Wow!How i love september...Hockey camps sart,NFL is back,MLB making the push for the post season,CFL in the thick of it and every racing series is hitting a fevered pitch toward crowning their champions.
SO...Rookie camp as just started last monday remind us that summer is coming to an end and that the NHL season is right around the corner.
A very interesting signing occured a few days before the opening of camp that will have huge ramifications for some of the young guys trying to make this squad.
Of course i'm reffering to the signing of 34 year old american centerman JEFF HALPERN.
HALPERN brings alot of experience,face off and defensive,which at 600,000$ is quite a bargain...What this means is the fourth line center position is now solidified,leaving only a few free roster spot open for rookies...
On defence you can wrap it up already as PK SUBBAN will be the only rookie to crack the lineup,even with ANDREI MARKOV scheduled to miss the first week of regular season action.
Up front could be interesting but only one or two youngsters could make the grade.LARS ELLER already has a leg up on the competition having had a great comeback year in the AHL after a knee injury two years ago.ELLER probably could be a good fit on the third line and serve on the second line barring injuries to PLEX..
LOUIS LEBLANC has been showing some good stuff in the first couple of days but i refuse to get swept away in the french media frenzy(a la LATENDRESSE)as LEBLANC is claerly not an NHL player yet and still needs a year or two to get his skillset up to snuff.
Also keep an eye on MAX PACIORETTI,the big winger might have a shot to rejoin the HABS but will have to impress or wish for injuries to do so...
For the first time in years the goaltending situation is clear from the get-go,and it's refreshing,now CAREY PRICE can prepare for the season without the media scrutinizing is every move...I don't think ALEX AULD would even want the chance to start in MONTREAL...
More to come in the next couple of days....Here we go again...GO HABS GO!!!!!
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Friday, April 30, 2010
I just don't get it....just love the HABS!!
Well montreal you've finally done it,you brought me out of my cave and back to the keyboard.
Ok,fine the recent series against WASHINGTON definitly as something to do with it as well...
What a week the HABS have given us,starting with a surprise win in game one which all of a sudden slowly started giving MONTREAL fans alittle touch of the playoff fever...The 4-1 lead lost in game 2 seemed to be what was going to be a turnaround point in the series,which it was as WASHINGTON won game 2,3 and 4 giving them a strangle hold 3-1 lead inthe series.
In one of the gutsiest calls,after a game 3 loss,JACQUES MARTIN dresses CAREY PRICE in game 4,giving the struggling JAROSLAV HALAK a break.Game 4 was still a losing cause but the decision proved to be the catalyst to a miracle come back the likes of which the NHL had never seen.As a matter a fact this was the first time in league history an 8th seed down 1-3 would come back and win in 7.
Other than HALAK's absolutely incredible performance after being benched for game 4,the whole team seemed to be convinced and confident that victory was within grasp.
HALAK,who stopped 134 shots in 3 games was just simply lights out,all that was missing was the wink...let's wait 'till the finals for that.
In addition to HALAK,some of BOB GAINEY's last summer additions to the team now prove to be incredibly timely and smart.Granted if GAINEY was still here PRICE would've started every game.The signings of GILL,GOMEZ,GIONTA and CAMMALLERI now make alot more sense when you see what these guys bring to the team in the playoff.Let's talk about how much everybody hated(myself included)giant HAL GILL...This guy is probably our best defenceman since the start of the playoffs.I also have to mention JOSH GORGES and PK SUBBAN which have been great.
I wasn't really writting about the series when i turned on the computer,so let's go habs,i think we win in 6 mostly because of our edge in nets and on defence.
What i was really interested in writting was a phenomenon i have never seen in years of being a hockey fan....
The ongoing goaltending dillema that afflicts the MONTREAL CANADIENS...
First of all we don't seem to understand that having 2 young goalies is a good thing,but what baffles me is the ongoing sentiment that absolutely divides HABS fans between the two.
Seems that if youlike HALAK you automatically hate PRICE...And no,hate is not to strong of a word.
Personnaly being a fervant CAREY PRICE fan and strongly believing that he is the future of this franchise,i do understand that at the time being HALAK as the hot hand and deserves to play.Don't we all want the same thing...WIN...What ever happens over the summer will happen,it seems unlikely that both tenders will still be here next october.But for now let's concentrate on winning a cup...The best example of this was when i dropped off my son at preschool the morning after the game7 win over WASHINGTON.Of course i was wearing my colours(a carey price t-shirt)when one of my son's teachers approached me and said"to bad we're wearing the wrong shirt"...THE WRONG SHIRT?????He's still on the team isn't he?The logo is the right one isn't it???
Montreal just be happy right now that one of youer goalies is doing the job,no matter which one!!
SUPPORT YOUR TEAM PEOPLE....GO HABS GO!!!! HABS IN 6!!!!!
MARC OUT
Ok,fine the recent series against WASHINGTON definitly as something to do with it as well...
What a week the HABS have given us,starting with a surprise win in game one which all of a sudden slowly started giving MONTREAL fans alittle touch of the playoff fever...The 4-1 lead lost in game 2 seemed to be what was going to be a turnaround point in the series,which it was as WASHINGTON won game 2,3 and 4 giving them a strangle hold 3-1 lead inthe series.
In one of the gutsiest calls,after a game 3 loss,JACQUES MARTIN dresses CAREY PRICE in game 4,giving the struggling JAROSLAV HALAK a break.Game 4 was still a losing cause but the decision proved to be the catalyst to a miracle come back the likes of which the NHL had never seen.As a matter a fact this was the first time in league history an 8th seed down 1-3 would come back and win in 7.
Other than HALAK's absolutely incredible performance after being benched for game 4,the whole team seemed to be convinced and confident that victory was within grasp.
HALAK,who stopped 134 shots in 3 games was just simply lights out,all that was missing was the wink...let's wait 'till the finals for that.
In addition to HALAK,some of BOB GAINEY's last summer additions to the team now prove to be incredibly timely and smart.Granted if GAINEY was still here PRICE would've started every game.The signings of GILL,GOMEZ,GIONTA and CAMMALLERI now make alot more sense when you see what these guys bring to the team in the playoff.Let's talk about how much everybody hated(myself included)giant HAL GILL...This guy is probably our best defenceman since the start of the playoffs.I also have to mention JOSH GORGES and PK SUBBAN which have been great.
I wasn't really writting about the series when i turned on the computer,so let's go habs,i think we win in 6 mostly because of our edge in nets and on defence.
What i was really interested in writting was a phenomenon i have never seen in years of being a hockey fan....
The ongoing goaltending dillema that afflicts the MONTREAL CANADIENS...
First of all we don't seem to understand that having 2 young goalies is a good thing,but what baffles me is the ongoing sentiment that absolutely divides HABS fans between the two.
Seems that if youlike HALAK you automatically hate PRICE...And no,hate is not to strong of a word.
Personnaly being a fervant CAREY PRICE fan and strongly believing that he is the future of this franchise,i do understand that at the time being HALAK as the hot hand and deserves to play.Don't we all want the same thing...WIN...What ever happens over the summer will happen,it seems unlikely that both tenders will still be here next october.But for now let's concentrate on winning a cup...The best example of this was when i dropped off my son at preschool the morning after the game7 win over WASHINGTON.Of course i was wearing my colours(a carey price t-shirt)when one of my son's teachers approached me and said"to bad we're wearing the wrong shirt"...THE WRONG SHIRT?????He's still on the team isn't he?The logo is the right one isn't it???
Montreal just be happy right now that one of youer goalies is doing the job,no matter which one!!
SUPPORT YOUR TEAM PEOPLE....GO HABS GO!!!! HABS IN 6!!!!!
MARC OUT
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