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[digitalmonkey]

Thanks to the irrepressible Robert L for this list of games that will be in the DVD box set coming out in October – in plenty of time for Christmas shopping: 1960, April 24 - Canadiens beat the Toronto Maple Leafs to win their fifth consecutive Stanley Cup. This is the only disc in black-and-white.1975, December 31 - The famous New Year's Eve 3-3 tie against the Central Red Army team.1977, May 14 - Canadiens edge Boston 2-1 in overtime to claim their 20th Stanley Cup.1979, May 10 - The 5-4 overtime, infamous "too many men on the ice game" against the Bruins. That was the one that produced the clip of a bemused Don Cherry saluting Forum fans.1984, April 20 - The Good Friday game against the Nordiques, featuring wild brawling.1986, May 24 - The clinching of the team's 23rd Cup against the Flames.1993, June 9 - The most recent Cup against Gretzky's Kings.1996, March 11 - The Forum's final game against the Dallas Stars.2003, November 23 - The Heritage classic outdoor game at Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton. Red Fisher still gripes about how cold it was.2008, February 16 - Habs come back from a 5-0 deficit to beat the Rangers 6-5 in overtime.

[digitalmonkey]

Here's a little blurb on the best (despite what Serge believes) NHL franchise..."The 2004-05 lockout might have been the best thing that ever happened to Gillett. After going a year without NHL hockey, Montreal fans were desperate for a fix, and the 21,273-seat Bell Centre has been sold out for every game since the beginning of the 2005-06 season.And while some fans might complain about high prices at the Bell Centre, 21,273 keep buying tickets despite the fact every game is available on high-definition TV on RDS, which drew an incredible 587,000 viewers for last Tuesday's exhibition game against the Buffalo Sabres in Roberval. And the first exhibition game at the Bell Centre on Friday night against the Ottawa Senators was sold out, with fans paying full regular-season prices. It's called supply and demand."~ source

[serge]

I think instead of celebrating the 100 years , the Crabs should celebrate the number 16. Thats the number of years since the last Stanley Cup..They keep talking about the Leafs and 41, but the Habs number is old enough to drive this year.By the way if it wasnt some magical OT business and the Kerry Fraser debacle, the Crabs would be celebrating 23 this year and it would be much longer than the Leafs..Little history lesson that the poutine eating population doesnt recognize.

[Zach6668]

You think the Leafs would have beat the Habs... The Leafs lost to the Kings... who lost to the Habs 4-1...If we're going to start looking at it like this anyways, we can just end the debate, because the Penguins were the best team in the NHL that year and should have beaten everybody anyways.

[serge]

Zach6668, on Monday, September 29th, 2008, 10:41 AM, said:

You think the Leafs would have beat the Habs... The Leafs lost to the Kings... who lost to the Habs 4-1...If we're going to start looking at it like this anyways, we can just end the debate, because the Penguins were the best team in the NHL that year and should have beaten everybody anyways.

The Leafs would have won...Ironically that year the Penguins had a 119 pts and lost in the second round to the Islanders...In OT of the 7th game..was a huge upset..If the penguins win that game they go on to for sure beat the HABS in the next round. Lemieux had a 160 pts that year...and saying the Penguins were the best team in the NHL last year is a little homerish, even for me.

[Piddle Duck]

serge, on Monday, September 29th, 2008, 1:49 PM, said:

and saying the Penguins were the best team in the NHL last year is a little homerish, even for me.

Zach didn't say that. He said "that" year. He knows better than to think anyone was better than Detroit last year!

[serge]

Piddle Duck, on Monday, September 29th, 2008, 11:06 AM, said:

Zach didn't say that. He said "that" year. He knows better than to think anyone was better than Detroit last year!

my bad..just read it wrong...

[digitalmonkey]

serge, on Monday, September 29th, 2008, 1:33 PM, said:

I think instead of celebrating the 100 years , the Crabs should celebrate the number 16. Thats the number of years since the last Stanley Cup..They keep talking about the Leafs and 41, but the Habs number is old enough to drive this year.By the way if it wasnt some magical OT business and the Kerry Fraser debacle, the Crabs would be celebrating 23 this year and it would be much longer than the Leafs..Little history lesson that the poutine eating population doesnt recognize.

All-time records, not including playoffs...Montreal 2,980-1,924-888Toronto2,535-2,426-831LMAO

[digitalmonkey]

posted by Mike BooneMax Pacioretty called his father this morning to tell him he'd be playing on a line with Robert Lang and Alex Kovalev. Pacioretty père hung up the phone, jumped in his car and drove seven hours from Connecticut to Montreal, where Max-Pac had left him two tickets for the game. Was it worth it? A goal against the Stanley Cup champs. Another goal in the shootout. First star of the game. The kid is 19 years old. Wow!

[digitalmonkey]

BOOOYASHAKKKAAA!!!!

[Fubar The Sperm]

Good game. Its scary Montreal's depth right now though they will have a lot of free agents to deal with at the end of the year but no stupid contracts tying up money. Whats even scarier though is that Detroit iced less starters but their depth is so good that they were able to take this game to the shootout.

[ajs510]

digitalmonkey, on Wednesday, October 1st, 2008, 12:54 AM, said:

Max Pacioretty First star of the game. The kid is 19 years old. Wow!

I was going to give the kid a long look in the 4th or 5th rounds of this year's FCHL draft, but the Blindsides snapped him up with the second of back-to-back picks in the 2nd round (took Patrik Hornqvist with the other one). Clearly Ollie is much smarter than I am.

[rinswun]

ajs510, on Tuesday, September 30th, 2008, 11:22 PM, said:

I was going to give the kid a long look in the 4th or 5th rounds of this year's FCHL draft, but the Blindsides snapped him up with the second of back-to-back picks in the 2nd round (took Patrik Hornqvist with the other one). Clearly Ollie is much smarter than I am.

i was just floating around the habs board on hfboards when their prospect camp was on. clicked a link with a quote from bob gainey saying he felt max pac was 'head and shoulders above the rest of the guys in camp'. montreal have some sick prospects so when a guy says that you have to figure they are pretty excited about him. that one quote pretty much moved him up about 15 spots on my draft list.i'm also pleased with the hornqvist pick.

[MapleLeafpoker]

What a great time to be a Habs fan. Your organization is making me jealous, there is a ridiculous amount of good young prospects on this team and all the stars are aligning, so many great things happening this year for the Habs and Montreal. Most other NHL teams would have no choice but to give guys like Pacioretty and Chipchura a lot more icetime. Yet for the Habs, they barely make the team if at all. And I think Komisarek is a really underrated D, not sure why he doesnt get more ink. To those who have watched him play almost nearly every game of his short career in the NHL....what do you think of Price? I still find it hard to believe this kid is as good as they say, but in the 10 games or so that I have watched him play, he's had only a couple of iffy ones, and in the others, really stood out. I'm wondering if the weight loss this summer will also help him a lot. Is he really a superstar to be, and can you even say that this early? I guess you cant but you can see the possibility.

[coesillian]

rinswun, on Wednesday, October 1st, 2008, 3:41 AM, said:

i was just floating around the habs board on hfboards when their prospect camp was on. clicked a link with a quote from bob gainey saying he felt max pac was 'head and shoulders above the rest of the guys in camp'. montreal have some sick prospects so when a guy says that you have to figure they are pretty excited about him. that one quote pretty much moved him up about 15 spots on my draft list.i'm also pleased with the hornqvist pick.

that quote was from head scout Trevor Timmins, which is even more of a compliment IMO. This kid is 19, fresh out of the NCAA in Michigan. If there is room on the roster (due to someone starting the season injured) I could see him stick around for a few season games and then get sent down to the AHL. He'll likely spend most of the season in Hamilton where he'll have the opportunity to play with Ben Maxell and D'agostini (great line!). Either of those 3 could get called up this season to fill in for an injury. The bottom 6 forwards out of 14 are (in order): Latendresse, Lapierre/Chipchurra, Laraque, Begin, Dandenault. So its hard to find an actice roster spot for a rookie right now. It best to let them get some good experience in Hamilton.

[digitalmonkey]

MapleLeafpoker, on Wednesday, October 1st, 2008, 1:28 PM, said:

What a great time to be a Habs fan. Your organization is making me jealous, there is a ridiculous amount of good young prospects on this team and all the stars are aligning, so many great things happening this year for the Habs and Montreal. Most other NHL teams would have no choice but to give guys like Pacioretty and Chipchura a lot more icetime. Yet for the Habs, they barely make the team if at all. And I think Komisarek is a really underrated D, not sure why he doesnt get more ink. To those who have watched him play almost nearly every game of his short career in the NHL....what do you think of Price? I still find it hard to believe this kid is as good as they say, but in the 10 games or so that I have watched him play, he's had only a couple of iffy ones, and in the others, really stood out. I'm wondering if the weight loss this summer will also help him a lot. Is he really a superstar to be, and can you even say that this early? I guess you cant but you can see the possibility.

Komisarek is a shutdown defenseman...one of the best in the league in my opinion...and defensive d-men don't usually garner that much attention. The NHL doesn't even recognize them unless thay also put up points. I do expect his offense to increase a little this year though but nowhere near enough to pass guys like Lidstrom, Campbell and Phaneuf in Norris voting.Price has the tools to become a great goalie. He still needs to DO IT though. He definitely looks a little quicker with the weight loss and has achnowledged that he feels quicker. As with any young player inconsistency is an issue but I think maturity and experience will solve that problem. Also note that he has a helluva good goalie backing him up.

[digitalmonkey]

Kovy gets it!Congratulations.

[Zach6668]

I like Komisarek a lot too. I used to trade him to the Pens in NHL 08.

[coesillian]

MapleLeafpoker, on Wednesday, October 1st, 2008, 1:28 PM, said:

What a great time to be a Habs fan. Your organization is making me jealous, there is a ridiculous amount of good young prospects on this team and all the stars are aligning, so many great things happening this year for the Habs and Montreal. Most other NHL teams would have no choice but to give guys like Pacioretty and Chipchura a lot more icetime. Yet for the Habs, they barely make the team if at all. And I think Komisarek is a really underrated D, not sure why he doesnt get more ink. To those who have watched him play almost nearly every game of his short career in the NHL....what do you think of Price? I still find it hard to believe this kid is as good as they say, but in the 10 games or so that I have watched him play, he's had only a couple of iffy ones, and in the others, really stood out. I'm wondering if the weight loss this summer will also help him a lot. Is he really a superstar to be, and can you even say that this early? I guess you cant but you can see the possibility.

Price is phenominal, lots of people commented on him when the teams they follow faced Price. He stands out alot for a 21 year old. Last year I did notice his lateral movements were a little slow, but he's so tall that it made up for it most of the time. After losing all that weight, he said he felt faster and I immediately noticed he was faster in his crease. Gainey obviously likes what he sees in him, he made the call to keep him at the begining of last season and gave him the number 1 role after the trade deadline. He finished the season strong but ran out of juice in the playoffs. After an overdue summer vacation and some significant weight loss I am totally confident in him starting over 60 games this season and performing well in the playoffs. On top of that there is Halak as #2, 23 years old and he has put up great numbers in his 20 or so games in Montreal. I am very happy with those 2 in nets.Komisarek is my favorite hab. He hits like crazy, blocks a plethora of shots and compliments Markov perfectly. When the oppositions attacks our D they are stuck deciding on wheter to get rocked by Komi or outmatched by Morkov. Yup it is a great time to be a fan, with the centennial celebrations, our rich history, and cup contending team, this season should be lots of fun.

[serge]

MapleLeafpoker, on Wednesday, October 1st, 2008, 10:28 AM, said:

What a great time to be a Habs fan. Your organization is making me jealous, there is a ridiculous amount of good young prospects on this team and all the stars are aligning, so many great things happening this year for the Habs and Montreal. Most other NHL teams would have no choice but to give guys like Pacioretty and Chipchura a lot more icetime. Yet for the Habs, they barely make the team if at all. And I think Komisarek is a really underrated D, not sure why he doesnt get more ink. To those who have watched him play almost nearly every game of his short career in the NHL....what do you think of Price? I still find it hard to believe this kid is as good as they say, but in the 10 games or so that I have watched him play, he's had only a couple of iffy ones, and in the others, really stood out. I'm wondering if the weight loss this summer will also help him a lot. Is he really a superstar to be, and can you even say that this early? I guess you cant but you can see the possibility.

Arp after a remark like that we need you to change your name on this forum....This is just blasphemous....WOW