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Heck of a game, alright... Better not get too over-confident, seeing as how that almost blew up in our faces in the last round...
http://habsbros.blogspot.com/
Totally agree. The Habs are amazing this year, but the Cup isn't theirs **yet**...
Wow. We have a bunch of posters here that sound extremely overconfident. I hope the players are not in the same mindset.
We just squeeked by the Bruins, getting outplayed in at least 3, maybe 4 games. Our PP has gone completely disfunctional and is now the worst of the playoff teams. Our top lines are not scoring consistently. We are getting outskated and outhustled by much slower teams. We came within 60 seconds and a lucky break with a PP of dropping the first game against a team that must have been running on an empty tank due to playing what, 3 games in 4 nights? And here we have people posting which team they would like the Habs to play in the conference final.
Sorry, I don't want to piss in anybody's cornflakes here, but everything is not going great in hockey land for the Habs. I am happy that we disposed of the Bruins and are now a game up on the Flyers, of course. But the team is going to have to pick it up at least a couple of notches to make it out of the conference final, not to mention going up against a team in the final that will likely be much tougher to beat than anything we face in the east. What I am saying is that I am worried about our team, not blubbering over with confidence and enthusiasm because we have gotten a few breaks and made it this far. And I am surprised that so many are apparently euphoric over the play of the team. Well, enjoy it. I hope we go all the way. But I don't think we will unless we change a few things. Just my humble opinion. I hope I am wrong.
Or that you are right and the changes are made!
What are they smoking in Philly????
Refs stole the game from you???
This is so laughable coming from so called journalists who can write
their resumes on the back of matchbooks. You were beaten Philly.
The actual score was 3-1. Take back Kovy's "questionable" goal and the two goals they "scored"??? and look........Pathetic whining.
Wow guys if you havent already, check out the article posted above "• Ed Moran, Philadelphia Daily News: Questionable calls spoil solid effort by Flyers in loss to Canadiens" , its just embarrasing, talk about excuses, the funny part is that they think the refs stole that game from them. The article itself is pretty laughable, and the comments are pretty rude
I know there were only two games last night, but it's still good to see that Kovalev and Kostopoulos were the 2nd and 3rd stars per NHL.com.
http://www.nhl.com/nhl/app?page=ThreeStarsPage&service=page
Observation : I found it funny for the first 15 minutes of the 1st period that we hardly seen Kovy or his name mentioned. I think he must have been checking out his armpits for odour as Saku and Higgy were flying around and carrying the puck doing there thing that Kovy wasn't a part of and i thought of Ryder,Sergie,Lats etc. who have already experienced that loneliness. That is something that's hard to explain but when those two talents (Saku&Higgy) are put together it always happens. So knowing this, and knowing the top two lines will remain the same for Saturday that it wouldn't be a bad idea, sooner better than later, to go back to the orginal lines if this happens again cuz Kovy's really important in this series as always. Just a thought. Go Habs Go.
That's a good point. Kovy with Koivu and Higgins was a great "surprise" move at the time it was concocted, and that moment might even have been considered a desperate moment. Right now, we're not desperate. I wouldn't mind going back to the original setup...although, I do like the brothers together. And I do agree 100% that Kovalev is key to our success.
Isn't it refreshing not having the link to Boston Globe anymore
My two cents from last night: I think its time OB comes in for Breezer ( I rather not have the HABS score on their own net)
MY SCOREBOARD READS:
Brisebois & Lupul's skate: 3
Montreal Canadiens: 4
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OFFICIAL ESPN CUP PREDICTION: Montreal vs San Jose
Love this from Marcus Hayes:
"If Daniel Briere, the playoffs' top scorer, truly was not affected by the continual booing - treasonously, he chose to sign with the Flyers over the Canadiens - then why was he so cleanly declawed last night?"
It seems that the Philly writers are really really biased. The Boston writers were obviously homers, but they were a bit objective. These guys are writing their articles clad in Orange.
Maybe because, compared to Washington's defensive corps, ours is a bunch of Bobby Orrs?
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..."
After travelling through other team's blogs and witnessing how ridiculous and ignorant they all are on it (well some seem pretty knowledgable)I'd have to say this website, is by far probably the most incisive and analytical website out there...On all the other blogs, all you hear is petty insults that seem like there spewing from a twelve year old kid's mouth, which surprisingly, wouldn't be surprising afterall...I joined this website midway through the season and am on it alot, not so much on weekends(I'm 22, I still love going out), unless I have a chance to, but the majority of my workday is spent reading and typing on this website and am very grateful that this website exists...
Thank you all of H I/O Staff!!
"11 'Till 25"
"If I wanted to hear from an ass, I would fart..."
I absolutely agree! There are some people who posts insulting things on this site, but the majority of the posts and articles are very analytical and objective! I love the Habs but I don't insult other teams, and when they play well, they do deserve a heads up. I have to admit that lately it's be getting tough though - all my friends who are fans of other teams (most of which, btw, didn't make it to the play-offs or have already been eliminated) are sending me messages insinuating that the only thing that has carried our team up to here is luck. Which doesn't make me a happy camper!
And don't you find it ridiculous how the fans boo the American National Anthem? I find that terrible!
"...the majority of my workday is spent reading and typing on this website...". I hope your boss does not find out what you do while you are supposed to be working. lol
And for my sake, I really hope your not really boss on the other end of this...lol
"11 'Till 25"
"If I wanted to hear from an ass, I would fart..."
LOL...dude, you do what you have to do. For years I would hide a small radio under my hardhat with the headphone earplugs wired into my hearing protectors. Working in a steel mill did not allow for the luxury of a computer at hand.
My boss is a Habs fan too :o)
He'd give me a hug if he found out I've always got one eye on the forum.
Hmmmmmmmmmm, maybe I should stop....
We escaped with a victory last night while being outplayed by Philly. What happened to our skating in the 3rd as the whole team looked flat?. Can't blame it on the 7 game series because our opponent did the same but were much fresher. The bottom line though is that we won by coming twice from behind which is always great. Brisebois, even though had a good series against Boston, I'd like to see O'Byrne in his spot tomorrow. Not only did he deflect the first Philly goal but he also screened Price on the second, what's up with that? I love the changes to the top 2 lines as they create more chances especially on the PP. Hoping for a better effort tomorrow. The line of Begin, Smolinski & Kostopoulos was simply amazing.
WH10 - On the first goal, it was evident that Brisebois was trying to direct/push the puck away from the net into the corner - it was a fluky situation. If that had of happened to Markov, Komi, Lidstrom, or Gonchar nothing would have been said. It all would have put down to bad luck.
Not defending him again,(just trying to be fair) but the second goal was a total breakdown by the Habs defensive coverage. Brisebois must take part of the blame but certaintly not all of it.
I wonder what would have happened if Brisebois' shot that hit the post in the first period had gone in?
The Original 24.4 Cups
As I said yesterday. Breezer is slow and weak as a D-man but processes a good outlet pass and a good shot. The Flyer goalie is giving up a lot of rebounds. Breezer's shot could be a good weapon for us. SK scored two goals in this way in the 1st series. As for yesterday's goal, if he is stronger and faster, he could have taken out the Flyer player. Instead, he tried to intercept the pass.
I didn't watch much of the Philly-Washington series, but maybe they appeared more fresh because the series wasn't as physical as Boston-Montreal?
Just tossing that out as a possible explanation.
Nice to read of TK wanting to scan the channels for a replay of his goal. It's the reason we love guys like Begin and TK- they're regular guys, playing their hearts out.
Of course, someone should tell him the Habs have a video guy. But it's more fun to picture him getting home, flopping down on the sofa with his probably beautiful wife, and flipping to sportscentre or RDS.
Best. Avatar. Ever.
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..."
Chorske - I know you've been around for this whole amazing season but "we love guys like Begin and Tommy K." don't you remember all the names some posters called them during tne season, deadwood,slugs,old stiffs,old crap etc. and where are these posters now.
hey hopefully they can play a much better game tomorrow night and i think it might help if they replace breezer with obyrne for some more speed and physicality it seems like breezer is having a problem sustaining the level of play he started the playoffs with they can take turns alternating evey game or so. also to put ryder back in for dandy on max's line which seems like the only line struggling out there for starters we dont really need 2 shut down lines besides for which ryder has really improved on his defensive prowess and he adds a wicked shot to that line
The line got worse with Streit on it, how about Streit back to D?
i think this year's playoff run is reminding me of the run in 1993 i mean we have everything going right for us,we don't play well should lose games and don't (i.e) last night so the end result of our great run this year will to a trip the stanley cup final and utimately we will be crowned stanley cup champions for 2008 and boy i can't wait! ...........last night i went to bed enjoying my last few days of my vacation made all the more enjoyable because our boys won.anyways i had a dream that we won the stanley cup and all i could see in my dream was the cup getting passed from kovalev to higgins,to price and to komisarek so....let's hope that my dream comes true!
for you 'tetes a claques' fans.... http://nt.net/sleroux/tac/player.cgi?101_gars_de_boston_2.flv