Dandenault out with broken arm

Gainey took a quick hop and a jump overseas to visit somebody quite...special. The Pope! http://habsbros.blogspot.com/ Peace Out ______________________________________________________ Lord Bugs Potter, esq. Earl of Fluppitburg, Baron of Flopshlupshire and Knight of the Flannel Republic.

thinking that Lats might be back in the lineup, I'm getting depressed. But on the bright side, just as soon as Higgins comes back, Lats is waived!

Forget Sundin, it may be time to look into the rumoured deals for Bouwmeester. There's your PP pointman and your injury issues on the blueline solved all at once. Imagine Jay with Hamrlik as a #2 unit? Oh I could handle that. Plus Pete Deboer's down in Florida and knows Weber very well from their years in Kitchener, I am sure that would make for a good starting point in the negotiations as well.

Mathieu Carle will get the call up before Weber does. Same type of d-man, same hard shot, same type of offensive instincts but he's spent a year with the bulldogs already. There's still a pecking order to go through before the Habs call up players....by the way, Weber 23 Games - 11 pts, Carle, 16 games 10 pts.

Update on Dandy recently posted on TSN....had surgery to repair the bone, and is out "indefinitely". Too bad, he's been steady on the blueline. Let's hope that OB can find some consistency, because from what I've been reading, Weber ain't quite ready for the big show. Still no word about Higgings http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=259159&lid=sublink01&lpos=headlines_nhl

Couple of cents from the peanut gallery: (1) I've suggested Kovalev be traded or not be resigned for next year. I'm glad to say he played well last night so I hope the '07-'08 Kovalev has shown up and the '06-'07 Kovalev is gone. He played very well last night but let's hope he doesn't disappear again for a stretch. (2) I think losing Dandenault is a loss because he never bitched when he was a healthy scratch and has a few Stanley Cup rings. He also wants to play in Montreal. It's time to see if O'Byrne is ready to step up. Weber may get a call-up too if Komisarek isn't ready to come back. I'm not sure how much Brisebois can play before getting tired and making mental errors. (3) If Plekanec and D'Agostini played at least two seasons in the AHL maybe all of our prospects should. Perhaps that is what Latendresse needed but hindsight is that way. Before we all start demanding that Pacioretty and other kids straight out of junior or college get called up we should all (myself included) keep this in mind. (4) Despite not playing much recently, Halak played very well when we needed him. I was happy to see Price congratulating him as well. I think that kind of camaraderie is very important. (5) Years ago if we had lost players like Higgins, Komisarek and Dandenault for pro-longed periods of time we would be screwed. Because of the great work of Bob Gainey, Pierre Gauthier, Trevor Timmins and others we have built up enough depth in the organization to withstand such challenges. Next time one wants to complain about our management team keep that in mind. They aren't perfect but we could have far worse.

i posted this in a different blog ----- but instead of thinking about Webber and what not for our PP ----- why not try AK46 for his big shot from the point ... Atlanta does it with Kolvochuck and it seems to work well --- i find goalies have problems handeling AK46's shot ... so i think it would be worth a look

this is a blessing in desguise.... i know i know its never right to wish that a player gets injured but if Dandenault and possibly higgins are put on LTIR this would help with the Sundin Signing.... Say what you want about him .... but im all in favor of adding another warrior for the stanley cup .... and we can worry about a D man at the deadline

Full credit and props to Dandy for finishing that shift. He looked up turned to skate off and saw the play was back in the Habs end. Went back, took his position wihtut a stick and skating off when the puck was cleared. Way to go Dandenault!

Dandenault still took hits and tried to get in the path of shots on that shift. You really have to respect him for that. What a warrior! As for Higgins, well, he played with a broken collar bone a couple years ago, so I expect it's the same type of injury. Still stoked about Dandy's play though. Would SK74 have done that? http://habsbros.blogspot.com/

Well this temporarily solves Bob's dilemna, ie. who to dispatch upon Komi's return. Would have liked to see Tenderness sent where he belongs. On the other hand this may open the door for Weber. I think he's worth a look on the power play. Some young blood like Dagostini keeps the veterans on their toes.

any word on the extent of Higgins injury or how long Dandy will be out? It's funny. When Dandy wasn't playing D, I wasn't in favor of us keeping him, but once he went back on D, he was quite respectable, and I think he was quite credible. At least he's better than Breezer, and much more macho.

Dandy showed the rest of the habs the effort that should be given every night by finishing that shift with the broken arm. Carbo should put that video on loop before every game the rest of the season.

I have to say, Dandenault has been stellar on Defense. I am not sure why he hasn't been playing Defense this entire time. He is quick, moves the puck well, makes excellent decisions and is just plain solid on defense. I am very impressed albeit sad that he will be out now with a broken arm.. I guess now O'Byrne will be back and hopefully will start playing with some more confidence.. “He knows, like, unnecessary facts about putting Sears catalogs on your shin pads.” Sean Avery on Don Cherry

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Keenan is just mad because 1) it was a hit against 'his' guy, and 2) he got his a## handed to him on a silver platter.... ONCE A HAB, FOREVER A HAB!!!

Keenan is a moron. There was no dirty hit. Just a bunch of baby's blatting becasuse they lost. Pathetic! Keenan and Phagoof make a good team. Every time the Habs play those dirtbags someone gets hurt and it ain't a Flame. GO HABS.

Looks like Penguins fans have taken over the all-star balloting, Malkin and Crosby now in the lead. Komi and Markov still lead, but Gonchar and Whitney are closing in (as is Fleury on Price) and will likely take over by tomorrow. Question for Honest Dave: is it ok to vote again since we're in a good ol' fashioned urination contest with Pittsburgh fans? C'mon. 5 penguins can't be better than 5 habs, can it? I mean, we're picking between evils here, I recognize that, but it's one or the other...

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Habs played a great team game tonight. The injuries to Higgy and Dands gave the team a reason to win. The line of Tanguay, Lang and Kovalev was by far the best line on the ice tonight for the Habs tonight. This line has great potential to explode on any given night. Now the Habs have 2 scorings lines that will produce in future games. D'ags was a machine on the second goal. As Pierre Maguire would says that was the monster play of the night. It sure was!! Halak played his best game of the season by far. Halak's play gave the team the lift they were looking for and the team started to play with confidence by scoring the 1st goal of the game. I got to give credit to Dandenealt. His courage’s effort for getting up and trying to help his team-mates by not allowing the Flames to score was second to none. Dandeneault could have rolled over and play dead in the corner. But no, He never gave up on his team-mates and showed what he is really made off. My hat goes out to him for staying out there like he did. Here is my game review report. Lang scores to by going to the net with the puck for one and staying in front of the net for the other goal. This is what the Habs have to continue to do on every shift. The Habs PP has been improving. They are getting their scoring chances and for some unknown reason they cannot finish. The PP goals will come and lookout when they do. Their 5 on 5 plays has improved by far from last season. Now here are a few pointers that I seen of this game. Brisebois continues to make mistakes game after game and still comes out as a plus 2 for the night. Amazing!! He did the right choice not to fight Iggy with only 2 1/2 minutes left to go in the game. That was a smart play on his part. Iggy could have planted him 6 ft under in no time. It would have not been a pretty picture afterwards. This fight would have been to one sided. Here is my point on the hit to Phaneuf...Markov tried to throw a shoulder check and Phaneuf avoid the hit which left them both locking knee on knee. Markov is not that type of player to that to any player. I hope nothing else will come out of this when they go to Calgary next time. Go Habs Go!!

Last nights NHL Puck Daddy's Three Stars : 1 - Matt D'Agostini/Habs 2 - Simon Gagne/Flyers 3 - Cody McLeod/Avs ........ Last Nights NHL Top Scorers ............ Goals Robert Lang - Montreal Canadiens - 2 Cody McLeod - Colorado Avalanche - 2 Assists Mike Richards - Philadelphia Flyers - 2 Alexei Kovalev - Montreal Canadiens - 2 Alex Tanguay - Montreal Canadiens - 2 Tyler Arnason - Colorado Avalanche - 2 T.J. Hensick - Colorado Avalanche - 2 Points Andrei Markov - Montreal Canadiens - 2 Ryan Smyth - Colorado Avalanche - 2 Chris Stewart - Colorado Avalanche - 2

has anyone seen that ridiculous ad on nhl.com where dion phaneuf talks about forgetting about a hit and moving on. "the other guy, not so lucky" yeah, right dion.

finally O'Byrne is back! this was getting ridiculous.

O'Byrne is gonna bring it next game. Mark my words! Higgins will heal up, come back, and have a great second half of the season! Komo will be back in a few more games and be a one man wrecking crew! Kovy will get out of his funk and lead the team to a cup in June! Lucic will retire from hockey to follow his dream of becoming a burlesque dancer! COME ON EVERYONE THINK POSITIVE! Now, let's all cross our fingers....

Habs Tinkle On Flames http://www.habseyesontheprize.com/2008/12/10/688219/habs-tinkle-on-flame... My apologies....originality in adjectives for defining a win over the Flames are in short supply. "Douse", "extinguish", "fan"...they were all used somewhere for this game. Still, it's better than the alternative when losing to them! I have so much to say all at once about last night's beauty against the Flames, that I can barely collect cohesive thoughts. I wanted to write about players who played well, but it includes practically every member of the team. Without a common thread of thought other than total team effort, I'm settling for random ramblings today.

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as much as i would hate to see higgins leave he doesn't seem to be achieving his true potential here, he's had some tough luck il give you that. However I wouldn't be surprised if Gainey is at least thinking about it. Something important to note is that Jacques Martin was in the press gallery tonight...just some food for thought their.

oh no another injury or 2.good thing were loaded with depth. hmmm call up weber and max-pac to replace higgy and dandy. trade lats or put him on waivers whatever,see yuh wouldnt wanna be yuh.great team effort vs flames.

but Komi will be back next week, so only 2-3 games we're stuck with OB. I guess I'll be taking tranquilizers with OB in the lineup. he makes me nervous. I hope he's not on the ice when the other team gets a delayed penalty. once is enough. Why can't the habs call up Weber instead? And I hope Higgins isn't out too long. OMG. could you imagine OB and LATS on the ice? I'll vomit if Lats plays. Bring up PACIORETTY instead. please! I do have to give credit to Dandy for his courageous effort. I now have respect for him, unlike Breezecrap who has never dropped his gloves in his entire career. Breezer is a wimp, sissy, and Dandy is a warrior!