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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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March 3, 2008 at 10:12 pm
Ok guyz…this ain’t rocket science…4-3 SJ over MONT in O.T
53.75% SJ
47.25% MT
thats the tale of the tape…so..its gotta be..ive made my 20 dollar bet that it will be a tie…im a business man and i need the money…lol
March 3, 2008 at 10:17 pm
Grier(x-hab)..gonna take it KOMI..Rivet.has some points to make…Marleau…got a nice place in Lac Pelltier Saskatchewan..,,hes a home boy and im from Sask..had a few beer with the guy…Roenick,Thornton,Cheechoo,Campbell,Ozolnish, c’omon..it aint gonna be no cake walk here..
March 3, 2008 at 10:21 pm
Good luck and enjoy the game my comrades…ill let you guys hash it out until the end of the game..and remember…if you can not get the game..go to..My P2P.eu and down load the software you need to see all the action!!
PEACE
March 3, 2008 at 11:32 pm
habman give me think so i can watch but is it for real?
March 3, 2008 at 11:33 pm
lol the link not think
March 4, 2008 at 12:18 am
habman is correct. I am watching the game right now and rely on that site. he was close, it is actually http://myp2p.eu then click on forum on the top right, from there scroll down to NHL. You will then find a link for streaming channels for each day. Clicking on that, and scrolling down, you will find NHL games. If you scroll down a little more, it will offer all the details on the software you need.
GO HABS GO!!!
March 4, 2008 at 12:18 am
This is a really tight game- As expected. I want montreal to get a good lead so I can go to sleep!!!lol
March 4, 2008 at 12:52 am
Refs calling a tight game unless you interfere with Price ,bullshit!!!!!
March 4, 2008 at 1:25 am
Anybody else want Komi or Lats to do Shelly,lol?
March 4, 2008 at 1:51 am
Lats would die.
March 4, 2008 at 1:58 am
lol
March 4, 2008 at 2:00 am
Still laughing,lol
March 4, 2008 at 2:04 am
Not laughing anymore,uggh.
March 4, 2008 at 2:07 am
Price is not an NHL goalie! wow! was he horrible. cost habs a win.
also habs are too soft, and no defence.
March 4, 2008 at 2:11 am
Well ,we didn’t do to bad against a team of GIANTS.
March 4, 2008 at 2:19 am
I think they did well considering the officiating. I’m NEVER one to complain about the refs at all. But two elbows, a too many men and at least three golie interferences (one that led to a goal) are a bit too much to overlook seeing as they were all blatant (so was the hit from behind by Boullion, I know). The non calls on the rough stuff with Price obviously got to him. He was horrible tonight. The two last goals, they just walked around the defence. I’d still take the Habs over the Sharks in a 7 game series, though. Price can’t be that bad all the time, right?
March 4, 2008 at 2:21 am
Also, thanks to Habsman for the p2p stream. Those of us who live on different continents salute you.
March 4, 2008 at 7:34 am
Pittsburgh is going to win and go infront by 2 pts. but montreal has to start playing like a 1st place team not a 4th place team.
March 4, 2008 at 8:20 am
Orangeman gets the “WIZARD OF THE NIGHT” award….ive nothing to say(you guyz must be shocked)
I would like to know if anybody thinks there should be a RAP..referee accountability panel?
Also..im asking what we can learn from this…refs aside…what do you guyz think they are talking about in the team review meeting tommorow?
PEACE
March 4, 2008 at 8:28 am
hablifer:
Roy & Dryden had their share of ****** games. Uh, does a 9 goal game against Roy rig a bell !!!
Get over it. He is 20 years old.
March 4, 2008 at 9:21 am
Habs Fans are the worst fans in all of the NHL. Eveything is fine when they win. BUT when they lose, all hell breaks loose. Price could play 20 games all with shut outs stopping 60 shot a game but when he has a bad game, he is not an NHL Goalie, he is **** etc, etc, etc.
Fans such as these need to “GROW UP” & get a life. Bloody wankers.
March 4, 2008 at 9:33 am
I swear some of you people are just praying for price to play bad so you can say “gainey should have never traded huet” Huet is gone, he is not part of this team anymore so screw huet. Price is the man now so if you dont like it drive west down the 401 where you belong
March 4, 2008 at 10:03 am
Only in Montreal where a player can be God for a few games and a piece **** the next.
BAD GAME? Well sort of……..
– We had 7 power plays (PP) & nothing. I noticed that last night on the PP that they were trying for that cross ice pass which was mostly picked off or missed their sticks altogether. This is not the PP we know. They have to get out of that bad habit. They have to get a player in front of the net and shoot form the Point. Goalie can’t stop what he can’t see right.
- They ran Price but no call. A lot of no-calls. But the Habs would not score on 50 PP’s last night.
- The D- Men were a sleep on three goals.
- My beloved Price had a really tough night. Some soft goals. Hey, he is only 20 yrs old. He will have a few of them once in a while. He has to look at the bad goals today and learn form it. He will bounce back.
- Ryder is in the **** house again. Hardly any time on the PP. I guess he has to score 2 goals a night to impress Carbo.
- What in the Blue Hell is Lats & Smokes doing in the line up. Smoke trips price for ***** sakes. He just a well have shot it in the net himself. That Assclown Lats he should be down in the AHL.
The boys have to pull up their socks and buckle down. This is no time to slack off.
This is a fairly young team. They will learn form this.
GO HABS GO.
March 4, 2008 at 10:12 am
Well, I personally just said Price was horrible this game and that the rough play got to him. I’m sure he’ll rebound next game. This loss wasn’t completely his fault, he was left out to dry by his D quite a bit.
March 4, 2008 at 10:16 am
Price had a mediocre game so what? It happens I dont think anyone expected we would win all remaining 16 games.
March 4, 2008 at 11:14 am
For all of u’sss, Huet got injured yesterday, back injury.
On the other side, last nights game, the refs totally sucked and for both teams, not only Montreal. First time I see high stick with blood being called as a 2 minutes, but anyhow.
On the final side, can we win all games ?
Probably not.
March 4, 2008 at 11:54 am
0 for 7 on the PP, and well-below-average goaltending. Theres no great mystery why we lost…I’m just surprised we still got 4 goals. Price had a really bad game, everyone knows it (including him)….now everyone gotta move on and focus on the next game. We’re not gonna win every game, Price will be bad in some, and the PP won’t be working in some….and thats it.
Might see Halak against Phoenix next game or L.A the next, but we still got Anaheim before we head home, so theres no time to lick any wounds…chalk it up as a bad game and push through.
Btw, after Anaheim, we’re home for Jersey and Ottawa, so it ain’t gettin any easier and theres no time for floating…good time for this team to show once again what its made of. But the game last night was a playoff game for all intended purposes, and IF the PP is gonna be ineffective like that….we’re in trouble.
Move on boys and get the groove back, we’ve been doing it all year…GO HABS GO !!!
March 4, 2008 at 12:44 pm
Just like orangeman, I try to be neutral when considering the officiating. And looking from the outside at the number of penalties handed out in the game and who got the powerplays, one would think everything is fine. But that was some bad reffing! What kills me the most is, do you think for one minute that if a hab made blatant contact with Nabokov it wouldn’t be called. I shouldn’t say that this just happens to Montreal. It is a disturbing trend in the league where referees let players run into goalies. Even outside the crease a goalie can’t be run into unless he has the puck. It’s still interference. But in todays NHL it seems to be ok to crash the net and try to push the puck and the goalie over the line.
For the most part, Montreal deserved the penalties they received. But San Jose benfitied all night from knowing that most of the time they could get away with infractions that Montreal could not. And you’re right, several that were let go were blatant! Latandresse hooked and then cross checked from behind, too many men on the ice (that could clearly be seen by all officials), hooking of Kovalev, goaltender interference, etc.
March 4, 2008 at 1:49 pm
Yeah, the Canadiens had a lot of defensive lapses. Yeah, the referee’s favored the Sharks. But you gotta like the speed. The Canadiens have to be one of the fastest teams in the NHL.
March 4, 2008 at 4:03 pm
Halak Is playing for sure on Thurday though. I think Price might have been tired because he hasn’t started this often yet this year.
March 4, 2008 at 4:40 pm
Price tired? He’s 20 years old. c’mon! and it wasn’t just 1 or 2 bad goals he let in. It was all of them! Please take a look at the 4th goal he allowed. That tells the whole story. And where was our D all night? You can’t play that way and expect to win, especially against a physical team like SJ.
If habs make it to the playoffs, and play a physical team….. they’re toast!
March 4, 2008 at 4:54 pm
hablifer
Give that head of yours a shake. All goals were soft. What game were you watching?
March 4, 2008 at 5:39 pm
when we play a big team like the Sharks,I’d like to see the biggest members of the Bulldogs called up,”Biron,etc” Why not ,it’s play-off mode!
March 4, 2008 at 5:58 pm
Kostopoulous and Begin sitting out on a game against the sharks and probably Ducks, That is the only idiocy thing that I find Carbo is sometimes. Begin would of had a blast with Thornton as he did a couple years back againsn’t Boston. I’ll never understand Carbo for this ****.
March 4, 2008 at 8:06 pm
Price deserves a chance to redeem himself. Halak shouldn’t play until LA.
March 4, 2008 at 10:39 pm
Pacum Perva, and lice man..please DO NOT change your blog names..it makes it much easier to “skip” to the next comment!
March 4, 2008 at 10:44 pm
So..they say its no big deal to worry …ha!,, if we lose three in a row(and everyone else) and Boston wins three in a row…they’ll be in first place.
Like it or not,Crosby’s back, and other teams are going to have to do us favors so we stay in the top three spots in the conference.
We will make the playoffs….so we should be happy about that,HEALTH is the most important issue for our team….and if you dont think so…you don’t know **** about hockey!..and you 2 know who Iam taking about!
March 4, 2008 at 10:56 pm
Hey Hablifier, you seem like an alright guy….im an experience “kick boxer’, some years ago i was told by my “sifu” instructor that to stay in shape is the best way to win…im 44 years old now, i really have to work now to keep the “beer belly” off…but i know one thing…the bigger you are..the faster you get tired, and eventually they lose most fights if an opponent uses strategy…these bigger teams in the NHL will not win the Stanley cup, nor with the new rules will they get away with all the “clutching” and “grabbing”
Pittsburgh just won their game over Tampa…#1 spot is gone for the rest of the year!
March 4, 2008 at 11:04 pm
Habman
I bet I can kick your ***.
I’m big. 5’11″, 260 lbs.
I don’t get tired.
March 4, 2008 at 11:28 pm
Habman in the #2 post did you say grier is an ex hab? WOW
March 5, 2008 at 8:53 am
PACTUM SERVA
He’s got issues Brother.
March 5, 2008 at 10:17 am
Lol i here ya iceman
March 5, 2008 at 10:18 am
hear***
March 5, 2008 at 11:09 am
Yup, he definately does… More than we could ever get into around here, it’s pretty sad to be honest, but fun to laugh at, and not with…lol
GO HABS GO
March 5, 2008 at 12:04 pm
The habs fall to San Jose to start their western road trip. Not a huge suprise that they fell, considering they had won 6 of 8 as well as how well the Sharks have been playing (and the west is harder/tougher hockey).
We did however go toe to toe with them just got out-lasted…personally i think it was a good game for them to get a feel for Western Conference hockey so they can adjust and adapt for the following two games against the Gretzky hungry Coyotes and the got-nothing-to lose Kings.
Price let in more than 3 goals in a game…bound to happen to a team that has so much explosive offense and waiting to unleash. But we answered the call again with 4 of our own, and another premier effort from Pleckanec with two of his own. I have been saying this for a while….Pleck is going to be a star on this team…with flashes of a possible future Captaincy. He has not slowed down since last year, and is maturing at a very acclerated rate. Who needs Ribeiro when we have this top gun?
So who is happy that Ryder is still with us??? I am on the top of the list, and now he can show us all he still has it…which he does. He will be a playoff hero…just wait for it.
Speaking of heros…is Carey Price the next Patrick Roy/Ken Dryden who both led the Habs to Stanley Cups in their rookie campaigns??? Time will tell, but exciting as hell to watch it will be.
March 5, 2008 at 12:26 pm
Well I guess I was watching another game,I thought the size,speed and talent of the Sharks,plus the scared to open Pandora’s box in a fight scenario and the **** one sided Reffing,not only caused weak goals ,but took the wind out of the sails of the Habs.What makes me laugh is when people say it was jet lag,I believe that was the 3rd game in 4 days for the sharks.Look it’s got to deflate a team when the other team calls your out to dance and you got to look away so you don’t lose more teeth! Bob ,stop being such a putz and bring up our BIG GUY’S FROM THE DOGS!!!!
March 5, 2008 at 12:34 pm
Carbo has to play Price Thursday. It is only simlpe logic.
Price needs to know that Carbo has faith in him to come back with a great game. If he falters again then Halak is the go to man for a few.
After all, when Mr. Huet Who? (seems so long ago) had a bad game Carbo always gave Huet a chance to redeem himself the next night. It is only right that Price will get the same respect.
March 5, 2008 at 1:50 pm
I say play Halak because he needs to get some playing time . If he plays well, keep him in. Until Price proves himself, we don’t have a #1 goalie. maybe Halak will prove to be better than Price, and become our #1 goalie, with Price his backup.
I really don’t care, as long as we win! THAT’S THE NAME OF THE GAME!
March 5, 2008 at 2:49 pm
why did markov get a game misconduct? What did he do?
March 5, 2008 at 3:00 pm
Play Price tomorrow amd Halak on Saturday. Cause or else, we’ll get the same issues on Sunday agaisn’t the Ducks. 3 games in 4 night and the 3rd game agaisn’t a power house. Or else, play Halak agaisn’t the Cayotes and the Kings and keep Price fresh for the Ducks.