Game 19: Bruins down Canadiens in shootout

Im hoping Price is in net tommorow, but Im guessing it's Halak? I'm going to the game tommorow and it seems I never get a chance to see my favorite goalie of the two.. Last year with Islanders this year with Panthers and tommorow again with Islanders.. Id imagine its Halak and they put PRice on WED and put both goalies during the weekend?

Reasons why Lucic didn't fight Laraque last night: 1- Claude Julien probably told him not to, since the momentum would definitely change. 2- Lucic is not an idiot and doesnt want his face caved in 3- Laraque is not a pest. He's a fighter. There's a big difference. To prove my point: Start watching at about 50 seconds: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCQRT14azI4 To get Lucic to fight, you must antagonize him quite a bit, and you need someone like Avery to do that. Yes, Laraque was talking to him and trying to get him to fight, but all players to do that. It's called trash talking. Max Lapierre is a bigger pest than Laraque. Remember what happened with Crosby last season? The spear he gave Crosby off the opening faceoff, etc..

Kovalev is playing his way out of the Habs' plans for not only the rest of this year, but next year for sure.

Bruins fans now claim that Lucic turning down Laraque was a smart play. For the better part of a year I've heard these nitwits bashing Komo for doing the same thing when Lucic just wanted him to drop the mitts and Komo refused until, well we all know what the result was. This just makes me crazy. Lucic turning down laraque's invitation was not as maddening to me as when he scored his goal. I think we have ourselves a new Enemy #1. Pity he doesn't have the gnads to dance with Big Georges.

News from today's Toronto Sun (re: Sundin/Canadiens) http://www.torontosun.com/sports/hockey/2008/11/23/7505376-sun.html If Gainey is truly serious about making a run for The Cup this year then he'll have to nail down a #1 Center or add heavily to our defence (Bouwmeister) and "win with grit." This team has far too many soft players in the lineup, where the little guys play tough e.g. Koivu, Bouillon and the big guys play small e.g. Latts and O'Byrne. Where's our #1 Center?

I didnt see the game..just the shootout, was working. I heard it was a good game overall tho, mad we didnt beat them, i cant stand losing to the Bruins, makes me angry. --- I Believe..

you guys are getting a little crazy over here about last night. There are many positives coming out of this game. As someone mentioned Kovalev did seem more involved just feels he is trying to hard to get out of this slump and making mistakes but I believe he will break out soon enough. Andrei kostitsyn looks to be finding his game again and Carey Price was once again solid. I think Koivu and Tangay are consistent as well turning in some pretty solid games all year. And people blaming Laraque is ridiculous he did exactly what he was supose to do last night the only time he didn't because he was not on the ice Lucic scored, either than that Lucic did nothing with Laraque shadowing him, by far Laraques best game of the year. Now the real worry is guys like Higgins who has done nothing since the hatrick, Plekanec who is no where near last years form and S Kostitsyn is kind of lost out there a bit to. Also O'Byrne is driving me crazy with the way he plays I hope he can develop into a top defencema for us but until then he is killing me. The PP is awful everything is around the perimiter no one will stand if front the net and none of our defencemen have any kind of shot from the point that is threatening or accurate. Anyway those are my thoughts so far this year, I just can't wait until this team plays to it potential. go habs go!

I love that play the Broons have where the guy carrying the puck dumps it at the net while the trailer chases, looking for the tip. Saw them use it three times last night, once successfully with Lucic as the trailer. The puck lands with some force right in front of the goalie. Trailer's job is simple. Get the stick on it for the tip up high. Hey Guy, looks pretty simple. Couldn't we put it in our repertoire?

Been reading a few bashings on Gui. Jeez Louise, the kid's injured, not even on the ice and he's STILL gettin' flak. Curb your hate, squareheads! Listen, ain't gonna lie: je comprends parfaitement why some anglos feel the need to put down what us froggies have put UP. Perfectly understandable. But lemme point something out: At the end of the day, this isn't a LEAF that's being put on a pedestal. Nor a Bruin, nor a Flyer, nor a Caner, nor even a Sen. It's a MONTREAL CANADIEN!!! Ok??!! Alright??!! Comprende usted??!! No esta una pinche leaf!!! Ok??!! So instead of looking for flaws in a player who, BOTTOM LINE, "Fights For US!!", perhaps we should encourage him instead and even ACCEPT his pedestal placement, no matter how ridiculous it may sound...NOW. He's got the hands, he's got the vision, he's got the weight and no matter how much some think of him as a coward, he's 20 bloody years old and you BETTER BELIEVE that "toughening up" is ALSO a matter of seasoning. D'accord? I think he's doing fine. Does he not still lead for 5 on 5 points? Like Pacioretty would be put on the PP, score 2 goals a night with his "AHL grit" and fight Lucic at the drop of a hat. Please. Just let the 20-year-old play, ok? Peace Out ______________________________________________________ Lord Bugs Potter, esq. Earl of Fluppitburg, Baron of Flopshlupshire and Knight of the Flannel Republic.

patty show last night was great.i was waiting for trembley to be on the big board saying sorry to patty.ya right. bruins played solid d with only one guy up and rest clogging the neutral zone. were still struggling getting goals.seems theres less ice room out there.maybe other teams have figured how to play vs us, like boston did last night. theres deff a problem with kovey, seems hes sulking about something.he looks out of it.his spark seems extinguished latley. its been said kovey wants to play to 50.gotta coast here n there to stretch it out eh kovey, dont wanna burn out.what have u done for us latley?wish kovey had sakus heart and determination. marky has a great shot, hes gotta be the go to guy at the point on the power play. put dandy at d also. losing in a shootout is soooo painfull. 4 games this week, ohhh this is the week to pick up our sox and show what were really made of. lets hope.

The habs face a big challange in the next month this is the month that will define the team. They will lose some games they deseve to win without Komi. Last night may have been one. The last 2 games do show an improvement. If luck was on our side in the SO everybody would be talking parade again. In ottawa we got lucky let's face it, last night not so much. But we lose so all is bad, trade this guy trade that guy fire the coach, man a lot of fickel fans. In Bob we Trust.

Watched the game last night and wasn't impressed at all. Hey Guy, what's the point of dressing BGL if he's not going to do his assignment which was to beat up Lucic? Lucic scores a goal and really sticks it to all of us. I thought the whole team stunk especially the one year wonder Kovalev who was coasting all night, couldn't pass, shoot and allowed Lucic's goal. I don't care how early it is in the season, this team is not going anywhere and will not make the playoffs playing the way they have been the last 10 games. Something needs to be done and fast. Boston played Friday night otherwise they would've routed us.

I only saw from the third period on because of an unforeseen commitment, lucky me, I was really geared up to watch the game too. But from what I seen, I can honestly avow with all confidence that Markov is not a big game player and why he was chosen to be in the shootout is another one for the 'Carbo bizarre decisions' file. We should trade Markov while hes worth something.

Only caught the last two periods etc. Much better effort. We had a lot of great chances. Thomas outplayed Price. If we aren't going to allow Laraque to take on Lucic or he is reluctant to see if he can take him, what purpose does BGL serve? Bring up one of the young Dogs and waive this guy.

is there a site where i can watch the patrick roy ceremony because i misssed it i really wanna see it

As a Bruins fan, I want to express my sincere gratitute to Guy Carbonneau for matching George Laraque against B's top line of Savard-Lucic-Kessel. I can only hope this will continue for the remainder of the season and through the playoffs. Thank you Guy! Oh, and Guy said after the game he thought the strategy had worked well. Of course it did: Lucic scored and the Bruins won!

we suck. BGL and Lucic antics were a distraction all night. Shame on Carbo for letting it happen. Lucic should have been disciplined right away. This did not happen and he ended up scoring. Kovy was off all night missing several opportunities-the scouting report on him thus far has been right (on one year, off the next) . OB was awful as was (to no surprise) Breezer. Fire Carbo-he was out coached again!! Such a good team on paper. When will we start playing the way we can?

Lets keep a good perspective Habs played a good game yesterday afterall it was a tie game. I thought they were outplayed half of the first, half of the second but give the Habs the edge in the third. They carried the play. On D we faltered because of two individual mistakes, (not team mistakes) OB backed up too much on the first goal, and Bris backed up too much on the second. As for the offence were strugling. Kovy played a good game and missed out some good chances that he would have burried years past. He is afterall getting older. Goaltending was solid. Roy was asked who is first overall pick would be if he would be selecting a new team from scratch. Price was his answer. Who cares where we finish as long as it is in the top 5. Where did we finish when we won in 84 and 93? Overall we need to tighten up on D (with a new player) and polish up our offense with some new blood. Gainey is using the first 30 games or so to evaluate. Montreal fans chill out let the B's have their moment. Lose a battle but win the war!

The boys to a man played with heart and with grit - no question. Now they need to learn to use that space to force the attack... they had so many unfinished plays and chances they flubbed... it's like they weren't used to taking the play into the other end. Hope next game they step that up to - obviously something is more right on the coaching side (though still some odd decisions... none of Tanguay, Lang, or Andrei K in the shoot-out... what???) ____________________________________________________________ Why don't we have a defensive coach? Insanity? Or arrogance?

I used to be a habs fan that saw the glass half full and I know we'll probably make the playoffs, so really what does the reg season mean? Well I'm actually concerned. The last 10 games we cannot finish a god damn pass and we look slow and confused out there. On the pp we don't shoot but we try to be all fancy. So annoying. Kovy seems lazy. Tom k is the only one busting his balls. Wish he was a 50 goal scorer. My aching balls!

... a last thought re Lucic that I overlooked mentioning before.... I think if Lucic had been given the green light or option to go with Laraque, I would not be at all surprised that Laraque would wind up on his keester, and a new heavyweight champion of the NHL would be crowned.... so... careful for what you wish for !

Why don't you fellows shouting to get rid of that 'franco' Latendresse go join the fandom of the Leafs or any other generic team of the NHL ? You don't deserve to be a Habs fan. MORE 'francos' on this team is what our Habs has been missing for too many years. We have lost our soul not having a french-Canadian core to our team. I can't believe some of these AIRHEAD comments from the peanut gallery, and I can't believe you are a Habs fan. Incroyable ! Post Script: et... Je suis un 'squarehead' sacre bleu !!!

We could've won this one. We should've won this one. Lots of positives - we took the physical game to them, we outshot them, Markov's open net, Kovy's break-away, the Habs could have walked away with this one. But one of their best games of the season showed off some obvious things to be learned: 1. Too Many Soft Passes in the Offensive Zone. I've never seen so many failed 'here ya go' passes by so many good players. What is this, pee wee?? They need to keep up the crisp passing or try driving the net (like A Kost.) 2. Kovy needs to find his old line-mates. And he needs to sit down and watch some old videos again - or something. 3. O'Byrne = Souray - Slapshot I like O'Byrne and feel for the guy but he got o-burned again on a goal last night. 4. Chemistry and Lang. Lang is good - but he doesn't seem to fit and I wonder if that's hurting our chemistry this year compared to last. 5. Higgins, Kosto I know Kost scored that goal, but to me he and Higgins are both good trade-bait. Both were invisible for most of the game... sorry guys, you're just not performing. Peace. On. ____________________________________________________________ Why don't we have a defensive coach? Insanity? Or arrogance?

1. If Mr. Gainey today had an opportunity, today, to have to choose who to sign to a contract between Georges Laraques and Milan Lucic, which one do you think he would break his neck to sign before another team had a chance ? If you selected M. Laraque, you are dumber than a typical Maple Leaf fan and maybe should consider becoming honorary members of LeafNation, because you certainly don't have the basic hockey sense of a typical Montreal Canadiens' fan. 2. This game, even though we lost, showed much greater character than the last blow-out to Boston, but it also showed why Mr. Gainey is currently very active looking at a trade for a dramatic upgrade. 3. P.S.: Lucic showed not cowardice but smarts not dropping the gloves with Laraque. Lucic knows he is at least twice the hockey player Laraque is. Laraque in the box for 5, 10 or a game means NOTHING to the Canadiens, but Lucic in the box for the Bruins is very likely the difference between his team winning and losing.... which he proved with his goal... 4. Lucic is the FIRST Bruin in my 50+ years of being a Habs fan that I find impossible to hate, and I bet there are few in the Canadiens room whom also wish he was a Hab, because they know we would be in first place today instead of sucking wind like we are this season.

Come folks, Lucic is not a coward. How many of you would voluntarily go up against Laraque? Lucic fought Komi fair and square, the guy who is a regular and in the same league as Lucic. Habs need more players who can play rugged style of hockey yet have good enough hands to pop in a goal here and there. That being said, Laraque shadowing Lucic kinda worked. It's not a technique you can use on the road and next time Julien can simply send Thornton to take Laraque off the ice for at least 5 minutes. But as it was working, why didn't carbonneau continue to put Laraque on the ice every time Lucic was on in the 2nd period? What will it take to get Kovalev to play as part of the team again, rather than a spoiled little brat trying to toe his way around all five opposition players.