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LOL The Great Goalie Debate of 2009...Love it! Just keep it respectful everyone.

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He was pulled with 9 minutes left. The game was lost before Price went in. Carbo did that because Price was home and had a ton of friends and family there, plus he probably thought it may be good for his confidence. Halak has played bad games as well, BUT, he never gets a chance to go back in and prove it was just a bad game. For crying out loud, the game vs COL was a career high saves and then he almost matched the other night...this kid is good, lets see what he can do ok?

Sooooo cute I just wanna squish them! Don't you? huh, huh?

My point was (when this started), was that Halak SHOULD be able to have a bad game and come back and prove it was just a bad game.Price did it for a bunch and still not improve, I just think Halak should be given a fair chance at #1 right now, we ALL know Carey is no #1 goalie right now, and who knows, Halak might be that guy. We won't know if the Organization keeps bowing to the mighty Price a.k.a The Franchise (please couldn't there be a better nickname than that...)

If it was the other way around,Halak being the starter and then faltering and Price was the backup, I would be saying the same thing. Priceburg and her little friend don't understand the word "team" means. Right now,what is best for the team is for Halak to start.

Winning Yes! Hot, not!!! Halak has not made any highlight reel saves yet this year!!! Yay, go Halak!!!!!!!!!!!!

Mia, nobody is bashing Price. The reality is he hasn't been playing well, and that's what back-ups are for. Halak will play until he has a bad game (probably 1, 2 or 3 more games), then Price will come back and hopefully play well. If not, he'll be back on the bench because we cannot afford to lose games right now. It really is simple. Go Habs Go!! "I can't hear what Jeremy (Roenick) is saying because my Stanley Cup rings are in my ears" - Patrick Roy

No one is Hating on Price, but Bashing YES!!! You need to take pic of yours down. It's clouding your mind....LOL....

iluucareyprice31: A player in Montreal is only as good as his last game. They will bash Halak when he has a few bad games. The same few was wishing Price to come back when he was injured. No one bashed Price down the stretch last year. Nothing but high praise!!! I like Halak don't get me wrong. But why do people think he is better than Price. If he was, Bob would have made him #1. Look at his stats.... There is no use iluucareyprice31 trying to talk sense in these people....

I agree entirely. Don't get me wrong though and stereotype me, I did change my pic to my fav hockey card (not worth the most, but nonetheless, my fav), I was proud I bought it (only a couple of weeks ago), but Jaro is not my fav player. Just a great piece of the puzzle that has been making up the HABS for a few years now

Yeah, it gets tiring after a while. It leads to situations where folks do nothing but grind their axes, and threads devolve into exchanges of "PLAYER X SUX" vs "YER AN IDIOT, PLAYER Y SUX WORSE". There's no honest discussion, just pairwise flame wars. It's boring. And it's always the same guys stirring the pot, too. ______________________________________________________________ Il faut commencer avec le travail, et finir avec le talent. BG

Actually, mia, sorry but your nick says a lot. It's hard to love a player and be honest about them. That being said, Carey is better than Halak. We all know that, but right now, Halak is the hot hand. He'll play a couple more games, and Carey will get another chance to prove he's the #1, and this time, he better do it. Go Habs Go!! "I can't hear what Jeremy (Roenick) is saying because my Stanley Cup rings are in my ears" - Patrick Roy

And all I am saying is give Halak the fair chance he deserves, he may prove to be the best goalie this team has seen in a long time. Unlike Carey who it all was just given to. Juniors do not prove a thing, look at Fleury.

I never said Price sucks...I like Halak better. I think you are just another fan where the only player that means anything to you on this team is The Franchise (look at your nick).

Ottawa game. Any Goalie would have stoped the shots That Halak faced. Come on Dude?

Don't hate RC. Don't Hate....

I don't think it's fair to say Halak hasn't received support- but he has been a victim of an unfortunate set of circumstances. Montreal always drafts the best player they think they can get, and back in 2005 that person was Carey Price. That year we were going through the Theodore meltdown, so it also seemed good to get extra depth coming through the system at G. There was no anointment: Price earned the backup role partly as a result of his junior work, which showed he could handle incredible pressure and carry a team, but more importantly through his work supporting Huet. Price earned his spot on the team, because of his maturity, positioning, size, attitude, and rebound control (we forget that this is usually a strong part of his game). To his great credit, Halak has been awesome: never complaining about his lot, putting up great numbers in the AHL. He receives all of the coaching and support that Price does, and he's done a solid job in relief. The Habs were VERY fortunate that the market for goalies was DEAD DEAD DEAD last spring, or he would certainly have been snapped up. Rather than arguing about who is the #1, we should consider ourselves lucky to have a promising young pair of goalies. The old model of having a clear #1 who plays 65-70 games is probably outdated anyways- I think most teams should be moving towards having a 1a and a 1b who split the games more or less evenly (say 44/ 38). ______________________________________________________________ Il faut commencer avec le travail, et finir avec le talent. BG

Halak has definitely played well under the circumstances, so don't take this as Jaro-bashing, but Price (aka 'The Franchise') is the guy they will go to when time comes to pick a #1. Halak has not proven that he can steal games in the same manner that Price has in the past, and Price is the guy they want to keep long-term, not Halak. In a perfect world, Halak would be content with #2 status on the team and stay with us for years to come - playing 25-30 games and being happy about it, but in today's ultra-competitive NHL he'll likely get an itch to be #1 somewhere else and walk when his time comes. Fearless prediction: He'll eventually go to a lesser team, get burnt-out after a few seasons and disappear (a la Hurme, or Aebischer - check their stats if you disagree)...don't forget how many times Jaro was passed up in the draft...

I will criticize Halak to be fair, if theres an area he must improve in its on the road, then again, so does the whole team. But that save pct gap between road games and home games has to come down.

Absolutely. Prices big frame may have served him well before, but he has to work on his speed.

Who said that Halak has been crowned #1? Halak will play until he sucks, then Price will play until he sucks. Whoever sucks less will play in the playoffs if we make it.

He has only switched the COLOUR of his pads- he has stuck with the Vaughan brand throughout. Switching the colour of your pads is like changing jerseys- no big deal, unless its the jailbird stripey ones, which were cursed. And his red pads, which were similarly cursed. ______________________________________________________________ Il faut commencer avec le travail, et finir avec le talent. BG

Agreed, but I think Halak is just not as inconsistent... If this was prior to his injury then I would say put Price in, but since the injury happen it's been downhill for him.. ONCE A HAB, FOREVER A HAB!!!

Um or we could start playing some defensive hockey so they aren't facing nearly 50 shots a game? I love how everyone blames the goaltending when our defence has been horrendous... _________________________________ http://everythingcanadiens.blogspot.com/ "Obviously it would be great, but they don't really hang conference titles in this rink. They raise Stanley Cup banners." - Carey Price

Why does it feel weird? Because the organization seems to think hes better and therefore so do you? What has Price shown you on a consistent basis that hes so much better than Halak?