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    Nov. 5 Blues vs Habs 7:30 PM

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    How much do we all love Gallagher.

    Love the kid. Now. How much do you think he's worth on the market? To upgrade him to a guy a foot taller, for instance, would it take one of our defensive prospects? Honestly, I'd hate losing him, but is he the kind of key needed to get bigger up front?

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    Nov. 5 Blues vs Habs 7:30 PM

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    If I quote the study that shows a fight is worth 1/84th of a point or something, and used the word "staged" once a hockey game, do I get a free mocha latte and Fedora hat?

    I wasn't talking to you directly, i'm talking about the Spectors, and Harrison Mooneys and Lamberts out there, who are just as bad as Don Cherry.

    But I would *really* like to pick a fight next time I have to do the dishes! That actually sounds kinda fun.......

    My wife would disagree.

    Haha, RDS is saying that Eller hasn't had but 2 points in 10 games, so, you know, DD territory. What he conveniently forgets is that Eller has created more chances in each single game than has DD over the course of the entire season.

    I hate hate HATE bigots with chips on their shoulders. If you're going to make a commentary like that, back it up with facts or get the off the air.

    Nov. 5 Blues vs Habs 7:30 PM

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    If I quote the study that shows a fight is worth 1/84th of a point or something, and used the word "staged" once a hockey game, do I get a free mocha latte and Fedora hat?

    Well, here's the thing. I don't know of any studies, I don't like mocha latte's and I have no Fedora. If you think I'm a snooty, pseudo-intellectual, well that's up to you. Despite that, I still hate - and have always hated - staged fights. I don't think it does anything for the game, and in fact, I feel it makes hockey bush league.

    Nov. 5 Blues vs Habs 7:30 PM

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    I believe you, and I hear what you;re saying, but i'm tired of this snooty, pseudo-intellectual contingent of hockey fans that are against "staged fights." What if Reaves was talking crap about Parros? Or something happened in warmups? I don't know if you guys remember high school, but most fights happen because of what goes on before them.

    Fighting in high school. Yes, yes, that equates. I think I was in one fight in grade school. I grew up since then. I certainly don't stage fights to get me into the game.

    But, for the sake of breaking my snooty, pseudo-intellectual nature, next time I'm not up to doing the dishes, I'll pick a fight.

    :D:P

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    Nov. 5 Blues vs Habs 7:30 PM

    in Habs & Hockey Talk

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    As for staged fights themselves, who cares? What the hell else goes on in the first period? Do the big bad staged fights ruin the unrelenting entertainment of the first 5 minutes of the game?

    Yeah, I left.

    The fight sends a message

    Dear fans, we can't get up enough for this game, so we're going to send out our most useless hockey player (whose skills are beaten by Juha Lind and Johan Witehall) to pick a fight to get us going. Because we can't do it on our own. But still, please respect us for not getting into the game ourselves despite the many millions we make and the exorbitant prices you pay for tickets.

    Desharnais in the pressbox

    in Habs & Hockey Talk

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    I honestly feel that isn't the case. It's hard to believe that any Quebec native's pride wouldn't be killing them in Desharnais position. And I think his pride's hurtin bad. As commandent mentioned, it could possibly be the offseason critism/pressure that was placed on him after the contract, but I can see him becoming complacent. Oh the shame.

    It takes a real asshole to do that to your GM/team as well, and Desharnais strikes me as a good guy. It just isn't going his way.

    But I will agree on one thing, it's likely been Bergevin's worst move. PK, Eller, an Price all "proved" themselves with bridge contracts, but Desharnais' single breakout season was enough to justify his contract? I think for a guy like Desharnais MORE assessment was needed than PK And price especially, but certainly not less.

    That's a really great post. And I agree that DD needed more evaluation - particularly playing on a line where he wasn't insulated. That's a tough thing to do, but sometimes situations warrant experimentation and in this case I think Montreal would have been better served seeing if DD could produce away from especially Patches.

    Nov. 2, Montreal vs Colorado, 10 PM

    in Habs & Hockey Talk

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    I agree with Neech. Despite his man-crush on DD. This constant knee-jerk overreaction is very hard to take. Sometimes you win games and sometimes you lose games, and sometimes your best players aren't at their best and sometimes DD plays over his head between two hulking behemoths that make him look far better than he is thus enabling him to sign a contract he probably didn't deserve leading us to today where we can mock him and complain about a horrid contract. Deep breath.

    MT calling out Subban is fine, because your superstar shouldn't be handing pucks to the opposition in his own zone. Not like that. Calling him out publicly is also fine, because if MT didn't do that, the media would have blown it all out of proportion. It's called getting out in front of the situation and dealing with it quickly. MT calls him out, it's done and dusted, we move on. Well, the team has probably moved on. *We* on the other hand, seem to want to bash and criticize and knee-jerk endlessly.

    Not sure which league some people are watching, but every team goes through ups and downs and transitional teams like Montreal will go through more of those. After a couple of games, is it really necessary to call for MT's firing? Is it really necessary to deride so many decisions? Look, MT has tried to play DD out of his doldrums. He *had* to do that. You can't decide after five games that a player is no good and bench him and waive him and pray he never comes to see the light of day again. That's just not how things work. MT tried line combos, in-game benchings, and probably numerous meetings. DD hasn't figured it out, and the consequences are growing. In case anyone hasn't noticed, Subban isn't playing at his best for the last five games. Should we bench and press-box him?

    Sometimes a loss is just a loss. Sometimes you lose against the best team in hockey and, even though it seemed winnable, it's still a loss. Doesn't mean we're a disastrous mess, it just means we lost against the best. I know it hurts all the more when we consider our finish last season and when we think of how close the game actually was - it's hard to lose at any time, but when you see the potential and just how close things are... well then performances like DD's are that much more remarkable. I mean, if he played like he did two years ago, maybe we win that game, so yeah, understandable knee-jerk!

    Bottom line for me: keep an even keel. That's what the best teams and players do. In my opinion, it's also what the best fans do. Yes, point out the troublesome and worrisome, but don't gut the team after a loss or praise the Stanley Cup route after a win.

    Otherwise, we might as well be Leaf fans.

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