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Cabbie redux
posted by Mike Boone at 11h42 EST on Nov 23
Carey Price: NHL's second star of the week. GAA of 1.89; save percentage of 94.0
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Scott Gomez Not on the ice.
"Day to Day" is the official word.
Pat Hickey: "Is that day Dec. 12? Jan. 6?"
Therapy day for Jaro Spacek.
BGL had a 10 a.m. hearing, by phone, with NHL disciplinarian Colin Campbell. He's skating in Brossard.
Quip of the Day, from Team 990's Denis Casavant:
"Campbell is considering a four-game suspension, but Bob Gainey has asked for six."
And if the Canadiens have to make a call-up because of the Gomez injury, Sergei or David Desharnais?
Hopefully, answers to come after practice.
HI/O is spending a sunny morning in Brossard.
First on the ice for 11 a.m. practice: the goalies, Max Lapierre, Tomas Plekanec
Lines the same as Saturday: Plekanec/Cammalleri/AK46; 3Ms; Lapierre/White/Pyatt; the Oil Painting
PP Unit: Cammalleri and MAB on the points, Pleks, Metro and AK46 up front
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Saku Koivu is 35 today.
Also Team 990's Tony Marinaro ... who's old enough to get a real job.
KIDDING, Tony!
Love ya, man!
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Pouliot was drafted 4th over all in 2005 one selection before Price.
HOLY COW!!!!!!
NEVER IN WORLD THOUGH THIS WOULD HAPPEN!!
GUILLAME LATENDRESSE HAS BEEN TRADED!! SERGEI KOSTITSYN HAS BEEN CALLED UP!!!
http://canadiens.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=507209&navid=DL|MTL|home
MORE NEWS!
Sergei's been called up!
Pouloit 6'3 200 lbs and a 1st round pick forth over all mmmmmmmmmmmmmm. I think this is one player who is not performing traded for another player not performing. The difference in this trade is Pouloit is a first rounder who can skate now if he can learn the rest of the game this could be a steal for Gainey. I wish Latts all the best but the truth is this kid just can't skate well enough to play in the NHL.
I'd say Bob realizes Gui! is just too slow, and will never be what everyone thought he would be. It's simply an overhyped player for a huge underachiever. It's a good gamble, I think.
I know Gui's short on fans these days, but does anyone else think this trade looks a bit one-sided considering Pouliot's got 18 career NHL points? I certainly hope Bob and Jacques see something in this guy. Seems like a guy who's going to have spend time with the Dogs and this drops us another roster player when we're rather short on personnel.
I know Gui's been mostly an empty uniform this season, but I seriously hope Pouliot is more of a steal than his numbers suggest.
- I shall always remember Captain Koivu.
... Obviously you know little about Benoit Pouliot but your making a judgement just on stats. Think about his ice time under the Lemaire era and their style of play. Sergei just been recalled.
how many points would Gui have gotten had he not been playing along side Saku Koivu?
and don't forget, minnesota is avery defensive team
--- we need a kovalev
Kovalev [ka-va-leov]: A player who makes you jump out of your seat with a wicked deke or a sick shot and makes you say: "Did you see that!!"
Could have been just another one of those "I don't personally like you so you're gone" trades. Happened before, will happen again.
Sigh... First Breezer, now Gui! Timo sad.
OMG...I never thought they'd trade him.
This is crazy. Any info on this Pouliot guy? 4th overall in 2005, but doesn't seem to have done much since.
Wooaahh Latts traded!
Lats traded to the Wild for Pouliot
... What am i going to post about now?
One slacker for another. Everyone gets a second chance.
They call me Shane
At least he has the "right" last name, so media can't complain.
Bob bring up Desharnais he will Denis Savard the hell out of CBJ all night long. Don't bring up SK until his brother starts fighting for the puck and stops giving up on the play.
THIS JUST IN !! GUI ! GOT EXCHANGED TO WILD MINNESOTA!!!!!! !!!!
----- Go Habs f*kin Go - AMEN!!! -----
Awesome! (Not that I hate Gui!)
We're basically trading an underachiever for another underachiever. But I think Pouliot has much more potential than Gui! so I'm very happy! Plus he's gone to the Western conference so he won't come back to bite us in the butt too often.
http://www.rds.ca/canadien/chroniques/286780.html
I can't read French, but it's just for Benoit Pouliot straight up?
Are you for real or are you just pulling our legs. I been checking all the sites I seen nothing yet.
Yes!!! CKAC says he's much faster than GUI.....for those interested, Gui will be talking to CKAC about it in about 10 min
----- Go Habs f*kin Go - AMEN!!! -----
sounds like it this was on twitter
http://twitter.com/rdsca
"The Future Belongs to Those Who Believe in the Beauty of Their Dreams." Eleanor Roosevelt
bye bye gui
per rds twitter
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"The Future Belongs to Those Who Believe in the Beauty of Their Dreams." Eleanor Roosevelt
I have some thoughts on Gomez:
If Gomez went on long term disability would we get cap relief? Groin injuries can linger for a long time. Say he is out for two years, we could continue to pay him and then try to trade him. If his injuries are not serious we could send him to Hamilton and let him play there for a few years. That could be dicey since if he is claimed on waivers we are on the hook for $3.5mm dollars. I am wondering if anyone would claim him for $3.5mm. Lastly is it possible to trade him and absorb part of his contract? Just trying to be helpful to Bob.
mjames
Ill answer you hypothetical questions, but you're getting a little ahead of yourself, and gomez isnt THAT bad.
If he went on LTIR then yes we would get cap relief. Theoretically, we could send him to hamilton (as far as i know he doesnt have a no movement clause) if he clears waivers (which he certainly would on the way down) but he would certainly be claimed if we ever called him back up mid-season, and 3.5 million is a steep hit for a player not playing, not to mention it would be degrading and no player would ever want to play in montreal ever again. As for your last question, the current CBA does not allow for teams to keep a portion of salary on the books when making a trade, nor does the CBA allow for renegotiation of an existing contract.
To conclude, Gomez is here for the long hall, just ignore his ludicrous salary and Im sure you wont be as disappointed in him.
That will never happen. Imagine committing 3.5 million$ a year to a player not even on your team? That'd be ridiculous. And of course he would be claimed.
What's with all the hate for Gomez? Is it his speed through the neutral zone, or his ability to make clean passes. Ask Cammelleri or Gionta if they'd want Gomez gone. Majority of their goals he assists on.
i think this is the first time andrei kostitsyn finally got some good press explcitly going his way.
it`s very nice to see, and should hopefully motivate him further
--- we need a kovalev
Kovalev [ka-va-leov]: A player who makes you jump out of your seat with a wicked deke or a sick shot and makes you say: "Did you see that!!"
Well pleks said it, hes the type of guy who needs positive reinforcenment to succeed. Some players need to be lambasted to light a fire underneath them, while other players are their own harshest critic and the only way to get them out of a funk is to concentrate on the positives.
Why do people care if Laraque gets suspended? I mean, how can it possibly negatively affect the team?
I think you are missing why most of us care Timo...we are HOPING for a long suspension to keep him out of the lineup.....I am crossing my fingers for 5 plus....
No, Gainey asked for 10 plus...
The Veggie Laraque will be more focused on skating and scoring than on fighting.
He was focused on fighting?
I wanna to be a new BGL, being veggie, fundraising for charity, once in a while playing hockey, but no fighting, no more...
lol
I think that's BGL's delusional new self perception. He thinks that becoming a vegan has somehow transformed him into a hockey player. His new braided hair look is another step in the direction of flakiness. I am waiting for him to wear a rasta cap and start sayin, "hey mon" and "iray" in his interviews soon.
I was glad to see AK46 get some recognition. It is better than being contantly slagged by the press , the coach and our famous Habs fans on HI/O.
mjames
Marinaro, eh? Didn't know you swung that way, Boone :D
"love cannot drown truth, Nefertiri"
"Tom Pyatt (speed and versatility) and Ryan White (size, physicality and positional play). "They play the game the right way," Martin said of the kids. "They make good decisions." "
I wonder who on the team doesn't play the right was and doesn't make good decisions? Hmmm?
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Cheers.
Go Habs Go!! "I can't hear what Jeremy (Roenick) is saying because my Stanley Cup rings are in my ears" - Patrick Roy
What the heck? Habs go for 5 out of 6 pts last week and TSN has them drop in the power rankings. I think they borrowed Campbell's dart board.
Elmer Lach's #16 jersey should join the Rocket's #9 in the rafters.
I know I'm biased, but TSN always has the Habs way too low on their power rankings. 5th worst ranking in the league? Really?
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Not sure which Gainey bandwagon I'm on right now.
I agree. I guess we dropped in TSN's ranking because Gomez is injured. I think it's based on each player's statistical performance on the team along with some other strange math formula Scott Cullen pulled out of his a**. So since we lost one of our alleged-best players we go down a spot in the ranking.
I can't be bothered to read his article because it's long-winded and boring, but you can check out his 'logic' here http://www.tsn.ca/blogs/scott_cullen/?id=294742
It could be because even though we did take 5 out of six points we were outplayed in each of those games, save for Washington where we played them about even.
mjames
Pretty tough to outplay Detroit when they spend half the night on the powerplay. Although you're still wrong, we outplayed Carolina all game, outplayed Washington for long periods and outplayed Detroit at even strength.
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habs being outplayed...that never happens
on the bright side, we got 3 out of 4 points from guaranteed playoff teams/stanley cup contenders.
good week last week 5 of a possible 6 and carey gets NHL's 2nd star. on the downside the injuries are piling up with Gionta out and now gomer.
Elmer Lach's #16 jersey should join the Rocket's #9 in the rafters.
Can someone tell me how Laraque's hit on Kronwall gets reviewed by Campbell. Where as Ladd's hit on D'Agostini, which resulted him in getting thrown out of the game doesn't?
It appears to me theres a lack of blatant inconsistency.
hitting to the head is fine by the NHL, not the knees.
Hits to the head are way more dangerous in my opinion but that's the NHL. Plus would be hard to suspend someone for a hit to a head and then allow fighting... but then again i think fighting is pretty dumb in the nhl too
whose side are you on? throw the book at him.....
Good point.
mjames
Because the clique running the NHL are a bunch of imbecile's
Matt Cooke got away with a knee on knee on Donnovan on Thursday. hmmm
Elmer Lach's #16 jersey should join the Rocket's #9 in the rafters.
Because i guess Ladd's hit was grey area, im not condoning it, but yeah i guess thats the reality of it, while laraque's hit is not in any way possibly clean, though i do agree both were uncalled for, but seriously laraque, come on man everyone saw that leg stick out and the foot come off the ice for extra leverage the tv dont lie
A buddy of mine at lunch said the same thing about Ladd's hit. What truly stumps me, is that he was thrown out of the game for the intentional hit. If a players thrown out of the game, shouldn't that warrant an automatic review? If it doesn't... why not?
Gui would have been 1st on the ice, but a bunch of guys blew by him in the hallway on thr way to the ice.
and then he missed the open door and walked smack into the boards.
THIS JUST IN.... BGL REFUSED TO ATTEND TODAY HE DID EVERYTHING BY PHONE.....HE WAS DEAD SET AGAINST "MEATING" WITH CAMPBELL!
whats your point?
the meeting was still considered an in-person hearing by the NHL.
lol....he was against "meating"!.....he's vegan...you can do it...2 plus 2 is 4, hamster spins wheel very rapidly, lightbulb appears over head!...there doesn't always have to be a point ..sometimes posts can just be really bad jokes when things are slow....I was expecting a very exciting news day in Habs land with possible callups and the BGL verdict....instead this is what we get.
Meating? He's a veg! No wonder...
I think it's pretty funny that Gomez, our 7.5 million dollar player, went down and not only do we not have an official update... there aren't many (any?) posts who even seem to care.
If you think about any other player of that dollar value, and their importance to their respective teams - with all due respect to Marky and Gionta - you'd think this would be the lights out moment... kind of funny (and sad) if you think about it, how unimportant it feels in the scheme of things.
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"C" is for Captain Cammalleri
Good point. It just confirms that the press and fans in general know that Gomez has very little impact on how the team performs. Even the Pollyanna's who continue to support this trade are silent. Their silence in fact speaks volumes.
mjames
We're not silent we just don't like to beat dead horses. I believe the trade was a necessary evil as Cammalleri said the fact that Gomez was here affected his decision and you can't make me believe Gionta was not a little happy with the idea of playing with the guy that helped him score 48 goals.
Go Habs Go!! "I can't hear what Jeremy (Roenick) is saying because my Stanley Cup rings are in my ears" - Patrick Roy
you are beating the dead horse.....and trying to convince us with no more evidence than there is to the contrary..he toom the money and the opportunity to play in a hockley mad market that wasn';t in his backyard, he has an appreciation of history and some speculaate he always wanted to play here....http://blogs.dailynews.com/kings/2009/02/lombardi-cammalleri-regrets-no.html
What makes you think Scott Gomez attracts players....his 60 - 70 points a year? I guesss we'll be able to get anyone now because we have Scott Gomez right?
You would see the difference if Plec was "injured" (hope never).
So did George get a suspension? Didn't they already meet, or was that so Laraque could give his side of the incident?
I think Campbell's in his office with the blindfold throwing darts at the suspension chart right now.
It's taken him a while though, he was probably facing the wrong wall.
- I shall always remember Captain Koivu.
Colin Campbell is waiting to hear testimony from some PETA activists that are appearing on BGL's behalf.
I heard that too......"carroter" witnesses ....the vegan trump card!
Je suis
Sieur Bugs Potter, écuyer. Major-général du dépôt de munitions Fort Gainey, contre-amiral du torpilleur de classe-II Sainte Flanelle, et sous-secrétaire du ministère de la Défense Tricolore.
he better "turnip" soon
Krobie, c'mon. You can do better than that. Wanna run with the big boys, gotta raise the bar.
Floor's yours.
Je suis
Sieur Bugs Potter, écuyer. Major-général du dépôt de munitions Fort Gainey, contre-amiral du torpilleur de classe-II Sainte Flanelle, et sous-secrétaire du ministère de la Défense Tricolore.
lol......nah....I know when I'm beet ...
Je suis
Sieur Bugs Potter, écuyer. Major-général du dépôt de munitions Fort Gainey, contre-amiral du torpilleur de classe-II Sainte Flanelle, et sous-secrétaire du ministère de la Défense Tricolore.
So who thinks a Captain will be named at the Centennial game? Will they name him if he's injured or wait for him to come back (Markov or Gionta) or give it to a "sleeper" who we never would have expected at the beginning of the year and proves they were smart to wait (Pleks).
Why?
mjames
why not?
"The Future Belongs to Those Who Believe in the Beauty of Their Dreams." Eleanor Roosevelt
I don't think there's one fan that sees any value in George Laraque at the moment. OK, maybe a few, but they're in the serious minority. Put him on waivers or buy him out, trade him out west if possible.
They're called "Guys who bought BGL shirts" I believe.
- I shall always remember Captain Koivu.
Je suis
Sieur Bugs Potter, écuyer. Major-général du dépôt de munitions Fort Gainey, contre-amiral du torpilleur de classe-II Sainte Flanelle, et sous-secrétaire du ministère de la Défense Tricolore.
I always laugh when I see somebody in their Komisarek Habs jerseys.
Je suis
Sieur Bugs Potter, écuyer. Major-général du dépôt de munitions Fort Gainey, contre-amiral du torpilleur de classe-II Sainte Flanelle, et sous-secrétaire du ministère de la Défense Tricolore.
I am seriously proud to wear my signed Koivu jersey. I bet it'll be worth serious bucks one day, when people realise what he meant to this organisation.
Nope. I don't laugh when I see people in a Lafleur jersey either. Komo jerseys need to be burnt though, in effigy!!!
Je suis
Sieur Bugs Potter, écuyer. Major-général du dépôt de munitions Fort Gainey, contre-amiral du torpilleur de classe-II Sainte Flanelle, et sous-secrétaire du ministère de la Défense Tricolore.
Do you put on a Komosarek jersey and rock it? If I had one I'd wish I had went with the Koivu Jersey.
I wear my Koivu jersey proudly wherever I watch the Habs play!