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Not to disparage the kids, but i wish one of them would start to produce (ie) GOALS !!
There's a good article in the gazette today on head injuries including concussions which might explain what is wrong with dagostini.
I really do not think concussions are the problem - he is not an everyday NHLer. He just doesn't have it - AHL yes, NHL no.
Darche. Why?
Because D'Agostini, Pacioretty, Moen , can't..also cap issues too!
Forgive the long post..
I've been a BIG hockey and Canadiens fan since I was a wee lad growing up in Moose Jaw. I skated in the outdoor rinks there on Hochelaga and Stadacona street, and watching "Hockey Night in Canada" I wish i could go back again! (Man! I loved it so much!). My friends played organized hockey, I wanted to play, but my dad couldn't afford to buy me the equipment on his own, so my older brothers helped and got me equipment to play. I was 11 at the time and never having played "organized" hockey I was lost. I was a " fly by the seat of my pants" type guy not knowing "systems" or anything. I had a coach who was very exasperated with me, and who sat me on the bench a lot more than I played. Coming from playing on an outdoor rink for 12 hours a day, I thought I could jump on the ice and play as long as i wanted, when i wanted, He never let me play. Looking back I wasn't a very good skater, but I tried very hard whenI was out there. My very best time when my Head Coach was not able to be at our game, and one of the fathers came to be Coach for 1 game. He had me play a lot, and I scored a fluke goal, as a rebound shot from the point, lay there and I put in the net, my 1 and only goal!
Afterwards, I asked him why he played me so much that game when the head coach never did. He answered me this: "...Watching you and my son from the stands, everybody on this team can skate and shoot better than you, but NOBODY has the HEART (as he pointed to my chest) bigger than yours!!.
I felt so good after that!, I played the rest of the year (sparingly) of course, never played organized hockey again. My passion for the game has never left (32 years later) But I just would wish my beloved Canadiens would show some "heart"
That is a solid post. I don't want to sound like I am harkening to some Golden Age, but anyone who was able to watch the older rivalries like I did between the Canadiens and Nordiques or the Oiler and Flames cannot but conclude that today's game lacks the passion and intensity it once possessed. The equipment and training for players today is vastly superior to what it was even 20 years ago, but the game has definitely lost something it once had. I blame the move from 24 to 30 teams for this decline. There are too many players in the NHL now merely collecting oversized paycheques who continue to play because the NHL needs bodies on the ice. And most lamentably, there are a good number of such players on the current Habs squad.
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Watched Ottawa play Chicago last night, thats how you forecheck. If the habs could only do that...
Hockey Day Poll: Hockey's greatest teams at CBC. http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/story/2010/01/19/sp-hdic-poll.html They are grouped according to era (pre and post expansion) and have a section for juniors and Team Canada.
Anyway my vote for the best NHL team ever assembled was the 76 -77 Habs, man what a team! Dryden. the big three, Guy, Gainey, Shutt, Risebrough, roadrunner etc. Lafleur won the art ross, conn smythe, and hart that year. Dryden and "bunny" the vezina. 60 W 8 L 12 T.
December 4, 2009 - Elmer Lach's jersey took its rightful place with the Rocket's in the rafters.
I was surprised the CBC didn't claim the 1992-1993 Toronto Maple Leaves were one of hockey's "greatest teams."
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OOOOOOOOHHHHH OH OOOOOHOOOH This is canada's teaaaaam
uggg...
I gotta comment on the sportsmanship of Roloson here -- he calls over the medical staff, skates over the trainer, and gives Dupuis a tap as he's going by.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_o5YkFLQ5A
Props to Roloson.
They were teammates for a while in Minny. I've always liked Roloson and thought back in the summer that he should be brought in for a year to mentor Price (someone who has a wealth of experience, including a run to the Cup final) and help share the load. The chance of this happening now is obviously pending any deal that Halak is sent out of town, which at this point in time is highly unlikely.
Roloson is a top notch guy, nice to see that there is still some respect between players out there.
On another note, hits like this are really pissing me off and it has to end. It can no longer be considered good hockey when cheap shots like this are putting lives in jeopardy. The NHL needs to step up but it won't because Bettman is a neanderthal (sp?) and thinks this sells tickets. Hits like this do nothing but turn stomachs. I bet that there are very few people if any that watch this and go "ya that was awesome". NHL needs to get a grip before someone dies. Guys have already had their lives permanently altered (Bertuzzi hit) and he should have been suspended idefinitely but that s a different story. The junior league needs to crack down too to set a new standard that this is not UFC and cheap shots are not ok.
Sorry about the rant but I've had enough of this crapola.
Nice to see.
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Halak Compilation: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8uJ5XrE_8s
Bettman on the Habs chances of winning the cup this year
That made me crack up. LOLZ!!!! I was so expecting an article.
And the same chance next year, and the following, and the following....
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”Playing goal is like being shot at.”
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Well, at least we know in future shootouts, Subban will be our Markovian wild card. PK! PK! PK! His smile can cheer up any grumpy fan!
Just watched the AHL all star game. It ended 9 - 9 . During shoot out, Subban scored the winning goal. What a trick! Very nice! Even better than the one during the skill competition.
God you call yourselves habs fans? Cut this garbage out and cheer! Tank? We aren't the make-me-laffs ok? I don't care if they make it or not, get in there and win every game you can.
Let's focus on OUR points not the other teams points. It's not close enough to start claiming the sky is falling.
I agreethis tanking talk is bs. The habs will play hard and as seems to be the usual it will be make or break on the last regular season game. we will be in.then its a crap shoot.
I get frustrated like others but until the habs are mathematically eliminated from the playoffs i believe. The tank philosophy doesn't work too well. Look at the blackhawks, roughly 12 years of ineptitude before they crwaled out of the hole they were in. Others somewhat quicker and some still to turn the corner (LA mark my words).
December 4, 2009 - Elmer Lach's jersey took its rightful place with the Rocket's in the rafters.
Why is it BS? Honestly ask yourself this - Are we better as a team now than we were 12 years ago? Do you honestly think that, without good draft prospects, that we will be better off 12 years from now? think the answer to both is NO.
We need to get some good players on this team to build around. Not overpaid (by 4 to 5 million or so) 12 goal scorers like Gomez...but good solid young players. We have exactly zero of them currently with the team. So why not trade our limited talent for draft choices, play our youngsters, and let the chips fall where they may? What do we have to lose? We certainly are NOT a threat to win the cup now, and that needs to be our goal. If you are content to barely scrape into the playoffs (or not) and maybe win a rounf or two (or not), then why bother?
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Excellent post, I agree 100%.
tanking doesn't mean losing on purpose. those leafs jokes are tired. they're not trying to lose on purpose either.
tanking is a managerial mindframe: sellers at the deadline, rotate goalies regardless of wins etc.
players can't be well developed if they're taught to lose.
tanking doesn't mean losing on purpose. it means thinking about winning long term.
until the canadiens do it they'll be mired in eight place finishes and only whiffs of what the conference finals even mean.
That commercial with Crosby and Talbot makes me laugh. Mostly because of all the habs logos you see pasted on the walls of Crosby's basement.
Imagine a day coming where Sid is a hab.......god....
I think there's a pretty good chance of that if the Penguins don't move Malkin this coming summer. I think this season has made the Pens management realize that they can't keep the same level of competitiveness as last year with 3 top tier centers and no good wingers. Eventually they're going to have to choose Crosby or Malkin, and Crosby goes to free agency first. If Gretzky could be traded... If it's ever possible we should do everything possible to land either Malkin or Crosby. Give up anything.
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Andrew as much as I would love Crosby on the Habs, I WOULD MUCH RATHER HAVE THE GOOD STUFF YER SMOKING RIGHT NOW,lol.Crosby still lives with the owner Lemieux for crying out loud and his arch enemy Laps is still a Habs...If anything Sid dreams of crushing the Habs every time he plays them to remind them how screwed they are without him AND LOVES IT ! And what in the hell do the Pens need thst we got,I mean I can see the trade :Markov,Gomez, Gionta,Subain,Price and A+S Kost , first rounders and the 2nd rounders for life AND ALL THE PROFITS FROM THE SALE OF EVERY MOLSONS DRY can and bottle for Sid the C.H. Kid.......Maybe another 10 years from now things will be different ......
Arch enemy Laps? Laps is so absolutely insignificant I am sure Crosby doesn't even know who that is. As far as having Crosby on the Habs I firmly believe in Habs' ability to ruin even him.
I agree that it's unlikely Stephen, maybe even crazy to mention it, but I don't see it as impossible. I'm also talking 5 years down the road remember. I for one would throw Lapierre off Mount Royal to get Crosby to sign here.
PS: I have asthma, never smoked anything.
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Andrew: I would throw Lapierre off Mount Royal for a tenth-round draft pick and a sack of Montreal smoked meat.
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Dude, it will never happen. Malkin will be traded before Crosby goes ANYWHERE. That kid is a lock.
Gretzky was traded, anything is possible. Besides the Pens have a better record without Crosby than without Malkin, so you know for sure, I'll hold out a fools hope.
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Can I get a line on what your smoking? That's the biggest reach I've heard from you yet and your posts are Mr. Fantastic stretchy.
Have you not noticed how much Pittsburgh has struggled to compete against top tier teams this year? Outside of Malkin, Crosby and Staal is there any forward on that team worth 10 cents? For the first time in his career Crosby is having trouble racking up assists, and the Penguins have the worst powerplay in the league despite all their talent. Changes are coming. They can't afford to resign both Malkin and Crosby again when their contracts are up, both are looking at raises to Ovechkin level money or more. Meanwhile Gonchar and Letang are up for contracts this summer, and Guerin (their best winger) is likely to retire. They can't keep getting reclaimation projects like Sykora, Satan and Fedotenko and expect to continue competing with teams like the Devils.
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OK. So hypothetically they trade him. What do we have that they want? Price? Hahahahahahaha! Not! Subban? Do they want our #15 pick? They wont let go of Crosby and we're not getting Malkin.
Don't count out the Pens either. Fleury is hurt and they still beat the Islanders tonight.
As a caveat, the Ducks are playing great without Koivu and the Sens smacked Chicago tonight.
Hello crappy draft pick, goodbye playoffs....
I'm sure that we could offer a package of interest, and remember that I'm talking 3 years down the road. Or maybe even going after Crosby as a free agent.
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Line combos anyone?
You know what. I don't like that idea. I think we should wait until he's really over the hill.
Dude! Crosby. Pen for life.
Probably, but he signed a 5 year deal, not a 15 year deal. There's no guarantee that Crosby won't be traded, or that he won't sign elsewhere. It all depends.
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I kind of have to agree with you. Something that we have going for us is that the Habs mean something to Crosby. I think given the chance he would consider signing here. We would have to have a much better team because he isn't going to sign where he can't win. But there is something very appealing to elite hockey players about playing in Canada where fans live and breath hockey. That is wy Cammaleri chose the Habs. The total rush of playing in a city that loves it's team. Also Crosby has already won a cup so he doesn't have that insane drive to win his first. Even Ovechkin would consider moving to a canadian team if any of them had a shot at the cup.
But i'll probably just get laughed at for my crazy thoughts.....lol
they won a cup with only 2 top six wingers last year. and chris kunitz only scored one goal during the entire playoffs. just saying.
with pittsburgh, depth down the middle gets the job done. they have undisputedly the best depth at centre in the entire nhl. and when you can still win a cup with a 40 year old bill guerin as your best winger you're pretty set.
i know gretzky was traded. but this post lockout, salary cap nhl. you don't trade the best centres in the league. nor do you let them walk via free agency. you just don't.
man would i kill to even get a picture of one of them wearing a canadiens jersey...
Thornton was traded after the lockout in the first year, when it was most difficult to move salary.
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R.I.P.
2009-2010 playoff hopes for the Habs.
Amazing what damage just two straight losses can do.
Well well, if it isn't Stan Darche! You think you can right this ship, Darche?
LOL!
Ooooooooooooooooh!!
So guys in all seriousness, should we just tail off and go for a high pick? i know its not our style, but the stats prove that (see: southern teams) teams with high (1-4) picks end up doing far better in the immediate future. Imagine a guy like tyler Seguin centering the 2nd line next year, who has the talent and speed to burn and will develop into a cant miss quality nhl player. I hate missing the playoffs, but if we're gonna miss, we may as well finish near the bottom and get a good pick, i hate tanking and all but yeesh being a bubble team most years gets kinda annoying. I welcome commenting, just please nobody call me an idiot for once :P
Go habs go!
I am OK with this for the sole reason that with J. Martin now coaching us, I see us being the Florida Panthers North, finishing 9th in the conference, missing the playoffs and not getting a good draft pick.
Go back to Toranna; they like guys you over there.
...tanking, he says...
Diligently and assiduously your
L.B. Potter, esq. Vice-President and Co-Editor in Chief of Flannelcom's Investigative Department at Habsbros Reporting Services: http://habsbros.blogspot.com/
The ad hominem argument. You truly have nothing of substance to say lately and you're not very funny half the time either. Isn't there a Senators game you should be watching?
I am saying this because you are like the rest of people who chant the "Habs don't tank" and "we're the Montreal friggin' Canadiens, the winningest, most bestest, classiest, awesomest non-Maple Leaf team in the NHL" and "if we just squeek into 8th place anything can happen" mantras. Well guess what? Malkin, Kovalchuck and Ovechkin are each better than Kovalev ever was, and they're each 15 years younger than the Mr. Enigma-has-been-once-upon-a-time-Hab is.
I don't think I've ever heard you once try and enter a debate with a point counter point or a premise or an argument.
Read JT's blog. It takes as serious a look at the idea as any esteemed writer has attempted. Unlike yours which is neither serious nor funny.
Yes. Tanking!!!
How many more years of middle of the pack are you willing to endure?
You should fuming at VGL for not doing his job. How's our boy Pouliot doing?
May have been ad hominem but at least, it was relevant to the subject, i.e. leafers tank and behold! Gaze on their triumph, Double-H. Reckoned buddy would fit right in.
But Kovy? What the heck does that have to with us tanking or not? Off-subject. Combatting ad hominems with irrelevancies is not a winnig proposition, dontcha think?
Losers tank, Double-H. Plain and simple.
The Pens? You mean the lottery-winning, decade-long basement dwelling Pens? Oh, bravo. But no thank you. That ain't the kind of "building" we're interested in here, you know, that kind that almost sees a team be MOVED for lack of sponsorship or fan interest, not to mention BASIC managerial competence. Getting Crosby out've a HAT may seem like brilliant acumen to you, but a lot of us know better.
Ah, Kovalchuk, yes. Champion Atlanter, right? If only we could be like them, eh?
Chick-Cago. 15 years dead in the water. Washycity, almost as long. Bravo.
Ah yes, tanking. Another way of admitting total defeat, ultimate surrender, complete and utter failure, and an inability to build traditionally from within like Detroit City. Bull. Spit. On. That.
86 and 93, we WERE middle-of-the-pack, Double-H.
Tanking is for losers, no matter what lullabye you soothe yourself to sleep with to offset the knowledge that you are an incompetent FAILURE at building a club through the draft and player development and well-timed trades.
Let us pray the ghosts of Forums past aren't hearing this tripe. So pack that lack of substance in your leafer-mobile and head on down to join your tanking friends down the 401. I'm sure they'll like you down there too. You can exchange success stories. (snort!)
Diligently and assiduously your
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'93 Habs were 6th over-all in a 24 team league with 102 points. How is that middle of the pack? '89 Habs were 2nd over-all and lost in the final to 1st over-all Calgary. '86 happens once every 1000 years.
Middle-of-the-pack!!!! Let us pray the ghosts of Forums past aren't hearing that tripe. MIddle-of-the-pack!!!! That's loser talk!!!
If you concur with 86, then you must retract.
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In 976 years I will. Once every 1000 years my friend. We've used up that chance already.
I could name many other middle of the packers who got their hands on the Cup, well wtihin 100 years, nevermind a thousand. You know this too.
So if you see it, may I suggest to you that we go that way instead of the surrendering loser way, which actually, hasn't proved to be more successful at all.
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Bugsy......I am not disagreeing with you here as I do not support "tanking" which is a cowardly practice best left to losers like the Laffs. However, I am tired of this middle of the pack scene which has haunted us for the past what, 15+ years now. I want an exciting, tough to play against Habs team that every year has a shot at it. As you point out, we were just average when we won the cup in 86 and 93...we squeeked into the play-offs and it all came together, had some magic, got more then a few lucky bounces and came out with a cup. But I don't really want to accept middle of the road, average Habs in the hope of winning a cup every 15 years just due to simple mathematical probability. I want an exciting team that has a serious chance year in and year out.
The above poster wants that too hence the reason he is suggesting "tanking" in the hope of building an exciting team through high draft picks and then building around those picks like the Pens did. I don't support tanking to build that exciting team but dammit all, there must be a better way to get that team then the course we are going so far!!
I sure as hell dunno what that magical course is but I am not convinced anymore that BG has been sailing it...
You want a team like Detroit. That's fine. We all do.
It's your belief that Mr.Bob Gainey can't recreate the Winger success. That's fine. Many agree with you.
But tanking is certainly not the only viable alternative.
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On the plus side, the Habs are now in 12th place.
Pathatic. I can't believe we are still one of those teams that battles teams like Atlanta, Florida, Tampa Bay, the Islanders and the Rangers for a playoff spot. I thought those days were going to be over for a while after the season the team had 2 years ago. Depressing.
Here's a bit of cheer from Hickey and the gazette:
There is no sense this team can play better and no sign of changes in the near future. The Habs are tight against the cap, there are few prospects in Hamilton and the most attractive player, in terms of trade bait, is goalie Jaroslav Halak, who might be the Canadiens' best hope for a turnaround.
The AHL All Star game on TSN? Can there be any worse way to sell hockey?
Three mice and a candle could be more competitive.
They are playing no-hit hockey, just like the HABS.
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
What is PK doing in hamilton? I mean, for serious. get georges or o'byrne out of here, I don't get it. and this organization has a bright future in net, I don't care who it is. (although, of course, I would prefer carey lol)
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Ridiculous.
...gorges and O'B outta here...you hear this guy?
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Development, AHL defence is not NHL defence and I'd rather him complete a full season in the AHL where he can build himself up, get confidence, maybe even make a Calder Cup run with the team and get valuable experience, than come up and raise the odds from 1000-1 to 995-1 we get a Stanley Cup. Pacioretty should be down there with him right now as well.
And I'll make sure O'Byrne issues a public apology to the fans that an extremely ill member of his family has been troubling him this season and it makes it a little harder for him to play hockey.
- I shall always remember Captain Koivu. http://habsandhockey.blogspot.com/
Developing? He's a top AHL defenseman. Let him get the Calder (maybe) and then bring him up next year. If by some miracle we make the playoffs and need that extra push? THEN maybe go for an early bringup.
Subban scores the shootout winner and Desjandins stops 4 of 5 shootout shots to win the AHL all star game:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfc7zpil7ho
For those who didn't see PK's shootout challenge goal from yesterday's skills competition:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6h1ESZ8h7A
Desjardins won Top goalie yesterday's skills competition, here's some of his fine work:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fG53UJEYop0
Subbie's shootout goal tonight was one of the nicest I've ever seen. Just beautiful. Watching his 2 goals, it seems a goalie has to poke check him to have a chance.
I see Cam Ward in Desjardins .... Seeing that we have a young capable goalie like him in the farm, im not so worried about trading away Price or Halak. I really think this guy will be our #1 in a couple of years.
Hmm, that music sounds familiar...hehe.
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God that PK.......he's already my fav bulldog I can't wait till he's called up.
Great videos! And we couldn't really ask for a better result from an all star game. Both our representatives being the biggest factors in the win!
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Andy Sutton is such a POS.
what up with him
He just drilled Pascal Dupuis from behind into the boards. For sure a concussion. I say he's a POS because this definitely isn't a first for that big jackass.
Frankly.... next time Dupuis will think twice before leaning forward like he did. ANY contact would have caused him to go face forward into the boards and he counted on it and players do this all the time! When they actually get hit everyone is up in arms and cries wolf. If he stood straight, he would have taken that hit without being face planted into the board.
It was worse than it should have been because Dupuis turned at the last second, I agree though it was still a boarding call and they are usually always dangerous, but have to point that was a dumb move by Dupuis.
Meh, Sutton saw he was turned and had plenty of time to stop from pushing him with all his 260lbs into the boards. He's slow enough to stop himself from laying such a stupid hit. Any player would have been able to contain themselves...Except the cheap bastards like Sutton.
well that sucks... hope dupuis is ok
Always stay classy in defeat...
- I shall always remember Captain Koivu. http://habsandhockey.blogspot.com/
Yep. Humble in victory, gracious in defeat.
Unless you just beat/lost to the Maple Leafs.
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I'll accept that exception.
Leafs lose to Atlanta. This hurts us two ways - Atlanta move ahead of us for the playoffs, Toronto for the Taylor Hall sweepstakes.
On the other hand, the only thing we have left is the Leafs.
The Leafs traded their # 1 draft to Boston, so it still hurts in 2 ways, TO isn't one of them.
You mean Boston for the Hall lottery, they've got Toronto's picks and likely compromising pictures of Burke the way that trade has now worked out for them.
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I know. I just meant that Toronto moved further below us in the standings, along with the pick.
The only positive is that Boston will probably mess things up with Taylor Hall as they did with Thornton and Kessel. Dumbest team ever.