Fanpuck33 Posted February 20, 2007 Share Posted February 20, 2007 On to tonights game, I'm guessing Murray will replace Begin in the lineup. This should lead to one of Perezhogin (my choice) or Latendresse moving all the way up to the play with Saku or Plex depenidng if who Higgins and Ryder play with. Higgins and Ryder are already playing with Saku and the line is starting to click again. It would be silly to split them up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psycing Posted February 20, 2007 Share Posted February 20, 2007 My look @ Zednik's return to Montreal: http://currenthabshistory.blogspot.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mathieu30 Posted February 20, 2007 Share Posted February 20, 2007 My look @ Zednik's return to Montreal: http://currenthabshistory.blogspot.com/ Yep, he was one of the leading scorers -if not the leading scorer- in the NHL at that time. Too bad that hit had such an impact on his game. He was a good player(*) (*)there is someone standing next to me, wearing a red, white & blue jersey with a #20 on the back.. :ninja: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beliveau1 Posted February 20, 2007 Share Posted February 20, 2007 (edited) The way I look at it is injuries are just an excuse. If this team cannot lift itself off the mat because Kovalev and Huet and Begin are down then what type of damage were we going to do in the playoffs anyways? They could not stop the Canes from coming back when Koivu went down and were happy to use it as an excuse... I was not making excuses for losing when I said this injury concerns me. However the fact is that some times injuries are a key aspect of just that - I think the difference is between whining about it and just getting on with it in spite of circumstances. If you lose don't use an excuse, just accept the fact that you didn't get the job done and then regroup. However my concern is as much the timing as the player. One of the dangers when a team is struggling so badly any type of blow seems to be magnified. Hopefully this isn't the case, but many a team has faced this kind of setback and slipped further into the funk they are already in? The team seems to have been playing better the past couple of games but lady luck is fickle. And when you are struggling to right the ship it can be the strangest set of circumstances that get you back on track, or the worst possible break that can set you back just as things seem to be getting better. This team is trying to find their confidence again and sometimes scenarios like Begin being injured just after coming back can drive them to further exasperation. Add that to the fact he brings a much needed level of intensity to the team and it becomes much more precarious. However injuries are not an excuse - just a part of any puzzle that leads to success. You can't honestly tell me that if the Penguins were to lose a guy like Crosby in the playoffs, that it wouldn't be a major factor. Injuries to certain players are a major factor - they can make the difference between success and failure. Just don't whine about it when it happens - acknowledge their impact yes, but don't whine about it. I don't know about you but I judge success by one thing...Winning the Stanley Cup. There is 1 Winner every year and there are 29 losers. What is the difference between Edmonton and Montreal this year? Does it matter that they made the Finals? Who cares. I will view a 4-5 year window of banging on the door and building to a championship as more success then a one off miracle run. I'll tell you an interesting story about that type of statement. I served on the Minor Hockey Association board for the city I live in for a few years, and was in attendance when the Alliance(our district) held the annual meetings for minor hockey in Ontario a few years ago. At the time the head of the Toronto Minor Hockey Association made a comment that their year had been a failure because they had not won a national championship that season. In other words all the provincial, regional and tournament championships they had won, and more importantly the hard work the league had done for children meant nothing? The association had been a miserable failure in his opinion... A sad but true statement that we have come to accept in our sports culture. However the reality is that only one team can make the claim of champion at the end of a season. For them they experienced the ultimate level of success. Yet does that really mean everyone else was a failure? Even if the runner up pushed them to sudden death in the final game..... Success goes much deeper than that and is dependant on where you stand as a potential player as far as a championship goes. Obviously pro sports have a more demanding level for measuring success, but the fact is you can have a degree of success in spite of walking off without a championship. Teams who fall short need to be able to estimate how much they've progressed on their quest for a championship. Teams rebuilding are a success if they are closer to contending than they were a year earlier, or a lack of it by any regression. That doesn't mean you accept the continuous losing - however the good managers recognize if they are moving forward, and they don't sell of their best assets for a short term gain just to appease the howling and baying of the wolves at the door! And like you I want a long period of them being a serious contender - not a one shot chance/wonder, or a typical Maple Leafs state of illusion(and it seems to be happening again now that they've won a few games?) Fortunately Gainey is a very patient man.... Edited February 20, 2007 by beliveau1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneSharpMarble Posted February 20, 2007 Share Posted February 20, 2007 I don't know about you but I judge success by one thing...Winning the Stanley Cup. There is 1 Winner every year and there are 29 losers. I will view a 4-5 year window of banging on the door and building to a championship as more success then a one off miracle run. Aren't you contradicting yourself? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonus Posted February 20, 2007 Share Posted February 20, 2007 Yep, he was one of the leading scorers -if not the leading scorer- in the NHL at that time. Too bad that hit had such an impact on his game. He was a good player(*) (*)there is someone standing next to me, wearing a red, white & blue jersey with a #20 on the back.. :ninja: mike johnson? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
revin5 Posted February 20, 2007 Share Posted February 20, 2007 Samsonov-Plekanec-Perezhogin Will have 2 goals tonight and will be our #1 line for the rest of the season. At least until Kovalev comes back and Carbo decides to put him abck with Samsonov and Pleks whereupon both of them shut down. He will then do the smart thing and put Kovalev on the third line with Bonk and Johnson on the fourth line.. then Montreal wins the cup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BTH Posted February 21, 2007 Share Posted February 21, 2007 Samsonov-Plekanec-Perezhogin Will have 2 goals tonight and will be our #1 line for the rest of the season. At least until Kovalev comes back and Carbo decides to put him abck with Samsonov and Pleks whereupon both of them shut down. He will then do the smart thing and put Kovalev on the third line with Bonk and Johnson on the fourth line.. then Montreal wins the cup. wow... you must be some kind of psychic or something... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toren Posted February 21, 2007 Share Posted February 21, 2007 Anyone near the west coast having a problem with RDS? I'm not getting anything and it's almost game time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAK Posted February 21, 2007 Share Posted February 21, 2007 Anyone near the west coast having a problem with RDS? I'm not getting anything and it's almost game time! maybe there a blackout in your area Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
habs_25th Posted February 21, 2007 Share Posted February 21, 2007 Our lineup tonight looks like a team too weak to make the playoffs. Or just enough to barely squeak in. I'm as diehard as they get but this team is at least a couple of years from doing really well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAK Posted February 21, 2007 Share Posted February 21, 2007 game on !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athlétique.Canadien Posted February 21, 2007 Share Posted February 21, 2007 GO HABS GO! :hlogo: Go Captain. They're playing well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BTH Posted February 21, 2007 Share Posted February 21, 2007 Did no one else see Koivu get crosschecked off his feet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prime Minister Koivu Posted February 21, 2007 Share Posted February 21, 2007 Did no one else see Koivu get crosschecked off his feet? Yup, standing in front of the net. No call...... Murray on the third line? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BTH Posted February 21, 2007 Share Posted February 21, 2007 Habs'll have to kill off a penalty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athlétique.Canadien Posted February 21, 2007 Share Posted February 21, 2007 (edited) OK, so it's a goofy ref game again. Edited February 21, 2007 by ATHLÉTIQUE.CANADIEN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hockey's Greatest Posted February 21, 2007 Share Posted February 21, 2007 GO :hlogo: GO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneSharpMarble Posted February 21, 2007 Share Posted February 21, 2007 Someone post the lines plz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BTH Posted February 21, 2007 Share Posted February 21, 2007 Habs'll have to kill off a penalty. Killed off. Now we'll get a shot at a PP of our own. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCHabnut Posted February 21, 2007 Share Posted February 21, 2007 Sounds like Halak is playing well again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gohabsgo252006 Posted February 21, 2007 Share Posted February 21, 2007 Higgins Koivu Ryder Samsonov Plekanec Perezhogin Murray Bonk Johnson Lats Lappy Milroy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCHabnut Posted February 21, 2007 Share Posted February 21, 2007 Power Play Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dalhabs Posted February 21, 2007 Share Posted February 21, 2007 Is Souray in the game? We will score on this PP, I just feel it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athlétique.Canadien Posted February 21, 2007 Share Posted February 21, 2007 That call against Perezhogin was dumb. It's obvious the refs are not going to let the two teams play. They have to get involved. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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