Toronto Tuesday
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The Canadiens play in Toronto tonight on a rare Tuesday meeting with the Leafs. The Habs have elected to put Carey Price in between the pipes instead of Cristobal Huet.
It’s no secret Cristobal Huet for whatever reason, has never really been effective against the Leafs and has never won a game in Toronto. It seems like an easy call to make.
If the Canadiens manage to put forth the effort they did against Ottawa, they in theory should have absolutely no trouble with the Leafs.
As we all know, the Leafs are a different team when they play the Canadiens and it is never a predictable game.
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- goalie : Didn't get to see the game at all but it's great to see Pacs get a hat trick and fpor Cole to be + 3. When was the last time this team won three games in a row? Great victory -looks like they're giving 100% effort!
- Senet1 : 4-2 win habs
- Senet1 : Gomez scores, Yea!!!
- goalie : As I said yesterday it will be interesting to see what our lame ass GM gets for players he ships out. Bourque is good and he'll help us but I still think we could have gotten more for him and for Halak when he was traded.
- Avatar37 : round those picks occur (probably 3rd).
- Avatar37 : An interesting article. If we slip to the 5th or 7th draft pick, a very interesting case could be made for drafting Galchenyuk. If we wind up with the second or third pick, I'm not sure who I'd draft, because clearly Yakupov is going to be drafted first overall. Our second round pick also becomes interesting, I know I'd take Vasilevski if he were still available. It will also be interesting to see if we can turn some of our veteran players (Moen, Gill, Campoli) into draft picks, and what
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- Avatar37 : That is why PG should have waited on trading Cammalleri. Right now, there is a high demand for a top 6 forward, we could have gotten much more than Bourque in return. That isn't a knock against Bourque, but a knock against a knee-jerk reaction trade that didn't maximize our return on a top asset.
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- Avatar37 : chips fall where they may. After all, the only difference between finishing 17th and 29th is how good a pick you get in the draft.
- Avatar37 : We currently sit in 26th place in the league. We are 15 points ahead of Columbus, it's safe to bet at this point they will place last. We are, however, only 4 points ahead of Edmonton so it's still wide open as to who is going to finish second last. I still think that it's time to sit the veterans, play the youth, let them get experience, and regroup for next year. I'm not suggesting deliberately tanking like the Penguins, but give all our young players lots of playing time and let the c
- Avatar37 : goalie - If it were not for the play of Cammalleri, we would never have made it out of round 1. Cammalleri played as big a part, if not bigger, than Halak did. Sure, Halak played well, but remember the team collapsed in front of him, making his job much easier. We had lots of blocked shots and the ones that got through were typically from the outside.
- Senet1 : Goalie you are absolutely right, of course the one thing we had the two previous years that won the games that we are losing this year was our power play. If you look at say 10 games that we should have won had we had a similar power play, again we would not be having these conversations. When your PP goes from first to last in the league that is a lot of goals.How many games have we lost this year by one goal. Again poor management who did not prepare for Markov's possible absence.
- goalie : I'll put it another way.... we need more players who are willing to get their noses dirty.
- goalie : Two years ago when our goaltending stole series adn our players suddenly scored the coaches / GM believed that that was our true team . Well time has proven that was not. Though I was very glad to see the Habs knock off some very good teams we were very fortunate. And fortunate that spring was spelled HALAK!
- goalie : The wrst mistake management could possibly make I believe is to say, we played well some games and we believe the team can play to that level more often in the future. This team CANNOT adnb DOES NOT play to a high enough level. Please do not kid yourself mamngement. hat is partially why we're in the lace we are.
- goalie : Senet is correct when he says that if we had more games with a better efort this year we'd likely be in the playoffs. It has been very inconsistent effort but much more than that. We lack big, tough playing and finishing. Never mind fighting for a moment. We did not compete for the pucks nor along the boards nor in front of both nets enough this year. Thus we are in 29th. If the coaching staff doesn't see that then they shouldn't be there.
- Senet1 : Surely Molson is not going to keep him as the GM?
- Senet1 : when he knows he will be fired at the end of the season. Nothing really makes since in this whole process.
- Senet1 : I am not sue why PG has not been fired by now. They could be waiting for another GM to come available at season end, but why would you not set up a committee to manage the team in the short run until a new GM can be named. There is no since in chaning coaches because whoever the GM is he will want to name his own coach. Gainey and a committe of other executives can manage the team through to the trading deadline and onward. What motivation does PG have to making any worthwhile trades when he is
- Senet1 : I am too mch of a competitor to want my team to tank to. However, If these players played like they ae cabable of playing all year we would not be having this discussion right now, we woud be talking about the playoffs and who we would rather meet in the first round.
- rocky : Exactly, and Senet nails it when he says we have not had an elite top 5 in the nhl player since lafleur.
- goalie : I too want the Habs to get the best possible draft this June. We all need SOME hope!
- rocky : He is persona non grata in habville, and a ghost in every sense of the term.
- goalie : It remains a miracle how we have heard from our mighty GM twice since Christmas - the trades involving Spacek and Cammy and those comments were extremely brief. PG just does not cut it in my world. Part of a GMs job is to go public from time to time. PG never does that in fact he's a ghost GM!
- rocky : Its true, there is no honor in that. These guys have only known the ethic of giving it all to win every night. I do not want them to "tank", and they will never do that anyway. I do want them to lose though, as awful as it sounds.
- goalie : Roicky as a good point. We all want the Habs to get a really good draft pick. However, players, coaches etc. also have a keen desire to compete and win. That's why they're playing at the pro level. Thus we can only hope that the team plays some good games and let the chips fall where they may. After the disasterous season we've had let's not lower ourselves adn get involved in any dscussions about 'tanking' games.
- rocky : So long.
- Senet1 : Good discussion rocky, I have to step out for an hour, but may be back later.
- Senet1 : The only way this team comes back to a team with long term potential is to draft a game breaker. Even all the other bad teams have a Stamkos or a player like him. He have some good player so what we need is a Malkin that we can count on 80% of the time to win a game for us.
- rocky : I mean winning will only do them harm that is.
- rocky : It really hurts because my reflexes make me want to cheer like mad, but it will only hurt the team now.
- Senet1 : Yes I have mixed feeling when watching the game. Last night I say here we go again. with our record of shoot losses I did not expect to win that one. Yet I wanted to win real bad?????
- rocky : God, so horrible to sit and hope for losses, but here we are.
- Senet1 : Our problem is we play one out of every 4 games good and therefore, we play well enough to stay on the borderline of a top five pick. If we win three or four in a row we could take ourselves right out of the running.
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November 13, 2007 at 4:06 pm
GO HABS GO… need to put some valuable space between us and the leafs… dem dirty ole leafs!
Let’s go PRICE! Huge game for him tonight!
November 13, 2007 at 4:08 pm
Montreal has to win tonight. I feel that this is the time when they start going down every year. they have to be in 4th until January! They always do good at the begining but then get bad in the middle. THEY MUST WIN THIS GAME!!!
November 13, 2007 at 7:15 pm
listen Keep your loser peice of **** canadian fans out of our American Chats, they have nothing nice to say because all of Canada sucks, All canadians are worthless peices of ****, keep those animals out and into their cages! they are scum trash, i hate canada, You losers better watch your mouths because canada is made up of stupid canadian peices of trash, your all garbage, stay the heck OUT OF OUR CHATS and go back to the bottom of the dumpsters with the garbage you Candians are! thank you
November 13, 2007 at 7:46 pm
Wow, JOHN… Nice rant. You sound very edumacated. I’ve got $20 that he’s sporting a nice Kentucky Mudflap or the stylish Mississippi Waterfall hairdo. Beat it hillbilly!
November 13, 2007 at 7:48 pm
um…..John?…………which chats exactly would they be?…..just curious.
November 13, 2007 at 8:28 pm
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA john is just upset that the canadien boys are spanking all of the american woman.It just goes to show how much of a loser you are when you go into chat rooms lol DANCAN said it best beat hillbilly.Why are you even on a computer now isnt deer hunting season? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
November 13, 2007 at 8:32 pm
The only good thing to come out of the states was an empty bus.
November 13, 2007 at 8:34 pm
GO CANADA GO GO HABS GO AND BLOW AMERICAN WOMAN BLOW
November 13, 2007 at 8:39 pm
is there any way of keeping garbage like john off of this blog can’t he be cut off?
November 13, 2007 at 9:15 pm
You Yanks are too bankrupt to have a opinion,pay your bills and get a healthplan.What’s your dollor worth?…$0.50 cents…lol
November 13, 2007 at 10:23 pm
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November 13, 2007 at 10:24 pm
canadian dollar
November 13, 2007 at 10:24 pm
mtl is unfortunately a middle of the road team yet again this year. They’ll play hard, win some, most likely squeak into the playoffs, but are not of the same caliber as the main teams that can actually make a serious run for the cup. I’ll cheer for them, but let’s be real: until a few key changes are made, they will not be serious contenders.
November 13, 2007 at 10:24 pm
Montreal canadians are winning
November 13, 2007 at 11:10 pm
How lucky can you be? Habs had no business winning this game. They were totally outplayed by the leafs. Habs didn’t start skating until the middle of the 3rd period. Oh well, just consider it justice because we should have gotten 1 point in the Ottawa game, and got nothing. So sweet revenge. But please habs skate in your next game! If we had played a better team, we would have been bombed!
November 13, 2007 at 11:23 pm
If Huet had played, we would have lost!
November 13, 2007 at 11:38 pm
The way I saw this game was that the Habs didn’t show the spunk they showed when the lost to the Maple Sh#i%ts last. That game and the previous one to that were basically gifts the Canadiens made to them. This one proved the other way around but extra mention that the Habs scored more than one goal and Price letting that deflection in (hard one to take – too casual on the play!). Again too many penalties and what is it going to take to get some leadership…Kovalev had three points which means we won’t see him again till the next fourth game as he’ll be invisible now for the next three. I am glad he is scoring but if we check other teams with their star players (or at least the ones earning the same cash as him are there every night every shift!!!)
So let’s take the win and keep on…shake up that energy…the young guns are there for this…so use them tell them to hit everything with the puck…get that jersey dirty.
Let’s go! Come on, this is where the leaders (Pleks, Kovalev, Koivu, Markov (eventhough the penalties have got to stop), Hamrlik have to push to another level. Still looking for that trade!! That big centreman or closer (call Teemu) – Patrick Marleau…somebody that can score (what’s Ryder’s role!)
Go Habs Go!
November 13, 2007 at 11:51 pm
habs fanatic, you have no reason to post here…you are always regurgitating the same old story all the time, why the habs lost, why the habs should of lost. are you some low life ******* that sits at home and waits to trash the habs online and goes about wandering around the city with your maxime lapierre jersey on boasting how great this team is? i’d love to meet you at a bar and put you in your place. you must be some grizzled old **** with nothing better to do in your life..do yourself a favor and get lost.
November 14, 2007 at 12:07 am
gee Superfan: I could have sworn you were the *******!
At least I have the class not to insult another blogger.
I’m only spewing some of the garbage you directed at me!
At least I give realistic constructive criticism! And if you think the habs played for 60 minutes, then you are the only one that thinks that!
and if you think we played well killing penalties, then you are a true MORON!
So if youy dish it out, I’ll give it right back, *** HOLE!
November 14, 2007 at 2:18 pm
Habs Fanatic & Chevy4CH are the worst kind of fans to have… the team is outplaying their expectations so far this season, but still nothing good to say… I believe HABS BLOG runs the site here, and is a forum for fans, not mindless critics who just spew negative remarks just to get attention…
You both should just switch to a ping pong blog somewhere, they want your opinions there, no one wants them here…
November 14, 2007 at 6:15 pm
Michael Ryder for Mikko Koivu and a 2nd round pick.
November 14, 2007 at 6:55 pm
let’s trade chevy, that american ***** and habs fanatic for a used puck bag.
Price played great, and Huet has been one of the top 3 goalies in the entire league last 3 years. Especially this year..don;t believe me..go check his stats…too bad goaltending is all we have….we need a lot of work upfront
November 14, 2007 at 7:14 pm
Sorry Stanley, that isn’t happening. I don’t know how many Western Conference games you have watched this year but Mikko Koivu is an unreal, all around player, more so then Ryder and he is younger then Ryder. He has the big body presence in front of the net and still has sweet hands to score a highlight reel goal. He is reliable in the face off circle and has great work ethic and backchecks hard. We will never trade Ryder for him. But in my opinion, I think Ryder belongs on this team. He has a wicked shot and is a big guy that works hard and always has nice hits. He is in something that many players in every sport go through. A SLUMP.. We all watch the games and you can all tell that the guy is trying his *** off. He works hard in the corners and is physically present but as soon as he gets the puck on his stick he has trouble. Now that is just a confidence issue, that he needs to get out of. What Ryder needs is a couple of garbage goals and an empty netter or something like that to get his confidence back. We all know what he can do, and because he isn’t playing well right now doesn’t mean we should just ship him away. If that was the case then trades would happen alot more often in the NHL, come on guys have faith. I mean we all hated Kovalev, some of us still do, but he is playing unreal right now with the habs and if some of us had our way he woulda been gone a long time ago.
Lastly, Habs fanatic you say you offer constructive criticism? How the **** is post #15 and #16 constructive criticism. All you say that is even remotly close is that they need to skate. Well ****, you should be the coach.. we don’t wanna hear that **** and the players don’t come onto this blog and read what you have to say, so keep your bullshit to yourself and say something about the team that shows your knowledge as a HABS FAN.. not someone who just sits there and bash’s them. So what if you don’t think they are as good as they are playing… tell us why.. not senseless blabber that a 5 year old can say. Opinions are one thing when you have knowledge to back it up, but when you just spit **** out you sound half mental and immature.
November 14, 2007 at 7:21 pm
and habs fanatic… to your post #19, I think the habs played very well the whole 60 minutes and the one minute into overtime, and I think they were extremely well on the PK and I’m sure many other guys here think that too.
The only problem I have had with the habs this year, is the fact that they get a one or two goal lead and try to protect it by going into a defensive shell. I don’t know what it is but they just can’t do that. Never seems to work, anyone have an opinion on this.. habs fanatic say something worth reading if your gonna say something.
November 15, 2007 at 10:35 pm
I agree RBK. they were gonna beat the sens also but they sat back.
November 27, 2007 at 12:24 am
Here we go again. Started out on fire like last year…took a while but other teams figured out we cant score 5 on 5, therefore, stay outta the box and they win. ( PP is not even looking very good now) Back to the same ol same ol…we need scoring and apparently no one there can do it. Well, maybe Im being hastey..Kovy’s line is playing awesome..getting chances, scoring goals. The 1st line is horrible. Looks like Ryder’s lookin for a ride somewhere else, and is Koivu even playing????? Hard to notice him. Yet Carbo keeps them together. A #1 line….thats the scoring line for other teams isnt it??? Ottawa is plaguing us again this year…AND the bloody leafs. These guys are losing to everyone, they’re playing like an AHL team, and yet we cant beat em?? Come on boys, lets play some meaningful hockey. Give that 1st line a kick in the *** and get em going. Someone tell one of these guys to go a stand in front of the net. Instead of all 3 spending every shift huggin the boards..not gonna score from there. At least it took us til after the all-star break last year to start playin this candy *** hockey. Is this gonna be another false hope year? Number 1 PP in the league….whoopdie doo…not much odds unless you spend the whole game on the PP. These guys just cant score..whats the prob? Can someone say “healthy scratch”? Gotta try something Guy, you gotta see whats goin on dont ya? I want 1 good year..just 1. Lets get playin some inspired hockey again and lets start with the Leafs tomorrow night. If we dont soon snap out of this spiral and get goin we’re gonna hit the same rut as last year and end up in the same place. Dont know why I continue to love ya guys, but I do…Habs fan til the end I am, but its getting very frustrating, and Im sure Im not alone. Either get scoring regularily 5 on 5 or go after someone who you can trade for and get them in here. If not, Im afraid we got nothing to look forward to but the same fate we dealt with last year. 9th or 10th dont make the playoffs. Let go team..wake the hell up and put that friggin puck behind a few goalies when we got the same number of guys on the ice that they do. Go Habs Go !!!!!