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We try to help with that. There are a few wrong spellings of Cammalleri that will automatically correct itself to the proper spelling. That was set up at the request of a few posters who simply can't remember the spelling.

I'd love to have Koivu back, that would be great!

<p align="center"> <img border="0" src="http://2.cdn.nhle.com/penguins/images/upload/2010/04/96468250_std.jpg" width="520" height="345"><br> </p> <table align="center"> <tr> <td align="center" width="250"> <img src="http://www.jerseydatabase.com/jerseys/fronts/0/1/115.png" border="0" width="158" height="131"> <p>13-6-4, 1st Atlantic </td> <td align="center" width="250"> <img src="http://www.jerseydatabase.com/jerseys/fronts/0/0/69.png" border="0" width="158" height="131"><p> 10-10-3, 4th Northeast</td> </tr> </table> <table style="border-collapse: collapse;" align="center" border="1" bordercolor="#111111" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="500"> <tr> <td colspan="2" align="center" bgcolor="#B90000"><b><font color="#FFFFFF">Projected Lines:</font></b></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" width="250"> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td align="center">Kunitz - Crosby - Dupuis</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center">Sullivan - Malkin - Neal</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center">Cooke - Staal - Kennedy</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center">Asham - Park - Adams</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center">Letang - Orpik</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center">Martin - Michalek</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center">Niskanen - Engelland</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center">Fleury</td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p align="center">Johnson</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center"><i>Scratches:</i> Vitale, MacIntyre, Jeffrey</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center"><i>Injuries:</i> Lovejoy, Strait</td> </tr> </table> </td> <td align="center" width="250"> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td align="center">Cammalleri - Plekanec - Gionta</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center">Pacioretty - Desharnais - Cole</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center">Moen - Eller - Kostitsyn*</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center">Darche - Nokelainen - Palushaj</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center">Gorges - Subban</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center">Gill - Weber</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center">Emelin - Diaz</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center">Price</td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p align="center">Budaj</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center"><i>Scratches:</i> St. Denis*</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center"><i>Injuries:</i> Markov, White, Campoli, Gomez, Spacek, Engqvist, Bishop, Nash</td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" align="center" bgcolor="#B90000"><font color="#FFFFFF"><b> Scoring Leaders:</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="33%" align="center"><b>Goals:</b> James Neal (13)</td> <td width="33%" align="center"><b>Goals:</b> Max Pacioretty (9)</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="33%" align="center" bgcolor="#EAEAEA"><b>Assists:</b> Kris Letang (16)</td> <td width="33%" align="center" bgcolor="#EAEAEA"><b>Assists:</b> Tomas Plekanec (15)</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="33%" align="center"><b>Points:</b> James Neal (22)</td> <td width="33%" align="center"><b>Points:</b> Tomas Plekanec (20)</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="33%" align="center" bgcolor="#EAEAEA"><b>+/-:</b> Pascal Dupuis (+10)</td> <td width="33%" align="center" bgcolor="#EAEAEA"><b>+/-:</b> Josh Gorges (+9)</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="33%" align="center"><b>PIMS: </b>Arron Asham (28)</td> <td width="33%" align="center"><b>PIMS: </b>P.K. Subban (31)</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" align="center" bgcolor="#B90000"><font color="#FFFFFF"><b> Game Info:</b></font></td> </tr> </table> <table style="border-collapse: collapse;" align="center" border="1" bordercolor="#111111" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="500"> <tr> <td width="175"><b>Puck Drop:</b> 7:00 PM EST</td> <td width="138"><b>TV: </b>RDS, CBC</td> <td width="183"><b>Radio: </b> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.tsn.ca/montreal/listen/">TSN 990</a><b> </b> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.985fm.ca/webradio/">FM 98.5</a></td> </tr> </table> <table style="border-collapse: collapse;" align="center" border="1" bordercolor="#111111" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="500" height="54"> <tr> <td align="center" bgcolor="#B90000" height="19"><font color="#FFFFFF"><b>Other Notes:</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="33%" align="center" height="34">It's Darche's 35th birthday today, perhaps he can celebrate with a goal? The PK streak is up to 40 straight now as the season percentage jumped past the 90% mark last game to 90.3%. Interestingly enough, the Penguins are still ahead of Montreal in that regard, coming in at 90.8%. Kostitsyn is expected to take the warm-up and will be a game time decision.</td> </tr> </table>

Well we have Kirk Muller saying to the media multiple times that it is Not the coaches' instructions to the team to go into a shell with the lead and he was yelling on the bench to not have them do so. We have JM coming out and saying the same thing this year after Muller has left. We have the Habs who have done this same defensive shell with a lead, under Gainey, under Carbonneau, and under Julien since the lockout, despite heavy personnel changes. We also see the same thing happen to teams at all levels, whether it be the Olympics (Canada vs USA gold meda, Canada vs Slovakia semi-final), the WJC (Canada vs Russia Gold Medal) and the NHL; all this with different coaches, and different players, infact some of the best in the world. When people are questionned, Babcock says the coaches didn't tell Team Canada to go into a defensive shell. As does nearly every coach in this scenario. Seems to me, its human nature at work... the team leading doesn't want to make a mistake and the team trailing starts pressing harder. Its not a coaching strategy of all these guys, it just happens. You'd think that it wouldn't be happening all across the hockey world, and even to coaches who preach a more offensive strategy, with superior talent to what we see in Montreal... if it were a strategy unique to JM. Given that, I don't think JM is lying when he says his strategy has not been to change the game plan with a 2 goal lead.

About the hit last night...what bugs me about Letang is that he ducked his head, that right there should mitigate any suspension, Pax as a player controls his body, he does not control his opponents, it's similar to a player going to check someone and they just spin around at the last second to show their back, who's at fault there? I really think Crosby should have been suspended for elbowing Foligno, give him 2 games for hypocrasy.

As I am in Vancouver as well I agree. Its easier to avoid getting caught up in the whole mania that is the habs media out here. Thats half the problem imo. In hockey crazy cities the media blows everything up and uninformed fans start trashing things like systems that they themselves don't understand! haha I do not understand why people freakout when we lose right now. That losing streak was a brutal way to start the season, but every team will have one. As Chicoutimi said, we have been playing .666 hockey since then, without Markov and half our d! Cammy will pick up, if not, he will destroy in the playoffs. I'd rather have him then a high scoring season performer... Just avoid the media hyperactivity. (Though I don't like JM, but... that doesn't have anything to do with if we win or lose)