Audio: Gainey, Carbo analyze Habs season

I like the way they all played...although Price coulda been better in round two! I'm not complaining though! not about that at least! some jerk posted something on one of the other pages saying that Saku Koivu, our beloved Capitano, is pigheaded! can you believe it?! I think he was just saying that cuz he's jealous that he'll NEVER be as good as Koivu!

While I liked Brisebois and Smolinski's play in the playoffs, they really shouldn't crack the lineup of a good team.

Just read on TSN that Brisebois and Smolinski want another year. Just say no Bob...

The 2007-08 Habs were fantastic and I enjoyed every minute (almost every minute) of this season. I have become even more of a fan after this season! It was tough to watch them go out vs. Philly but they will come back stronger next season. The management and coaching did a fantastic job and must be commended. Emerging superstars like Price and Komisarek were given the opportunity to learn and grow. The Kostitsyn brothers looked great as did Plekanec, and Streit. Koivu and Markov were solid all season long and Kovalev was just super. Players like Smolinski and Brisebois showed their worth in the post season and silenced many critics on this site. Latendresse, Lapierre, Higgins, and Gorges all learned lessons this season and will arrive in camp with new goals and expectations of themselves. Look at the future Chipchura, O'Byrne, Valentenko, McDonagh, Pacioretty, Yemelin, and many more. In other words, the future looks great for this franchise and we as fans know that the best is yet to come! Thank you Montreal Canadiens!!! Through the off-season I would love to add a top six forward (Hossa or Sundin), a veteran goalie (Belfour, Joseph, Thibault, Theodore, Kolzig, or Hedberg) with a move of Halak, and another veteran presence (would love to see Chelios bring along the young U.S. born players in the organization). I really think with these moves the Canadiens could become a legitimate cup contender and maybe even a favourite! GO!HABS!GO!

Jdub, I too think Philly will beat Pittsburgh. They have a better 'one goal wins in regulation' ratio than Pitts; a true sign of a good team.

Paul Maurice deserved to be fired IMO. At the beginning of the year, he failed with his goalies, alternating them like no one's business when he should have just let Toskala get in his groove instead of creating this number one position is up for grabs competition, and not too mention all those 3rd period defensive breakdowns; it seems they didnt have a solid defensive scheme, and that has to fall with the coach. Toronto for all their faults were a very good 5on5 team (top 5 in the east for a good portion of the year)and would've been dangerous had they snuck in the playoffs.

WOW, talk about having nothing to talk about!!

Johnston has an interesting article...

Lets sum up the Philly series in 7 words - "Brisebois scores series opener on own net"

Perhaps some of you remember, it was the "Great One" that scored Montreal's first series goal in 93 and how did that turn out?

I don't know about you, but I wouldn't mind Philly upsetting a cocky Pittsburgh city (wipe those smirks away) ... lets back track, last 2 times HABS lost in round 2 ... CAR (won 2002 Cup), TAM (won 2004 cup) ... I see a trend

Who could perform consistently under one year contracts, in, where you are carved up under the microscope after every game?

Other players have been given latitiude to make mistakes (Kovalev, "latenderness")but not Ryder.

I can only conclude that Gainey saw him as a flash in the pan...the three 25-30 seasons as some series of lucky bounces.

If Ryder plays well in 2008/09 his name will be added to that growing list of Montreal write offs who blossom elsewhere.

If he does not play well elsewhere Gainey will look like a genius.

BTW...if we add a forward don't we want a top 6? Now who do we demote. I guess Higgins will finally end up where he belongs...checking third line center.

One has to wonder why a Leafs fan (LBChase) spends so much time on a Habs board.... but then if one spends their time trying to figure out the actions of a Leafs fan, they'll probably find themselves without any time left for anything else.

That being said, can the rest of us Habs fans please stop replying to annoying posts, the likes of which are posted by LBChase, which are clearly only posted to garner a reaction. If you don't stop reacting he will not go away. And i think every one of us wants him to go away. But like most children, the only way to make them stop their annoying behaviour is to ignore it.

Please heed that advice when dealing with people like LBChase, and the other annoyances that frequent this space. Thank you

Francois Gagnon is a Dumb ASS .
Why does he still have a Job.
Great move to pee off Kovalev and Koivu.
There go our chances to sign anybody.
He though he was ok and just got mislead the last article he wrote about Kovalev but this one takes the cake.

Not the place, ;)

http://www.globesports.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080507.wspthabs7/GSStor...

SIGH...there goes the off-season efforts to find that impact forward...what a moron...