Audio: Gainey, Carbo analyze Habs season

I like the way they all played...although Price coulda been better in round two! I'm not complaining though! not about that at least! some jerk posted something on one of the other pages saying that Saku Koivu, our beloved Capitano, is pigheaded! can you believe it?! I think he was just saying that cuz he's jealous that he'll NEVER be as good as Koivu!

While I liked Brisebois and Smolinski's play in the playoffs, they really shouldn't crack the lineup of a good team.

Just read on TSN that Brisebois and Smolinski want another year. Just say no Bob...

The 2007-08 Habs were fantastic and I enjoyed every minute (almost every minute) of this season. I have become even more of a fan after this season! It was tough to watch them go out vs. Philly but they will come back stronger next season. The management and coaching did a fantastic job and must be commended. Emerging superstars like Price and Komisarek were given the opportunity to learn and grow. The Kostitsyn brothers looked great as did Plekanec, and Streit. Koivu and Markov were solid all season long and Kovalev was just super. Players like Smolinski and Brisebois showed their worth in the post season and silenced many critics on this site. Latendresse, Lapierre, Higgins, and Gorges all learned lessons this season and will arrive in camp with new goals and expectations of themselves. Look at the future Chipchura, O'Byrne, Valentenko, McDonagh, Pacioretty, Yemelin, and many more. In other words, the future looks great for this franchise and we as fans know that the best is yet to come! Thank you Montreal Canadiens!!! Through the off-season I would love to add a top six forward (Hossa or Sundin), a veteran goalie (Belfour, Joseph, Thibault, Theodore, Kolzig, or Hedberg) with a move of Halak, and another veteran presence (would love to see Chelios bring along the young U.S. born players in the organization). I really think with these moves the Canadiens could become a legitimate cup contender and maybe even a favourite! GO!HABS!GO!

Jdub, I too think Philly will beat Pittsburgh. They have a better 'one goal wins in regulation' ratio than Pitts; a true sign of a good team.

Paul Maurice deserved to be fired IMO. At the beginning of the year, he failed with his goalies, alternating them like no one's business when he should have just let Toskala get in his groove instead of creating this number one position is up for grabs competition, and not too mention all those 3rd period defensive breakdowns; it seems they didnt have a solid defensive scheme, and that has to fall with the coach. Toronto for all their faults were a very good 5on5 team (top 5 in the east for a good portion of the year)and would've been dangerous had they snuck in the playoffs.

WOW, talk about having nothing to talk about!!

Who could perform consistently under one year contracts, in, where you are carved up under the microscope after every game? Other players have been given latitiude to make mistakes (Kovalev, "latenderness")but not Ryder. I can only conclude that Gainey saw him as a flash in the pan...the three 25-30 seasons as some series of lucky bounces. If Ryder plays well in 2008/09 his name will be added to that growing list of Montreal write offs who blossom elsewhere. If he does not play well elsewhere Gainey will look like a genius. BTW...if we add a forward don't we want a top 6? Now who do we demote. I guess Higgins will finally end up where he belongs...checking third line center.

One has to wonder why a Leafs fan (LBChase) spends so much time on a Habs board.... but then if one spends their time trying to figure out the actions of a Leafs fan, they'll probably find themselves without any time left for anything else. That being said, can the rest of us Habs fans please stop replying to annoying posts, the likes of which are posted by LBChase, which are clearly only posted to garner a reaction. If you don't stop reacting he will not go away. And i think every one of us wants him to go away. But like most children, the only way to make them stop their annoying behaviour is to ignore it. Please heed that advice when dealing with people like LBChase, and the other annoyances that frequent this space. Thank you

Francois Gagnon is a Dumb *** . Why does he still have a Job. Great move to pee off Kovalev and Koivu. There go our chances to sign anybody. He though he was ok and just got mislead the last article he wrote about Kovalev but this one takes the cake.

Not the place, ;)

http://www.globesports.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080507.wspthabs7/GSStor... SIGH...there goes the off-season efforts to find that impact forward...what a moron...

After the last game against Philly, there were links to various reports, including Pat Hickey's "Season ends on a sour note". That link no longer works, and it appears that the article is no longer available. Does anybody know why it was removed? Was Hickey's article flagged as offensive? :) http://www.habsinsideout.com/main/8062

Laffs turn another leaf giving Maurice his Walking papers.... More from TSN..

Why the criticism of Bob Gainey and Guy Carbonneau? I have total faith in BG, he's something most of us aren't - patient. BG's a proven winner in every thing hockey whether it be as player, coach or GM. He has given this franchise its identity back after it was teetering on becoming Maple Leafs-East with the Tremblay/Houle fiasco. Kudos also to Andre Savard for getting that ball rolling. I trust Gainey and if you don't, well, that's your opinion but let me ask you all this - if not Gainey as GM of the Canadiens then who? Who out there has the knowledge, experience, savvy and not mention "kuhonas" to work in the heat of the Montreal media and handle the bilingual aspect? As for Carbo, the whispers throughout the NHL going back 4-5 years was Guy Carbonneau had what it took to become a very successful NHL head coach... and Gainey saw that too and wooed him from Dallas. He is learning on the job and seems to be adapting very well, I think his best has yet to come and he will go down in Habstory as one of their best... again, if not Carbo, people, then who would you want coaching the Habs? As for the team, it was a fun season, the playoffs became a letdown but they do for 15 of the 16 post-season qualifiers, don't they? I see this team having many deep playoff runs in the next decade with hopefully some Cups (don't count out next year - the 100th anniversary - the hockey gods do smile on this team when it seems fitting). I had no problem with any of the players, they did their best even the role players had their moments. I especially loved the play of Roman Hamrlik and his calming influence defensively (he had to spend most of his time worrying about covering a rather slow Patrice Brisebois). I didn't think Cristobal Huet was a playoff goalie and I was right and giving Carey Price the experience will be huge in him becomeing a force. I really wish Michael Ryder could have got his stuff together to succeed but, hey, it is what it is. All in all, we have a great team with even greater promise so quit ragging on those who brought us here. We'll get our Cup... soon.

I like to call myself a regular to this site since I have been coming around LONG before we had to LOGIN and I may not always agree with what some of you have to say but I do respect the opinions of others. In the past few weeks I would have to say that 80% of the posts I have read were from somebody I have never seen on here before and quite frankly I have Flagged a few of those as Offensive posts. Now that I have had a few days to let reality sink in I thought I would give my thoughts on the season and to what some of you have been saying. First, I will say that we as fans have the right to disagree with any decision that is made by our GM and Coach, but we as fans do not know why these decisions are made. Ryder didn't play! Is it possible that something was said that we don't know about. We hate when things leak to the media so maybe this time it didn't leak. How many pts did Streit get? Why would we want to get rid of him? We will not make the playoffs :( We finished first:) I could go on for days about what was good or bad this year but over all I will have to say that I'm happy with where we are at in terms of building this young team into perennial contenders. Wishing luck to Carbo!!!

I was just wondering if there will be a season ending Podcast?

Nice report card Robert L...Some grades I disagree with if I may do so without being labeled a troll, I think Hamrlik deserves an A+ for being our most reliable D back there...Higgins maybe Id give him a B-, he just doesnt produce like he should and thats his job. And for the way he played his last 2 games against Philly, I might give Plekanec an A...And Gainey gets a C, a passing grade just and Im being kind here cause as I said before, the way the goaltending situation was handled was poor and on the verge of inexcusable IMO, Carbonneau bears some blame for that too...

Yes Morrow is a magnificient player bigbird...I have a question for everyone. Why is it whenever someone here critiques the habs, theyre instantly called a troll? Is this a fan forum where no criticism or arguing hockey is allowed and one can only say rah rah home team? I keep hearing LBChase is a troll but the man has put up some solid hockey analysis. I mean I often hear, I have faith in Gainey, Carbo etc etc but it is rarely backed up by any facts. I come here because Im a fan, but to me being a fan doesnt constitute being a lemming.