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They're down two goals and the Penguin has friggin Darche on the ice

What the hell did PK get a penalty for - For being black?????????????? Friggin Refs

I would trade pretty much anyone on our roster for Nash.

Dicklund has the habs and kings talking about Penner. What I worry about is that the two guys most likely to be traded in any move made are probably AK46 and Weber and I wouldn't move either.

Idiot Ranger fans and their "USA, USA" chants. They do realize the habs probably have more americans on their team

To me his winning record does NOT matter. Like I said, Murray has won 600 games, and Keenan has also won 600 games. Would you pick them today (assuming they could speak french - since that seems to the most important criteria for the habs)??? Keenan at least WAS a good coach at one time. Murray was another won nothing, who took a loaded Senators team further then the penguin, but still coudn't win. The Penguin was washed up as a coach and was hired because he speaks French. I'll gaurantee you that once Ak46 leaves the habs at the end of this year, he WILL score over 30 goals and probably will top 35. He had a break out year and then like the rest of the team regressed in 2009. Then the wonder that is the Penguin came in and treated him like shit. When Gomez, Cammy and Gionta took stupid lazy penalties, they never paid the price. When AK took a penalty, he gets his ass nailed to the bench. AK46 starts out hot last year, instead of being positive, Martin not only offers a flippant remark that he is just playing for a contract, he also banished him to the deep black hole that is Gomez.

Boucher and Quinneville's coaching style is suited to post-lockout NHL - JM isn't. Boucher has been in the league for what one year??? Took his team to the final 4 in his first year. The penguin didn't get that far until around 14 years AFTER his first coaching stint. The only difference between the habs playoff run in 2008 with Carbo and the 2010 run with the penguin was that Halak stood on his head, while Price was shaky. YOu exchange the goaltending performances of Price and Halak in those two years, the habs could have gone further in 2008 and would have been out in the first round in 2010. With the Martin system, if your goalie doesn't stand on his head, you lose. Plain and simple. The point i'm making comparing Bowman and JM's wins, is that you need some context for those 600 wins. Bryan Murray also has over 600 wins (i believe he has more wins then the penguins and less losses). Would you want him??? Just because a guy has been around forever, doesn't make him a good coach. I'll take a Blysma, Boucher or Babcock type of coach over washed out never won anythings like the Penguin any day. What really sucks is we are proabably going to lose another Kostitysn for nothing at the end of the year, thanks to the crappy way the Penguin has handled him. With any other team in the league, Ak46 is a 30-40 goal scorer. Under the penguin he is picked over Darche for PP time.

bcoz he's not black like PK. so he isn't call an embarresement by the hockey establishment.

have to start getting more shots through though.

Yes AK46!!! That's what happens when you get a guy with hands on the PP penguin!!!

I wish I had season tickets behind the habs bench - I'd be much harder on the Penguin then Brooksie has been on Torts.

and another penalty - that one is a real joke - Callahan should have been called

yes - maxpac!

leafs down 3-0 as well - at least they are playing like the leafs I love hating Only downside is that its against the bruins - only team i hate more then the leafs.

I hate when people mention his 600 REGULAR season wins, without mentioning the number of games he lost. Bowman won more then DOUBLE the number of games the penguin won and lost only around 100 more games. JM has been coaching since when - mid 80's??? if he didn't have 600 wins there would REALLY be something wrong with him. What is amazing is that guy has never won anything that MATTERS as a head coach. I said last two year's ago, when Boucher was at risk of being lost. Fire JM hire Boucher. Quinnville would have been a great choice had Gainey acted sooner in dumping Carbo. Now, I'd say show some balls and hire someone doesn't speak french, but understands today's game and doesn't have his team playing pre-lockout hockey, is a good communicator and plays a style suited to the players he has.

well one of the hab's greatest comebacks ever was against the rangers. don't see it happening today though.

I think the penguin is going to set a record for the most too many on the ice penalties in a season

may as well pull Price and give him the night off. They look horrible right now - refereeing isn't helping any, but that was a real soft goal! Where was the coverage???

how is that a penalty on DD, I thought there was going to be a rangers interference penalty

I remember complaining on this forum about not only acquring Gomer, but throwing in McDonagh and was blasted on this site, because McDonagh had shown slow progression and may never make it in the league. crap - close chances for AK46 and Eller!

If i remember correctly, there were a lot of people excited about the Samsonov signing back then. I don't get offering more money AND more years. From what I remember the habs offered nearly $1.5M more then NJ for Gionta. Why then do you have to through extra years into the mix??? The flames offered Cammy $5M we offered $6M. crap the rangers just scored

I would still trade Ribs as well - I hated the diving little punk, along with his thee amigos posse. But he had VALUE. We would have been better off getting pucks for him then the dman we actually did get - can't even remember the useless pylons name right now. Moore we should have kept - didn't make sense giving up a draft pick for a guy for two months, who fit in well and then let him walk.

As far as the praise being heaped on the Penguin, what exactly has he EVER won??? ONly difference between 2010 and 2008 was that Halak stood on his head for two rounds in 2010 until the habs ran into Philly. I 20089 Price was very weak against PHilly and the lack of finish of the Montreal forwards made Biron look like Dryden/Roy i 2008. Had Price played better, the habs could have easily been in the final four in 2008. ONe of the weak links during the regular season ad bad influence for young players was the "I show up when I want" Kovolev - who gainey did want to sign and wanted to keep over the heart and soul Koivu. So Gainey dodged a bullet in his great rebuild of 2009 in not keeping Kovolev and switching to Gionta when Kovolev tried to get more money at the last second. Although, I don't like Gionta for three more years at $5M.

What you don't have to do is CONSISTENTLY overpay AND add an extra year or two to the free agent contracts. The habs are not only just overpaying, they are adding years unnecessarily.

the big difference between getting a former 13th overall pick and 3rd pick vs. the 1st and 2nd pick washington are getting, is that the expectation by most was that the Avs number 1 pick would likely have been a lottery pick and potentially a top three pick. While the Avs surprising start probably will result in them finishing outside of the bottom three, this is still a team that could finish in a lottery position.