Guest Stogey24 Posted November 9, 2014 Share Posted November 9, 2014 Why would plekanec not walk in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zumpano21 Posted November 9, 2014 Share Posted November 9, 2014 Bob Cole's an idiot. "Desharnais....great skater." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brobin Posted November 9, 2014 Share Posted November 9, 2014 We really need some guys who can drive the net. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovett's Magnatones Posted November 9, 2014 Share Posted November 9, 2014 Geez. Four comments in twenty-five minutes? That's when you know a game sucks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kuternoga Posted November 9, 2014 Share Posted November 9, 2014 Return of the Zombie Habs. Maybe 2nd period will be better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlbalr Posted November 9, 2014 Share Posted November 9, 2014 At least they're not losing...and a month into the season, that's the highlight of the 1st period (since they still haven't led after 20). Kuternoga, could you check your PM's when you get a moment please? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
habs rule Posted November 9, 2014 Share Posted November 9, 2014 Fell asleep during the first, try to stay awake for the 2nd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hab29RETIRED Posted November 9, 2014 Share Posted November 9, 2014 As I've mentioned before, I am lukewarm about Pointu's sweater being retired on the grounds that only the very best, all-time greatest players should receive this honour in Montreal. Lapointe was not even the greatest Montreal Canadiens defenceman of his era (Big Bird and The Senator rank ahead), let alone an all-time great D-man in the league. That said, Lapointe was a top-10 defenceman of his generation, a multiple Cup winner and part of the Big Three, so I'm not going to the wall attacking this decision. But these observations set up my next point, which is: there's nobody else who deserves their number retired. The only all-time great player since 1980 was Roy, and #33 is already rightly hanging in the rafters. The question is whether the Habs will be able to resist the temptation of sentimental, celebratory ceremonies. That they've stooped to retiring the jerseys of "merely really good" players suggests they won't. What we'll hear pretty soon is that "the next generation" of Habs' fans deserves their retirement ceremonies too. Hello, Koivu. Given that corporate sponsor logos will soon be desecrating the once-sacred Habs' jersey, perhaps this degeneration of the currency is appropriate anyway. 6 Stanley Cups. 2 Canada cups. Sounds like one of the top players of his era. The fact that he was #3 on his own team, just means the 70's habs had one of the greatest defence of all time. I agree that of the last era of the habs, the only hab that deserved his jersey retired is Roy. They had some other great players, but none of them were around long enough with the team (i.e. Chelios, Lemieux, Damphousse), or win multiple cups like Roy did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlbalr Posted November 9, 2014 Share Posted November 9, 2014 Interesting to note, of the six d-men, Gilbert had the lowest TOI. That's going to make some people happy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
habs rule Posted November 9, 2014 Share Posted November 9, 2014 No doubt in my mind that le Pointu deserved his sweater retired. 1 of the all time greats. OK so we had 3 of them. He would be a shooin on anyother team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hab29RETIRED Posted November 9, 2014 Share Posted November 9, 2014 For Montreal? Absolutely. I always call Vincent Damphousse the gatekeeper of the HHOF. He's a guy who had a fantastic career, great statistics, great accomplishments and a Cup ring being one of the best players on that Cup winning team. But that's not enough to be in the Hockey Hall of Fame. Damphousse could be the same for the Habs retirement. While I hate it when guys wear #25 on the Habs, truth be told he didn't have a good enough career to be retired in Montreal despite a ring, being a captain and putting up great numbers. Koivu is behind him, Naslund is behind him, Markov is behind him, Richer is behind him, pretty much the only Hab that played during or after Damphousse ahead of him has his number in the rafters: Roy. Had Chelios stayed a Canadien he might be up there, but the same could be said for Rod Langway. I think Langway and Chelios would be locks. Had Lemeiux stayed in montreal and won a couple more cups, he'd be a candidate (he won what 3 more cups and a Conn Smythe after leaving the habs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Habs30/31 Posted November 9, 2014 Share Posted November 9, 2014 Why would plekanec not walk in he had room and time for sure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Habs30/31 Posted November 9, 2014 Share Posted November 9, 2014 Beautiful to see the great Guy Lapointe with tears flowing slipping into history. I read a good article reviewing how the confidence we picked up on the latter part and playoffs of last year morphed with a young team into arrogance this year. We do have a good team here and we will get it going. It's not like we're Toronna after all. interesting.....well if that was the case i'm sure the arrogance has been squashed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brobin Posted November 9, 2014 Share Posted November 9, 2014 Refs sure are generous to the wild...several trips and hooks ignored. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Habs30/31 Posted November 9, 2014 Share Posted November 9, 2014 give aways like the one pk just did get rookies benched. nice play by markov backing him up give aways like the one pk just did get rookies benched. nice play by markov backing him up give aways like the one pk just did get rookies benched. nice play by markov backing him up give aways like the one pk just did get rookies benched. nice play by markov backing him up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brobin Posted November 9, 2014 Share Posted November 9, 2014 Great shot by Gally... Hope it gets him going. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Machine of Loving Grace Posted November 9, 2014 Author Share Posted November 9, 2014 Gallagher ripped that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Machine of Loving Grace Posted November 9, 2014 Author Share Posted November 9, 2014 The crazy thing is that both teams are jam packed with good scorers and playmakers but just can't make anything happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hab29RETIRED Posted November 9, 2014 Share Posted November 9, 2014 Can we keep him? huh? huh? can we please? the genius may feel threatened if we did that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brobin Posted November 9, 2014 Share Posted November 9, 2014 Nice shift by the third line...finally in the slot with numbers and a goal is the result. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Habs30/31 Posted November 9, 2014 Share Posted November 9, 2014 gally and larry ..... two guys who needed a goal ! sekac and prust great work sekac looks bigger tonight for some reason Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlbalr Posted November 9, 2014 Share Posted November 9, 2014 That was a better period. Eller and Sekac both have some jump to them which is nice to see. If those two can find some chemistry, it'd really be handy for both of them. The Habs are doing well at the faceoff dot tonight, all four C's are at or above 50%. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hab29RETIRED Posted November 9, 2014 Share Posted November 9, 2014 That was a better period. Eller and Sekac both have some jump to them which is nice to see. If those two can find some chemistry, it'd really be handy for both of them. The Habs are doing well at the faceoff dot tonight, all four C's are at or above 50%. that's if Sekac isn't sat again like the last time he had a great game Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brobin Posted November 9, 2014 Share Posted November 9, 2014 Go to the net again.... Goal... Prust sacrificed his face for that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Habsfan84 Posted November 9, 2014 Share Posted November 9, 2014 Sekac. Prust took a crossbar to the face but well worth it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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