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Writer, researcher, Habs fan since reading the Value of Tenacity starring Maurice Richard.

Stat of the Day #7

Michael Ryder playoff points per game with Canadiens: .381 21 GP 3 G 5 A 8 PTS Michael Ryder playoff points per game with Bruins: .724 29 GP 11 G 10 A 21 PTS Differential: +.343

Posted 26 April 2011 § Prospects § Stat of The Day ‡ Comments (0) °

Pull Him Out

We haven’t seen the above since February 15th in a losing cause against the Buffalo Sabres. Pouliot hasn’t factored in on a Montreal goal since March 20th. I certainly don’t dislike Benoit Pouliot, but I don’t understand why he would dress when Yannick Weber is available. If Halpern and Weber are both available and Pouliot [...]

Posted 20 April 2011 § 2010-2011 season § Playoffs ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: , ,

A Raise for Darche (we hope)

After the bad news that was Game 3, there’s some potentially good news coming because of the new NBC/NHL television deal. The big question, then, will be when the NHLPA looks at the season ahead, and sees $120 million in new TV money, along with $57 million in beer money as well, will they funnel [...]

Posted 20 April 2011 § 2010-2011 season § 2011-2012 season ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Paging Dr. Recchi… Dr. Mark Recchi

Great quote from Mike Cammalleri on Zdeno Chara and Cammalleri’s lack of medical qualifications:

Posted 18 April 2011 § 2010-2011 season § Playoffs ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Hnidy Ain’t No Zdeno

The Canadiens didn’t win because Zdeno Chara didn’t play, but it certainly didn’t hurt. Tim Thomas’s inability to handle rebounds certainly didn’t hurt either: The Bruins defense, particularly Johnny Boychuk and Andrew Ference, did not do a whole lot to offset the loss of Chara. Boychuk’s terrible cross ice pass led to the first Canadiens [...]

Posted 18 April 2011 § 2010-2011 season § Playoffs § Stat of The Day ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , , , ,

God I Hope Viggo’s Watching

I’ve been thinking about the Canadiens game all day. Price’s shutout and the GG performance gave me hope that this series is winnable for the Habs. Trying to distract myself for the next 14 hours hasn’t been easy. Knowing that Price had two shutouts in the 2007-08 playoffs against the Bruins, I looked up his [...]

Posted 16 April 2011 § 2010-2011 season § Playoffs ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , , ,

Breaking it Down – B’s vs Habs – PT. 4 Special Teams

Habs VS Bruins Part 4 Special Teams Special Teams MONTREAL PP Efficiency:19.7% Rank: 7th PK Efficiency: 84.4% Rank: 7th Shorthanded Goals: 5 Rank: 22nd SH Goals leader: Brian Gionta – 2 G PP Goals Leader: P.K. Subban – 9 G PP Points Leader: Mike Cammalleri – 21 PTS PP Time on Ice Leader: James Wisniewski [...]

Posted 14 April 2011 § 2010-2011 season § Playoffs § Stat of The Day ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , , , ,

Breaking it Down – PT. 3 Goaltending

Habs VS Bruins – Part 3 Goaltending Goals Against MONTREAL Goals against per game: 2.51 Rank: 8th Goals against total: 206 Rank: 8th Goals against 5on5: 135 Rank: 7th BOSTON Goals against per game: 2.30 Rank: 2nd Goals against total: 189 Rank: 2nd Goals against 5on5: 126 Rank: 2nd (STARTING) GOALTENDING MONTREAL Carey Price 72 [...]

Posted 14 April 2011 § 2010-2011 season § Playoffs § Stat of The Day ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , ,

Breaking it Down – PT. 2 The Defense

Habs vs Bruins – Part 2 The Defense Shots Against MONTREAL Blocked shots: 1272 Rank: 6th Shots against per game: 31.0 Rank: 18th Notable Stat: Roman Hamrlik led the Habs with 192 blocked shots. This ranked him 4th in the league. Only four players in the league had 190 or more blocked shots this season. [...]

Posted 14 April 2011 § 2010-2011 season § Playoffs § Stat of The Day ‡ Comments (6) ° Tagged: , , , , ,

Breaking it Down – PT. 1 The Offense

Habs VS Bruins – Part 1 The Offense Montreal record on the road: 20W-21L (20-19-2) Rank: 19th Boston record at home: 22W-19L (22-13-6) Rank: 14th Boston Record in last 10 Games: 6-3-1 Montreal Record in last 10 Games: 5-4-1 Montreal Canadiens vs Boston Bruins: 3-2-1 Boston Bruins vs Montreal Canadiens: 2-3-1 INJURIES MONTREAL Andrei Markov [...]

Posted 14 April 2011 § 2010-2011 season § Playoffs § Stat of The Day ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , , , , ,