Audio: Broken foot shelves Gionta indefinitely

its all a huge conspiracy to make us all by more beer! haha

I'll buy you a beer if Desharnais ever makes it in the LNH.

And I'll buy you a case if PK Subban ever makes you think of Markov....

Good stuff.

Haha yeah Randy Moller is awesome. MMAAA THE MEATLOAF haha, genius!

Here's an interesting article on Moller, courtesy of Puck Daddy:

Moller and Dan Le Batard, who hosts a sports-talk show on 790 The Ticket, conspired on a little experiment this season: Callers to Le Batard's show would suggest pop culture references for Moller, and he would then use them during his goal-calls for Panthers games.

http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/blog/puck_daddy/post/Video-Panthers-announce...

you're right he did play for the Nords, he and Nilan went at it just about every game between them.

He was on off the record a month or so back and called Nilan the toughest guy he ever played against or fought!!!!

this is the best thing i've listened to in my life...i want this guy on RDS NOW!

- blame bias benoit brunet.

Hahahaha.  Absolutely amazing!

"MAKE ME A BICYCLE CLOWN"

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Not sure which Gainey bandwagon I'm on right now.

I'm pretty sure I seen him on The NHL Network show "The Voices".

If it's the same guy, he just gets the fans to send him random lines to read, and he reads one after every goal. It's hilarious. 

Good post!

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Goaltenders (In order)

1.M-A Fleury

2.MArtin Brodeur

3.Roberto Luongo

(if ward didnt stink out the joint to start the season i would have had him in place of luongo, anyone who knows me knows that i cant stand luongos attitude, and he's too much of a liability in my eyes when its all on the line)

Defense

Chris Pronger - Scott Niedermayer (No brainer?)

Duncan Keith - Shea Weber (Bruising hitters, defensively sound, offensive upside for both)

Jay Bouwmeester - Mike Green (one of the best defensive defenseman in the league paired with the best offensive defenseman)

Dan Boyle (I had dan boyle with Weber initially but they are both right hand shots)

Love Phaneuf, but he makes stupid and selfish plays at times and thats the last thing canada needs

Forwards

Rick Nash - Ryan Getzlaf - Dany Heatley (Take that Malkin/ovechkin/kovalchuk! Any opposition defense wont be able to handle those three, and the three of them have had success at the worlds in the past)

Jeff Carter - Sidney Crosby - Jarome Iginla (Pure shooters for sidney)

Patrick Marleau - Steve Stamkos - Martin St Louis (St Louis and Stamkos chemistry + Morrow Grit)

Brendan Morrow - Mike Richards - Shane Doan (The filthiest 4th line in hockey, probably one of the best shut down lines)

Jonathan Toews

Vinny is way too sluggish these days, Joe Thornton has proved time and time again he cant get it done when its all on the line.  I like stamkos because I think the team needs some youthful enthusiasm, plus hes been a star on the world stage before.

Goaltenders

Martin Brodeur - Roberto Luongo

Marc-Andre Fleury - Carey Price

Defence

Scott Niedermayer - Chris Pronger

Dion Phaneuf - Brent Seabrook

Shea Weber - Dan Boyle

Jay Bouwmeester - Mike Green

Forwards

Rick Nash - Sidney Crosby - Jarome Iginla

Dany Heatley - Joe Thornton- Dustin Penner

Zach Parise - Ryan Getzlaf - Corey Perry

Brenden Morrow - Mike Richards - Shane Doan

Extra

Steven Stamkos - Jonathan Toews - Patrik Marleau

Jeff Carter - John Tavaras - Brad Richards

It's always a good sign whern you really can't decide who should be the last cut.  This is a short tournament so it's beneficial any time you can have natural groupings together on the ice.  Therefore, Duncan Keith should be on the team.  He's a great skater who will fit right in with Seabrook.  I would probably sit down Boyle.  Green and Doughty are both in the loop if you feel you need the offense but I'd still take Ketih.

Last time around we when with the vets and neglected to put our great young kids on the team.  This tournament is going to be all about skating and offense.  Steven Stamkos is quickly on his way to joining the big three in the NHL.  Right this second he's a better player than Vinny and will be more motivated and dependable.  We need secondary goal scorers and guys like Carter and Stamkos fit the bill.  They both shoot fromt he right side and Carter has played RW in Philly which gives us more versatility.  Stamkos and St Louis play on the same line in Tampa and work well together.  Thornton is a great playmaker (and can also play the wing)  but he's not a goal scorer or a clutch player. 

Lecavalier has to play himself back on to the team.

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If Lecavalier gets it going to what he should be producing, I'll add him on my list but right now he's a questionable addition to the team. Not a fan of Heatley being on that list but that's because I don't like the guy, sadly he is a useful sniper in World tournaments, I'd like to see Dan Cleary rather than Morrow, he's just a handy guy to have on your team no matter where you put him. The Defence looks solid, although I think Phaneuf is more trouble than he's worth, he might intimidate some guys but his style is a little heavy to use in an Olympic tournament with stricter rules than your average Western Conference game and when you already have Pronger along for the ride... put Duncan Keith or Drew Doughty in his place.

Goaltending is rather obvious and you can't debate it. Stave Mason's got the sophomore jinx, Emery is not bad on the list of Canadian goaltenders but Babcock/Yzerman probably won't want to role the dice on the guy so early in his NHL return. Cam Ward would have to go on a serious tear with a sub-par Hurricanes team to get back into Olympic contention, after that you've got Marty Turco who's struggled in Dallas over the past few years, Pascal Leclaire doing the hot/cold dance in Ottawa, Dwayne Roloson and Chris Osgood, both decent goalies in their own right but have trouble in maintaining season-long efforts, discounting Osgood's playoff streaks of course. Following them, you have this young kid called Carey Price, although he would have to steal Montreal every 2nd game from here until January 1st to make that squad following last season's struggles while one of the Big Three went down on injury.

- I shall always remember Captain Koivu.

I hear from other commentators here that Shawn Belle is kinda the same.. so I'm surprised as to why he isn't playing more games with the CH .. I mean Jay Leach and Shawn Belle is perhaps a step up from... from...

THE BREEZER

Yeah it also depends on who. Losing Markov, O'Byrne and now Gionta isn't the same as losing Lats, Mara, and Moen for example. Of course BGL and Dags wenre' actually big contributors. Speaking of which, Dags has been out a long time. Poor guy. That really sucks. 

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They were also probably including kessel who was injured before he was even traded for,hence shouldn't count either. There only real injury other then "the cookie monster"lol for a couple of weeks with a groin injury was komisarek.But you figure having him out would be an advantage for the leafs.

What are the chances that we could get the same video judges on duty for Saturday's game against the Wings?

:)

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Cheer for the crest on the front of the jersey, not the name on the back.

Saw the Youtube clip, Detroit got hosed on that one.

Toronto's war room must have a dart board with points that say "Goal" or "No Goal".

- I shall always remember Captain Koivu.

yeah i saw it,unreal. Another screw up by the great toronto war room.

Can't get that game, what happened?

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Play Price, if he's going to be the No. 1 man he should be able to stand up to back-to-back nights.

He's the hot hand right now, use him.

- I shall always remember Captain Koivu.

First of all great question EricinStl....

You go with Price and ride him all the way through. Grab him after or before practice and tell him that this is HIS team. He has to will this team to victory.

Show him video of when he won the WJH championsip, then of all the saves he did.

And remind him that MA Fleury had it rough when he started. So it's a "natural" thing to stutter a bit....

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Can't make the same mistake Martin made when he started Halak in Calgary, Price should start, and if he plays well he plays back to back against Detroit.

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Miller is so overrated. He's a good goalie, but he's had an easy year. He never gets the job done when it matters.

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You just don't see Ronald Corey at Habs events anymore. Has he decided he doesn't belong or have the Habs decided he doesn't belong?

Saw him walking along Ste. Catherine's Street a few months after he was let go. It was around lunch-time and he had been drinking - he looked like the saddest person on the planet.

Anybody know what he's doing?

OK, I miss Gill. There you go, I said it.

3. I love the "spectacularly fail", it's almost like you were going to say something nice. And then didn't. For a very short moment I thought you were giving BGL praise. But you weren't. I too thought this was not something positive to look forward to.

What do people in Montreal think of him (you probably won't know the answer to this SD, aren't you from Halifax?)? Is he crowd drawing person in his home province? I believe someone has him listed as their favourite player, that person must be from Montreal (sincerely - no offense this person). :)

5. Has Hal Gill been absent? Hmm, I never noticed.

7. No comment. ;)

1. I agree, and I think he will be a better NHL player for it.
2. I think AK needed a goal and to be "hero", I expect him to play hard the next few games and pot some points.
3. Hmmm, on the fence with the Heavyweight. He has some puck possession skills that CAN be useful.
4. I hope O'Byrne picks up where he left off, he was looking ALOT better.
5. I miss Hal "Skill". He makes a difference you'll see.
6. Exactly what I was thinking. That was a problem with Price he said it at the end of last year, one day on a pedestil, the next in the doghouse. Martin seems to be handling players very well, most interviews I have listened to, all the players feel completely responsible and respond well.
7. LOL, mean Dad. It was funny, when my daughter woke up on Tuesday, as I got into her room, she was saying Go Habs Go! (standing in her crib wearing her Habs jammies, she is 2&1/2), I just knew they would win, Kids, God love 'em.

Oh i definitely do not wish that the habs get rid of sergei.  Frankly we cant get a worthwhile return for him anyway.

The habs just have to regain control of the situation with him and the only way to do so is to send a message.  Eventually they will have to throw him a bone, but im sure JM and BG speak to Guy Boucher often enough, and guy boucher will tell them when hes done whipping sk into shape.

Berkshire aside, I agree with your comment.  I think that's in the works - but like I say above, he needs someone to give him (and his development) some thoughtful and wise attention.

And yeah Berk, I know it was just sarcasm.

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This kind of rational thought about giving kids second chances apparently isn't welcome on habsinsideout.com.

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I'm going to the game on the 4th too!

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