My evaluation is still…
As I mentioned yesterday in the post titled “Has the season self-destructed??” I think it’s been pretty hard to clearly evaluate just how good this team is.
There has been some raunchy performances on the one hand. On the other hand there have been some great performances where they’ve been in the game or have won.
Last night against the Washington Capitals were one such game were I wasn’t filled with optimism before hand but afterwards I certainly was.
Posted by Yves Date: Saturday, November 21, 2009
Categories: Evaluation, My thoughts
Tags: Andrei Kostitsyn, Andrei Markov, Bob Gainey, Brian Gionta, Carey Price, Evaluation, Max Pacioretty, Montreal Canadiens, Patrick Roy, Team 990, Tomas Plekanec, Washington Capitals
Has the season self-destructed??
The constant injuries and lack luster play has certainly been tugging away at the optimism I had coming into the season. A quarter of the way through it’s still pretty hard to read exactly who this team is. But although it is hard to discern it’s not really something that can be faulted on management.
I’m not saying that there haven’t been moves (or “non-moves”) made in the last few years that I think were bad in hindsight leading up to today… but what I am saying is that one can’t honestly measure just how good this team is
We’ve been without our best player and other players who were keyed in as integral parts of this team.
When compared to last year’s team and the “core” that the Habs had prior to this season it still speaks loudly to me that this group is 10-11-0 after 21 games… without Markov… and other pieces of the puzzle also out.
There’s a great article on the numbers without Markov over at Lions in Winter… check it out.
There’s been quite a bit of doom and gloom from what I’ve been hearing in regards to the season and the talk about a “rebuild” has begun. Honestly, I think we’ve just begun “the rebuild”.
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Posted by Yves Date: Friday, November 20, 2009
Categories: My thoughts
Tags: Andrei Kostitsyn, Andrei Markov, Brian Gionta, Guillaume Latendresse, Max Pacioretty, Maxim Lapierre, Montreal Canadiens, Ryan O'Byrne, Slump
Defensive juggle before the home opener
According to the Montreal Canadiens website Yannick Weber has been assigned to the Hamilton Bulldogs. This doesn’t really come as much of a surprise.
With the home opener a few days away it would seem likely that the Canadiens will likely call up the recently signed Marc-Andre Bergeron.
There was a time that I looked at the defensive core and thought to myself that it could look promising. It really seems like it was long ago but in reality we’re talking a couple of weeks. Back in the days when the anticipation for that first game against the Toronto Maple Leafs, the team that was gonna intimidate and push us around.
Today I’m slightly confused. I’ll explain myself a bit further on my confusion… but first about Bergeron.
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Posted by Yves Date: Monday, October 12, 2009
Categories: Montreal Canadiens, Prospects, Roster
Tags: Hamilton Bulldogs, Marc-Andre Bergeron, Matt D'Agostini, Max Pacioretty, Montreal Canadiens, Sergei Kostitsyn, Yannick Weber
Player feature : Max Pacioretty – Future File
Great little feature on Sportsnet on Max Pacioretty.
There’s not really much to the video as it’s only about 50 seconds long… but it basically highlights that he is a top prospect and is a young, big strong forward that could have a big role on the club in coming years.
Enjoy!
Posted by Yves Date: Sunday, September 27, 2009
Categories: Player Feature, Players, Videos
Tags: Max Pacioretty, Prospects, Videos
Rookie camp 2009 – Martin thinks young players could play key role
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, just because I mean it. I’m excited for this upcoming season and it’s great to see the reports coming out of the rookie camps. It satisfies part of my desire to see some Habs hockey.
Watching a report on RDS, it’s interesting to listen to Jacques Martin and the RDS analysts. Martin really seems to leave the door open for any number of young players…. from Chipchura, D’Agostini, Pacioretty.. to Maxwell, Latendress, the Kostitsyns, Lapierre… he goes on to say that any number of these young players could have an important role in the Montreal Canadiens lineup this year.
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Posted by Yves Date: Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Categories: Montreal Canadiens, Prospects
Tags: Andrei Kostitsyn, Ben Maxwell, Brian Gionta, Guillaume Latendresse, Jacques Martin, Kyle Chipchura, Mathieu Carle, Matt D'Agostini, Max Pacioretty, Mikael Johansson, P.K. Subban, Rookie Camp, Sergei Kostitsyn, Training camp, Yannick Weber
Team responds – Great game in Washington
If you didn’t see it, the game had the feel of a playoff performance.
Posted by Yves Date: Thursday, February 19, 2009
Categories: Game comments, Montreal Canadiens
Tags: Gregory Stewart, Max Pacioretty, Washington Capitals
Habs VS Isles – Who will step up?
At the start of the season the talk was about how deep the habs were, there was lot’s of talk about a couple of the prospects in Hamilton and talk about being atop the league with whispers of a cup coming to Montreal had become common.
Posted by Yves Date: Monday, November 24, 2008
Categories: Montreal Canadiens, Pre-game comments
Tags: Ben Maxwell, Bob Gainey, Mathieu Dandenault, Matt D'Agostini, Max Pacioretty, Mike Komisarek, Ryan O'Byrne

