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  • The Canadiens have a 12 game regular season winning streak Vs. the Boston Bruins.

    A streak in today’s game, that borders on ridiculous. How long can it last?

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  1. #1 Chrisman says:
    November 14, 2008 at 10:03 am

    Wow what a stumble last night? Is it just me or are the Canadiens looking too much like their old medicre selves? Is the pressure getting to Carey Price…..Are expectations too high for the Habs and affecting their play?

  2. #2 Donnie says:
    November 14, 2008 at 12:17 pm

    First of all…..is this it in here now….is there a place where there are hundreds of postings and comments like the old blog site? Do I not know how to find anything on this new site or does no one come here anymore? Someone please tell me.

  3. #3 Habs Blog says:
    November 14, 2008 at 12:20 pm

    Yes

    Post away…

  4. #4 Donnie says:
    November 14, 2008 at 12:40 pm

    Thursday night sent cold shivers up my spine. Looked like the Habs from 2 years ago…not last year. This team has been playing like this for the last 5 games or so now (excluding against OTT)…but they’ve squeaked out victories or single points so it went somewhat unnoticable. Well after that embarassment it stands out now. There a problem here again gents…anyone know what it is?
    Where does the chemistry from the 1st line disappear to in less than a year? Theres no confidence out there and its showing…BIG TIME !!
    Out played, out hustled. Bruins had more desire, Price was brutal, D men were brutal, forwards were brutal. Fenandez had the best seat in the house to view this travesty.
    Listen, teams lose games…dont think thats what Hab Nation is upset and embarassed about…its the the way this team held themselves throughout this whipping. No hits, no ruff play…Jesus, get fired up, send a message for the next game. After getting knocked around, beaten on the boards, and then Komi getting manhandled by Lucic, AND the reaction by Lucic…this don;t make you angry????? This dont make you wanna go out there for the last 10 minutes and make a few things right??? Instead, lay there and take it like a *****…and the best part is…the message you send ONCE AGAIN is yuou can do this to us and we’ll do nothing back.
    Habs fan for 20 plus years now and first time I can remember being this embarrassed. Laraque in the lineup has changed nothing…still the same bunch of pussies from last year. Kudos to teams like Bosten and Philly for having hard nosed guys who can also score….still the number one asset to any team over finesse girly-men.
    We’re going the same direction as our early exit last year cuz we got no toughness again. Just a bunch of ladies…frightened to play a hitting game or take a lump in front of the net. F**kin joke of a team again…..grab your purses and wipe your vaginas ladies,,,we got Philly next…get ready to bend over and take it again ya bunch of no-shame, gutless, joke of the league fairies !!! Not even interested in watching Sat night…though I probably will, for another laugh. BULLSHIT !!!

  5. #5 IHateLucic says:
    November 14, 2008 at 1:06 pm

    Price is running hot and cold too often… Getting run over 3 times by the Leafs didn’t help. Lazy puck handling by the entire team board is to blame IMHO… What’s up with AK27?

    P.S. I HATE YOU LUCIC

  6. #6 habsfreak says:
    November 15, 2008 at 1:33 am

    Vote habs! And yeah does nobody come here anymore?? I have not seen Pactum Servera or something in a while…

  7. #7 Joseph says:
    November 15, 2008 at 12:38 pm

    Well…

    The past several games have certainly left something to be desired. Price has looked average at best and the team as a whole has looked sluggish, and arrogant, almost as if they’re expecting to win every night by putting in the minimal amount of effort. But perhaps this is the result of their third period comebacks early in the season – could be habit forming.

    That said, the word is out on this team: punish them physically. And it’s working. Other teams have begun to run Price (without a whole lot of resistance) and push key players around, and the Habs have promptly responded by cowering and subsequently losing their motivation to win hockey games. Didn’t we get Laraque for a reason?

    Anyway, are the expectations for this team too high? I think it’s too early to tell. I feel that Gainey went out and addressed the missing ingredients from last year’s team (for the most part) in an effort to make this year’s team one worthy of the hype of a centennial celebration, but I also think that you have to find a way to use all of your players, your talent, effectively, and so far Carbonneau hasn’t managed to get the most out of this roster.

    What looks fantastic on paper doesn’t always look so fantastic in reality. If it did, Brasil would have 6 World Cups. :-)

  8. #8 Joseph says:
    November 15, 2008 at 12:43 pm

    Oh, and Donnie, I feel your pain. They are playing like a bunch of girls in a men’s league. Embarassing.

  9. #9 Donnie says:
    November 17, 2008 at 2:08 am

    WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS TEAM????? A win against St.L….but a very ugly one. This team can play better than this. 0 for 10 on the PP….are we missing Streit this much??? If so, we got rid of the wrong D-man cuz Markov is playing brutal.
    We have a bunch of passers…someone has to SHOOT the puck too dummies.
    We have a team put together for speed, open ice puck movement and sharp passing. And we’re playing along the boards….our guys are too small and weak to battle for pucks along the boards for 60 min…we get flicked off the puck with one arm and usually end up off our skates. Our team is not made up of hard-nosed scrummers…and when we play that game….we look pathetic.
    Gotta find the spark again….everyones lazy, not skating, not shooting (even in the slot most times).
    Gonna need a shake-up soon….we play hard the last 5 mins of every game…not good enough. Eeking out pitiful wins against teams like St.L is one thing…but we;re gonna play teams alot harder than that…and if we dont gt it together, they’re gonna embarass us like Boston did Thurs night past.
    Boring and pitiful hockey Habs…not a nice 100th year present huh? Keep it up and not only no cup this year…no playoffs period.
    When you don’t have a physically strong team…playing a physically strong style of dump and chase and board scrumming is NOT gonna work, and we gonna look just like we looking now…foolish.

  10. #10 markymark says:
    November 18, 2008 at 8:45 pm

    Wow-_that was like watching the 1972 Russian National Team against a high school team. Totally embarassing.

  11. #11 Donnie says:
    November 19, 2008 at 12:25 am

    Sad sad sad…something really wrong in Montreal folks. Whatever it is that sends a 1st place teams into a spiral where they play like juniors better be fixed quick. We havent started playing the top teams yet and we cant keep up with the bottom ones. 1 goal a game???? Are you serious??
    Gonna be real ugly when we start meeting Boston, Pitt, Wash, and a few more in the west.
    Carbo isnt a good coach….keep sitting Laraque…trying to rotate 25 guys to keep Begin and Dandanault playing…its not a weekend pickup league Carbo…they dont belong in the lineup.
    This is it guys…..time for a move or 2 to Hamilton….or time to get rid of some low quality players or yes…even our coach…he dont seem to be inspiring the troops at all.
    Just a thought..but sad, brutal, pathetic hockey from this team is for sure. Shake up time !!!

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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.

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