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sami scores!! I had just given up, and the boys get it done. Do you remember the start of last year when every game was won by a single goal? I don't know if I can handle another season like that.

definitely a picture dissing habs fans. It is from the LEAFS 'passion that unites us all' poster campaign. I live in toronto and saw this picture everywhere last year. All my friends are leafs fans so everytime they saw it they thought of me too. I just love the smile on the kids face. Here is the link to see the full size picture **WARNING** You will be taken to the maple leafs official website. If you feel dirty afterwards I suggest a quick shower between the 1st and 2nd periods. http://www.mapleleafs.com/assets/fanzone/classpic800.jpg

>wont be at the bell center! i'll be sitting in my living room with chicken wings and beers When you eat wings at home do you get take out or make your own in the kitchen? I haven't found a decent grocery story brand of wings yet. Any suggestions? oh.. uh... go habs!

I don't hate the leafs per se, but leaf fans DO play a key reason played a key role in my becomming a habs fan. A few years ago I started watching hockey for the first time in my life (23 at the time). At first I cheered for the leafs, but I never really felt like other leaf fans accepted me. I wasn't a TRUE leaf fan unless I could talk about the defenseman with the most shots on net in the 1970s whose name started with S. Habs fans on the other hand were willing to have anyone cheer for their team because it was so bad. And no one got hung up on my knowlege of the history even though Montreal had so much more to know. That and I could only get the french CBC with the antenna on my TV and a habs fan was born.

here is a link to the pic. http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news...788f4ac&k=60551

I have no idea how good or bad Aebi really is. All I know is that whenever the puck is in the montreal zone I get nervous. I haven't felt that way since Huet took over. I'd forgotten how stressful it is to watch games when you are always worried. In another thread someone mention that in their fans eyes the leafs can do no wrong, and for us the habs can do nothing right. I think people are starting to feel the same way about Huet and Aebi. -toque

Did anyone else notice that ford pulled the Jose Theodore add in favour of the Wayne Gretzky add that has been playing in english canada all year? This is the first time i've seen 99 on RDS.... Interesting.

Bob's most recent column has some interesting (but not suprising) guesses about Theodore. http://www.tsn.ca/columnists/bob_mckenzie.asp After reading it I've realised: - A feel sad for Jose. Not angry or frustrated. Watching him get beat glove side time and time again is like watching an injured animal you know needs to be put down - No matter how much speculating we do in the forums, there is absolutely no solution on horizon McKenzie: Tough solutions for Theodore 2/1/2006 In Montreal, they are asking: what's wrong with Jose Theodore? What's wrong, indeed. The Canadiens' marquee stopper has been pulled in three of his last four starts. His save percentage in those games is .714 and his goals-against average is 8.44. He's getting the Patrice Brisebois treatment from the Montreal fans and the truth is he hasn't played well all season long. So, what is wrong with Jose? The real problem isn't his much talked about new and downsized equipment, although there's been an adjustment there. It has nothing to do with much talked about family matters that end up in the tabloids because he's always been able to play through that distraction. Claude Julien certainly wasn't the problem because Theodore is playing just as poorly for GM-head coach Bob Gainey as he was for the fired coach. So, what is it? In a word, it's confidence. Jose Theodore is a shattered man right now. He always carried himself with supreme confidence bordering on cockiness, and those who know him say it's gone. That special quality that made Jose so, well - "Jose" - is missing. He's rattled, and rattled big time. He's second guessing everything he does. The only problem with Theodore's equipment is the stuff between his ears. Nothing could be more crippling to a big-time goalie than a complete loss of confidence. It's what is causing him to go down too quickly, to be picked apart by shooters going top shelf. Now Canadiens' goaltending coach Roland Melanson can stress the need for Theodore to be patient and to wait out the shooters. But if the mind isn't willing and strong, the body isn't going to respond. Re-gaining confidence isn't easy, especially for a goalie. It can be a long and difficult process. So one of two things will happen here. One - Theodore and the Habs will just have to work through it and that's going to be painful. Two - Gainey can try to deal him and that's much easier said than done. Not many teams are looking for a shattered goalie worth $5.33 million US against the cap for each of the next two years. And forget about those trade rumours that have him going to Tampa Bay, they're not true. Theodore isn't necessarily unmovable, but his big ticket and poor performance certainly narrows the field. That's not to say a change in scenery might not be the best thing for him right about now, but there are no easy answers for a goaltender that has lost his mojo.

Quinn will not be fired any time soon. MLSE just fired Babcock the Raptors GM. That took the attention away from their other team for a while, and I don' think they can afford the optics of giving up on both teams at the same time.

Here in Toronto the word is that TELLQVIST will be getting the start in place of Belfour. I hope this thing gets decided early. I don't think I can handle another overtime loss.

As a Habs fan from ontario RDS is a lifesaver. I've picked it up for $6 a month which is cheaper than 1 beer at the bar. Granted - I can't understand a word, but I like it non the less. When games are simulcast on TSN and RDS I usually go with the french so I don't have to listen to McGuire and deal with the 'fancy' camera work during power plays (Rather SN)