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Hey everyone ! Mike, Jonathan and I put together HabsWorld Podcast #2 last night, and the article with the link to it is on the front page now. http://www.habsworld...cle.php?id=2638 Please pass along any feedback [good or bad, hopefully good], either via email or here in the forum. Norm Szcyrek

Not to pick on you, but I'd like to take this moment to illustrate a small point. Two years ago, 2009-2010 season, the Habs beat the Caps and Pens during their Cinderella march into the playoffs. The team scoring was as follows: Tomas Plekanec $2,750,000 82 25 45 +5 50 70 70 91 C Scott Gomez $8,000,000 78 12 47 +1 60 3 59 62 13 C Mike Cammalleri $5,000,000 65 26 24 +7 16 50 50 21 RW Brian Gionta $5,000,000 61 28 18 +3 26 46 46 79 D Andrei Markov $5,750,000 45 6 28 +11 32 34 34 47 D Marc-Andre Bergeron $731,000 60 13 21 -7 16 34 34 46 RW Andrei Kostitsyn $3,250,000 59 15 18 +1 32 33 33 15 C Glen Metropolit $1,000,000 69 16 13 -1 24 29 29 44 D Roman Hamrlik $5,500,000 75 6 20 -2 56 26 26 57 LW Benoit Pouliot $803,250 39 15 9 +8 31 1 24 25 6 D Jaroslav Spacek $3,833,333 74 3 18 +9 50 21 21 32 LW Travis Moen $1,500,000 81 8 11 -2 57 5 1 19 24 74 RW Sergei Kostitsyn $592,000 47 7 11 +4 8 18 18 67 LW Max Pacioretty $517,000 52 3 11 -5 20 14 14 40 C Maxim Lapierre $663,000 76 7 7 -14 61 4 14 18 42 C Dominic Moore $1,083,000 21 2 9 +4 8 11 11 75 D Hal Gill $2,250,000 68 2 9 -10 68 2 11 13 52 LW Mathieu Darche $258,000 29 5 5 +2 4 10 10 26 D Josh Gorges $1,000,000 82 3 7 +2 39 1 10 11 22 D Paul Mara $1,675,000 43 0 8 -16 48 3 8 11 94 C Tom Pyatt $427,000 40 2 3 -5 10 5 5 20 D Ryan O'Byrne $725,000 55 1 3 -3 74 6 1 4 10 36 RW Matt D'Agostini $500,000 40 2 2 -12 26 2 4 6 84 LW Guillaume Latendresse $803,000 23 2 1 -4 4 3 3 17 RW Georges Laraque $1,415,000 28 1 2 -6 28 4 3 7 76 D P.K. Subban $14,000 2 0 2 +1 2 2 2 53 C Ryan White $159,000 16 0 2 -6 16 2 2 4 31 G Carey Price $2,200,000 41 0 1 0 8 1 1 58 C David Desharnais $27,000 6 0 1 -1 0 1 1 72 D Mathieu Carle $66,000 3 0 0 +1 4 0 0 20 D Jay Leach $199,000 7 0 0 0 5 1 0 1 41 G Jaroslav Halak $800,000 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 59 C Brock Trotter $14,000 2 0 0 -1 0 0 0 48 RW J.T. Wyman $14,000 3 0 0 -2 0 0 0 34 D Shawn Belle $16,000 2 0 0 -2 0 0 0 61 C Ben Maxwell $233,000 13 0 0 -2 6 0 0 70 LW Greg Stewart $140,000 5 0 0 -3 11 1 0 1 68 D Yannick Weber $82,000 5 0 0 -5 4 0 0 28 C Kyle Chipchura $500,000 19 0 0 -10 16 More importantly, the standings after 239 games in the NHL regular season were as follows: San Jose Sharks +8 18 12 2 6 2 61 42 26 Colorado Avalanche +8 18 12 2 6 2 56 43 26 Washington Capitals +7 17 10 2 7 4 65 52 24 Pittsburgh Penguins +7 17 12 4 5 0 54 44 24 New Jersey Devils +7 15 11 3 4 0 39 33 22 Calgary Flames +6 15 10 3 5 1 52 43 21 Philadelphia Flyers +5 14 9 3 5 1 52 37 19 Los Angeles Kings +5 17 10 1 7 2 57 50 22 Buffalo Sabres +5 14 9 2 5 1 40 33 19 Columbus Blue Jackets +4 16 9 1 7 2 51 54 20 New York Rangers +3 18 10 0 8 1 56 48 21 Phoenix Coyotes +3 17 10 4 7 0 45 39 20 Chicago Blackhawks +3 15 8 2 7 2 43 38 18 Dallas Stars +3 17 7 1 10 6 54 52 20 Vancouver Canucks +2 18 10 2 8 0 52 46 20 Ottawa Senators +2 14 7 2 7 2 42 42 16 Detroit Red Wings +2 15 7 1 8 3 43 48 17 Tampa Bay Lightning +2 15 6 1 9 5 39 47 17 Atlanta Thrashers +1 14 7 1 7 1 48 45 15 Edmonton Oilers 0 17 8 2 9 1 52 53 17 Boston Bruins 0 16 7 2 9 2 38 41 16 New York Islanders 0 17 6 2 11 5 44 50 17 Nashville Predators 0 15 7 2 8 1 31 43 15 Anaheim Ducks -1 15 6 1 9 2 45 49 14 St. Louis Blues -1 15 5 0 10 4 33 40 14 Montreal Canadiens -1 17 8 7 9 0 45 54 16 Minnesota Wild -4 16 6 3 10 0 36 49 12 Florida Panthers -4 15 5 2 10 1 40 55 11 Toronto Maple Leafs -4 15 3 0 12 5 39 55 11 Carolina Hurricanes -9 16 2 1 14 3 32 59 7 We were 5th last in the NHL!!! And we went on to the Conference Finals! A season isn't won or lost in November. Look at the players; we're a much better team now than we were then! Hell, a couple of years before that (I'm done digging stats for now), Detroit started terribly, and I think either went very deep or won the Cup. I get that the start has been frustrating and there have been more than a few things that have irked. But let's not throw in the towel quite yet. Wasn't it Wamsley (and me years before) who preached over and over about not rating a team so early in the season? Considering the turmoil, I'm actually pretty stoked about where the team is today. Price, I think we're seeing now, isn't going to be a one-year wonder. He's looking as stalwart as ever. We've dealt with injuries to almost *all* our key guys, many concurrently, and we're still only one game under .500 and a mere four points out. With five games left in the season, there's still a chance to make the playoffs when you're four points out!! Even if the other team plays .500 hockey. Hell, we're four points out and our captain started injured, our star scoring forward (Cammi) has been or has played injured for half the season. Gomez, even if he isn't worth his money, has still been injured most of the season, and he would have given us more. Our All-Star defender hasn't played a minute. His replacement for the PP played 11:05-ish. Our new boy took five or six games to find his stride (perfectly reasonable, particularly given his playing time early on). Eller is really only just rounding into form now after missing training camp and half the summer from injury. We've lost Kosty, Spacek, White... Okay, injuries aren't excuses, but they are *reasons.* With all these players in the lineup, I think we have a few more points. As it is, we're on the cusp. And I haven't even started on the back room intrigue (Pearn, etc). Don't get me wrong, I'm not *happy.* But to be so pessimistic with all the positives. Cole, looking like the PF we crave. Patches, whose game has taken another giant stride. Plex who continues to roll. Kosty looks better this season. PK is controlled out there. And we still have Markov, Cammi, Gomez, White, Campoli who will all come back to the squad to improve it. I'm happy to stay in touch with what we've got until they get back. More than that, we play the best defensive game we've seen in years, so there's every reason to believe that, if the posts stop killing us, we might just pick up a couple more wins that we really deserve. (When was the last time this team wasn't regularly outshot?) Plenty of time, Hab fans. Lets enjoy what's on the ice and take heart in the positive. Despite the start, this is the best Habs team in over a decade. EDIT, oh I'm having WORDS with the editor now. I have to make all these columns work! Going to be here all night. Okay, that's all you get. I'm tired, so this is good enough.

Sorry - and I'm not saying JM is God - but I can't help wondering where are all those expert Habs fans who are SOOOO critical of JM's 'obsolete' conservative style and wish, wish, wish we had just held onto that wonderful Boucher with his electrifying, innovative hockey mind. If he goes 1-3-1 because Hedman is out, what would he do with Markov/Campoli/Cammalleri/Kostitysn/Gomez? Stack five men in the net behind Price?

yanik cammalleri josh cammalleri

They both sit, because the only way to teach a rookie is to make him second guess every play he makes. If he isn't perfect like Gill or Spacek, he doesn't deserve time. Martin does a great job at building confidence.

(I'm going to go with what's working) Oración a San Rafael [/center] “Glorioso Arcángel San Rafael, medicina de Dios, que guiaste a Tobías en su viaje para cobrar la deuda de Gabelo, le preparaste un feliz matrimonio y devolviste la vista a su anciano padre Tobit, guíanos en el camino de la salvación, ayúdanos en las necesidades, haz felices nuestros hogares y danos la visión de Dios en el cielo. Señor, que diste a tu hijo Tobías como compañero de viaje al Arcángel Rafael, concédenos la gracia de estar siempre protegidos por su custodia y asistidos por sus auxilios. Por Jesucristo Nuestro Señor, que vive y reina por siempre. Amén.” [/center]

Okay, new topic: Capitalism cannot work. It must have a socialist base in order for society to function fairly and effectively. Discuss.