Go Habs Go

[Guest Low Roller]

Ok, a bunch of Habs news right now:

- Gainey confident that a deal will be reached with Ryder (warning: french)

- Habs rookies beat the Panthers rookies 4-3 in rookies tournament. Other teams participating: Toronto, Ottawa, and Carolina. The Habs next game is today against the Leafs. Rick Green is coaching.

- Habs sign UFA enforcer Jeff Paul to a one-year contract

[Guest Low Roller]

Well the Habs are not doing too great in the Rookies Tournament. They now have a record of 1-2, after loses to Toronto and Carolina.

According to coach Rick Green only one of the players on the Habs team is showing real promise and that's Guillaume Latendresse, a 6'2" 220lbs. forward that plays for the Voltigeurs de Drummondvile. Green says that he would like to see Latendresse make the training camp.

Also the Habs first round pick Carey Price played his first game in a Habs uniform, and turned aside 26 shots. Coach Green was pleased with Price's performance.

[Guest Low Roller]

hehehehe... Coach Green... I always loved the 'stach!

[Esau]

I've been trying so hard to not post the big bad "B" in this thread....

[Guest Low Roller]

The following 46 players were invited to the Habs training camp:

Goalies

DANIS, Yann

HALAK, Jaroslav Cut 19/09/05

MICHAUD, Olivier Cut 26/09/05

PRICE, Carey Cut 26/09/05

THÉODORE, José

HUET, Christobal (injured)

Defensemen

AITKEN, Jonathan Cut 26/09/05

ARCHER, Andrew Cut 28/09/05

BENOIT, André Cut 26/09/05

BOUILLON, Francis

CÔTÉ, Jean-Philippe Cut 28/09/05

DANDENAULT, Mathieu

HAINSEY, Ron

KOMISAREK, Mike

LAVALLÉE, Kevin Cut 22/09/05

MARKOV, Andrei

PAUL, Jeff Cut 19/09/05

RIVET, Craig

STANFORD, James Cut 19/09/05

SOURAY, Sheldon

STREIT, Mark

Forwards

BÉGIN, Steve

BONK, Radek

BONNEAU, Jimmy Cut 19/09/05

BULIS, Jan

CHIPCHURA, Kyle Cut 26/09/05

DAGENAIS, Pierre

FERLAND, Jonathan Cut 28/09/05

HIGGINS, Chris

HOSSA, Marcel

IVANANS, Raitis

KOIVU, Saku

KOSTITSYN, Andrei Cut 28/09/05

KOVALEV, Alex

LAMBERT, Michaël Cut 26/09/05

LAPIERRE, Maxim Cut 19/09/05

LATENDRESSE, Guillaume

LEMIEUX, Francis Cut 19/09/05

LOCKE, Corey Cut 28/09/05

MILROY, Duncan Cut 19/09/05

PEREZHOGIN, Alexander

PLEKANEC, Tomas

RIBEIRO, Mike

SUNDSTROM, Niklas

URQUHART, Cory Cut 19/09/05

VANDERMEER, Pete

ZEDNIK, Richard

Edited September 28, 2005 by Low Roller

[Tissue Man]

[Guest Low Roller]

Habs Entry Draft 2000-2005: Where are they now?

Legend:

[color:blue]Fighting for a spot on the roster

[color:red]Made the team previously

MIA

2000

[color:blue]1. Ron Hainsey - 1st round, 13th overall (University of Mass-Lowell)

[color:blue]2. Marcel Hossa - 1st round, 16th overall (Portland Winter Hawks)

3. Jozef Balej - 3rd round, 78th overall (Portland Winter Hawks)

4. Tyler Hanchuck - 3rd round, 79th overall (Brampton Battalion)

5. Johan Eneqvist - 4th round, 109th overall (Leksand Junior, Sweden)

6. Christian Larrivée - 4th round, 114th overall (Saguenéens de Chicoutimi)

7. Ryan Glenn - 5th round, 145th overall (Walpole High School)

8. Scott Selig - 6th round, 172nd overall (Thayer Academy High School)

9. Petr Chvojka - 6th round, 182nd overall (Plzen Junior, Czech Republic)

10. Joni Puurula - 8th round, 243rd overall (Hermes Division 1, Finland)

11. Jonathan Gauthier - 9th round, 275th overall (Rouyn-Noranda Huskies)

2001

[color:red]1. Mike Komisarek - 1st round, 7th overall (University of Michigan)

[color:blue]2. Alexander Perezhogin - 1st round, 25th overall (Omsk, Russia)

[color:blue]3. Duncan Milroy - 2nd round, 37th overall (Swift Current Broncos)

[color:blue]4. Tomas Plekanec - 3rd round, 71st overall (Kladno, Czech Republic)

5. Martti Järventie - 4th round, 109th overall (TPS-Turku, Finland)

6. Eric Himelfarb - 6th round, 171st overall (Sarnia Sting)

[color:blue]7. Andrew Archer - 7th round, 203rd overall (Guelph Storm)

8. Viktor Ujcik - 9th round, 266th overall (Slavia Praha, Czech Republic)

2002

[color:blue]1. Christopher Higgins - 1st round, 14th overall (Yale University)

2. Tomas Linhart - 2nd round, 45th overall (Pardubice Junior, Czech Republic)

[color:blue]3. Michaël Lambert - 4th round, 99th overall (Montreal Rocket)

4. André Deveaux - 6th round, 182nd overall (Belleville Bulls)

[color:blue]5. Jonathan Ferland - 7th round, 212th overall (Acadie-Bathurst Titans)

6. Konstantin Korneev - 9th round, 275th overall (Krylja, Russia)

2003

[color:blue]1. Andrei Kostitsyn - 1st round, 10th overall (HC CSKA, Russia)

[color:blue]2. Cory Urquhart - 2nd round, 40th overall (Montreal Rocket)

[color:blue]3. Maxim Lapierre - 2nd round, 61st overall (Montreal Rocket)

4. Ryan O'Byrne - 3rd round, 79th overall (Nanaimo, BCHL)

[color:blue]5. Corey Locke - 4th round, 113th overall (Ottawa 67's)

6. Danny Stewart - 4th round, 123rd overall (Rimouski Océanic)

7. Christopher Heino-Lindberg - 6th round, 177th overall (Hammarby Junior, Sweden)

8. Mark Flood - 6th round, 188th overall (Peterborough Petes)

9. Oskari Korpikari - 7th round, 217th overall (Karpat, Finland)

[color:blue]10. Jimmy Bonneau - 8th round, 241st overall (Montreal Rocket)

[color:blue]11. Jaroslav Halak - 9th round, 271st overall (Bratislava Junior, Slovakia)

2004

[color:blue]1. Kyle Chipchura - 1st round, 18th overall (Prince Albert Raiders)

2. Alexei Yemelin - 3rd round, 84th overall (Samara, Russia)

3. J.T. Wyman - 4th round, 100th overall (Blake High School)

4. Mikhail Grabovski - 5th round, 150th overall (Nizhnekamsk, Russia)

5. Loic Lacasse - 6th round, 181st overall (Baie Comeau)

6. Jon Gleed - 7th round, 212th overall (Cornell)

7. Gregory Stewart - 8th round, 246th overall (Peterborough Petes)

[color:blue]8. Mark Streit - 9th round, 262nd overall (Zurich, Switzerland)

9. Alex Dulac-Lemelin - 9th round, 278 overall (Baie Comeau)

2005

[color:blue]1. Carey Price - 1st round, 5th overall (Tri-City Americans)

[color:blue]2. Guillaume Latendresse - 2nd round, 45 overall (Drummondville Voltigeurs)

3. Juraj Mikus - 4th round, 121st overall (Skalica Jr.)

4. Mathieu Aubin - 5th round, 130th overall (Lewiston MAINEiacs)

5. Matt D'Agostini - 6th round, 190th overall (Guelph Storm)

6. Sergei Kostitsyn - 7th round, 200th overall (Gomel)

7. Philippe Paquet - 7th round, 229th overall (Salisbury High School)

[Booche]

I love the Habs but Roller is acting like a TO fan. Seriously dude, you're embarrasing. I cant believe you havent posted this yet:

Guillaume Latendresse has been turning heads since he first put the Habs jersey on in the rookie camp, leading all players with 6 points in 4 games along with fast skating and bonecrunching hits. He may be a longshot to crack the lineup but so far, the kid looks VERY good....

[Guest Low Roller]

From one Habs fan to another... mange d'la merde mon aisti!

Since I'm going to be deprived of hockey for the most part, all I have is stats to keep me going. I've also decided to raise my obsession level with the Habs to 11.

If you can't handle that, hand in your Naslund jersey.

Latendresse is apparently doing awesome in camp.

[Booche]

"I'M A HABS FAN!

LOOK AT ME!"

fack, might as well call you Dr Hux.

[Guest Low Roller]

I wouldn't expect you to understand Booche, if that is your real name, for you're not actually from Montréal.

I can quite confidently assure you that I fairly represent the excitement and anticipation of my native city regarding the return of our game.

Coming home in 2006

[Booche]

Please, start cheering for the Leafs instead. Have you not noticed the other Habs fans on this board are being somewhat silent?

Dont embarrass us with your Leaf fan antics. Please. Please dont. You are ruining the tradition of Les Habitants. A quiet confidence is far more sporting than an abrassive insecurity.

[_sniffer_]

I'm with Roller on this one Andre. The Habs are awesome.

[Booche]

That's because you are Roller.

Wait. Are you also Canned Beats?

[Guest Low Roller]

Thanks for your support _sniffer_

Booche will just never understand the true meaning of being a Habs fan: loud brash claims of supremacy followed by catastrophic failure. Find blame, chase him out of town, rinse, repeat.

However things are going to change this year. I can feel it.

[dave-O]

Time to face the facts, the Habs will be lucky to finish above 9th or 10th in the East this year.

[Guest Low Roller]

I'm thinking they can reach 6th place if they stay healthy. That's the trick however because they always seem to lead the league in man-games lost due to injury.

[dave-O]

They're no LA Kings, but yeah they've sure had some bad luck with injuries.

I'm fearlessly predicting Phi, TB, Ott, Bos, NJ, Tor, and yes both Pittsburgh and Atlanta to be the top 8. Not sure what to make of the changes in Florida, NYI and Mtl, but they're going to be in tough to make the playoffs.

[Guest Low Roller]

I agree with your top 4, maybe even 5, but the rest I think is up for Montreal to claim. Then again, maybe it's just a case of a brash claim of supremacy.

[dave-O]

I love to see somebody knock the Leafs out of that top 8. Who better?

Nobody.

[Guest Low Roller]

The Leafs should lead the league in man-games lost to injuries this year as their top 3 centres and goaltender are potential liabilities due to their advanced age and/or medical history.

[Guest Low Roller]

There's a new Guy in town. Even though he's only 18 years old, Guillaume Latendresse has become a media and crowd favorite in Montreal.

During the game against the Lightning yesterday the crowd was chanting the familiar "Guy! Guy! Guy!" as Latendresse scored two goals, added an assist, and was named the first star during the Habs 6-1 preseason win over the Lightning.

The line of Latendresse-Bonk-Hossa managed to accumulate 11 points.

[peipunk]

Nice!!!

[Guest Low Roller]

It's Monday morning, I don't feel like working yet, I will analyze the Habs training camp because I feel like it, and there is nothing that Booche can do about it.

A second round of cuts is expected later on Monday as Claude Julien will be making some difficult decisions... apparently he wants to trim down the team to 28 players, down from the current 38.

First of all I am predicting the following cuts:

G- Olivier Michaud

G- Carey Price

D- Jonathan Aitkin

D- Andrew Archer

D- Andre Benoit

D- Jean-Phillipe Cote

F- Kyle Chipchura

F- Raitis Ivanans

F- Michel Lambert

F- Jonathan Ferland

These cuts will shore up the goalie rotation, as Theodore will obviously get the brunt of the workload, and Yann Danis will provide some backup until Christobal Huet is back from injury sometime in December.

On defence, the top two rotations are pretty much set:

1- Sheldon Souray and Craig Rivet

2- Andrei Markov and Mathieu Dandenault

Third line however has an open spot as it is still uncertain who will be joining Mike Komisarek, and also the seventh defenseman role is up for grabs. Three players are competing for the two spots:

- Ron Hainsey (1st round pick, 2000)

- Mark Streit (captain of team Sweeden)

- Francis Boullion (previous NHL experience)

Next on the forwards. I think that only the top line is set, and that's going to be Zednik/Koivu/Kovalev.

Centres:

Mike Ribeiro and Radek Bonk will head the second and third lines respectively, but the fourth line centre is up in the air. It's a three way battle between Steve Begin, Chris Higgins, and Thomas Plekanec. Out of the three only Begin has NHL experience, but Plekanec has had an amazing pre-season and Higgins is a former 1st round pick.

Wings:

Nothing is certain here other than Micheal Ryder finding himself on the second line. Other than that there are 7 guys competing for 5 spots:

- Jan Bulis (NHL experience)

- Pierre Dagenais (NHL experience)

- Niklas Sundstrom (NHL experience)

- Marcel Hossa (2nd round pick, 2000)

- Andrei Kostitsyn (1st round pick, 2003)

- Alex Perezhogin (2nd round pick, 2001)

- Guillaume Latendresse (2nd round pick, 2005)

All of these guys have had solid training camps, so this decision will be the most difficult.

Discuss.

[Booche]

Thomas Plekanec baby.............wow.

The Habs are fuggin' FAST. Watch out. They have so much young talent and I am damn excited. Komisarek is a monster.