MAK Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 (edited) as per Martin Maguire from CKAC. practice lines : Higgins-Koivu-Tanguay Pacioretty-Plekanec- Kovy Latendresse-Lapierre-Kostopoulos Stewart-Metropolit- Laraque I thought that george's season was over. I guess it was only carbonitis. D'agostini hasn't produce for a long time now. Kostitsyn hasn't been the same since the story broke out..oddly enough, he stoped producing when Kovalev came back. Edited March 20, 2009 by Fanpuck33 Komi likely a scratch also Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexstream Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 as per Martin Maguire from CKAC. practice lines : Higgins-Koivu-Tanguay Pacioretty-Plekanec- Kovy Latendresse-Lapierre-Kostopoulos Stewart-Metropolit- Laraque I thought that george's season was over. I guess it was only carbonitis. D'agostini hasn't produce for a long time now. Kostitsyn hasn't been the same since the story broke out..oddly enough, he stoped producing when Kovalev came back. good. I just don't understand since when Tanguay is a RW? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCHabnut Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 (edited) good. I just don't understand since when Tanguay is a RW? That line has had chemistry when they play together. Tangs is quickly becoming my favourite habs. He can play both wings can't he? I'm happy to see Kosty benched. He needs a kick in the pants. I also think Patches needs to play on an offensive line, or at least with some skilled players. He's gonna be good. Edited March 20, 2009 by BCHabnut Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexstream Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 That line has had chemistry when they play together. Tangs is quickly becoming my favourite habs. He can play both wings can't he? I'm happy to see Kosty benched. He needs a kick in the pants. I also think Patches needs to play on an offensive line, or at least with some skilled players. He's gonna be good. Yah, he was very good at the start of the season... and now, although he's not as flashy as Lats and Lapierre, lots of things happens when he is close to the puck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athlétique.Canadien Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 I'm confused :?- :?- :?- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saskhab Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 I hope Kosty was just having a "therapy" day or something. Taking out your leading goal scorer in a slump is bizarre. Yeah, apparently those reports about BGL being out for the year were premature. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAK Posted March 20, 2009 Author Share Posted March 20, 2009 I'm confused :?- :?- :?- nothing too confusing. Gainey just found out that HIS team sucks even when he's coaching it. I hope Kosty was just having a "therapy" day or something. Taking out your leading goal scorer in a slump is bizarre. Yeah, apparently those reports about BGL being out for the year were premature. that was him saying that. Kostitsyn has put no effort whatsoever. he deserves it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCHabnut Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 (edited) I'm confused :?- :?- :?- Now I am too. Uh oh, the Habs confused play is rubbing off on us at home. Hope I don't blow up the refinery tonight at work. When I'm interviewed, I'll just say it's not my night, and I gotta pull up my socks and quit feeling sorry for myself Wouldn't it be nice if we could just throw out the textbook sports answers for our poor work performance and some jackass would give us millions of dollars for it? Edited March 20, 2009 by BCHabnut Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quebecois Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 The problem with the Kostitsyn-Plekanec-Kovalev line is Kovalev, not Kostitsyn. Max Pac-Plekanec-Kostitsyn was a great line during Kovy's two game hiatus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForumGhost Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 Uhh... I'm not sure this is so smart... Whether he's played well recently or not is no reason to bench your leading goal scorer. There's only a handful who haven't been playing bad, so why does Kostitsyn get targeted? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saskhab Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 Uhh... I'm not sure this is so smart... Whether he's played well recently or not is no reason to bench your leading goal scorer. There's only a handful who haven't been playing bad, so why does Kostitsyn get targeted? Exactly. And Tanguay-Koivu-Kostitsyn had some good things happening as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbhatt Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 Kostitsyn's main problem is that he doesn't shoot the damn puck every time he touches it inside of the other team's blue line; that's EXACTLY what he should be doing with that wicked release of his. Bob should have him watch tape of Ovechkin shooting every chance he gets, and have him learn from it. He could easily have 40 goals if he'd just shoot more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fanpuck33 Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 Komisarek also likely a healthy scratch tomorrow. D'Agostini makes sense to scratch, he hasn't done a lot since really he first came up. Scratching Komi and Kosty should be a pretty clear message to the team. Kovy was everybody's scapegoat, so benching him didn't send much of a message I don't think. I don't know if Kosty would be my first choice to bench, but there are so many to choose from it doesn't really matter who sits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoRvInA Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 Exactly. And Tanguay-Koivu-Kostitsyn had some good things happening as well. He's playing with no will ANOTHER THing Schneider is playing too much he needs to be tag teamed with Dandy Play Dandy on the fourth line so when schneider is getting too many minutes replace him with Dandy so Schneider is less tired when PP duties call! Pass it on to Gainey Im out GF... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brobin Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 About time Komi was scratched... maybe that will wake him up before it is too late. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForumGhost Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 Well, I hope they come back with a purpose because we can't afford to use any more of these games as 'examples'. We need all the wins we can get, and for that we have to have our best players on the ice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fanpuck33 Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 Well, I hope they come back with a purpose because we can't afford to use any more of these games as 'examples'. We need all the wins we can get, and for that we have to have our best players on the ice. None of these three have been our best players. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForumGhost Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 True, but they have to be. Whether they accomplish it or not, they won't even have a chance from the bench. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 (edited) Cant we have some stable lines for once? This is beyond ridiculous. Thats the kind of experiment you do during pre-season, not right before the playoff. Edited March 21, 2009 by Jean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tokyohabs Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 How about the practice pairing of Schneider and Brisebois? Laffs must be licking their chops at that prospect. Shuffle A Kost around, but not to the bench. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
l<OV4L3V Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 I like having Stewart in for toughness as he has rightfully earned a roster spot with some fantastic fighting...but I don't think anybody on the leafs is going to scrap Laraque so thats just dead weight. I would much rather have brought Sergei back up to distract Garbageofski instead of Laraque!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 Coughupsarek deserves to sit. D'Ago, whatever. And are there those who really feel that Kosty has been fabulous out there? He's scoring goals, yes. And that *is* very important. Other than that, though, he's been a BRUTAL perimeter player who's doing NOTHING useful out there. He may not have Ovechkin's skill-set, but he should be modelling his game after the Russian's. Instead, everytime someone gets within 10 metres, he passes, chips the puck, or dumps it deep. Does he ever take anyone on? Does he ever go into traffic? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexstream Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 Coughupsarek deserves to sit. D'Ago, whatever. And are there those who really feel that Kosty has been fabulous out there? He's scoring goals, yes. And that *is* very important. Other than that, though, he's been a BRUTAL perimeter player who's doing NOTHING useful out there. He may not have Ovechkin's skill-set, but he should be modelling his game after the Russian's. Instead, everytime someone gets within 10 metres, he passes, chips the puck, or dumps it deep. Does he ever take anyone on? Does he ever go into traffic? Miroslav Satan had 17 goals before being castaway to the forgotten dreadful dead lands. He even was a +3... but goals are not everything. Ask Brian "Mr. October" Savage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BTH Posted March 22, 2009 Share Posted March 22, 2009 Seeing as it's the first move Bob's made that Carbo hadn't already tried, I don't mind this move. (Doesn't seem to be working though) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fanpuck33 Posted March 22, 2009 Share Posted March 22, 2009 Seeing as it's the first move Bob's made that Carbo hadn't already tried, I don't mind this move. (Doesn't seem to be working though) Are you watching the game? Komi and Kosty are both playing... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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