huzer

I had to search through the thread this morning to see if anyone had to suffer through those horrid TB commentators. Wow, the amount of times they screamed about penalties that should have gone to the Habs, and how horrible the calls were against Tampa. EVERY time. It was bad, if that's what TB fans have to deal with for every game, I feel sorry for them. With that kind of drabble, I could easily be a color guy...every whistle, just complain about the officiating. As far as the rest of the game goes, don't quite know what Huet was thinking when he tossed out that short hander to St Louis. Maybe he thought Souray was going to go left instead of right and pick up the puck. That was just bad. Huet didn't look tired, but the Habs sure did. I've always been scared when the Lightning play in Montreal, Lecavalier and St Louis always play a little harder, it seems.

Not referring to the playoffs at all, but with the stretch the Habs (and every team, for that matter) have the next month and a half, I for one am happy that the Habs would potentially split games and have two goalies that I'm comfortable with. If Huet ends up being the number 1 for the playoffs, then it's great we've got Abby to spell him the next few weeks. As far as next season goes, if the Habs are able to split about 50/30, for one there's healthy competition for the nets, and our goalies aren't completely shell shocked come playoff time. Take a look at the Habs in the late 80s, Roy played around 45/50 games while Hayward played 35/40. Good split if you ask me.

I have yet to go to the Bell Centre, but I imagine they've gotta be the same as in the Forum. Suddenly, I want a hot dog!!

I'm nervous about this one folks. I'm expecting Huet to look tired and the Habs to go down 4-2.

There may very well be games Gainey dresses 7 dman and rotates Dandenault to a forward line. I don't see it happening often, though.

Even discounting the price that the Preds paid for Witt, there was just too much talk about him (in my opinion) prior to the deadline as if he was a stud dman.

I didn't understand the Brendam Witt sweepstakes either. Glad I'm not alone. (from Burnside at ESPN) "At Witt's end Tell us again why Witt, who has never won anything and who demanded a trade before the season started, can command a first-round draft pick and a prospect? If Nashville goes to the Western Conference finals, that will be answer enough. But we still don't get it."

Morris signed a 3 year extension with the Yotes yesterday (or Wednesday) so he's off the market.

I'm not disappointed at all. Especially after hearing Gainey's comments during intermission yesterday about freeing up salary space so they can better the team this summer. I think Gainey did a good job, to be honest.

I meant in general, not for the Habs. Things are goofy when Brendan Witt is one of the headliners.

A very unspectacular D day. Booo!

From Code: " Source: Rangers frontrunners for Bertuzzi The Rangers are now the frontrunners for Bertuzzi. The Habs are no longer interested. "

I saw that too! Ugh!

The silence is deafening. I personally think the Habs are done dealing. I've been wrong before, but don't think so this time. Our team is now set for the playoff stretch, and they didn't give up an active player off the roster. Here's hoping Abby keeps his strong play going!

That would be a stunner.

Wow, one thing I didn't expect today was 60 posts about Todd Simpson. My Firefox tabs are getting refreshed every second it seems. I guess I should head to lunch and hope for other news upon return. Thus far, a dud of a deadline day.

Ah, what's 250K more a year, anyway? Hehe...

And Jokinen does re-sign with the Cats: 4yrs $5M/per.

TFP has been very fast reporting things. Now Noronen goes to the Nucks.

Wow. I'm stunned, I didn't expect any deal to go down, and then this happens. All I can say, is what's next???

Man, what scares me is that half of the posts in this thread have described Ryder basically as...Dagenais. All Dags has is a shot and nothing else. Is that what everyone is relegating Ryder to?

Simply put, Nope. I'm still fairly convinced that Gainey won't make any moves.

Considering the lack of depth the Habs have on D, that would be the only reason I'm thankful for having Rivet. As far as last night's game, I'd agree with the other points. I just remember thinking how weak Ribs was when McCabe barely pushed him in the corner and he went flying. Three concerns always related to Ribeiro were size, skating, and attitude, and there haven't been any improvements on any of those fronts. Officiating: one word: horrid. Koivu and Ryder don't seem to be clicking on that first line. For as much as people have said Zednik isn't a top line player, neither is Ryder. As much as it won't happen, I still wish the Habs would acquire a big winger with a mean streak to play with Koivu.

I would be surprised if Moore returns. One point that tends to get lost is that he was a fringe 4th liner on the Avs to start with.

The World Boxing Commission? Ha...j/k. I'm not into the WBC at all. Baseball in March? Bleah!