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Athlétique.Canadien

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  1. Thou Hockey Gods, Who art in Glory, Enshrined in the cup thy name, Thee Habs known to have won, Thy will be done, With Hockey as it is in your legendary memory, Give us this day our saving ghost, And forgive us our fan misgivings as Les Holy Flanelle forgives us. And lead us not into complacency, but deliver us victory, For thine is the chief seats, and the skill, and Les Glorieux, Habs Forever and ever

    Amen.

    I plead to the Hockey Gods. Let us be steady

    :hockey: :hlogo:

  2. Pens are playing 4 men high. Time to dump and do the same with 4-1 down low on defence. At least 2 should try to recover the puck on dump ins. We could even send in 3 high on the attack. We need something. Good thing the score is within reach

  3. Get real.. no wonder we don't hit.. everytime we do, they call us for boarding.. but MAB was plastered in 2 minutes earlier on the numbers, no call.

    That was such a BS call.. The refs have not thrown in the towel..

    Whadda ya do?
  4. So... do you think we get anymore PPs? One PP this game.. nothing like taking away any opportunities.

    and there is a blatant slash on AK to take his stick away.. no call.. but the Crosby one was a penalty.. seriously.. this is a joke

    Knowing the league and the fact that the reffing has been wacko in the NHL for 15 years I suspect a Pens and Habs powerplay.

    Awesome.

    GIANT-A

  5. At least the game is within reach. I'm concerned with our fatigue factor and our puck possession game is off. Too many bad passes offensively or on transition are ocurring with active Pens sticks in the lane. Holding the puck makes more sense. Pittsburgh is playing their own trap so at times the forechecking might be off for them. Our players have some more time. I'd like to see better decisions on passing in the 3rd. And dumping the puck with 2 forecheckers chasing is what I'd like to see more of. We have to! It's risky but puck recovery on the dump is a must!

    Beyond that I have no clue :P

    Go HABS GO!

  6. Regarding the reffing. Trevor Steinberg once said to me, "That's the way it goes". Like it or not - hockey's a bitch!

    We're not losing on account of non calls. We gotta get it going!

  7. HIO definitively states that Spacek will not play tonight. As for PIT injuries, Guerin according to some skated after practice, suggesting he's doubtful, Bylsma says he's probable for Game 5. Mike Rupp (undisclosed) is questionable, as is Staal (game time decision). If Rupp/Staal/Guerin all can't go, my gut says Chris Conner will suit up for the Pens.
    Thanks dlbalr. HIO updated it just after I posted the question. :lol:

    Too bad Spacy is out. But that's the situation.

    No matter.

    GO HABS GO :hlogo:

  8. To be fair to Vancouver, they have more than the Habs do. But I'm confused why bother to create contraversy. Is it up to the Feds to proclaim this? To rubber stamp this?

    Let the fans decide. Good luck to Canada's Team. The Canucks as demonstrated by our elected officials. Maybe the government will anoint Georges St. Pierre as Canada's kick ass fighter!

    Maybe they can anoint the best person who can play the spoons :wacko:

  9. C'mon Philly. Slow down the B's. If Pittsburgh wins we as Habs fans certainly would want the Pens to defeat which ever one wins. If Montreal prevails it's the same thing. We want this series to go 7. Let them hurt each other that much more!

    Tie up the series Flyers!

    Banner update

  10. It really doesn't matter. What does matter is we won home ice and we have to seize the advantage. Stats smats blah blah. History will be made. One thing about hockey is certain. There's no Einstein who can tell the outcome of 4 series from here on in. We have a split and WE ARE IN IT!

    What else happens is anyones' guess. We don't know!

    That's hockey! Go Habs Go

  11. Trust me, if I could find a team that did what the habs are doing that resulted in a Stanley Cup, then I would be

    drudging up the miracle season as my rationale for being sucked in.

    1971, 1986 and 1993 just don't fit this mold. 2002 does and that ended spectacularly badly.

    The closest thing I can unearth is the 1982 Canucks, 1991 Stars, 2003 Ducks and 2006 Oilers and all came up too short.

    The 2006 Oilers were outshot badly by the Wings and Sharks before putting it together against the Ducks and Canes.

    That run is the closest thing for me to rationalize because if Roloson didn't go down in Game 1, maybe the Oilers would

    have pulled it off.

    That is the only scenario in which I can attach my hopes to.

    Yup, "History will be made" for sure. Will it be by us? Doubt it. But trends are made to be broken. And BTW: What makes you think massive shots will continue here on in?
  12. Could you imagine beating the Caps and the Pens just to lose in the 3rd round against Boston or Philly? Habs do have a history of playing great against better team. Anyways, I think I'm talking way too much ahead. This series is way from over.
    I'm just scrappin'. And there's no guarantee about anything. But when was the last time we had a backdoor chance like this?
  13. The Devils NEVER got outshot this badly during their Cup runs.

    In the 1995 Finals the Devils outshot the Wings in every single game.

    The 2000 Devils badly outshot the Stars and so did the 2003 Devils to the Ducks.

    During their 3 Stanley Cup seasons, the Devils were outshot ONCE in 17 Finals games and that was by 2 shots.

    This is not a dominant trap, it is playing with extreme fire.

    It's a "general" outside the box comparison. And even though that has never happened to New Jersey. Maybe it will. :unsure: In the spirit of it. In general terms I meant. On some levels we are not but on others yes. And, we can now go home
  14. I will write them off as long as this is the formula for success. In all 5 of their wins they have been outshot by 114 shots.

    That is over 20 shots per game. It is by design, but the rope a dope only lasts for so long.

    Two mighty giants? President and the cup champs? Any team that can over come this mountain deserves to be champions. Only the B's or Philly would be in our way. Knocking off the Caps and the Pens (if we could) then we would be dubbed contenders. I doubt the outshooting trend after this series will continue until the final, if we make it there.
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