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East or left coast? is a close call?

2 super rival match ups for Semi finals anyways. 55 saves on 57 shots, Latvian goalie got peppered.

A dumbass like Mike Milbury wouldn't be afraid to ship out blue chippers for crap. So is Bergevin closer to a one end of spectrum-Milbury and the other in SP? We will see what he does/dosent do in next 2 weeks as one test or fork in road for him. I bet he takes very conservative route, fan-GMs be damned.

Perry's Subbanian spinarama move was pretty slick. Kunitz wide open net hits crossbar & Crosby wide frickin open 20 feet in front of goalie and cant bury it, has got little to do with Babcock. forgot , Go Canada

Vail (29th) 1g vs McCarron 1a yesterday Gregoire (29th) from Hudon after 2nd period, Bozon with 28 goals and playing tonight, which of the three will get to 30 first.

No, don't need to and highly unlikely he will be moved. Iginla might not of got much, but he wasn't a puck moving d-man and even Murray got 2 2nd round picks. But how do the young d-prospects rate, can you have Beaulieu and Pateryn in the top six and compete in playoffs? Does Bergevin have a younger top-4 RH d-man already lined up in a 2nd deal (initials DB #33) which would make Markov expendable? Or should loyalty and sentimentality factor in and he also may be a good ol vet leader in dressing room for 3 more years?

Looking forward to Galchenyuk coming back, especially if Bournival still <100%. But should be a nice offensive upgrade no matter how you look at it.

Yes, no freakin question! Take DD out of top 6 and play Eller exact same linemates, PP icetime and that DD has recieved and then if Eller dosent produce i may buy what you are selling. But, till then as the #1 hitting,shot blocking and facoff centre on Habs, you cant compare nor say he is in any major slump.

Sure, why not? Don't you know eastern teams suck, Habs aint got a hope to contend, Therrien is bad coach and Bergevin hasn't made a big trade, which is the measure of good GMing and the smurf hobbits...don't forget about them.

Will have to watch replay of game, but imagine will be pretty much over early. Hope Price can get shutout.

Sentimentality aside, likely adding a late 1st round pick + bit more for Markov must be tempting option for Bergevin. 2 weeks or less to find out a bit more about Bergevins' mgmt. style and take on his current roster.

Well Yemelin-Markov can head back to Montreal relatively early (if not sent to Siberia by Putin). Should be 2 good semi-finals Sweden-Finland & USA-us. Plekanec had good showing.

And the 2nd year in world juniors he was a star d-man, after being a bit player the year before. Wouldn't matter one bit who is on roster or scratched if don't win gold, Hockey Canada will be roasted from top to bottom as a huge failure, same as ever. Bigger question, will Crosby get a hat trick vs Latvia and team get to double-digits in goals?

I see Adrian Kemp @ 15th on a consensus ranking, so looking he will likely be gone if Habs picking in the 20s. Surprising to see him that high. Got a take on 2 other RW swedes; David Pastrnak or Anton Karlsson? Someone mentioned Timmins at Blades game, I assume checking out Nikita Scherbak.

If only mgmt. would pay attention to 'the stats' and they might of been undefeated so far. I know all the pessimists and "the stats" say they would of had 3 shut outs and boatload of goals for; if only 76 was in the lineup. ( and if they happen to win gold, I imagine it will be "in spite' of Babcock dumb choices). Anyways, however you want to spin-it, Go Canada (and kick some Latvian butt)!

don't worry bout it bud, he was just cranky.

at centre?

Maybe just points to why West teams KILL east teams year after year, better d-men? Julian and Yzerman I think are familiar with Eastern players? Price, last i looked was an Eastern goalie?

And they sit a goalie who already has a Gold Medal and at least gets his team to Stanley cup finals! How have you done in playoffs Price! Babcock is an idiot.

McCarron is gonna grow on you and do well sir (I hope so anyways, but share a bit of your scepticism and he may just as easy be Tim Conboy/Ian Shultz II).

Cammalleri or Heatly not sure which I have lower opinion of? Let him buy his own Flame sweater when they boot him off that team also.

He will a top 2 centre.

He is a centre playing a 3rd line checking role and leads forwards in Hits/Blocked shots and Faceoff% and see no PP time.

Nice, sounds like a winner. As with McCarron, I had a bunch of kids that I would of taken instead, like Hudson Fasching, but as I have said before maybe Timmins et al saw more in McCarron & Crisp than just dimensions (and McCarron is heating up also and really look forward to memorial cup in May).

Funny how pissed off Canuck fans are reacting same as Subban Habfans, and are 'angry' that Luongo isn't starting (even though he is from Quebec and Price is B.C. boy?) Boy, do Canadians take their hockey seriously or what.