Game 16 (audio): Kovy wins it in shootout

Then rejoice, Professor! Cuz yer wrong. Our "best" on the ice should be Bulldogs? Are they DOMINATING the AHL or something? Did I blink while Weber rocketed 15 goals this week? Is Pac-Man so super-fantastical that he will make a Van Damme Sudden Impact on the 4th line??? Cuz those are the guys you named. What's the problem? The 4th liners? Gimme a break. We replace the 4th line with Bulldogs and we're going to the Show, that it? Calm down, prof. Pull yehself togevver, would yeh? Peace Out ______________________________________________________ Lord Bugs Potter, esq. Earl of Fluppitburg, Baron of Flopshlupshire and Knight of the Flannel Republic.

the problem with what you've suggested is that our horrible defensive zone coverage will become even more horrible with 5 rookies being inserted into the line-up. Canadiens' style is to be defensively responsible at the same time of being able to go for the jugular on the offense. dandy, begin and kosto are all defensively responsible players on the 4th line. the rookies you've mentioned will be asked to fill the void...stewart and chips may be able to fit in...but the others will have a helluva time keeping up with the NHL on the 4th line.

If it ever looks like the Power play wont click for the year, those guys you mention should be given a chance on the team I agree, because the team now as it is will not be able to get ugly wins as the year goes on.

Uhhhhhh.... no....

The levels are low.

A-Ok. Got it in the jaw. He's fine. Scarier than it looked. Peace Out ______________________________________________________ Lord Bugs Potter, esq. Earl of Fluppitburg, Baron of Flopshlupshire and Knight of the Flannel Republic.

The All Star game is a joke. Other than the guys going there for the first time the players don't care about it anyway. Most of the ones that have been there a few times would much rather have four of five days off to spend with their families or head south for some sun. In any case, if this is suppsoedly about the fans it makes sense that the Habs are over-represented in the game when it's here in Montreal.

Good to see you up and at it early Friar Cobb. I lot of truth in what you say on the voting, looks like kids deciding who will be class President. The way this is being done has nothing to do with talent or skill.

I agree, there's huge potential for this team to have a devastating multi-faceted power play. There is time for this thing to work itself out. Your point about the playoffs is spot on and I don't understand why people would want to return to such a predictable formula. Right now Jarvis is trying to create something that will be hard to adjust to and will serve us well when it counts, in the playoffs. Not to mention that our inability to rely so heavily on the PP this season has caused positive strides forward in our 5 on 5 play. Which again is very important come spring time when the penalty calls are less frequent.

Ouch. Well... better his leg than Kovy's. Peace Out ______________________________________________________ Lord Bugs Potter, esq. Earl of Fluppitburg, Baron of Flopshlupshire and Knight of the Flannel Republic.

i don't watch the intermission banter but the few times i've caught him, Joel stood out (even more so compared to the a lot of the RDS team) as an intelligent and reasonable hockey man. i also caught the quote you put up and couldn't have agreed more with him. btw, i don't think they stole the two points tonight. contrary to Benoit Brunet's mute-worthy opinion tonight (which, btw, changed quite a bit after the Lang goal and now Andrei Kostitsyn and company weren't too bad after all), i thought they played quite well for a team playing with falling confidence. let them play. the scrooge media in this city have way too much time on their hands.

hahaha so true i was just gonna write that! you know..you know...you know... lol

100% agree with you. I've been holding off on posting/making comments until we hit 20 games in the season. Its been a choice of mine for the last couple of seasons. Gives the team time to gel. But I digress. The rash of recent blow outs and no shows from the Habs against Toronto, Boston and the week before a "fortunate" comeback win against the Islanders I felt compelled to support your post. This team is NOT playing like the team expected to finish first in the Eastern conference and be a Stanley Cup finalist. They've played brilliantly in some games (Detroit, Ottawa) and ghastly in others (Toronto & Boston). Consistency is what this team needs to achieve and what will make them a legitimate threat in the East for the Cup. They way they've been playing....they are a long way from establishing any kind of "fear factor" in the conference. The team is lacking an identity and is struggling to achieve one. Tanguay has been one of the more consistant players and has a good pick up thus far in the season. Despite my earlier skepticism on his productive capabilities. Koivu has shown up, as has Kovalev. Where are the other 4 players form the top 2 lines?? The K bros, and Higgins?? the K's chip in here and there, but are often smacked around. Higgins? He's reminidng me more and more of Michael Ryder. Pops one or two now three in one game out of 10 then disappears. Then there's Carey Price....well...he's good...had a couple of stinkers...but all goalies do. I won't go there. Detroit has set the bar in the West by being consistant, winning the games they should be winning and losing ones that could go either way. They've been conistant and have all their lines and players contributing. Not sure why that philosophy is not working in Montreal. Love the team, but living in T.O. and flying the Bleu, Blanc and Rouge has been painful as of late. Specially with the Leafs showing up to play most games. Still a long way to go til the spring time....but come on guys get it together. Goals is what wins games, let in 10....score 11 to win it. Go Habs go!

Well... if you listened to carbo's interview we played a pretty good game tonight. And he thinks that one of these days power play will start clicking again - which means 'I am not going to make any changes to it. It will just start clicking... magically... all by itself' Today we have played 60 minutes of consistently average at best hockey against the worst or one of the worst teams in the league. Sure, lets take a win as a positive, but lets not get carried away and think that we've played a good game.

LOL, I love this. You made a post while fending off anticipated attacks. LMAO, dialogue is evolving to a new form on HIO. LMAO.

Agree 100%

i know(hehehe) what you mean!

"But the fans won't get behind them if they go AWOL" ... why should they care about the fans, with people like you amongst our ranks?

Glad to hear he's ok,it was one of the few things that woke me up during the third.

Timo,I think Carbo said it was one of their better games this year?And JIM M THINKS SO TO ???

I believe the reason Lapierre sat tonight was for the same reasons B.G.L. sat ,Gainey,Carbo,Murray friendship.

lol - good one! you must be the one honest guy this board tonight! ____________________________________________________________ Why don't we have a defensive coach? Insanity? Or arrogance?

The team is great they just need to remember what made them great. No doubt the coaches are telling them over and over but they can't take shfts off let alone periods or whole games. I am happy with the win but until we have a stretch of games with goaltending, defense and the offense all clicking it is going to drive us crazy because we saw hints of what we could be last year.....and we want it back. I am confident it will sort itself out but in the meantime it has been painful to watch because from a bird's eye view it seems so obvious what they are......actually aren't doing.

I'd say he played piss poorly... I think KHL will be happy to have him.

I think he says it 20 times under 2minutes.. Maybe he's just really nervous with all those journalists around him.

X Making fun of a guy for not being fluent in a 2nd language is, you know, not very classy.

Don't be histrionic. Barely beating a lousy team and waltzing through the whole game is not a huge confidence builder after what we've seen lately. Winning is all the matters in the playoffs. In the regular season it's how you win - and whether you look ready to make a run. Do we look ready to you smart guy? ____________________________________________________________ Why don't we have a defensive coach? Insanity? Or arrogance?

I agree. As you can tell by my image and name, I am a Lions fan also. I am a member in a couple blog sites of die-hard Lions fans, supporting and discussing a team that is now 0-10 and will probably not win a game this season. There is less whining, crying, demanding players get traded or cut on that site than this one. We are 10-4-2. Good teams have slumps. It sucks, but suck it up and quit f'n crying!

Well said.. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Koivu for Prime Minister...

Yanick Weber (sp?) apparently has an absolute cannon, but most reports say he needs to work on his defensive game before he's ready for the NHL. If Bouillon is out and Carbo doesn't want to put Dandy back on defense, then maybe he gets called up as a temporary patch. I wouldn't count on it though.

That post was a response to another thread I cut and pasted...and the Lats portion was in reference to last night's game. Tonight he was average...not a liability but was on the fourth line. Not the only one...one of the only ones....LAST NIGHT. He needs good linemates or he is ineffective.....he fits best along with Koivu and Tanguay...last night again like the eralier games showed that. The problems right now on this team aren't solved by picking out the deficiencies of a few non impact players....the problems stem from hockey basics, working away from the puck, converting chances, not giving up our blueline, speed through the neutral zone, going to the net, WORK, WORK, WORK. Brisebois, OB, Begin, LAts, LAraques, etc.....people who bitch about these guys aren't understanding the real problems. If our fourth liners, low end dmen and current fringe players are making the difference than we are nothing(we are far from that). OUr problems right now are all motivation and work ethic related and that is why it is frustrating. Why aren't they working until it is often too late. I still think we need an ugly game (physical) to bring these guys together.....they played bigger than they were last year....this year...not so much (apologies to Saku who alwats brings it and plays twice his size).

Well most of the team was having trouble finding the blades of the sticks... One of the only guys that managed to hit the tape a few tmes was breezer... Our hardest working players tonight... Koivu, Plekanec, A. Kos (after his goal only), Dandy (brought energy), Price (but wasn't very occupied).. Latendresse did give a few good hits... but lets face it.. he was playing with begin and Dandy.. ot finesse players by any means... ------------------------------------------------------------------- Koivu for Prime Minister...

Rant and rave! Gilbert 2008/09 is the season of the Habs

can you say bandwagoner? bob doesnt make rash decisions like pretty much every suggestion you made

X If you are going to give advice, make sure you know what you're talking about. Your post makes absolutely no sense. To blame 4th liners and a 7th D-man for the current difficulties is ludicrous. Gainey just extended Carbo's contract by 3 years. I trust Gainey's intelligence more than yours. You don't know squat about running a hockey team. The CBA makes it impossible to do what you say. You can't just move players at will. Please read the CBA and learn what a salary cap is. Larry Robinson couldn't handle the pressure in New Jersey. What makes you think that he could handle Montreal?

Seems like Frankie Boo might have taken it more in the jaw than the throat. Nothing terribly serious, the team reports. We'll have more in the morning, I expect. Dave Stubbs
Habs Inside/Out
Sports Feature Writer, Montreal Gazette

 

Jason Spezza.!!!If he ever wore my club colours, ticket price's at the Bell would be $10:00 and that would include a beer.