Three More
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The Canadiens strong play, 6 wins out of the last 7 games, combined with the Maple Leafs choking so hard on the Big Apple have put them in a favorable spot.
Three games remain, one crucial home game against a weak team before hitting the road against the Rangers and the last dance of the year in Toronto.
The stage is set for Saturday to be potentially the biggest NHL game of the entire year, but the Canadiens can’t look that far ahead because the Bruins would love nothing more than spoiling the Canadiens chances.
If Carbonneau can keep the Canadiens focused on the task at hand, the rest should take care of itself.
Two more wins and maybe some more choking from the Leafs could make for a fun free skate in the Air Canada Centre on Saturday. More likely it will serve up a Darcy Tucker special, cheap shots and whine.
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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.
- zpezada4ok : hello all «link»
- stuo11 : hes a tougher big guy too! Just a minor adjustment but will help a bit
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April 3, 2007 at 12:12 pm
Good line on Tucker. What an ***-clown ! He’s an absolute joke outside of hockey circles here in Toronto. Did you see him on “Off The Record” last week ?. His answers on ‘rapid fire’ (?) were so banal and commonplace. Eg. “Next question….next question…next question”. Whoooo…sooo insightful. This is the face of the Maple Leafs for the next several years ?
Wow, what an embarrasment. What a moron. And I am shocked that his ‘F%^(ING HOMO” insult that was heard on national tv a few weeks ago was not picked up by anybody. Look what it did for the reputation of Anne Coulter and that Isiah Washington dude from Grey’s Anatomy ! The *** community should be up in arms.
That is not acceptable language. Shame on him. Shame of this joke of a franchise. Let’s get some breathing room between them and the beloved Habs before Saturday. Go Habitant !
Toodles. The Duke in T.O.
April 3, 2007 at 12:34 pm
I’ll, I’ll, I’ll Toast to ah, ah dat………Hickup, Hickup, Hickup.
I’m tipsy on Tuckers Whine already….. FOR THE LOVE OF GOD…..GO HABS GO..
April 3, 2007 at 1:05 pm
“Tucker”….rhymes with…
April 3, 2007 at 1:14 pm
Do you guys think that Halak will be under more pressure tonight to play better because Huet in on the bench as backup ???????
April 3, 2007 at 2:44 pm
Oh no, that means that Carbo would have no qualms in putting him in at the slightest slip of the skate, especially with Dandy and Bouilly basically playing like their usual **** selves! It is sad that we have great goalies, perhaps the best overall, not the best, but amongst the best anyway, only to have them destroyed by our own defense!
April 3, 2007 at 2:54 pm
There goes the happy times, back to the same old same old, Koivu hooking, Alexei’s elbow slipping, Huet letting in easy shots, next we await to see Bob Gainey sending all the rookies down to Hamilton!
April 3, 2007 at 2:59 pm
Who knew that Guy Carbo and Bob Gainey could destroy the habs chances so easily so quickly! And Guy or Bob hasn’t even called up Grabby or Milroy!
April 3, 2007 at 3:06 pm
By doing nothing and saying basically nothing, Guy has all but destroyed the habs! Talk about great skill. That is unless Lapierre and Latendress and of course Pleks and Bonk dig him out and Koivu or Kovalev get the winning goal! Go HABS GO!
April 3, 2007 at 3:11 pm
Joshtm,
You seem like such a happy child. Where did it all go wrong for you?
I’ve had hamstring problems playing hockey…a goalie at that, and I still believe that Huet should be sitting out the rest of the season. There is no way he will be able to play with playoff intensity….that hamstring needs more time to heal. He’s gonna screw his career doing this
April 3, 2007 at 3:21 pm
Geeze fan4066 I see you and Guy Carbo are classics at saying nothing, meaning nothing and yet destroying everything by doing exactly that, kinda like that embarrasing drunken auntie at X-mas!
But at least you get my point. Even Abby-**** would be better than seeing Huet injured again!
April 3, 2007 at 3:24 pm
Sometimes it is better to get your mouth shut. Hint HInt
NOw bring me some cigerettes and lets get busy.
April 3, 2007 at 3:35 pm
See fan4066 even Snake agrees, I agree too, sometimes it is better if Carbo kept his big mouth shut! That goes for Kovalev too! Honestly, I have never seen such a bunch of gripes! And they get paid handsomely for doing what?
Worse than complaining about those who complain about them complaining!
April 3, 2007 at 5:24 pm
Sorry to say but Josh takes up space, nothing more … Gainey is oneof the best minds in the game and Carbo is learning what needs to be learned …
The key 2nite for the players who have (almost) pulled this out of the fire to stay in the game … avoid penalties and keep most of the play in their end-zone … and shoot from everywhere …
April 3, 2007 at 5:41 pm
Hey guys just wanted to add that there’s an article on the Habs ’93 playoff run on nhl.com, it’s even the first tab in the headlines!
Check it out, cuz it’ll probably be a real long time until you see the habs on the nhl.com headlines…
April 3, 2007 at 7:29 pm
Lets eat bear ,oh ya!!! Game on!
April 3, 2007 at 7:30 pm
Hey guys, in this age of technology, you would think the habs could get paperwork to the NHL office in time. right? WRONG! So as a result of the habs error, Huet(tho ready), will NOT be the backup tonight, because they didn’t deliver the necessary paperwork on time. I hate to say this, and let’s hope it doesn’t happen, but what if Halak got injured or had a terrible start? we would be stuck with Abbyshit, bite my words. The habs should have gotten the paperwork in, no excuses! Especially because of the importance of this game!
April 3, 2007 at 8:28 pm
Nice moves by Koivu, must be one of his nicest goals of the year!
April 3, 2007 at 9:16 pm
Our Defence is giving the bruins too many scoring chances. We need to tighten up the D, and put more pressure on them offensively. Our PP isn’t looking good, either! Remember, this is the Bruins, who have nothing to play for, yet they’re getting better scoring chances than us!
April 3, 2007 at 10:00 pm
2-2 PHILLY, HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA , EVERYONE SAY PLAYOFFS!!!!! OOOOOOH YEAHHHHHH !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
April 3, 2007 at 10:09 pm
Congrats to all Hab fans eveywhere,wooooooooo woooooooo woooooooo ,KOIVU,HALAT …OH YEAH BABY!!!!!
April 3, 2007 at 10:21 pm
Those F_CKING Leafs. A nice time to get a powerplay goal eh. In OT. The Flyers Goalie was outstanding.
The Leafs have nothing to be proud of.
I have to listen to the F_cking Toronto Media brag about the Big win by the Leafs. Big win my F_cking ***.
I really dislike the Leafs and thier media………
April 3, 2007 at 10:25 pm
OH !!!
Excellent job in net kid. Halak should never have been taken out of net when he first started. We would have a playoff spot all wraped up now.
Way to go Halak & Kiovu …………….
Those ****** *** F_cking Leafs. F_CK !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Boy it will be great when Montreal beats thier Asses Saturday Night……
April 3, 2007 at 10:27 pm
NYI won in a shootout, which means NYR haven’t clinched, and will make it tough on the habs on Thursday, and even tho NYI won, they’re eliminated, so they’re playing on Thursday for nothing. Damn it! Easy game for leafs, and tough game for the habs! Now I think all the breaks are going the leafs way.
NYR will be playing hard, and NYI won’t! We have to find a way to beat NYR. We have no choice, and 1 point will not be good enough!
April 3, 2007 at 10:31 pm
My mistake. NYI have NOT been eliminated, so they will play hard against the leafs.
April 3, 2007 at 10:44 pm
Canes are out of the playoffs.
TSN turns my stomach. Those goofs are so pro-Leafs. They are talking about the BIG win tonight. They barely beat the worst team in the NHL. Boy, that’s something to be proud of. They will have another 2 points come Thursday. Talk about a easy shedule. It makes me sick.
April 3, 2007 at 10:45 pm
Well the Canes are gone , out its over for them , does not happen to often the defending so called Champs dont make the playoffs the year after , gonna be a halluva game Saturday
April 3, 2007 at 11:20 pm
Guess who’s in the headlines on TSN.ca ??? Yes, the almighty Leafs who just barely beat the woest team in the NHL.
God they make me SICK…………
April 3, 2007 at 11:27 pm
Boycott TSN.ca,simple,you don’t ask …you tell,period.There’s a hole Internet of news ,sports and entertainment out there,just say NO to T.S.N.ca,fu@k -em !!!!
April 3, 2007 at 11:42 pm
yeah if you wanna see the habs on the headline ALL the time go on rds.ca hehe… gotta know french tho!
April 4, 2007 at 12:03 am
Fantastic game! what a way to end the season at home, end the series with Boston with a shutout! Halak impresses me more and more each game. He’s quick to his feet and looking more like ROY. That game on Saturday is going to be SICKKKK! I’ve had my tickets for that game since september!
Anyone else on here going to the game as well?? My prediction 3-2 OT HABS!
April 4, 2007 at 2:25 am
don’t you know??? TSN stands for “Toronto Sports Network” what a joke” RDS is the way to go!!!
April 4, 2007 at 3:34 am
I love the LEafs, they were fantastic in 67. WHo will ever forget the George Armstrong Empty netter to beat teh habs. THat is the greatest goal in NHL history. Andrew Raycroft is one of th top three netminders in the NHL. MCCabe is great defensively and Tucker has alot of class. I look like the back of a bus and I smell like Bob McKEnzie’s armpit. I suck.
April 4, 2007 at 7:16 am
I dawn my hat and jacket today in honor of our beloved Les Canadiens for the awesome win last night. Special thanks go out to Koviu and Halak for making this a special night for all us red,white & blues in Habs land
Well my fellow Habs fans, we got a big needed win last night. Since those ******* Mustard Leaves won as well. I say we play Halak for the duration and let lying dogs lye where they may till the end of our run this year.
And the Canes…..the Canes, Holy ****, I wasn’t sure I saw this coming! I thought the Lightning would bow out. Hats off to Vinny and the boys for ******** Carolina out of a playoff spot.
Saturday night is going to be nerve racking to watch
April 4, 2007 at 7:26 am
Hey, Joshtm, your boy Koivu had a pretty good game…
April 4, 2007 at 7:55 am
How come Joshtm is a “NO-SHOW” after the Habs win. Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm ??????
Well boys. It does not get any easier for us. NYR’s tomorrow night. We have to bring it boys, just bring it. Lock, Stock & barrell. There is some good news. If we loose tomorrow(Heaven Forbid we don’t)and the Laffs win, we still will make the post season when we beat the Laffs on Saturday.
Lets pray to the Hockey Gods for a Laffs loss tomorrow………..
April 4, 2007 at 8:26 am
Thats right DAWG…..thay have to beat us by points, because they CAN’T beat us by wins.
Its literally has come down to points now, and will be decided on this game, since TB clinched last night and the Canes were eliminated….Mustard Leaves and our beloved Canadiens are sandwiched right between them in the last game of the year…..OH MAN!!!
April 4, 2007 at 8:53 am
Remember the game last Saturday night in TO. when the guy collasped. They had to revive him.
Well they better have a few paramedics there this Saturday night. Cause when the Habs win, a few of the Laffs top brass will need to be revived as well……
April 4, 2007 at 9:02 am
Holy Christ, I hope that no good for nothin GM Johnny Fergison JR. has a massive coronary and drops dead and slouches right over in his chair and that idiot Steve McKichan ******* tries to give him mouth to mouth…..thats the bomb right there man….thats the bomb!!!!
April 4, 2007 at 9:09 am
Hey I said Koivu or Kovalev would get the winning goal just to rub it in Carbo’s face, and after the way Carbo spoke of Koivu, that was just punishment to Carbo for Koivu to not only get the winning goal but both goals! Mind you, Sakku did suck the rest of the game, I have never seen so many misfires in my life, Saku got lucky not once but twice!
Dandenault and Bouillon sucked big time! And Kovalev and Ryder both had the greatest chances only to fan on each time!
April 4, 2007 at 9:31 am
Fan4066, you are bad.
I hope he doesn’t die. Just revive him so he can see the loss again on TSN..
HA HA HA……..
April 4, 2007 at 9:46 am
DAWG, your bad too…..revive him….hhhmmm ,OK, then, strap him down to a chair, and make him watch the winning goal over & over & over again, and the BIG OL’ HABS CELEBRATING!!!!!! YYYAAAA BABY!!!! while the Laffs look on in disappointment
April 4, 2007 at 10:13 am
I hope the Habs win against the Rangers and beat the hell outa the Laffs if only to rub it in HNIC’s face! Take that Bob Cole! Take that Don Cherry! Pricks!!!!
April 4, 2007 at 10:13 am
Fan4066: You just about made me piss my pants with your last comment.
Give him The Ulitmate Habs Torture. Duct tape his Ugly *** to a chair and tape his eyes wide open. Make him look at the Habs winning goal over and over and over again while playing the Hab’s song. When he collapses shock him again & again & again.
By the way, how many times can you bring a person back from the dead ????
April 4, 2007 at 10:23 am
Never mind Ferguson, I say do that to all the TO media! Wouldn’t that be reality TV? Showing Don Cherry, and his sidekick the dog there, the ref wannabee and the entire TSN crew, all duct taped to their chairs and their eyes held open with toothpicks while the habs destroy the Laffs 10 to nothing on Saturday night!
April 4, 2007 at 10:53 am
Now your talkin Joshtm. YEAH BABY YEAH…………How sweet it is.
No matter what the outcome Saturday night. The Laffs are just lucky to be where they are. Thanks to the OT. losses………..
April 4, 2007 at 11:04 am
Hey, you may have been asked this before, but, how do you guys feel about this OT 1 point **** anyway? I hate it, and ya the Laffs are lucky, you take away 1/2 of those….they don’t even factor in this race, I’de rather see the Canes there.
The new proposal is on the table to reduce the league from six divisions to four divisions organized according to timezones. The top two teams in each division are guaranteed a playoff spot while the next four in the conference have to duke it out. I don’t know if this is the best solution but it may be a lot more fair making it in
April 4, 2007 at 11:05 am
I just thought I’d bring up the Latendress fight ,I’d say that more than makes up for his skating ,I’d love to see the kid beat on the Sens Neil.That Lats will only get bigger,stronger and faster,a bad day for non Habs ! Also, I think Lapierre might of got under Chara’s skin ,taking him off his game. Oh yeah ,one more thing,KOIVUuuuuuuuuuu !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
April 4, 2007 at 11:10 am
I say make the original six into a division all by itself! Then we’d be guaranteed that the original six which have a hard time making the playoffs would also bring much needed revenues to the NHL!
April 4, 2007 at 11:23 am
I like it, it more fair, you fight for the other 3 spots,if you don’t, your out!!
Reducing the current six divisions to four, with two in the Eastern Conference and two in the Western Conference. There would be one eight-team division and one seven-team division in each conference.
The top two finishers in each division would be guaranteed the top four playoff seeds. The four other playoff qualifiers in each conference would be based on point totals.
EASTERN CONFERENCE
• The Northern Division — which includes Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Buffalo, Boston Pittsburgh, Washington
• The Southern Division — New York Ranger, NY Islanders, New Jersey, Philadelphia, Carolina, Atlanta, Tampa Bay, Florida
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Pacific Division–Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Anaheim, Los Angeles, San Jose, Colorado, Phoenix
Central Division–Detroit, Nashville, Chicago, Minnesota, St. Louis, Dallas, Columbus
April 4, 2007 at 11:48 am
I prefer the original six, what was it? Hmmm…its so long now, but hey that would guarantee that TO gets a butt kicking every year at playoff time!