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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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  • Avatar37 : Apparently only one offer for Carter on the low side so far, I think Montreal would be foolish not to investigate the possibility of a trade for him, and if there is low interest, the deal might be able to include moving Gomez. Gomez/Darche/Cam poli and a third round pick? Maybe not, but I'd be in serious talks with Columbus right about now.
  • Avatar37 : «link»
  • Avatar37 : for him had we held on to him until now and created a bidding war. There are more buyers than sellers currently on the market and it would have been the perfect time to have traded him.
  • Avatar37 : Goalie - I'm not sure how we could have obtained more for Halak. We showcased him, everyone knew he was available for trade, and in the end, we took the best offer. Any asset is only worth what a purchaser will pay for it. The Halak trade wasn't like the Cammalleri trade where you had GMs afterwards saying they didn't even know he was on the market. The Halak trade was done properly, the Cammelleri trade was a knee-jerk panic move, and while my opinion is that we could have received more
  • Avatar37 : I saw the game, the Islanders first goal came from a shot that was clearly above the height of the crossbar. How is it possible for a play to go to review where they have the advantage of mulitple camera angles and the ability to pause and they STILL get the call wrong?
  • goalie : I agree don't get dilusional over our three game winning streak. Changes MUST be made. I am however, glad to see the effort being put forth by the players.
  • Mats Naslund : I just went to capgeek to see who the Avalanche might be dealing for a rental - and I see they have only 6 players signed for next season!!! There are a couple young D men on that squad who are RFAs who would do very nicely next season.
  • Mats Naslund : One thing I know - the 3 game winning streak had better not get PG thinking about holding onto guys for a PO run. Trade them, build the value and move on to next year.
  • Mats Naslund : How about Max Pac though.. 21 goals and on pace for 65 points this year. That is absolutely monster for a guy at his age/experience and especially coming after a horrific injury. Huge cornerstone moving forward. On pace for 33 goals.. could he get 35?
  • Mats Naslund : Didn't get to see it either - and while I don't really care about the win, I am very glad that Gomez scored so we don't have to endure all of the negativity in the media about him for the rest of the year. He still su@ks, but at least it won't be a topic every shift he takes.
  • 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
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  • 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.
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  • 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!

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