brobin Posted April 4, 2010 Share Posted April 4, 2010 another soft turn over by AK in the neutral zone almost went in our net... they better fix him before the playoffs.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazy26 Posted April 4, 2010 Share Posted April 4, 2010 One buzzard tried to fly to the game but was refused at the plane. He had two dead raccoons under his armpits, but the rule was only one carrion per passenger. *rimshot* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redondo Posted April 4, 2010 Share Posted April 4, 2010 Boston and Toronto going into OT..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toronthab Posted April 4, 2010 Share Posted April 4, 2010 *rimshot* Ya , he was rimshot after the game! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toronthab Posted April 4, 2010 Share Posted April 4, 2010 OK, I admit it , even I want to take a shot at Laps.,,, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KoZed Posted April 4, 2010 Share Posted April 4, 2010 Nice going Montador. Punching a guy that's on his knees. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Habsy Posted April 4, 2010 Share Posted April 4, 2010 Lapierre is embarassing. C'mon, just TRY to throw a punch... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toronthab Posted April 4, 2010 Share Posted April 4, 2010 OK, I admit it , even I want to take a shot at Laps.,,, BOSTON scores in OT for 2 pts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brobin Posted April 4, 2010 Share Posted April 4, 2010 Damn, boston won... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KoZed Posted April 4, 2010 Share Posted April 4, 2010 There ya go. Good game overall, and 5th shutout for Halak. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toronthab Posted April 4, 2010 Share Posted April 4, 2010 What a nice hockey game. YEAH!!! HABS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Chicoutimi Cucumber Posted April 4, 2010 Share Posted April 4, 2010 (edited) I have a funny feeling they're going to win tonight, even though the pattern of the season suggests a loss. :hlogo: Awww YEAH :hlogo: Halak looked REAL good tonight. He projected that quiet, game-controlling calm that only really good goalies or really hot goalies can manufacture. Beautiful to witness. Edited April 4, 2010 by The Chicoutimi Cucumber Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toronthab Posted April 4, 2010 Share Posted April 4, 2010 Awww YEAH :hlogo: If I had any guts I could enjoy moments like that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brobin Posted April 4, 2010 Share Posted April 4, 2010 So.. can we forget about Price this year and just recognize that Halak is our number one guy going in to the playoffs. (nothing against Price, but at this time of year, you have to pick a guy and go for it). Halak has earned the right to start the playoffs for us. Let's see how he does. So far, he seems to play best in important games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toronthab Posted April 4, 2010 Share Posted April 4, 2010 Awww YEAH :hlogo: Halak looked REAL good tonight. He projected that quiet, game-controlling calm that only really good goalies or really hot goalies can manufacture. Beautiful to witness. Ya, I agree, and no Dman fell into the net with a puck either!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toronthab Posted April 4, 2010 Share Posted April 4, 2010 So.. can we forget about Price this year and just recognize that Halak is our number one guy going in to the playoffs. (nothing against Price, but at this time of year, you have to pick a guy and go for it). Halak has earned the right to start the playoffs for us. Let's see how he does. So far, he seems to play best in important games. I've not had much of an opinion on goaltending, but I have been obviously wowed by Halak of late, and even better, found Price to be much better in his recent starts than my recollection. We appear to be well blessed with goaltenders. Good move by le direction . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toronthab Posted April 4, 2010 Share Posted April 4, 2010 I am also impressed with the agressive play we have in our end. It looked like the boys blocked about 153 shots and near shots. Seemed like lots of hard work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCHabnut Posted April 4, 2010 Share Posted April 4, 2010 Halak to get every start for the rest of the season and playoffs, unless he totally blows it. Man I hope he can stay hot. Nothing beats a Psycho goaltender in the playoffs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOOPAVILLIN Posted April 4, 2010 Share Posted April 4, 2010 (edited) Halak to get every start for the rest of the season and playoffs, unless he totally blows it. Man I hope he can stay hot. Nothing beats a Psycho goaltender in the playoffs. Perfectly said....go :hlogo: alak Edited April 4, 2010 by SOOPAVILLIN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyhasbeen Posted April 4, 2010 Share Posted April 4, 2010 I know who I want to face in the first round now! Bring on the Sabres!!! We should have beaten them last time too, remember, when Price collapsed? Kidding of course. I was waiting for Ruff, good coach but he was a crappy player, to pull his goalie again. Great effort paid dividends tonight. Hope they can keep it up down the stretch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bar Posted April 4, 2010 Share Posted April 4, 2010 (edited) I look on TSN.ca and think oh riiight...gonna view some comments, gonna feel good about the fans commenting on OBs first goal of the season, the hustle of the 3rd and 4th line, but no. You know what I read? Price sucks...Price would have lost this game...Price this, Halaks best goalie ever, etc. Why do we have the most ######ed fans, seriously. Instead of praising Halak, who played very well, they bring down a player who DID NOT even touch the ice. This seems a fundamental flaw with Habs fans, they only praise players at the sake of another. If they really HAD to bring someone down to fulfill some sick desire why not pick on the top 2 lines, the scorers, who have been absent lately. Two more wins seals the playoffs, they should win all three just for good measure (and so I can win the bet!). Edited April 4, 2010 by bar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easy Ryder Posted April 4, 2010 Share Posted April 4, 2010 Very effective work by Montreal 3-4th lien against Philly and Buffalo. Markov defensive play is at his best right now. Plek and Gomez are effective centers defensively too. You see we're i am going at...the two top lines can't score goals and PP totally stinks. Majour point there is shooters have to get it in. Pouliot , Cammelleri and Andrei K especially. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCPetit Posted April 4, 2010 Share Posted April 4, 2010 So.. can we forget about Price this year and just recognize that Halak is our number one guy going in to the playoffs. (nothing against Price, but at this time of year, you have to pick a guy and go for it). Halak has earned the right to start the playoffs for us. Let's see how he does. So far, he seems to play best in important games. Halak will definitely be the starter at the beginning of the playoffs, but Price will have another start before the end of the season. Probably against Carolina if we clinch the win against the Islanders Tuesday. Halak will start the last game Saturday against Toronto and I'll make a prediction: if we take an early lead, Price will finish the game in the 3rd. Why? No need to expose Halak to an injury in the last game, and why not give a little work to Price just to keep him game-ready? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Chicoutimi Cucumber Posted April 4, 2010 Share Posted April 4, 2010 (edited) Very effective work by Montreal 3-4th lien against Philly and Buffalo. Markov defensive play is at his best right now. Plek and Gomez are effective centers defensively too. You see we're i am going at...the two top lines can't score goals and PP totally stinks. Majour point there is shooters have to get it in. Pouliot , Cammelleri and Andrei K especially. Yup. Right now we're in effect missing an entire line's worth of top-6 players. The three you mention are in a complete funk (Pouliot, in particular, looks completely and catastrophically lost out there; and I notice that nobody is praising Martin for continuing to use him in a top-line role, although they're the first to crap all over Martin for moving young guys off the top lines under similar circumstances). Anyway, this lack of a second line is, in my opinion, the main reason why we hit that slump - it also helps to explain the confused PP - and last night's win was impressive precisely because it happened despite the non-production from those guys. It's what will have to happen if we want to win without contributions from them. (And come to think of it, it wouldn't hurt for the team to continue to play like that once the Terrible Three start finding the net again). This team, like a lot of teams in the "new NHL," actually spends a surprising portion of its time living and dying by its third and fourth lines. Hence the surprising impact of the Moore acquisition and the obvious jolt added by guys like Pyatt and Darche. Lapierre FINALLY played like his old self last night; that makes a huge difference. Sergei Kostitsyn, meanwhile, is a disproportionately and silently important guy on this team: not a top-6 forward, he adds a dangerous dimension of speed and skill to the bottom-6 that can just kill the opposition on a given shift. These are the kinds of 'secret weapons' that play what I think of as the 'Christopher Higgins' role on a team - being bottom-6 guys who can, on any given night, make the impact on a game that you expect from your top-6. If they keep doing that, we will be tough to beat on most nights, especially if and when Kosty and Cammy wake up (I expect nothing from Pouliot). Can they do it regularly? We'll see. Lapierre may turn out to be the X-factor. If he wakes up, that could be huge, because when he's on his game he's one of the best checking C/pests in the league. So, look to the bottom-6. And look to those missing three. If the former get in a zone, and the latter resurface in whole or in part, we become a dangerous first-round opponent. Edited April 4, 2010 by The Chicoutimi Cucumber Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dalhabs Posted April 4, 2010 Share Posted April 4, 2010 I love the fact that we have some veterans on the bottom 2 lines. Darche, Metropolit, Moore, Moen... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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