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Thursday, October 11, 2007
PRICE PASSES TEST WITH FLYING COLORS

Furthermore, Price has made his debut in the NHL... he won the game for us by pulling out the "No Admittance" sign in net for the later stages of the third (something Huet was unfortunately incapable of doing in TO). Price showed us that his skills and bag of tricks extends across the whole spectrum of a net minder’s duties by stick handling the puck behind the net to help his defensemen. This effectively changed our slow, fragile and often costly transition play into a lightning fast and efficient exit out of our zone, with 2 or 3 opposing jerseys stuck behind the play, leading to beautiful scoring chances.
One more honourable mention goes to Higgins. Poor guy did everything but score. As long as he keeps his work attitude and intensity up (and there is no reason to assume he will not), he'll keep getting his chances and will score his fair share.

Huet playing great but getting weak at key moments in the game, Price playing OK but making the key saves when they count, and Higgins getting scoing chances but not the puck in the net. Sound familiar no? :lol:

Wednesday, November 21, 2007
TIME FOR CRISTOWALL TO RE-MORTAR THE CRACKS



The other player I will be watching closely and hoping for a superb performance from is Huet. For starters he can ill afford a fourth loss in a row, and after having his coach put his chips on him, and give him a chance to prove he's still the #1 goalie of the team, he can't afford to have a weak performance. Huet is a competitor, and I have no doubt in my mind he will bounce back. But with Price pushing, and winning, and being a fan favourite and repeatedly being introduced as the teams future #1, franchise goaltender and saviour, there will be many individuals pushing to replace Huet as the official #1 goalie on every chance they get. Another loss tonight and you can bet the already hot topic of the battle between the pipes will be the #1 story on both the English and French media…

Things don’t change. As I read back through some posts I realize we’re going through the same processes and emotions as we did 3 months ago :lol:

Sunday, February 10, 2008
THE GOING GOT TOUGH, WE GOT SCHOOLED:


The Montreal Canadiens are clearly (at the very least) the second best team in the East, however this may change quickly depending on how and when we’ll bounce back from two consecutive losses to Division rivals. As it stands today however, we tried unbuckling the Sens from the top, we stuck our head through the door, and got knocked with a giant cast iron pan upside the head. We’ll try again I’m sure…(and hopefully)… that time around results will be more favorable
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2) Carrey Price seems in good order. Yeah he lost on Thursday and let in 3 goals last night, but if one focuses on his performance, he’s back to being cucumber boy…as in cool as a
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The boys just have to take this lesson learnt, move on and realise now they cannot waste opportunities like the TO game and waste points. The primary objective should be to cut the loosing streak at two, and get on a winning streak against some conference rivals. Unfortunately our schedule is not a bouquet of roses, but as I always like to say: “You can’t change the wind. You just trim your sails and face the music”.
The time to challenge can be sooner than we thought. We can tie the Sens in points with a win tonight :blink: First time a team will be tied with them since they got ahead in the first days of the season


POSTED: Friday, February 15, 2008
CUE THE DOUBLE MINT TWINS
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Personally I believe that we will come out will full marks for the following two reasons. First off we’ve lost four of our last six games, two of which were against the two worse teams in the East. Furthermore, one of our wins (against a lower tier team in the East) didn’t come until a lucky penalty call in overtime. This level of under performance is due to light a fire in the belly of the beast, and keep the boys focused on the task at hand.

Furthermore, the Briere dossier is still in the minds and hearts of locker room. No one likes to be called losers. By publicly stating that last years last place team has a better chance at the cup than the HABS is an indirect claim that the Montreal Canadiens are exactly that: losers. I’m almost certain there is more than a few in the locker room who will be extra motivated against Briere for the rest of their careers. As far as this year is concerned, the whole locker room should be more than hungry to hand the diving pansy a loss every time we hit the ice.

There is too much motivation there not to win it. HLD calls ¾ points a minimum lock, but am leaning towards and hoping for the whole four.