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Dave Stubbs has been a sportswriter since 1976, which was roughly a decade after he wore the first of many holes through the knees of his jeans playing nets in road hockey (using a modified butterfly popularized by Hall of Famer Glenn Hall). He still has the welts to show on his shins from that rotten, frozen orange ball.
Stubbs kept thick hockey scrapbooks filled with game summaries and Gazette and Montreal Star stories, collected dozens of Bee Hive Corn Syrup photos and put a fortune of hockey cards through the spokes of his bikes. First book ever owned: Scrubs On Skates, the classic by Scott Young (Neil's dad).
Stubbs's fantasy is to travel back in time to the 1950s and watch the great Canadiens dynasty that won five consecutive Stanley Cups. Or a decade earlier, to watch Elmer Lach centre Rocket Richard and Toe Blake on the fearsome Punch Line. Or at least to get Rogie Vachon into the Hockey Hall of Fame – where he belongs.
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Trade Price right F*$@king now!
Wow tough crowd!!!!! Yes Halak played solid tonight as he should have cause we played the Islanders. But one solid game doesn't make him Patrick Roy!!!!!!!! Remember how he played against Pittsburge...
I say ride him until he loses this time let price sit on the bench it will do him good. If halak wins 4 in a row that would be awesome.
Price is simply a CHILD STAR who has already past his prime time.
What a load of bulls&*t. Why do we constantly bash our goalies. Why cant we be happyfor both to do well and both to win.
Because the Price is wrong.
Yeah, oookay.
right now id say give florida gomez and price and for Nathan horton make halak our franchise goalie and call up ben maxwell or pouliot too replace gomez as our secondary center. after thats done sign plekanec who should earn simular money too a david bolland or a david kreichi
That's a start.
One game don't make a starter, but I would play Halak again on Monday.
WOW, just wow how Halak is playing tonight.
Hopefully Price is paying close attention to Halak's performance tonight. Anybody who thinks Price would keep the habs in this game is out to lunch!!
Get over it. Price has won us a fair share of games this year and kept us in many more. Both goalies have had off games and both need a break after 4-5 starts. You guys should be embracing that we have two great goalies - not trying to pick between them. It's stupid.
We have 2 good goalies. Price is far from great and if i had to pick one i'd take Halak in a heart beat!
Key player is the key to play well. Welcome back Markov!
MARKOV - 2
ISLANDERS - 0
Go habs!!!
--------------------------------------------------- Listen to the SmartDog. He knows his poop!
MAB + BGL = CRAP!
WE ALL KNOW THE HABS HAVE MANY PROBLEMS, ONOTHER ONE WAS HIGHLIGHTED IN THE FIRST PERIOD WHEN COMEAU TOOK DOWN HALAT, NOT ONE PLAYER WENT AFTER HIM. ONE CAN ONLY IMAGINE WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IN A SIMILAR SITUATION IN THE DAYS OF FERGUSON OR NILAN.
ANOTHER PATHETIC PERIOD FOR GILL, MORE TURNOVERS IN HIS OWN END, MISHANDLING THE PUCK AND FLOUNDERING AROUND LIKE A ELEPHANT
Markov making a difference right away. Great news!!
Too bad no one other that Markov and Halak have bothered to show up! The way they're playing now it's going to be up to Halak to steal one.
I agree. They look lost out there. Could this be a coaching problem?? Something just isn't right with this team.
They all bunch together in the middle of their own zone and they can't get to pucks along the boards and they when they do get the puck they can't make a good pass.
Please Go Habs Go.!!!
I might as well give this a try.
I'll be in Montreal during the Jan 16 game vs Ottawa. Anyone interested in selling one or 2 tix?
Have a Merry Cammalleri and a Markov New Year!
Scott Cullen (TSN expert analyst) is pathetic.
Players to watch out for this week includes Francois Beauchemin. Can someone slap these gofers and inform them that even Bergeron has more points than that baboon. They have mentioned Stajan as one of the players to pick up for "Fantasy Pools" and I haven't heard anything about Cammalleri or Pleks..
its because the habs play all road games this week and we all no Cammy doesn't perform aswell on the road as he does at home
that would be because they never made it to the free agent list and got drafted :p
That pro Leafs cr@p makes me SOOOO MAD! What makes me even madder is when they win! UGH!!
______________________________________ When do we name a Captain?"
Stranded?
Is the Nassau open-roofed or what?
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They mean they might be stranded after the game.
Say, doesn't the NHL Rulebook specifically state that any games lost by an act of God are to be marked as Hab victories, since He's on our side?
I'm sure I read that somewhere...
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Kyle Chipchura scores for the Ducks. 2-1 Anaheim over Phoenix.
How has Chipchura done with the Ducks so far in general, anyone know?
Quite ducky, I hear.
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I hope youre not trying to pass off a canard on me bugs.
Perish the thought; I'm no quack, sir.
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Lord Bugs Potter, esq. Vice-President and Co-Editor in Chief of Flannelcom's Investigative Department at Habsbros Reporting Services: http://habsbros.blogspot.com/
I know he fought the other day, not very well mind you, but he showed emotion which is good for him
Thanks Nick.
... side bar: The Predators have 13 million in cap room and are missing Jason Arnott and in their last 20 games they are 15-3-2, go figure.
there's a reason why barry trotz still coaches in nashville.
- let's make it a triple crown: Impacts, Alouettes and now the Canadiens!
why cant we have a coach like him.. instead we go hire either a former player, the best francophone recently fired coach available or a former francophone nhler with no experience. It just baulks me how we cant hire like any other team does for any position in our organization
Meh. It's only snow... frozen water. If Washington want's to get rid of it, simply have all of the politicos in that town talk at the same time.
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Cheer for the crest on the front of the jersey, not the name on the back.
Can't begrudge'm for taking the bull by the horns.
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or at big white? booya
i remember when i was on my way to florida we stopped by in Georgia for gas and everything was closed all because of a couple centimeters of snow. Imagine what they would do if they had what we get over here.
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Lord Bugs Potter, esq. Vice-President and Co-Editor in Chief of Flannelcom's Investigative Department at Habsbros Reporting Services: http://habsbros.blogspot.com/
Sounds like the snow we get in Revelstoke...
I hope they play tonight, it'll do all us Habs fans good to see our boys take home a win.
Headed all the way to Montreal to catch some games the week of March 8th. If anyone wants to sell their tickets that week (for any game) please let me know! :)
Heading out of Squamish during the Owelimpycs on a ski trip, Revelstoke/rogers pass is my first stop I hear they have done some nice upgrades opening some nice terain. Whitewater,Red,Fernie(lived thier for 7 years).
Hope they get that kind of snow then:) :)
Got a feeling you may get an offer for one free tix.
Revelstoke...eh?
Have a Merry Cammalleri and a Markov New Year!
5cm of snow is a disaster in Washington DC. Visiting my uncle there once when that happened. Traffic halted, people putting chains on their tires... we were laughing all the way. The "snow" melted in an hour. This? This could very well be the apocalypse for them.
could be worse... like the equipment catches fire
... BTW for Chris Lee fans, he's been located and doing or destroying the Detroit / Dallas game this afternoon.
MUST win tonight. I believe we're on a 7 game road trip right now, and I think we need to take atleast 10 out of a possible 14 points.
Possibly a good time for Gainey to take the team Tobogganing. They'll probably be good at it since the season has all been down hill!
Now who could not laugh at that one? Good one. But you know, not such a bad idea, as they would have to collectively learn how to get back to the top of the hill before they all freeze their butts off.
Brian Eliott makes his case for worst goal against of the year as well.
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tsn will soon have goalie blunders top 10 of JUST this year...they had one of all time recnetly.
- let's make it a triple crown: Impacts, Alouettes and now the Canadiens!
I still think the biggest blunder is probably Brodeur's where it goes off his stick and through the five-hole. Mainly because it was in the Stanley Cup finals.
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i'm going with tomi salo's cause it effectively ended his career.
- let's make it a triple crown: Impacts, Alouettes and now the Canadiens!
That was a classic for the ages.
______________________________________ Gionta(or any healthy body)for Captain.
Oooooh good call! Although Dan Cloutier's career was ended by the Lidstrom slapper from center as well.
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Vesa Toskala makes sure Price doesn't have the ugliest goal against in 2009.
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There were a LOT of ugly goals last night; watching the highlights it seemed like there was one in each game. Weird night.
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Cheer for the crest on the front of the jersey, not the name on the back.
Washington vs Vancouver was such an upset, albeit it wasn't the most exciting game. I felt bad for Jeff Schultz and Jose Theodore on that one. Too bad they couldn't have called it a "distinct kicking motion" on their own player (this is a joke, don't take me seriously). What a bad break. I hate the Canucks.
Headed all the way to Montreal to catch some games the week of March 8th. If anyone wants to sell their tickets that week (for any game) please let me know! :)
Remote controlled puck.
Very weird night.
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Personally, I'm hoping for a postponement. Habs need the rest.
-Dustin-
"The good thing about drinking during games is if they lose, you're too drunk to care during and too hungover to care after." - J.T.
So do we!
LMAO
Hmm... I don't really get it.
Both teams are IN Long Island.
They're not playing OUTSIDE, so they won't have to push a shovel around between periods.
If they postpone this game because FANS can't make it, then they should, by the same logic, postpone the rest of the season in Phoenix. And perhaps Atlanta.
---Hope Springs Eternal---
Don't forget NJ, attendence is down, a winning team but the most boring winning team you'll ever watch, fans should protest by sitting in the seats with their pajamas on and sleeping caps.
- I shall always remember Captain Koivu. http://habsandhockey.blogspot.com/
Attendance is down in NJ?
Was it ever UP?
They "protest" by not showing up. Paid attendance was 12,178 at Wednesday's Devils game. I was there, they're lucky if they had 2/3 of that actually in the seats.
It's such an apathetic fan base. While boring hockey isn't the greatest thing in the world, I'll take wins any day. There are many Southern teams whose fans deserve a team when compared to how much support the spoiled Devils fans show their team.
/\\ike
GO HABS GO!
Tonights game isn't the issue, the problem will be traveling to atlanta tonight while there is a blizzard that wont stop until after 4 am
... let's see now: according to the team story this morning, "... a slew of injuries ... has shelved defencemen Markov, Ryan O’Byrne, Jaroslav Spacek, Hal Gill and Paul Mara, and forwards Glen Metropolit, Brian Gionta and Matt D’Agostini for a total of 118 man-games." And that doesn't even include Roman H. Does anyone know if this is already a team record? ... or a league record? And doesn't this litany of games lost say something - even a little bit - that the league has a problem with injuries?
"Whenever you have the puck, and don't know what to do with it, put it in the net." - Toe Blake
You think we have it bad. I think Edmonton has the most man games lost so far this year.
And then there is Detroit, their injury list looks the an all star game lineup.
we've lost something like 500 in 1998
http://hfboards.com/showthread.php?p=22645990
apparently the LA kings lost 629 in the '03-04 season.
- let's make it a triple crown: Impacts, Alouettes and now the Canadiens!
Does anyone know how to post a photo on this blog? Is it at all possible? I made a montage yesterday that some of you might enjoy.
You can't. If you wnat to share you need to post a link to it. Only Boone has the powah to post images.
You need to post the image somewhere on the web, and then link to it here. Like this: me in 1956 (I think) in an odd looking CH sweater -- the blue and red seem reversed.
man you were lucky to get a jesery back then,mom tried to get one for me from Simson Sears and Eatons but they were always sold out..
Hi Timo. Thanks for the info. I don't know how to do that. Do you know? If you do I'll send you the montage via email. Can you send your email adress?
I think I mentioned that yesterday. not sure if it was the same poster. Highly unusual question 2 days in a row.
“Talent is a gift from God, but you only succeed with hard work. Yvan was proof of that.” Jean Beliveau
Does anyone know why PK Subban was a healthy Scratch for the Dogs last night as per the Hamilton Spec?
"I went to see a fight the other night...And A hockey game broke out!" ~Rodney Dangerfield~
As, I posted early, and will continue to post till the final siren of the season is sound, the habs will not me making the post season this year, unless they win 70% of there points. Some people have speculated that the playoff bar will be around the 82-85 point area, due to LOG JAMMING(as people as put it), however these points are unfounded mainly cause were not through the first half of the season yet, and some teams will step up, and in the last 7 seasons we havent seen anything under 90 points making the playoffs, not to mention every year since the 3 point games have been introduced we have seen more, and more of those type games, which drives the bar up!!!
Regardless of how weak a certain conference may appear to be, close to 90% of the games are played inter-conference, in other words there will be close to no difference in total accumulated points in each conference...In fact, with such parity regardless of strength of conference, you could see more total points by virtue of more 3 point games.
Heres a link of the showing points from this season, and the past 2, http://canadiens.nhl.com/club/teamseasoncomparison.htm, youll notice we are 15 points behind last years mark...when we stumbled into the playoffs, mind you on a terrible second half, but it still doenst change the fact, that it will take close to mid 90s points to make the postseason, meaning roughly 70% of our 92 points in bank.
This team, currently, does not have that capability, this is not a better core then last years group, even healthy, for just one reason only, Gomez does not have the ability to change the outcome of a game, like Kovalev did. Period
Happy Holidays
I think the others appreciate your opinion, and nod along to it. They are just saying they get it, you don't have to tell them over and over. They know the score, and don't like having it jammed in their faces because it is the players who can have an effect on the outcome, not them.
We don't mind your argument. Just tired of seeing you post it over and over. Move on, let it go. Don't obsess....it's not healthy....
Well, there you go.
Now stop watching the games and stop posting.
Thanks.
---Hope Springs Eternal---
I can have an opinion, watch games, and still yell at the TV.
Or is it just better to hope, pray, and be ignorant.
Why dont you post an argument instead of a useless comment!
i IGNORE statistics , simply due to the fact that as much money is spent on athletes , time spent on scouting , and all that jazz ,no one can 'PREDICT' where that 6 oz peice of black rubber will bounce !!!
Over a stick , in the net , in someones face , in the nads , of a glove & in the net (he he) , off the glass , in a fans beer , off a shin pad into Boones labtop....
C/monnnn , your a die hard , we need positive stats if your gonna be all statistical.......freeeg-O-lah
>>GOHABSGO<<
Postpone NOTHING tonight Bettmen....i just flew home to the Maritimes from Alberta for the holidays and iam pumped to watch this game on my little brothers 9' by 9 ' HD projection screen.....WOOOOOOOOOOO
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HABS
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