tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3435571560723564995.post7004812195814606393..comments2023-06-01T21:15:57.354-11:00Comments on The H Does NOT Stand For Habs: Band of BrothersJ.T.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00012075493503316318noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3435571560723564995.post-46762423225495551332010-10-01T06:10:28.431-11:002010-10-01T06:10:28.431-11:00Most think Price is the key to the season but I th...Most think Price is the key to the season but I think what Gauthier gets in return for AK46 and Pouliot is the key. If they aren't gone by Christmas the Habs will be all out to make the playoffs. Moving Moen and Eller up to the top two lines will ruin the bottom six and every night will be a struggle.<br /><br />I think Price will be fine.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3435571560723564995.post-64530595449009736552010-10-01T05:35:10.167-11:002010-10-01T05:35:10.167-11:00@ Anon: Personally, I have been getting tired of a...@ Anon: Personally, I have been getting tired of all the bitching and moaning about price in two of my favorite habs blogs this summer, but I don't sense it here.<br /><br />Since the preseason has started everyone is back on track with awesome analysis and posts. I will wait untill the season before I judge Price.Paul O.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00323764771486243680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3435571560723564995.post-19306427629914915162010-09-30T16:46:34.725-11:002010-09-30T16:46:34.725-11:00There have been some comments about how a fan shou...There have been some comments about how a fan should act or think here lately, especially with the criticism of Price. I love the fact that JT calls a spade a spade. IMO, this is what I expect from truly passionate Habs fans. I don't see anything wrong with being critical of the team as a fan as long as it is relatively respectful and somewhat objective. I don't even mind the booing of a bad play - passion is a double-edged sword. Unconditional love is for mothers and Leaf fans. And we all know that Leaf fans are loyal, no matter what. They have to be.MCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3435571560723564995.post-88490924156089589552010-09-30T07:49:51.229-11:002010-09-30T07:49:51.229-11:00@anon (the overly-sensitive Price fan one): Totall...@anon (the overly-sensitive Price fan one): Totally behind Carey here. You can't be a Habs fan...especially this year...unless you support the goalie. What I wrote was in illustration of distractions the team has faced in the past; the kind Gionta will help steer it away from. You can admit that Price's photographs among many, many other things in recent years have been cause for controversy, deserved or not, and still be a supporter of his you know.J.T.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00012075493503316318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3435571560723564995.post-64604842340541234222010-09-30T07:39:42.895-11:002010-09-30T07:39:42.895-11:00"Gionta will never be the guy who needs to be..."Gionta will never be the guy who needs to be walked around Montreal by the GM to get him out of a self-imposed funk. He'll never be the man photographed partying without discretion in Mexico, or stirring up controversy with an ill-advised word to the media."<br /><br />Lay off Carey already. You've made your point, you think the Habs should have kept Halak, I agree. But if the leaders of the team are standing behind Price then you should too. Either that or you are "taking a swipe at them all."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3435571560723564995.post-10425412575472990892010-09-30T03:52:18.109-11:002010-09-30T03:52:18.109-11:00Well said J.T. I'm all for it...
@JF - True, ...Well said J.T. I'm all for it...<br /><br />@JF - True, Gill's contract is up and so is Markov's. I think if they can get a good trade for Markov, he may be a goner. I know, it doesn't sound right, but we have this PK kid coming up (heard of him?)...We'll see. Either way, Gorges will get an 'A' at some point.Hadulfnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3435571560723564995.post-39489726890671518102010-09-30T01:13:32.263-11:002010-09-30T01:13:32.263-11:00Looking back over last season and thinking about t...Looking back over last season and thinking about the team that was forged in the playoffs,it now seems that management made the right decision in not appointing a captain last fall. What emerged instead was a group of leaders, a "band of brothers," who, as the playoffs unfolded, moulded the identity of this team. Starting with a group of strangers, we finished the year as a united, courageous, and determined team, a team that will not quit or bow its head in the face of adversity. <br /><br />Gionta, who gives everything he's got every night, is a fitting leader. He will be a great captain. Almost from the beginning of last season, he was one of my choices, the other being Josh Gorges, who I think would be just as good. He's just as responsible as Gionta, just as committed to the team, and a little more articulate. I'm a bit disappointed not to see him get an 'A'. However, perhaps his time will come; Gill's contract is up at the end of the season.JFnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3435571560723564995.post-74607645835532370332010-09-29T16:19:25.019-11:002010-09-29T16:19:25.019-11:00Halfway through last season, anyone who asked me w...Halfway through last season, anyone who asked me who should be captain, got my answer, "Gio" - for all the reasons J.T. so eloquently stated (better than I could!). Our Habs will be well served by this little BIG man. Cammy's got a different spotlight, he's great with it, but doesn't need the 'C' pressure when he's in a 10-game slump (which WILL happen, my friends). Same kind of thing for Markov - if they had no other leaders, then sure he is worthy - but he knows what he needs to provide, and has done so "quietly" (if you can call .59 ppg "quiet")for his entire career; he does not need or want the attention that the 'C' would bring. This is gonna be a fun year, gang! Go Habs Go!! Jean A.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3435571560723564995.post-65875083058188791062010-09-29T14:21:45.996-11:002010-09-29T14:21:45.996-11:00At least we know who Bettman will give the Cup to ...At least we know who Bettman will give the Cup to now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com