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- 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
- stuo11 : hes better than markov, and hes french who was in mention for defenceman of the year
- goalie : Markov for Beauchemin - an injury prone d-man for an ;old timer'd-man. Beauchemin is NOT what the Habs need in my opinion. He is a HUGE defensive liability.
- goalie : Stuo 11 I'd make that trade with Oilers fast BUT I doubt the Oilers will make that. Two marginal d-men at the best for a switch of first round picks - not a chance .
- stuo11 : markov for beachemin?
- stuo11 : let moen go
- stuo11 : maybe try and get steve begin back
- stuo11 : we wouldve kicked out all other teams but pens, sens,
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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