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[smuler]

handed a gift in the fact the league suspended possibly the best player on the Bruins this season, Brad Marchand. He was suspended for three games, meaning he'll miss tomorrow's game.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNlACB5gz30 Best 5,000 $ ever spent !!

What is ridiculous is the Boston announcers actually sticking up for this Marchand piece of shit

This is the 3rd time that Marchand lowballed somebody, possibly ending someone's career with a knee injury

http://video.nhl.com/videocenter/console?id=727977

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05-O-uRuKyY

Best Regards

Smuler

 

[Ballsamic]

Well, the Rangers won last night and are back in front of the rival Islanders. However, the Isles are back in action tonight against Buffalo, so things could once again change in the standings. In other news, the annual New Year's outdoor game is on tomorrow afternoon in Boston and the habs were just handed a gift in the fact the league suspended possibly the best player on the Bruins this season, Brad Marchand. He was suspended for three games, meaning he'll miss tomorrow's game. Since the habs are in a near-historical slump right now, losing 10 out of 12, the league's decision just gave them a boost for the upcoming game. Another boost will be the possible return of super-pest Brendan Gallagher to the lineup.

Should the habs lose tomorrow's game, i have a feeling there'll be some changes made. Possibly the coach being fired? Major trade? Who knows. But the heat is on in Montreal!

I do not think the Canadiens are in a panic mode whatsoever. They have been playing well during this losing skid and maybe played badly in one game.

All will come together by the end of this month. You are right, in that, there will be a trade but not a major trade as you said. Bergervin will likely do the same as last year and that is just add

a little tweek to the lineup. No panic in Habs land, the wins will come. The storm is coming, just sit back and enjoy Hab fans !!

 

[lgna69xxx]

Without Scrivens excellent play, that game could have easily been 8-3 Flyers, where is tokarski when we need him :lol:

Well well well..... lookie lookie, the habnots now have MORE LOSSES than the Leafs!!! Yes at the halfway point of the season, the same team who started out at 9-0 on the season and the Leafs who only had one win in October now have 16 losses to 15 losses. The kicker here is the habbies were "supposed" to be stanley cup contenders (according to many homer habby fans) while the Leafs are on a complete tear down and rebuild. In fact, only Buffalo and Columbus have more losses than the Mtl Canadians in the entire Eastern Conference.

Good times :thumb:

The habs went back to their losing ways tonight against the lowly Flyers. Philly totally dominated the habs. Things were so bad for the habs that although he allowed 4 goals, Ben Scrivens was the 3rd star of the game.

 

[Doc Holliday]

Indeed, the habs have more losses than the Leafs have. Of course, the whiners blame their misfortunes on injuries. But one thing these brains do not seem to realize is that injuries are part of the game. So if a team cannot compete because of injuries, then their entire organization sucks! You need to draft and develop players in the farm system in order to step up when a player with the big team goes down. A team also needs to have depth on its roster in case their front-line players go down. Is it safe to assume that Mr. Bergevin and his management have failed drastically in that department?? Should they not be held accountable for the way their team has sucked monkey balls over the past month or so??

By the way, successful teams like the Detroit Red Wings know this and that's why they've been able to compete with the best of them every year when the likes of Datsyuk and Zetterberg went down. They are one heck of an organization and i can't thank them enough for not re-signing Mike Babcock! :thumb:

 

[lgna69xxx]

Once again, i thank you for saving my post for posterity as once again i was spot on with my prediciton of the Canadians last 3 weeks.

A little recap shall we? Lets base this on the last 11 games instead of the last 9. The Canadians went 3-8. Goals for 22, Goals against 34 for a -12 goal differential.

Keep up the good work blue blanc en rouge!

PS....No Luck was needed, not when you understand hockey, but thanks for the well wishes

I'll quote this now so that it's saved for posterity. Then 9 games from now we can see how well your prediction turned out. MY prediction is that it will turn out as well as all the OTHER predictions you've made since 2008.

Good luck:thumb:

 

[lgna69xxx]

I read another sports forum dedicted to habs fans and it is funny to see what they posted in October and what they are postng now. They were all getting along until Dec 1 rolled around and now the owner has warned them a few times to stop the in-fighting. LOL, what a mess not only the team is but their fans as well have come unhinged and it sure is a beautiful thing to witness

Yes, MISTER Babcock is a great great GREAT Coach! Thank you's are well deserved but not to Deadtroit, but to the fine University that educated Babs, McGill University, right here in Montreal, thanks Montreal, from the Leafs :thumb:

Indeed, the habs have more losses than the Leafs have. Of course, the whiners blame their misfortunes on injuries. But one thing these brains do not seem to realize is that injuries are part of the game. So if a team cannot compete because of injuries, then their entire organization sucks! You need to draft and develop players in the farm system in order to step up when a player with the big team goes down. A team also needs to have depth on its roster in case their front-line players go down. Is it safe to assume that Mr. Bergevin and his management have failed drastically in that department?? Should they not be held accountable for the way their team has sucked monkey balls over the past month or so??

By the way, successful teams like the Detroit Red Wings know this and that's why they've been able to compete with the best of them every year when the likes of Datsyuk and Zetterberg went down. They are one heck of an organization and i can't thank them enough for not re-signing Mike Babcock! :thumb:

 

[Doc Holliday]

Yes, MISTER Babcock is a great great GREAT Coach! Thank you's are well deserved but not to Deadtroit, but to the fine University that educated Babs, McGill University, right here in Montreal, thanks Montreal, from the Leafs :thumb:

MISTER Babcock is also the pride of Manitouwadge, Ontario and grew up in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. A true Canadian and one hell of a hockey coach!!! Thank you Red Wings for making this guy as great as he is!! I mean it!!! Ken Holland is also one hell of a GM and it's unfortunate there's no room for him on the Maple Leafs. Who knows, one day Lou Lamoriello will step down and become an advisor and maybe Brendan Shanahan will try to lure Mr. Holland from Detroit. You can't let such great talent go to waste in Detroit, right?

By the way, your comment about habs fans fighting on the other boards had me in tears!! I love it!!! :lol:

It's too bad you don't speak french, my friend. If so, i'd tell you to watch two great habs talkshows on tv every night: Dave Morissette and L'Antichambre. My favorite of the two is the Dave Morissette show since i prefer their panel which includes the likes of Dave Morissette, Michel Bergeron, Jose Theodore, Mike Bossy and Patrice Brisebois, among others. They are honest, blunt & pull no punches. L'Antichambre is also a very good show, but the best panelists are not on all the time. Mario Tremblay is great and it's a shame he's not a regular. Francois Gagnon, Gaston Therrien, Vincent Damphousse and Guy Carbonneau are also very good. PJ Stock and the others are so-so. This past month, those shows have been absolutely great!!!! However, one thing they all have in common: the day the habs win a game, they talk like their the greatest team around and they'll win the Cup this season. And when they lose....HILLARIOUS!!!!! I'm surprised the company that makes KLEENEX doesn't advertise on those shows when they're not winning! :lol:

 

[lgna69xxx]

LOL, what would we do without the habs Doc, or should i really say, what would we do without habs fans lol....the entertainment that keeps on giving and giving and giving, 24/7 365 days a year! (btw habs fans, that is NOT a compliment lol)

NJ is at Le Centre Bell tonight? Will Cory S steal the show for the Devils or will les habbys pull out the victory after some much needed home cooking?

 

[Doc Holliday]

LOL, what would we do without the habs Doc, or should i really say, what would we do without habs fans lol....the entertainment that keeps on giving and giving and giving, 24/7 365 days a year! (btw habs fans, that is NOT a compliment lol)

NJ is at Le Centre Bell tonight? Will Cory S steal the show for the Devils or will les habbys pull out the victory after some much needed home cooking?

I've won so much money over the past month-and-a-half because of the habs that i honestly don't know what i'd do if we didn't have them to entertain us! lol

They're facing the Devils tonight. Cammalleri isn't playing. There's belief in the habs media that Therrien may be gone if they lose tonight. Which is why i believe the habs will finally win one since the players no longer care or listen to Therrien (especially PK Subban and Markov) and the last thing they want is a new coach who'll scream at them and threaten to pull them out of their country club atmosphere. Can you see Mike Keenan coaching that team?? I'd love it!!!! lol

Many don't believe it'll happen since they lay the blame squarely on Marc Bergevin for his lack of getting Therrien some quality players to coach. All he's done is bring in mostly players no other teams wanted like Semin, Fleischmann, Barberia, Kassian, etc. He re-signed Jeff Petry, but he was already with the team by then and now he hasn't done anything since missing a few games a couple of weeks ago. Re-signing Plekanec and Markov for two years was a mistake considering he gave Plekanek $6 million/season and Markov's age. He never addressed the lack of scoring issue that plagued them over the past couple of seasons. The defence is pretty much the same group as last season and i was never overwhelmed by them. Sure, they look okay when Carey Price is between the pipes, but look like one of the league's worst when he's not playing. And making Pernell Karl Subban the highest paid defenceman in the history of professional hockey was a major mistake and i've said it from day 1. He's not even close to being among the best defencemen in the league....i could name you at least twenty others who are better. And they agree to pay him $72 million US for 8 years??? Crazy!!!! And he's not even captain material!!! But the consensus is that Bergevin never wanted to give Subban the contract his agency Don Meehan was asking for. The orders came from above (Geoff Molson) and Bergevin had no choice in the matter if he wanted to keep his job.

Not taking their time in developping Alex Galchenyuk was a mistake and i've said it from day 1. He's in his 4th year in the league and hasn't progressed as much as they had expected him to. Being sent out to the wolves at the age of 18 and in a city full of temptations like Montreal was a mistake. The last thing i want if i'm the GM is for my 18-year old blue chip prospect to spend his time in stripclubs and massage parlors. I would have possibly been okay with it had he been staying with a responsible adult couple (such as a Sergei Gonchar type) like Sidney Crosby did when he lived with the Lemieux's earlier in his career, but he was left on his own. And because he'll have been in the league since the age of 18, he'll be able to go UFA when he turns 27. The habs will end up overpaying him if they want to keep him. And they only have themselves to blame for this. Although i'd love to see William Nylander play with the Leafs this season, they're doing the right thing by keeping him in the minors in order to develop him more and will have more control over him in the future. No reason to rush him into the league.

Which is why i'm curious what they'll do with Mitchell Marner next season. They can't send him to the Marlies and they can either keep him with the big club or send him back to the juniors, which in my opinion would be a mistake since it would only keep his progress at neutral. I'm wondering if they couldn't lend him to a European team? Let him develop in the Swiss or German league maybe. Similar to what Auston Matthews is currently doing. However, the last thing i'd want is for him to be lent to a KHL club. I have no use for that bush league!

 

[lgna69xxx]

I was thinking the same thing about Marner playing in a European league next season, i see it as the best option unless he really impresses in camp in September, even then though i think he needs more time as do most every top five pick, ask the Oilers :lol:

 

[Doc Holliday]

I was thinking the same thing about Marner playing in a European league next season, i see it as the best option unless he really impresses in camp in September, even then though i think he needs more time as do most every top five pick, ask the Oilers :lol:

Had the Oilers had better defencemen, a better goalie and more veterans on that team, the young forwards they drafted might have had a chance.

 

[lgna69xxx]

They likely could have had Seth Jones for Eberle or (cough cough) RNH plus a pick or prospect today and blew it..... Sorry Sol Tee, but ya gotta love the Circus that is Oil Country!

I know STN likely wont have time to post here as he is busy exposing a fraud.

Had the Oilers had better defencemen, a better goalie and more veterans on that team, the young forwards they drafted might have had a chance.

 

[smuler]

Even though I like John Scott, I think it's ridiculous that he's going to the all star game

Sort of as silly as Girgensons last year..... :lol:

Some may say Willie Mays shouldn't have gone in 1973 to the all star game..but he deserved a final goodbye in tribute to his contribution to the game IMHO

Best Regards

Smuler

 

[Doc Holliday]

Even though I like John Scott, I think it's ridiculous that he's going to the all star game

Sort of as silly as Girgensons last year..... :lol:

A lot of people who never watch the all-star game (like myself) will watch this time around because of all the publicity this story created. I can't wait to watch him playing in the game....it's a 3-on-3 format this year....and in the skills competition. It'll be hillarious!!

The league hates it and is looking at ways to prevent such a thing from happening in the future....but i love it!!

It reminds me of the year everyone was voting for the absolutely terrible Sanjaya in one of the earlier American Idol seasons. Every week when Sanjaya would be saved, it would irritate the hell out of Simon Cowell!!! I loved it!!!

Next year, if the voting process remains the same, i can't wait to see which player those same fans will target as their choice to send to the all-star game.

 

[lgna69xxx]

Quick update.....the hab-nots suffered their 17th loss of the season tonight at the hands of the Crosby/Malkin/Kessel led Penguins, The Leafs also suffered their 17th loss of the season tonight. Funny thing is, the Leafs are under a complete tear down and rebuild like has not been seen in.....forever with them and the scabitants are "supossed" to be cup contenders according to their fans from dreamland :lol:

Ya know something, the Leafs are in much better shape as a team than the Canadians. Both teams will go nowhere this season yet the Leafs have much more talent coming through the pipelines soon. The habs have some 4th line hack named McCarron and nothing else down on the farm. Btw McCarron is a top six in St Johns :lol:

 

[Doc Holliday]

It's been a strange season for me. When the Leafs win, i'm happy. When they lose, i'm also happy since i know it'll position them better for a top 5 pick at the upcoming draft. Sure, making the playoffs would be nice, but personally it would be somewhat of a disappointment since this season was supposed to hurt. Let's face it, there hasn't been much hurting going on when the team has beaten some of the league's top teams on a regular basis.

The plan is also to trade all those veteran players on the team with expiring contracts. The likes of Parenteau, Polak, Boyes, Arcobelo, Mathias, Spaling, Grabner, Reimer have to be traded by the deadline. Komarov, Lupul and Bozak are also expected to be shopped around. But if they're too close to a playoffs position, management may be tempted to hold on to those players, which would be a big mistake if they're planning to stay on track for the rebuild.

 

[lgna69xxx]

I would like to hear what habbies fans think on this "blockluster" as Chris Nilan calls it lol, Trade. Ghg? Ballysdays? Sharky? Nadya? Alg? ....anyone???

 

[november]

I am presently speechless, don't understand the logic behind the trade. Scott cleared waivers a couple of times why trade for him? Scoring is their problem not fighting.

 

[lgna69xxx]

They are saying on tsn690 that this is a small trade before a biggie, at least they hope lol... saying something in the works with edmonton is the rumour

 

[november]

They are saying on tsn690 that this is a small trade before a biggie, at least they hope lol... saying something in the works with edmonton is the rumour

Thanks iggy, I hope they are right. Because this trade makes no sense.