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    "Habs, Avs have equal place in Roy's heart"

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    Couple Roy related things:

    1. Larry Robinson was asked yesterday if they should have traded Roy, or fired Tremblay.. he didn't even hesitate.. FIRE TREMBLAY.

    2. Roy said yesterday that he does regret his comments in the heat of the moment and that he did not want to get traded.

    3. Carbo inquired about him coming behind the bench with him this year, but he felt he had more to learn in the Juniors. I guess he never wants to end up as a "Tremblay'.

    I am pretty sure that one day, Roy will be behind the Canadiens bench, and given his passion and willingness to take the time to learn, I think it will be great.

    Roy not a fan of Latendresse

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    Personally, I think Carbo is in a bad situation. I think he took a chance on Lats, and it is not working out very well. Since people are pointing at the French issue, he is really trying hard to get Lats going.

    Sometimes people don't like to admit they made a mistake. I think Carbo made a mistake in his original decision on Lats (with Gainey) and is not ready to admit it. I see no other reason for all the first line, PP, and shootout chances he has been given. If he left him on the 4th line to continue to work and develop, it would make more sense to cling to the "no point sending him to jrs. arugument"

    Frankly, I believe Carbo and Gainey made two mistakes in player evaluations this year. Lats and Pleks. I think they overrated both of them, leading them to trade Ribs for a struggling defenseman (instead of a deal to get a different center) and promoting lats up the chain too early.

    Of course, they are only human, and if it had worked out differently, we would be calling them geniuses. :)

    It took a while for them to reverse the Pleks promote (although we are still short a center). I wonder how long before Lats is back on the 4th line. I don't think that goal is going to do it. If he wants to stay up, he needs to generate some offense on the first line. The next few games will be very big games for Lats.

    As for Roy, he was not bashing Lats, just stating the obvious, in a joking way. I bet you anything he would buy Lats a beer given the chance. As for Lat's response.. not bad, but I prefer he replies on the ice. Maybe Roy was lighting a fire under him. ;)

    Roy not a fan of Latendresse

    in Habs & Hockey Talk

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    Based on what i saw the last few games, Lats is finally playing like a fourth liner, unfortunately, he is on the first line.

    I think people are seeing more then what is there, they are desperate for Lats to make it. I have yet to see Lats do anymore then cycle the puck around and toss some weak shots at the net.

    Game Thread | Oilers vs. Montreal | 11/07/06

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    ... and one in the teeth for all the Lats doubters.

    +1, 19:46 of ice time, 5 shots, 6 hits, 1 tying goal.

    Not gonna make anyone forget about Higgins, but he stepped up. Good to see the vets on that line (Koivu and Ryder) stepped up too. They could have just took the easy way out since Higgins was argueably the best Habs player so far this season.

    Should be critical that the line keeps working well vs Toronto and Ottawa in the next two games on the road. Now if the 2nd line could just get more consistent, we wouldn't depend so much on Koivu's line and the PP for offense.

    I wouldn't call that "one in the teeth". I thought Begin played a better game then Lats. Seriously, if that is all it takes for you to declare Lats the real thing, you are just trying too hard to love the guy. :)

    I want to see him scoring at a first line pace for 5 to 10 games before I am convinced he belongs there. As I have said before, he is being given more opportunities then any prospect I have seen in the last few years, so he better step up. So far, he still looks to me like a guy who needs to keep working on his game on the 4th line for a while.

    That said, I knew that little whiff Lats took at the puck would make your day, so please, enjoy. :rolleyes:

    Game Thread | Oilers vs. Montreal | 11/07/06

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    I get the feeling you don't like Lats...lol. Just wondering how many shootout goals before tonight have Kovy Perez and Ryder scored? Ryders winner against toronto Is all I can think of. Why not give him a chance. A shootout is a crapshoot anyway IMO.

    I don't hate lats at all, I am just not impressed with his play, given all the hype.

    Besides, he looked terrible on the shootout, so it is not helping Lat's confidence to put him in a spot he should not be in. It might be a crapshoot, but he is not the guy I would hand the dice to. ;)

    I try to be very realistic when I evaluate players, good or bad. I don't love or hate Lats, I judge him solely on his performance. To date, there is nothing to get excited about. At some point, he either flowers into this awesome player people think he will be, or this experiment has to stop before they ruin the kid. I believe he can develop, but they are pushing it too hard, imo.

    Game Thread | Oilers vs. Montreal | 11/07/06

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    It's nice to hear the Habs fans get behind Lats, instead of just hound him for having a slow start. Perfect example being his 1st star tonight.

    Shows a little bias as well for tolerating french canadians that much more though.

    Yeah but one has to recognize that Lats' ego is pretty fragile. He's just a kid with a big microscope focused solely on him. Probably best to show good faith than to beat down on him. It'll probably result in a bigger return in the long run.

    I figured they would give him first star (which he was definitely not), and I could live with that. But giving him a shot on the shootout and putting a point at risk is stupid. He is not even the type of player I would use, he is a big grinder, not a finesse player. I mean, picking him over Kovalev, Ryder, Perez... /shudder

    Game Thread | Oilers vs. Montreal | 11/07/06

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    If Kovy gets a chance.. please, shoot it, don't deke!

    Koivu scores!

    Abby save... barely

    Oh my god.. he gave lats a shot at it.. and he didn't get a shot off...

    Sheesh.. .that was dumb carbo

    Hemsky scores.. all tied up.. still fuming that lats was chosen based on that garbage goal he got

    Sammy stopped... yeah, thats right, picked lats, not Kovalev...

    Save Abby... going to extra

    Kovalev ..... scores!

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