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Category Archives: 2010-2011 season

So long and thanks for all the speed.

Thank you Montreal Canadiens for an entertaining season of hockey! You have brought me back to loving the team of my childhood. I grew up watching the brilliant team of the 70s, stupid for #29, and convinced a team of M C Coolidge dogs in front of Dryden-the-Mighty would have won my Habs championship after [...]

Posted 28 April 2011 † jim § ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Unintentional, Me Arse

(picture from the Montreal Gazette, www.montrealgazette.com) After watching game 4, with thoroughly entertaining commentary by Jack Edwards (psst!, Jackie, get a new pic for your wikipedia entry), I was a little bit surprised to find out that the do-no-wrong Bs made such a classless gesture to the ever gracious fans at the Bell centre.;) Honestly, [...]

Posted 23 April 2011 † jim § Uncategorized ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , , ,

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 † mrb § 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 † mrb § 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 † mrb § 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 † mrb § Playoffs § Stat of The Day ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , , , ,

THEN AND NOW – UNSCIENTIFIC AND USELESS COMPARISON DATA

The 1993 Stanley Cup champion Montreal Canadiens and today’s version are two completely different teams in two completely different eras, so let’s doing something ridiculous and compare them shall we? Some of these comparisons were pretty easy, but others were a stretch. Agree or disagree with MM? Tweet us @thetorchdotca 1993 Damphousse – Cammy 2011 [...]

Posted 18 April 2011 † admin § 1992-93 seasons § Playoffs ‡ Comments (2) °

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 † mrb § 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 † mrb § 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 † mrb § Playoffs § Stat of The Day ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , ,