect Gallagher, he can't keep getting hit the way does--we need a tough forward so they think twice before going after Gallagher.
  • Senet1 : Really a heathly Habs team would probably win more games against the Pens that we did against the Sens. Reason they Pens would not play as physical against us as against the Sens. If we get good goaltending we win at least two games.
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