Round One: Montreal @ Boston

Ah, those Habs fans with so much stock put into Price. The next Roy!! RIGHT!! This kid is not ready for the big leagues, he might be okay for regular season, but he sucks when it counts most.

Are they going to be looking for another number 1 after this season?

They might be, althogh Halak is solid.

for all of Gainey's strengths and past dealings, if the rumors are true in that he simply is clouded by his personal feelings for Price, he TOO needs to be shown the door I think.

While Carbo may have lost the room, at least he knew which goalie would give the ENTIRE team a chance to win every night.

shabbs wrote:

ElliottRules wrote:That hit by Lucic took Lapierre's helmet off like a can opener.

It was fekkin' sweet.

Here's hoping Lucic f***'s Lapierre up come game 4, Bitz will do it in his place tonight, first time Lapierre goes in the corner, a big hit will be coming his way.

How big is Bitz?

6'5" and 215, hits like a mack truck, just like Lucic.

SensGirl11 wrote:Ah, those Habs fans with so much stock put into Price. The next Roy!! RIGHT!! This kid is not ready for the big leagues, he might be okay for regular season, but he sucks when it counts most.

Are they going to be looking for another number 1 after this season?

I did term the phrase "Pricecroft" last year.....

HAHA! That was you #29?

SWEET!! And Kudos by the way...

shabbs wrote:Yeah, they're going to have to go to Halak. Price is done.

Nothing on goaliepost.com at all, do they go on hiatus in the playoffs or am I checking too soon?

Pat Hickey gave his view of the Habs' predicament in Sunday's Montreal Gazette:

Gainey rolls dice and hits snake eyes

Pat Hickey, Montreal Gazette Sunday April 19 2009


Bob Gainey reached into his bag of tricks last night and came out with nothing.

Facing a 1-0 deficit in the best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarterfinal series against the Bruins, Gainey decided to make three lineup changes and two of them backfired on him.

The Canadiens basically played with 11 forwards when Gainey decided to bench the struggling Tomas Plekanec and Matt D'Agostini.

Their places in the lineup were taken by Sergei Kostitsyn and Yannick Weber, who was pencilled in only for duty on the power play.

Gainey was hoping that Sergei, who hasn't played since he had his bell rung on March 31 against Chicago, would find some chemistry with his older brother, Andrei. But Sergei put the Canadiens in an early hole when he took a hooking penalty and was sitting in the penalty box when Marc Savard opened the scoring for the Bruins.

Gainey also elected to use defenceman Francis Bouillon, who hadn't played since Feb. 19 when he suffered an abdominal tear and a groin tear against the Pittsburgh Penguins. Bouillon played four shifts for a total of 1:46 before he called it a night.

That's where Weber came in handy. There are questions about his ability to play defence at the National Hockey League level, but he was pressed into service and didn't look out of place in what turned out to a one-sided Boston victory.

What's next?

There are rumours that Andrei Markov might be ready for Game 3, but the experience with Bouillon should make Gainey wary.

The other likely change is in goal. Carey Price has made some spectacular saves, but not enough of them. He has lost six of his last seven starts and has allowed 23 goals for a goals-against average of 3.40.

He might be the goalie of the future, but the Canadiens need a win now and that means giving a chance to Jaroslav Halak, who played the third period last night.

The Habs basically have to go ALL out tonight if they want to even make it look like they have a chance...

As long as Boston doesn't coast or remove their foot from the gas, this could be the beginning of the end; but no matter what happens, what a fun tilt tonight should be.

Keep an eye on the two cheap-shot artists Lapierre and Komisarek... Something tells me they'll do some 'extra' greasy stuff in front of their OLE chanting fans

This is a non issue. Even if they could win, they wont. Pick your poison:

Chara, Thomas, Kessel, Savard, Ryder, Lucic (after tonight), Montador, Axelsson, Bitz, Kobasew.

You have no chance. None (die).

504Heater wrote:This is a non issue. Even if they could win, they wont. Pick your poison:

Chara, Thomas, Kessel, Savard, Ryder, Lucic (after tonight), Montador, Axelsson, Bitz, Kobasew.

You have no chance. None (die).

LOL! You're so eloquent!

Cronie wrote:

504Heater wrote:This is a non issue. Even if they could win, they wont. Pick your poison:

Chara, Thomas, Kessel, Savard, Ryder, Lucic (after tonight), Montador, Axelsson, Bitz, Kobasew.

You have no chance. None (die).

LOL! You're so eloquent!

cool)

SensFan71 wrote:

shabbs wrote:Yeah, they're going to have to go to Halak. Price is done.

Nothing on goaliepost.com at all, do they go on hiatus in the playoffs or am I checking too soon?

Not sure what's up.

Gainey can't play Price. It's suicide. Go with Halak and hope against hope.

504Heater wrote:Gainey can't play Price. It's suicide. Go with Halak and hope against hope.

I don't think it matters at this point.

PKC wrote:

504Heater wrote:Gainey can't play Price. It's suicide. Go with Halak and hope against hope.

I don't think it matters at this point.

they could go to the nearest home hardware and put up a sheet of plyboard in the net? that might stop the Bruins offense. Not for long though as I believe Chara would shoot right through it.

well price is confirmed for tonight via tsn thats hockey