ShortHanded
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I still think that Grabs is going to be good player, but the trade--a prospect and eventually Lang for TO's 2nd rounder, was/is awesome. There was no space for young Mikail here so I'm glad Bob got a decent return for a player we had no use for.
Oh, I totally agree. It's not that I think Grabs won't turn out well, it's that he didnt' fit with us. We already had too many small, fast centres... Also, I was a bit worried about his attitude (taking off last year on his own...)
For me, the situation we're in now is much much better...
And the fact that he's playing on TO's first line but we had no room for him just speaks to our depth and how they're essentially depleted. I hope he does well though, and I wish him all the best..
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If it's any consolation, the HWL team is worse than the NHL team.
Actually, that DOES make me feel a bit better!
Can you guys believe that Grabovski started training camp in TO as the centre for their FIRST line!!!!
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What choice? HW is just a bunch of average guys who put together a site. Most of the guys who founded the site were college age students who now have jobs and can't go to daytime events such as training camp. None of our contributors in the Montreal area were able to make it this year. We can't just decide to send someone to practices, this is a volunteer operation. If nobody can go, then nobody can go. No decision was ever made not to cover training camp, it just happened.
The site's awesome... I don't think everyone realizes how much work you guys put in... Not to worry, you're appreciated by most of us
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You might want to consider it though because they also have Canadiens Express, which is a condensed version of the game that you can watch in one hour. I'll probably be watching that more often than the live games because I can't commit every time to watching 2.5 hours of TV!
Interesting... I really ought to go read exactly what's included...
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If I remember correctly, Habsworld had much better coverage of last years camp than this years, with photos and articles. Am I misremembering?
You're remembering correctly I think, or else we're both remembering wrong... but that's how it is with fan forums. it's not like anyone's paid to write those articles or post those photos, someone was just nice enough to do it last year...
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Apparently Latendresse is much, much faster this year but I didn't get to see him for myself (just came from the Habs practice in Pierrefonds).
Paccioretty's going to be our Kovalev replacement, he had the most talent on the ice in a group that included Plekanec and the Kostitsyns.
That's crazy impressive
why didn't you see Lats? was he not on the ice?
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Lats has been making slow but steady progress on his skating for over a year now. Nobody will ever mistake him for Lapierre or Higgins, but reports says he now has entirely changed his skating stance from the way he used to skate when he broke in the NHL.
Anyway, Koivu has lost a step in the past few years and Lang isn't a spring chicken anymore. Lats just has to be able to follow them.
Good for him, eh? That's dedication and maturity, and regardless of how good he turns out to be in the end, it at least shows character and a willingness to work very hard...
Also, I guess you've decided who his linemates are then, eh?
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Wow..
Shocking how it can happen to everyone, even NHlers
Yup! LOVE your sig MMPL
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that makes sense if you are only going to be able to watch less than ~30% of the games.
which, unfortunately, will probably be the case. A lot of the time I'm unable to watch because I'm out, and I count on being able to listen to the CJAD broadcast... or at least come back and read choice parts of the game threads... the other thing is that I commute and on Tuesday and Wednesday nights the house I'm in has RDS, so there's no point in paying for the streaming on those nights...
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I'm with you, how much better could he have got? or maybe he was never really that bad. I like Latendresse, If anything that I would wish for, would be, that he develops a hard nosed game like Lucic. He's got the tools, just not sure if he has the mentality to play with such intense toughness. Hopefully Big George will put a chip on his shoulder.
On another note. Anyone catch Koivu's interview when asked about the additions to the 2008/09 habs. He carefully didn't mention any names but went on and on about the toughness that was added. Can't help but feel our captain is thrilled with the addition of Big George more then anything else. Considering there really wasn't any other toughness added. Ya Lang is big but not tough.
koivu gave an awesome interview I thought... It was especially funny when they asked him how good the team would be this year and he was like "I have to be careful, last year I said we were good but not good enough to be contenders and everyone got really mad so..."
I'm sure he's happy that people won't be taking liberties with him this year thanks to Laraque. I maintain that getting any old goon wouldn't have been useful, but George can play, and that's what makes his additon so valuable...
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This rocks! I'll probably buy on a per-game basis since I'm often not home on game nights...
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Interesting. I was just reading about how oil companies were going to put 90% of their profits into research for renewable technologies. At a summit in the West Bank, peace was finally found. A benevolent alien species has sent us technology to help clean our air and forever fix global warming.
I mean, Latendresse skating that well is on the same order, right?
Anyone check for signs of Armageddon? Is this one?
Hilarious and astute as always Colin
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It just shows that Higgins is smarter than you are
?????????????????? This means what exactly... Are we attacking? Can we stay polite even if we disagree?
Sure...Remember, it was total opposite in the "dark era" when we'd beat records for "man-games" lost to injuries.
Talking about injuries, is Forsberg planning to play this season?
I remember that. It was beyond horrendous. We had a not-great team to begin with, and by the end of the season the Habs were essentially the Fredricton Canadiens because all our "major leaguers" were out with injuries and we had everyone up from Fredricton.
I think one year we lost over 500+ man-games to injury... These were in the Patrick Traverse days. Shudder...
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Quote from Habs trainer Scott Livingston "Last year, Latendress skating was bottom 5, this camp, it is top 5!"
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BTW, Maxim Lapierre now tips the scale at 210 lbs. He added over 10lbs this summer. 6-2, 210 lbs centre who's a speed demon and a pest: me likey!I'm totally loving the number of people who came to camp in SUCH good shape having achieved personal goals to improve their play:
Lappy = gained muscle
Lats = lost more weight(about 10 pounds), improved skating
Kovy = lost about 10 pounds
Price = lost 28 !!!! pounds
Higgy = said he gained 5 pounds and did better on all his tests than last year
Everyone seems sooooooooooo pumped and so aware that they have to be at their best...
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when you're born republican, you'll die republican...
No matter how illogical they get??? If Bush has a 30% approval rating or whatever it is, then even some republcans hate him, no?
What did you expect? He's a millionaire and millionaires vote for the Republicans!I know, but I always hope, and give people the benefit of the doubt. Besides, a lot of those same millionaires are losing money with the wall street crisis... and there are an awful lot of hollywood folks out there who make waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay more than athletes who vote democrat... Maybe they're just more aware of the social issues?
"Everyone's a Democrat until they get a little money. Then they come to their senses!"He's also grown up in a fairly privileged environment. Smithtown is a very white, fairly well off community.
I grew up in a fairly priveleged, white, well off community too... I NEVER vote conservative. Of course, I am a visible minority. But I see your point... I just don't like the idea that you only vote democrat if you're poor....
Anyway, Boone's response was Hilarious once Higgins said he was voting McCain. Something like: you ruined my day, or "starting off badly right off the bat!". I love Boone.
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I actually think the first time it didn't go away so he had to go on a second set of anti-biotics and was sick for a long time.
He looked much better last year. He was very good in his own, moving the puck and skating. College is obviously different but he is pretty physical.
I don't see him putting up big offensive numbers but can be a very solid 5 or 6 Dman.
Thanks for the info. That's stuff I didn't know so I was pretty disappointed in the way he was going... Now his slow progression seems a lot more justified...
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More audio from http://www.habsinsideout.com/
Captain Saku Koivu. Clip runs 15:45<a href="http://www.gazblogs.com/habsinsideout-files/2008%2019%20Sept%20Camp/laraque%20fr%208.20.mp3" target="_blank">
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Christopher Higgins. Clip runs 14:48
Mike Komisarek. Clip runs 16:33
Alex Tanguay. (French and English). Clip runs 6:59
Laraque. (French & English). Clip runs 8:20
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I'm listening to those right now. Awesome
I think it was Boone asking Higgins about the elections in the US and - ugh - Higgy's voting Republican!!! Soooooooooooooo disappointed. :puke:
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I think Fischer actually did pretty well as a freshman considering the circumstances; he didn't have an important role on a NCAA powerhouse, and the leap from High School to college hockey is steep. Him getting sick last summer did set im back, but he got increasingly better as the season went on.
This year will be a decisive one for David Fischer, and I expect him to become a strong leader at the blue line, both offensively and defensively. He's now filling up his frame, being at about 195lbs, and he needs to take his game to the next level.
He got sick??
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I'm not holding my breath on Fischer. I hope he makes it at some point, but I"m not waiting for him. There are other D prospects that I think will definitely be on the team long before him...
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They are both correct, but the he decided to go with the "North American Sergei" I would just stick with my real name, but hey, I guess I'm not the one trying to fit into a new culture.
Are they pronounced differently? If not, I can understand his picking the spelling that people here are more familiar with. At the end of the day, your goal is to have people say your name as close to its original pronounciation as possible. I've watched so many Arabic people who aren't super-strong in English yet spell their kids names the way they THINK they should be pronounced in English and have them pronounced differently... Eg. We have an Arabic name "Jenna" (Not that common, but totally exists)...
Well, my friend named her daughter Jenna but spelled it "Jana", not realizing this would result in a completley different pronounciation than the one she intended... If you're not super super fluent in the language, it can be tricky....
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And the forth line of Chipchura with Lapierre and Laraque could physically intimidate any other line in the NHL while still being capable of playing good hockey; I could even see them becoming a good shutdown line. These guys are all big and physical, relatively skilled, and gritty.
I actually like this 4th line a lot, but the question is, what happens to Kostopo and Beige? I know you can rotate people in and out, but are they both "out" most of the time? do you get rid of one of them?
I really like both Beige and Kosto, but I feel like the ice time is better given to our younger kids (Lappy, Chipper) who still have a lot of potential to get so much better...
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Sigh.. also working...
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Chipchura does not have to clear waivers at this point, however, he's not too far from having to either. He's currently 22, and turns 23 during the season. The threshold for 22 and 23 year olds when they are on their 3rd year of an NHL contract are as follows:
22: 70 GP (between regular season/playoffs)
23: 60 GP (between regular season/playoffs)
Last year, Chipchura played 36 games, meaning he's more than halfway to the threshold already.
I may as well note this at the same time, as there has been some confusion with Latendresse. As soon as a skater plays 160 games (between season and playoffs), he's automatically eligible for waivers. Latendresse has a combined 161 and thus under all circumstances is eligible for waivers. Lapierre falls into the 60 game category mentioned above, which he has surpassed, so he too must clear.
Hope that clarifies everything for you.
Thanks! That's exactly what I was looking for
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I'm glad this deal went through and good decision by BG as usual... Too tired to actually read through the last 6 pages, but do you guys think Lang's signing spells the end of Chipper staying up with the big team this year? Or do you think he still has a chance and someone might be moved/waived at the end of training camp?
Speaking of which, does Chips have to clear waivers yet? and if so, can someone refresh me on the waivers rules? IF they send him down at the end of training camp, does he have to clear just to go down??
Edit: never mind all ... I just read the 5th page of this thread and lots have already commented... Good debate... I'd like to hope Chipper plays really really well during training camp, and forces them to keep him at least for a while... But if he's not good enough, he's not good enough, and I can handle that...
If someone has the answer to the waivers question, please let me know...
Montreal Canadiens vs Boston Bruins, Halifax N.S Sept 22nd
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Me too... Hope you enjoy the game with your boy anyway... Can't wait to see pics!