dlbalr Posted October 24, 2013 Share Posted October 24, 2013 Anaheim Ducks (7-2-0) Projected Lineup Kyle Palmieri - Ryan Getzlaf - Corey Perry Emerson Etem - Mathieu Perreault - Teemu Selanne Andrew Cogliano - Saku Koivu - Jakob Silfverberg Patrick Maroon - Nick Bonino - Daniel Winnik Francois Beauchemin - Hampus Lindholm Bryan Allen - Sami Vatanen Ben Lovejoy - Cam Fowler Jonas Hiller Frederik Andersen Team Leaders G Corey Perry (5) A Ryan Getzlaf (6) PTS Getzlaf/Perry/Perreault (9) +/- Hampus Lindholm (+9) PIMS Bryan Allen (13) Injuries: Luca Sbisa, Sheldon Souray, Viktor Fasth, Dustin Penner, Matt Beleskey Scratches: Devante Smith-Pelly, Mark Fistric Montreal Canadiens (5-4-0) Projected Lineup Alex Galchenyuk - Lars Eller - Brendan Gallagher Michael Bournival - Tomas Plekanec - Brian Gionta Travis Moen - David Desharnais - Rene Bourque Michael Blunden - Ryan White - Patrick Holland Andrei Markov - P.K. Subban Josh Gorges - Raphael Diaz Francis Bouillon - Nathan Beaulieu* Carey Price Peter Budaj Team Leaders G Lars Eller (5) A P.K. Subban (9) PTS P.K. Subban (11) +/- Andrei Markov (+9) PIMS George Parros (20) Injuries: D. Drewiske, A. Emelin, D. Murray, G. Parros, M. Pacioretty, D. Briere, B. Prust Scratches: Greg Pateryn* Puck Drop: 7:30 PM EST TV: RDS, TSN Habs Radio: TSN 690 FM 98.5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlbalr Posted October 24, 2013 Author Share Posted October 24, 2013 Be warned, Chris Lee will be refereeing tonight's game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Posted October 24, 2013 Share Posted October 24, 2013 Yeah. So. Go Ducks. Here's hoping Saku can pull out a hat trick and a few assists to boot. My kid is still young, but Koivu is the kind of player I hope he looks towards as a hero. I find it disappointing when kids look at these flakes and dopes and quasi-criminals as their heroes, because you try to emulate that person people hold in high esteem (looking' at you, NFL). If my kid can look to a guy like Koivu and model his life after this kind of hero? Koivu epitomizes the word. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Machine of Loving Grace Posted October 24, 2013 Share Posted October 24, 2013 Koivu is a great player but was a mediocre captain. Won't be his last visit to Montreal. Will probably play another two seasons as a third line center. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
habs rule Posted October 24, 2013 Share Posted October 24, 2013 Be warned, Chris Lee will be refereeing tonight's game. Well we didn't have much of a chance to begin with and our odds just got longer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Chicoutimi Cucumber Posted October 24, 2013 Share Posted October 24, 2013 Sa-ku! Sa-ku! Love the guy. I don't understand the "mediocre captain" comment either. It's just unfortunate that his career was compromised by that horrible knee injury that prevented him from becoming the superstar he was destined to be - and even more unfortunate that he was let down by incompetent management and/or dismal teammates for his entire tenure as a Hab. He deserved better from the franchise, and from the city itself for that matter. I'll never fully forgive those fans who booed him in favour of Ribeiro. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stogey24 Posted October 24, 2013 Share Posted October 24, 2013 Koivu is a great player but was a mediocre captain. Won't be his last visit to Montreal. Will probably play another two seasons as a third line center. Welcome to Hab town. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psycing Posted October 24, 2013 Share Posted October 24, 2013 Koivu had a mediocre team to Captain, but never would I consider him mediocre as a Captain. But that's a debate that's ping-ponged for far too long. Attending the game tonight, can't wait to see Saku and Selanne in action. Hoping for a win, but a goal from Saku would be real special. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovett's Magnatones Posted October 24, 2013 Share Posted October 24, 2013 Koivu was the Captain for a decade, you can look to a number of years to say he was good or bad, but at the end of the day, he was an legitimate NHL Captain, i'm not too sure Brian Gionta is now. (At the start of his tenure, I would say yes because of the new acquisitions, and the style the team played). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trizzak Posted October 24, 2013 Share Posted October 24, 2013 Be warned, Chris Lee will be refereeing tonight's game. /thread Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brobin Posted October 24, 2013 Share Posted October 24, 2013 I expect a loss tonight. Hot team, coming off a loss, facing a beat up habs group full of rookies and under performers. Could be ugly. Lucic ugly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meller93 Posted October 24, 2013 Share Posted October 24, 2013 I feel like a win tonight would do a lot for team morale. Difference between 5-5 and 6-4 feels significant even if it isn't too Different in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Habsfan Posted October 24, 2013 Share Posted October 24, 2013 Be warned, Chris Lee will be refereeing tonight's game. At least it's not Tim Peel! I gotta say, I don't have a good feeling for tonight's game! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stogey24 Posted October 24, 2013 Share Posted October 24, 2013 Proline has Montreal as the Favourite tonight. Completely random, just thought that was a little weird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Machine of Loving Grace Posted October 24, 2013 Share Posted October 24, 2013 Koivu was the Captain for a decade, you can look to a number of years to say he was good or bad, but at the end of the day, he was an legitimate NHL Captain, i'm not too sure Brian Gionta is now. (At the start of his tenure, I would say yes because of the new acquisitions, and the style the team played). The team never went a week without a locker room controversy with Koivu as captain. The biggest controversy with Gionta as captain has been... uhhh... Subban hits too hard in practice? A captain leads the team. Koivu was always an island. He should have been like Markov and refused the C. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PMAC Posted October 24, 2013 Share Posted October 24, 2013 Sa-ku! Sa-ku! Love the guy. I don't understand the "mediocre captain" comment either. It's just unfortunate that his career was compromised by that horrible knee injury that prevented him from becoming the superstar he was destined to be - and even more unfortunate that he was let down by incompetent management and/or dismal teammates for his entire tenure as a Hab. He deserved better from the franchise, and from the city itself for that matter. I'll never fully forgive those fans who booed him in favour of Ribeiro. I never understood any of the negativity towards Saku. He came back from stomach cancer to lead the team...what more do you want? Not resigning Saku and trading for the useless Gomez were the worst moves of Gainey's decidedly mediocre run as Habs GM. I thought he lost the plot after the tragic death of his daughter and unceremoniously dumping the captain like that confirmed it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Chicoutimi Cucumber Posted October 24, 2013 Share Posted October 24, 2013 The team never went a week without a locker room controversy with Koivu as captain. The biggest controversy with Gionta as captain has been... uhhh... Subban hits too hard in practice? A captain leads the team. Koivu was always an island. He should have been like Markov and refused the C. But surely it's asking a lot for one man to prevent controversy, especially when your team is made up of fruitcakes like Kovalev, the Kostityns, Grabovksi, Ribeiro, etc.? Can captains really single-handedly determine the culture of a room? Or is it more that they can try to lead by example, but if the horses don't want to win, there's not much you can do, except work your ass off every night and every shift? Personally - much as I loved Kovalev - I've always suspected that he set himself up as a kind of "alternative" captain to Koivu, around whom players that didn't want to be good soliders or even work particularly hard (like the Kostitsyns) could gravitate. And I've further suspected that if Koivu had a weakness as captain, it was that he had insufficient tolerance for punks - for which it's hard to blame him, really. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brobin Posted October 24, 2013 Share Posted October 24, 2013 Alas, none of us were in the dressing room, so we really don't know shit. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dalhabs Posted October 24, 2013 Share Posted October 24, 2013 Been pissed about our results and our play lately so gonna make it easy and say GO HABS GO.... and head to bed. Hope we take a lead tonight with no chokes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
habs rule Posted October 24, 2013 Share Posted October 24, 2013 Koivu was a good hab but he is now with the ducks. So hopefully no points for him. or for any of the rest of his flock. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brobin Posted October 24, 2013 Share Posted October 24, 2013 Cool gift for Koivu from the Habs... Personal chair... Someone needs to put up a pic of it. http://www.cbssports.com/nhl/eye-on-hockey/24132056/photo-saku-koivu-given-awesome-chair-as-gift-from-canadiens Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
habscout Posted October 24, 2013 Share Posted October 24, 2013 Chris Lee is on par with Tim Peel for ineptitude IMHO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
habscout Posted October 24, 2013 Share Posted October 24, 2013 Geez the people on the TSN video replays are sleeping tonight. Twice in a row they couldn't queue up the replay. I wanted to see when Gallagher got hurt and how bourque drew the penalty, but nada. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brobin Posted October 24, 2013 Share Posted October 24, 2013 Does DD ever manage to stay on his feet in a puck battle? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stogey24 Posted October 24, 2013 Share Posted October 24, 2013 Be a great if Diaz could hit the net Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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