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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- 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
- stuo11 : hes better than markov, and hes french who was in mention for defenceman of the year
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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 !!!!!