By: habsgod

habsgod — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 15:32:58 +0000

yeah but he'll wait until he's 36-37 and won his stanley cups with us!!then when he washed up and a has been then he will be a laff!!just like most of the washed up veterans of today they want toronto as there retirement home

By: jpmac

jpmac — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 19:20:45 +0000

And he will probably go to the leafs with all the other free agents

By: habsrock99

habsrock99 — Sat, 13 Oct 2007 16:31:51 +0000

ok thanks. I was thinking Pleks didn't score the goal but couldn't remember who else would have been with him.

By: MtlHabs09

MtlHabs09 — Sat, 13 Oct 2007 11:12:30 +0000

Just wanted to tell you that while Pleks did set up the 2 on 1, Souray wired it in after Pleks passed it right on to his stick.

By: ferron

ferron — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 19:21:55 +0000

Price might not ever come close to Roy(3 Conn Smyth) but then again he might end up being better, I don't know if the ones out there bashing Price are even watching him play, I did and IMO I think that HE(Price) is the real deal and will be MTL's top player for years to come. Everybody talk about Price and in Montreal Hockey is more important than anything else! If Price ends up as good as he suppose to, people in Montreal will chante his name for years to come just like they did with Roy. Montreal's a Town who adores Goalies(Roy ,Dryden ect.) and hopefully Price will make us(habs Fans) forget about the lack of offense through the years and give us hope that one days we will see the cup in MTL! Price is also very different than Roy, Price is calm, quiet and compose while Patrick was a presence in the dressing room, like to talk to the media and wasn't afraid to speek his mind and probably the greatest clutch player of all time, either way the two of them are totaly different. Roy is my favorite player and always will be but nobody can argue with Price's stats!

GO PRICE GO! GO PRICE GO!

By: leafy

leafy — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 15:14:50 +0000

Although I've stated many times that Montreal will never find another Roy, I could have been mistaken. Price looks like the real deal.

By: glennbauer

glennbauer — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 14:42:12 +0000

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By: habsrock99

habsrock99 — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 14:07:34 +0000

Good case but the only reason why Crosby is the youngest to do anything is simply because, Gretzky wasn't 18 when he entered the NHL. Gretzky was 19 his first NHL season. If you don't know why, here's a little hockey history, he played his first year of professional hockey with the Indianapolis Racers and Edmonton Oilers in 1978-79 in the old WHA, where he scored 110 points in 80 games. Gretzky's first NHL season, he scores 51 Goals and 137 points.

I am a Crosby hater but let the facts be known, after Ovechkin's behind the back goal, Crosby then scored several goals afterwards which were forced and their was really no need to pull these "stunts". One of them which comes to mind is against the New York Rangers, when him and a linemate were going on a two on two rush against the Ranger D, the linemate (who I forget the name of) launches a pass that is several feet in front of Crosby, who is going full throttle and a pass just in the reach of "The Next Great One", a pass which he could have received without diving to the ground, which he did, and could have scored it while continuing in stride.

Another example of Crosby show-boating, was another game against the Rangers (not 100% certain if it was though), where Crosby is on a partial break and the defender taps Mr. Crosby on the legs, to which "Sid the Kid" responds by going to his knees, for no real reason other then the fact that he is a diver, and continues on his course and scores the goal while on his knees. yet another example of him blatantly trying to show-boat and deliberately trying to make himself look good.

One last example, while Crosby is with Rimouski, his team up by a considerable margin, Mr. Crosby takes it upon himself to continue to show boat and he flips the puck onto the blade of his stick and tucks the puck under the crossbar from behind the net. The reason this is show-boating and hot-dogging is because Mr. Crosby had no reason to do this other then the fact that he tried to make himself look good. Had this goal been scored with the game score tied or Rimouski was down or they were up by a single goal, I wouldn't call it show-boating but doing it while up by a considerable margin, is like what Jesse Boulerice did to Ryan Kesler in the fact that it is a blatant slap in the face to the other team and it shows no real respect to the game, the players, his team mates, his coaches and overall the league.

I'm gonna go on record to saying I hate Wayne Gretzky because he too was a tad over-rated. Now, I also hate Mats Sundin with all my heart. Crosby doesn't even rank in my Top 10 Most Hated players but the one thing I do have is respect for his scoring talent. I respect all hockey players (except Tie Domi because he was a pure untalented goon) for what they do. Yes Crosby's resume is already great but it doesn't compare to what the REAL legends like Richard, Orr, Gretzky, Beliveau, Howe, Perreault, Dionne, etc. Now, if Crosby actually went out and scored all his points without having to whine and cry and ***** to the refs because other teams are checking him, I'd consider Crosby one of the elites of all-time. Does Crosby have the heart and sttrength to carry 3 Detroit Red Wing players on his back and score a breakaway goal? NO! Does Crosby have the heart to go out and play with the knee's of a 50 or 60 year old when he's only in his mid-20's? NO! If Crosby were to have what Gretzky had, a Dave Semenko type player to protect him, then I'd totally give him full credibility because Gretzky didn't need to resort to whining and complaining to the refs about being checked, though as we all know, he did anyways bt the prospect is still their that he didn't have to.

""Defensively, Crosby is solid. Look at the numbers, he was +10 last year, so I'd like to know (other than your personal opinion) where you get this notion that Crosby is poor defensively?""

The Plus/Minus stat is possibly the MOST over-rated stat in hockey. All it does is give you a slight indication of what a player does defensively. Hell, for all the Pluses Crosby got without scoring a point, could have been when he was skating off for a change and the Pens happend to score while he was still on the ice, just floating to the bench. You want more then just my personal opinion, here it is. Montreal-Pittsburgh, last year, it's Over-Time and I believe Pittsburgh was on the Power Play. Mr. Crosby, receives a pass and decides, I'm gonna win this and begins to try and look all fancy and shit. Well, what happens? Tomas Plekanec tips the puck from him and continues on and scores the OT winner. Crosby couldn't defend his puck in the opposng end and cost his team the game and quite possibly a crucial extra point, which could have possibly given Pittsburgh Home Ice in the Play-offs. Want more? Memorial Cup Game 1, London vs Rimouski. Rimouski's up 3-1, Crosby, on a grand stage, wants to show off a bit, loses the puck in his own end, London scores. 3-2. Later on, London's tied it up at 3, Mr. Crosby, tries to put it upon himself and again, loses the puck, and London eventually scores the GWG.

And I know I didn't go on about his accomplishments but that's becaue I think we have ALL heard these accomplishment's over and over again. But hey, while we're at it, let's see what he DIDN'T do in his first 2 years. DIDN'T break Teemu Selanne's 76 goal rookie record. DIDN'T break Teemu Selanne's rookie Point record of 132 Points. DIDN'T win the Calder Trophy, Alex Ovechkin did. Still has yet to score more points then Gretzky at his age. HASN'T scored 50 goals yet. DIDN'T help his team to go on to the next round of the play offs, where has Gretzky did in his 2nd year while also scoring 21 points in 9 games. I'd love to go on but frankly, I'm getting bored of talking about Crosby and what I think of him because, you know what, I have countered all of the things you stated in your comment. Now, before I forget, the reasoning behind the rediculous goals comment was that those goals, he didn't have to pull his "stunts". As for his 84 assists, that's one hell of an accomplishment and he did that because HE IS A NATURAL PLAYMAKER, like Gretzky. And, BTW, Crosby doesn't make everyone look "great". Case and Point, Ryan Malone and Colby Armstrong. Lemieux made player that should never have played in the NHL like Warren Young, score 40+ goals. I'd love to go on but frankly, I'm bored of talking about Crosby.

By: habsoverserver

habsoverserver — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 08:44:42 +0000

every nhl team expects a cup in five years. i never expect a cup in five years, because the average team turns over two thirds of its personnel over five years.

price played well. one game down, 550 more wins to catch roy. he should be able to catch him in 15-16 years, unless it turns out he isn't the greatest goalie of all time.

plekanec, if he gets in a groove, could be a first line center. as it stands, the first line of the future is plecs, higgins and kostitsyn, which has scored a couple awesome goals.

By: the_word

the_word — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 08:28:45 +0000

He looked good, can't wait until he has a fully developed game and UFA status when he'll surely leave Montreal.

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