Komisarek out for another month

Let's see big Georges do what he was hired to do. Old time hockey. It's time for Georges to step up to the plate. http://dennis-kane.com/

Who every said Brisbois is playing well has to be on drugs --- never have I seen anyone playing defense as soft as him! He just can't win any battles in the corners or front of the net! The only positive part of his game is that he occasionally passes well and has an okay shot from the point --- anyway my point is we need to make a trade if we don't call someone up from the farm !!! We need help on defense NOW !!!! Please BOB!!!

Last thing we need is GBL taking runs at Lucic. Komi is a big boy and he got hurt in a fight with another big boy. Maybe the next time they tangle Lucic will get hurt. If something happens and GBL and Lucic scrap then that is fine, just don't go looking for it. This injury will give O'B, Georges and the rest of the guys a chance to step up and prove how good they can be. Actually it might help the team alot. Wishful thinking would be BG trading for Lucic, he's exactly the kind of player that the Habs need.

Please BGL give it to Lurch tomorrow. I don't care if we win or lose on the scoreboard, that is one battle we need to win.

Vote Hammer instead of Komi for the All-Star game --- I Believe..

Maybe Laraque can take his place, since Komi went down trying to do not so BIG bGL's job... Who knows we might find out Laraque is a better blue line man, then he is an enforcer!!!

The habs cant let Lucic change their game, itll be the playoffs all over again. The kid plays a good game, the best revenge is to play a better game. The bruins are the real deal. And I'm happy for them to be honest, if theres a guy whos gotten the raw end of the stick a few times its Claude Julien, and hes a good guy.

Just great, doomed to more Brisebois!

There was this Bruin goof names Milan Who thought he was the next Chris Nilan On the next day we play I hope the habs make him pay And we fly around him all night like a pylon

Read thorugh a lot of comments and wanted to make a few points about a few that stuck out: Yes - BGL should fight Lucic, but no, not because he fought Komi last time, but because it WILL intimidate him and slow him down. He's a young, strong kid who only knows how to play the game one way - hard. But he's not had a lot of "trouble" come his way and a guy like Laraque in his face all night is a great way to take the spunk out of the kid. When Lucic is going like a wrecking ball, so are the rest of the Bruins. I've never seen Marco Strum play so big as last Saturday (thankfully he's out of the line up too). Big George has fought Chara a number of times also, but that does nothing. Chara isn't flying around pounding forwards and defensemen like Lucic does. I'd really like to see that kid in a Habs jersey... but if not, then he needs a trimmin' and be taken down a notch or two. Why did he disappear in the seventh game last year? That one is still a mystery to me. About Ryan O'Byrne. The kid will be a very good D-man for us for a very long time. He is one of those univeristy kids so it means he hasn't played nearly as many games as those who have come in the traditional way (junior hockey). He will need a few years to round out, but I have no doubt he will get there. He has all the tools (just needs to keep that mean streak). As for calling up Webber. I like this. I think he's another Streit and could help the Habs' power play get back to at least a shadow of what it has been the past two seasons (as it's very, very bad right now). Anyway, terrible news about Komi, but we will no doubt be blessed with many battles between he and Lucic over the next 10-15 years.

Why do so many people continue to go on about Georges Laraque "needing" to fight Milan Lucic? Mike Komisarek is a big boy who likes to rough it up and run his mouth and has a running battle with Lucic...as Komisarek himself said it, he and Lucic will almost certainly have more fights over their career. He does not need a goon to protect him. Having Laraque jump Lucic over Komisarek's injury is simply inane. It was a fluke injury that occurred in a fight that Komisarek was more than happy to get into...Komisarek wasn't defending anybody, he wasn't trying to fire up the team. He was frustrated and wanted to fight Lucic who he was tangled up with and with whom he has some history. The power-plays that would come out of Larque jumping Lucic, who could easily refuse to fight, accomplish nothing but making a few of you feel better. More importantly, you aren't going to take Milan Lucic out of the play by trying to rough him up: he thrives on that crap. He's going to go out there and throw his body around, which is what he's paid to do. If he does anything dirty (running somebody from behind, running the goalie, etc.), then AND ONLY THEN would I want to see Laraque do anything about it. Laraque's job is to fire up the Habs with a fight occasionally and not be a liability, not to go out and fight everybody that dares to hit a Montreal Canadien player. Maybe some of you had some misguided notion that Laraque gets into a fight or two every game, although I have no idea from where that notion would arise: he has averaged about 2 PIM's per game over his career. So far this season, he has 24 PIM in 10 games (including 4 fights). Compare that to his 13 fights in 71 games last season or 8 fights in 73 games the season before that.

For everyone's viewing pleasure; my guess is this will be the most pleasant thing you will see this Friday that is safe for work: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sGgu8LPdCs

Another reason why BGL needs to wreck Lucic

Ok there's no way we can go with Briesbois for a month, someone has to be called up from the farm. He hasn't been playing too bad however he's here to step in occasionaly, not play a month and a half straight.

I am putting Laraque on D tonight and play Lapierre. If George played D he could take on Lucic at the time of his choosing.

I expect Flinn or Henry to come up for tomorrow's game to lay a beating on the Bruins. Flinn hammered that loud mouth Thornton so bad he was crying about it.

THERE WAS A BIG BRUISER LARAQUE THE COACH SAID.GO ON AND ATTACK THE BENCH HE RODE, CAN'T BREAK THE CODE FOR THAT HE WILL NEVER COME BACK..

I knew he got 'owned' when he fought Lucic but man he REALLY got OWNED! “He knows, like, unnecessary facts about putting Sears catalogs on your shin pads.” Sean Avery on Don Cherry

Dave do you have any more info on this meeting this past Wed between Gainey and Sundin? I thought Mats made it pretty clear that he wasn't interested in signing with the Habs, so why take this meeting with Bob? Inquiring minds want to know?

Awful news... but always looking for the silver lining, the blessing in disguise - maybe Yannick Weber gets called up and the PP gets its act in gear with him on the point. And Big Georges Laraque has to answer the bell here Saturday vs. Lucic... hopefully Carbo dresses him. Ding dong, the witch is dead. AND - AND - AND - the Habs must crush, I mean absolutely CRUSH the Bruins! This game is a key point in this team's season for so many reasons.

For now, our best bet is to make Dandy the 7th Dman and bring up D'Agostini to play RW. We're looking at making do without Komi for about 15 games. Trying to trade for another defenseman at this point in time would mean that we would certainly have to overpay, big time. I think we also have to prepare ourselves for the notion that Brisebois' bonus (in terms of the cap) is going to kick in this year. Going For The Brass Ring - 25 Cups In 100 Years

George will get an instigater 2 min. more, but he has to step up and jump this SOB. If he does not teach him a very large lesson then we signed a has been.

so basically we have to put up with the horrible play of O'Byrne and Brisebois for another month??? Oy vay!

Whatever the outcome , Lucics' teeth must be pounded out of his face ala George!!!

Entering silly fantasy mode for a second here, I wonder which of our impending free agents we'd have to package with O'Byrne to pry Mike Green out of Washington... Or maybe we could spare a slick Russian stickhandling genius to set up a slumping Ovechkin? 1. www.flickeringpictures.com - not a hockey site, but still kinda neat 2. Josh Gorges on Montreal's attack: "They're comin', they're comin' and they keep comin'. Just line after line, wave after wave..."

Jovonovski? Brewer? Jackman? Bouwmeester? Schiender? All defenseman on bottom-feeding teams that would likely be traded for the right price. We need another defenseman quick. It was an issue before, but now with Komisarek gone it's moved to the front burner. If not from outside, we should give Yannik Webber a chance to show his stuff. If he can play reliable hockey for 17 minutes a game and improve our PP, he may just be this seasons savior.

Komisaric's replacement is getting ready. OHL--- P.K. Subban has another 3 point night to lead all D scorers with 25

Laraque will be going after lucic this saturday, you can be assured of that :)