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Yep, watched all his fights on U tube. Tough guy in little league when he can dance around with his helmet off. He looks tough as a middle weight. I find it amusing when peole get all pissed off on here and defensive. Sorry, I don't think he's that big of a deal, that's all.

Zednik could kick his butt. I think the best 2 way tough guy we have had in years was Scott Thornton. It broke my heart when they traded him. I say let Kosty and Cube handle the little fighting that we do. And give Begin a raise for being a very good agitator. Maybe Lats should take boxing in the summer. He seems to like the idea of fighting.

Players don't protect themselves like they used to. It's part of the new dishonor of drawing a penalty. "They can't check me, so I will turn my back." I'm not saying it was Bergeron's fault, but you have to protect yourself too.

That was an exciting freakin game. That's all I have to say about it. Either team could have won it. If every game was like that, I would have to take heart pills. That's Hockey!

Nope. Not tough at all. Guy is #1

Guy is one of only three players to have 6 consecutive 50 goal seasons (i think that stat is correct). And he's the only habs to do it. He was the best player on the best team of all time. 1977 Habs. Plus he looked cool with all that blonde hair.

Guy should have been #1. No arguement will convince me otherwise. He's my fricken hero.

It's funny. I took my wife to a few games, and she knows all the players I talk about a lot like Price (BC Boy) Koivu and Kovalev, but when we were watching the games she says, "That Higgins guy plays like he is possessed. Look at how hard he tries. Why don't the other guys try hard like him?" This coming from a woman who knows very little about hockey, tells me just what we have in our future Captain. He is a natural leader, by is actions and by his comments. Would he be our first American captain? Could you imagine if Kovalev and Ryder tried that hard every game? To Ryder's defense though, he has started slow every yeaar.

Murray Wilson quote "You can't say enough about Hamerlik night after night"

how does grabs look tonight? I only saw the first, and he looked tentative.

woot habs pk

sounds like a good pk on cjad

crap 5 on 3...

Okay, I've seen so many positives about this guy, I thought I'd start a thread. What do you think of him? Defensive play, offensive, passing, creativity etc... I love this guy. He dishes out monster hits at the end boards. Doesn't take that many penalties. His outlet pass is very good. He seems to do the right thing most of time. His positional play is exceptional, and he can skate and shoot. As others have said, Hammer has been the biggest difference to this team this year. All I have to say is SHELDON WHO?

Grabs is here because he is working hard and Lapierre did not in camp. I said before it's about how well all of these centres that we have play the wing. Lapierre will not be in the minors long, but when he comes up, don't expect him to push out Smoke or Chipchura in centre. He will have to adjust to the wing. (Same as Grabs is doing now) and I expect you will see the same production as Grabs. Noter on Smolinski: I liked Bonk better in his role. Bonk and Johnson were a good shutdown line. Smolinski has more upsides than Bonk. Work ethic for sure, but you have to admit that Bonk was a hell of a checking line centre. Dandy is way better as a checking winger than Johnson was though.

I guess I am the only one who is not unhappy with Grabovski. He is a little worker. He is as fast as hell and never gives up on plays. He isn't getting any points, but with his work ethic, I can't complain. The problem is that he is a centreman. We have so much depth at centre, it is ridiculous. That's why Lapierre isn't on the team yet. IMO. I know he did not have a good camp, but I think this team needs to get some of these centres practicing the left wing position. I don't think the fact that we have all these centres is a mistake though. Centres always haver to backcheck harder and read plays more carefully. Having natural centres playin the wings on the 3rd and 4th lines could add the team's defensive responsibility.

I was at the game tonight, and I was pretty nervous up until the empty netter. Huet played very well tonight. Thank God. Dandy looked very good out there. He is so fast. On TV, you don`t see the way he catches up to the play, but his speed is a huge asset on the 3rd or 4th line. Kostityn had his best night yet. It was nice to see him with Plex again. He looked dangerous all night. I can see why the LA fans loved Kosty. He is an aggressive ba---rd. I love our 4th line. Georges looked really good tonight. He doesn`t hit like Cube, but I would say his play lately has been very good. I think Bonk was a better shutdown centre than Smoke. I still like him though. I love Hammer. Man is he solid. He hits, his outlet pass is amazing. So now I fly back to stinkin old Alberta. I have to reiterate how impressed I was with Montreal. It is a very social city. I wish my grasp of French was better, because it would have been nice to communicate in French. I will have to work on it. I didn`t feel nervous at all. I really think this is one of the most unique cities in Canada.

Well, tonight is my last night in Montreal. I am looking forward to the game. I am considering trading my tickets up, but the scalpers are insane. I must say that I have enjoyed the city very much. There are lttle differences here which make it unique. Old Montreal is wonderful. I hope that Montreal can resist corporate America for a while longer and keep it's charm.

Me too. 330

My observations from being at the game tonight. Latendresse needs to think more. He is a big guy. When he is alone in the zone, he should take the boards and protect the puck until help arrives instead of throwing it away. Ryder needs to sit out a game. Shoot Ryder Shoot. Faceoffs, faceoffs, faceoffs. Many of our goals come from the powerplay and we only got a few of those. I did think the leafs got away with a few though. Toskola played great We only played 40 minutes of hockey.

I will be at the game tonight. My first ever NHL game.What time should I get there so I can find my seats, navigate the building and watch the pregame show?

I was very pleased with Georges tonight. Lots of effort all over the place. "Lats"... "Please build on your 3rd period and make me love you again?" good third by Lats. Holy power play. If you see a guy holding a Sheldon Who? sign after a power play goal on Saturday or Monday up in 330 AA, that will be me.WOOOOOOOT.

I call the PETROVian flare.

It's all a little more simple than all this IMO. Grabs works hard. Our coaching staff rewards hard work. He's an aggressive lil feller and Carbo says "Hey ####, work hard like Grabs and you can stay. Take shifts off and you can go live with lil ####."

Here is a list of yesterday's games which were close in the last 5 minutes. And what do you know? The winning team is penalized in the last 5. Pens wild 3rd period : 14:56 Tyler Kennedy: 2 Minutes for Interference of Kurtis Foster Habs / Thrashers : 13:38 Ken Klee: 2 Minutes for High-sticking Alexei Kovalev (that was not a high sticking penalty) Coyotes / Blues : 13:53 Steve Reinprecht: 2 Minutes for Hooking Bryce Salvador 3 out of 5 games had penalties in around the last 5 minutes to the winning team. The Calgary game was a blowout, and the Oilers game was tied till the dying seconds of the 3rd. Start paying attention to this. It is funny.