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I didn't get to see the draft, so I'm not quite sure about the immature way he was acting. But to me, it doesn't matter if his "rankings were dropping like a stone" because the fact remains Esposito has the potential to eventually be one of the better players in the league. It would have been nice to see him play for the habs after all of the original attention he was getting. That being said, what's done is done and they decided to pick up a solid defenceman instead early on. Sorry to simply go on about one player, I just wanted to post my view on it. In my books, it wasn't an extraordinary draft by any means, and in fact I feel as though the possibilities were out there to really make it a great one this season. As someone said earlier on, I'd give it a B+.

http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/news_story/?ID=14318...183&hubname=nhl Opinions? lol...I think Fedorov can be one of the greatest players out there...I like the move even though he's expensive.

yes, I know... with about a second to go, a buffalo raised his hands to indicate a goal so a shot must have come awfully close to going in. That was actually because the rebound went flying up in the air and he tried catching the puck with his hand. Anyways it was a pretty good game. I like the close ones lol. (When we win =/.)

Now that I've looked, I only see the article about the altercation between Souray and his wife...This artcile is not entirely the same though..

Interesting-ish article about Souray. Thought some people that were worried about his play last night might wanna read it. http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/news_story/?ID=14122...225&hubname=nhl Was it posted? if so sorry...I didn't see [Edited on 2005/10/28 by xXx..CK..xXx] [Edited on 2005/10/28 by xXx..CK..xXx] [Edited on 2005/10/28 by xXx..CK..xXx]

Lol, seems to me the home team would just waste the last several minutes of the game to get to overtime and then overtime would be unfair and boring because of the advantage. You're right about one thing, if the home team wouldn't win in OT they deserve to lose with a 5 minute PP lol. Crazy idea lol.

Yeah man I play hockey and know what you're saying but I will defend Souray because the situation wasn't an easy one. Yeah Souray COULD have played the body more and made him cut to the outside. Souray COULD have taken a penalty. Souray COULD have nailed Spezza and everyone would now be talking about how nice of a play Souray made. Fact remains Spezza made an incredible move (whether or not the D played it right) and scored an even nicer goal. Heck had Theo stopped the puck, we wouldn't even be talking about this. I don't blame you for what you're saying because Souray was the last D back, who else should one put the blame on? But with all that said I stick to my statement from before. Spezza deserved that goal; he MADE it happen.

You cannot punish a team for getting to overtime.. With that system, that's basically what you are doing. If two teams get to overtime, they LOSE the possibility to get three points? Even worse, if they win in a shootout, they basically lose two points. It doesn't matter if winning in a shootout is not the "same" as winning the game in 60 minutes, both teams still have the opportunity to win the game. Not to be a contrarion but I think the current point system is not all that bad. I don't think there should be shootouts at all and therefore think that the 2 points for a win 1 point for a tie 0 points for a loss system should be brought back. However with the shootout and no possibility of a tie, the current point system is the most fair. Even though one more point is added to the standings because of an OT loss, what comes around basically goes around and it's not like there are any teams in the league that won't benefit from the extra point atleast once..

I don't get it though. In my opinion Streit is a better d-man than Hainsey. With that being said, if you send him to Hamilton and Hainsey comes up wouldn't Hainsey just cause the same problem and take ice time away from Komi as well? I dunno, I say keep him up at the NHL level for as long as you CAN. Needless to say if he continues to play "poorly" which I honestly don't think he really is for a 6th d-man then send him down. Who's going to replace him if you send him down though? Hainsey may never wear a habs jersey again.

You have to give credit where credit is due and Spezza deserved that goal. You cannot blame Souray for that. 97.8% of people would not have been able to pull off that move on Souray and then roof it on Theo. Unfortunately he made a nice move and got the win for them. As for Zednik, I felt he was having a pretty bad game even by the end of the first period. I love Zeddy and I KNOW he'll get back to his A game and be one of the leaders in scoring for the canadiens by the end of the season. But even without his two giveaways which in turn led to two crucial goals, he was NOT confident at all around the puck. I saw maybe two shifts in the game where he looked pretty good, other than that he was mediocre at best. As for the Vermette goal, it was 100% Zednik who brought the puck back towards the Montreal goal and then missed his check on Vermette. No worries though. It was a good game and the canadiens got a point out of it all. Let's move on!! [Edited on 2005/10/28 by xXx..CK..xXx]

To be completely honest, I'd have to say that I've already seen a lot of improvment in Streit's play. Had you posted about him in the pre-season, I probably would have jumped on the bandwagon and agreed with you. But we have to remember Streit is our 6th defensman and not our top one which is why he only plays around twelve minutes a game. You don't NEED to put him on in those "tight" defensive situations as much as someone like Markov. He's only -1 while someone like Rob Blake is -6, wow he must really suck then! As I said he's playing much better already (a 9th of the way through the season). I mean, he doesn't necesarilly stand out on the ice, but remember that's not ALWAYS a bad thing when you're a d-man lol.

Canadiens 6 Senators 4 Montreal: Kovalev, Koivu (2), Zednik, Begin, Bonk Ottawa: Alfredsson (2), Chara, Spezza

Theo got his first point :-). lol (offensive point that is) [Edited on 2005/10/26 by xXx..CK..xXx]

Meh a few days late here but thought I'd post anyways... Me: Montreal (live in Westmount) Mom: Canada Dad: Czechoslovakia Grandparents Mom side: Finland Grandparents Dad side: Czechoslovakia I am: Anglophone :can: [Edited on 2005/10/25 by xXx..CK..xXx]

Come on habbbbs...Always a good battle with the flyers (not always a positive outcome though)...However this time I think the habs will come on top...fan bias meh.. Prediction: Habs 4 (Ribeiro, Bulis, Koivu, Kovalev) Flyers 2 (Forsberg first goal?, Knuble) Kovalev 3 points

Hmmm, I also thought Toronto was the only team to have won it 13 times...and Detroit third with 10... As for some facts, I thought these were interesting lol...Not solely about the habs but about the Stanley Cup in general... The Cup's travels The Cup has been to many places around the world as one of the most recognizable trophies in professional sports. It has logged more than 400,000 miles (640,000 km) during the past five seasons. Among the places the Cup has travelled: the top of a mountain in British Columbia the top of Mt. Elbert in Colorado Red Square a soccer game at Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow a monument near Yekaterinburg, Russia marking the geographic boundary between Europe and Asia an auto glass plant where the Colorado Avalanche head coach Bob Hartley worked while coaching minor-league hockey an Aboriginal Métis Nation Settlement a roller-coaster at Universal Studios theme park the "Hollywood" sign in Los Angeles on the back of Detroit Red Wings's Darren McCarty's motorcycle for a spin on the back of Tampa Bay Lightning's Brad Richards' jetski, and later on his father's fishing boat on Northumberland Strait (both times, the cup had its own life jacket in igloo in Rankin Inlet the White House as a guest of George Herbert Walker Bush and Bill Clinton a guest on The Late Show with David Letterman, Meet the Press with Tim Russert, and Late Night with Conan O'Brien took part in the 1999 5K Celebrity Run Walk in Los Angeles for Women's Cancer Research Misadventures The Cup has also been mistreated, misplaced, or otherwise misused on numerous occasions: A member of the 1905 Ottawa Silver Seven tried to see if he could drop kick the Cup across the frozen Rideau Canal. The attempt failed, and the Cup was not retrieved until the next day. Weeks after members of the 1906 Montreal Wanderers left it at a photographer's studio, officials learned that the photographer's mother was using the Cup to plant geraniums. Several members of the 1924 Canadiens, en route to celebrate their win at owner Leo Dandurand's home, left it by a roadside after repairing a flat tire. The Cup was recovered exactly where they left it. In 1925, Lynn and Muzz Patrick, the children of Victoria Cougars manager-coach Lester Patrick, discover the Cup in the basement of their home, and scratched their names on the Cup with a nail. In 1940, both Lynn and Muzz would be properly engraved on the Cup as members of the New York Rangers. New York Islanders' Bryan Trottier admitted not only to sleeping with it (as have, apparently, dozens of players before and since), but also to unscrewing the bowl as a food dish for his dog. In 1988, the Edmonton Oilers' Mark Messier took it to a strip club and let fans drink out of it. The Cup wound up slightly bent in various places for reasons unknown. The Cup was repaired at a local automotive shop, and shipped back to the Hockey Hall of Fame. Both the 1991 Pittsburgh Penguins and 1993 Montreal Canadiens tested its buoyancy, causing it to wind up at the bottom of Mario Lemieux's and Patrick Roy's respective swimming pools ("The Stanley Cup," Canadiens captain Guy Carbonneau observed, "does not float"). Sylvain Lefebvre of the 1996 Colorado Avalanche had his daughter baptized in it. In 2003, the Cup was slated to make its first-ever visit to Slovakia with New Jersey Devils' Jiri Bicek , but it never arrived, having inadvertently been left behind in Canada; the Cup made the next flight out of Toronto. On August 22, 2004, Walter Neubrand, keeper of the Cup, was en route to Fort St. John, British Columbia to deliver it to Tampa Bay Lightning head scout Jake Goertzen. However, Air Canada officials at Vancouver International Airport removed the 35-pound trophy before takeoff because of weight restrictions. The Cup spent the night in the luggage area, 750 miles away. It was flown to Fort St. John the following day. Errors in engraving There have also been errors on the engraving on the Cup, some of which also exist on the duplicate Cup found in the Hockey Hall of Fame: In 1929, Boston Bruins player-coach Cy Denneny's name was listed on the Cup twice (once as a player and once as a coach), with one being spelled correctly and the other as "Cy Dennenny". In 1952, Detroit Red Wings coach Tommy Ivan's last name was misspelled as "Nivan", and Alex Delvecchio's last name was misspelled as "Belvecchio". In 1964, the Toronto Maple Leafs was misspelled as "Toronto Maple Leaes". In 1966, the Montreal Canadiens was misspelled as "Montreal Canadiene". In 1984, Oilers owner Peter Pocklington included his father, Basil Pocklington, on his trophy. However, as Basil had no connection to the team, his name was crossed out with a row of Xs. In 1996, Colorado Avalanche forward Adam Deadmarsh's last name was misspelled as "Deadmarch". It was later corrected. In 2002, Detroit Red Wings goaltender Manny Legace's last name was misspelled "Lagace". This error was also corrected.

lol I didn't notice that... That's pretty sick that he has the Saint Joseph's Oratory on his helmet as I live right next to it!!..Literally 20-30 metres away lol...I can see it outside my window right now.... As for theodore's helmet yep the Roman numerals indicate his number (60)... pretty cool

Oh well atleast it's a change lol...It's just that I felt the second line needed some speed to be honest...Last game Dagenais was benched I believe because on three consecutive shifts Ryder and Ribeiro had different linemates...Once they were with Bulis (and that one shift alone they each had a scoring opportunity) and the other two times they played with Plekanec and they seemed to be doing quite well with him. As for Perezhogin, I think it is obvious that Zednik is a better fit on the first line lol (He's a rookie give him a break) ...With that being said, if he was to be moved off the first line I don't see Zhogy benefitting the third line at all..So either put him on the second or fourth!! :-s..

How about adding Bulis to the second line with Ryder and Ribeiro...As stated before by MANY different people, Dagenais is really not playing up to the standards of a second liner in the NHL..Maybe not even the standards of a player in the NHL lol.. Without Zednik: Perezhogin-Koivu-Kovalev Bulis-Ribeiro-Ryder Plekanec/Dagenais-Bonk-Sundstrom Plekanec/Ivanans-Begin-Higgins Depending on who plays then when Zednik comes back (if the lineups are doing well and they stick together) Zednik-Koivu-Kovalev Bulis-Ribeiro-Ryder Plekanec-Bonk-Sundstrom Perezhogin-Begin-Higgins Now I KNOW that many of you are "high" on Bulis + Bonk together and others think that Plekanec deserves a shot on the second line etc etc...But Bulis would really add to the second line..His speed is incredible (something the second line lacks) and he can easily score goals and set up Ryder and Ribeiro for ones of their own.. As for Perezhogin going to the fourth line well believe me that would not be a fourth line lol...Begin Higgins and Plekanec would make for an exciting line to watch and I just don't see Perezhogin fitting in on the third one... Anyways I know this is purely speculation and may never end up happening...But a lot of people have been posting possible line combinations and I wanted to know what people thought about these ones...I don't see how it could be bad!!

hahaha man this is so weird...I used to play hockey with this guy and everyone that played with him (myself included) was like this guy is going to the NHL even at an early age...Now to see a thread with his name in it...being envisioned as the "next one"...as i said before it's just weird lol

A little late here but I say 45-29-8 So 98 points! lol

Well good line or not, Lecavalier has always had good stats...Last year granted he was on a superb line...However he's been with Tampa since 98, check the stats, his production last year wans't an isolated "incident" lol..I'll leave it at that . [Edited on 2005/10/11 by xXx..CK..xXx]

lol Lecavalier isn't really that overrated...He's a very good player and plays hard when it matters...btw he wasn't captain of the cup team, Andreychuk was lol.. Anyways that's beside the point.. To be honest, Perezhogin is a great young player but I really think Zednik is a better fit on the first line...However, if Perezhogin were to stay on the first line I actually think Zednik, Ryder and Ribeiro would be a strong line despite people's claims of Zednik and Ribeiro not having great "chemistry"...I would die if Ribeiro ended up on the fourth line because that would be a waste of great talent..He's having a little bit of a slow start but I do believe he will pick it up...Only time will tell I guess!! Hope Zednik's back soon..