habsfan88

Words can't describe the anger I'm feeling right now lol

Niinimaa is a walking penalty out there...how many stupid things does he have to do? scratch him and keep it that way, he's terrible... I wish we had Samsonov tonight, another stupid move by the coaching staff, he's more helpful to us out there then plenty of the wingers out there right now.

Let's sweep this home and home series! we cant afford to lose both...

This really pisses me off how Sammy isn't playing tonight. He would come out flying...

I knew that final canes goal would be a bitch....and it was...

im impressed so far with this game, its very fast paced, nice passing for the most part too Abby is playing well so far...

I hope Markov is in....Our team does not have a good record while playing without him!

If you are being sarcastic, I'm sorry I didn't know that his off-season home was in Detroit. My point was that Montreal can sometimes have hard times attracting UFA's as we all know, and Samsonov decided to come here despite other offers. Thanks for gathering the general point of my post though.

Your post is very accurate. I just can't get frustrated with a player who I know is really trying out there. I don't have much patience for lazy plays or lack of effort, but when a player such as Sammy is giving his all I respect him highly for that and I like him as a player. Also, he chose to come to Montreal instead of the other offers he had from other teams. We don't often as a city get chosen over a team like Detroit who was rumored to be after Sammy as well. If he keeps his play up, and finds chemistry, things are going to start going his way.

That's a certain playing style though, he can be coached to do that. There are MANY players in the NHL who work around the perimeters of the zone, Carboneau can teach him to, thats what coaches are for.

Ya, not very impressed by Smolinski Samsonov or Bonk?? LOL Bonk is incredibly important to the team this year...and theres no way I would give up Samsonov for a 35 year old who is done as far as im concerned from a 2nd line centre production standpoint.

After watching this guy play this year, and hearing how people want him gone because of his struggles, I hereby disagree. Sure, he is making 3 mill. a season, and if an amazing deal came around I'd pull the trigger, but this guy is constantly working hard and hustling and BACKCHECKING every night. He hasn't scored like his contract should suggest he will, but I find it hard to be frustrated with a guy who hardly ever gives the puck away, backchecks, hustles and goes into corners despite being one of the smallest players in the league. Every pass that comes off his stick is a tape-tape pass to another player and recently he has been deciding to get the puck on the net instead of stick handle for too long or pass at a glorious opportunity. With the right chemistry, this man is going to return to the 60 or 70 point player he can be, and I will have a feeling he will be next years Bonk. Samsonov gives EFFORT, it's not like he's half assing out there despite trade rumors about him. Another thing that I love about this guy's play is that he always seems to be the 3rd defenceman back. He'll be in the opposing teams end, and they will start to break out, a 3 on 2 and the next thing you see is Sammy (the only forward back) skating hard and fast back in to the play to help break things up. Constant hustle, gorgeous passes, backchecking and fighting in the corners for the puck and constant EFFORT is what I admire in the player, and unless a stunning deal comes around that we could not refuse, give Sammy another chance, please Gainey.

CHALK UP THE WIN!! GO HABS GO! I think my thread on Streit somehow did something to him lol played an awesome game tonight, same with Kovalev, Plekanec, and Aebischer!

HABS ARE PLAYING GREAT! I really wanted them to rebound tonight, and i preached it, but deep down I didn't really think they had it in them against an opponent as hot as Ottawa. GO HABS GO

REBOUND NIGHT!!!! GO HABS GO!!!

I think we should give this guy more of a chance on the PP. We rarely see him shoot from the point, but when he does it's something special, his shots are so accurate. They may not be Souray-type blasts, but they are very hard for his stature and more importantly very accurate. I think Streit should see more PP minutes. What do you guys think?

I sure hope so, JMMR. All I want to see is some HUSTLE and EFFORT. This is a big game, a very big game...and my exams end tommorow so that means I'll get to watch it!

I agree that Kovalev played well last night. He still did look slow, and for some unknown reason he is on the PK :?- . He was incredibly slow on the D to D passes and when that pass went to Kubina, Kovalev who was covering him was WAY out of position and he had a clear path to the net. Goal. Other than that, he played well, created some nifty opportunities in the offensive zone. Another thing that makes me want to rip the hair out of my head though is when he received a pass, probably 13 feet from the net, nobody in front of him and what does he do? What he usually tries to do, go top shelf and the puck soared like 4 feet high and wide of the net. Please Kovalev, in times like those, just get it on the net at least to hope for a rebound. Laziness aside, I love kovalev, and in no way am I intending on bashing him, especially as he was one of our better players on Saturday night...I just hope he finds his game. If Higgins, Kovalev, Samsonov and Ryder find their games again, this is one scary team.

If he doesn't want to be slow, he's not slow. However, rarely does Kovy want to skate hard. Watching him, especially against Toronto, it looked like Kovalev was wearing cinderblocks instead of skates. He can be damn slow if he doesn't try.

If anyone can get a clip of this "fuming Gainey", be sure to post it please. I'd like to see it

lol, I was going to say, TIME TO SHUT OFF THE XBOX kw11habs!!

Just got back in from the game about 20 mins ago. All I can say is - WHY CAN WE NOT PLAY WELL AGAINST THE LEAFS?? There is something else that bugs the hell out of me : Ryder and Kovalev, as we all know, can't get the puck out of their own zone 5 on 5. My question : WHY DOES CARBONNEAU HAVE THEM ON PK? On Kubina's first goal, I was watching Kovalev, he moves so slow on the ice that he can't react to the quick passes on the PP, it got to kubina who he was supposed to cover on the point and he blasted it home and kovalev was way out of position. I was incredibly angry. This team is highly skilled, but there is just no jump to them some nights, especially against the leafs. Another treat to get my hands on Habs Leafs tickets at the ACC, and I get to watch a sh**-show like that. Great effort guys... I really hope they turn this around vs. Ottawa on monday.

Trust blaze, I run show at the ACC.

MY BUDDY JUST CALLED ME UP AND INVITED ME TO THE GAME!!!! WWWWOOOO I'LL BE THERE TONIGHT!!! GO HABS GO!!!!!!!!!

I really don't see the point of Downey being in tonight. In other news, incase nobody has announced it, Lapierre has been called back up. http://rds.ca/canadien/chroniques/222013.html If you already knew of this, my bad.