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Bulis-Perreault-Ryder Dagenais-Ribeiro-Zednik Sundstrom-Juneau-Dackell Langdon-Plekanec-Ward (Plekanec is #35) Healthy Scratch: Kilger, Audette* Injuries: Begin, Koivu, Gratton Souray-Quintal Bouillon-Rivet Markov-Brisebois Healthy Scratch: Komisarek Theodore Garon *Audette has indeed cleared waivers as expected, however, he was on conditional waivers. He has been placed on "real" waivers today, and has until Friday to be claimed. Scoring Summary: 1st period: NO SCORING Shots on goal: Dallas 9 Montreal 4 Powerplay Conversions: Dallas 0/0 Montreal 0/0 2nd period: 1) Dallas Morrow (Modano, Zubov) 15:36 PPG Shots on goal: Dallas 6 (15) Montreal 4 (8) Powerplay Conversions: Dallas 1/1 (1/1-100%) Montreal 0/1 (0/1-0%) 3rd period: 2) Montreal Sundstrom (Souray, Juneau) 19:00 (Theodore pulled for extra attacker) Shots on goal: Montreal 9 (17) Dallas 2 (17) Powerplay Conversions: Dallas 0/0 (1/1-100%) Montreal 0/0 (0/1-0%) Overtime: NO SCORING Shots on goal: Montreal 4 (21) Dallas 3 (20) Powerplay Conversions: Dallas 0/1 (1/2-50%) Montreal 0/0 (0/1-0%) Final Score: Montreal 1, Dallas 1 (Edit: updating scoring summary) [Edited on 2004/1/1 by dlbalr]

OK, I'm aware that we can't talk too much hockey here, but I had to mention this site I came across today that creates trade rumors regarding any player in the NHL. http://cxreg.genericorp.net/drambro.html?g...NADIENS&search= Just to warn you, the trades are all unrealistic and are based primarily on salaries. Example, I was able to trade Audette, Juneau and Ryder to Tampa for Lecavalier, Kubina and St. Louis, see my point? Have fun with this, until you get bored within the first 10 minutes, guaranteed

For once, I'm actually going to add my 2 cents to this thread... First of all, Bouillon-yes, he did have a rough game, but who hasn't this season? I agree he is being over-used, and is best suited as a #6 or #7 d-man, however there are also some nights where he is one of our best d-men out there as well. I know it's frustrating to lose like we did, but it happens, it's over, time to move on. Second, Komisarek. He played just 4:23 last night, all in the 1st period. SRC was speculating before the game that Komi wouldn't play, and was very surprised to learn he was in the lineup. They also announced that Karl Dykhuis is with the team right now, so read into this as much as you want to. For those who watched the SRC postgame, wasn't that a nice feel-good story involving the 94-year old Theodore fan attending her first NHL game? For those who have no clue what I'm talking about, this woman in a wheelchair went to her 1st NHL game earlier this season vs Florida. Before the game, she recieved a Theodore #60 jersey and it appeared to me that she had a special seat as well. The best part was after the game, when Theodore went and visited her, signed her jersey and just made her night in general. (There was someone else in the room with Theo, but I can't figure out who...) There were plenty of positives last night, the one bad thing being the score. The powerplay continued to produce, going 1/2, putting us over 17%, and into the top-10 in the NHL in this area. The PK was decent, going 4/5 against one of the top PP teams in the NHL as well; we've also allowed just 1 PPG in our last 17 times shorthanded. I was impressed with Gratton, he was aggressive on the PK, and also had a shift or 2 on the PP in 8:51 of icetime. Overall, we played a pretty good game, the score could've gone either way, unfortunately it went the Leafs' way, however if we continue to play like we are at the moment, we should be able to take care of Pittsburgh tomorrow and Washington on Tuesday, which will make some forget about this game anyways.:ghg:

For those who don't know, Team Canada beat the OUA all-stars 2-0 last night, and a whopping 9-1 earlier this evening. Currently, there are 28 players left in camp, with the final cuts being made tomorrow morning. The 'game': Predict the cuts. The final roster will consist of 22 players: 2 goalies, 7 defencemen and 13 forwards. So, 6 must be cut. The following are the remaining players on the roster: Goaltenders Drouin-Deslauriers, Jeff R 6'4 190 05/15/84 St-Athanase, QC Chicoutimi (LHJMQ) EDM 2002 Fleury, Marc-Andre L 6'1 172 11/28/84 Sorel, QC Pittsburgh (NHL) PIT 2003 Harding, Josh R 6'1 183 06/18/84 Regina, SK Regina (WHL) MIN 2002 Ward, Cam L 6'1 188 02/29/84 Sherwood Park, AB Red Deer (WHL) CAR 2002 Defence Belle, Shawn L 6'1 221 01/03/85 Edmonton, AB Tri-City (WHL) STL 2003 Coburn, Braydon L 6'5 217 02/27/85 Shaunavon, SK Portland (WHL) ATL 2003 Egener, Mike L 6'4 201 09/26/84 Calgary, AB Calgary (WHL) TAM 2003 Gorges, Josh L 6'1 188 08/14/84 Kelowna, BC Kelowna (WHL) SAN 2002 Klein, Kevin R 6'1 197 12/13/84 Kitchener, ON Guelph (OHL) NAS 2003 Meech, Derek L 5'11 194 04/21/84 Winnipeg, MB Red Deer (WHL) DET 2002 Phaneuf, Dion L 6'2 205 04/10/85 Edmonton, AB Red Deer (WHL) CGY 2003 Seabrook, Brent R 6'2 225 04/20/85 Tsawwassen, BC Lethbridge (WHL) CHI 2003 White, Ian R 5'10 189 06/04/84 Steinbach, MB Swift Current (WHL) TOR 2002 Forwards Brent, Tim R 6'00 186 03/10/84 Cambridge, ON St. Mike's (OHL) ANA 2002 Brodziak, Kyle R 6'01 191 05/25/84 Vegreville, AB Moose Jaw (WHL) EDM 2003 Burns, Brent R 6'04 200 03/09/85 Ajax, ON Minnesota (NHL) MIN 2003 Carter, Jeff R 6'3 202 01/01/85 London, ON Sault Ste. Marie (OHL) PHI 2003 Colliton, Jeremy R 6'1 194 01/13/85 Blackie, AB Prince Albert (WHL) NYI 2003 Crosby, Sidney L 5'9 185 08/07/87 Cole Harbour, NS Rimouski (LHJMQ) Eligible 2005 Dawes, Nigel L 5'8 176 02/09/85 Winnipeg, MB Kootenay (WHL) NYR 2003 Dixon, Stephen L 5'11 188 09/07/85 Halifax, NS Cape Breton (LHJMQ) PIT 2003 Getzlaf, Ryan R 6'3 206 05/10/85 Regina, SK Calgary (WHL) ANA 2003 Paillé, Daniel L 6'0 203 04/04/84 Welland, ON Guelph (OHL) BUF 2002 Perry, Corey R 6'2 195 05/16/85 Peterborough, ON London (OHL) ANA 2003 Richards, Mike L 5'11 195 02/11/85 Kenora, ON Kitchener (OHL) PHI 2003 Stewart, Anthony R 6'1 230 01/05/85 Scarborough, ON Kingston (OHL) FLA 2003 Talbot, Maxime L 5'10 181 02/11/84 St-Bruno, QC Gatineau (LHJMQ) PIT 2002 Tambellini, Jeff L 5'10 190 04/13/84 Port Moody, BC U Michigan (CCHA) LOS 2003 (I apologize for the poor quality of the roster, I just don't feel like re-typing everything you see above.) For a better looking roster, click here. As it stands, 2 goalies, 2 defencemen and 2 forwards are to be cut. Time to pick who goes home! My picks to be cut are the following: GOALIE: Josh Harding, Cam Ward DEFENCE: Shawn Belle, Josh Gorges FORWARD: Tim Brent, Maxime Talbot Let's see if anyone can get all 6 picks right!

Here are the final standings for the regular season: Rank Team Name W-L-T Win % PTS Streak 1 dlbalrs dolphins 11-3-0 .786 1252.00 W-1 2 Milton Greeners 10-4-0 .714 1289.00 W-2 3 Halton Invictas 9-5-0 .643 1209.00 W-5 4 dahabs Fuzzy Farm 9-5-0 .643 1152.00 W-2 5 Habs77s Excellers 7-6-1 .536 1025.00 L-1 6 Chuko Packers 7-7-0 .500 1161.00 W-1 7 Addys FB Heros 7-7-0 .500 1155.00 L-4 8 Zowpebs Nun Factory 6-7-1 .464 1060.00 W-4 9 Huzers Boozers 6-8-0 .429 1112.00 L-2 10 Pucks Prowlers 4-9-1 .321 833.00 L-1 11 Ontario Terror 4-10-0 .286 880.00 L-7 12 TC Bears 2-11-1 .179 966.00 L-2 The top-8 teams are in the postseason, the top-4 in the championship side, and 5-8 in the consolation side. The following are the playoff matchups to be played this and next week: Championship Bracket: Game 1: (Week 15) (1) dlbalrs dolphins versus (4) dahabs Fuzzy Farm Game 2: (Week 15) (2) Milton Greeners versus (3) Halton Invictas Game 5: (Week 16) 1st place game Winner of game 1 versus winner of game 2. Game 6: (Week 16) 3rd place game Loser of game 1 versus loser of game 2. Consolation Bracket Game 3: (Week 15) (5) Habs77 Excellers versus (8) Zowpebs Nun Factory Game 4: (Week 15) (6) Chuko Packers versus (7) Addys FB Heros Game 7: (Week 16) 5th place game Winner of game 3 versus winner of game 4. Game 8: (Week 16) 7th place game Loser of game 3 versus loser of game 4. Best of luck to all in the postseason!

First of all, let me just say that the better team DID win, the fact is, we were outplayed for most of the game tonight. Aside from the 2nd quarter 'rally', our offence was anemic, and our D wasn't much better either. Calvillo was unbelievable in the 2nd half, too bad it was for being so BAD! I don't have the official stats to see how many completions he actually had in the 2nd half, but I know he had just 2 first downs, one at the beginning, and one to Cahoon for 69 yards with 1 second left. Whitaker had a first down run in between, that was all the offence we managed to put up in the second half. I know that getting a TD with 1 sec left would've been useless, but I think we should've went for it anyways, to make the game look more respectable, and also to try to erase the thought that the team is a bunch of quitters, which some of them were tonight. I don't really like the fact that we benched 2 vets on D for 2 rookies in a game like this one. The last time those 2 played, the Als lost big time (45-13) in T.O. and were BRUTAL then (I saw the game first-hand, I should know ). Sometimes you win on gambles, others you lose. They weren't the only reason we lost tonight, but they certainly didn't help the cause either, getting burned by Tucker on several occasions for TD's, plus the offside as mentionned before, nullifying a fumble recovery that would have eliminated the TD for the Esks in the second half. In the format of Habs77's Hab game reviews, here is the Als' hero(es) and zero(es) for tonight's gamr: Heroes: The defensive line, 5 sacks on Ray tonight, as well as forcing him to hurry on other occasions. Also, props to Cahoon, a nice 'circus' catch to lead to a Whitaker throwing TD, as well as a TD himself. He also led the team in receiving yards, and didn't give up on that last play in the 4th, turning it into a 'useless' 69 yard gain. Zeroes: First off, Calvillo-had 1 good quarter, the 2nd. He was invisible everywhere else. If it weren't for that 69 yard catch, he wouldn't have had 100 yards passing minus the 2nd of course. When you have no running game to speak of, you ned the QB to step up, didn't happen tonight. Secondly, Stokes. Aside from one nice missed FG return, he was a hindrance rather than a help. Cost us 10 points in the 2nd alone, which likely would have made the difference in the game. He didn't have any major returns, which also would have swung the momentum our way. Finally, the defence as a whole, minus the d-line. Stupid penalties cost us the whole game, and the mistakes by the rookie CB's cost us 2 TD's due to lack of coverage. In the end, we had a good run this season, considering we lost Pringle and Phillips, giving us virtually no running game at all, which led to the emergence of Copeland as a major receiver. Most of the guys should be back for next season (except for Woodcock, expect him to join OTT), which means at this time in 2004, we could be celebrating a Grey Cup victory!

Do you have a source from somewhere that said we signed Davis? I checked a few spots, and couldn't find anything that said we signed him. It's a decent signing nonetheless, he gives us a decent option if Lapointe/Whitaker get injured/falter. The one thing I observed when I went to the game vs Toronto last month, is that we have NO running game at all. (Case in point, with Calvillo out and Bolden struggling, we continue to throw the ball. 2nd and less than 1, we pass the ball instead on handing off to Heppell or Lapointe (or even Whitaker) and get picked off.) It seems to be well known that Calvillo has a 10% LESS completion rate in the postseason, so we need to establish a running game vs the Argos. Bringing Davis in can only help... [Edited on 2003/11/4 by dlbalr]

Here are the final results for the SKSBF1 racing pool: 1) westside blazers 347 2) Fast Fuzzy Farm 300 3) dlbalr’s dangerous drivers 284 4) SK BANANAS 282 5) Pucks Prowlers 209 5) Huzers Tifosi 209 7) Habs77 Excellers 177 8) Gurus fu%king racers 130 9) Habby 128 A special congratulations to Westside for winning the pool, and a special congrats to members of the top-4 (Westside, dahabs, sakiqc and myself), for being the only members of the pool to actually have a full active roster throughout the entire season. A note to all members, if you wish to see how you did worldwide, login to the F1 league, and click on Fantasy Grand Prix Home or here: http://uk.f1.fantasysports.yahoo.com/f1 From there, you can see your standing out of 247194 participants worldwide, and the percentile you're ranked in. For me, I finished 7092'nd overall, in the 97th percentile.

The Habs final preseason stats can be seen when habsworld.net opens up tomorrow night (roughly between 7-9 PM EST). I have spent the last hour and a half gathering the stats and have just completed posting them.

Besides Audette and Brisebois, there was one player that I thought would have been exposed, Gordie Dwyer. The reality is, he likely would have cleared waivers without a problem, and if he didn't, we could have filled his void with another player relatively easily. We then could have protected a player like Beauchemin or Gratton.

There's a few players that I think could benefit this club. Here they are in no particular order: Todd Harvey (SJ) Sheldon Keefe (TB) Ivan Novoseltsev (FLA) Bill Muckalt (MIN) (if he can return to last year's form) Also, there are a few youngsters that have some upside, such as: Shane Willis (TB) Miroslav Zalesak (SJ) Jiri Bicek (NJ) Will the Habs pick up anyone? I highly doubt it, but there will be some players picked up for sure. Friday may be an interesting day...

Actually, he may not have made the team, as 8 defencemen remain: Markov, Rivet, Brisebois, Souray, Quintal, Bouillon, Komisarek, and Hainsey. 26 players remain, so 3 cuts still have to be made. 2 will likely be Higgins and Plekanic, the other will be a defenceman, my guess is Hainsey.

Here is the scoring summary from the game thus far: 1) MIN Dowd (Schultz, Stevenson) :54 (1st) 2) MIN Stevenson (Kuba) PP 9:33 (1st) 3) MON Markov (Hossa) PP 10:31 (1st) Now, here are the lines: Hossa-Ribeiro-Audette Bulis-Plekanic-Perezhogin Sundstrom-Juneau-Dackell Carpentier-Higgins-Ferland Souray-Hainsey Markov-Rivet Beauchemin-Traverse Theodore Damphousse

Last night, the Bulldogs evened their preseason record at 1-1 with a 5-2 victory over the Toronto Roadrunners. Jerome Marois led the team with a hat trick, giving him 4 goals on the preseason. Jozef Balej and Eric Laplante added singles. (No assist details were provided.) Michel-Bergevin Robinson stopped 38 of 40 shots for the victory. The powerplay was 4/10. The next 3 games are vs St. John's (Oct 2, 3, 5). http://www.canoe.ca/Bulldogs/News/2003/09/.../29/212531.html

Nieuwendyk tips a point shot from Colaiacovo on the powerplay at 13:20. 1-0 Leafs, 6 minutes left in the first.

First, here's the goal summary: 1) TOR Nieuwendyk (Colaiacovo) 13:20 PPG (1st) 2) TOR Domi (Stajan, Belak) 14:41 (2nd) 3) TOR Stajan (Colaiacovo) 10:41 (3rd) 4) MON Plekanic (Dagenais, Perezhogin) 18:00 (3rd) Now, the lineup for tonight's game: Dagenais-Perreault-Audette Hossa-Plekanic-Perezhogin Ryder-Juneau-Ward Carpentier-Higgins-Ferland Traverse-Brisebois Dykhuis-Hainsey Bouillon-Komisarek Garon Damphousse Like the last game, I'll edit this post to show the scoring summary. FINAL SCORE: 3-1 Toronto 3 STARS: 1) Belfour 2) Stajan 3) Perrott EDIT: Editing scoring summary [Edited on 2003/9/30 by dlbalr]

Brisebois on the PP from Ryder and Bulis at 10:55. First time in a long time that Brisebois wasn't booed (standing 'O' from some...) [Edited on 2003/9/28 by dlbalr]

Last night, Hamilton played their first preseason game of the season, losing 3-1 to the expansion Toronto Roadrunners. Jerome Marois scored for the Dogs, while Olivier Michaud stopped 26 of 29 shots in a losing cause. Next game for Hamilton is tomorrow night vs Toronto; the game can be heard on 820 CHAM In other news, Eero Somervuori has been assigned to Hamilton from Tampa Bay, joining Jeremy Van Hoof and Andreas Holmqvist in that respect. http://www.canoe.ca/Bulldogs/News/2003/09/.../27/211113.html

Souray scores on shot from the point, from Hossa and Zednik at 16:33. BTW, Martin Biron is in net now for the Sabres.

First, the goals so far: 1) MON Hossa (Souray, Ribeiro) 13:32 (1st) 2) BUF Brown (Tallinder, Zhitnik) :40 (2nd) 3) MON Souray (Hossa, Zednik) 16:33 (2nd) 4) MON Brisebois (Ryder, Bulis) PP 10:55 (3rd) Now, the lines: Hossa-Ribeiro-Zednik Bulis-Perreault-Ryder Sundstrom-Juneau-Dackell Dwyer-Ward-Ferland Souray-Rivet Markov-Komisarek Bouillon-Brisebois Theodore Damphousse EDIT: Updating scoring summary... [Edited on 2003/9/28 by dlbalr]

Saku Koivu: 71 games away from 500, 57 points away from 400. Richard Zednik: 69 games away from 500. Jan Bulis: 72 games away from 400, 31 points away from 250. Yanic Perreault: 21 goals away from 200, 3 assists away from 200, 24 points away from 400. Niklas Sundstrom: 71 games away from 700. Donald Audette: 16 games away from 700, 12 points away from 500. Chad Kilger: 41 games away from 500. Joe Juneau: 42 games away from 800, 43 points away from 600. (That one may be a stretch...) Andreas Dackell: 47 games away from 600, 13 goals away from 100. Andrei Markov: 2 games away from 200, 16 points away from 100. Patrice Brisebois: 80 games away from 800. Craig Rivet: 63 games away from 500, 11 points away from 100. Stephane Quintal: 36 games away from 1000, 15 points away from 250. Karl Dykhuis: 65 games away from 700, 17 points away from 150. Patrick Traverse: 22 games away from 300. Jose Theodore: 9 wins away from 100, 52 games away from 300. Gordie Dwyer: 1 goal away from, well, 1. If anyone else can think of any other potential milestones or notable statistical achievement, post them here, and I'll update this list.

This goal: Dwyer from Ward and Hainsey at 6:50. However, as I was updating the score, the Sens have scored again. Bonk from Smrek at 7:23. 3-2 Senators, roughly 8 minutes into the 2nd. Edit: Fichaud injured stick hand, left game. Theodore back in goal now. Theodore gets a nice ovation upon returning to the ice. [Edited on 2003/9/21 by dlbalr]

Rivet from Juneau and Ryder at 3:04 of the second...I believe it was a PP goal. Also, Fichaud is now in net, replacing Theodore to start the second. 2-1 Senators, roughly 5 mins into the second.

I'm really interested in seeing how Higgins and Ryder do tonight, I have a good feeling about those two... As for the B's, I've heard plenty about Toivonen, it'll be interesting to see how he performs (hopefully badly)

My picks: Washington over Pittsburgh Tampa Bay over Atlanta As to not jinx the Habs, I won't pick a winner of our game Vancouver over Minnesota Edmonton over Calgary Dallas over Colorado Ducks over Kings