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Anybody have an idea of when BGL will be back? I think we are in for a tough test Tuesday without him. Lucic needs to be taught a lesson.....

I haven't seen it anywhere. It has only been described as a LBI( lower body injury)

We can all discuss it when it is announced. I am right. My source is not wrong on this one. Any bettors out there???????

I know.....don't ask how.....it's his........GROIN. Take it from me, I have inside info

Why not sell your computer to get extra money~ seems you don't use it well anyways!

Where's Nilan? Kordic? Oh yeah, it's NOT Blades of Steel

You mean UNTIL price gets injured. How many hockey games have you played in? When the team with a fighter meets a team without one.....well, something has to give. We aren't a big team and we only have 1 certified fighter(again, please don't pull Komi or Kosto into this) so if he's not around trouble will come. We were pushed around last year and pretty much for 5 yrs before that. This year is different, again only if Big Geo is in the lineup. Heck, I'd even play him when we meet the "weaker teams".

Are you kidding....in my opinion, if Georges is gone for an extended period of time we may have isssues. Just remember last year how many times our goalies were run into....do you think they were accidents or was it that we had NO ONE to scrap(and please refrain from Kosto,Komi and and other so called large guy~ they aren't fighters)

Broski........Moose DID beat Probert. Blouin DID beat Rob Ray.....all of the guys I mentionned WERE tough at some point. We just had most of them on the down swing of there careers. Dwyer and Murray were by far the worst. Here's a question~ What do we do if Big Georges gets hurt?

Easy to have high hopes......Odjick(end of his career)....Enrico Chiconne(see Odjick)....Bloiun....Morrisette.....Vandermeer.....Garth Murray.....Downey.....PJ Stock.....Reid Simpson....Gordie Dwyer....Darren Langdon...............shall I go on. The last guy we had was Raitis Ivanans and we lost him to the Kings for nothing. Since most "goons" are there to fight, who cares if he can shoot or score(that is a bonus). I want a guy that WINS fights.

I had high hopes for this guy but since it seems he had no future here, all the best to him. Hope he's smart enough to be in the minors when we play Buffalo......let Peters eat fists.

Georges will go in the 1st game( no options really) AND in the home opener. He will win both fights by a wide margin. I haven't been on this site for a long time but we needed a "goon"...."heavyweight" if you will, for ages(since Nilan). I look forward to this season more than in the past 10 yrs. This is the Cup year. All of the pieces are in place.

Trust me when I say that there is no one who wants a goon more than I do. The Habs NEED a physical presence. The smaller guys on the team(all 17 of them...except Komi and a few others) would play with more balls if they had a guy there to back them up. Kostopolous looked like a drunk guy scrapping last night. Gorges.....let's just say that his face will be battered alot more if he keeps that up. Kudo's for trying but fighting and losing can be alot worse than not fighting at all. If we get a goon, he must be someone who doesn't lose every fight. Jimmy Bonneau says he can do the job....but can he play hockey? Boogaard is on everyone's dream list. I say we go get the NEXT BoogeyMan. Find some killer playing in some obscure league(Summum Chiefs), sign him to a 2-way contract and hope he can do 1 of 2 things...inflict PAIN or FEAR

Habs can't compete against the likes of Chara......O'Byrne would get a beat-down!

What about Ivanans? Ok so he barely played but I'm telling you all right now-He will be back. Souray is going to the Kings for Ivan and Kopitar.

Pal, I agree with a bit and disagree with alot! 1-Murray. he brings alot more to this team than points. He will fight,hits a ton and seems to be liked by his fellow players-enough said. 2-Ninimaa- just got here. Give him time to learn our system.He will be better-no doubt. 3-Higgins.....AWESOME 4-Perez....man is he solid. He hits alot and is pretty quick.Next year will be his breakout year. 5-Bonk...better than last year. Hope he finds his scoring touch though. 6-Abby...looked outstanding in OT and shootout. 7- Huet....give it time. It was only 1 game and we were in it to the end. 8-Johnson- Looked very good. Impressed to say the least. 9-Lats....aimless. He'd better start playing better or he will find himself in the minors after game 9 10-Komi- Hits like a Mack truck and really seems to be more confident. If Souray does get moved, look for him to be a replacement. 11-Begin.....plays 100% every game so no surprise here. 12-Souray...looked ok. We need his shot at the point and his toughness. Needs to be more "at home" in his own end. All I will say in addition is the 4th line needs work. Lats hasn't earned himself a promotion to 3rd line and if he keep it up he will be sent down-I don't care what Carbo says, if he looks as shit as he did against Toronto he won't be here long(at least not this year).Too bad because I really thought he COULD be a difference. I think he needs to get a home game under his belt. If the fans treat him well(Guy,Guy,Guy) things may change.

This is serious........Souray and a pick to Los Angeles for Anze Kopitar and..............here's the kicker.....Raitis Ivanans. He will play for the Kings since George Parros was claimed off waivers. BIGMAN will be back!

BRUTAL SIGNING. He was useless when we had him before. Why re-sign him. Let O'Byrne play. Holy crap, does this mean we may get BIGMAN back(Ivanans). I can only hope.

Just saw that the Canes brought him in for a tryout but said it wouldn't work....any thoughts. It said he had 3 assists in preseason

Went to the game last night and was awe struck by how little hitting there was. Downey and Murray were the only 2 guys who hit. There was a point in the 1st when Souray had a guy lined up and really could have smoked him, but instead he changed direction and opted to cover the back of net..back of the net? What the hell is that? I am putting this out there to see if anyone else saw what I saw. :?-

Kozed, first off, Kordic may have been a menace but he was also one of the most feared fighters when he played. We had at one point the 2 toughest(Kordic and Nilan) in the league. I may be biased for Nilan because he was/is my favorite all time. You said Ewen couldn't fight....well from what I remember, he knocked out 2 guys when he played for St Louis. Roberge could fight...but barely. He used to get his ass kicked in the NAHL with regularity. Murray Baron.....Mr Quebec....couldn't do either-fight or play. You say if you put together a team of people who won't hit or go in the corners then you've done a bad job of putting a team together. So if you had 20 Kovalev's playing for you, you will have done poorly?? Makes no sense to me. I do agree that back in the days of the original 6 guys had to do both-play and protect themselves. Now we fast forward to where they've added 20 odd teams so for sure the quality of play will suffer. I never said I wanted ONLY fights but let's be honest, yell out "fight" next time the game is on and people will come running. All I'm saying is you need 1 guy who is ready and willing to mix it up on a nightly basis. If the other team comes out swinging should we turtle and take the 4min power play? Better say no because you may score on the power play but your team will get killed all game long.Stand for something or fall for everything. Last words..... we need a guy like Downey only bigger. If Downey fights 30 times and loses 29 of them, what message does that bring to your team. Fighting provides a spark...winning a fight creates the FIRE G- out

Sorry there champ, but I happen to be one of those "neanderthals" you speak of and I take offence to what you've said. Scum of the society....I hold a full time job and have since I was 16 yrs old. I've never been on gov't assistance(of any sort other than Medicare). I grew up watching guys like Nilan police for the Habs...and Kordic,Roberge,Ewen and have found that a team without a policeman gets pushed around every game. Look at Ottawa a couple of years ago. They were harassed by every team. Neil couldn't do it alone so in comes McGratton and all of a sudden, no more Mr. Nice guy. Perhaps the days of pure goons are gone but they will always be a part of the system.Going into someone else's arena without some back-up usually results in a loss. I don't know how long you've played hockey, but odds are if you did play and the other team was "tougher" you probably stayed out of the corners!

Fanpuck.....you seem to be a good guy. Of course there will be fighting in the years to come. I think Ivan may haunt us in the future. Good thing he's in the West. So for everyone else......what do we do when we meet up with a Derek Boogaard....Jody Shelley.....McGratton.. Laraque....Brashear the list goes on. And Huzer...Komi only fought last year when he pretty much jumped Brashear! I saw the game and trust me when I say, Brash had already turned to skate away when Komi dropped his gloves(pretty tough to do that). We don't want him fighting anyways(which is why I say we need to get tougher-PERIOD.

Marky.....I never said it had to be him- I just think we need to get tougher. Downey is NOT our answer. Sign a guy to a 2 way deal and send him to Hamilton. Bring him up when we play Ottawa or Phoenix or any other "tough " team! As it stands now, we seem to have nobody.

I knew I would take alot of heat for this. Who on the Habs is going to take his place? Downey....not from what I've seen. Aitken.....negative........Please don't say Rivet or Souray(we need them on the ice). Tough guys are available all over and cheap too. I just think that signing a guy for cheap is a good move. Any thoughts?????