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boston50.gif23-22-8 : 54 Points (9th in the Eastern Conference)

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Kovalev - Koivu - Higgins

Perezhogin - Plekanec - Ryder

Sundstrom - Bulis - Zednik

Downey - Ribeiro - Begin

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Souray - Komisarek

Markov - Rivet

Bouillon - Dandenault

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Cristobal Huet

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I have to add.... I beleive in our team and they will pull through and get hot just before the play-offs and they will upset ottawa....I can't wait.

With that said...Our threads have been in a slump too. I've never read such boring useless information on this site since I joined this summer.

Everyone is ready to ditch the team but as soon as they win they knew they had it in them. I'm guilty aswell.

Stop trying to figure it out...they are the only ones to do it untill then just wish them,and for the best.... SOON!!!

Personally.....I want Koivu around same with Kovalev, Ribeiro, Theo, Souray....when the habs are winning they are great and they will be again........

This slump will make them stronger when they come out of it........the kids will learn too......How not to ever go there again.......Sometimes it's hard to see the good in these situations. As far as I'm concerned BG is now teaching how to reach deep into your soul and get more out of yourself then you thought was possible.

The players we have are good enough and will get through this!!

Maby our threads will be more interesting then.......

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This slump will make them stronger when they come out of it........the kids will learn too......How not to ever go there again.......Sometimes it's hard to see the good in these situations. As far as I'm concerned BG is now teaching how to reach deep into your soul and get more out of yourself then you thought was possible.

Best post ever.

Seriously, thats the best thing I've heard since this whole slump happend. Struggle only makes one stronger.

Go Habs Go! :)

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Leafs lose!!!!!!!!!

Nice

Also check out Brodeur.....He was sucking large at the start of the season, he got it together...luckily they didn't trade him....

It's great to see Roy and Brodeur sticking up for Theo too....that says a lot......

4-1 Habs

Souray

Ribeiro

Plekanec

Koivu

Good to read some postitive posts for a change. Go Habs Go

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I wanted people to read this because i think the other thread it was on got closed.

This team needs change. It needs it NOW! I'm tired of hearing about how its all Theos fault... I look night after night to see that the Habs are badly outshot by 20-30 shots everynight. Theo will get better if....

A. the Defence infront of him will actually show some heart and make it so other teams dont have the time to set up Gatlin Guns and Howitzers infront of Theo and Huet to blast away at them all the time.

,and...

B. the forwards show some heart and determination to attack the net and keep it in the opposite teams zone so at least half of the game is played in the other end. The Habs have some very skilled players and I wish that they would put whatever it is aside that keeps them from using it and go out there wearing the CH with pride for what this theam is.

Lastly I would like to say that Tomas Plekanec deserves the "A" more than some of the guys who are wearing it. At the start of the season he gave 100% everytime his skates hit the ice and never stopped. And after his injury when he came back to a team who has completely quit he still gives it his all, if not more.

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I think it's time to try what some might consider more drastic or severe forms of motivation.

In that sense, I think we should all kidnap the players' wives, girlfriends and children, and threaten to not give them back until the Habs clinch a playoff spot.

Please do not shower me with praise, I'm just a simple man with a love for a team. Go Habs (or else....)

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I also believe in miracles. We always get them. Red hot stretch run.

Anyway, for those of you doom and gloomers out there, consider this:

In 2001-02, we had Perreault and his F.O. pct was awesome, of course. But, so was Gilmour's and Dackells'.

If you were a GM and you had a genie say you could hire a F.O. specialist to teach your centers faceoffs, who would you hire?

Me? I'd hire Carbonneau. Now, maybe there will be others out there who you might take but at the very least, they are either equal or not as qualified.

Remember how frustrated the B's were then? We played SUPERBLY without the puck in that series. Much of this had to do with Carbonneau. The players are going to be around him learning day in and day out.

In a nutshell, we are going to have a lethal F.O. win percentage as a team. But, this training takes time. It will also take a little time for the players to learn to implement & transition Gainey's game plan. These things don't happen overnight. It is true that the players have been exposed and they should have adapted. But, second nature? That takes time...and it won't be long.

It isn't Gainey's fault that these guys have little heart right now. Mind you, in time it will. It's up to him, Carbo and Doug to get it to the 2nd nature point and to restore confidence. I believe this will happen.

Also, there's Koivu who is able to motivate the players. He's good at it too.

Hopefully we can close out before the break with some solid wins.

We're not dead yet. Let us all hope.

GO HABS - destroy to (B)Ruins

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"We all believed in ourselves. It was a matter of confidence and that creates a fine line between winning and losing." - Patrice Bergeron, bostonbruins.com, 03/02/2006

Go Habs go!

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Game Preview: Canadiens vs. Bruins

MONTREAL – After falling 3-1 in Boston on Thursday, the Canadiens will have their chance for revenge Saturday as they host the Bruins in the second game of their home-and-home series. The meeting gets underway at noon at the Bell Centre.

The Bruins will be looking to pick up yet another point Saturday for the 10th time in their last 11 games. Mike Sullivan’s troops have not lost on opposing ice since Dec. 28 in Florida, winning five straight on the road, including a 5-0 shutout over the Senators on Monday.

Following this afternoon’s fourth meeting of the season, the Canadiens and Bruins won’t meet again until Mar. 9 at TD Banknorth Garden in Boston.

A welcome return: Sidelined for the last eight games with a shoulder injury, Andrei Markov will be back in the lineup this afternoon against the Bruins. With the 27-year-old out of the lineup in 2005-06, the Canadiens are 3-7-1; Markov missed three games earlier in the season due to a suspension. The Russian blueliner, who is among the top 10 in the league with an average of 0.75 points per game, will aim to get the Canadiens’ power-play back on track. Without the services of Markov in its last eight games, Montreal has gone 4-for-34 with the extra attacker.

There’s always tomorrow: Thursday’s loss was just the 27th time the Canadiens fell to the Bruins in the first matchup of a home-and-home series. Montreal, who hasn’t been swept in these series since 1956-57, has a good habit of bouncing back in the second meeting. The Canadiens are 13-8-5 in the back-end of a home-and-home after dropping the first half.

Plekanec piles ‘em up: He may have been out 14 games with a knee injury but Tomas Plekanec, who returned to the lineup on Jan. 23, hasn’t missed a beat. The 23-year-old Czech native scored his seventh goal of the season in the first period of Thursday’s contest, bringing his total to six points in six games since his return. In 37 games this season, Plekanec has registered 18 points, placing him among the top 30 rookies in the league.

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MONTREAL – After falling 3-1 in Boston on Thursday, the Canadiens will have their chance for revenge Saturday as they host the Bruins in the second game of their home-and-home series. The meeting gets underway at noon at the Bell Centre.

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Lastly I would like to say that Tomas Plekanec deserves the "A" more than some of the guys who are wearing it. At the start of the season he gave 100% everytime his skates hit the ice and never stopped. And after his injury when he came back to a team who has completely quit he still gives it his all, if not more.

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Plekanec is the best player on the team. Unless Markov proves to be better which is possible.

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Just listened to the Bob Gainey interview on CJAD, looks like he wants to keep Komisarek and Coté paired because they really want to play together and they work hard to stay together. He wants other players to follow that example.

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Just listened to the Bob Gainey interview on CJAD, looks like he wants to keep Komisarek and Coté paired because they really want to play together and they work hard to stay together. He wants other players to follow that example.

I hope that means that Dandenault is sitting....maybe we won't give up 3 5 on 3's this game...because he's the one who always seems to take a stupid highstikcing penalty or the like while we are on the PK

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