 |
 |
Offthepost (Generation II)
ATTENTION: OFFTHEPOST.NET NO LONGER EXISTS AS A URL. The old site had to be closed. Please reset your bookmarks!
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
E.L.
Morally Bankrupt Scum
Joined: 18 Oct 2007
Posts: 1114
Location: Go Giants!
|
 Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 10:02 pm Post subject: |
 |
|
[Edited for content]
- The management
_________________
Beat my drum down in Mexico! To Tijuana, Tijuana here we go!
  |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
saskhab
Morally Bankrupt Scum
Joined: 17 Oct 2007
Posts: 2441
Location: Saskatoon!
|
| Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 11:39 am Post subject: |
|
|
Looks like Lapierre and O'Byrne will draw back in tonight vs. Boston, with Smolinski and Brisebois getting the night off. Smoke is a bit of a surprise scratch, but with Latendresse, Grabovski, and Kostopolous all playing their best hockey of the year the past couple games, Smoke is the guy that gets moved with a losing lineup in place.
There was talk of Begin coming back tonight but I guess it looks to be premature. Price gets the start.
A Kostitsyn - Plekanec - Kovalev
Latendresse - Koivu - Ryder
Higgins - Grabovski - S Kostitsyn
Streit - Lapierre - Kostopolous
Markov - Komisarek
Hamrlik - O'Byrne
Bouillon - Gorges
Price
(Halak)
In the pressbox: Smolinski, Dandenault, Begin (unhealthy scratch), Brisebois
In case you're wondering, that's 3434 NHL games (regular season + playoffs) and $5.675m in salary eating hot dogs tonight.
_________________
It's backwards time. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
saskhab
Morally Bankrupt Scum
Joined: 17 Oct 2007
Posts: 2441
Location: Saskatoon!
|
| Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 3:44 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Oh boy... this could be a TGIB game (Thank God It's Boston) tonight...
Komisarek is out for 3 weeks, which could be disastrous when you consider what's less than 3 weeks away.
Latendresse is out for this game with who knows what... supposedly neck spasms. He's played his best hockey recently on a line with Koivu and Ryder.
So where does that leave us? Streit's back to D and Breezer still sits (hooray), while Begin and Smolinski draw back into the lineup.
A Kostitsyn - Plekanec - Kovalev
S Kostitsyn - Koivu - Ryder
Higgins - Grabovski - Lapierre
Bégin - Smolinski - Kostopolous
Markov - Gorges
Hamrlik - Streit
Bouillon - O'Byrne
Price
(Halak)
Interesting D shuffle to be sure. And Carbo's obviously not ready to put Higgins and Koivu back together yet.
_________________
It's backwards time. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
E.L.
Morally Bankrupt Scum
Joined: 18 Oct 2007
Posts: 1114
Location: Go Giants!
|
| Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 3:53 pm Post subject: |
|
|
I like. Gorges has been solid and Markov won't have to pick up the slack for him.
Bouillon and O'Byrne sounds like a good pairing. They're going to be hitting everything in sight.
_________________
Beat my drum down in Mexico! To Tijuana, Tijuana here we go!
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
saskhab
Morally Bankrupt Scum
Joined: 17 Oct 2007
Posts: 2441
Location: Saskatoon!
|
| Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 3:01 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Same lineup tonight vs. the Sens. During the Saturday game, Lapierre and Smolinski switched spots, and I expect that will be the order that starts tonight. Latendresse is still out with neck spasms.
A Kostitsyn - Plekanec - Kovalev
S Kostitsyn - Koivu - Ryder
Higgins - Grabovski - Smolinski
Begin - Lapierre - Kostopolous
Markov - Gorges
Hamrlik - Streit
Bouillon - O'Byrne
Price
(Halak)
_________________
It's backwards time. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
saskhab
Morally Bankrupt Scum
Joined: 17 Oct 2007
Posts: 2441
Location: Saskatoon!
|
| Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 12:18 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Latendresse will not make this weekend's road trip to Buffalo and Toronto, still out with neck spasms. The team is hopeful for Tuesday's game in Ottawa... which is the last road game of the regular season.
Carbonneau has said that now that the team has clinched a spot, Dandenault is likely to get into a couple of games (OUCH), and Breeze will see some action as well. But he's not too keen on resting the stars, it seems. Expect the lineups to have continuing shuffles of the bottom end players like he has the whole year for the remainder of the regular season, as the team is very much motivated to go for the #1 seed.
Price will start vs. Buffalo.
_________________
It's backwards time. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
saskhab
Morally Bankrupt Scum
Joined: 17 Oct 2007
Posts: 2441
Location: Saskatoon!
|
| Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2008 2:05 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Two injuries last night: Saku Koivu and Mark Streit... who played the whole game and were on the ice for the OT winner, with Mark Streit getting 3 assists in the final 6 minutes of play. Both were injured on their first shift... Koivu while blocking a shot.
No idea how this shakes up the forward lines exactly (but I'll make a guess), but on D it should be a pretty straight forward substitution with Brisebois taking Streit's spot alongside Hamrlik.
Halak gets the start.
A Kostitsyn - Plekanec - Kovalev
S Kostitsyn - Grabovski - Ryder
Higgins - Lapierre - Dandenault
Bégin - Smolinski - Kostopolous
Markov - Gorges
Hamrlik - Brisebois
Bouillon - O'Byrne
Halak
(Price)
_________________
It's backwards time. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
saskhab
Morally Bankrupt Scum
Joined: 17 Oct 2007
Posts: 2441
Location: Saskatoon!
|
| Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2008 10:19 am Post subject: |
|
|
Yikes with the injuries...
Mike Komisarek, Guillaume Latendresse, Saku Koivu, Mark Streit, Francis Bouillon... and you'd have to think Maxim Lapierre and Roman Hamrlik are getting looked at as well. Koivu, Streit, Bouillon, Lapierre, and Hamrlik all limped off the ice after blocking shots (on purpose or inadvertantly) this weekend.
Big news coming later today on all these injuries. Komisarek will be skating for the first time today.
_________________
It's backwards time. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tuzer
No longer Croozing
Joined: 18 Oct 2007
Posts: 682
|
| Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2008 10:26 am Post subject: |
|
|
| saskhab wrote: |
Yikes with the injuries...
Mike Komisarek, Guillaume Latendresse, Saku Koivu, Mark Streit, Francis Bouillon... and you'd have to think Maxim Lapierre and Roman Hamrlik are getting looked at as well. Koivu, Streit, Bouillon, Lapierre, and Hamrlik all limped off the ice after blocking shots (on purpose or inadvertantly) this weekend.
Big news coming later today on all these injuries. Komisarek will be skating for the first time today. |
Yeah whatever  Every team at the top of the league fakes injuries at this time of year |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
saskhab
Morally Bankrupt Scum
Joined: 17 Oct 2007
Posts: 2441
Location: Saskatoon!
|
| Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2008 11:05 am Post subject: |
|
|
Well, this news doesn't dispel Tuzer's theory (although it'd be nice to wrap up the division before they "faked" these), but it sounds like Koivu did not have a fracture revealed on initial x-rays and it's just badly swollen and maybe a bone bruise... he's shutting down for this week and probably should be ready to go for the playoffs, but they're doing more tests to be sure. Streit's injury is described as "not as serious" as Koivu's, so he might be back this week. Komisarek says he'll be ready for Game 1, and Latendresse might be back tomorrow vs. Ottawa. Bouillon is still a question mark and no one is really talking about Lapierre and Hamrlik having any lingering effects.
http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/sports/story.html?id=0d9763e9-ce96-427a-aeab-63e5e84dedc9&k=72815
_________________
It's backwards time. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
saskhab
Morally Bankrupt Scum
Joined: 17 Oct 2007
Posts: 2441
Location: Saskatoon!
|
| Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2008 3:22 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Injury updates:
- Koivu has a fracture in a "small bone" in his foot. He's under constant evaluation, which has got to be kind of awkward. He's definitely out for the 3 games this week. Carbo said that Brisebois played with two broken bones in his foot, so Saku might not be out for a real extended period. He could play hurt, it doesn't sound like a serious break, though he is on crutches.
- Streit and Latendresse should be able to play tomorrow.
- Bouillon's foot is still swollen, so he's doubtful since I doubt he can put his skate on.
- Sergei Kostitsyn might get an audition as the teams 2nd centre... Carbo didn't like Grabo's job vs. Toronto.
_________________
It's backwards time. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
razzmatazz
Go Habs Go! Vive le CH!
Joined: 18 Oct 2007
Posts: 1279
Location: Burnaby, B.C.
|
| Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2008 7:16 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| Koivu's out? Couldn't happen to a nicer guy... |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
saskhab
Morally Bankrupt Scum
Joined: 17 Oct 2007
Posts: 2441
Location: Saskatoon!
|
| Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2008 8:26 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Lines at practice:
A Kostitsyn - Plekanec - Kovalev
Higgins - S Kostitsyn - Ryder
Latendresse - Grabovski - Lapierre
Bégin - Smolinski - Kostopolous
Markov - Gorges
Hamrlik - O'Byrne
Streit- Brisebois
Price
(Halak)
_________________
It's backwards time.
Last edited by saskhab on Tue Apr 01, 2008 2:48 pm; edited 1 time in total |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
E.L.
Morally Bankrupt Scum
Joined: 18 Oct 2007
Posts: 1114
Location: Go Giants!
|
| Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2008 8:41 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Decent lines, I'm just hoping for no more injuries. It's really put a damper on what should be a great time for Habs fans.
Unless Koivu and Komisarek require amputations, they'll be in the lineup for game one. Hopefully Grabo and Sergei can at least pick up the slack in case for whatever reason Saku can't go. Now's the time for both of them to step up, clinch the conference and head into the playoffs with a full head of steam.
_________________
Beat my drum down in Mexico! To Tijuana, Tijuana here we go!
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
saskhab
Morally Bankrupt Scum
Joined: 17 Oct 2007
Posts: 2441
Location: Saskatoon!
|
| Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2008 2:50 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Just realized I had Bouillon dressed and no O'Byrne... apparently Dandenault took some shifts on D during practice but I'd guess he's out for this game.
Streit-Breezy is a soft as butter D pairing.
_________________
It's backwards time. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
deutschlander
Morally Bankrupt Scum
Joined: 18 Oct 2007
Posts: 147
|
| Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2008 3:46 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| razzmatazz wrote: |
| Koivu's out? Couldn't happen to a nicer guy... |
did you ever hear a comment like this on bergeron's injury? you have no class, teddy bear lover. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Bosc Ulrich II
OTP Resident Historian
Joined: 18 Oct 2007
Posts: 2439
Location: Your own blue line!
|
| Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2008 3:54 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| saskhab wrote: |
Just realized I had Bouillon dressed and no O'Byrne... apparently Dandenault took some shifts on D during practice but I'd guess he's out for this game.
Streit-Breezy is a soft as butter D pairing. |
Brisbois being dressed in your post wasn't an early April Fools joke?
_________________
Bring back the old OTP!
 |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
saskhab
Morally Bankrupt Scum
Joined: 17 Oct 2007
Posts: 2441
Location: Saskatoon!
|
| Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2008 12:10 am Post subject: |
|
|
Montreal called up Matt D'Agostini and grinder Gregory Stewart today... Grabovski and Kovalev stayed home with the flu, and Hamrlik and Ryder had "therapy" days. So this should be enough bodies to cover if some of these guys can't go tomorrow. If Hamrlik can't go, Dandy would play D and a forward would draw in.
In case you're wondering about the callups, I guess Chipchura is out for 7-10 days with a shoulder injury, so he was unavailable. Not sure what the deal is with Locke, as he's the only other guy that had played a game with us this year on the Bulldogs left. From what I can gather, while D'Agostini remains a legit prospect for the team, Stewart might be up as a bit of a reward for his hard work... there doesn't appear to be a big future plan for him, but hey, good for him.
One thing we do know: Price will start vs. Buffalo.
_________________
It's backwards time. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
saskhab
Morally Bankrupt Scum
Joined: 17 Oct 2007
Posts: 2441
Location: Saskatoon!
|
| Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2008 10:07 am Post subject: |
|
|
Grabovski and Ryder weren't at the morning skate, so it looks like at least one of the callups will get in their first game tonight.
Bouillon also skated this morning, as did (presumably) Kovalev and Hamrlik.
_________________
It's backwards time. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
saskhab
Morally Bankrupt Scum
Joined: 17 Oct 2007
Posts: 2441
Location: Saskatoon!
|
| Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2008 12:07 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Yep, not Grabovski or Ryder tonight. Ryder is out with "a bad leg", Grabovski still out with the flu. So Matt D'Agostini will replace Ryder in the lineup tonight, playing in his first NHL game. His Bulldog teammate Greg Stewart won't dress.
A Kositsyn - Plekanec - Kovalev
Higgins - S Kostitsyn - D'Agostini
Latendresse - Lapierre - Dandenault
Begin - Smolinski - Kostopolous
Markov - Gorges
Hamrlik - O'Byrne
Streit - Brisebois
Price
(Halak)
_________________
It's backwards time. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum
|
|
|
|
FAQ
Search
Memberlist
Usergroups
Register
Profile
Log in to check your private messages
Log in
