Easy Ryder

Gretzky must be relieved of one less headache in the dressing room. Imagine the big heads in that dressing room : Comrie, Roenick, Nolan, Ricci, Joseph etc etc... ...anyway he is joining other players who perform well in the playoff !! His stats in playoffs are 2 goals 2 assist...

And maybe someone can show him to stop more shots in shootout. Anyway he is impressive enough in game situation.

I am almost happy that the team lost. Not that i wish them to lose games but when it's only half season and the bandwagon is already full it is funny to watch it from with an outside point of view and hear the bulls*** in the media, that how good they are and keep them like they are we love them and blablabla....

We should say a big thank you Mister Savard for the nice picks. Timmins ?? i don't know for sure, he is going more for the longshots than the obvious choices. We'll see. Exemple ?? Price over Brule, Bourdon, Kopitar and Staal Fisher over Chris Stewart, Wishart, Pat Berglund.

If Souray fights a break his hand against the other team tough guy i would feel no respect i would be so pissed that another tough guy was not doing is job. But i would feel respect if Souray broke Sean Avery or Darcy Tucker face with one punch.

And after the fight he was still smiling and flashing his pompoms. Did you see the players reaction on the bench ?? The guys love him. And Chris you are right, anti enforcers are a minority, look at the people in the stands when a fight goes on, everybody is up and nobody cover eyes. It's part of the game.

Thanks...probably one of the reasons he wasn't recall yesterday.

I looked at the scoresheet of the last two games 26-27 december and there is no Lapierre in the line up. Does anyone know if he is injured ??

There are many questions mark with this? And i believe that the staff is waiting for Bob to come back before making big decisions. What do you do when Bégin is back in the line up ? What do you do with Latendresse if you keep in Bégin ? What do you do with Streit if you keep Lapierre, Bégin and Latendresse?

Now that the winning streak has stopped some people will maybe see clear again. That is being sober. That keep us as is with no second line center. That is Samsonov playing like a ghost. That about it for me ,that does not seem too unrealistic. **A money player as often a no trade clause, he will choose where he wants to be traded. That why it's good to be a contender ...Dark Finlander.

Keep us as is ?? No way, i want a second line center and there are some players that will come cheap and play with heart for a Stanley Cup chance. That is why it's good to be contenders it attracts money players.

It sends the wrong message to the other players and to us the fans. It was time for management to do the same as Lapierre did, show character and confidence. They did'nt show confidence in him enought to dump anyone else. So why ask a player to perform over expectations when you the manager do just what youre expected to, gutsless.

B) Imagine for a minute that Georges Gillet buys Pittsburg Penguins, trade Crosby and Malkin to Montreal for Samsonov and Ninimaa and then resale the team to Winnipeg for 10 million less.

Keep him for the Cup contention is my opinion too. Next year we will have enought experienced defencemen to take part of him. Put more money on Markov and give Emelin the one way contract that he wish for before we lose him. Rivet ?? goodbye... Anyway how i see defense next year Markov- Komisarek Bouillon - Boyle?!? Emelin- Dandenault

So Plekanek, Samsonov, Grabovski, Kotstisyn and Milroy all ahead of Perezhogin and Latendresse...

On ne voudra JAMAIS donner ce qu'ils veulent Higgins et Komisarek.

Il n'y a pas de place pour lui actuellement à Montréal. Déja la situation avec Lapierrre amène un surplus de joueurs à Montréal. Même si Samsonov lève les feutres ailleurs, Latendresse ou Ryder sont de meuilleures options pour le premier et deuxième trio. Les Bulldogs sont sur une lancée avec 1er trio et le voir accumuler des points et gagner de la confiance est positif pour l'an prochain.

I was wishing Samsonov could play good two games in a row and create a streak in order to make a good traid bait half season. We're stuck with him... And for Ryder yes he missed a zillion chance tos bury it this year but he still goes in the crease and try hard, can't blame a guy for that.

Why? because he plays like a girl ?

Who needs Kovalev when we have Samsonov on fire ?? Streaky man let's keep rolling. And maybe i little surprise with Higgins back on skate...that would be sweet !!

No surprise that Latendresse draws attention around the league. There are not been many 19 year old heavyweights with soft hands around since Joe Thornton...and he already double Thornton points total for his rookie year.

If it was not for Price i would have no interest in Team Canada Junior at all. There is no super prospects forwards(Toews? Tavares?). But good defense with Letang and Bourdon. Anyway let's see...

Who's #### ??? i would like to know her..

No way it's gonna happen, unless he wants out of Montreal because fan and media always blame him despite the team doing beyond expectations.

Somehow i am not surprised that you (Bacchus) voted for him, i am just surprised that Kostitsyn is in the ballot.