Audio: Gui, O'Byrne, Ryder out; lucky tie in

I'd say that there is pretty much no discussion left in this thread now after Carbonneau's demonstration last night. Yeeehawww!! ______________________________________________________________________ Have always been a Habs fan...will always be a Habs fan. I was born on the bandwagon and will die on the bandwagon...there is no on and off.

I ate MY WORDS! So they are gone. But I still wish Latendresse, Ryder and O'Byrne play over Brisbois, Dandenault, and an injured Streit -Vincent Is Possible (in 2015) _______________________ "WE WANT VINCE!"

Okay, I'm going to lighten this up a bit. In regards to the audio clips here I've made some observations: 1.) Andrei Markov doesn't sound like he likes anyone with a microphone. He seems bashful, but he didn't give much answers. Good poker face, Andy! 2.) Tom Kostopoulos - great interview guy. I like his insight and he seems smart. 3.) Andrei Kostitsyn - ............LOLOLOLOLOL!!!! This guy seemed to take the questions personally. Freakin' funny response to the one reporter, "I want to win game!!" LMAO!!! 4.) Mathieu Dandenault - Another great interview personality. You can really tell he's done this a few times. He seems like he could keep a room loose. 5.) Josh Gorges - Seemed to take lessons from every other cliche interview in history. But, it's the safe road, so I give him credit. These are OUR Habs! GO GUYS!!! HUSTLE UP AND NEVER STOP!!! Ultimate Die-Hard Since 1986. T.

I had a feeling about this...but seriously, Streit better be skating like the wind tonight. OB too...that I really don't understand.

why cant gainey coach. he led the northstars to the finals in the early 90s and he has the perfect balance of fear and respect by players. carbo has neither.

Oh Carbo, you're killing me here! Please reconsider - take out Dandy, Streit, and Brisebois, insert Ryder, OB, and Lats/Stewart. Higgy-Koivu-SK74 AK46-Pleks-Kovy Begin-Smoke-Kosto Lats/Stewart-Max-Ryder Markov-Komo Hammer-OB Cube-Gorges

This lineup makes me even more nervous than I would normally be. WHY, oh WHY aren't Ryder, O'Byrne and Lats in? Ok, so maybe Ryder will be gone next year and Carbs thinks he won't give his 110%. But what about the other two? If I recall correctly, Brisebois and Dandenault were NOT in the lineup when we were having success in the regular season. ARGH! What is the coach thinking? That by stubbornly going with the same tactics and lineup that aren't working we'll win? Does he think that by trusting those guys they'll bring him more energy than Lats/OB and Ryder would? I swear I NEVER criticize the coaching, because I know nothing about it, but I sooooo don't get this! To me, Carbs just looks like a stubborn child.

I dont mind Dandenault but god gorges is awful and weak out there.

WHY IS STREIT AND DANDY IN???????

Why all of a sudden, is Carbo inserting these the vets to prevent let downs by rookies. I thought the idea of bringing players like Price and Obryne along early was to groom them for the future. Questional coaching.

HabsProf makes a good point. This is not the lineup that took us to first place. Brisebois was never supposed to be more than a fill in d-man due to injuries and such. Dandy played himself off of the D and into a depth forward to spell out the rookies and other role players. Now these two are pivotal, experienced, playoff perfomers? They werent good enough for the regular season but all of a sudden they are important ingredients. Hamrlik is wearing himself out covering for Breezer's defensive lapses. At least OB can participate in the physical play while Breeze avoids it.

I too have scratched my head over some of the scratches for the habs. I find some of the decisions so incredibly stupid that I question myself and say to myself 'If Carbo does something that defies logic, it must be I that must not see the method to the madness'.

In my opinion if the power play was clicking like it did ALL SEASON this series would be over already and our boys would be waiting for the outcome of the Philly-Washington series. Have to give the Bruins credit for their penalty killing of course......but if the Habs PP was clicking like we know it can...it would be over. The fact that they still havent figured out a way to beat Boston's PK to me is a mystery. Is it coaching? Is it execution? Or both? I dont know...... but i do know that if they dont get it together....a great year will end in a big disappointment.

Ed made a good point earlier on pg 2 stating that Ryder was not on the ice the first 4 games for any goals against his team. Now that is a stat that tells me that Carbonneau has a problem with Newfoundlanders and I resent that. Theres no other explantion other than the fact he has a personal vendetta against him. I hope he does go with Boston next year and gets 40 goals. It would look good on the coach for trying to break him. Im a lifetime habs fan and cant wait for Carbonneau to move on. Bring in Jacques Lemaire or Larry Robinson please in the next couple of seasons.

I hope the players find some kind of motivation. They're in need of SOMETHING to wake them up. I've never lost as much faith in this club as I did after game 5. To lose like that at home with a chance to close out the series isn't something that happens to les Glorieux. Maybe it was the circus of an atmosphere outside the Bell Centre that night, but I really felt like I was watching the Leafs stink up the ACC. As I explained to another fan while I was booing our team off the ice, "I came to cheer for a championship team, and that's not a champion team, that's an F-ing joke!" Game 6 was no better. We've all seen this team play better, and we know the CAN play better. We've also seen this team stink for 2 periods and come back and win a 5-0 game. They're going to need that same kind of miracle turnaround if they're going to go anywhere in this playoffs. Without it, the outcome of this game doesn't matter, we're not going to win the Stanley Cup.

Now I think the coaching is actually losing it for us this year in the playoffs. Why are O'Byrne and Ryder sitting out ,it does'nt make sense that their two great body checkers. Instead we have Streit and Brisebois who are soft against the Bruins. Dandenault is also not performing while a 30 goal scorer is in the press box for the 11th time this year.Thats 11 games that he may have gotten 10- 12 goals. The Bruins are playing a rugged defensive in your face style and we need Ryder and O'Byrne in there to mix it up. Our speed is being contained in this series and we need to fight our way to the net. Carbonneau has done some great things this year but he has also made mistakes when it counts in the playoffs. One game he moved Kovalev onto all four lines in one period? Why not have Ryder , Koivu and Higgins back together like they have been for the previous few seasons?

Why are there people who are so adamant in trying to place blame on a member or members of the Canadiens hockey TEAM. Unless Carbonneau himself, or one of the players purposely goes and puts the puck in their own net resulting in the game winning goal, or Carey Price purposely moves out of the way of a Bruins' shot to let in the game winning goal, then nothing can be blamed on an individual. Hockey is a TEAM sport, at least it was the last time I played it. If (and that is a huge IF) the Habs lose tonight, the result of the series rests on everyones shoulders who played in the series for les Canadiens or who stood behind the bench...the WHOLE TEAM. I can also expect the inverse from this. There is no one on the TEAM who will accept the credit when they win tonight. We have heard this in interviews all season. Any individual who has had the glorious spotlight shone on them has been very quick to credit the team effort. ______________________________________________________________________ Have always been a Habs fan...will always be a Habs fan. I was born on the bandwagon and will die on the bandwagon...there is no on and off.

Carbo thinks Ryder will not try to score against his future team and Claude Julien.... he's making friends during whistles and trying to find a roomie for October. Guy also thinks his tie is lucky so there may be some truth to this. It all makes sense now??

What are the chances? I call Star Choice to add RDS after just cancelling a couple weeks ago (I'm beyond sick of hearing Cole's Bruins-horny voice) and the guy asks me if I'm ordering RDS to see the Habs lose. :( Turns out he's in Montreal and is a Bruins fan. I really hope this is not a bad omen.

Come on... ryder should be playing... big mistake

Damien S. Cox spouting his usual idiocy. http://www.thestar.com/Sports/Hockey/article/416553

It's down to the wire, folks. In our previous poll on April 6th, not a single person thought the Habs would need more than 6 games to dispose of the Bruins. Here we are, some 2 weeks later, fighting for our playoff lives in Game 7. Who woulda thunk it? So here we go: Will the Habs beat the Bruins in Game 7 tonight? After a shiny start, the pessimists among us are narrowing the gap: 64% Yes, 36% No. :) vote here: http://hiopolls.blogspot.com GO HABS GO

Why is Lapierre still playing? He's done nothing to help the team, AT ALL. He given away more pucks than I can count and creates no opportunities to score, and runs away from every chance he gets to knock out a player. He should receive the press-box treatment so he can join his buddy Lats in the press box. Ryder needs to get in, he actually tries, hits people and creates scoring chances (and penalties). O'Byrne should be in and Bouillon should be removed for that horrific play on the Bruins first goal on Saturday, he screwed up royally. Carbs is stupid, if his tie is so special then why didn't he wear it for every darn game? He may be a jack-adams candidate but, for the playoffs, he's made some of the worst decisions ever.

I HAVE THE INCRIMINATING EVIDENCE AGAINST CARB!!!! this only took a minute to find but it clearly proves that we are not icing our best lineup. Carb is icing some dream figment of his imagination! they say the proof is in the pudding.... In February we went 7 wins of 9 games, amazing run, here are the most notable: Feb 16th flyers - Scratch Brisbrois/Ryder Feb 17th flyers - Scratch Brisbrois/Kostop/Smoke Feb 19th Rangers - Scratch Brisbrois/Kostop/Smoke In March we went 8 wins in 10 games...Incredible run, and it included pivotal games against the Bruins: March 20th vs BOSTON - Scratch Brisbrois, Dandy, Smoke March 22nd vs Boston - Scratch Brisbrois, Dandy March 24th vs Senators - Scratch Brisbrois, Dandy March 28th Sabres - Scratch Brisbrois, Dandy those teams were fighting for their playoff lives, as intense games as they get. so WHY ARE WE NOT ICING THAT LINEUP!!!!! Why did we start the playoffs with a TOTALLY NEW LINEUP? and lastly why are tough kids like OBryne, Ryder and LATs eating hotdogs tonight instead of grinding it out against the physical Bruins. Mr. Stubbs, these Questions must be answered, they must be put to the coaching staff. now, with that said, I can relax and cheer on the team tonight, we can still win, no doubt...but man Carb has turned it into an energy grind on our finesse forwards, didn't you hear them on the audio?, they sound ready to collapse from exhaustion, where is the energy for Round 2?

I've got to agree with everyone here favoring Ryder over Streit. Lets not forget that Streit's main advantage is his role as a PP specialist. Since our PP has all but VANISHED we may as well put Ryder in to try to change things up. Fill Streit's spot on the PP point with Frankie Boo, give Ryds some PP time with Saku and Higgs. Remember who showed up to play the last game of the regular season last year? That's right! Micheal Ryder with the hat trick in a losing cause! The guy shows up in big games, he should be in the lineup. Even if just for the fact that it could be his last opportunity to wear the bleu-blanc-rouge. In Carbo's defence though, Ryder was pretty awful in game 5...

To relax the pressure of tonights game: http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/photogalleries/largetemplate.html?...

I'm all out of predictions. I called the Habs in 5 and here we are at game 7. Carbo, Muller and Jarvis get paid to make the calls behind the bench to dress the team who they think will win the game/series. Ultimately, it's up to the boys with the blades on to make the magic and win. The B's are playing beyond their level but it's always been like that when these two come together. It's up to us to ante up and raise our game. Be fearless in the corners and along the boards. Fire everything at Thomas and get in his way, he's not that good, we're just making him look it. Stop letting their forwards skate into our zone unmolested. Stop letting them get the puck first on the dump ins. We're faster but not when we're standing still. Play like the team we all know and love. "To you from failing hands we throw The torch; be yours to hold it high." GO HABS GO!!!!

Considering the last time this team had a win or go home game Michael Ryder was the only one on the team to show up, I am very disappointed he won't be in our lineup tonight. You put in the best guys when its all on the line. Slump or no slump, you dont play dandenault or mark streit over ryder. Many times number 73 is the only one moving his feet and I think this is a terrible move. Edit: If we lose this game, AK27 has played his last for the CH. Mark my words.

Our Rocket, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy 9. Thy Kingdom come, thy will be done, At the Bell as it was in The Forum Give us this day our needed W. And forgive us our losses, as we thank those who lost against us. And lead us not into golf courses, but deliver us The Cup. For thine is the heritage, the power and the glory. for ever and ever. Amen

A Kostitsyn interview? Wow! I'm excited to hear this..

What took him so long to pull that puppy out again?!?!

Hockey central spinning real positvie about the Habs today. Kypreos, Millard and Ferarro all think it's been a good year for les Habs even if they go down tonight. Good talk about the direction they're headed in. Nothing negative from a TO media outlet? Kind of scary really. But even though they're right, and we would have loved to be in this position if it were offered to us last fall, a loss will feel awfull lousy. One things for sure: a lot of young players and coaches should get some benefit from this one way or another. Ferraro says that if the Habs get an early one there will be 21,273 reasons for the them to pick it up. If ever the fans get picked the third star for being the seventh player in a game,let's hope it's tonight. GO HABS.

Surprised to see that with all the juggling and changes in the line up this year there are only 4 missing from the season opener in Carolina. Of the 20 players in the opener only Huet, Ryder, Grabs and Lats will be missing.

OB and Ryder should be in and 71 and 32 should be out. No doubt in my mind. Having 71 and 32 in tonight are mistakes. If you keep losing doesn't it make sense to adjust your line-up to match up better with the opposition? Besides there should be a short bench tonight with no tomorrow. So whoever wants it should be on the ice. No room for floaters tonight. Play or sit. That would be my message to the team.

I would take the Game 7 part but not the up 3 games to 1 part against the hated Bruins and a possible "choke for the ages"!!

Post for Karma right here. If you asked any of us at the beginning of the season, told us we'd have more than 100 points and be involved in a Game 7 in any playoff round, we'd have taken it. Fear not. There is no way they will lose on my birthday!!

Well, Markov is aware that this is game seven and that they have to win this. Not much more needs to be said. Sounds like a done deal to me. GO HABS.

Well tonight, I'm gonna be watching the game with a full pack of cigarettes, a six pack of beer, very light and breakable but low-in-value objects, a barf bucket, 9-1-1 on speed dial and tylenol for the migraines I receive from yelling, God help me survive this night!!! "If I wanted to hear from an ass, I would fart..."

I hope Ryder gets to go to a team that will use him. I know hes not the greatest talent in the world but he shows a lot of heart.I dont see to many of our guys in rough zones in front of Bostons net.We need someone in there to break up Thomases focus

The sandbox just opened.

Pediction: Bruins will be nervous and tight. Habs win blowout 6-1

I am on pins and needles as well, but I breathed a little easier when I clicked on the TSN site...why you ask? Not sure if this has been revisted recently, but check out the TSN "Xbox" predictions from April 9th: Montreal in 7 - Ongoing Pitt in 5 - Team Correct Philly in 7 - Ongoing New York in 7 - Team Correct Detroit in 5 - Team Correct San Jose in 7 - Ongoing Colorado in 4 - Team Correct Dallas in 5 - Team Correct That is just plain crazy!!!