IN THE HEARTS OF MEN

were soft and small on the back end as stated. not as soft as some people suggest up front... remember that soft and small are 2 different adjectives. gallagher is small not soft. briere is small not soft. i just think 1 more move like a possesion guy like jagr or a gritty prust like player like morrow and the team is much more balanced up front then we think! on the back end though serious work needs to be done

morrow to mtl is interesting. he battled with subban and prust late in the season. bourque plex gionta** patch briere DD galchenyuk eller gallagher prust white Moen Parros (is what we got now) i think all this talk that we are soft and small up front might be blown out of proportion. ideally 50% of our existing lineup are not "soft" if you move prust up to the 3rd line and insert parros we move to more then half our forwards including the toughest pound for pound fighter in prust as well as one of the heavy weights in the league. not to mention gallagher and briere dont play a small game. then add a gritty morrow or a puck possesion beast like Jagr .... interesting to say the least! i really would like us to pull the trigger on Jagr as i cant help but wonder if he'll be that missing piece and help add a healthy 10/15 pts to plex's game and make him the selke candidate we all now he should be i think the defense is soft and small though. we missed the bus on scuderi! i cant stop praying that tinordi is ready for big minutes with subban and emelin returns to form allowing gorges (heart of a lion but strong as a peacock) #5/6 minutes with diaz. gorges is just way to soft to play in the #4 spot. we need someone who can stay home make a first pass and clear the net and allow subban to be PK subban. tinordi subban markov emelin** (gorges) diaz boullion drewskie **doubtful to start the season

are we still debating if you lobbyed for chris stewart and or clarkson. thank the heavens we didnt overpay for clarkson on a 7 year deal as by year3 of the deal this entire site would be saturated with clarkson threads calling for his head and MB's for that matter. move on

who said the habs and their fans dont respect their eternal rivals in boston? i think you can hate a team or player but still respect them. the boston montreal rivalry goes so far back..... our mutual hate for each other is what makes our rivalry what it is. hate and respect are different. ask all of buffalo, vancouver ottawa and toronto if they hate the bruins just as a small sample size...... your 99% is a tad off

we definitly missed out on clutterbuck!

armstrong was real good i thought as well. here's hoping we get big performances out of the both of them as they are competing for one position when our team gets over this injury bug

if ott can win games without anderson, karlson spezza and michalek im sure we can do the same without eller patch gio and emelin. inspired hockey is what we need and lights out defending and goaltending!! Price's moment is now!

i dont think mixing up all 4 lines is the answer. we played very well overall tonight in all aspects of the game just didnt get the goals. anderson steals game 1. price needs to play some inspired hockey now in game #2 diaz seemed to struggle a bit tonight as well gorges

so now what? does armstrong draw in prust galchenyuk gallagher armstrong white moen or halpern to centre the kids and leave the 4th? id like to see prust galchenyuk gallagher (with prust taking the draws) armstrong halpern moen (even though white played ok)

there is also alot of good content on canadiens.com >> go to habsTV>> 24CH

actually, toronto is playing horrible hockey right now and there team is not rolling. after we gifted them a victory NJ exposed them all over the ice and they were completly outplayed only to have reimer steal the game. that was followed by 2 losses while being outplayed and and then another hammering by OTT only to have reimer steal another one. TO is a good team with some exceptional goaltending right now but thats it! we shouldnt fear them and i believe people dont want to play them because of the fear of losing to the leaf fans more so the team. we are just as good and you have to think carey will sooner or later shake out of this funk! or at least im hoping! btw im pretty sure boston has dropped like 4 of 5 as well. every team in the NHL has gone through a 6/7 game slump outside of CHI. it just so happens ours is now and ends before the playoffs. better now then game 1!!!!!!

will be very interesting to see if diaz and markov can rekindle the chemistry they clearly had on the PP to 5on5 play.... Also, it seems that ever since i called out galchenyuk on several occasions in march that he needed to up his play to keep his spot in the top 9 once everyone was healthy, he has done exactly that! he's now playing with much more vigor and purpose....... next up pacioretty....... step up mr. max! tonights your night! throw the freakin body every chance you get and attack the net! attack the net! attack the net!

i dont think anyone can honestly say TO is more jacked for this game then us... and if so we got serious problems moving forward! its like playoff hockey down the stretch! the habs want the division bad and if they can beat TO twice to end the season it will go a long way in doing soa s well as put a dent in there playoff hopes.... not to mention all the playoff talk leading into this game.... nation wide HNIC on sat night! The habs want this game just as bad any one saying different is simply playing a cop out card!

this fate was inevitable the moment he went down.... so drewiske is in now and beaulieu gets an unexpected playoff ride! i guess as soon as the bulldogs season is over tinordi will be called up as well.

dion was that good in cowtown because his partner was a younger "at the time" former 1st rounder who was always under appreciated....... Roman Hammmerlik. he logged some serious minutes in MTL with markov out. i just wonder how this team would be shaped if markov was healthy last year. we probably still have spacek and cammy and...... the goat! also, jose theo's demise came after he got off the juice!

totally agree.... but like i said 2 years 5 million per i would do!

norris or not i think MB was going to pay him lke the top 3 defender that he is give or take the day or alignment of the moon! karlson subban suter weber letang not neccessarily in that order

5years is long he's 32 now. i dont think GM's will throw 5 million at him at age 37-38.

theres alot on the market this off season but outside of iggy, ryder might actually be the best sniper out there. 5 of 8 seasons 25+ goals 3 of 8 seasons 30+ goals 2 seasons in BOS played on there checking line and still managed 18 goals per.he was a key contributor in their Stanley Cup run he's known to score big goals at key moments only bad season was his final season in MTL where he knew he was done there and played as such. he even mentioned it in his ride from the airport on 24CH. I would give him 2years @ $4 million but go as high as $5. 33-34yrs old. that's the longest and why not?? he's are leading scorer(tied) and led dallas the year before as well. he's a good hockey player.

i think when carboneau left it was a transition if i remember... muller. when he left mid season keane became captain with turgeon in there as well. but the last 5 captains of montreal gio saku damphousse carbonneau gainey savard for sure

neither ellis or pateryn are ready for the NHL let alone playoff hockey! pateryn was iffy in reg season action can you imagine him in a 7 gamer? right now we need to get diaz skating again and on advil ASAP.

i think it was chara thorton allison bourque and either terry o'rielly or ricky middleton. i think glen wesley was an alternate captain a bit as well with bourque....... man i hate boston!

After watching Emelin go down last night, flashbacks of october 20th, 2007 came to me like it was yesterday. my reaction to my ruptured knee was very similar to Emelin's reaction as well as markov. after going down and him clutching his knee as it was bent and immobile means only one thing to me or anyone who has had there knee lock up after a ruptured liament. It doesnt look good! I dont what to assume anything but we must expect the worst and start the planning as only a handful of games remain before the playoffs. he's on the shelf long term! LEFTies markov gorges bouliion drewiske beaulieu kaberle tinordi* RIGHTies subban diaz* weber both gorges and drewskie have played on the right so for tuesday my guess would be gorges subban markov drewskie boullion beaulieu diaz kaberle weber gorges subban markov diaz boullion drewsike

and with bergeron going down with another concussion, that essentially washes the jagr move for the short term at least. same with iginla in crosby out. i read crosby wont be back for at least 2 weeks.

exactly... chl 2 years and ncaa should be 2 years post school.. if you draft a freshman and they decide to continue school you have a very short window to get the contract done. your holding rights should start when they decide to finish school