Mar 12, 2012

Drink up Habs fans, Vodkov is back baby! ~ Still clinging to a playoff spot or be spoilers ~ Sabres Preview

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#79 is back and its 4HFucking fun!
Previews from rds, tsn, nhl, hogtownwhiners.
Puck drops at 7h00 EST.
Win and embarrass Lindy.
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Happy 1000th Saku.
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"It was awesome," defenceman Andrei Markov said.

"He's a first-class player and he moves the puck so well," Price said.
"When we're breaking the puck out, he just has the confidence with it,
and it makes a big difference. He's a big boost for us and he's pretty irreplaceable."
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Love it when teammates stick together.
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  2. We have a possible 26pts up for grabs. Hey, anything is possible.
    GO HABS GO! GO HABS GO! GO HABS GO! GO HABS GO!
    GO VODKOV!!!!

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  3. Go get a hatty Saku!

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  4. Feelin' good?

    Refresh.

    GYFHG!

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  5. My Saku. *sigh*

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    1. Ah HA, the rule of disinterest is not ironclad!

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    2. the Maritimer2:50 PM

      I wanted to mention Shelly, but.......

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    3. Just to be clear, if a player is traded because of lack of performance here I'm not interested in what they do elsewhere.

      Saku Koivu was my favorite player. IMO Gainey's biggest mistake was letting him walk and replacing him with Gomez. That's a tough one to swallow. Saku would have put up better numbers at a third or less of the cost.

      Shelly is eye candy, period. And the PP laser ain't too shabby either.

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  6. 1/2 is back.
    http://canadiens.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=621793&navid=DL|MTL|home

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    1. Weed stays in the body for a while. or so I've read

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  8. Why am I suddenly seeing local mediots thinking that Patches isn't the Habs Masterton candidate? Absolute nonsense. Perseverance is all about Patches. Sportsmanship? Definitely. He's all class and a true sportsman. Dedication to hockey? You bet. A role model both on and off the ice. Plays through injuries (separated shoulder, torn abdomen, torn wrist, ribs, etc) unless he's in a fucking hospital with a broken neck.

    These same mediots didn't think he'd be the same player after he was lying motionless on the ice... now he scores 30 goals, leads the team in points, and suddenly they're hinting he's not the candidate? Going to give it to Desharnais for the "Marty St. Louis undrafted shorty" thing? Here's a hint: the little guy is good, and if you've followed him his whole career this isn't much of a surprise, but in the NHL without Cole and Patches I'm sorry but he just wouldn't be putting up the points...

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    1. HABS haters. Kick 'em when they're down, love 'em when their hot if it gets you airtime. Hypocrites.

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  9. heh, now that his team is going all defensive (good luck wit dat), fathead bark wants to 'slow down the game'. STFU U CotU fuck.

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    2. Bark. Classic. All Bark and no bite, or playoffs as the case may be. Wasn't it just a couple of months ago he was saying "we don't want to just get into the playoffs, we want to bloody some noses, make some noise and not be a one round and done team." Heh. Looks like they'll be bloodying each other's noses with golf clubs.

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    3. They will regret the hand-pass in D-zone thing. It will be abused for whistles until some other idiot asks them to make it a fucking delay of game penalty or something because the game will be too slow...

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  10. At the risk of repeating myself:
    GO HABS GO! GO HABS GO! GO HABS GO! GO HABS GO!
    GO VODKOV!!!!

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  11. OK - The first of a few games that will start at 11.00pm - so Whoopi! Let's play hockey!!

    Go Hab Go!! Go Habs Go!! Go Habs Go!!!
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  12. KmaXXX, Keep the kids in toe, I am out to watch the game tonight.

    GO HABS GO! GO HABS GO! GO HABS GO! GO HABS GO!
    GO VODKOV!!!!

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    1. I'm on it J - Bon Match!!

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  13. Bench Kantberle.

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  14. Here we go! DDD plays, Nokia and Paluoka sit. Budy call!

    Go Hab Go!! Go Habs Go!! Go Habs Go!!!
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  15. I have to flare up here as the voice of reason. When your political party elects Boris Yeltsin, you have to raise an eyebrow. So if the Habs brain management now make a quixotic run at the playoffs you have to see yourself has abused serfs.
    I no longer accept making the playoffs as success. Its a loser club and it demeans the passing of the torch. Its like a bad episode of the Dukes of Hazard. Yeah we outsmarted that dumb sheriff, but he is still in charge and we are paying his salary. We must tank now, we must tank well,and we must hope one dip in the tank leads to creditability, cause we do not have anything left in that tank.

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    1. Steve, with respect, you can't ever ask professional athletes to "tank" and certainly not ones that wear the CH. Ever! We'll get the pick we get and hopefuly do great things with it. This isn't a stellar draft year anyway, so perhaps 1-5 is a crapshoot.

      Let's please put an end to this talk of tanking once and for all. Thanks
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    2. Yes you can not tell them to tank, but you can make it hard to win

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  16. Cole!! DDD - What a Pass!!

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  17. First thing out of pang's mouth is that Budy hasn't been pulled in any games. STFU!

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    1. Darren Pang...shit goalie = hack

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    2. Habs only team who have never pulled either of their goalies this year, which says a lot considering where the team is...

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  18. Lots of lazy plays in their own zone.

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    1. Shots must be about 20-5 Buf

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  19. Ping. (channelling some 29)

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  20. SOGs 14-6. Get the puck out of your zone boys.

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  21. Not a great period...only 6 shots and way too much KaCa in our own end! But a goal is a goal and I think Miller looks beatable tonight.

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  22. They sort of did the same thing in Van. Hope they come out stronger in the second.

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  23. You know something slightly scary...? Gomez actually looked alright. He was skating and forechecking well and I think he might have had a shot. Not the worst Hab on the ice. What does that mean?

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  24. Go Hab Go!! Go Habs Go!! Go Habs Go!!!
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  25. Owwww - Patches - that looked bad!

    Hope he's ok!

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  26. Blame the mediots. They cursed Patches.

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  27. Trivia time, name the last leaf goalie to win a playoff game (whilst in the ugly leaf jersey)? No googling.

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  28. Fuck...saw that coming for a while...

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  29. Stay classy pang or we'll have to dig up your racist comments.

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  30. Terrible hair, pretty goal.

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  31. Good Lord, do they have jet lag or something?

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    1. Too many Buffalo wings.

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    2. Yes. Jet lag combined with Daylight Savings.

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  32. Patches is back...(exhales loudly!)

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  33. Patches is a mutant.

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    1. Is Toaster watching?

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    2. Sort of before. Was playing. Now he's sleeping next to me.

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  34. So was that last 6-7minutes a Sabres PP? Sure looked like it! Come on Guys! Wake the Fuck Up!!

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  35. That was a shit period all round. Habs looked 2 steps behind all period. Not much TOI for Vodkov. Not even on the PP.

    RC - Start fuckin' coaching! He doesn't look like he's into it tonight at all. Like the rest of the team - slow and a step behind.

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    1. Don't forget Vodkov was on a long flight, might have a few aches and pains after his first game.

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  36. Go Hab Go!! Go Habs Go!! Go Habs Go!!!
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  37. Go Hab Go!! Go Habs Go!! Go Habs Go!!!
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  38. Wait...did...Buffalo just play stupid Rick Jeanneret's play-by-play in the rink?!

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  39. Go Hab Go!! Go Habs Go!! Go Habs Go!!!
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  40. the Maritimer9:09 PM

    Are you guys kidding me? Fly all day, lose 4 hours and face a red hot team on their home ice and Ryan Miller? Looks like a losing recipe to me. Cut the boys a little slack, not the end of the world if they lose this one. And, KmaXXX is correct. They'll pick wherever they do and get a good player regardless. Plus with all those second rounders they should be able to move up if they REALLY want to.

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    1. Yup. No problem. Someone should tell Benoit Brunet about that.

      The draft is full of lovely players. Wherever they pick they'll get a good one.

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    2. Who's crapping on them besides KmaXXX?

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  41. Go Hab Go!! Go Habs Go!! Go Habs Go!!!
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  42. the Maritimer9:17 PM

    TSN and Panger crapping on RBQ, worst plus/minus in the league since the trade. Hey fuckfaces, it takes some time to adjust to a new team.

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    1. RBQ has been a huge disappointment.

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    2. the Maritimer9:42 PM

      Give him a season before we write him off.

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  43. Budaj is getting a good feel of what it's like to be Price on most nights.

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  44. As wierd as it is, the Habs could still tie this fucker up. They are not playing very well at all, but with a bit of second effort, a goal could be had.

    Go Hab Go!! Go Habs Go!! Go Habs Go!!!
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  45. Well that looks suspendable but probably won't be.

    Also weakest hooking call in this whole game. Garbage.

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    1. That hit on Gomez should get at least 3 games - clear head shot!

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  46. Clock running down after a stop?

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  47. Eat shit sabres. Clock ran down again.

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  48. Fucking Colé is something else!!!

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  49. Wow! One second left.

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  50. I WOKE UP THE PUPPY!

    Markov saving that empty net helped that happen!

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    1. KaCa should take note! That is how you play strong D!

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  51. Lindy's gonna vomit. I love it.

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  52. Go Hab Go!! Go Habs Go!! Go Habs Go!!!
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  53. phlegmiller, STFU!

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  54. Weber was so close to getting it. Of course the boarding-headshot-guy gets it. Will he be suspended now?

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    1. He fuckin' better be - Or Shanaban is a fuckin' fraud!

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    2. They gave Mike Green 3 games for the same play.

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    3. Bet he doesn`t even get a fine.

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  55. Why the fuck were KaCa on the ice during the OT? Come on RC!! Get a fuckin' clue!

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  56. Budja was 1st star for the Habs tonight!

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    1. Wel deserved. Colé a close 2nd.

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  57. Fuckin' Myers almost kills Gomez and then gets 1st star for sc...hang on a sec...never mind. Budjai gets 3rd Star - I can live with that.

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  58. the Maritimer9:45 PM

    A point they didn't really need, but they are looking better as time goes on. Next season.

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  59. That's me done - Sorry Juce - did what I could. Thanks Moeman - A prochain les boys!!

    Go Hab Go!! Go Habs Go!! Go Habs Go!!!
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  60. Here's hoping the sabres don't make the playoffs.

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  61. KmaXXX, You were great as usual, additionally, you possess the added hockey expertise/knowledge that I do not.
    As I was watching, I kept saying WTF does Kaberle get so much ice time?? Markov had few good shots and some good plays, let`s consider it `live` practice till he gets back in good form. Even thought we lost, the Sabres` win hurts the puking leaf-bonus.

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  62. Patches got that hooking call only because we had the PP. No way they could let us play the man advantage `cause we may get the game.

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  63. Still more games, Vodkov will get stronger and THEN BENCH KABERLE, PLEASE!!

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  64. I didn't catch the game, but four things;

    1) TSN highlights start by mocking Habs fans. "They can't accept it, their season is over." Math class is fun! /Ralph Wiggum voice. Listen, I'm not delusional but is it that important to start off hockey highlights like that?

    2) "THE SABERS ARE STILL ALIVE IN THE EAST! THE SABERS ARE STILL ALIVE!" Ok, calm down there. Even if they lost in OT they'd be 3 points back with 12 games left. I know they're selling 'excitement', but when it's Christmas everyday, the egg nog starts to taste rancid.

    3) I wouldn't know about this dirty play you speak of because no one feels like highlighting it or talking about it. I can tell that it wasn't PK spitting on the same ice as a white man because I wasn't confronted with JFK conspiracy style slow motion replays and analysis of the issue with other screaming white men calling for his head on a spike.

    4) According to TSN, Buffalo needed to win this game to stay alive while the leaf are ever so close to playoffs despite being 6 back of them (oh, and only 3 ahead of the laughable Habs).

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    1. the Maritimer8:03 AM

      TSN are dickheads.

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