Jump to content

KEEP26

Member
  • Posts

    888
  • Joined

  • Last visited

Posts posted by KEEP26

  1. So it's ok to rip SK for ripping a teammate in the media, but souray was right?? I don't care what is said in the room behind closed doors, but you do NOT call out or rip a teammate in front of the media. That is not the sign of a so called leader. Souray was NEVER going to repeat those numbers from his career year and the guy has always had a bum wrist and shoulders. What was his injury history at the time? The habs should have been trying to unload him when he had value. If you have Bobby Orr with bum knees you hang on to him because of what he means to the team and what he has given to the team. A one dimensional pylon like Souray was not a guy to hang unto. I couldn't believe Gainey actually offered him the contract he did. Thank god souray turned it down!! As much as I hated the Hamrlik contract, offering that kind of money to a one dimensional injury prone pylon makes even the Gomez contract seem like a bargain!

    first of all SK is not on the same page as souray...souray is a nhl player who was a leader for the habs..SK well i leave it at that..how do u know everthing that happens in the dressing room or what gainey offer players..DO u work for the team, talk like you a inside man, wait it was report in the media lol..everyone but edm knew souray wasnt worth that much money, same as kov in ottawa, and redden in NY..but this happen on everyteam..this is just not a habs problem..welcome to the NHL..lol..look at the other 30 teams in the nhl they all got the same problem, over paid players, fight for the playoffs ect....

    kov was a bum and souray said what almost ever was thinking but for the few that had a man crush on this guy...

  2. So how did that effort turn out? Souray was a real factor eh? This is the same guy who publically nailed Kovy to the cross n the playoff series against Boston and also has made himself persona non grata in Edmonton. Great team guy. Not bad for a pylon whose only asset is his shot.

    kovy is a bum, one of the most over paid over rated habs of all time so i think souray was right...not sure if you keep up with EDM but no one whats to play their and the rumour is that its the management and not the players...SOuray is over paid but thats not his problem thats edm management..U are right if we know now that souray was leaving we should of trade him...but 99% of people cant tell the future but if u can givethe habs a call they sure could use your help in the draft...souray was a fan fav and leader, pp man but edm over paid to get him and he took the money and run so now edm crying,same as komi in TO..

  3. I am factoring in the Chaos from last year. I'm also factoring in what we lost going forward and the holes that have not yet been addressed.

    I think we have four BIG issues. The first is the dice that is being rolled on Price, without providing him with any sort of insulation. The second is the defence. The Habs NEEDED to move Hamrlik. I know everone is optimistic about the D after the playoffs, but you CANNOT expect Gill and Gorges and others to through their bodies in front of pucks over an 82 game schedule the way they did in the playoffs. I know everyone has high hopes now that Subban is replacing MAB. BUT Subban is a rookie. He WILL make mistakes - as i've said before, probably not on the same scale as MAB, but there will be growing pains.

    Thirdly, I have no confidence in Martin. Subban and Pouliot were the #1 reasons I wanted Boucher behind the bench. He mishandled Lats, SK and really couldn't get anything out of Pouliot down the stretch. Until last year, Martin really has NEVER had any playoff success and I'd defer many of that to Muller. Listen to the post game interviews. The players, from Gomez, Cammy, to Gionta all raved on about Muller. I didn't hear anyone say anything positive about Muller from the team. Martin's hand picked man, Pearn was not able to make any adjustments to the PP to get it going. Then when news came out that Robinson was interested and was ignored, that really made by blood boil. Are you telling me that Robinson was not the ideal guy to have as an assistant coach to work with Subban, O'Byrne and some of the other Hamilton hopefuls??? Even Gomez raves on about Robinson's coaching.

    Lastly we didn't get any net presence in our top six up front. We needed at least one big body who is going to drive hard to the net. IF Pouliot comes into camp stronger and determined not to be a perimeter player and IF AK46 is either motivated in a UFA contract year, we may be able to make do up front, because both of them have shown that when they're heads are screwed on right they can be effective, but there is just too many IFS for me to be optimistic.

    yea because before he got here lats and sk was allstars lmfao....guy had the same problem with these guys...AK needs to be moved before the season starts....subban well be hands down all around better then mab...I also would of like to see Robinson here..Martin and muller is a team and plays diff roles to get the most out of players..good cop bad cop..this is not new in the coaching world..one acts like your boss and the other try to be your friend...iam not saying martin is the greats but man u got to give him credit...

  4. Every chance I get to go to Montreal, I've paid good money for the best seats available - and despite seeing some stinkers like a 6-1 trashing at the hands of the Canes, I have never booed the habs. I've seethed at what the habs have become, but have never booed them.

    Do you really think that by not leaving any safety net for Price, PG is doing him any favors???? First bad game or streak he has, the fans are going to get on him and there is no alternative - Auld a career hobo is NOT a feasible alternative. On top of that if Price struggles at all and Halak starts strong, you can expect the booing to be even worse.

    Mgmt of the habs has been incompetent for far too long - not Rejean Houle or Mike Milbury incompetent, but they have done a lousy job on managing their assets, squandering draft picks, picking the wrong coaches. They finally had a good young coach they could have promoted and they kept the penguin who in over 25 years of coaching has NEVER ONE A DAMN THING!! He also is showing that he is LOUSY at developing young players. Did you read the interviews with almost every player in Hamilton???? Almost to a man, they said Boucher is the best player they ever had. And don't talk to me about Martin's success in the playoffs last year. In every post game interviews, the habs players were praising Muller - NOT Martin.

    you keep looking at the bad and not the good..this is not the nhl of 30 years ago..now we have 30 teams fighting for the cup with a cap..maybe fans in montreal should leave guys like price alone and boo all their lose sons that dont what to play in montreal because they think the fans are nuts...guys hate bob now they hate PG and same as guy and martin...its the same thing year after year with the fans.. I dont think his lousy at developing players, i just dont think he care about cry babys and want ice time they should get, he makes players work for ice time...man i not going to fight with u because i have read alot of your comments and we dont agree on anything so later..

    Like i said iam sick of all the cry baby habs fans..at least leaf fans think they well win ever year(we all know that wont happen) but i think alot of habs fans could take a lesson in faith and hope...At the rate habs fans are going no one well what to play here....even the great scotty Bowman said we be nuts to trade price...

  5. KEEP26, you're being too hard on hab29!!! I love your optimism, but I think he does have some good points/concerns. As for me, I'm a big Carey Price fan, but am worried about next season. If Plex drops off even the slightest, and Carey doesn't play as well as Halak we could be in trouble. And Pouliot is terrible, I truly believe that if Jaques Lemaire couldn't get through to him, it's possible nobody can.

    maybe but iam just so sick of all the negative with some habs fans...its a sickness and its getting bad, we as fans are becoming laughable...montreal fans are getting a bad name with the booing of price and the ole ole in the first period..price is 22 and fans boo him and his number are not that bad...and its not even about price its about the over all fans and how rest of the hockey world look at us...I have never seen fans anywhere that what to see their team fail...its a joke.. and iam sick of being put in the same bunch as these fans...

  6. Eastern Conference

    1. Philly - improved - really should have been challenging for #1 last year.

    2. Pittsburgh - improved

    3. Washington - no change

    4. Boston - Improved as scoring was there issue - Horton should add some scoring, will also depend on if Sequin is a factor

    5. New Jersey - don't know what to make - lost Martin but did pickup some new D men

    6. TB - improved - best young coach and Kubina added, Stamkos/Hedman have another year of experience

    Bubble for last two spots:

    7. Ottawa - hard to say - lost some D and gained Gonchar

    8. Montreal - D added Subban, but Hamrlik/Spacek are another year older, Markov out for start, forwards no change, no 1-2 goalie punch anymore

    9. Carolina - came on at the end of the year

    10. Buffalo - Lost some key dmen but have one of the top coaches in the league that gets the most from his players

    I see the top 3 teams battling it out for #1 and see the last 4 teams listed battling for two positions (minus Atlanta and add TB from last year)

    I'm not overly optimistic for the following reasons:

    GOALTENDING:

    1. Unless Price comes in with his head screwed on right, is CONISTENT and we don't have to rely on Auld we are screwed!! There is no safety net this year.

    DEFENCE:

    2. Even with Subban being penciled in, I really don't think we improved our D.

    a) Hamrlik is a year older and is not worth the cap hit. To me that was the one move that Gauthier HAD to make.

    b) With Gill are we going to get the shot blocking/PK specialist of the playoffs or the pylon we saw during the regular season.

    c) Is Martin going to give O'Byrne a real chance, or will he be the new whipping boy now that SK is gone???

    d) Are we going to pick up another Dman, or is someone from Hamilton going to crack the lineup??

    FORWARDS:

    3. Forwards - up front this is still the same team that couldn't get anything going against a big Philly team to take advantage of them having really no goaltending.

    a) Is AK46 going to start playing like a top 6??

    man u must be the most negative person...ever posted u put down the habs...Price will have a good year, sk whipping boy, man he a D**k and if u cant see that u are help less..well our foward loss against phi but we took it to pit and was..F**k we didnt win the cup but this team played great in the playoffs...

    i think the team is moving in the right way, yes we might have over paid players but so do everone else and most of them dont make the playoffs lmfao..

    The season as not start and u are already acting like its over i love the new team and cant wait to trade AK and drop Hamrlik, and watch Subban,Pouliot,Boyd and eller play...

    I really think we could use a guy like Arron Asham

    to show the third and fouth guys how to play hard....

  7. Id like to see what Andrei can do when he can focus on hockey instead of family (his late brother sergei) before just dumping him for a late pick.

    i dont think his brother getting traded well change things, he might come out harder because his playing for a new deal..but iam pretty sure he we be drop sooner or later...he dont fit with the team and for his money we can bring in someone else...

  8. I read a post on HFboards that quoted some insider that said Frolov was only after something like 3.8M per season. If that's true, I'm guessing teams have looked at his 50 point season and figure he's on the decline.

    I wouldn't touch Afinogenov unless he comes super cheap. He's the MAB of forwards.

    I cant see that being true, with the rumor that cammy told PG that he like to have frolov on the team and if all he is looking for is 3.8, i would think we would make it happen.........

    his pretty much want we are looking for top 6 foward Height: 6-2 Weight: 204lbs Shoots: R.....

    I still think something is cooking, i think a trade is coming..my money is on Roman Hamrlik or Jaroslav Spacek or Andrei Kostitsyn or Maxim Lapierre.....

  9. Yea, i'm sure Gomez wearing #11 will be the next item that gets everyone worked up.

    Also, barring a trade i think they are done. But if i am PG i would seriously consider adding McGratton. He only needs to play 40 or so games. He is a top heavy weight, and unlike Laraque will protect his team mates.

    i also think McGratton be a good pick up...

  10. But I don't see how we could afford Kovy.. we'd have to lose Hamrlik for nothing. I really feel like we're going to sign Frolov even though we'll have trouble fitting him under the cap. It's just a feeling I've had for the past week. I can sense his presence drawing nearer. lol

    i thing we could do a deal like hossa's..for a cheap cap hit..maybe?? i think if we would of sign Frolov it be done by now?

  11. Yeah, but why does it matter that we save 500K unless we still plan on making another move? I still think we're in the running for Frolov, Lombardi, Moore. Maybe Kariya if he's willing to play in a big hockey city.

    because really we saved 1 mil over 2 years....and gets future considerations..price is the #1 guy so iam glad we saved that money...I aslo think we are going for Frolov..but i got this werid feeling that we offer a long term deal to Ilya Kovalchuk

  12. Ellis said he was okay with being in a complimentary role and how does he have a better chance being #1 playing with Mike Smith than he would be with Carey Price? I'm not sure why we didn't match or (if we did match it then) outdo the offer he signed. Maybe we only wanted a back up on a one-year deal?

    well not signing ellis we save 500 000 and gets more in future considerations i would think??

  13. Quite possibly, but Theodore was my favourite goalie growing up, so I wouldn't hate a return by him. By now he knows his days of being a #1 goalie in the NHL are over. Theodore was a guy who was able to deal with the pressure of playing in Montreal and could teach Price alot.

    lmfao..Theodore couldnt handle the pressure, thats why he was ship out, we were luck at the time to find a team to take him....I cant see bring him back..dumb move unless he comes in for 1 mil

  14. Cap hit of 3,5M UFA in 2012-2013.

    what would we give up?

    I dont see why they would move him or want we would give up to make this happen???

    we got alot of D and no winger..I cant see this happening unless we move a D-man to them...I cant c them whating hammer..

  15. Glad the Habs didn't land Byfulgien. For some reason, all I could think of was Marty Lapointe. Unrealistic expectations abound for the Buff.

    he would of been ok but not worth a 1 and 2 pick and have to take on Sopel, i think Thrashers just made a dumb move..

    I wish we would move the Kostitsyns...i need these guys off the team..

  16. There is, not sure if it's a full NTC, full NMC, or a modified/partial NTC. But there is some sort of trade restriction in there.

    In that scenario (with a little work), it could happen.

    The Habs have roughly $50.7 million tied up in 15 players next season including Laraque's buyout and Eller in the NHL. The cap is heading to about $59 next year. 8 players to sign (including 2 goalies) for $8 million. It's going to be a quiet free agency period aside from a backup G unless something else happens between now and then.

    we so got to move guys to free up cash for a big time winger.... Kostitsyn +(one off)Hamrlik,Spacek,Gill

  17. The news just keeps getting worse...

    i agree at best i think his worth 4 mil a year....but he was being pick as this years top ufa and his good on the pk...

    I would of traded his rights for a 3rd rounder...I hope he proves me wrong and keep getting better..but thats alot of money to put in 2 small C..hope we got enough left for a big winger..

    but i like plexs at 5mil a year, alot more then i would of like halak at 5 mil...

    iam so on sure about this move...lol

×
×
  • Create New...