HABBER-oooooKNOWS
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Wow, you actually got NHL Network with your centre Ice? That's certainly a first!
The only reason I don't have centre Ice is that my cable provider (actually, neither that covers my neighborhood) carries centre Ice. That's what bothers me about blocking NHL Network games on GameCenter Live. They don't seem to realize that 95% of people in the US who get GameCenter do so because they don't have access to centre Ice. And if you can't get centre Ice, you can't get NHL Network. Financially, it makes sense to black out games on centre Ice to get people to buy NHL Network. It makes absolutely zero sense to black out games that people can't possibly have access to. They're kicking me while I'm down.
That is total crap. I originally got Game centre but the first Toronto vs Montreal game was blacked out. I was so pissed that I cancelled it right away and went back to centre Ice. Ya, in Tennessee with Comcast you get both channels so you don't miss a game all season.
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I'm torn
I want Habs to spoil the party
But at the same time, a Montreal native tying Roy's record in the Bell centre would be a historic moment
No reason to be torn. Historic moment would be the Habs not making the play-offs in their centennial year. Screw Marty, we need points.
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Great, NHL Network decided to pick this game up and is now blocking out yet another game.
Ahhhhhh my friend, that's why you need centre Hice. You get NHL network in the pack, but you also feel like crap you spent 150 bones to watch an emotionless team put up zero effort all season long. Not sure which is worse seeing the games or not.
GO HABS GO!!!!!!
Let's win this one for Breezer!!!!!!!!!
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To me, this game is an opportunity. A win would really be a shot in the arm at exactly the right time; potentially the inverse of the disastrous 'Lucic' game that set the tone for this season. Our players should be champing at the bit to really step up and make a statement. (I suspect, though, that their attitude is closer to what we see on this board, timorous 'woe is us' stuff).
Kovalev ain't the key. Kostitsyn, Higgins, Plekanec, Komisarek - the young 'stars' who have stunk out the entire city of Montreal all season...these are the players that have to FINALLY deliver.
Pretty sure that Halak will hold up his end.
GO :hlogo: GO!!!
Nothing else needs to be said.
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The hell with that....give him some Sudafed, run an IV through him, and get him on the bench...even if it's just to play on the powerplay. From what I saw on that pathetic 5-on-3 the other night, I'll take Kovalev spiking a fever working the half-boards over anyone else we've got that's healthy.
Ya, That would be awesome until everyone else drinks from his water bottle.
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there you now close this thread
or just change the title to "Unfair for Price"
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Don't jump all over me guys with the "let's make the playoffs first" bomb. I was just looking at the standings and tried to figure out who would be the best 1st round opponent.
I have to say, I think I want Philly or Washington. Philly mostly. We have a score to settle with them and hopefully Biron won't find himself again.
I know we can beat Washington plus it would be back and forth end to end exciting hockey but Ovechkin scares me and Theo could come back to haunt us. The B's and Jeresy should be avoided at all cost.
I think our best chance in round one would be Philly.
Thoughts?
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Neither golaie is a 60 game goalie on this team. They see 60 games woth of shots in 35 games. They get burned out.
It isn't going to matter who starts Saturday, it will be UGLY.
Hear Kosto in the post game reaction talking about the frequent 2nd period collapse? He said something along the lines of how they don't show up in the second period and expect the goalies to save them " If we do that against New Jersey they'll kill us".
I think the boys will be ready and play hard for a WIN!!!!! I think this could be the game where things start to turn around.
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Mr. Jaro is getting the nod for Jersey game.
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How about.............
Guy Lafleur?
Sorry, I couldn't help myself.
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I don't know what I predicted at the start of the year, but I know I had a gut feeling we'd finish 6th in the East, below all expectations, and then win the Cup so I'm jumping on this theory now. The Cup part of I've been predicting this 05 I think so it's definitely coming true. Right?
I like this theory. It should be in the playoffs or bust thread. I hope it comes true.
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Boston has lost 11 of 13, but you don't see their fans reacting like some habs fans. It's perfectly fine to discuss, and want your team to be better, but some of you take over reacting to a new degree. We got a point, we're 5th in the conference, from the doom and gloom you'd expect us to be battling Ottawa for 12th.
I know it feels good to get it out, but we finished first in the conference last year and how'd that treat us? You think maybe going in under the radar, might actually be a good thing for the team? Having to struggle to claw and bite to get to the playoffs, could pay off in the long run.
You are right I suppose. I try to be glass half full and optimistic most of the time, but this is hard to take. It's been a crazy ass season and to be honest I felt the balloon pop and start letting air out slowly when Komi got punched out by Lucic. I know at that moment something very negative happened to the spirit of the team that was still mentally fragile from the two play-off rounds last year.
Somebody get these guys a shrink and sign me up for a session or two while you are at it. I don't even know what I think anymore. Just win an unexpected cup so we can sweep all of this under the rug. I know.......... how pathetic
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I had to go out last night and missed the 2nd and 3rd periods. I have to say this is not what I wanted to read this morning.
Can't really comment because they looked pretty good before I left. I'm terribly bummed. What did Gainey say? "The guys are trying.......They are just trying the wrong way. They want to win." are his hands already up in the air like Carbo?
WTF does that mean? They're trying? They want to win? but...............but ...........well maybe they just SUCK???????
Has this season blown up in our face or what? I'm starting to feel like it would have been better to just be crap all season for our 100th birthday and draft Tavares. We sure are playing like a last place team. Losing from the start would have been a lot easier to take then this implosion.
I wouldn't worry about Gainey signing any of our UFA's this summer because none of them are going to want to be here anyway. A disastrous season like this and everyone will want a change of scenery.
What's next years draft going to be like? any Tavares types available next year? :ninja:
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Hopefully Gainey will look at all that is available and pick the best man for the team. Much like he does at the draft table where the best player available to us gets picked regardless of position or nationality.
I could care less if he speaks french and I hope Gainey doesn't limit our choices simply because of it. That would really be a bummer, we should have just kept losing with Carbo then.
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You weren't that far off on either end.
The 84 Canadiens coached by Jacques Lemaire had 75 points and went on a run to the Conference Finals
before losing to the Isles 4-2 after leading the series 2-0.
It's funny how we forget that we have had some lameish teams that have gone far into rounds and even won the cup regardless of a relatively poor season. There is no reason we can't get our act together. When these guys are on and play 60 minutes we can beat anybody. I only fear two things- Bruins, just because they are strong and always give us a hard time even when they are weak and Ovechkin. Hopefully we can have a year we don't even meet the Bruins for once.
Thanks for bringing Saku over to page 2 my man.
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Come on guys we need you...........
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Hey Fanpuck,
Ya it was a torch gif with the fire burning. It showed up on my computer. You couldn't see it?
Anyways. I know this may seem silly but I still want to try it. If you want to start a new thread Mods be my guest, but I thought we could all have some sort of place to call the ghosts of the OLD FORUM! I don't feel like they ever really followed us to the Bell centre. It's so hard to be positive these days so I thought I'd hi-jack the thread and turn it into Calling out the Ghosts. If anyone can add something and we all bond together who knows it might just work.
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GO HABS GO!
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Kovalev unsure case for tonight. Like most games i would say but
this time it's a virus. He did not practice this morning.
Source RDS.ca
If he plays anyway D'Agostini will sit so will Brisebois.
Great. Just what we need- a flu bug.
If that's our final downfall, the centennial cup dream was definitely not in the cards. Let's hope it's not some goofy airborne thing running around the dressing room.
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They just had a very unstable season. It was transition season. Jacques Lemaire had quit his job behind the bench because he couldnt stand having journalists second-guess him; but he basically coached from the shadows. Few people know Lemaire was our "unofficial" coach from 85-86 up until he took a real coaching job in NJ. He was behind Perron, Burns and Demers all those years.
Holy crapola,
You'd think that season just ended. What a memory you have.
Funny, I didn't know Lemaire coached from behind the scenes. Makes you wonder if Carbo is behind the scenes. The only reason I say that is because Gainey didn't even hold a practice yesterday. You would think he might instill some new system but it doesn't seem to be the case.
They are probably playing Carbo's sytem and Bob just will instill confidence and the illusion the problem is gone.
In the lemaire situation how exactly did he coach behind the scenes? Were the players aware of it? How did that play out?
Actually, Tell me more about that, I find that very interesting.
ummm... habs didn't win the cup in 1983 - they won it in 1986.Just checked - they had 87 pts, not amazing - but back before 3 point games 87 pts was good enough for 7th in the league.
Ya, that's it I just messed up 1993 and 1986. It was 1986 I'm talking about.
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All sooooo easy with hindsight... all so easy.
Pick any GM, pick God himself, Brian Burke, and pinpoint each and everymove... I'm sure the article will look the same.
oh, at least the second part of the article is fair.
I think it's a great article that tells both sides of a story. The only thing that would change Gainey's stand from failure to genius or vice versa is a Cup.
So what about Getzlaf, he was just a piece of why Anaheim won. Selanne, Scott and Rob, Sebastien played an even bigger role. If we win a cup soon I'm sure AK will be one of the reasons we do and Bob will be brilliant. I'm happy with our team. We could have spent years in the basement and drafted Crosby and Malkin, the Pens are in worse shape then us. Most teams are equal and only one can win.
Us Habs fans are so used to living in the past dynasties and have forgotten that the NHL has changed. It was made to equalize the playing field and have a lot of strong teams not just three. Detroit is next to hit a wall because of the Salary cap.
I think we are in great shape to be a contender for the next ten years if we can get a strong Vinny type centre and keep doing what we are doing. Keeping in mind that the definition of contender now means being a competive team in the top ten to fifteen of the league.I hope Bob stays on board because he is doing a great job. The days of 1 or 2 killer teams is over. By 2011 most teams will be strong and the standings will get even tighter then they are now.
The team we have right now is much much MUCH stronger then what they have showed us the past couple of months. I'm very optimistic that Bob is about to flip this calm before the storm into a very strong Cup run that none of us imagine is even possible.
It's all going to start with Carey Price. Probably Bob's best move yet .
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It's so unfortunate for Carbo that we fell apart for such a long stretch.
I've been so wrapped up in our down swing that I didn't realize Washington and Boston have had quite the down turn themselves these past few weeks themselves. Boston has 3 wins in their last ten games.
Most teams have gone through huge slumps that seem to continue longer then usual. If we can put a solid winning streak together and Price gets hot, Koivu, Tangs and AK start becoming a threat along with Kovy and Pleks. It's not totally impossible to have a good run in the play-offs.
Just like Jean Perron's Cup winners. What year was that? 1983? The Habs were crappy all season.....73 measly points and they won it all.
There may be some hope my friends.
Go Habs Go !!!!!!!!
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That's exactly the way I see it too. I also think that co-capaincy needs to be considered.
That's what I think is funny. From all the things posters complain about, coach, lines captaincy etc.... a lot come true. We hear Gainey mention it, a trade is made, a player is benched or demoted etc.... The captaincy never ever comes up.
Don't you think Gainey would have somehow addressed this by now? Well he hasn't. NO player has ever made a comment about it even after being traded, not even Ribero. This whole leadership from Koivu issue doesn't even exist. I thnk the problem is that you all seem to think Captain = production or 6ft 4 and 220 lbs.
None of you know what he brings to the table off the ice and neither do I, but I do know that NO coach, NO GM,NO former player and NO owner of the Habs for the past 10-12 years has ever even whispered it. What makes any posters on this board know more? They don't, this is so stupid.
As far as co-captaincy goes? It exists already. It doesn't need to be said. Souray was a co-captain, Rivet was a co-captain, Kovalev is a co-captain, we need a big centre that scores goals NOT a Leader or co captain. Geez!!!! Quit confusing it all onto Koivu's shoulders.
The tale will be told when Carbo decides to speak, and I can't wait because he'll say nothing about it either. Which he already did during the Kovalev saga. " I hope Kovalev doesn't need the C to play better, because I'm NOT taking it off Saku"
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I heard the entire 60 second clip, and Koivu goes on for 60 seconds saying that everyone has weaknesses and that for some it's communication.
MItch melnick played the clip on the Team 990 Tuesday during the afternoon drive-home show. He played the clip for Pierre mcGuire, and McGuire said he was truly disappointed by "that player" (meaning Koivu)! For pierre mcGuire to say that he was disappointed in Koivu for saying these things shows that we are not wrong to believe that koivu was one of the players who had Carbo fired!
I realize many of you don't like McGuire, but it doesn't change the fact that he knows hockey and he knows what goes on a team. For him to come out after hearing that clip and saying that the players are at fault and that the pressure is now on them to perform says alot!
Then maybe Gainey should have taken the "C" from Koivu, and traded him, or at least told the owners that it's not Carbo's fault, Koivu had to be dealt with, but that is not the case.
Gainey fired Carbo because that is what he felt needed to happen. I don't find anything wrong with what Saku said, or what Steve Bégin. Frankly numerous players have been whispering it for quite some time now. Why is everyone so surprised. Obvously, Carbo had communication issues, not a good trait for a coach.
What does Mcguire have to do with this? He says a lot of dumb stuff, that's his job, it doesn't mean it's the truth.
This goes without saying. I can't stand Saku, but a cup is a cup and I'd be happy no matter who the captain was if it means the Habs finally win it again. Osama Bin Laden could be the captain of the Canadiens and it wouldn't stop me from enjoying a cup win!Comments like these belong on Hfboards.com. :puke:
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Grab a pin and stab away guys, we need this one