Colin
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Can't move Budaj as we have no reasonable replacement. I'd dangle Fucale and see what happened.
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hey man, give em hell.
Thank you. I did. Even scored a goal. Hurray for old guys!
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If you played for the Habs, you'd still be better than Juha Lind.
Thank you!
AND Johan Witehall, I'd like to hope!
Now excuse me while I put braces on both my ankles and hobble out to play soccer tonight. ;-)
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TFP states that MB will be opening talks with Subban soon. They expect roughly a doubling of his salary. I don't care about the number, honestly, I just want to hear that negos have started and the term is around 7 or 8.
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Markov - Hamrlik is light years behind Markov-Subban.
If they can resign Markov and Subban and still have room for Eller this year and the increases for both Gally's next year, we have the potential to have a better defence next year if Belieau and Tinordi are ready then what we had in the 80's.
My worry is we will let Makov walk. This is why i had hoped PG would have signed Markov to a longer term deal then 3 years. 3 years didn't make sense, since now to sign him for more years is more of a risk, since he is over 35.
Haha. I love it. And I'm not complaining about what you said at all here, but isn't it amusing how people were ready to call his last contract one of the major duds because of all his injuries? Fact is, Markov is *still* one of the better defensemen in hockey today.
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He was sent back down tonight.
But I've loved his effort and intelligence.
He's a smart player - that much is clear. I see some potential there, possibly as high as second line, though he still has a ways to go for that.
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Subban has been playing somewhat higher risk lately, and while the Habs are trying to lock it down waiting for injuries to return, it's only natural that they reduce his ice and get him to concentrate more on making sure he's doing all the little things correctly. Every player every season has a time when their level of play dips and they are necessarily pulled off the ice more often than they're used to doing.
Or, contract talks are about to open and the Habs want him to be struggling while they try to sign him for less than what he'd get while playing at or near his peak.
Or ... nevermind.
If he's traded, I'd expect a Crosby-ish return or you can expect a Colin-ish withdrawal!
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I'd rather have a guy who gets injured easily but has a metabolism that repairs quickly than a guy who repeatedly gets the same injury because that particular part of his body is gimpy. Like, for instance, me: same ligament in my ankle torn 6 times. If I played for the Habs, I'd be *that* guy - injury prone!
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Price didn't see that one until late. Not the best goal.
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Goal! The Reject Line!
Been sitting on that for a while, haven't you. Heh heh
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And then I look at Holland's stats and he too has shifts way too long.
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Holland is playing very efficient hockey.
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Leblanc looked good that period and I think Therrien felt the same way. He had more TOI than Gallagher, Plekanec, and Galchenyuk.
The problem there is that he had two less shifts. I like that he's looking better, but he needs to make sure he's playing the team concept.
Bournival given the goal.
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Dommarkräk!
Bless you!
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The 2nd wave of that power play is.... bad.
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He sure did. Diaz should study the footage closely. Notice how at no point in time did Markov dive at the puck carrier.
He left the shot and positioned himself in such a position as to be able to intercept both the main cross-ice pass, but also potentially the drop pass. It was really brilliant.
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Markov played that 3v1 perfectly.
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Nope, it was Robidas - visions of his Hab days. LOL
Wow, everyone on DD's line doing really well! (With the notable exception of DD who lost the puck, twice.)
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I like watching Eller's like develop. They've started drawing much better opposition match ups, and game after game you can see the adjustments and the increase in effort level. Yesterday they were really good and created most shifts, and tonight it continues.
And now a goal for GioStyle. Nice!
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Cube got mad.
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Murray is back on the bench
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Habs have had really active sticks in recent games. They're getting in the way of a lot more than they used to.
PK. Please..
Hit.
The.
Net.
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DD is hopeless defensively.
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Nice units. My first real closeup look this year. Dallas looks much better than, say those new Cagliari uni's which are ick.
Oct. 28, Habs vs Rangers, 7:30 PM
in Habs & Hockey Talk
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Markov has changed his game somewhat, and he's *far* more intelligent these days. Now, whether that is just an anomaly and he gets tired, I don't know, but I'd imagine Commandant is correct in that, last season being his first in a while, he got overly tired. I suspect we're seeing Lidstrom Light right now - that NHL defender who really establishes himself late in his career. That's my guess-slash-hope.
Because honestly, Markov really is all that - and the bag of chips.