sbhatt Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 I hear you all too well. 'What the heck is it with wives? I couldn't hold out to meet a girl that was a Habs fan...not all that many of them in this town. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
habsfan88 Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 GO HABS GO!! Hopefully a big game from Carey tonight, and hopefully a big game from all of our lines HIGGINS WILL SCORE TONIGHT!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brobin Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 Well I certainly hope that the Habs win. But the problem with this team is scoring. And as long as we have Carbo as our coach, we will continue to have this problem. As a matter of fact, as long as we continue with this philosophy of hiring defensive coaches, we will continue to have problems scoring. There's been a lot of crying here lately about the Canadiens not having a bona fide goalscorer. I personally think that the problem is not with the players but with the system employed. When was the last time that we weren't a trapping team? Change that and we'll start to get some goal scoring. Unlike a lot of people, I really liked Michelle Therrien when he was our coach. (If not for Theodore, he might still be our coach.) I just wish the powers that be would realize that it's easier to win when you go for it, as opposed to trying to prevent the loss. - Jack For the record, the Habs were ranked 15 out of 30 teams in goals per game last year. While we certainly could use a top line center, and more goals is always nice, I don't see how you can argue our problem is simply goals, and its Carbo's fault. We were ranked 22 in goals against last year. I might argue that based on the stats under Carbo, its the defensive game that needs to improve. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punkned Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 You don't need a 90 point forward to win though. If you have depth and can get goals from all lines then you're perfectly fine with your best players merely being stars (Higgins, Koivu, Kovalev, possibly Kostitsyn, Plekanec, Latendresse and others in the future) instead of superstars. This is even more the case when you are potentially being backed by a franchise goaltender. Look at Vancouver - they won the division last year with few offensive talents. Naslund has an offseason and they had the Sedin twins as two point-a-game players. Other than that, their team is full of character players and grinders (not unlike Kostooulos and Smolinski, who actually played for them last year) and rely heavily on their goalie - yet this is a team built great from top to bottom. So I see the Habs following this mode, some solid offensive weapons spread out over the top 3 lines mixed with some character players and two-way forwards with defensive presence (Chipchura, Lapierre, Begin, ...) with an all-star goalie in net. Look at the '93 Cup-winning team - people say they had no superstar. Roy was their superstar. And Price will be ours. (Hopefully!!) You're right about the '93 cup team. But more recent results suggest that having superstars really helps. Look at the three last Cup champions : Anaheim (Selanne + Pronger & Neidermayer) vs Ottawa (Heatley, Spezza), Carolina (Staal) vs Emonton (odd run, still Smyth, Pronger), Tampa Bay (Lecavalier, St-Louis) vs Calgary (Iginla). Of course there are other factors, such as an outstanding goaltender, coaching, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Habitforming Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 Sopcast anyone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KEEP26 Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 iam so pissed just got a call from my brother and his at the game.....and iam watching rds!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BTH Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 Well, of course, having superstars on your team always helps. But you're perfectly fine if you build around a superstar goalie. I'm not saying our 2002 team relying on Theodore - I'm saying a team with some very good (but not elite forwards) with a superstar goalie backing them up. As I've said in another post, I believe we are lacking two things right now - a big defenceman who can control bigger forwards and a top 9 LW that can score 20 goals while playing a gritty two-way style and provide character and leadership. I believe both those players are currently in the system in O'Byrne and Latendresse. I don't believe Bob will make any moves while we have potential within the organization to solve our problems internally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athlétique.Canadien Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 This is the test and the measuring stick bigtime. I want this one bad. If we lose, it's not good. We need the same intensity as we had with the Panthers. Let's rock - . GO HABS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BTH Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 Brisebois to the box early. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTLHabs Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 (edited) great Breezer in the box already. F A N T A S T I C Edited October 18, 2007 by MTLHabs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BTH Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 Sens score. Aww shucks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brobin Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 Well, that didn't take long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BTH Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 Dirt goal but it would be a bit stupid to put any blame on Price. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbhatt Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 Dirt goal but it would be a bit stupid to put any blame on Price. You're kidding, right....that was a terrible goal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brobin Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 Dirt goal but it would be a bit stupid to put any blame on Price. Well, it was a bad goal. He should have had that, but he is still adjusting to the NHL game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MRSjohnnyhasbeen Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 6-2 Habs Plexs gets 3 Wife goes to bed saying "yeah,yeah, it's only one game" Price has little to no chance on there 2 goals by there 1 big line, otherwise plays steller. Ryder hits the board. GO HABS GO !! Bring it!! Sorry Baby, I don't think so!!!! Redden just brought it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Familia Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 going to be along night Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brobin Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 Ottawa and Montreal just are not in the same league... They can beat them, but not unless they have a great game and Ottawa plays terrible. So far, Ottawa is flying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InsaneHABSfan Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 Bad goal. Bad penalty. what a way to start..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BTH Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 You're kidding, right....that was a terrible goal. We shouldn't be relying on a goalie in his 2nd career game to steal a win for us. He definitely should have had that but if we lose 1-0 it would be unfair to blame the loss on him for letting that in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brobin Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 We shouldn't be relying on a goalie in his 2nd career game to steal a win for us. He definitely should have had that but if we lose 1-0 it would be unfair to blame the loss on him for letting that in. LOL, I won't blame the loss on him yet, we haven't lost yet. But it was a stinky goal. The thing I like about Price is that he shakes it off and just made some nice saves... On the other hand, it looks like we are relying on him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BTH Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 On the other hand, it looks like we are relying on him. Which is exactly why it's unfair to blame for letting in a so-so goal. After all, he just made a few nice saves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTLHabs Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 Ok here we go powerplay time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brobin Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 Which is exactly why it's unfair to blame for letting in a so-so goal. After all, he just made a few nice saves. Its not unfair to blame him for that goal, he let in a stinker. If that was Theo, there would be 500 posts calling to trade him for pucks. It is unfair to blame the loss on him, but I didn't see anyone do that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTLHabs Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 LOL, I won't blame the loss on him yet, we haven't lost yet. But it was a stinky goal. The thing I like about Price is that he shakes it off and just made some nice saves... On the other hand, it looks like we are relying on him. haven't we always relied on our goalies? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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