Mike Boone posted some questions to ponder on his Habs I/O section of the page but since I was avoiding the site for while I totally missed it. Now that I'm spending my Saturday lounging around the house, I thought I'd give them a spin.
- Do you seriously see your Montreal Canadiens as a Stanley Cup contender?
Yes. When PK Subban is on the roster.
- In these troubled times, how much of your equity would you bet on them making the playoffs? Your house? Your devalued stock portfolio? $5 ... but only if you got good odds?
I only gamble through scratch cards. More fun. You wouldn't want my stock portfolio anyway.
- WWND? What would Nilan do if opponents roughed up his most talented teamate and ran his goaltender?
He'd eat the man, then turn around and punch another guy out and then skate to the bench and take on the entire team. Coach included. Then he'd call it a satisfying night.
- What ails Carey Price? Did he catch it from Mike Komisarek? And has it spread to Andrei Kostitsyn?
What ails the Priceberg? A lame duck team standing in front of him. (I say standing because god knows they ain't skating). Komo's stick is too long for him to handle. Andrei? Andrei who?
- Who is most likely to energize a troubled team, Bill Guerin or Alex Tanguay?
Didn't really help the Islanders and the Pens were already peaking before he came along. Tanguay is the invisible man.
- Were the Canadiens who weren't traded relieved or disappointed?
I'd like to say "relieved" but their response performance in Buffalo screams "disappointed".
- If Jaro Halak falters, can we start dreaming about John Tavares?
Sweet, sweet, Tavares...
- On the morning after a loss and a plane trip, would you bag-skate 38-year-old Patrice Brisebois, 34-year-old cancer survivor Saku Koivu and 36-year-old Alex Kovalev?
Only time you'll ever see them skate hard, so why not.
- Is there another team in the National Hockey League that has a forward coaching the defencemen and defencemen playing forward?
There are defensmen coaching forwards. Most have been fired already. The rest look like lawyers.
- Is it true you're allowed to call timeout in hockey games?
Only when the game is completely out of reach.
- Is it true you're allowed to make in-game adjustments?
You mean the Kovy/Metro/Kostopoulos line?
- If his name were not Guy Carbonneau, would he still be coaching the Montreal Canadiens?
Haha... no. Though you never know with Bob!
- If his name were not Bob Gainey, would he have the best job security – outside of maybe Gary Bettman – in the NHL?
Bob has done good, he gets to stay. He doesn't overpay and actually listens to his capologist. It's also not his fault Montreal is full of armchair GMs and dirty laundry digging media.
- Who'll play better on Sunday, Mike Ribeiro or Steve Bégin?
Bégin always brings it.
- And finally: Which Montreal Canadiens will show up for the stretch srive?
Price and Halak have no choice but to show up.
Kovy, but will be tripped or will lose sight of his linemates.
Pleky, Koivu, Patches, Lapierre and the rest of the 3/4 liners always show up, whether they do anything in the scoring column remains to be seen.
Defense is up for grabs.
Higgins will show up to tip things wide.
Stewart will punch anything that hits him. Boom!
Bulldogs report!
How does second consecutive shutout for Cedrick Desjardins sound? What about third consecutive game Ryan Russell scored, each goal being the last goal of the game, two were empty netters? Or the team going 4-0 after going 0-3? Yes the Bulldogs shutout the Crunch 3-0. Tomorrow they face the Marlies again.
My brother calls Saturday "backwards day"
- The Sens are our friends! Though anyone who beats the Sabres are our friends. It ended 6-3.
- Bolts or Dolts? Doesn't matter. I think they were looking for a 3rd goalie by the end of the 2nd period. But losing 9-3 to Carolina, you guys just suck.
- The Blues are also not our friends tonight. Fucking Florida.
- Brodeur had a massive meltdown and gave up 6 goals on 26 shots against the Islanders. Somehow it makes losing 2-0 to Atlanta a little better.
- Detroit fucked up against Columbus 8-2. Rick Nash, woah. Hey Aaron Downey scored, but the plus/minus in that list is astounding.
- Boston 5, Chicago 3. No I don't miss Huet giving up constant softies...
- Todd McLellan looks like his hair is turning grayer by the day. Sharks are down 2-0 to the Canucks but Boucher, like always, took the first period to warm up. (Now he's a wall).
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