Easy Ryder

Before playing an elimination game in playoffs you first have to make the playoffs. Making them by the skin ot the teeth in a dog fight is not something i want to see again this year.. Keep a pace and stay out of reach is important.

This game is key to keep a pace in december. The Flyers are wore down winning Pittsburg last night. If Habs do not win Boston will be a tough win before what is most of the month road trip. In the words used so many here, It's a must win game !

Most team lately hit pretty hard on Plekanec, Moen around him for that reason. Pyatt is the fill in waiting Gomez return, MaxPac Gomez Gionta sound interesting. Eller line , just fine. Halpern Lapierre and sleepy hollow AK. Not names thrown in the hat.

This was his last call up. I like the player character and he will force JM to use him.

Injuries are beginning to wear down the team. Anybody who saw the hit from Rafalski know that Plek is skating with a charley horse, add this to Gomez not able to play was the reason Desharnais was recalled. Plek, played and should have rest, he could have aggraved the injury. Gomez, is a big part of this team success. Offensively he doen't put numbers he should with a contract like that but, carrying the puck, pass acurracy and playing very strictly JM system helps the team more than we thought. Markov injury = More ice time to old players than they should = more possibility injuries and less energy down the road. Solutions, trade or youth from the Dogs. MaxPAc is the evident call but JM is not going to give him what he asked for because he publicly ask to play a top six role. Top six winger on a team that is going down the drain that is a good old player and doesn't have problem playing a sytem. Langenbrunner, UFA at years end and clearly doesn't mix around with Kovalchuk very well. And he is an american. Top 4 D with a mean streak, slow, not to many mistakes Regehr. Not fast enough for fast paced western style hockey but much like Pronger would be a good fit in the East.

Life after Weber is tough, Another D needs to step up offensively. Carle had a season of 70 points in his junior days. If he can add points to a steady play defensively he becomes a good trade bait. As trade baits i see him and Palushaj interesting enough for a team ready to unload some big contracts in return of a good cheap player.

MaxPac again He averages 5 shots a game , this game 8 shots on net. And 16 goals in 26 games now. Credits to Desharnais, it takes a center to pass for a winger to score, 23 pass already. Meanwhile in habsland, second line Moen,Halpern, Cammalleri... ...

...about Gomez if the word around is true the injury is not an injury but a big pain in the *** Just take a newpaper read the comments Gomez said and imagine when a ball explodes there who painful it must be to skate Anyway first time ever i hear a story like that about a hockey player, i thought i must share that...lol.

Against Toronto, just for fun...please.

Without Gomez i would like to see Cammelleri back with Plekanec and Kostitsyn. Would line up Gionta-Eller-Pouliot Would grind down wit Moen-Halpern and Darche Would try Subban in a agitator role with Lapierre centering and Conboy. That would be fun. I want Plekanec to carry more the puck. I do not want to see Cammelleri handling the puck and skating, it's painful. Gionta could mentor the youth, Darche style, with more offensive flair. Subban has a winger ? yah i don't like either but considering how fast he does skate and handle the puck it would be frightening for the opponent team.

Pretty hard to figure out three stars last night. Nobody played really good and they win anyway because they played the team concept of positionning, cutting passes line, played with disciplined against a team that give up easily. With all the talks about PK, get over it people. He has to learn something and learning process can be done because the team wins. The team concept work and Subban has the chance to learn it. If he doesn't learn it here he will never do and will play a Mike Green career for a Bruce Boudreau style of coaching.

Keys to a win. The Great Dane, more and more ice time. Price as good as he could. Defense holds on.

Stortini or any big agressive player out is a really good thing for Montreal. What i would like to see tonight : - Cammalleri scoring a goal on PP. - Pouliot-Eller-Cammalleri trio. - Defense pinching offensively early in the game.

Bieksa left practice in Vancouver, rumours from CKAC not confimed he would have been traded.

Team Deeefense, one of the best habs game i have seen of players sticking up as a unit on the ice. Not that many shot blocked, and very few scoring chances for LA. The players answered positively to JM punitive practice. It does some good to watch them.

Puck moving defensemen, the less time possible in our zone, this means a defense that sees the ice well and can skate with it to push in offense. Hopefully this player can play the point and even with a average shot he can set up the shooters, Cammelleri, AK46. This player for me would be Robidas. Yeah not the biggest guy around but the salary is affordable around 3 million, giving depth. Heck Markov is not big either.

Deeeeefense. AK46 should had three goals if Gustavvson would have not stand on his head. Pouliot deserves a shot with Gomez his release is actually pretty good, now he needs to be fed and shooting. Lots of shooting, with Cammelleri, AK46, Weber and Pouliot we have 4 pretty strong shooters. Send Pyatt down to gert some scoring there, he cannnot stay in the BHL without points. Nothing against him but is only use would be penalty killing and we have plenty of players to do this job. Halpern, Plek, Moen, Lapierre, Gomez, even Eller should fill that role.

Anyone else remember Mike Richards hit to the head of David Booth, was David Booth a cocky player ? Not. Andrei Markov has years of good hockey, never been a cocky player, never played cheap hockey he should have respect. Nah, opponents know he has a knee weakness, and they play cheap on him and when he is on the ice why not slap shot his glove right to him. Players don't respect them between each others or the leaugue would not have to add and enforce rules to prevent hits to the head. And if Richards himself want to go at Subban, not PowPow or Carcillo or Pronger, i say Richards if he has a problem with that. Settle that 1-1. I am sure Subban can take him. Or he is not going, why, who's cocky now ? The guy behind 4 goons or Subban ?

+1. Without Markov, Spacek and Hamrlik had way too much ice time. They are not getting any younger and play with less pressure helps them a lot as much as it helps Subban not having all the offensive aspect of the defense free him of doing too much and results ? He is doing much more offense unrushed, just instinctive. Polamalu like.

Gauthier is making moves, i like that. I thought he would be very patient but he is not. When there is nothing good in a player to help the team to win he is out. Funny thing all the Quebec players are almost in the same mould. Average frame, tons of hard work and attitude, i like it. Leblanc, Dumont, Bournival, are some of the best competitors i seen in the LHJMQ the last two years. With hard workers in the system, we will maybe see a continuation in Habs success and i would be very surprise to see dark years. The last years of contracts of the Gomez, Gionta will be sweeten by good rookies. I am only talking of what i have seen. Americans we drafted in bunch we'll see and i think good things are on their way.

He is creating nothing on offense, he is pushed from the puck easily and he stinks playing team defense. Why would they try to get rid of him ? I cross fingers for a team with injuries an bad pro scouting to pick him up.

Lazy has something there, with Markov back, offensive forwards expect a tape to tape pass so they don't come back as low in the d zone. This puts all Martin system down the drain. Forwards have to come back on Markov side as low as they do with Gill. And defense corp, well Hammer is always better when Markov is not there, why i do not know but it always been. For Spacek, i would make him take a full NASA test(available at Laval) twist him by every side, every height , every shock to see if that inner ear problem is still there and doesn't hide it. And the three stars are relatevely easy 1 Garon 2 Voracek 3 Nash No habs deserve to be considered there.

Eberle,.. wow.hahaha. Benoit Brunet comments on Eberle first amazing goal. Edmonton will be interesting to watch this year. Raitis Ivanans had his light close, it reminded me when Chara took him out when he was a habs, i don't think he has any memory of it.

I'll give you that bar, Eller is better at C. A full year as third center and we will see good things of him. But i think he looks lost out there because they are shuffling him everywhere. I like the Lapierre fight, he was actually very good. No more yellow call for him.

- O'Byrne looked like the guy who scored in his goal. - Henry is a top 1 East Coat league D - Spacek came back with his triple chin, and mysterious virus that causes him to make turnovers. - Pouliot is at his first camp, fist experience in NHL, wow it look promising. 29 games without scoring. bring back Latendresse. - Eller ain't a top 2 center maybe a 3 at this point, hey stop screwing with his head. Tell him what his job is,really is. He doesnt look good anywhere, Engviist was better than him. - Can anyone tell Gomez that in Alaska it's dark at 3pm at this time, it's ok to sleep. But god mdamn it you better shake your million arse before it starts for real. Auld wasn't that bad but he cannot be better neither. Pray for Hammer and Markov to be back or this D will only be save by a savior goalie. Missaen maybe.. Positive, Captain G really made a nice touch on his goal.