Comments on: Who's In Who's Out?

By: habsgod

habsgod — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 19:09:34 +0000

thanks for the stats ferron !those stats have superstar wrote all over them!!!within 2 years price will be 1 of the top 2 goalies in the league!and best of all he is with us!!!

By: habsgod

habsgod — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 19:08:28 +0000

thanks for the stats ferron !those stats have superstar wrote all over them!!!within 2 years price will be 1 of the 2 goalies in the league!and best of all he is with us!!!

By: ferron

ferron — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 16:08:19 +0000

   I'm not putting these guys ahead of Grabs, Kosti and Smolinski, I said that Carbo would give each line ALMOST the same amount of time on ice , just like Buffalo did last year , Kostitsyn is one of my favorite player along with Higgins and Komisarek and last year had 11 pts in is last 12 games and was getting along pretty good with Plek and Higgins. But Latendresse can't be demoted after playing a full season and actually would only slow down is progress. I think that what's gonna happened is Kovy will play on the first line for a while but if thing don't change, it's back on the fourth line you go! You have to put these guys(Kovalev, Koivu, Ryder, Higgins, Plek, Latendresse) on the two first lines, at least for twenty games and if it doesn't work then Carboneau has to demote that hole first line, that's enough out of them , when it comes to Kovalev and Koivu(our suposevly big GUNS?) it seems that there is always an excuse or something wrong when it comes to offensive production, if they CAN'T produce then put them and leave them on the fourth line, ever since they've been with the habs Kovalev has giving us a 66 pts season and Koivu's best season came last year. When your an HABS fan and you have to watch our top scorers get at most 75 pts/year , year after year it's getting pretty fu--ing BORING. Bob and Guy should stop getting oldtimers(Kosto, Briseby) and finaly give a chance to our prospects! I'm syre if you make lines like these we would get a better production offensively. Tell Kovalev that he would play on most of the PPs so he doesn't have a fit.

Higgins-Plekanec-Kostitsyn
Latendress-Koivu-Ryder
Begin-Lapierre-Kostopoulos   (checking line)
Grabovski-Smolinski-Kovalev ( Best fourth line in NHL)

Markov-Hamrlik
Streit-Komisarek
Bouillon-hopefully a Rookie not Briseby, Dandi or Gorges!

By: habz2007

habz2007 — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 11:17:20 +0000

Price is definatly great and will be the starter in the montreal soon but i can't see the habs rushing him to nhl they will wait til he is ready and beable to make a impact Price is definatly the goalie Habs fans have been waiting for since Roy was traded to colorado i know this is wishing but hey never know maybe Price will get called up late in the year and take the Habs to another cup victory like he did for the bulldogs last year lol

By: crosby_29

crosby_29 — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 01:43:54 +0000

how do you put begin lapierre and kostopoulos ahead of gab smol kos??

kostitsyn should be on the second line wit higgins and plek...they were awesome at the end of the year...lats cant skate he cant keep up with pleks and higgs....i was never a fan of that guy..kos is soo quick and has great hands and surprisingly not a selfish player ...he is gonna have a great season this year if they give him at least a second line role...

By: HoustonHab

HoustonHab — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 17:12:27 +0000

And Impressive stats for a potential back up goalie.

Lge     GP Min    GA EN SO GAA   W L T Svs Pct
AHL    28 1618 54 0   6   2.00 16 11 0 742 0.932
NHL    16 912    44   2 2   2.89 10 6 0 425 0.906

Note: The “NHL” games where under extreme pressure.

By: habsoverserver

habsoverserver — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 16:26:59 +0000

tough to say. savard was a true winner - 10 cups, no losses against the russians. robinson was the better player and could drop the gloves. lapointe had the best point shot. i remember when he and lafleur would both play the point on the powerplay.

my personal favorite to watch at his peak was savard whose spinorama was just amazing to see. he used it both to suck forecheckers deep into the zone and set up an outlet pass and in the offensive zone to create the open shot. he was strong, fast, never out of position and would log huge minutes. he was the best shut-down dman i ever saw. he could speed up or slow down a game at will.

By: habsoverserver

habsoverserver — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 15:42:03 +0000

i think price needs the full time experience that he can only get in the minors. huet's contract expires in at the end of the season. the 07-08 starter's job is likley his to lose.

By: ferron

ferron — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 15:31:16 +0000

Who's your favorite defensemen out of those ones?

By: habsoverserver

habsoverserver — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 08:09:55 +0000

don't worry, even second pairing defensemen can play 20 minutes a game. when montreal had savard, lapointe, robinson and langway – all hall of famers – they made room for all of them.