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The Canadiens have not beat the Thrashers yet this year and the Thrashers have just moved into 3rd place in the East by leading their Division.
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- Senet1 : It will be interesting to see how Sutter does because to me the Oilers are not his kind of team, but then again neither were the Flames.
- goalie : I don't know when they'll announce it but the Oilers will be signing Sutter (Flames ex-coach) to coach their team - that's why Kevin Lowe chose him to coach in the World's. That was the world's worst kept secret.
- Senet1 : I guess I wish we could get it done so all the speculating was over and we can get to building out team.
- goalie : I can't type.... what a faux pas on my behalf...
- goalie : I just realized what I said adn didn't say yesterday. What a fayx as on my behalf. Regarding coaching Randy Cunnyworth MUSDT stay as an assistant- he deserves at least that after the tremendous job he did in the latter part of this past season. I'd still mlike to have Robinson, Carbo adn Allard on the staff also.
- Avatar37 : I agree Senet, my choice if we can't have Cunneyworth would be Crawford, Robinson on defense, Cunneyworth for offense, and Carbo as offense/faceoffs .
- Senet1 : I think if I had my choice it would be Crawford and see if he could get Carbo and Robinson as assistants. That would be my idea coaching team.
- goalie : I witnesed Marc Crawford MANY times when the Avs, etc. played against Oilers and let me tell you - he is constantly on the referees asses virtually game after game. He is the complete OPPOSITE of J. Martin. Crawford is calm on TSN but he is one excited coach behind the bench. A friend of mine who was an NHL linesman for 26 years said they dreaded Crawford he was so tough on the officials!
- goalie : You know, I've bee thinking about the coaching situation. I'd be really excited if the Habs had Hartley as head coach and Carbo adn Robinson as his assistants. I also read it somewhere about a month ago that Toronto's goalie coach Allard (?) wants to relocate back to Montreal where he has his goaltending school/business. Add him to the mix and I'd say the Habs would be in great shape coaching wise.
- Avatar37 : Well, from what I recall, Hartley didn't do all that well with the Thrashers. But, I don't know enough about him to judge one way or the other. Crawford I do know, and he always seemed to be a good, level headed coach to me.
- Senet1 : even Pacioretty two years ago did not impress any of us. Younger players have to play and make mistakes and learn from those mistakes. If they sit in the press box they are learning nothing.
- Senet1 : Of course if he have some good assistants like a Larry Robinson to teach the young defence and someone like Carbo to teach faceoffs etc. then your coach does not have to be as good at teaching. If Hartley fits the bill you get no argument from me. My only previous point is that if he is impatient with your younger players to the point that he does not play them, then we are right back where we were with Martin. Martin was a good coach too, but how he handled Emelin, PK and even Pacioretty two
- goalie : I would like to see the Habs sign a coach who realizes that our team isn't tough enough (we need to get bigger and somewhat more nastier),the coach needs t be a great TEACHER and be a coach who can get the players to understand and buy into his system. Other than that I couldn't care what lingo he speaks. I wnat to see our team become a ligitimate contender fast!
- HabsLoseAgain : Well we dont know if he is or is not a teaching coach. I woukd just hate to paint Hartley something that he is not. There will always be questions but if Hartley was hired as the habs new bench boss i for one would not be overly upset.
- Senet1 : My thoughts are not that he is or is not a good coach but rather that when he won the cup he had an experience team of superstars on that team. Where as we have a group of young inexperienced players, is he a teaching coach or a tactical coach or both? I am not question whether he is a good coach, but my question therefore is he the coach for us at this point in the deveopment of our team?? Not sure we are all purely speculating at the moment?
- Senet1 : Something happened to my first post. I will try again.
- Senet1 : That is why I said I am not sure he is the coach for us at this time? Right now we are all speculating including yourself, because non of us know for sure?
- HabsLoseAgain : Crawford also won a cup with Patrick Roy so would you say he is a good coach or did he just have great players and one of the best goaltenders of alltime?
- HabsLoseAgain : Senrt so please give me some reasons why you think Hartley is not the coach the habs need right now. What is it that you do not like about him or his coaching style?
- HabsLoseAgain : Well all great coaches had great players playing for them so i guess you you add a a pile of other coaches to that list including Bowan......
- Senet1 : Hartley, was he a good coach or did he just have great players and one of the best altime goaltenders of all time. I am not sure that he is the type of coach that this organization needs right now. Unless of course we sign a ton of free agents.
- Avatar37 : However, my feelings may completely be wrong, Hartley may turn out to be a good fit.
- Avatar37 : I didn't say Hartley was unknown, I said we demoted a good coach in Cunneyworth and now have an unknown quantity because we don't have a coach. I don't have that great a feeling about Hartley, I'd be much more comfortable with Crawford.
- HabsLoseAgain : In my opinion i think he might be a good fit in montreal. Oh and he also likes to have a tough team.
- HabsLoseAgain : Also this year he coached the ZSC Lions to the swiss championship title.
- HabsLoseAgain : lol the so called "unknown" won a cup in 2000-2001 with the colarado avalanch.
- HabsLoseAgain : lol Bob Hartley is not an unknown lol.....sheesh.
- Senet1 : I think he has until the trading deadline to show us that he deserves to be on this team. If he does not get back on track then he could be simply a 2nd round draft pick to whoever we can trade him to.
- Avatar37 : Bourque reminds me of Pouliot, size, skill, and invisible. He needs to get back to playing a physical game and bang people around and maybe he'll start getting some of those garbage goals again. Need to get to the front of the net. I hope he can find his game again.
- Avatar37 : We had a good coach in Randy Cunneyworth. Now we have an unknown, with Bob Hartley rumoured to be the front runner. I'd rather have Cunneyworth.
- goalie : A player like Rene Bourwue has al the physical attributes of what would be a beter than average player. Hwever, he certainly didn't play that well especially after being in Montreal about three weeks. We NEED players like Rene to play hard AND produce points on a REGULAR BASIS in order for us to be competitive.
- Senet1 : MONTREAL – Rene Bourque had a rocky start to his career as a Hab, but he’s planning on using the next four years to make up for it. After arriving in Montreal under less-than-ideal circumstances in January, Bourque spent the following 38 games hoping to find the spark he needed to rekindle his offensive production. Despite flanking Tomas Plekanec on the team’s second line to close out the season, the 30-year-old sniper suddenly found himself firing blanks in his new NHL home.
- Senet1 : I think we have to be patient and not expect too much too soon. Let's get a strong management team in place, make a good choices in the draft get a good coach and then see what we need at the free agent market. I will not be too disapointed if we miss the playoffs again next year if it means a long term team success. We have the opportunity to make some major strides over the next two years at the draft table. Then we fill in the holes.
- goalie : I certainly agree that we need to get some impact forwards who will sign for 5 years, not for a season then walk away. That's not going to help us.
- goalie : I wouldn't trade PK for Ovetchkin no matter what. He is a coach's NIGHTMARE and a poor team player.
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January 17, 2008 at 6:13 pm
Go Habs go!
Here’s my 2 cents.
As for trading AK27, do you think he’s playing to be traded? Imagine this conversation with BG last summer: “Alex, you’re signed here for x amount of dollars and this last season you didn’t play well. You didn’t earn your keep. You’re a winner. You’re a Stanley cup champion. Now, you’d like to win another cup, right? Well, kick butt and I’ll send you to a contender out west that will stand a great chance at winning. What d’ya think?”
AK27 and Huet are gone… BG can’t lose Huet July 1st, like he lost Souray. THis year, he needs a return. THe same can be said for Ryder. If Bob messes up here, he should retire.
January 17, 2008 at 6:17 pm
trade ak27 for OVECHKIN is my idea:)
January 17, 2008 at 6:29 pm
I like Ovechkin but Washington can keep him – we’ve got a strong enough team without shelling out 9-10 million a year for Ovechkin.
January 17, 2008 at 7:28 pm
Kovalev ain’t goin anywhere. He plays big in the playoffs and by all acounts this team looks like a playoff team. There are only a handfull of players I’d trade Kovy for right now and non of them are going anywhere(No one better throw out Hossa cause I don’t want a player who go’s into a cocoon come playoff time). And Huet isn’t getting traded are you nuts? Who’s going to play goal? Halak is still fairly unproven, Price has lost all confidence and is getting shelled on a terrible team in the minors so Huet is the only guy who’s got a chance to carry them to the promised land. I see him getting another 2 year extension from the Habs cause it’s obvious that Gainey rushed Price and that he’s not ready for Prime Time. Hey Huet may have a shot cause there are no shootout’s in the playoff’s right
January 17, 2008 at 7:37 pm
from Boones blog ( Mtl Gazette)
Rumours: Canadiens assistant general manager Pierre Gauthier and pro scout Gordie Roberts were in Minnesota last night watching Calgary beat the Wild. Is something cooking with the Flames? Pierre McGuire, on Mitch Melnick’s show today, hinted broadly that a deal may be in the works. Calgary is slow and wants to get faster. Montreal is fast and may want to get tougher. Calgary also needs scoring. Michael Ryder? Flames not interested, McGuire says. So who?
January 17, 2008 at 9:20 pm
I’m sorry for getting pissed,I just hate it when they lose. lol I have anger management!lol. maybe if they tie it before the third.
January 17, 2008 at 10:52 pm
the good news is, we won the game. The bad news is, Huet(aka Aebischer) is still our goalie. Good jobs boys, despite Huet. How about Halak playing vs Pitt.
January 17, 2008 at 11:28 pm
Hip hip huet. Vezina winner hands down!
January 17, 2008 at 11:40 pm
HJ, I thought Huet looked great tonight. He obviously needs some work on his puckhandling but he more then made up for it with that solid overtime and shootout, not to mention the saves on Hossa in the third period.
I thought it was a good, solid effort from everyone tonight – good win!
January 18, 2008 at 12:05 am
Chris: If Huet didn’t have a brain freeze, this game would have ended in a REGULATION WIN for the habs. It should never have gone to OT and shootout.
Huet allowed 2 bad goals. the 1st goal he put in his own net, and we all know he can’t handle a puck. every time he goes behind the net, I get soooo nervous.What’s his problem? and why isn’t Melanson telling him not to touch the puck. But aside from Huet, I was very happy with the habs performance. They proved they can win the close games, but these nail biters make me really nervous. I just wish Halak could get some playing time, because I think we’re going to need him. and Price please get better soon.
January 18, 2008 at 7:21 am
yes but If Huet wasn’t in net for the shootout we would have lossed. Huet felt bad and knew he had to stop them in the shootout. I do think It’s time to start Halak though.
January 18, 2008 at 11:03 am
Better he make the judgement mistakes now than later…lesson learned by Huet for sure… quit just watching highlights of the errors, and missing the big saves he DID make in the 3rd and shootout.
He recovered, and battled back, and showed great heart.. no goalies are perfect, or they would all have 0.00 GAA’s.. He even said he felt bad about the goals… who cares if it went to OT?? We won! (pessimist!)
Man, look where we stand and try to look at the glass half full. We are over achieving compared to what was speculated at the beginning of the season… This is a young team, and are in a great spot right now~
Unless every game is a shutout and we score 6+ goals, you complain… want some cheese with your whine?
GO HABS GO…
January 18, 2008 at 12:03 pm
The real question is : can Huet stop teams like Detroit, Ottawa,Rangers ,New Jersey,Dallas,Ducks,Vancouver and San Jose,my money’s on him choking even though he had his first good 3rd period,overtime and shoot-out,lol.
January 18, 2008 at 12:37 pm
Huet has a better save pct than: Detroit, Ottawa, Rangers, NJ, Dallas, ducks, and San Jose… Only Luongo has a better save pct than him for what you mentioned… he sits 4th in the league for save pct (more than 15 GP)
He did make a mistake in the win, but made 23 other saves, including 5 big ones in OT, to get us the win…
Huet is not a problem… He will allow a soft goal here and there, guess what: all goalies do…Saku’s play right now is small problem, but looks to be leading his team to the playoffs, which is what we all want.
January 18, 2008 at 12:55 pm
Xtrahabsfan: Betting on your own goalie to fail… Think about that, is that what a good Habs fan would do? Is that supporting your team? whats wrong with you?
January 18, 2008 at 1:34 pm
Here is the latest trade rumour i have heard courtesy of TSN;
The flames apparently are looking to dump some salary for next years cap without shaking up the current positive chemistry of the team…while the Habs are looking to bring in some veteran proven offensive talent (and they have the cap space for his salary)…. Tanguay for Ryder
Assistant Canadiens GM was in Calgary scouting out something this week….
January 18, 2008 at 2:56 pm
What is the need for the 6 Divisions in the NHL anyhow, granted the travel thing, but come on…
Look at Atlanta in 3rd in the conference… One point in between them and Carolina, one sits in 3rd in the conference, the other in 10th?? Same deal for the Rangers who sit in last in their division, and 9th in the conference, but with the same amount of points overall…
Anyone else agree that it would make more sense having 2 conferences, and to drop the divisions? Maybe I’m missing something, I do realize you play more divisional games, but this has padded Detroit’s stats for too long…
January 18, 2008 at 3:46 pm
The only thing they need to change, is the playoff format. seed the teams according to their point total. The top 8 teams ,(irreguardless of whether they are on top of their division), should make the playoffs. So if habs have more points than Atlanta, then they start ahead of Atlanta in the playoffs. I say keep the divisions, but only change the playoff format. It’s unfortunate that the SE division has weak teams in it.
January 18, 2008 at 4:58 pm
HUET MADE AN AMAZING GLOVE SAVE ON KOVALCKUK AND IF YOU HAVE NOT NOTICED HJ HE IS THE BEST SHOOTER IN THE GAME RIGHT KNOW BESIDES OVECKIN ;(
January 18, 2008 at 5:12 pm
that means nothing. I just don’t have alot of confidence in Huet. He makes me nervous, especially when he handles the puck. Hey it’s just my opinion.
If Depietro was our goalie, he would probably be as good as Ottawa.
I still think Halak needs to get some playing time in, because if he turns out to be better than Huet, habs could decide to trade Huet, considering he’s a UFA at the end of the season, and his asking price,is too much for his role next year as a backup.
January 18, 2008 at 7:03 pm
2nd Round Pick for J.P Dumont
M.Dandenault R.Bonk
I know the Bonk thing might sound stupid,but We really need our PK to get better and so far It’s pretty darn bad.
January 18, 2008 at 7:18 pm
What are you saying?
January 18, 2008 at 10:33 pm
Crosby injured in Pitt game tonight vs TB. ankle sprain and sidelined indefinitely. that will definitely help our chances tomorrow night. Time to start winning at home and get some separation from other teams. habs kick some ***!
January 18, 2008 at 11:19 pm
Penguins lose, Devils lose and Atlanta gets thumped 10-1 for good measure
January 19, 2008 at 10:27 am
To win a cup we need all-star goaltending(huet probably won’t be enough.), good special teams,powerplay is great! Cant say the same thing with PK. And we also need size.(DON’T GOT!)lol I still think the habs have a chance but I feel that If they can make some changes, we could then go for the cup.bring in Derek Boogard!theres some size!lol
January 19, 2008 at 11:41 am
Hey Carbo,with Sidney out of the pics,start Halak,don’t be a putz!
January 19, 2008 at 2:10 pm
You know I think everyone got the trade rumours with Calgary backwards. I don’t think Ryder is the player Calgary wants. They want speed and a good skater. Ryder is neither. But Koivu is! that’s right. Koivu would fit in perfectly in Calgary, a speedy centerman. And Tanguay, because he’s known for his play making ability, would be a great centerman, replacing Koivu, not to mention that he’s a lot younger than Koivu. But habs would have to give more, maybe a prospect, or someone like Bouillon or Gorges. So forget Ryder, because he’s not worth more than maybe a 5th round pick.
January 19, 2008 at 2:55 pm
Calgary wouldn’t want Ryder for his skill, I think they’re more interested in freeing up cap space to resign players like Dion Pheneuf. I can see the Ryder for Tanguay deal happening; here’s hoping!
January 19, 2008 at 5:26 pm
“DID U KNOW”
That The hammer(5.5mill) is the second highest paid guy on our team Next to Markov(5.75),did u know Brian(2mill) slowlinski makes more than Thomas Plekanec(1.4Mill) because i didnt.LOL Did u know that kyle Chipchura makes twice as much as Maxim lapiere, a hundred thousand more than Carey Price and three hundred thousand more than Andrei Kostityn.I had no idea that these guys were getting paid this much to play average hockey.Exempt Markov and Plekanec they set the level of hockey MONTREAL should be playing all the time.
GO HABS GO KICK PITSBURG BUT