PLAYOFF GAME DAY: Habs @ Sens :: Game 4, Round 1 :: 7:00pm ET :: Tue. May. 7th, 2013

shabbs wrote:

Hobiesens wrote:PMac confirms that Gryba is in, no other changes.

Wiercioch not available tonight. Any word on his injury?

I believe it is lower-body, but that's all we'll find out for now.

Prust looks like a proper little lady in this series so far. I've lost so much respect for him it's not even funny.

No Ryan White or Brian Gionta for the Habs tonight.

SpezDispenser wrote:

wprager wrote:PMac was not at the morning skate. Wonder where he went? Maybe to the secret underground skating rink where Spezza was practicing. Alfie has missed his second morning skate in a row (which, apparently is uncommon). Swirlominoes.

It's definitely not a secret underground rink where Spezza is practicing. We took little Abby to SBP yesterday afternoon to buy her some playoff stuff and lo and behold, behind the mesh metal gates of the Sens Store you could see Spezza taking passes, skating around the rink, stick handling etc. Not sure how long away he is, but he's out there (alone mind you with a coach).

Yeah, they showed some short clip on one of the sports shows a couple days ago. It wasn't "public skating"; he had full equipment, stick, puck. He's closer than we are let on to believe.

Hoags wrote:

SpezDispenser wrote:
It's definitely not a secret underground rink where Spezza is practicing. We took little Abby to SBP yesterday afternoon to buy her some playoff stuff and lo and behold, behind the mesh metal gates of the Sens Store you could see Spezza taking passes, skating around the rink, stick handling etc. Not sure how long away he is, but he's out there (alone mind you with a coach).

Yeah TSN showed video of him skating. He looked pretty good, it definitely wasn't recreating skating laps around the rink for sure.

He still might be weeks away, hard to say.

Sorry for repeating what you said

tim1_2 wrote:

shabbs wrote:

Hobiesens wrote:PMac confirms that Gryba is in, no other changes.

Wiercioch not available tonight. Any word on his injury?

I believe it is lower-body, but that's all we'll find out for now.

He apparently got stretched a bit too far (splits) trying to play a man against the boards. Groin would be my guess.

shabbs wrote:No Ryan White or Brian Gionta for the Habs tonight.

Lol, Ryan White looks like the biggest loser in the world right now. Mouths off at Latendresse, gets beaten like a little girl by Cowen, runs away from him, then gets scratched or injured and can't play the next game.

Loooooooser....

I'm sure you've all seen this by now, but just in case -- see how many differences you can spot between these two images. I'll start off with the easy one:

Image on the Left: 5 game suspension

Image on the Right: 0 game suspension

SpezDispenser wrote:

shabbs wrote:No Ryan White or Brian Gionta for the Habs tonight.

Lol, Ryan White looks like the biggest loser in the world right now. Mouths off at Latendresse, gets beaten like a little girl by Cowen, runs away from him, then gets scratched or injured and can't play the next game.

Loooooooser....

Dumont and Halpern in.

Remember, the Habs won the last time they iced their B lineup.

SpezDispenser wrote:

shabbs wrote:No Ryan White or Brian Gionta for the Habs tonight.

Lol, Ryan White looks like the biggest loser in the world right now. Mouths off at Latendresse, gets beaten like a little girl by Cowen, runs away from him, then gets scratched or injured and can't play the next game.

Loooooooser....

Someone tweeted that he twisted his ankle ... running away from Cowen.

wprager wrote:

SpezDispenser wrote:

shabbs wrote:No Ryan White or Brian Gionta for the Habs tonight.

Lol, Ryan White looks like the biggest loser in the world right now. Mouths off at Latendresse, gets beaten like a little girl by Cowen, runs away from him, then gets scratched or injured and can't play the next game.

Loooooooser....

Someone tweeted that he twisted his ankle ... running away from Cowen.

Hahaha, I can believe that.

I was reviewing some of Shanahan's videos on what is and isn't a penalty.

This one is aimed at pointing out the difference between a legal hip-check and a clipping penalty: http://video.nhl.com/videocenter/console?catid=60&id=218121&lang=en

The last example of a "legal" check is the Foligno clip on Phaneuf. Nick bends over at the waist and gets Phaneuf wit his back (not hip) right around the hip area. You can see the ref pointing with his left hand and then raising his right to call the penalty.

But Shanahan is using it as an example of a *legal* hip-check.

Lol.

wprager wrote:
The last example of a "legal" check is the Foligno clip on Phaneuf. Nick bends over at the waist and gets Phaneuf wit his back (not hip) right around the hip area. You can see the ref pointing with his left hand and then raising his right to call the penalty.

But Shanahan is using it as an example of a *legal* hip-check.

Let's not go totally insane in our witch hunt. Even Shanaban would admit that the refs mess up sometimes.

what time does SBP open?