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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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December 3, 2006 at 2:09 pm
LOL PRICELESS HABS BLOG PRICELESS LOL
December 3, 2006 at 2:23 pm
Originally posted on “Saturday Night’s Alright”.
Tucker’s hit on Bouillon was cheap. He ran him when he was on his knees 3 feet from the boards. Bouillon’s hit on Wellwood was a clean hard take out along the boards – trademark Bouillon. Sucker punch my ***. Tucker was pushing and swinging at Bouillon by this time – just because Bouillon feeds Tucker his right fist for dinner does not make it a sucker punch. They were face to face and Tucker got knocked down … period … poor Darcy. Then again, maybe he wasn’t knocked down … maybe he tripped over the bad ice intentionally placed there before the 1st period by the zamboni driver
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December 3, 2006 at 2:46 pm
Reasons why the habs are more classy following the Boullion/Tucker incident:
1. Boullion had a beautiful, clean hit on wellwood.
2. Tucker’s hit was dirty and cowardly
3. Tucker first refused to go with a shorter Boullion (guess he realized he was not Eaves)
4. AS boullion moves away that is when Tucker starts throwing punches hoping the refs would then break it up
5. Boullion gets last laugh and pelts the pesty nutcase.
6. Tucker then begins his routine spitting and pouting about who knows what.
7. Tucker refuses to go anywhere near Boullion for the remainder of the game and Frankie continues his bonecruching hits.
8. Jeff O’neil after the game whinnes like a 8 year old about Boullion starting it but refuses to mention that tucker almost broke Francis’ neck with a careless hit.
9. Paul Maurice complains about the zamboni.
10. Sundin still has baked bean teeth.
December 3, 2006 at 5:37 pm
HABS SEARCHING FOR CENTER
http://www.thefourthperiod.com/news/mtl061203.html
December 3, 2006 at 5:39 pm
Even as an Englishman i found that hilarious.
Never was so much owed by so many to so few.
God bless the Habs.
December 3, 2006 at 6:22 pm
Classic video. My thoughts exactly
December 3, 2006 at 6:40 pm
Ah, sometimes the best comedy is the truth. And so it appears that Gainey is actively shopping for a #2 centre and trying to get rid of Ninny. But as usual there is a but, they all want Souray. It would take a star centre to pry Souray out of MTL. And one of the Russians would have to go two to make room. And I think Plekanec would make a better winger then centre with his shot.
Who would it take for Gainey to trade Souray? Can he trade one of the Russians in a package? What about Ninnamaa. There’s a lot of questions.
And in some of the articles they were saying that Markov, who’s the team’s best defenceman, wants a raise(duh, he’s earned one), but Rivet to? Are you kidding me? Rivet should take a pay cut not a raise.
It’s time to sit back and watch what kind of magic Gainey can weave. And if we’ve learned something during his tenure it’s that a big trade could come out of left field and smack us in the face cause we don’t see it coming(ex:Theo, Kovalev).
December 3, 2006 at 6:46 pm
And how about the Habs current and future goaltending situation. Huet is one of the top goaltenders in the league right now, Aebischer is a pretty darn good backup, and the guy everyone got ecxited about Danis isn’t even starting anymore in Hamilton beacause of Jaroslav Halak. The guy went 7-1 with a league-best 0.82 goals against average, a .972 save percentage, four shutouts, and allowed just six goals on 214 shots in November. He’s only 21 and he keeps getting better. Then you’ve got Price still in Junior who may be the best goalie in junior hockey!(And before anyone says Leland Irving is better, Irving plays on a stacked Everret team while Price plays on a mediocre Tri-City team.)
Just more prove that the Habs know goaltending better then anyone else.
December 3, 2006 at 7:10 pm
I watched last night after the game,(on Bell express vu), leafs tv, just to see what the commentators(whiners), and players were saying. They said canadiens 1st goal wasn’t an even strength goal, because 2 leaf players collided, and fell back at their own blue line, and that provided habs with a 5 on 3 opportunity. they also said that leafs aren’t able to put teams away when they’re leading. They said leafs played for 50 minutes and deserved to win the game. It’s nice to watch that show after a leafs loss.
does anyone know the status of Rivet? Guys,let’s keep Souray, Markov and Bouillon. as far as the other D men, who knows? I did like that comical video, but hope ontarians on this blog don’t get offended.I’d like to savor the victory, because it doesn’t get any better than that. Besides, we all thought, after it was 3-1, we were toast!It shoes, you never know, and never give up. Hey, Washington beat the **** out of Buffalo. Is Buffalo starting to lose a few? look out for Ottawa, they’re coming up fast. I do believe, that by the end of the season they will overtake the habs. they’re just too strong offensively, and have too many weapons. If we can secure more offence, via a trade, we could make a run at it.
December 3, 2006 at 10:08 pm
fanatic, it’s not that simple to say ‘oh let’s keep these guys’(and Bouillon has a three year contract anyway). What are you going to do, hold guns to Souray and Markov’s heads and tell them to re-sign? It dosen’t work that way. They hold the cards in this situation and they decide what to do. Gainey can’t pull a Metalurg on Malkin and pressure them to stay.
December 4, 2006 at 9:41 am
Habs 1: I agree with your thoughts on Sammy I was just poking fun that you had a new target, no harm. ALso I have heard many rumours that RIvet is looking for a raise as well. Apparantly Craig’s agent believes he has earned it with the time he has put in this franchise, however with a cap limit dedication does not earn a raise let alone a similar contract to what he has now. 2 million tops I say. Craig is reportingly looking for a 3-4 year deal in the range of 4-4.5 millino a season. Apparently his agent thinks he will easily get this in freee agency. ALthough De men are overpaid in the free agent market (Aaron ward) I cant see him getting this from anyone except Wang. WIth rivet injured I think everyone will find out just how important or hazardous he is to our team. Although you dont want anyone to get hurt this experience will go a long way for Gainey to determine his action plan this summer.
As for trading SOuray with his high value I say Gainey is shotting for the stars. HE does not want to trade him but IM sure he is entertaining offers but will settle for nothing less then a center and d man in return. Which is a high price to ask but Gainey knws his importance.
December 4, 2006 at 9:43 am
Marleau is the guy we need.
December 4, 2006 at 1:04 pm
Leafs suck.
March 19, 2007 at 8:56 pm
habs suck tucker killed bouillion in the fight
March 19, 2007 at 8:58 pm
boullion was pissing blood evrywhere hes soft like begin and all the habs players