Game Thread: Do You Need to Know who the Habs are Playing?
by Kevin van Steendelaar on Feb 11, 2012 6:00 PM EST
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PrintMontreal Canadiens at Toronto Maple Leafs, Feb 11, 2012 7:00 PM EST
The Montreal Canadiens travel to the "Centre of The Hockey Universe" to face the Toronto Maple Leafs tonight at the ACC. GIven the Leafs Stanley Cup and playoff droughts of late, "The Black Hole of The Hockey Universe" might be more like it.
The Leafs are currently sitting in the final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference, in a pack of five teams sperated by just five points. Their playoff chances are better than the Habs, who will need miracle run to hit the post season.
The Habs are on a roll, having won three straight, so a chance to take a piece out of the Leafs playoffs hopes couldn't please them more.
Unlike Toronto teams of the past, Ron Wilson has his boys doing a great job of holding the lead after two periods. The Leafs are 20-0-1 after 40 minutes, fifth best in the league. The Habs will not want to be behind, especially in the Blue and White's barn.
The Canadiens had no problem in Toronto in their last meeting, pulling out a 3-1 win for their first win of the regular season series. The Leafs took the first two games,
James Reimer gets the start in goal for the Leafs. Reimer is 2-1-0 (2.70, .919) with a shutout in his career against the Canadiens.
Mike Komisarek will be a healthy scratch for the Leafs.
The Leafs will honor Mats Sundin's Number 13 in a pre-game ceremony. Sundin's Former teammate Tomas Kaberle will take the ceremonial faceoff for the Canadiens
Randy Cunneyworth will decide on his lineup following the warm up. Vegas has it at even money whether he starts six or seven defensemen tonight.
MONTREAL CANADIENS PROJECTED LINEUP
Forwards
Erik Cole - David Desharnais - Max Pacioretty
Rene Bourque - Lars Eller - Louis Leblanc
Travis Moen - Tomas Plekanec - Mathieu Darche
Aaron Palushaj - Scott Gomez - Andrei Kostitsyn
Defensemen
Alexei Emelin - Tomas Kaberle
Hal Gill - Raphael Diaz - Chris Campoli
Goalies
TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS PROJECTED LINEUP
Forwards
Joffrey Lupul - Tyler Bozak - Phil Kessel
Clarke MacArthur - Mikhail Grabovski - Nikolai Kulemin
Matthew Lombardi - Tim Connolly - Joey Crabb
Mike Brown - David Steckel - Colby Armstrong
Defense Pairings
Dion Phaneuf - Carl Gunnarsson
John-Michael Liles - Cody Franson
Goalies
James Reimer - Jonas Gustavsson
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Leafs coverage from Pension Plan Puppets who's minions will be certain to drop by with a few "F the Habs" and mid-90's quality animated gifs throughout the evening.
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by article1 on Feb 11, 2012 6:54 PM EST reply actions 3 recs
When was that, out of curiousity?
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by Andrew Berkshire on Feb 11, 2012 6:56 PM EST up reply actions
2002
"We are all agreed that your theory is crazy. The question that divides us is whether it is crazy enough to have a chance of being correct."
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"We are all agreed that your theory is crazy. The question that divides us is whether it is crazy enough to have a chance of being correct."
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Cool. Before I lived on the East coast.
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by Andrew Berkshire on Feb 11, 2012 7:09 PM EST up reply actions
Echo
"We are all agreed that your theory is crazy. The question that divides us is whether it is crazy enough to have a chance of being correct."
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With or without you??? Really?
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by Kevin van Steendelaar on Feb 11, 2012 7:10 PM EST reply actions
Sometimes you don’t know what you have until it’s gone. I think this is true for Mats Sundin and the city of Toronto. Leafs fans are certainly enjoying this and they should.
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by Andrew Berkshire on Feb 11, 2012 7:10 PM EST reply actions
He did an autograph signing in TO on Wednesday. Owner of the store told me it was nuts there
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by Kevin van Steendelaar on Feb 11, 2012 7:14 PM EST up reply actions
CGI was too expensive.
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by Andrew Berkshire on Feb 11, 2012 7:13 PM EST up reply actions
Mats’ best season, by a country mile, was in a ’Diques uni.
As you can tell, my schadenloafe is locked and loaded.
6 Nordiques over a point per game that year, although Kamensky played less than half the year. And one Jacques Martin as an assistant coach. Yet out in the first round to Montreal on the way to our last cup.
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by Andrew Berkshire on Feb 11, 2012 7:24 PM EST up reply actions
2000 Nords fans in Ottawa today. It was beautiful.
by Spezzal Teams Playa on Feb 11, 2012 7:25 PM EST up reply actions
They get around. I think it was last year they bused 2000 down to Long Island too.
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by Andrew Berkshire on Feb 11, 2012 7:35 PM EST up reply actions
Every period, at the 15:50 minute mark, they all start counting down to the 16:00 minute mark, to commemorate the 16th year without a team.
by Spezzal Teams Playa on Feb 11, 2012 7:38 PM EST up reply actions
That’s awfully weird.
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by Andrew Berkshire on Feb 11, 2012 7:43 PM EST up reply actions
Did they count down bilingually?
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by Andrew Berkshire on Feb 11, 2012 7:49 PM EST up reply actions
That would have been hard to do in unison.
by Spezzal Teams Playa on Feb 11, 2012 7:51 PM EST up reply actions
But you could alternate! It is in Ottawa after all so it has to be in both official languages.
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by Andrew Berkshire on Feb 11, 2012 7:52 PM EST up reply actions
I was right the first time, it is too tough.
by Spezzal Teams Playa on Feb 11, 2012 8:00 PM EST up reply actions
HAHAHA
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by Andrew Berkshire on Feb 11, 2012 8:02 PM EST up reply actions
Yeah, they could have won it all had the Habs been dumb enough to trade them Roy.
Thankfully nothing like that ever happened.
That would still bleeds a bit.
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by Andrew Berkshire on Feb 11, 2012 7:30 PM EST up reply actions
BOOM!
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by Kevin van Steendelaar on Feb 11, 2012 7:13 PM EST up reply actions
I still don’t like the pictures of the players on the retired (honoured) numbers. It’s the jersey that’s supposed to be there.
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by Andrew Berkshire on Feb 11, 2012 7:22 PM EST reply actions
Yeah it is a bit different. But seeing them in person at the ACC, they are pretty cool.
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by Kevin van Steendelaar on Feb 11, 2012 7:23 PM EST up reply actions
Matt Stajan wearing Dave Keon’s 14 was a sacrilege.
by Spezzal Teams Playa on Feb 11, 2012 7:24 PM EST up reply actions
I wonder how long until someone wears it?
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by Andrew Berkshire on Feb 11, 2012 7:24 PM EST up reply actions
I figure it’s like Killer’s #- nobody will have the guts to touch 13 for a couple decades.
by westcoasthabs on Feb 11, 2012 7:32 PM EST up reply actions
You would think so eh? I didn’t think someone would wear 11 for at least a decade but it was one year.
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by Andrew Berkshire on Feb 11, 2012 7:34 PM EST up reply actions
Yeah, Gomez pretty much hexed himself as far as I’m concerned.
by westcoasthabs on Feb 11, 2012 7:36 PM EST up reply actions
It doesn’t bother me at all, I was just surprised.
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by Andrew Berkshire on Feb 11, 2012 7:36 PM EST up reply actions
I thought it was a touch too soon. Not a huge deal, but still, Saku was the face of the franchise for almost a decade. It seemed a bit classless.
by westcoasthabs on Feb 11, 2012 7:38 PM EST up reply actions
I figure Koivu doesn’t care so why should we?
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by Andrew Berkshire on Feb 11, 2012 7:42 PM EST up reply actions
The only cup win I saw was in ’93, so to me Koivu defined a generation of Montreal hockey. It sort of bugged me that Gomez took his number right off the bat.
I know to many people Koivu isn’t an iconic player, but I wasn’t around for the glory days.
by westcoasthabs on Feb 11, 2012 7:45 PM EST up reply actions
I agree with you there.
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by Andrew Berkshire on Feb 11, 2012 7:46 PM EST up reply actions
Gomer wore #91 for the first year.
I can only speak for myself, but if the jersey number isn’t in the rafters, it hardly matters who wears it.
Everyone’s got their opinion on this one. I know Gomez wore #91 for the first year, its whether anyone should have taken #11. I’m probably excessively touchy about it, because I thought Koivu meant a helluva lot more to the club than his numbers and no cups suggest. Others would call him a slightly above average player who happened to beat cancer. Either way, maybe its better Gomez took it, so there’s no debate about whether to retire #11. We’ve got enough #’’s in the rafters already.
by westcoasthabs on Feb 11, 2012 7:53 PM EST up reply actions
Saku Koviu is representative of the worst generation of Canadiens hockey. I love the guy, but you need Cups and a Hall of Fame ring to get in the rafters of the Bell.
If Rick Wamsley can wear number 1 and Gino Odjick can wear 29, then I have no problem with anybody wearing 11.
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by Kevin van Steendelaar on Feb 11, 2012 7:34 PM EST up reply actions
LOL Two d-men taking the draw….That’s old school
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by Kevin van Steendelaar on Feb 11, 2012 7:24 PM EST up reply actions
:)
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by Kevin van Steendelaar on Feb 11, 2012 7:26 PM EST up reply actions
Habs are 9 points back, not 10.
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by Andrew Berkshire on Feb 11, 2012 7:34 PM EST reply actions
Price
Can play goalie backwards better than Healy could facing the right way
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by Kevin van Steendelaar on Feb 11, 2012 7:36 PM EST reply actions
Who’s got a stranger one, him or Campoli?
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by Andrew Berkshire on Feb 11, 2012 7:40 PM EST up reply actions
I’m gonna venture that there’s a big “ROFLMAO” in the skating ability section of Palushaj’s scouting reports.
When he was drafted he was pegged as a horrifically bad/slow skater. He worked on it really hard and now he’s reasonably fast, maybe even better than average, but looks weird.
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by Andrew Berkshire on Feb 11, 2012 7:48 PM EST up reply actions
Clearly the front stroke with his hands increases his acceleration.
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by Andrew Berkshire on Feb 11, 2012 7:51 PM EST up reply actions
HAHA
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by Andrew Berkshire on Feb 11, 2012 7:54 PM EST up reply actions
Reimer
Is so damn lucky. Terrible puck tracking.
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by Andrew Berkshire on Feb 11, 2012 7:54 PM EST reply actions
He looked good the other night, but tonight he looks scared of the puck. He’s having a weird year of inconsistency. Getting concussed probably didn’t help.
by westcoasthabs on Feb 11, 2012 7:57 PM EST up reply actions
I’m not sold on him long term because his technique just seems 10 years old.
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by Andrew Berkshire on Feb 11, 2012 8:01 PM EST up reply actions
In terms of him or Gustavsson, I’d take Reimer every time.
Time will tell. I think if he can improve some of the rebound issues, he’ll be just fine.
by westcoasthabs on Feb 11, 2012 8:07 PM EST up reply actions
Gustavsson is just a bad goaltender. Reimer is okay but not great in overall skill.
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by Andrew Berkshire on Feb 11, 2012 8:15 PM EST up reply actions
After you’ve had the goalie carousel that Toronto’s had, I think consistently average is acceptable ;)
by westcoasthabs on Feb 11, 2012 8:16 PM EST up reply actions
True enough.
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by Andrew Berkshire on Feb 11, 2012 8:26 PM EST up reply actions
Galley
Just said Cole leads Habs in goals…
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by Kevin van Steendelaar on Feb 11, 2012 7:55 PM EST reply actions
What would be funny
If Gill AND Kaberle scored on Mats Sundin night.
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by Kevin van Steendelaar on Feb 11, 2012 8:06 PM EST reply actions
Too awesome. And I think Bob Cole’s head would explode.
by westcoasthabs on Feb 11, 2012 8:08 PM EST up reply actions
Non hockey, but did anyone see this coming?
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by Kevin van Steendelaar on Feb 11, 2012 8:17 PM EST reply actions
I believe everyone saw that coming when she did that interview about crack.
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by Andrew Berkshire on Feb 11, 2012 8:25 PM EST up reply actions
It’s whack!
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by Kevin van Steendelaar on Feb 11, 2012 8:26 PM EST up reply actions
Bourque losing a puck battle to Liles isn’t exactly impressive.
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by Andrew Berkshire on Feb 11, 2012 8:26 PM EST reply actions
Or lazy, like I said the day of the trade. Just sayin’.
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by Andrew Berkshire on Feb 11, 2012 8:32 PM EST up reply actions
maybe
or maybe this is what some of us were saying about Cammi’s commitment to backchecking/defense earlier in the season.
Then again, Cammi might have been saving himself to contribute more to offense (not that it helped) :)
Cammalleri was one-dimensional, but his compete was always there. Even when he probably shouldn’t have been playing due to injury.
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by Andrew Berkshire on Feb 11, 2012 8:35 PM EST up reply actions
And Bourque is a bumbler who can’t clear the zone for his life. Hate that trade.
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by Andrew Berkshire on Feb 11, 2012 8:36 PM EST up reply actions
I’ll start trashing Bourque again so we can win.
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by Andrew Berkshire on Feb 11, 2012 8:37 PM EST up reply actions
Help out a brotha’s fantasy team and talk about how lazy Moen can be.
by Spezzal Teams Playa on Feb 11, 2012 8:38 PM EST up reply actions
Moen’s scratched so I can’t help you man.
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by Andrew Berkshire on Feb 11, 2012 8:44 PM EST up reply actions
They said upper body injury, which would support the notion that he was rushed back.
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by Andrew Berkshire on Feb 11, 2012 9:04 PM EST up reply actions
Olivier likes him, Boucher has him as the worst roster player not named Blunden.
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by Andrew Berkshire on Feb 11, 2012 8:43 PM EST up reply actions
yeah, should have been more specific— I thought Boucher said he was solid in the d-zone (other zones not so much).
I’m going to go back and read the two analyses.
Chris Boucher this morning had a post where Bourque was highlighted as being terrible as far as risk/reward goes. Olivier Bouchard is impressed with how he handles tough matchups though, or at least he was at first.
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by Andrew Berkshire on Feb 11, 2012 9:03 PM EST up reply actions
Thanks for the reminder re: Boucher and Oliver
I’ve gone back through the Boucher stuff, including the most recent one today (would like to see how it breaks down by zone, will just have to wait).
Off to google translate Oliver’s stuff. Honestly, there are lost of times I lament being unilingual, but having to to slog through Oliver’s stuff second hand always smarts.
Cole is awesome.
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by Andrew Berkshire on Feb 11, 2012 8:31 PM EST reply actions
Ugh…Andrew, you might have a point about Reimer there…yikes. Oh well, not our problem – 1-0!
by westcoasthabs on Feb 11, 2012 8:32 PM EST up reply actions
I think GoalieGuild and maybe even HF have Reimer below Jussi Rynnas
by Spezzal Teams Playa on Feb 11, 2012 8:34 PM EST up reply actions
And again!
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by Andrew Berkshire on Feb 11, 2012 8:36 PM EST up reply actions
I know one of the guys from Goalie Guild is very high on Rynnas. They were doing a live blog during one of the games earlier this week and I seem to recall some very positive things being said.
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by Self Destructive Zones on Feb 11, 2012 8:50 PM EST up reply actions
I had Rynnas replacing Gustavsson about 16 months ago, and then last Spring happened.
by Spezzal Teams Playa on Feb 11, 2012 8:51 PM EST up reply actions
That’s how I see him as well.
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by Andrew Berkshire on Feb 11, 2012 8:54 PM EST up reply actions
Are there more Habs jerseys in the audience, or empty platinum section seats?
by Spezzal Teams Playa on Feb 11, 2012 8:32 PM EST reply actions
More of the latter, I think.
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by Kevin van Steendelaar on Feb 11, 2012 8:33 PM EST up reply actions
Great pass by Plekanec. Across two D men and right on the tape.
by westcoasthabs on Feb 11, 2012 8:37 PM EST up reply actions
Reimer got a toe on it, but not enough
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by Kevin van Steendelaar on Feb 11, 2012 8:38 PM EST up reply actions
Kid obviously doesn’t do enough Thibaulting.
by Spezzal Teams Playa on Feb 11, 2012 8:40 PM EST up reply actions
So Pacioretty gets a penalty for being cross checked. Typical Toronto.
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by Andrew Berkshire on Feb 11, 2012 8:39 PM EST reply actions
Bourque nearly scores again. Man he sucks.
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by Andrew Berkshire on Feb 11, 2012 8:50 PM EST reply actions
Undoubtedly.
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by Andrew Berkshire on Feb 11, 2012 8:52 PM EST up reply actions
Trade him, I heard Andrew Stewart was available.
by fsaintjacques on Feb 11, 2012 8:52 PM EST up reply actions
I think Anthony played for the Canes last night, after clearing waivers.
Give me Gerry Fleming’s neighbor’s kid anyday.
by Spezzal Teams Playa on Feb 11, 2012 8:54 PM EST up reply actions
There’s no chemistry between him, Kostitsyn and Gomez. Trade all three.
by westcoasthabs on Feb 11, 2012 8:52 PM EST up reply actions
All of 2012 really.
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by Andrew Berkshire on Feb 11, 2012 8:53 PM EST up reply actions
Is that their first PK goal against?
by Spezzal Teams Playa on Feb 11, 2012 8:55 PM EST up reply actions
Yup.
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by Andrew Berkshire on Feb 11, 2012 8:55 PM EST up reply actions
But yeah, Durfee is right.
Only 28 PKs in 17 games is pretty disciplined
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Disciplined is one word for it.
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by Andrew Berkshire on Feb 11, 2012 8:59 PM EST up reply actions
Wow. A PP goal.
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by Andrew Berkshire on Feb 11, 2012 8:55 PM EST reply actions
What’s goin’ on?
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by Andrew Berkshire on Feb 11, 2012 8:59 PM EST up reply actions
Yes, this should be noted. Unfortunately he doesn’t have a notepad.
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by Andrew Berkshire on Feb 11, 2012 9:02 PM EST up reply actions
Pacioretty!! On the PP
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by Kevin van Steendelaar on Feb 11, 2012 8:55 PM EST reply actions
Healy
“Pacioretty has three SOG and two of them have gone in”
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by Kevin van Steendelaar on Feb 11, 2012 8:57 PM EST reply actions
And that’s why he has one goal. Oh HNIC. Galley also said Pacioretty had 92 shots coming into tonight and could hit 100. But really he had 192.
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by Andrew Berkshire on Feb 11, 2012 9:00 PM EST up reply actions
Holy shit, Eller. What skill!
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by Andrew Berkshire on Feb 11, 2012 9:02 PM EST reply actions
Two things
1. There was a Habs goalie and a Blues goalie at the All-Star Gem, neither named Halak
2. We got Eller
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by Kevin van Steendelaar on Feb 11, 2012 9:03 PM EST up reply actions
Holy shit!
Suckit Phaneuf gives Lars Lafleur the puck, who then proceeds to undress the guy right down to his Joe Boxers.
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Lars Lafleur™
Is a keeper.
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by Andrew Berkshire on Feb 11, 2012 9:06 PM EST up reply actions
Yeah I heard that. Pretty cool
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by Kevin van Steendelaar on Feb 11, 2012 9:04 PM EST up reply actions
Canadiens couldn’t have just been nice on Sundin’s night? This game is embarassing.
well, that escalated quickly
Sundin might actually throw on the #13 again if the Leafs keep this up.
by westcoasthabs on Feb 11, 2012 9:05 PM EST up reply actions
Main difference has been the goalies I find. Toronto has had some great looks.
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by Andrew Berkshire on Feb 11, 2012 9:05 PM EST up reply actions
i’d call them good looks, not great. Pretty low event game overall. Habs should realistically only be up 2-0 if it weren’t for Reimer sieving it up.
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Maybe a decent play or two but in general they’ve looked worse than I do when I play NHL12 online. Probably just a pessimist, but nothing they’re doing is working..
well, that escalated quickly
Habs were bad in the first, but effectively clogged the slot at the very least to prevent prime chances by the Leafs. Best chances the Leafs have had were off the rush. Montreal got chances from a few different areas in the second… and capitalized quite well partly because of Reimer’s fivehole issues.
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Looked like Wilson was tapping Gusty for period 3. Poor goaltending for sure, but the defense is giving us some soft space near the net.
by westcoasthabs on Feb 11, 2012 9:12 PM EST up reply actions
Phaneuf was just abysmal on Eller’s goal. Kinda stuff that would get Subban benched.
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by Andrew Berkshire on Feb 11, 2012 9:16 PM EST up reply actions
Interested in how long his shift was before that. If he was at 60+ seconds, I’d be willing to forgive him, but if it was any less…
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His average shift tonight is 1 minute, so I’d be surprised if it was under by much.
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by Andrew Berkshire on Feb 11, 2012 9:19 PM EST up reply actions
That’s the stuff that got him booted out of Calgary. He’d try to do a big offensive rush, gas himself, then flop over when the play came back the other way.
by westcoasthabs on Feb 11, 2012 9:17 PM EST up reply actions
It’s always been about offense with Dion. He’s not great defensively.
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by Andrew Berkshire on Feb 11, 2012 9:20 PM EST up reply actions
Unfortunately for him, the offense has always been on and off. And when its off, he looks very much in over his head as a first pairing d-man.
by westcoasthabs on Feb 11, 2012 9:21 PM EST up reply actions
3 years in a row now isn’t it?
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by Andrew Berkshire on Feb 11, 2012 9:33 PM EST up reply actions
Agreed.
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by Andrew Berkshire on Feb 11, 2012 9:23 PM EST up reply actions
I used to be...
…a Loaf fan.
Grew up idolizing them, collected all their hockey cards, Keon was my hero.
Tonight is a perfect example of why I bailed in the 70s.
They will never…
…NEVER…
…EVER…
…again be a anything but a heartache to their fans.
Habs all the way!
by punkster on Feb 11, 2012 9:09 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
Emelin
6 hits, but quiet ones otherwise Cole wold be freaking
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by Kevin van Steendelaar on Feb 11, 2012 9:11 PM EST reply actions
Pretty impressive by all 4 lines. Bruce called it a low event game, but a big part of that is minimal giveaways, and really good puck control when Toronto gets it into our zone.
by westcoasthabs on Feb 11, 2012 9:15 PM EST up reply actions
Mans this segment on HNIC is boooring. No disrespect to PEI
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by Kevin van Steendelaar on Feb 11, 2012 9:15 PM EST reply actions
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
DARCHE
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by Andrew Berkshire on Feb 11, 2012 9:23 PM EST reply actions
I just heard: ‘Darche, with speed"…and I’m still laughing.
by westcoasthabs on Feb 11, 2012 9:24 PM EST up reply actions
He was flyin’! Relatively
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by Andrew Berkshire on Feb 11, 2012 9:28 PM EST up reply actions
First shot on goal. But I’m happy for Darche, he plays very well these days.
by fsaintjacques on Feb 11, 2012 9:24 PM EST up reply actions
He’s been playing outstanding since the all star break.
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by Andrew Berkshire on Feb 11, 2012 9:28 PM EST up reply actions
Darche doesn’t need hockey IQ – he’s got the real thing
by Spezzal Teams Playa on Feb 11, 2012 9:23 PM EST reply actions
I didn’t even notice the crappy pun for 10 minutes.
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by Andrew Berkshire on Feb 11, 2012 9:38 PM EST up reply actions
About time you came in here.
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by Andrew Berkshire on Feb 11, 2012 9:42 PM EST up reply actions
it took me four months to realize all I needed to do was add “inFlorida” to my usual nickname. They only pay me to be smart at school
by ChorskeinFlorida on Feb 11, 2012 9:48 PM EST up reply actions
Once you punch out, Florida Chris™ comes out.
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by Andrew Berkshire on Feb 11, 2012 9:52 PM EST up reply actions
For a moment there
Price had more assists than Gustavsson had saves.
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by Andrew Berkshire on Feb 11, 2012 9:29 PM EST reply actions
And by moment, I guess he still does.
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by Andrew Berkshire on Feb 11, 2012 9:29 PM EST up reply actions
Montreal still has more SOG in PK than Toronto in PP.
by fsaintjacques on Feb 11, 2012 9:31 PM EST up reply actions
That’s awesome.
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by Andrew Berkshire on Feb 11, 2012 9:32 PM EST up reply actions
Remember that time
A Penguins blogger said Marc-Andre Fleury was “way more elite than Price”?
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by Andrew Berkshire on Feb 11, 2012 9:41 PM EST reply actions
Wait until 2014 when Fleury starts game one of the Olympics.
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I really hope they don’t make that mistake. Judging by today I’d go Price and Ward I think.
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by Andrew Berkshire on Feb 11, 2012 9:46 PM EST up reply actions
Unfortunately yes.
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by Andrew Berkshire on Feb 11, 2012 9:48 PM EST up reply actions
Brodeur made the 2010 team. They WILL make that mistake.
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Precedent seems to be that way, yup.
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by Andrew Berkshire on Feb 11, 2012 9:50 PM EST up reply actions
He has a cup ring!
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by Andrew Berkshire on Feb 11, 2012 9:51 PM EST up reply actions
You need Olympic experience. Remember how good the 2006 team was!
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Going for more grinder-types and veterans rather than all-around ability was also a great idea on the large ice surface.
I’m still hugely irritated by that team, in particular memories of effin’ Bertuzzi huffin’ and puffin’ as guys skated circles around him.
A still mentally beaten Bertuzzi on international ice. Why did they think that was a good idea? Even if he wasn’t a disgrace to the jersey it would have been dumb.
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by Andrew Berkshire on Feb 11, 2012 10:00 PM EST up reply actions
Rob Zamuner!
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by Chris Boyle on Feb 11, 2012 10:03 PM EST up reply actions
Maltby was there too, wasn’t he?
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by Andrew Berkshire on Feb 11, 2012 10:05 PM EST up reply actions
Gretzky’s revenge on Marc Crawford
by Spezzal Teams Playa on Feb 11, 2012 9:59 PM EST up reply actions
Maybe he meant
.. that Fleury was lighter.
Because he totally is.
by ChorskeinFlorida on Feb 11, 2012 9:45 PM EST up reply actions
That I can see.
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by Andrew Berkshire on Feb 11, 2012 9:46 PM EST up reply actions
No movement by Subban’s leg, but it’s a slewfoot according to Galley. Okay then.
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by Andrew Berkshire on Feb 11, 2012 9:49 PM EST reply actions
always wondered
…when those crazy kids would finally get together
by ChorskeinFlorida on Feb 11, 2012 9:50 PM EST up reply actions
Society frowns upon it within the division, but love is love.
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by Andrew Berkshire on Feb 11, 2012 9:51 PM EST up reply actions
Leafs fans freaking that Subban wouldn’t fight a crappy 4th liner for daring to lay a hand on Kessel.
Because #1 defensemen regularly fight 13th forwards, right? Right?
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by Andrew Berkshire on Feb 11, 2012 9:58 PM EST reply actions
Need to move the focus away from 5-0 somehow.
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by Chris Boyle on Feb 11, 2012 10:01 PM EST up reply actions
Easiest target is the black kid.
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by Andrew Berkshire on Feb 11, 2012 10:05 PM EST up reply actions
Players are now assuming that because they fall down, and Subban is 3 to 5 feet away, that it must have been a slew foot.
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by Kevin van Steendelaar on Feb 11, 2012 10:26 PM EST up reply actions
furthermore
Has there ever been a black player on the Leafs, or did Conn Smythe’s words re: Heb Carnegie get etched in a permanent Leafs mandate?
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by Kevin van Steendelaar on Feb 11, 2012 10:28 PM EST up reply actions
Well you saw how long it took to get Swedes, Cheques & Ruskies admitted to that fine establisment. Don’t expect Emancipation to come a knockin any too soon son.
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by Canadian Jet on Feb 12, 2012 3:37 AM EST up reply actions
Not sure how many they’ve had, but recently Jamal Mayers was on the team, so it’s not zero.
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