Audio: Dandy surgery; Higgins out awhile?

If I was a bruins fan I would get more bruins talk on habs i/o site than any other. http://habsonlinetv.blogspot.com/

good, send lats to hamilton to play with his brother.bring up weber.sit price.need him vs caps sat when i go to the bell center while guzzlin my 10$ beers

Boston lost to Washington. 3-1 :o)

THIS IS SUCH B.S!!! how are crosby and malkin beating the habs in the allstar voting....(i know theyre better than koivu and kovy but they were winning by sooooo much).....pens fans must have cheated bs

In the Spirit of the Season! I am making my Habs Christmas wish list and thought I would share it with you, the good folks at HIO in case you had any more good ideas: Here is my gift idea for… Dags – a future as bright as his first 5 games BGL – a game where Lucic doesn’t run and hide like a small child Markov – a couple of teeth and his old line-mate back Boulon – size to match his courage; one of those mini-fold-up ladders Lang – an empty net big enough to score on (big) Hamrlik – a seeing eye shot from the point Kovalev – the belief that he can score 40 goals a season Higgins – the drive to score some of the 40 he thinks he can. Tom the Bomb - a net to catch Plekanec’s passes Plekanec – line-mates that can catch passes and shoot S Kostitsyn – a weather vane so he can tell which way the wind’s blowing; a humble pie Lats – binoculars to see the game from the press box better Brisebois – a nickname he actually likes (Woody? Reese?) Begin - a three-day rest between all games A. Kostitsyn – a scrapper to put in his rebounds… wait a minute, he has that now. How about a dose of humility (reality) that he can give to his little brother to help keep him on the team Price – a supportive coach who respects his talent as well as his age and backs him up to the press. Halak – the chance to play every 5 or 6 games (at least) Carbo – Dags. Insight as to how to motivate others without criticism. And most importantly… Koivu – that every other Hab will play like he does every game – and the cup that would result if they did. ~Listen to the smart dog!

If Price is not 100%, throw in Halak.

bruins lost...finally! but that means caps are on their game. sat will be another test!

Looks like Hammer's nephew is giving him some defensive tips..."If a forward is pressuring you, go behind the net Uncle Roman."

Faithful Bob strikes again! A quiet lunch with the Pope, no less. Swear to gosh! http://habsbros.blogspot.com/ Peace Out ______________________________________________________ Lord Bugs Potter, esq. Earl of Fluppitburg, Baron of Flopshlupshire and Knight of the Flannel Republic.

lines i hope to see for a while d'agostini - koivu - ak46 tanguay - lang - kovy sergei - pleks - gui! begin - laps - tom the bomb (insert Laraque when necessary)

Well now that Olivier Latendress has been brought up to Hamilton to replace D'Agostini who is going to stay in Mtl. on the 1st line. That leaves only one forward for a healthy scratch and zero defencemen. Sure hope no one else goes down on D before Komisaric gets back.

wouldn't it be interesting if everyone signed one year deals like hossa? things would be wacky.

Brutal, totally brutal. If I am correct, Dandy is a UFA...could that be the last we saw of him in a Habs jersey? And Higgins...he just can't stay healthy...I love the guy, he's my favorite hab...but he's just got some rotten luck, every season is marred by injury and everytime he returns he's a step back from where he was before he left. Something's gotta give for Yaley.

Bob Clarke says on OTR that their are two teams in the east that are the best fit for Sundin: Philly and Montreal. He said they are the two teams that have 3 lines of skilled forwards, and solid mobile defensemen. I can't say I argue with him.

“I got the idea to put Alex with Kovy and Lang on Saturday when we were tied 1-1 with the Devils, but I decided to wait,” admitted Carbonneau, who was rewarded with trio combining for seven points against the Flames. “I had a feeling that facing his former team and his ex-coach would make Alex want to make a statement.” you would think these ideas would be coming fast and furious with the tinkerman but it took 26 games for him to think of it and implement it.

A couple of weeks ago someone said that 'the Lang experiment is obviously a failure'. At the time he had 6 goals, playing as, or better than, expected for a third line centre. I hope we can get a few more such 'failures'. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- If a man speaks in a forest where no woman can hear him, is he still wrong?

I can't attest to the truth of this, but a buddy just sent this to me: In the middle of a grueling six game road trip where a very young hockey team is away from home, the third game of the trip ends late on a cold Canadian Saturday night. This is the only break on the trip and the three days between games allow them the only break to get back home in their own beds for a couple of days before going back on the road. A scheduled commercial flight waits for them at Toronto's International Airport for the short flight home; they could be home by midnight. This plane departs on schedule, but without a single member of the hockey team. Back in the locker room a vote is taken after the game was complete, and a unanimous decision is made by this young team to skip this flight and stay one more day. They make arrangements to check back in the hotel and on a frozen Sunday morning charter two buses that have no heat and begin a journey two hours straight north into a sparsely inhabited Canada , but where hockey is its passion. They arrive at their destination to the surprise of the teams general manager who is there attending his fathers wake. After a few emotional hours, this team boards the buses and heads back for a two-hour trip back to Toronto. On the way they ask the drivers to stop in a tiny Canadian town because they are hungry. To the shock of the patrons and workers at this small hockey town McDonald's, a professional team walks out of two rickety buses and into the restaurant, which just happens to have pictures of two members of this team on its wall. The patrons know every single one of these players by sight being Fanatic fans of hockey in these parts. One can only imagine their amazement of the locals seeing and the entire professional hockey team sit down and have a meal in their tiny little town in the middle of a hockey season. After a while they board the buses and catch their same flight 24 hours later, giving one day to their general manager. Have I made this up, is this an excerpt from some fictional book? No. This a true story of the Blackhawks last Saturday night and they decided to attend Dale Tallon's fathers funeral. It's amazing that such a good story can be found nowhere on the internet, and not even mentioned in the Chicago papers. Had one of the Blackhawks got into a fight and punched some drunken loser in a Toronto bar it would be plastered all over papers and the television. This being said, its hard to imagine any professional football, basketball or baseball team doing this, but the members of the Blackhawks claim any "hockey" team would have done this. This is one reason I continue to be a big hockey fan I thought I would share as this story appears to have gone unnoticed.

So now I'm forced to wonder if Sakic regrets coming back instead of retiring... It's not like he's played that much... Glad I didn't take him in my pool. Then again, I did take SK74: http://habsbros.blogspot.com/

I don't know what to think about Lats anymore. He has surges of energy during games, but just can't seem to finish off the plays that he create. He hasn't broken out as a scorer, and this is his last year for it. If he repeats the seasons that he had for the past couple of years (which is what he's building up to), BG will not give him another contract at the end of the year. Another thing for Montreal is that they're going to have to bring up another player. By bringing up Olivier, it means that another player is heading up to Montreal from Hamilton. Maybe even two. What with all these untimely injuries, we may need to bring up a defenceman and a forward. In terms of a defenceman, everyone keeps bringing up Weber's name but from what I've heard about him, he's not ready. I don't feel like having to put up with another defenceman who constantly screws up on the ice. In terms of a forward, Pax or Maxwell, perhaps? I don't know enough about the Bulldogs to make any predictions. But either way, I have faith that BG will make the right decision(s). ________________________________________________________ Check out my blog: http://canadienscentral.blogspot.com/ Leave a comment, give me feedback. Go Habs Go.

Give Lats another chance at showing what he's got. Laraque, aside from his 2-point game, is of no use if he doesn't fight. Ditto for O'B. Carbo should insert him in the lineup and see if he resonds in a positive manner. Props to Dandy for finishing his shift - in much pain - instead of skating immediately to the bench after his injury. Burnaby Joe, what are you doing clearing the snow yourself??? You're a millionaire, pay someone to have it done! OH yeah...TSN blows!

Lots of sour people at work here today fuming of the "flagrant" knee by Markov. What a bunch of losers. I haven't enjoyed being at work like that in a long time :)