tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3435571560723564995.post7149037414877501427..comments2023-06-01T21:15:57.354-11:00Comments on The H Does NOT Stand For Habs: Halak the SlovakJ.T.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00012075493503316318noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3435571560723564995.post-25808522837100720202008-02-12T09:21:00.000-11:002008-02-12T09:21:00.000-11:00I share your sentiments (or is it concern?), regar...I share your sentiments (or is it concern?), regarding Price and that he is in fact the "real deal" that everyone in the know says he is.<BR/><BR/>Halak is a very good goaltender, and maybe he is not as good as Price, and maybe he is better than Price. If we keep them both, time will give us the answer. That is what I would like to see...we keep them both! Cristobal Huet has done an admirable job for the Canadiens for the most part. I just can't seem to put my finger on it, but I do not get the confidence others seem to get when Huet is starting. When he is "on", he is very good. The problem is he seems to have trouble focusing long-term. He also seems to let goals in at the worst possible times...ok, not in the same category as Aebischer, but he makes me nervous. I would feel a whole lot more confident heading into the playoffs with a Price/Halak tandem. The Huet supporters have every good reason to support him, yet for some reason I can't get myself to rally around him. Hand the torch to Price now, and let Halak be the understudy.TommyBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03527228348257486633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3435571560723564995.post-20969501360500123702008-02-10T12:47:00.000-11:002008-02-10T12:47:00.000-11:00Hmmm... I honestly always liked Halak. He's a soli...Hmmm... I honestly always liked Halak. He's a solid goaltender who will make it to the NHL no matter what or with who.<BR/><BR/>What I see developing is a solid team of two goalies who push one another constantly, fighting for the starting title.<BR/><BR/>Eventually, one of them will win, but until then, we can play both and stick with the hot hand.<BR/><BR/>Pressure is always good for goalies. Even developing ones.NailaJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13051264350972635364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3435571560723564995.post-19640320018011466602008-02-10T05:08:00.000-11:002008-02-10T05:08:00.000-11:00I think the Canadiens will have to handle this sit...I think the Canadiens will have to handle this situation with kid gloves for all three goalies in this love triangle.<BR/><BR/>Now this is pure speculation on my part, but there's always the chance that we might see an expansion draft one day soon and it would be a shame to lose one of our goalies that way (although by that time it's most likely that if we had the three we have now we would leave Huet unprotected... perhaps).<BR/><BR/>To your question at the end, perhaps the very same question could have been asked between 1994 and 1998?<BR/><BR/>In 1994 the Canadiens selected two goalies of note. In the 2nd round, 44th overall was Jose Theodore. In the 9th round, 226th overall they took a kid out of the Czech republic.<BR/><BR/>Was it obvious, or even a mistake that instead of Theodore and Thibault the Habs should have protected Tomas Vokoun instead?<BR/><BR/>Who knows, but they didn't. And, as Red Fisher would say, "You know the rest."<BR/><BR/>...which is why you go by J.T. and not T.V.<BR/><BR/>/\\ike<BR/>GO HABS GO!MikeMcLarenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18100580768590210531noreply@blogger.com