Laraque, D'Agostini to sit

Can the Habs lose enough games to be last in the league....  Then maybe  we can get the 1st pick. 

We should dress Price on the 4th line  to fight for us  cause I'm sure he is more willing to drop the gloves  then BGL.

We need to revamp our defence  cause they  just plain suck. Gill, Mara  and Spacek are just plain terrible. Georges and O'Byrne  not to great either.

We need Andrei  back!!!!

Well we can see what kind of night Price is going to have:

Huge rebounds

Vintage puck handling

How much longer?

"The three stars as selected by Red Fisher of the Montreal Star: 1st star: Henri Richard 2nd Star: Doug Harvey 3rd Star: Jacques Plante Final score Detroit Red Wings 5 Montreal Canadiens 3"

There are some good posts on here to nite.................A nice change from who is the best goalie & who should be traded....very trying & boring...........GO HABS GO!!!!!!

This team is going down the crapper. O'Byrne on 4th fw line? LoL. I want Carbo back, I miss our team being aggressive. We already got rid of the big egos in the room, I actually miss Carbo's system... At this point i'd rather have Komi on the team instead of Spacek or Gill

Okay, so why is everyone obsessed with Ryan O'Byrne? Cry me a river! He should be sat for the year, traded, then tarred and feathered. He's brutal. 

That's all for now.

GHG!

Tim Ryan, B.A., B.Ed

While re-living my childhood, I just discovered where Gary Bettman got the idea to include shootouts after the 5 minute overtime period.....

Blades of Steel !! for the Nintendo Entertainment System.

"These head movies make my eyes rain" -Simple Jack

A question for Mr Boone and the other Gazette journalists.

Given that the Canadiens make way more money than most NHL franchises, and that they can't spend that money above the salary cap, I would hope that they have a huge scouting contingent. Is this in fact the case?

Because if you can afford $1.5M for BGL, I would hope you are blanketing the country with talent scouts, since better information can only yield better draft picks.

Also, given the lack of interest in Quebec players by NHL hockey, you have to think there is an opportunity to spot talent in your own backyard that many other teams might not take. How is the Habs' intelligence network in Quebec?

Thanks.

I really don't understand all the animosity with the decision to put O'Bryne with our forward lines.  Think, JM might be on the verge of changing hockey as we know it. Imagine the possibilities,  Chara playing with Savard, White playing with Kessel, Green up front with Semin or how about Crosby with Gonchar, I tell ya, the possibilities are endless.

just a thought on Cormier and the others and I am not defending their actions. One has to wonder was there anything done to Cormier or another player that the refs just didn't call. We all seen the *** that Avery pulls and truefully I wouldn't care if someone elbowed him in the head and ended his career. Darcy Tucker is another one I have to laugh at Ron and Don we love the Leafs comments on Burrows but yet Tucker is one hell of a hockey player. I agree with suspending big time for these hits but I also believe a investigation on the refs in the same game to make sure they were not letting things go that lead to this. If they find this the refs should be gone too. We all seen how a ref can make your blood boil with no calls and its time to blame all parties for actions on the ice refs included.

It all falls on Gainey's shoulders and rightfully so.

They just interviewed The Breezer on the radio and man did he sound pissed off. He said, "I am better than half of their forwards and d men and not one of them on that squad can match my glorious outlet pass. Gainey swore to me that they would not suck so bad this year as to require my services and just look at them. Now, it would take a least a week for me to get back into game shape if asked.

The reporters then caught up with Mathieu Dandenault piss drunk at a bar not far from the Bell Center. When asked what he thought of the current squad, he broke down in tears saying how disgraced he felt not to have made this team. They bought him a few rounds, but couldn't buoy his spirits.

Sutton gets only 2 games.

The NHL is a joke.

If we need a real goon on the 4th line, why not recall Neilson from Hamilton and send back down Laraque?

God I hope the plan is not to put O'Bryne up front to fight. He a d-man and he has a chance to be a good one. JM going to leave Mara and Gill together and ruin O'Bryne and this is why I think it time to say good bye to JM.

So I want to get this right spme people say we don't have NHL players to replace injured players . So please tell me what team has NHL players down on the farm to replace top 6 forwards.  Christ can anyone on here name the top six on Jersey or any of their d-men. How about the Rockies , all team have injuries and the kids have to step up. I don't think the talent base is all that bad for Montreal but I do believe there has been coaching problems. Will be interesting to see how Darche plays tonight after spending the year with Boucher. If he plays well then send Dags and Patts back down and let him work with those two guys. The farm is suppose to develop future players not have guys that can step in and replace a top six player. If a guy on the farm can do that he wouldn't be there.

Another thought. If O'Byrne will challenge the cruiserweight arseholes, isn't he an upgrade on Laraque in that spot?

 "If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail." (anon)

Alright, Mise-O-Jeu prediction time for tonight.....

Habitants 4 -  Blue Balls 2

Goalscorers: Markov, Paccioretty, Cammy, and Pou-Pou...  *wildcard pick- O'Byrne

                  Karyia, and Perron (every single French player scores in MTL)....*wildcard pick- Cam Janssen

Bold Prediction: Carey Price will make a crazy save on Brad Boyes. Pierre McGuire will ask JM if he can interview his family and then talk about them on TSN.

what ya'll think?

"These head movies make my eyes rain" -Simple Jack

My hopefully wrong prediction, Habs will come out like men on fire, totally outplay the blues but not score, then they will give up the first goal on some odd man rush, or softie. I hope I'm wrong. Is it true that in 50 game this year, habs have scored first goal 10 x

The fourth line will see 6-7 minutes, probably less. Metro will also kill penalties and see some PP.

O'Byrne will see some shifts on D.   Bergeron will  play D on the PP.

There is no mystery here. We are essentially a three line team in this, "our darkest hour."

Help us Obiwan!

"If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail." (anon)

The problem we don't have depth in the forward position is Bob's fault and not Martin's. Once we have injury, we don't have NHL forwards to step in. Martin is trying to use the best players available to him. Since D'Agostini and BGL can't do the job, he'll dress O'Byrne. Martin plays BGL on an average of 4 minutes. The risk of playing O'Byrne for 4 mins. is quite low.

look for D'ags to be moved soon...

All the so called experts are moaning about Darche etc. How many of you have even taken the time to follow the Dogs this year?

“Talent is a gift from God, but you only succeed with hard work. Yvan was proof of that.” Jean Beliveau

May someone please give me the lines for tonight...I'm having trouble believing O'Byrne is being used as a forward.

the sad fact with the habs is that they are not poised to be any better next year...the players between 21-24 in the organization have limited talent..most of our young talent is on d and in goal...i think i read somewhere couple months ago that in young talent we are ranked pretty low vs other nhl teams...we have a collection of young forwards that have no ability to put the puck in the net...many fans were unhappy with latts production(even if he had no off ice issues) yet at 22 he has 61 nhl goals(not great but okay)..maxpac seems like a nice guy but he has never ever been an offensive talent(60 goals combined in 6 years of organized hockey) but we keep saying he can be developed into a 30 goal scorer,,watching him play i can say he has no natural goal scoring abilities... 

he had 9mins againts the rags and zero shots.......not really scary

   Screw all the nay sayers ,the price bashers, the JM bashers, the Gainey bashers, the D'agHoudini bashers, the ''why is OB playing forward tonight bashers,the Darche call up bashers,the ''we should tank '' bashers.....Screw u all!Screw u all for bashing the habs.Lets support our team.No matter what.I'm sick of the negativity i read on this site.Some may be warranted but its ridiculous.Why not speak and think posiively about the team????We will win tonight.We will make the playoffs.And when we do make the playoffs,anything can happen.Absolutely anything.When u look at our team its more or less built ,in my opinion for the playoffs.So from now on lets be positive, people!!!

---btw,the halak/price talk is a dead issue as far as i'm concerned.As a team our save percentage is 6th in the entire NHL.6th!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Thats f'in good if u ask me.So,stop talking about our goalies....we are solid in that position.

If they'd only give D'Ags ice time, he could have scored twenty by now!

The Campbell Wheel of Justice http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=514346 strikes again!

- I shall always remember Captain Koivu. http://habsandhockey.blogspot.com/

O'Byrne will be playing on the 4th line.. because that makes sense! >:(

I think Martin doesn't know what to.  He now has two defence playing forward.  Only in Montreal.  Oh well I guess it's well worth a try.  I just feel for the fowards with the dogs waiting for there chance to play with the Habs.

If the Habs' collective failure goes exponential; after 4-2 and 6-2 losses, I expect an 8-2 drubbing tonight.

Playing MAB and O'B as forwards shows that JM has no system or clue as to what to do. After 1000 NHL games, the coach has gone Carbo! And we all wanted "someone with experience." Guess what? Tonight's going to be an "experience."

"Hey D'Ags, come here. Listen, you've been kind of sucking the hind teat lately, so I've decided that playing not one, but TWO defensemen as forwards is preferrable to what you have to offer us. At leat this way we'll have a forward that can play a little defense." 

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

Earlier today, I mentioned that management knows better that us what to do. I mentioned that they must have spoken to the "future coach" about who to call up. Then I found this little gem. Go figure!

Les joueurs rappelés ne sont pas nécessairement les choix de première ou de deuxième ronde. Ce sont ceux qui le méritent. »

Selon Mathieu Darche, il n'y a pas que le classement des pointeurs qui importe, lors d'un rappel : « Lorsque Jacques Martin appelle Guy (Boucher), il ne fait pas juste s'informer sur ceux qui produisent. Il s'informe également sur le jeu défensif. C'est le plus important, car tu ne peux pas commencer à être un risque lorsque tu es sur la patinoire. J'essaie de me concentrer là-dessus. Je comprend ce que vivent les autres joueurs; même moi, au début de l'année, je voyais que c'était ceux qui jouaient bien qui étaient rappelés. Ça donne espoir à tout le monde, car si tu joues bien, tu peux être récompensé. »

Some people seem to be a bit upset or curious as to why Darche was called up, instead of a younger player. I am actually a little anxious to see what he does. He has to know that this is most likely his last shot. He is a hometown boy and you know he is going to give it everything he's got. He has nothing to lose at this point in his career. What more can you ask of a player?

"How would you like a job where when you made a mistake, a big red light goes on and 18,000 people boo?" Jacques Plante

Wonder how Brind'Amour is feeling today?

http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=306922

You guys see this?

http://www.nhl.com/ice/playerstats.htm?fetchKey=20102ALLDADAll&sort=give...

We're all gonna die!!

Go Habs Go!! "I can't hear what Jeremy (Roenick) is saying because my Stanley Cup rings are in my ears" - Patrick Roy

I don't understand this call up.  Darche is 33 yrs. old which means he is a man playing with a bunch of boys in the A.  And he only has 16 goals.  Alexandre Giroux is only 28 and put up 60 g's in the A last year and doesn't get a whole lot of credit at the pro level for it because he's much older than most guys out there.   I know it's a factor that he's in the Caps system and they're not in dyer need of scoring but still.  Shouldn't we be giving guys that are supposed here for the future a chance to see what it's like at this level that way when they go back down they know what to work on to make back and stay here?  And he's not even a fighter.  I expected to see him with 3 times as many PIM's than Pts and he only has 4!  Guess we'll have to wait and see what he's got.