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To start season before Weber back in... Mete Juulsen Alzer Petry Benn Reilly I have both kids as our top pairing over the slower Alzer abd Petry. With the younger and faster NHL can they both sustain constant Elite pressure from other teams top lines?

Yes I did.. lol I was focusing more on the youth movement, making sure Scherbak and Hudon don’t get left out. Your lineup combination looks more realistic.?

I don’t like Shaw on the 4th line or on this team! We need to get rid of Shaw with his contract and headaches!! With all do respect.

When heathy... Drouin/Domi/Armia Lehkonen/Daneault/Gallagher Byron/Plexs/Scherbak Hudon/Peca/Shaw Dela Rose/Deslauriers What happens to McCarron?? Does he have to clear waivers?

Lets go habs!!! Most people in western Canada have jumped on the habby bus express for this great roller coast ride.My self as a huge habs fan is so proud of these guys. Keep the petal to the metal dont look back boys!!!!!! GO HABS GO!!!!!!! :hlogo:

We must end this tonight..... GO HABS GO :hlogo:

Thank-you...good stuff I'm all set for the rest of season... GO HABS GO!!! :hlogo:

Hi guys.... starting to see some of the oil kings games here in Edmonton. Can anyone tell me all the names and numbers of Habs drafted prospects in the WHL... Thanks for any information.... GO HABS GO :hlogo:

I think habs fans want this Game more then the players. Most of these players on both sides do not understand the length, passion and hate for each other that we live with every year .They have not been around that long and us fans have been watching these Games for 20,30,40 years now! There is still a bad taste in my mouth from the last Game of the season. A Win tonight is a must! habs NATION will take nothing less!!!!!! GO HABS GO!!!!!! :hlogo:

97 pts and 6th place....... :hlogo:

Nice read Macaskill..... Lets start off with a big road win on opening night!!!! GO HABS GO :hlogo:

OK so the team is now made up, but we as fans just don't know the results yet!!! What would you guys like to see in the line up?? Here's mine...... Ryder-Koivu-Higgins Kostitsyn-Plekanec-Kovalev Latendresse-Smolinski-kostopulos Bégin-Chipkura-Lapierre Markov-Komisakek Hamrlik-Streit Bouillon-Brisebois Huet -Halak I like really Price! one more year boys........ :hlogo:

Nice job Spidy! Welcome back to a another year of game threads..... GO habs go :hlogo:

Sorry guys here the 4 day report...... Looks like Price, Chipchura, Lahti O'Bryne and Valetenko were the most consistent in impressing the gallery. Not much surprise there I guess. I'm looking forward to see how the "kids" do at the main camp next week. This is a good summary of the scrimmage from what I read: Day four. Finally some scrimmage! It started with some fun stickhandling drills to follow up on the tow days with the master. Deke three pylons and a glove using any moves you like and then go in on net. Usual suspects excelled, plus both Carle and Maxwell had major jump today. O'Byrne had a lot of jump too, problem was he couldn't hang onto the puck if tried anything fancy. After the drills, scrimmage began. 45 second shifts. They started 5-on-5, dropped to 4-on-4 and then 3-on-3. After the zamboni break they started over 5-on-5 and worked down to 3-on-3 again. The teams: RED- Bearegard, Carle, Cepek, Conboy, Kishel, Lahti, Maxwell, O'Byrne, Piche and Stewart WHITE-Aubin, Chips,Desharnais, Fortier, Gleed, SK, Labrie, Russell, Subban, Valentenko and White. (If I've switched anyone I apologize, but I think this is right.) edit- Goalies- Red: Price and Desjardins, White Lacasse and Loverock. Loverock let in most goals. Red dominated both scoring and chances. Red team dominated the scoring. Price did give up one goal but I'm not sure to who. Best players on the ice: WHITE- Chips and Valenteno, hands down. Both were calm and dominant on the ice carried the puck through traffic without any problem. Red scored almost all their goals while Chips was off the ice. His stickhandling in traffic was absolutely masterful, he could've played keep away all day. His skating was better than average and his top speed was among the best. He was one of the few players to beat Price clean, hitting the crossbar early on (in fact he was the only player to beat Price clean by himself.) This guy was dominant. Valentenko wasn't perfect in his own zone but he was very, very good without the puck. With it he was in Chips' category. There were traces of Chris Chelios as he went through traffic up ice. Like Chips he could've played keepaway from most anyone out there all day if he wanted to. He also got off some excellent one timers from the point. Really the total package and I can't wait to see him improve. I have to think he's going to be an impact player for the dogs from his first shift. RED- Maxwell and Carle were both simply amazing today. Both these guys stock rose massively with me. Can't wait to see them play again. These guys are dominant and multi-dimensional skaters. Carle in particular was all over the ice, carrying the puck through traffic, creating scoring chances and neutral zone turnovers. Maxwell generated offense on every shift and made every winger who played with him look good. Whenever Maxwell and D'Agostini were paired together they were the best line on the ice. Both Maxwell and Carle really looked like the excellent prospects they've been touted as coming into camp. Instead of disappearing in traffic and under physical pressure, Maxwell shone. (Not that the scrimmages were that physical, but there were some hits thrown.) Maxwell's not physical, but he was right in there and was just great in traffic. He and Carle both have balance, vision, timing, quick feet and great hands. Maxwell made the best passes of the day, bar none. Also dominant for the Reds was D'Agostini, who scored almost at will and looked like a man among boys. He was outstanding. I cannot overstate how impressed I was with these five players, as good as others were these guys were dominant while they were on the ice. Maxwell Carle and D'Agostini absolutely dominated UNLESS Chips was out against them. If Chips and Valenteko were both out, then the puck was going the other way OTHER NOTABLES: Janni Lahti- Had a very good day offensively and worked hard in all three zones. I strongly suspect this guy is not really a complete all around player (see Ryder, M. for example) but he's got some pro level tools in his kit and looks to have a great attitude. A number of players who had not shone during drills looked MUCH better in scrimmage. Olivier Fortier showed great hustle. Ryan Russell was fast and dangerous. Stewart looked very good on a line with Maxwell and D'Agositini. Both the big guys Conboy and Cepek had some good moments. Weber and O'Byrne both played well but Matt Carle and Valentenko were simply on another level. Of the invites, Piche was the best for me. Whenever I noticed him it was because he'd done something good. DISAPPOINTMENTS- Gleed was an absolute pylon whenever anyone tried to get around him. Aubin was invisible. White improved as the game wore on and was clearly one of the strongest players on the ice but man he was s....l.....o.....w. Subban ran all over the ice trying hit guys or at least step up and just plain missed every time. When he tried to step and play the man against Lahti he took a bad angle andLahti just pushed him aside and kept going. His timing was off but more importantly he wasnt putting his shoulder into his targets, more sideswiping them. Subban's game needs a lot of work and I can't help thinking he may get converted to forward. SK was also very disappointing to me today. He looked great with the puck, but utterly lost without out. There were a couple of shifts where he simply floated from blueline to blueline and back again as the play went end to end and never got involved for a second. At other times he was great though. At the very end of the day they did shootouts, each person getting a chance against two goalies. Price stopped every shot. SK went in and pulled a truly incredible deke but Price flung out his glove hand while down and out on the ice and still came up with the save. Much applause for that one. Also strong in the shootouts were Carle, Chips, D'Agostini, Lahti and Maxwell. Subban too. Russell and Beauregard also looked more than competent. So to wrap up from the camp overall- LOOKING NHL READY- Price and Chipchura. As best I can judge from a four day rookie camp, these guys look like they can dominate at the NHL level. Not necessarily as rookies, but possibly so. MIGHT BE NHL READY NOW- Lahti, O'Byrne, D'Agostini and I simply have to include Valentenko here. He was one of the men out there, not one of the kids. The paper says he's far too young, but my eyes say he's one of our absolute best and well-rounded players. His upside is HUGE. UPSIDE TO BE IMPACT PLAYERS IN THE NHL- Valentenko, Carle, Maxwell, S.Kostitsyn and Subban all have the skills to be core players at the NHL level. White strikes me as a boom or bust. He will be an impact player or he simply will not make it. Weber's just that notch below the top group but is the best of the rest. LONGSHOTS WHO COULD IMPROVE TO SOLID PROSPECTS: Cepek, Conboy, Stewart all have size and showed some stuff today. Desjardins belongs in this group. Russell's a big maybe but not a guaranteed no. Aubin fell to longshot status over the course of the camp.

Here's a 4 day report on the the rookie camp for you guys. Sounds like Price and chips are having a great camp!!!! http://hfboards.com/showthread.php?t=417028

GO HABS GO!!!!!! :hlogo:

OK now that the weekend is over we should now be focusing on Huet return with Boston on Tuesday. Halak has been good down the stretch not great. He has not steal a game for us as of yet, the ottawa game was a great per formation from Habs and had the game in our hands and feel Halak let us down a bit..... Its time to get our #1 goalie back in game shape for the ranger and maple laugh games. What better then Huet playing Boston a team he has owned and controlled for the past two years. Don't get me wrong I don't dislike Halak. I think he is a very good goalie with a great future ahead of him. But once again Huet is our #1 goalie and a better goalie! so please carb play HUET in net on Tuesday against Boston...... :hlogo: GO HABS GO!!!!!!!

Must win.... 3-1 Habs :hlogo:

We Win!!!! Good game from habs and great game from Halak. I hope he is back between the pipes on Tuesday against the Capitals. 3rd period was nothing great but imagine the pressure the team felt after the first goal went in and the 2nd one! Its OK we forgive you, just bring us a victory on Tuesday..... :hlogo:

OK guys lets all chip in some money and buy GOHABSGO22 some season tickets.......

I'm starting to loose faith with these guys as of late. I was positive till last nights lose, when its a must win and playing at home to avoid 6 straight loss, At all cost is a must win.... But We seem to find a way to loose. I hope Halak does good tonight and starts to turn things around for us. A win today and a win on Tuesday with Capitals where back in it!!!!!!!! 3-1 HABS :hlogo: GO HABS GO :hlogo:

This is it boys! 4 pts this weekend will put us in good positioning in the standings going in to next week. We can win both these games at home... anyone know the overall record for Superbowl weekend games at Montreal? I know these back to back afternoon games on Superbowl weekend have been going on for a long time now..... GO HABS GO!!!!!! :hlogo:

Roy is not a true Habs? Roy was not the heart and soul of our team at one point ? and the team was not the life of this great goalie ? You got it all wrong on this. He is a true Habs the heart and soul of the team in the 93 Stanly cup run and yes the habs was his life and always will be!!! This was one of the darkest moments in Montreal's history ( one of them , there were a few ) and most of us included Roy are still bitter and have a bad taste in our mouth every time this comes up. It's way to soon to get Roy involved with habs. Time is the worlds best healer for pain and deep scares that most us habs fans are feeling about this issue. He is doing the right thing by waiting for the right time to once again be a part of the Montreal Canadiens and at the same time working on hie coaching skills. Nothing but perfection for Patrick Roy. When he says the habs and Avs are equal to him . It's a matter of respect for the Avs organization and there fans for the way he and his family was treated while he was there. We will retire his jersey 33 one day and he will be a member once again with the greatest hockey team of all time MONTREAL CANADIENS!!!! :hlogo:

This is a game I will love to have, and always looking forward to it every year. living in oil country is not easy. Talk about living in the past! that's all they talk about up here is the oilers of the 80s.... Lets go habs! win big so I have a enjoyable day at work on Wednesday....... Lats on the first line??? I dont get it..... GO HABS GO!!!!!! :hlogo:

Sorry guys I don't get this at all.... What has Latendresse done so far to be moved up to the 2nd line? If its up to me ( which I know its not ) I send him back to the the Q. This guy has showed us nothing, zero, nothing. The timing is bad! he's going back home for the first time. Why not move Bonk to the second line and Plenks to the third line for one or two games ( Boston, maple laughs). Just a thought? I hope it all works out.... :hlogo: GO HABS GO!!!!!!!