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Dandenault is not playing ? What the hell they have a skating practice and they didn't notice that the fastest skater without the puck is a 33 year old with a Stanley Cup ring on his fingers. This and Brisebois should have the night off. Dress O'byrne.

One thing i said before about Price and not been done is having a mentor to him. Sure everybody respect Rolland Melanson(except me) but he has no guidance for a young hyper talented kid with franchise goalie tag on him. And even more in Montreal were the pressure never stops. One guy from his youth was a mentor to him Olaf Kolzig. ow with his career over i would have hire him as a special conselor to Carey for next year. Someone who played an managed a career in the last 20 years. Next year i say ? Yes because there is no magic wounds there turning rocks on gold. He means badluck, his vibes are all wrong, deflections will find the net as hard as he will try to stop them. Luck is a major factor in this game and when you out of it. your in a bad place. First he has to make peace with himself (karma), secundo having fun at what he does. Cuz right now he is no fun to watch.

It's not as easy as you put it. First Sergei at NHL-AHL level didn't do anything to be back here. Second the line juggling is over, as Tanguay and Latendresse will be back. And Kostopolos is in no way a fourth line centre. Laraque out Dandenault is in as a 4th line forward. Tanguay is back on let's say second line with Saku and Higgins. D'Agostini replace Stewart to play on the last tryout of Metrololit as a regular 4th centre. I didn't like Metropolit coming here at first and watching him play just make me hating him more. We have nothing any better than Chipchura at the C position except for Desharnais who could be a wild card there and give his heart and blood to play at the NHL level. He has more talent than anyone else for this job.

As per RDS the apin on his back are worse than before and an surgery is highly probable. The situation is that he wont play again in the stretch. http://www.rds.ca/canadien/chroniques/270557.html

Ok distractions over. Gainey point his made this is the team that will fight for playoffs. It started 4 games ago and it has to grow. Price has the chance to go in after Halak miracles, he must follow the lead. Komisarek is frustrated and he has to play with a knife between the teeth. If Lapierre p-ssed him off by saying him the truth face to face he should eat some Buffalo wings and skate to them not back off. Andrei Kost has to come off and have a 5 shots game. Shoot the net there is no mistake on doing that. Go habs go :hlogo:

Positive factors for Habs to make the playoffs. The power play is working After this three game road trip the Habs will play home most of the time and the fans are 100 % behind their team. The goalies are at work. Tanguay is back and he is a clutch player Latendresse is going to be top shape at his return. Not gained weight while injured. They found ways to win when they were dominated. They will have top win the spot by themselves by winning against hungry team = good next 20 games to watch.

I would NOT trade any of these prospects. PK Subban Ryan Mcdo Carey Price Max Pac S Kost Ben Maxwell Kristo These players are too valuable for Habs future to be traded for a player who will fill a hole in the line up that players and coaches had 82 games to build for 2009 playoffs. There is way to may question on who's gonna be there next year to unload the prospect pool right now. All UFA'S should have a tag sale if the offer is right. Like it or not it's gambling the future to completely close your mind to trust a player who can turn his back to you at the end of the year. All the players with a contract for next year are out of the question deal. Except Metropoly t.

This win is big. Florida, Carolina and Buffalo lost today. Magic number goes down as the habs win with no style. It shows on the ice that these players play injured: Saku and Komo. 4 day rest and a good night for nightclubbing in Montreal... Hey guys don't bring Jaro with you.

It's Brian Boucher andhe is no french canadian. Price will nor start a game until they lose, it's pretty clear except if Jaro wins 10 in a row and needs some rest. I don't know if i'm the only one checking behind, i guess not but Good news this afternoon, the Devils won against Florida. That keeps them behind. Islanders would help by winning against Buffalo so would Atlantawinning against Carolina. And for the Habs it's one game before a 3 games road trip. So leaving with two big points would relieve a lot of pressure and they could play with more confidence. After that the schedule is mostly HOME. Go habs Go :hlogo:

Call them the Rafales of Montreal. Metropolit ? It's not a joke it's true. Hey people it's like we pick Corey Locke from waivers in 2015. I just sweared the hell out of my system for 5 minutes. There as to be something else brewing for a centre and Metropolit just being an insurance policy if not i'll bang my head on a concrete wall next tuesday :puke:

yep Joe it was a while ago, just before he got injured there was an article in the Journal de Montréal saying he did not like/understood why his icetime was cut when is production was high. His production declined and clearly said to the media he wanted to play more and it was a important season for him in his career (UFA status). Now that's behind him but when he'll be asked to play the trap he'll think about it twice before signing here. So will do every offensive player.

I didn't say the team but some of players are. You want names?? Just players who talked to media's. Kovalev, Bégin, Dandenault, Tanguay, Laraque. Player's who i suspect not happy to play the trap on 4 lines. Kost(2), Kovalev(again), Markov, Tanguay((again)left Calgary because of the trap). The question is do Carbonneau has the choice of playing the trap, no since they lost control of that team better play safe and build for the upcoming years while having to fight for playoffs and maybe be out of it.

I hope for him to come back in the East next year, play for Boston and make the hockey staff realise that they made a mistake on how to use your players. These are not juggling balls this is professional athletes and when given a role and stability they will give results to the task. That is why players are not happy with the coach. They(the players) have no identity.

This is a steal, Kunitz has platooned and Whitney is going to be very good for the next 10 years. Anaheim next step. Pronger is on the move for somewhere not in Canada.

With all the rumours this is not a surprise test, this had to be done by the NHL. And it has to be done a lot more often.

This team and this player are not a fit. He has to play in a team that roll 3 lines not 4. In a team that roll steady 4 lines every player has to be good enough to play against the first line. On the road that is the first thing that the other coach will do. Send the best line against the weakest line. If a team roll 3 lines and keep 3 specialist(goon,pk,pp) it's a complete different story.

One word on Bégin. Since he has not been on the ice again yesterday there was a report on CKAC that he had a meeting with Gainey. And that he was even more depressed after the meeting. This would lead to two things. One they want to want to keep him for depth. Two, they told him he has been offered to every other team and no one is interested yet. One thing is sure is that he is way down in Carbonneau plans after Stewart, Chipchura, Laraque and any other defensemen that he could bring as a forward. Speaking of Laraque he could be gone too next week in my opinion. His reputation could still attract someone, a low draft pick would be accepted. Having two players unhappy and complaining is not necessary what i call depth.

This was up to standards at home and thanks to the Sens for winning against Carolina. One win against the Flyers sunday and the whole western trip is a bad past story.

Good thing is those two points. And for Kovalev For me it's just self esteem boost, the fact that he gave more of his willingness there was his ego responding. If he brings that dedication to the ice every nigh for a long strech i will live happily with his self redemption act but will wave him goodbye with relief at the end of the year.

They showed character. They came back many time in this game and the last goal from Pittsburg was a knife in the heart. A blast 45 seconds after hope of a comeback. Some people didn't like Koivu effort well he still plays on one foot and two games in two night are really tough on a guy who faced more physical adversity than any other player in that team. Proof is that his line was -9 last night. But he is not the only player on that line. Higgins and D'Ago didn't play good defense either. He still managed to win 14 face off and lost only four. Note: Habs are still in playoffs position, no firesale required, wounded players will come back and we'll still meet the Bruins in the first round and defeat them.

What's off the ice should remain off the ice unless there is REAL criminal charges on a player or ex player. A lot of superstars party hard and perform. The players in Montreal are threated like superstars and they don't play like they are. As for media's they are paid to sell copy's and have coverage, if nobody watch their show they will stop. I for myself do not watch these shows and boring articles. I can make my own idea of the situation by watching the games. And the two last games were ok, the HABS competed on the ice. It was not as bad as the games in the West.

No Koivu, is in uniform and i wish you eat your words. All those who didn't understand the importance of team reuniting and not pointing fingers should keep there fingers in their pockets and shut up there is no other solution than every capable player supporing his teammates.. Get those legs moving at a weak Pens defense will appear.

A second rounder is the most we can get for Kovalev. Lecavalier, Smith and hopeful wish Artyukin.

The captain is not the coward who left the boat because his skills alone cannot make the difference on the ice. The captain will be on the ice in Washington fighting for the Habs hopes for playoffs, the artist will watch the game at home. Still no player on that team is an untouchable. I did not believe the Lecavalier talks at first but now i would be willing to Let Kovy go for a high draft pick hopefully a first rounder. Include that draft pick in the Markov- Price -Plekanek deal. I would insist on having (G)Mike Smith as a part of the deal.

At least Bob did something but why did it take so long to pay so much? He did something that makes this defense better and a power play solution.