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I just can't imagine the impact what this news has been in the locker room. I really don't know what to think right now, i am shocked, frustrated but i do not give up, ever. We can hold three weeks it's just one round.

This is no test for Janik, this is a final 4 game situation. Janik main asset in this situation is that he shoots and defends from left side. Only Hammer is a natural left D out there. Gorges is a leftie but plays better on the right side? weird but the man is a little weird too. Komo, Breezer, O'byrne, Dandenault are all right shooter with very limited capacity to play left side. Still i would better like to see these combo Hammer- Breezer Gorges- Komo O'byrne-Dandenault and A Kost back with the second line. If we have no D at leat throw in some offense.

Janik is the guy we had for Bégin ? I completely forgot about him. Ouch our PP quaterback is now Breezer. ...hope for Markov and Schneider to be ok soon. ...hope some players will step up and get the big W again tonight so there is no pressure on the return of the wounded players. I want the Markov of the last week on the ice for the playoffs not the Markov from last year.

Even if the video showed that the hit was clean the guy who went after Markov is not clean between his ears, he should have been warship before anything like this happened. Let's say tonight Neil attacks Markov, Avery tuesday, Lucic Thursday...going on and on, they will hit the best player whenever they get the chance. So basicly what i say here is some guys Laraque, Stewart should challenge first and not only retaliate.

Don't undertake the Panthers. They just kept Pittsburg closer to us and they still very much can upset the ranks. Nothing is done.

Mods if you can just re edit thetopic title to AHL prospects follow up that would make more sense now with more prospects playing very well despite the coach change and having call ups and down all year long. It's more a tribute to the players who came throught this year despite it all. Trotter scored against last night in a win. Since January. Brock produces almost point a game in 29 games he had 26 pts. Weber is having good numbers too in march 2 goals 10 assist in 15 games with shot total avereging 5-6 a game. His defense +9 in march now puts him at +11. As i mentionned before Maxwell enjoys his full season and MaxPAc didn't play the two last game due to ?

Not a word has been released aven after Gainey official words with RDS. Some say no news is good news. About Schneider, concerning his age and his worth for this team success i would give him a break anyway against Ottawa monday. Let O'byrne and Dandenault play defense, unrust those two, things can change fast. On Markov hit from behind i liked Dandenault reaction but i would have like Big Georges to shake Gollum, he could have hurt our number one defense and deserved punishment way before that. I think that at 6-1 Stewart should have been unleashed and beat his precious *ss.

This is a big ouch for the Rags. Tusday we might push them further down the ranks. That should be a hell of a game. For tonight Dandenault on the second line??!! Bob ain't no fool, see what happened with Higgins and Dandenault playiing winth Metropolit. 2 fast skaters...Plek should step up and play Metropolit role, that is funny just to think about it. While this is not a line 2 this is an tour face type of line up. They should create enough pressure so the PP get's going and Gerber swiss cheese got holed bt Philadelphia last night...

Any news on Max Pac ? Didn't play last night... While Andrei Kost is off with the donkey hat... Desharnais had 3 goals and 1 assist. Trotter 1 goal 2 assist Nice to see AHL rookies stepping up at this time of the year.

I do not think Gainey presence intimidate any candidate, a career coach wants to coach anywhere anytime. About Gainey effect on the team, well it all depend on where the roller coaster is at the moment of the comment. Saying this today make a lot of sense. Althought everything i heard and read last week was about how Gainey himself could not make these players going. That it would be a good thing to not make the playoffs so Gainey should leave his GM and coach job, to let everyone of our UFA's go and start it from brand new. All year long Sutter(devils) kept a strong hand on the Devils without Brodeur, now they can't find a way to win. Lamoriello despite being an horrible coach must be juggling with the idea of going behind the bench to straigh things up. So the point is wait till the season is over before making any assumption on the coach future.

Bah, thats good but much like the players i am not overhyped by this win. Calm, realism from Kovy saying that they should keep the focus where it is and save energy for playoffs. The wins will come if they follow the same pattern. It was not the same domination on the ice than the Chicago game, they took advantage of their PP chances and they rode on it. Basicly it was a AHL club on the Isles side. Without Streit, Okposo and Dipietro this team was very beatable. Toronto is very beatable too, hope to see the same result.

Since the injury happened on that game, here is a note about it. Sergei ain't able to make the trip to New-York. News are better on Hamrlik he does make the trip so it is less alarming. So, with Sergei out. D'Agostini has my vote for that one. For some reasons i don't want the 1-3-4th line to be changed. And he has a past of producing in clutch-playoffs situations, junior and AHL.

A word on the wo injuries. Ok Sergei was what 4 feet away from the puck. He did not positionned himself to receive a hit he didn't expect it because he was not in puck possession or even near it. So for me it was a cheap shot. Obviously it was severe enough to pull him of the entire game and there was no concussion, i'd go with the shoulder. Hammer injury is tougher to say i'd say something like the ribs hopefully not the same injury than Bouillon. He had hard time to breathe so it must been that. Crossing fingers for Hammer, hoping the best for Sergei but he is more repleacable than a top three defensemen. Short term replacement Sergei replaced by Higgins... If si Higgins absolutely has to play the same role the same way that he does on the fourth line. What i mean by that ? He should not care about passing the puck, use his speed, should shoot blindly to the net and use his speed, while playing good defense. The way he usually play on a top two line is trying to play fancy and plays perimeter in order to position himself to miss a scoring opportunity, get caugh to high in the zone and does not come back in time.

The best scenario has Carolina keepin their fake wheels and win their next game at home against the Rags. Habs have to keep the pace and Tuesday night is the big night

Now it's not only between the Habs and the Panthers. For most team it's 12 pts capacity. Let's say that for the Pens are now just 2pts ahead of Montreal at 8th seed Let's say they have to face New Jersey-Carolina and Panthers ona 4 day strech and end the season against Montreal. Let's say the Rags have to face Carolina and Montreal. Not every team can eat those two points. Carolina will have to fight to keep those points they can easily go down too. Anything can happen. That is simply great.

Higgins out with a virus. He was playing very good hockey lately, on penalty killing he was very good with Metrepolit. This probably means Stewart in. So the fourth line is weaker, Plekanek line really needs to step up.

The Rags wanted it way more. And the Devils played with eggs in the pocket. I was hoping for at leat a good rivalry game, this was not.

There is two places i join Jack. First the owner have pressed all the juice of the marketing branch and pushed it to a level where the hockey performance is shadowed by massive marketing that colored the entire province Blue-White-Red. Business is business, there is a lways a good time to sell an asset, maybe Gillet understands more that concept than his hockey crew. And second to the bar, Jack must have juicy strorys to tell at this hour, probably already drunk.

Seems like every thread is going off topic. About the schedule, i only watch what happens short term, in that case up to next Saturday. Monday New-Jersey vs Rags ... The Devils hate those Rags, hope they spank them. That would give us two game in hand. Tuesday Hawks vs Habs... I don't like these out of conference games at the end of the regular season, anyway the Habs will face Huet for the first time. That will be tough yet possible. Huet owes big to O'byrne maybe he could let one go in his net. Opponent net Ryan. Ottawa vs Florida...Ottawa is hot right now, Elliot is gaining the number 1 job and the team is gonna give a tough time to ex coach Martin. Thurday Rags vs Carolina... Rags will have a tough week, Carolina don't ask me where it came from have won their 6 last games and are very tough to beat at home. Maybe because of the cheerleaders or is it the Samsonov effect ?? Mtl vs Isles... Ok enough of this Streit and Danis dominating the Habs. Over. Friday Atlanta vs Florida Seems like an easy one for the Panthers My hopes for saturday morning would be 7 Montreal 89pts 8 Rags 88 pts 9 Florida 87 pts

I have to wonder if the " flu " was really that bad or it was a message for him to play for the team not for himself. Anyway seeing what the other players did will have no excuse for him to do the same that his teammates are doing. Even Plekanek got in the box for roughness.

Oups thanks didn't know, but he has to play better than last night.

Not much on the scoresheet this week end for them. Manitoba is a tough team to beat. With AK46 back the Dogs would need D'Agostini for the stretch. He played poorly last night and needs to be reminded where he comes from and where he will go back if he doesn't everything he has when he is having an opportunity on the second scoring line.

The two top prospects are on fire. Keepin an eye on them. MaxPac is gonna DOMINATE in furry the AHL. March 25th 9 shots on goal 1 goal 3 assist ..and Maxwell had 3 goal Tonight they are playing Manitoba, best team in the league if both players still dominate this week end i see no reason why MaxPac and MAxwell would not be a pair next season, there is definetely chemistry there. They did it at the training camp. Unfortunately for Maxwell, Max will pac back to Montreal for the playoffs.

We sure expected more from him but he is not a character guy, not that he doesn't have any, just that he doesn't have to do it, the spotlight is somewhere else, he get's plenty of money and doesn't have it in him. Maybe a good playoff or playoff run clutch goal will light that in him. the will to win at any cost.

That was the first game i've watched for a long time. On the positive side, they stand as a team as i never seen this year. The players are used at the role they where hired to play. And those who deceived play to the role they can play Tanguay and Latendresse are on the top of their game right now. Higgins is one of the best 4th liner in this league, combined with Dandenault speed now he has remembered what his main strenght was, speed and he has strenght and shoots the net blindly. Best defense starts with Markov and Hammer found a groove. Schneider is trigger happy. That's all good. On the less positive, Komisarek, yes he hits more and block shots but his passing game is horrible. Gorges is playing like a poor Bouillon man, always shooting in the legs and just is ok defensively. Luck is not on Price side. I had hope it was reversed when the puck hit the post on Stamkos shot but the second goal was a deceiving one. Badluck or missed o dunno but it went in. Saturday game will show more about the characters. Buffalo ain't a unflamed Bolt.