Pre-Game Talk: Leafs-Habs at Bell Centre Jan 19

[Et le But]

Expect a Prust vs Brown fight!

Go habs Go!

Down goes Brown.

 

[Geester76]

I'm kind of sad there will be no KHL games on RDS after all I couldn't wait to see Nizhny Novgorod Torpedo against Khabarovsk Amur Good old Canadiens-Leafs rivalry is awesome. Whoever wins the game isn't important I'm just happy hockey's back IN Montreal.

 

[99GoHabsGo99]

GO HABS GO

 

[Le Tricolore]

Tanking? Ain't nobody got time for that!

Play to win. GO HABS GO!

 

[TYLENOL]

Habs beat leafs 3-1. (Gomez x3) and (Komisarek)

 

[Wats]

Win or lose, we win.

 

[Habs13]

Dang I thought it was gonna be the Broonz. Can't remember the last decent Habs-Leafs game. Not since Koivu wanted a piece of Grabovski...

Kostitsyn... not Koivu.

 

[SB164]

Now that's a great birthday present.

 

[pine*]

Win or lose, we win.

Word. Simply hoping that somehow the lockout doesn't comeback. Anything else is candy.

 

[Et le But]

I want to see Gomez fight Kessel.

 

[hogtownhabsfan*]

Galchenyuk scoring in this game would make me cream.

 

[Hullois]

Let's start the tank on a good note.

3-2 Leafs in regulation.

Feels so good that tanking is now useless with equal chances for all non playoff teams to get high picks.

 

[Et le But]

Feels so good that tanking is now useless with equal chances for all non playoff teams to get high picks.

Any non-playoff team can "win" the first pick but the chances are far from equal. The threat of tanking is going nowhere - just ask the NBA, where intentionally tanking is far more popular than the NHL.

 

[Tendresse]

I'm not one of those people who will always disagree with tanking regardless of the situation... but calling for it before the season even starts seems quite premature. Can we at least see if last year was a fluke before hoping to land a top 5 pick? It's a short season, anything can happen, and the same goes for the playoffs.

I think the Habs are simply a better team than the Leafs and will take this one 4-1.

 

[HabbyGuy]

Can't wait! Always loved this opening CBC montage.

 

[LeHaboholique]

This game will almost be as good as when we beat the Leafs after Sundin's Jersey retierment ceremony lol

 

[Et le But]

This game will almost be as good as when we beat the Leafs after Sundin's Jersey retierment ceremony lol

For such an atrocious season last year definitely had some great moments, like that, the Winnipeg opener and the game in Detroit. Nothing beat disgracing the Leafs in front of Sundin though.

 

[Habssince89]

Kostitsyn... not Koivu.

No Skost wanted to go at him but Koivu had issues with him too. I think he cheapshotted price in the family jewels IIRC

 

[Habs13]

No Skost wanted to go at him but Koivu had issues with him too. I think he cheapshotted price in the family jewels IIRC

Hmm I don't remember the Koivu part... just SK wanting to fight Grabasski every shift! That was great!

 

[Habssince89]

Hmm I don't remember the Koivu part... just SK wanting to fight Grabasski every shift! That was great!

The SK part was amazing! Really brought a new fire to the rivalry. The Koivu stuff was more forgettable in the long run, but it was cool to see at the time.

 

[Rosso Scuderia]

No Skost wanted to go at him but Koivu had issues with him too. I think he cheapshotted price in the family jewels IIRC

Koivu had beef with Grabovski in a game where Grabovski was diving all over the place. They met in the the corner of the ice and Saku had words with him.

Ironically, Grabovski said the "only" guy he had respect for in the Habs lockeroom was Koivu.

 

[Aspirine]

Won't be seeing that one, getting married lol.

 

[Myron Gaines*]

Won't be seeing that one, getting married lol.

Wont miss it if you dump her...just sayin'

 

[Aspirine]

Wont miss it if you dump her...just sayin'

Yeah, been running the pros and cons for a little while now, I think I'll still miss the game.

 

[Rusty Shackleford]

First pot shot?

How does that feel, Leafs fans. We barely hate you anymore. We also now hate Flyers and Pens more than you.

I don't think Leafs fans care.

We've cared more about beating the Sens and Alfredsson for a long time now.