News is not good on Schneider, Markov

posted by Kevin Mio at 17h40 EST on Apr 6


According to RDS, the news is all bad about injured defencemen Mathieu Schneider and Andrei Markov.

Schneider will not return this season and will require surgery. Markov is to miss three weeks and won't return before the end of April.

Both players were injured in Saturday's win over the Maple Leafs, who were long ago eliminated from playoff contention. Seems they found a way to hurt the Canadiens even as they continue spinning their wheels.

The Canadiens have lost their two quaterbacks on the power play and their leading scorer in Markov. 

The injuries are just the latest in a string of injuries that have hit the Canadiens all season.




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miamm's picture
News is Schneider is off to NY on the plane with the team.., CKAC radio journalist who travels with them said he may play tomorrow or thursday even tho injured but no confirmation yet...and that he is not going to NY for surgery or seeing friends..(????)....Markov was seen around the dressing room at Bell last night..and was able to walk OK and even better than Hamrlik...but he's staying home... ---> www.corussports.com they said that there will be NO interviews and practise all day, so that players can rest.....can't wait to hear what happens later...:S

Fictional penalities abounded but it seemed we have a fictional defence to go with them. This also shows how much we need a guy like Heatley. The lucky goal at the end of the second made us look better than we were and WE NEED one of our goalies to steal a game.

Habitant in Surrey's picture
...Weber has to be brought up now ...inexperieneced or not inexperienced ...without a threat on PK ...We wont likely make the playoffs ...snakebitten ? ...or will this be The Mother Of All Miracle Years for Habs' Fans ??? ...all We can do is NOT stop believing Habitant means PASSIONATE HOCKEY http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=423049

Number31's picture
So Pleky gets two for "slew footing" and injuring a player on a non-icing call hockey play battle for position that went wrong and gets called "evil" by Don Cherry. TK accidentally breaks a porcelain defenseman and gets three games and called a dirty player/goon and apparently has to deal with automatic suspensions because he instigated a fight (he probably lost) while sticking up for his teammates last season. But Grabs injures our star defenseman/Norris candidate/leading assist man in the NHL for defensemen/twice actual All-Star and nothing happens. I didn't know Grabs has the special treatment card like Ovechkin does. Also anyone else still thinking trading Markov for Lecav is a "good idea" please just go away...

sooo for all you who called me a liar today when i said i saw schneider in a sling and he said he was out for good; as promised, i was right and you were wrong. my favorite: "You have nothing better to do with your life than come on here and make up stories. What's the point? Is that the kind of attention you crave?" and: "The only problem with what you are saying is that my sources tell me Schneider is injured in the Ribs area. So, arm in a sling? Ya.. sure." well turns out, wasn't a story, and turns out, it was his shoulder. everything i said was true. < http://habsinsideout.com/main/18476?page=3 > and as such, ManApart, as discussed, you owe me an apology (this should also include apologies from SmallTownHab, miamm, Fire_Laraque, and HabsRule1). cheers.

lefreak's picture
"i demand an apology from strangers on the internet to make me feel better" *pets your head* you poor soul. -------------------------------------------------------------- like weird papichulo music? http://www.sushipunk.net/TA%20Stuff/Le%20Freak%20-%20Bienvenue%20Au%20Fr...

well played. i'll sleep tonight either way. that said, it was a gentlemen's deal. so it'd be nice to see there are still some gentlemen amongst habs fans.

The Leafs make me sick!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

NSavard18's picture
when i heard Markov was out until May ....i felt like i had been kicked squarely in the balls..i almost cried...

miamm's picture
Im a chick..and I clearly understand what you mean lol...that loss is painful

Steve C.'s picture
time to call up Yannick Weber

toast!!!!!!!!!!! i don't think the habs will recover from the loss of markov and schneider!!!! 2 key guys and gone. hopefully i'm wrong and the habs rise above this but i think they're done!!!!!!!!! the sens took it to them and the rangers will do the same.

habsguy's picture
great effort by the boys tonight!!!!!...they didn't finish one check and basically got the shit kicked out of them!!!

How the hell did the ref miss that trip. He was right there.

Leafs are famous for this. Remember last year when the drunk Bell took out Alfredson in a meaningless game just before the playoffs. It's what they do and they do it well. Even if it's the only thing they do well. Just another reason why I hate them. GO HABS...

i though higgins penalty shot could have bveen awarded a goal. i believe if you are taken down from behind with an open net a goal is rewarded - since the goalie got the penaly and the trip was just after higgins wenst past him it could have been called this way. not that i'd expect that call . . . anyway - 2nd sends goal not sure why georges was in the corner but then heatly flattened him in front before scoring - shoudl have been an intgerference call on teh sens. sens 3rd goal janik made a bad play (bad pass then got flattened)

i get the feeling that if we loose this game we are toast!!!!

forskis's picture
Stop jumping ship people...yeah this makes things infinitely harder and increases the odds against us...but the games still need to be played...geez you are already abandoning the team faster than you were during the slump... With these injuries, you change the game plan...no more big slapper and fewer back door plays...get shots on net any way you can and keep the players moving...the forwards are still there and they are working hard and succeeding... Do not give up hope, the team is gonna put their head down and barrel on through to the other side...Gainey knows what he has and what adjustments will need to be made. Forget about the Leafs' fans...they are what they are,and quite honestly, if the roles were reversed, we would be doing/saying the same thing...if that is what they want to cheer about, that is their prerogative. GO HABS GO...ONWARD, FORWARD AND UPWARD...

Number31's picture
Nothing is easy when you're a Hab eh ;) At least Bob now sees what it looks like on the ice and can fix it. It's crazy when you see him on the bench watching the games. His eyes are...well you can see the gears turning and the information being compiled into plans.

Wonder if they can sign Yemelin? Well if he's recovered from Svitov's assult.

habaholic68NJ's picture
2-1 Habs after the second. Need to stay out of the penalty box to pull out this one.

Reza's picture
Is this really confirmed or one of those 'cops at the airport' stories?

habaholic68NJ's picture
To bad Kovy, Tang and Koiv can't stay on the ice for 60 min. GO HABS

Someone get obyrne the fuck off the ice. 2 stupid penalties. R u kiddin be.

no sticking up for your home province boy? in case you didnt know, we are also a little short on d.

I would have called up weber instead. R any of you that are replying to me actually watchin the game? Just wondering.

i'm stuck watching the game on my laptop. luckily, i'll be back in montreal in time for the last game of the season.

these refs are terrible. no call on komi and then lee shoots the puck after the whistle and obyrne sticks up for his goalie and accidentally gets his stick up. that was a penalty but lee should have got one also. obyrne did nothing on the second penalty if you were watching. neil fell on his own.

Whatever. Obyrne is an undisciplined player. The only reason we have him is because of his size, which he doesn't know what to do with. If you watch him enough, you will notice that he uses his free hand way too often. He sucks by the way.

Corporate's picture
What did you expect. He hasn't played. It is normal that he is slow. They should have left him down there and call him when he was needed. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Koivu for Prime Minister...

habaholic68NJ's picture
Losing Markov and Schneider totally sucks. I have been following this team every year since 1968 and they have given me 10 cups to celebrate. But I am afraid we are toast without our two top scoring D men and Lang. Doesn't mean dedicated Habs fans will not support the team but there is alot of talent and experience elsewhere and it will take a 1971 miracle for those of you who remember to pull it off.

most of you guys are pathetic - crying that the season is over. yea these guys will be missed but the habs can still win. have some faith. if you bitch and moan you sound like a laugh fan. have some pride and root for your team. GO HABS GO

RiverviewCanadien's picture
I am like you my friend, the season is NOT over. Lets kick some ass! Yeah lets throw the towel in now before the playoffs start, some posters here should go and cheer for the Leafs.

Drive_For_25's picture
It's one thing to have pride in your team and always support them. But you have to be realistic at some point. We're not done but definitely will not go far in the playoffs and everyone is just venting their frustrations of this season. If we sounded like Leaf fans we would say that we'll still win the cup without them, because Leaf fans are dillusional idiots.

All we need to do is win today. You are right by the way.

Nahlsy's picture
But Grabovski is a choir boy and is upset that Montreal plays so dirty against him, and really would Brad May ever take a cheap shot on someone (or put a bounty on his head) come on? Hey leave it to Burke's team to go out to cripple players when they suck too much to make the playoffs themselves. By the way... was this what Gainey meant when he said it's not too bad in reference to the injuries? Is he blatantly lying or just that stupid? Either way, not good Bob, where's the suspension for Grabovski? I mean they pissed and moaned until Kostopoulos was suspended when the great Van Rynn was hurt on a similar hit right? Is it only ok to cripple players from real teams?

That 5ft nothing rat grabovski. He will get whats comin 2 him. Believe in karma people. Believe in Karma.

From a Facebook group. Laugh fans are LOVING this: Markov and Scheider out for the season hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhaha!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Payback's a bitch!!!!!!!!!!! Happy 100th! 16yrs and counting... "In Bob we bust"

Kaptain K's picture
someone should Bretuzzi Grabvoski.... Breeze.. we'll love you forever this is bad... just when things were turning our way.. that stupid franchise fucked us. Goddamn leafs.. I hate you now more than ever.... Happy goddamn 42nd anniversary...

Done Is the Season... I think BG packed it in early anyway,, On a 5 on 3, Lets put BGL...Smart Move, he should be washing cars somewhere

I know what the hell is useless laraque doing on a 5 on 3 they almost scored he is like a pylon ot there he is getting soooo much icetime i'm stunned how can you sit AK and play laraque... if he has to be used as an actual hockey player we are so screwed

Clutch10's picture
:(

mrhabby's picture
not sure what to think. i want to be optmistic and hate to be negative...totally frustrating , sickening really. ps..if we feel bad think how bad the team feels.

habsfaninboston's picture
I just puked my dinner reading this. I think I'm going to be sick.

Fate at the hands of the stinking f*kn' Leafs. Could it get any worse???!!?!?!?!

Hopefully this will get the D to step up their game. If not we're done. I reeeeally don't want to face the Devils. It's either higher than 6th, or lower than 6th. Now that the Caps have secured 2nd place in the East, we'll be doomed if we face the Devils. That's all I'm saying. Oh, and karma's a big ol b*tch, Grabovski and May. They WILL get pounded next season. Grabovski is laughing his ass of right now I am sure of it. He did what he had to do. Now all the Maple Laugh fans will be happy that their season ended with not one but two Montreal players, our two best D men out for the season.

I hope gravs goes Brian Savage (no offense to #49)

I really hope someone tunes up garbagski and may in the next habs leafs game...

J. Ambrose's picture
We offended the hockey gods in a HUGE way this season... somehow.

Catastrophic news.... depressing..... the end.

likehoy's picture
could things be any worse!? first lang, now schneider... - IT'S BUSINESS TIME!

I wonder what SK is thinking about Grabovski.

zamboni's picture
Is Webber remotely ready to be stepped up to NHL? We need a point man for the PP. Now the opponents can collapse down low without any fear threat from the point.

where does Grabovski live in Toronto? let's get that fu'ing punk!

zamboni's picture
I don't know if it could get any worse than this. Without Markov we're toast, on top of that no Schneider, argh.... I say play for pride boys, anything you accomplish without those two should be considered a monumental achievement.

Grabovsky is deader than dead next season

any news on the cube. we could really use him now. time for hamr to step it up on the pp

doug's picture
Disaster. Poor Bob. Poor team. Poor us. Just do what you can, boys: a ton less pressure on you now.

We are done for this year. Wow talk about bad Karma! We can still go down fighting. Go Habs!

t1tan5's picture
Hope is borne out of misery. All we can do now is hope.

MikeMcLaren's picture
So I guess at three weeks, Markov has a slightly sprained MCL in his knee. Who's back first, Lang or Markov? /\\ike GO HABS GO!

dufour's picture
Thats a guess ehh? Im assuming that Schneider has a shoulder injury because of the way he got hit and that they require sugery in a lotof cases.

MikeMcLaren's picture
Well, when you see a knee injury with that time frame for a recovery, it's usually a mild MCL sprain and players will sometimes come back early but obviously not be at 100% The one that comes immediately to mind is Daniel Alfredsson from last year. He played on one leg and it showed, but it can be done. I'll take Markov on one leg instead of Breezer with two though. /\\ike GO HABS GO!

according to tsn its shoulder surgery.

The Habs are as doomed as doomed can be. Happy Centennial all!!!

Da Hema's picture
Oy veh. What a year.... ------------------------ "There is infinite hope--but not for us." --Franz Kafka

Drive_For_25's picture
Is anyone on here from Windsor.................and have a gun I can borrow?

WestHab's picture
The news I feared. "responsibility"

Haberts's picture
Explain to me how Plekanec gets suspended for his actiosn during the Edmonton game...and Grabovsky...who has already been suspended...get NOTHING for his actions against Montreal. Pathetic.

Qais's picture
Anti-Habs 14

stick a fork in us were done

RiverviewCanadien's picture
Keep a stiff upper lip folks, season is not over yet... And come off it already, this is negative towards the rest of the team with most of the comments here. How do you think they feel hearing crap like this, the whole team is the reason they are at where they are right now. Yes it hurts the team, makes them a little more vulnerable (Markov is a key player and that really sucks), but they have still have some life left in them so keep positive. Lets see how they react tonight. GO HABS GO!

dufour's picture
I like your attitude and I too am anxious to see how they react tonight. I wouldn't mind seeing Komisarek on the PP just for his shot, whcih is a rocket. Maybe he has learned a little something from watching Schneider, shot the puck with every single opportunity.

Chris's picture
As others have said, there is being positive and there is being realistic. No team in the NHL, regardless of how balanced or deep they are, can survive the prolonged loss of two of their top four defencemen, and few teams' offence relies on their defencemen the way the Habs rely on Markov and Schneider. This is a huge blow, and unless Weber and Brisebois can step up and provide even some of what those guys brought to the table, you can pretty much write a deep playoff run off. Even if Markov returns, we saw last year how much his knee injury crippled his game. I'm not happy about the idea of him getting another one.

zozotheclown's picture
In addition to losing two of our top four D, we lost our TOP scorer, do we really think anyone on this team can pick up Markov's points, passes, PP time, PK time, etc. I don't think any one person can, we'll have to work together to accomplish every one of those things. Problem is I don't think theres anyone on the team who can pass and see the play to get open back door like he does.

RiverviewCanadien's picture
well guess what, the team was still losing when those guys were healthy in the lineup. Didn't eveyone cry when Lang was gone, you all said the season is over, now look at the team, stronger than ever all year. This is just another hiccup along the road to #25... Keep positive, losing Schneider hurts the PP, a little, losing Markov really does suck (all around, I won't argue that one), but the rest of the D is playing better, we still have Dandy, O'Byrne is up, give Janik a chance, plus Weber may come up as well...Komi is playing better and better every game, and is getting shots through (and scored the other night). I am NOT giving up...I will leave that up to Negative Nancys... GO HABS GO!

Chris's picture
This is pretty much a carbon copy of last year's playoffs. Markov, playing on an injured knee, was not effective. Streit, with an injured shoulder, couldn't shoot anymore. Result: Kovalev was completely neutralized because the Bruins and Flyers no longer had to fear the pass to the point. That's the issue here...take those two guys away, and the Habs offence is very controllable. And with only one line supplying goals, life just got a lot easier for any Habs opponent. I always cheer for the Habs. But that was one gigantic sucker punch from a BS franchise to the groin of the Habs. Ladies and gentlemen, let's welcome Brian Burke hockey to Toronto. Blech.

lefreak's picture
"hurts the pp "a little"" biggest lol ever. -------------------------------------------------------------- like weird papichulo music? http://www.sushipunk.net/TA%20Stuff/Le%20Freak%20-%20Bienvenue%20Au%20Fr...

RiverviewCanadien's picture
grow up... if you feel it is over, get off this site and stop watching the games, nobody needs negativity... TAKE OFF HOSERS!

lefreak's picture
"grow up?" you are the one getting his panties in a twist over an internet forum. replace hoser by loser and we are starting to get an accurate picture of you:) -------------------------------------------------------------- like weird papichulo music? http://www.sushipunk.net/TA%20Stuff/Le%20Freak%20-%20Bienvenue%20Au%20Fr...

RiverviewCanadien's picture
Right on buddy, keep up the good work :)

lefreak's picture
do you actually think any of the players read any of this. lol -------------------------------------------------------------- like weird papichulo music? http://www.sushipunk.net/TA%20Stuff/Le%20Freak%20-%20Bienvenue%20Au%20Fr...

dufour's picture
Haha... you mean you wouldn't read posts from a bunch of crazy fans to get ready for a big game

lefreak's picture
exactly ;) i don't buy, "your negativity is the reason the habs are going to lose and it makes baby jesus cry". these are pro athletes ffs, not school girls. -------------------------------------------------------------- like weird papichulo music? http://www.sushipunk.net/TA%20Stuff/Le%20Freak%20-%20Bienvenue%20Au%20Fr...

The Cat's picture
Its a tough blow but maybe the team'll learn to play tough at even strength now. The PP wouldnt have done too much in the playoffs anyway.

t1tan5's picture
All right, time to make this season into a Disney movie.

Treefingers's picture
i feel like puking right now

Puck Bard's picture
Worse than Roger making you do The Wall tour?

What are the chances your top 2dmen go down long term....in the same game. Seriously. I have never seen such tough luck as on this years Habs.

Always hab.......do you ever have anything positive to say ??? What was Gainey to do, trade for more defenseman and have 9 on the roster, and assume his top 2 d would go do.




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