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+1 I'd like to see Laps really start to take some runs at Crosby and Malkin rather then just yap at them.

We aren't in Kansas anymore... er washington. These guys throw the puck around much better then the caps. their whole PP was built around Ovechkin and he doesn't use his teammates the way Crosby and Malkin do. Gill is suited to play that one dimenstional Caps one dimensional attack. The Pens speed and passing is exposing him the way saw during the regular season.

They should have pulled Halak to get him some rest and protect his confidence.

I think they should start getting Pleks some time with Gionta and Cammy every now and then and then double shft Cammy with G&G. Damn another penalty At this point, if they are going to take penalties, I'd rather see them take a run at some of the Pens the way the Pens have been doing all night to the Habs.

Hopefully he can get them going. But I'd like to see Cammy double shifted with G&G

As much as i'd like to sit out AK46 next game, we can't afford it. May as well nail him to the bench tonight to send the message. But we really need some skill in the lineup - particularly with markov gone. And hey- wasn't game 2 his big game last round?? At least Pens have lost Stall - hopefully its serious!! Good job Subban!!

He is - but unfortunately the only good thing about his play is that unlike AK46, we haven't really been able to notice Pouliot.

Is there any other Dman we can call up from the Bulldongs?? Carle??? I know we have used up our 3 callups, but wouldn't losing Markov and Spacek allow an emergency callup???

LAZY shoot in by AK46 and hot potato defence by Hamrlik before that :puke:

Why is it that for every habs broadcast on the CBC we get stuck with all these leaf loving anti-habs play-by play guys and commenters??? I absolutely hate Healy!!

If they can win the first won without Markov - WOW!!! They got the goal with the MAB-Subban pair, but that's really not a teamup I want to see too much!!

Great work by Gio!

Unless Bergeron tees it up and lets it go he adds absoltely nothing and is a liablity. Don't know what the habs can do on the PP without Markov though. Maybe play in SK with PK? PK and Bergeron really looked awkward together. YES!! Cammy!

The forwards have to start finishing their checks on the Pens D were at least 8 instances - 4 alone for AK46 and Laps letting up when the had the Pens Dmen lined up. You have to hit them hard the way the Pens are hitting everything. Its a moot point though if Markov is out for any length of time :puke: Damn 3-0. May as well pull Halak right now. No use leaving him in for this.

Chris Lee should not be allowed to RAF habs games

I like the suggested lineup, but would rather see AK46 remain with Pleks and Cammy. I know he finally scored last game, but I'd rather have SK over MAB.

He shouldn't sit - but I'm sure that the penguin will sit SK74. I don't think SK74 played after the caps scored. I just don't get how most players get a free pass with Martin and SK74 gets nailed to the cross by him for every mistake.

Agreed - i was cursing him for putting Hammer back on the PP and when Hammer and MAB were on, i thought I was going to have a heart attack!! But couldn't believe he actually sat them in the 3rd and went with 4 dmen to hold on for the win.

Impressed with the boys tonight - although almost had a heartache with the delay of game penalty.

Are you seriously saying the habs should be trading Pleks??? first of all he is a UFA, which means the return wouldn't be much. Secondly, Pleks is the guy the habs need to resign and then try to get out of the following contracts: -Gomez -Hamrlik -Spacek Anything over $4.5M for Gomez is stupid in a cap world. I wonder if a team like Edmonton who can't attract anyone would be willing to take him (if they clear out some of their bad contracts, since they are also up against the cap. I would have liked to see them keep both goalies but if a goalie and other assets can net them a BIG, YOUNG scoring winger or center you have to make the move. I'd prefer they move Halak over Price, but if someone is willing to really overpay for a top 3 BIG forward (preferbly a center) and is willing to take one of our bad contracts as well, I'd make the deal. If you could squeeze Carter AND one of giroux/van reimsdyk in a package that includes Price and someone else from the the roster not named Markov or Subban going the other way, it would instantly make us bigger. However, since the flyers are winning right now, they probably would not be desperate enough anymore, even though the streaky Boucher sure isn't someone I'd want as my goalie. I was really hoping that that the flyers would have gotten blown away, becuase they just might be willing to really overpay for a goalie. Gainey has handcuffed this team from being noting more then a #7-9 team with his ridiculous shopping spree last summer, as well as signing a coach who not only is lousy with young talent but CANNOT and HAS not won in the playoffs. Who cares what his REGULAR season career record is just because he has been around forever. Lets not kid ourselves, regardless of how many injuries we had, this team is a fringe playoff contender. Had the East not been so bad, even if the habs been healthy, they would have been fighting for the 7-9 position, if Carolina hadn't gotten of to such a lousy start. Next year, Philly should be better (if they finally decide to get a goalie), Boston, which is looking pretty good in the playoffs will probably add Sequin or Hall. Tampa should be better now that they have got rid of their dumb and dumber owners and abbot & Costello GM/Coach combo. Even the leafs should be better if Burke can sign some scoring and eats some of his defence contracts (one of my biggest fears is Pleks being signed by the leafs :blink:0. Burke stole Phaneuf from the Flames, if he can dump Finger, pickup scoring for Kaberle and sign a couple of scorers, the leafs should be in the 7-10 range. So we are going to be in tough next year and if anyone thinks we can be successful next year if our top salary earners are Gomez/Cammy/Hamrlik/Markov/Gionta is dreaming. Not only is the core of the offense too small and one of the dman well past his best before dates, having all of these guys simply does not leave enough cap space to ice a decent team. It will even get worse the following year, because, while Hamrlik (if he isn't traded/bought out), will come off the books, Markov will be a UFA. Gainey has handcuffed this team and since Gautheir was his right hand man, I doubt if he can fix the mess, because first and foremost, the move to make is to convince the Molsons to eat the 3 years remaining on Martin's contract and fire his ass, but Gauthier and Martin probably have too long of a history together for him to make that move. I also think that Gauthier probably was in favor of the Martin hiring to begin with.

Hamrlik and MAB - both liabilities together defence and just like that - like in game 2, another solid effort wasted

I'm amazed SK74 is in the lineup! Martin obviously dislikes him. Carbo had SK on the PP before and he did look pretty good - I think he would be good option as well. They also tried AK46, but AK46 is too much of a defensive liablity to put on the point. What I don't get is why Markov and MAB can't play the whole PP or most of the PP. Hell, Ovechkin was on the ice for a minute before the Caps PP and was on the ice for the whole PP as well. So again - to me this is on Martin again! If Doughty can play 30 min a game as a 2nd year pro, why can't Markov??? He has played that much in the past - why not in the playoffs???

To me this is on Martin not Hamrlik. He is being put in a situation he is no longer capable for. but Martin, what a fxcking idiot :angry:

But of course Martin will keep rolling him out after every mistake. yet OB and Sk74 ride the pine after even a small mistake. Have i said how much i absolutely HATE martin. These has shades of game 2. Habs up, totally outplaying the caps and a couple of dumb coaching decisions and the caps are right back in it :puke:

I hate Hamrlik - the guy is to damn old, too damn slow - What the fXCk is he on the PP for??? And of course Martin leaves him out there to finish the period