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Halak is doing very well. I like him a lot. I am a Halak supporter. I would like to see him get a start after a win. Price is developing nicely. I am a Price supporter. It is too bad he was called up too early and Huet was let go too early. Wow, look at that. I like both goalies. Neato. I still think we should trade Halak for Ott straight up, and call up Dejardains. Unless BG can keep both next year. But I don't see that happening. The only issue is Ott is UFA at the end of the year.

Carcillo... Like him or hate him? If you drop your gloves, he will fight. that's it.

They gotta keep winning. Febuary is a brutal month. Canucks, Caps, Bruins twice, Penguins, Flyers twice. It won't be an easy month.

Hahaha. actually fraser punched the ice on the way down.

Ya i noticed that too.Trying to find someone who can play on the 2nd line.

Agree. shoot and hope the open guy can get a rebound.

this is not a good way to treat a player. As much as I found BGL pretty much useless on the team, it did stop the team from being bullied. I hope it turns out better, but BGL is pretty angry right now.

I imagine emotion was involved, and i think what you are saying will eventually happen. Unless he i s in so much pain that he doesn't want to play. If not, he will take a week or two, waive his clause, go to the minors, and be called up to see if he will be claimed.

eric neilson liked to fight in the preseason

tsn link

Just read on tsn, that laraque is done, and will be bought out at the end of the year

With how slow our defense is, you gotta think Parnell will get a shot after his Calder cup run.

Claim Sykora off the waiver wire. And trade for Komisarek. Hahaha. I've been trying to think about who we actually lost for our D to look so pathetic this year. Komi is the only good righty that's out of the equation. Gva Stop giving the puck away. Follow the link and hit the GVA button. Hammer and Spacek 1 & 2 in the league in giveaways...Hal Gill in 6th and Josh Gorges in 13th!

Old article. this occurred on the 13th.

Agreed. Martin needs until at least the end of 2011 season. New coach and new team as well as all of the injuries this team has had, makes it very tough to analyze the team's progress at this point. There are some red flags for me though. Under Martin's system, the team "MUST" make perfect passes! It is critical. They must be fast and on the tape. Followed by tenacious puck support in the neutral zone, then give and go in the opposition zone. It is how Detroit dominated for so long. They can't use their speed if they are having to dig for pucks or dump and chase. The passes must be perfect. If the players can't do this, then Martin's system is boring and actually takes away from the advantage of all that speed. I love how Markov still uses the stretch pass. he's like "ya jaques, i know i know. no stretch pass. But did you see how I sprung that guy and we scored? I'm friggen awesome!" hahaha

Ya, that could be by next Saturday. St. Louis, NJ, and Rangers this week. One positive, I was happy to see Benny and Josh stand up for their team mates. They didn't do half bad either.

I think th ebiggest plus for developement would be Boucher. They love him in Hamilton. How his players perform when they come up will be key. If they play the same style hockey and just blend, then developement has taken a turn for the better.

Now you are talking. I totally agree about the 3rd and 4th line depth. We need better players in those lines. Our 3rd and 4th line don't wear down the other teams D enough. Especially the 4th line.

I think Lapierre will come out of his shell

Time to shake up some Defense and 3rd/4th liners. I would send maxpac down and try out trotter or white. As well as maybe benching some defensemen.

Another stinker.Pretty sure my first post in this thread said how bad our d would get beat to the puck.

you two need to cut your post size down. I dont even try to read a post that is longer than War and Peace.

I have a theory too. Halak wins against bad teams. That is good. Price sometimes blows it against bad teams. But, like I said before, it is easier to win against Florida and Carolina than Washington and Pittsburgh. Halak has not beaten a single strong team this year. So the question is...Is it about Halak and Price? Or is the issue the team.

What screw up you guys? Honestly. A good quarter season means we screwed up on Lats? I like Benny more! It's too early to say there is a screw up. I could be wrong, but this is silly,.

Rangers with one of the best PK in the league. Expect a hard forechecking game, by the Rags. They will beat our slow defense to the puck, cycle around their slowness with ease and when they score it will be Jaro's fault! Go Habs Go. 60 minutes of hard work. We need to stop giving the puck away too. I was thinking the same thing. Kosto was so good at sustaining pressure. If you look at good teams, their 1st and 2nd lines match up pretty even with ours. It's the 3rd and 4th that we are outmatched all the time.