Canadiens eager to finish series
posted by Kevin Mio at 17h47 EST on Apr 16
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Submitted by Habsville on Thu, 04/17/2008 - 07:10.
We have scored 9 goals in the series so far. Our top lin players have their names in on 4 of those goals. The grind line is is on as many and young Sergi has a couple. The game tonight will be a contribution from each line and I think we win it 5-2 with 2 powerplay goals. We can wait for the Flyers to show up after that
Submitted by dysonsphere on Thu, 04/17/2008 - 05:46.
Why do we have to be so sensitive to what the T.O. media has to say about the Habs? Granted the CBC seems to have a core of dinosaurs that are still clinging to the black and white photos of the 1967 cup, but I think that the tide is turning. I am in Guelph/Waterloo and sometimes listen to the Fan 590 in the car (it the Team 990 when I am at the computer) and to my surprise there is little Habs jealousy on toronto's sports radio. For example: the morning guy, Don Landry, stated he is cheering for the Habs this playoffs and I heard a great interview with Bulldogs head coach Don Lever yesterday afternoon in which Carey Price and the rest of the Habs rooks were heavily praised. I doubt that Denis Casavant would be rooting for the Leafs had the tides been turned. Anyway all this just to say lets just concentrate on the great season the Habs are having and laugh at Don Cherry et al. losing their minds. Go Habs Go, never mind about T.O. and the Leafs.
Submitted by Habsgirl (not verified) on Fri, 04/18/2008 - 10:34.
This is nice to hear and it is well said. Thank you for writing it.
Submitted by nightmare_49 on Thu, 04/17/2008 - 05:55.
Interesting post.
Submitted by POPS on Thu, 04/17/2008 - 02:01.
Sick of listening to the T.O. media and Leaf fans get down on the Habs.If you look around the league all of the series are close and I believe the Habs have not played their best hockey and are still up 3-1.Koivu will make a great addition in the next round and I think the PP will get going soon.
Submitted by Spartan117 on Thu, 04/17/2008 - 01:03.
GOING TO THE GAME WOOT!!
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Submitted by habsfan_56 on Thu, 04/17/2008 - 01:08.
off topic but heard everybody except Kovalev, Hamrlik, Koivu, Streit and someone else are getting mohawks
pic of lapierre at http://hfboards.com/showthread.php?t=506568&page=5 scroll down
Submitted by HAB-PROFESSOR on Wed, 04/16/2008 - 23:30.
if all goes according to plan...are we playing the Rangers?
which means AVERY???
Submitted by RudeMood19 on Wed, 04/16/2008 - 23:40.
If Philly wins we play them.
If not, then unless NJ can come back, we face NYR
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1. February 19th, 2008, a day which will live in sublimity.
Submitted by HAB-PROFESSOR on Wed, 04/16/2008 - 23:52.
thanks, of course we play the bottom seed...
but enough of that, first order of business first.
Submitted by Hockey11 on Wed, 04/16/2008 - 23:52.
Habs will get the lowest seed remaining after round one which at this time could be Philly or if Philly loses we get the winner of NYR/Devils.
Submitted by Timo (not verified) on Wed, 04/16/2008 - 23:54.
I thought that after the first round it's by points total rather than seeds. Am I wrong?
Submitted by 1010 on Thu, 04/17/2008 - 12:41.
The Habs play either philly or the caps. You are right Timo.
GO HABS.
Submitted by RudeMood19 on Thu, 04/17/2008 - 00:18.
News to me. I have no idea.
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Submitted by cautiousoptimist on Wed, 04/16/2008 - 22:30.
Slightly off-topic, but Sergei Samsonov just signed a three-year $7.6M contract with Carolina.
1. www.flickeringpictures.com - not a hockey site, but still kinda neat
2. Josh Gorges on Montreal's attack: "They're comin', they're comin' and they keep comin'. Just line after line, wave after wave..."
Submitted by Rocket Richard on Wed, 04/16/2008 - 22:18.
Game 5 - Final Score
Boston Bruins 1
Montreal Canadiens 3
Habs score their 3rd goal on a empty netter.
Yours Truly,
Rocket Richard
" YOU MUST HATE TO LOSE "
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Submitted by HAB-PROFESSOR on Wed, 04/16/2008 - 22:53.
so another nail biter...damn...why not another game 1
Submitted by WindsorHab-10 on Wed, 04/16/2008 - 21:37.
Would be great to finish it on Thursday and hope the other 3 series go as long as possible. Boston is desperate and will go all out. I hope the crowd gives the team the needed momentum to wrap this up.
Submitted by Bugs on Wed, 04/16/2008 - 20:56.
So long Boston!
And god bless.
Will Kovy explode?
13 to 25
Submitted by Pat8987 on Wed, 04/16/2008 - 20:49.
Please someone with some pull (DAVE), that’s able to contact the Canadiens pass on this message……directly to Begin
1st tell him he is playing awesome and to continue
2nd more importantly please tell him to stop shooting high and wide on the rush, as this usually results in an odd man rush the other way.
This is what provoked the overtime winner in Boston and I noticed he did it 3 times last game..
The last thing we want is losing the cup because of a shot that was high and wide that flies around the board, giving the other team a rush.
Just a thought..
Submitted by linp on Wed, 04/16/2008 - 21:26.
I have noticed that too. Each time he enters the offensive zone with the puck, he tries to shoot. After that he looks back at the bench as if he has done what Carbo told him. Did he know by now that a shot like that would never score? He just gives the puck away.
Submitted by ice_queen on Wed, 04/16/2008 - 20:17.
Can't wait until tomorrow night!
Submitted by Maffu on Wed, 04/16/2008 - 20:00.
Koivu ready for the second round. Great news!
Now he can practice with the team until then and our C will bring his A-game.
http://www.rds.ca/canadien/chroniques/250024.html
Submitted by The Teacher on Wed, 04/16/2008 - 19:56.
Not even going to comment on Don cherry tonight..what an idiot, Price put them 1st overall?
ayiyi so out of touch.
"One face-off, one battle, one shift, one period, one game, one series at a time."
Submitted by HAB-PROFESSOR on Wed, 04/16/2008 - 22:14.
I missed Bias corner...what did he say about Montreal?
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1. THIS IS WAR
1. We will win the CUP
2. The BELL CENTRE should be rebuilt to sit 80,000 fans
3. Beware of the T.R.S.
Submitted by The Teacher on Wed, 04/16/2008 - 22:49.
He praised them but you can tell someone made him do it...
"One face-off, one battle, one shift, one period, one game, one series at a time."
Submitted by HAB-PROFESSOR on Wed, 04/16/2008 - 23:04.
interesting...like when he posed with the Montreal Soldiers and they showed it 2 weeks in a row.
the good thing is the farther the Habs go, the more we can enjoy listening to the CRINGE in the voices of Cole, Cherry and Mclean, heck even Kelly HRUDY is going anti-Hab.
I could not believe the other night how everything that came out of COLE and MULLENS mouth was about Boston and what Boston has to do to get that first goal...it was amazing....once in a while Cole would throw in a comment about Price being the real deal...then back to Boston!
(and yes I have RDS, but I like to hear them suffer in their job when Montreal is winning)
Submitted by The Teacher on Wed, 04/16/2008 - 23:06.
I agree about the other night, but really it has been the last few nights. It is ridiculous.
such a turnoff.
"One face-off, one battle, one shift, one period, one game, one series at a time."
Submitted by HAB-PROFESSOR on Wed, 04/16/2008 - 23:18.
I stopped getting mad...now its just added entertainment,
and great picture! hang on to that one till we send Boston Packing!
Submitted by major on Wed, 04/16/2008 - 23:57.
In case y'all missed it, the CBC loves the habs ;-)
http://www.cbc.ca/sports/moore/2008/04/we_love_montreal_we_really_do.htm...
Submitted by Chuck on Thu, 04/17/2008 - 03:38.
"This year, we had 19 Habs games on Hockey Night in Canada. That’s up from 13 last year... some broadcasts were national, some were just in Quebec, some everywhere but Southern Ontario, but all were available on our regional feeds."
As a hab fan living just outside of Toronto, I have to ask, "So how many Hab games were available on a Saturday night in Southern Ontario when they weren't playing the Leafs?" Oh yeah, ZERO.
"Additionally, we devoted an entire Saturday pre-game show to the live ceremony of Bob Gainey’s sweater retirement - in both languages."
Actually, it wasn't live, it was tape-delayed. The only live version was on RDS. CBC used the tape delay to cut out a large part of the ceremony so that what was left would fit into the time slot alloted to it in the pre-game show.
“Don Cherry is anti-Montreal.”
Not true. Just last night, Don was adamant that Carey Price should be the hands-down rookie of the year. He has been one of Price’s biggest promoters this season. Don has always been a huge fan of Kirk Muller. Nobody was a bigger supporter for Saku Koivu when he was being criticized for his linguistic shortcomings earlier this season."
All that says is that Don has good things to say about certain members of the organization, and not the team as a whole. I'll believe him when he says "I would like to see the Canadiens win the Stanley Cup."
Until then, they're just blowing smoke and talking semantics.
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Submitted by HAB-PROFESSOR on Thu, 04/17/2008 - 10:01.
well said....Moore may be a legit fan, but his bosses aren't
Submitted by Maffu on Wed, 04/16/2008 - 19:56.
Anybody look at the goalie stats so far in the playoffs?
PRICE leads heaps of categories, excluding minutes played.
GAA 1.19
SV% .957
Submitted by Fer_hab on Wed, 04/16/2008 - 18:56.
I still believe that Ryder has a Hat-trick left in him b4 these playoffs are over.
After that see yeah buddy, unless you want just over a Mill to re-sign here (ONE YEAR).
Submitted by linp on Wed, 04/16/2008 - 21:40.
Playing Dandy and not Ryder is playing down to the Boston level. I admit Dandy checks hard. But when he has the puck in the offensive zone, he doesn't have the skill to score or to set up. I guess Carbo is playing not to lose.
Submitted by Hockey11 on Wed, 04/16/2008 - 23:41.
Not losing is good, Dandy is one of our BEST defensive forwards, do we miss Ryders production? Hey if Kovy, Pleks, SK, AK or Higgins can't score we are screwed.
Think about this, who would you rather have protect a lead Dandy or Ryder? Dandy all the way. Game 3 was a 2-2 tie in regulation and 1-1 in game four, we need strong defensive play from these players because the PP has gone south and the 5 on 5 Offensive players are not getting it done.
Ryder also was not moving the puck to Kovy his linemate and that is a no-no.
Submitted by filincal on Thu, 04/17/2008 - 00:03.
Agreed, Dandy fights for every puck and usually comes from behind to take them away. He's still has great wheels.
I BLEED BLEU BLANC ET ROUGE!!!
Submitted by GHG33 on Wed, 04/16/2008 - 21:22.
I hope so too. Ryder is one of my fav players. Just needs to keep shooting the puck.
Drive For 25 Is Alive!
Submitted by filincal on Thu, 04/17/2008 - 00:07.
I would rather see Streit sit for a game in exchange for Ryder ,but we need Streit on the PP. Maybe Gui could sit, but he adds some much needed size. Hmmm I'll leave it to Carbo to decide.
I BLEED BLEU BLANC ET ROUGE!!!
Submitted by imafogdevil on Wed, 04/16/2008 - 19:45.
Being made not available to the media means the coaches didn't want to expose him to answer questions on why he was the one to sit. I am sure he was pissed.
I'm pretty sure that unless he gets the same money or more, he is outta here next year. And why shouldn't he. When other players have been worse than him, he has been scratched. The same goes for the last game. Hardly the reason they lost on Sunday, he is scratched, when there were worse players on the ice, again.
And as for calling him underachieving, he doesn't and hasn't had the line support that he had last year or the year previous. When you bounce around the lineup and aren't geive the opportunity to work it out (yes, I said it, contrary to popular belief), then you will underachieve. Again, he is second on the team in hits.
I hope this new benching doesn't last and he gets back in the lineup. Better than having two defencemen as forwards.
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It can only get better!! Go Ryder, Go Habs!
Submitted by JIMVINNY on Wed, 04/16/2008 - 20:00.
Unfortunately for Ryder, playoffs are not the time to "work it out", especially when he's playing on the second line, and our first line isn't scoring, either. It's just too late for him now.
Submitted by ZepFan2 on Wed, 04/16/2008 - 18:51.
Yikes.
Samsonov was signed by Carolina, 3 year - 7.6 mil..
Submitted by 24 Cups on Wed, 04/16/2008 - 19:12.
Zep - If Samsonov can get that and for three years, then Ryder will surely get a decent deal (money & term) from an offensively challenged team. It won't matter what he does in the playoffs, he'll still get the deal. Samsonov - my entire day is shot after hearing this.
The Original 24.2 Cups
Submitted by nightmare_49 on Wed, 04/16/2008 - 21:07.
24 - What i can't understand is what was the urgency in signing him was and offering that money cuz i'm sure the rest of the league wasn't interested especially at those bucks , unless he played the Russian card which doesn't seem to come into play cuz his wife is from the U.S.A. Good luck to him as we play him at least 4 times next year with his defensive prowess.
Submitted by Blitzen on Wed, 04/16/2008 - 19:41.
Why is your day shot? Now that he has his contract, Carolina will be stuck with him as he puts it on autopilot and coasts for three years.
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Submitted by ZepFan2 on Wed, 04/16/2008 - 19:17.
Ryder should definitely get a decent deal and probably with Boston, especially if Julien is still coach.
He's going to come back to haunt us one day...sigh
Submitted by sidhu on Wed, 04/16/2008 - 18:50.
It seems Ryder is definitely going to sign elsewhere. Question for everyone is what contract you would offer to Streit given his play during the regular season and playoffs? Would you low-ball him (like we did Souray) so he is constructively told to go elsewhere?
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16 for 25 all for one
Submitted by RudeMood19 on Wed, 04/16/2008 - 22:41.
Re-sign. In a heart beat.
Bigger concern: Andrei Kostitsyn is a restricted free agent. I hope we either re-sign him and that no one pulls a Kevin Lowe black ball move
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1. February 19th, 2008, a day which will live in sublimity.
Submitted by Hockey11 on Wed, 04/16/2008 - 18:08.
Mental fatigue aka pressure.
Submitted by the_larry on Wed, 04/16/2008 - 18:06.
Therapy day for Streit hmm.... Somethings wrong with him because he's not the same Streit who was so solid for us down the stretch.
Submitted by frank81 on Wed, 04/16/2008 - 19:19.
For whatever it's worth, in TSN's Ice Chips section they say "Mark Streit (foot) did not practice on Wednesday, taking the day as therapy day".
Didn't he hurt his foot blocking a shot in a game against Buffalo?
Submitted by Maffu on Wed, 04/16/2008 - 19:52.
Yes he did. Playing with pain likely.
Submitted by Hockey11 on Wed, 04/16/2008 - 21:31.
It is certainly painful to watch, Carbo has to realize the if a guy can't go, we have others that can. All Streit does really well is the PP and even that is sputtering, put Ryder back until Saku is ready. If Cube is back then OB will sit because the Breeze is scoring. Don't overthink things, just get us strong willing participants, no AHL guys though, these games are too tight and the regulars need the confidence of playing with regulars.
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