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Who cares what mr. hairspray has to say. That was bullshit on Galleghar. If that was Kessel, the CBC and leafs nation would want that entire officiating crew banned from the playoffs

two goals in two games. 0 for the PP. this is ridiculous. Some of you may have liked this game, or blamed the officiating at the end (which was absolutely bullshit) for the loss, but this team was getting tossed around, can't score, the PP looks horrible (that's on MT) and needs a changeover. I look at what Maurice has done with the Jets and wonder what a better coach could do with this lineup. We are sellers Watching Buff today, man, could we use his size if we played him at forward. Even against Murray it was man against boys every time he was on the ice May as move out guys that are UFA's and trade declining assets to reshape this team. Definite UFA's to trade or say saynora to: -Gionta for a 2nd rounder -Markov for 1st, 2nd and a prospect (as much as I hate to move him - try to resign him in the summer) -Diaz for a 2nd or 3rd or part of package (although with MT scratching him, his value is going to really decline unless he has a good olympics) -Bouillon for a couple of pucks declining/useless assets to move: -Gorges - Prospect and picks or part of package for a big guy -Bourque for new jock straps for Galleghar (he's the only guy on the current team who actually playes like he has a pair) -Briere to Buffulo, so they'll have a known commodity and leadership for their rebuild This should give us plenty of cap room and roster spots to remake this team. If winnipeg continues to win and looks looks more like a playoff team, I wonder if we could get Buff for Gionta, Gorges and and a pick

there is no finish on this line

I though Thomas was sent back down?

Briere also played with Pleks and Gionta. Both are centres and both don't look good on the wing. At least Parros went to the net and setup a screen for a goal. Until the last shift Bourque is the invisible man.

do you really consider playing with Bourque playing on a decent line?

Would rather have had Thomas in. I hate seeing Pleks with Moen and Gionta.

Is Bournival even playing??? He looked good last couple of games, don't know why he is in. I know Parros had a good screen on one of the habs goals, but don't understand why Bournival would be sat for Parros.

I think people forget about him pulling down Komi from behind in the playoffs, getting shots in and getting off scott free. Chara is a piece of shit and I wouldn't give a damn if someone did to him what he did to maxpac

was at the dentists again for more fillings after the 1st period. I'm 2-0 at the dentists. Guess I should get fillings more often what the heck happened to Florida? I thought we'd catch the leafs tonight

No McDonough was the answer to are we going to ever have a big three al la the 70's again. IMO Subban, McDonough and Markov, while not exactly Robinson, Savard, Lapointe, would be pretty impressive. McDonough by next year will be better than Hamrlik ever was.

MaxPac!!

not sure what he was doing on the ice

MaxPac Bourque Eller

why can't we get guys with hands go to the net like that????????

This is the deciding factor. If it doesn't look like we are going to make the playoffs. I'm all for moving Markov. If we have a chance we keep him - I don't see us making the playoffs without him. Gorges and Gionta are different cases. I'd move both without hesitation. Gorges still has value based on reputation. The longer we hold on, the lower his value. I could see a team like Edmonton or Winnipeg giving a decent return for him, or as part of a package. Gionta is done. Spirit is still there, the body has given away. He is holding up a spot on Pleks line that someone else should get and is taking up a roster spot that a kid like Leblanc deserves a serious look at. He should bring in a 2nd rounder.

I doubt if I doubt if we could even get Mcginn's jock strap for Bourque

so you're saying we are better off not having Subban-McDonough pairing today? Consensus was the rangers would have to offer a sweetener for someone to take Gomez's salary. Instead we gave away Higgins, McDonough, Valetenko for gomez. to say that it was a good trade, because we sucked so bad 3 years later because of Gainey's stupidity and got Galchenyuk makes no sense.

sure and if we hadn't traded Chelios, and had Denis Savard as a cheerleader, we may not have won the 93' cup.

I'm not laughing. Frankly, with some of the stupid, absurd, ridiculous, idiotic decisions I've seen from habs management over the past 20 years,I could actually envision a stupid trade like this. When Chelios in his prime was traded for Savard, I couldn't believe how a former dman could be that stupid trading his anchor for a guy who was on the outs with Keenan. When I was in university and a friend told me the habs traded Roy to Colorado, i was thinking, did we get Forsburg or Sakic? When i heard the return, i was so pissed, and went on an extended rant and skipped all of my classes. When Leclair and Desjardins was traded and one of my flyers friends was in mourning of losing Recchi, i told, him that Leclair will outscore Rechhi on his own. Two of the heroes of 93' traded to start the future smurf brigade. When the Gomez deal was announced I was stunned. EVERY friggin analyst had said that the Rangers would have to offer a team a first rounder along with Gomez to move that contract. Intead Gainey gave up our friggin #1 prospect So, as ridiculous as it sounds, i'm not going to happy until Subban is signed to the 8 year deal he should have been signed to last year.

given how important points are right now, I'd be going with my number 1. There's back to back games this weekend and Budaj will probably get a start in one of those afternoon games anyways. Last game's shutout notwithstanding, this is a pretty fragile group and Budaj hasn't look good in his previous starts or relief starts.

why in the world are we starting Budaj against the Bruins???? Price is rested, there is a day off before the next game.

He seems way to passive. Last year when he moved Cole, I thought we should have been able to get someone better than a retread (the number of retreads is also a concern - MT Ryder, Bouillon), but at least he moved quickly when i looked like Cole didn't have the attitude post-lockout you want from a veteran player. Since than he seems to be more afraid of making a mistake than willing to take a chance. The Prust signing was the only good UFA signing, but he is a 4th liner - hardly a bold move. Murray was okay, but there were other options out there at around the same salary (Hainsey). Going after Lecavalier and Briere were safe chases that would appease the french media, Briere was a mistake and I think even if he had signed Vinny that would have been a mistake as well. Why he didn't sign Jagr is beyond me - especially since it would have FINALLY given Pleks a real winger and a guy who he has a successful history with. On the other hand you had another new GM in Nill (who I wanted in Montreal), come in and make some bold moves. We could never have made a deal with BOston, but I think had Nill taken the job, he would have shown the same boldness in Montreal, in bringing in a true game changer. the 5 year plan is what really infuriates me. How many russian 5 year plans do we have to endure??

yep need to get his GAA and SVP back on track along with the W

well Toronto one again, so they'll remain ahead of us