Wild vs. Les Habitants
Posted on October 30th, 2008 – 6:31 PMBy Michael Russo
Josh Harding in the cage.
Derek Boogaard the scratched forward.
Owen Nolan out with a lower body injury. Tomas Mojzis in for him. Colton Gillies is back in.
I’m writing my game story in French tomorrow.
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Wow, Harding! Let’s do this!
Good luck writing that game story! Here’s atip to get you started: it should be “Les Habitants.”
Boogaard a scratch and two Koivu’s on the ice. I’m going to enjoy this.
You had to figure Boogey would pull popcorn duty for this one, but I do think he’s been better this year than most of last year so far.
Allons-y!
zomg. 2 billion habs fans. I haven’t seen this kind of gathering since stk was hear. We even have singing and chanting.
sorry, iPhone autofill going nuts
russ:
sounds like a blast there.
Did I hear someone say NHL Center Ice is free tonight?
man: this was the threat with IGoW - injury. Maybe they’re just resting him?
ya lot of red here. reminds me of a dead wings game except habs fans have class
That Koivu vs Koivu opening was pretty cool.
http://www.hockeywebcasts.com/
this is an online feed of the game. Fairly good feed
except habs fans have class
They do? Weren’t they rioting after they beat Boston in the playoffs last spring?
CenterIce HD feed is not available tonight?
yes!!!! free CI- hey sunshine thanks for the tip!!!
Man, Keith Ballard is having a heckuva start. Another goal tonight, he’s now 2-7-9.
I didn’t think they’d let dumb and dumber on CI… lol
Burns!
Okay, not to be ranting when the Wild just scored, but there is NO excuse for KSTC not having a digital channel! The quality of every game on 45 is horrible on an HD set, and by my count, there hasn’t been a single Wild game telecast in HD at all yet this season! FS North and KSTC really need to get their s*** together - no sport benefits from HD like hockey, and in the best hockey market in the US, they seem to be making zero effort at it.
Damnit.
In 09 they’ll all be digital. But even on my SD tv, 45’s quality is crap.
Let’s go boys.
Hope Anti is ok. The Wild have made some great passes.
4-1 Miller’s losing. D’oh!
What a move by Hards!
OMG 5-1 now! Stamkos with two.
That’s rough KiPA…
Burns is playing forward?!
That means Thomas will get another shutout.
Anyway, go Burns, Bouchard and Koivu.
Sheesh. Damn Millsy. Good for Stammers though.
DAMMIT! Stop hurting Burns!
HD nothing, this is the worst picture I’ve seen in years. I can barely read the MTL and MIN on the scoreboard.
Why are they pushing the trade deadline back?
So teams can potentially avoid being shorthanded if they make a trade, since there’s a bunch of games (12 I think) on March 3 but only like three on the 4th.
I hadn’t heard about the deadline getting pushed back. Isn’t already a relatively small amount of time to mesh with your teammates?
So, its not much of a change?
One day, RG, due to the schedule.
Ok, thats not a big deal.
the picture is crystal clear here
Ah okay, wasn’t sure when it was originally. Thought it was in Feb sometime.
G* really? Picture is TERRIBLE on CI. 
Green*, You Bastaaaard!
oh you’re cute, G*
Or are you at the game? :\
He’s at the game…
Ah. Well then. 
:P
gawd…Dumb and Dumber are so…dumb…
did anyone notice the absence of Gaborik imagery in the wild anthem video? He’s gone!
I’ve watched the Montreal feed for a few games and i don’t speak a lick of french but it is very entertaining.
Poobah can’t afford to take penalties in the offensive zone.
Thats bs!
credit where it’s due: Terhaar juts made a non-homer statement.
Yeah, but I’m not sure he was right.
big save there by Hards…he was five feet out of the crease.
w.o.w.
gotta convert here boys
Anyone else lose the blog for the last ten minutes?
You said it NiNY.
WOW, another one!
Carbo’s going to go nuts
NOTE TO STRIB TECH TEAM:
Fix this thing. Crapping out DURING games is just not cool.
This inability to score on the pp is not good.
WTF!
huge series of kills for the Habs there.
Hards seems to heave himself up from the butterfly…I’m sure it’s fine, but it just looks like a very in-efficient move.
Tanguay was an very good off season acquisition.
Nice move up the ice by Shep there…
we miss the net too damn often from the point.
yeah, Rogue: did they say he already has six goals?
THAT was a dumb penalty to take.
Gotta score this time!
Yeah, he’s been a solid player on my fantasy team. Those were his 10th and 11th points tonight.
What is wrong with our PP?
Its seems such lazy play on PP.
I can’t believe this parade to the box. Its about the least violent string of penalties ever.
Is there no urgency to their game? Are we not down a goal?
funny thing is: if they score on this one, they’ll have huge mo and their failures will be forgotten.
Its about the least violent string of penalties ever.
+1
great observation
What happened to Mojzis? I missed the first period.
…”their failures will be forgotten.”
Immediately!
brutal…give credit to the Habs PK too
Look at the Canadiens PKers, they don’t even need to move because the Wild aren’t moving at all.
I’m glad to hear the booing, frankly.
That’s gotta be very frustrating.
NiNY: Is it great PKers or bad PPers?
Yeah, the crowd needs to hold the Wild accountable.
both. The Habs were very strong on the points in the earlier PKs, and then the Wild sort of stopped pressing over the last couple so the Habs were a bit more passive.
How much did they pay for PMB? Boy, he didn’t bother me last season but he’s really bugging me now. Just SHOOOT!
Butch needs to shoot some time.
about $4.25M per, ms.c.
habs should now have momentum to start the third…Wild “skill” players should be tired from all the (fruitless) PP work.
Bad news for Wild fans.
I think there’s something about power plays on sort of lame penalty calls that keeps the puck out. Like the hockey gods are saying, “Nah. Lame call by the ref. You’re not getting jack out of this.”
interesting theory, ms.c.
Who is the God, and what needs to be sacrificed to appease her?
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WTF? Just… gerrrrr.. argghhhh….. puck… grrrrrrrr…. poop
You can’t just blame PMB. If you don’t have a good shot maybe just shoot it and it might go off someone.
Like I said, none of the guys were moving around. They all stood still, which allowed the Habs PK to stand still and wait for the Wild pass it around. No sense of urgency.
if i had a dime for each time the dude behind me yelled shoot, id be able to fly yall in for the rest of the season. the first fifty time made your point.
hmm…maybe the Accidental Beer Spill over your shoulder and into his lap, G*?
anyone else think the Pens’ fan dork in the CI commercial looks like Joey Pants’ brother?
one more thing about the pp. the boys had to be sucking serious wind. we started playing gillies and shep on pp
Oh, I hate the “SHOOOT!”ers. Though frankly, I’ve yelled it at Butchy twice tonight. But I’m only irritating the hubby and the dog. Oh, I yelled it a couple of times at him last night, too. Glad I wasn’t sitting with WATX after all. Might have gotten smacked. 
Need to put Cal in on the PP. 
need to put Tuire on the PP!
I usually only yell shoot once, and it’s usually prefaced and followed by several expletives.
first penalty of the 3rd HAS to go against the Wild.
NiNY tell me one of your many sisters hijacked your handle when you called me cute
Is it purple tie day in the press box, or what?
G* sorry, no. That was sarcasm. Did you try the Accidental Beer Spill over your shoulder and into SHOOT guy’s lap??
Ties are to promote the Hockey fights Cancer merchandise I think.
Um, Cash dudden live here.
I hate the SHOOTers but dang, after so many PPs, I had to yell it a couple of times.
And I hate the CI commercial. I want to throw something at my TV everytime its on.
Yeah, I have a little anger problem now.
LOL Did y’all see Burns come sliding down the bench? Jesus, if he could bottle that energy…
Hockey fights cancer ties.
I’m hungry.
That was pretty cool seeing Burns do that. He’s like a big kid out there.
HA…yeah, that was awesome, ms.c. He just comes across like one of those happy go lucky people that just stoked to be alive.
I like the ties. That’s the only think I liked in the 2nd period.
I’m wrong.
Carbo’s going to see orange flashes in his nightmares tonight.
There it was NiNY
Well, you weren’t wrong for long.
4 on 4… haven’t had much of that. We’ll see what they do with a little more ice.
second non-homer comment from Terhaar.
Koivu knew we wouldn’t be able to score so he had to get a penalty. Maybe 4-on-4 will be better for us.
Geezus. Are these penalties all legit? (At work, just looking at box scores.)
Bela…dammit…
AUGH! Man, what a chance.
Belanger!!! Crap.
actually, most of them are, KiPA…it’s been a breathtaking parade to the box.
Also breathtaking the scoring opportunities lost.
** insert sounds of whimpering**
Okay, I really just need a ClutterCam when he’s on the ice. Makes me crazy in this SD picture that he’s often just outside of the frame.
Speak of the devil…
Clutterbuck and Hamrlik, what a combination of names!
clutter is just a tank
ha, no doubt, Rogue!
hehe… Clutterbuck…. haha…. Hammerlick…. two of the coolest names in hockey.
Geez, MAB — why can’t you keep any pucks in?!
Bela’s spoilin’ for some action now. A little extra mustard on that pass across the ice.
I think they almost turned into Clammerbucklick for a second there.
Clummerblick?
LOL Ms C.
someone tell Al Tinklinberg his Mondale impression is DEAD ON.
That replay of the Hammercluck collision reminded me of a couple of Big Horn Sheep that hit each other and then sort of look stunned after ward for a moment.
NiNY:
That’s what my brother and I were just saying yesterday.
OMG that kid with the ice cream cone could be Boogie’s kid… looked just like a mini-Boogs.
lol…I really thought it was Walt the first time I saw the ad.
OMG! They are making you guys watch MN political ads? I would think you guys not in state could avoid that.
okay Mikko, time to assert your will over big bro in your own house. Do a Kirby for us here.
Its not like NY isn’t bombarded with ads. They probably see more ads than we do with more House members.
I haven’t seen any. I think DTV is putting programming ads in their place. Which is why I’ve seen ads for Friday Night Lights, Journey to the Center of the Earth and some boxing match about 3,492 times tonight.
T/F this game means more to the Wild than it does to Montreal?
band: the CI feed generally picks up the whole broadcast. Sometimes they block some of the ads (those games make me crazy). My wife knows the whole Menard’s theme song - and she’s never been in one of their stores.
Same with me Mc.C
okay, the CI feed, ex-DTV, apparently.
Burns and Schulz were just the lead skaters on a rush. Weird.
I heart DTV. 
Good MsC, I would hate to subject anyone to the craptastic amount of political ads we’ve had lately.
PP again. Oh hum…
Lawd have mercy. Let’s do sumpin on this PP, boys.
LOL…how fast do you think Carbo will get to the room after this game? I’m thinking it will take him about 1.6 seconds.
Koivu! Crap.
Someone go to the frickin net or at least screen the goalie
dammit.
Wow. Hards.
hair on the back of the neck, ms.c?
Boy, Bela has some speed when he wants to. I don’t remember that from last year.
Great save by Hards.
I thought charging was a foul in basketball.
Cripes.
Who’s the good looking ref? He needs to get demoted to the A…
so much for having a decent power play…good god guys score a damn goal.
need to work the puck down low, the shots from the point dont work if you can’t hit the damn net!
Yeah, Nick, for sure. And those splits. My groin broke just looking at that!
Burns and Bergeron both at the point doesn’t work. They need Bouchard at the point with one of those two to keep the passing going…
well, now I know Billy McCreary isn’t working the game…
Pretty gong-show officiating tonight.
Mittens and Mikko have that hockey telepathy thing going on.
Koivu had quite the chance.
Funny watching Ma and Pa Koivu’s reactions.
not to mention the three young ladies in front of them…
if Bruno’s with shep and Clutter, who’s with Mittens and Mikko?
if Bruno’s with shep and Clutter, who’s with Mittens and Mikko?
Does it even matter at this point when none of them seem to have any chemistry?
oops…sorry about the double.
Wow.
Fight! Fight! (I mean, what the hell, right?)
Koivu wants to fight.
both Mikko and Saku are going to be getting a talking-to from mom after that little display…
Did Greenlay just say that the Wild outplayed the Habs?
I thought we were outplayed.
Mikko strikes me as a guy who is about to come out of his skin, he’s so fired up.
how great is Mrs. Koivu?!
Mikko put Skoula’s helmet on during the stoppage.
Fired up but a little late.
Damn.
Tough game. The guys put on good pressure at the end but I think were too patient on the pp. The aggression at the end was about 30 minutes late.
that was pretty unsatisfying.
Boy to I miss Al Shaver!!!
Mikko’s Mom rocks!
Well…… mother smurfer. I’m out, gotta be at the ptj early the next 2 days. My last 2 days as a flunky before the temporary promotion kicks in.
Do!!!
Nice game out of Price.
I am afraid that this is the real Wild we should expect to see all season once again - just. can’t. score.
Hopefully not.
We really need a second scoring line, but the story tonight was no pressure on the pp.
Its great that they are brothers but we lost a game that we had all the opportunities to win.
That’s the sad.
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How about getting one scoring line? I don’t think we have had that consistently in the last two games.
We only have one forward who is playing and its Koivu. Where are the other 11 fowards?
Point taken sunshine, but I need to see a longer drought to give up on Koivu-Mitts-Bruno.
Earlier, I asked that the Habs played as bad as they did against us in Montreal. It came true but I forgot to ask us to pay as well as we did in Montreal.
G* sorry, no. That was sarcasm
I figured as much.
funny game hockey is. I thought we played better tonight than monday but won monday and lost tonight.
If it weren’t for the powerplay troubles, I do think the wild outplayed the habs.
good match. wish we played those boys more than once.
I wouldn’t say there is only one forward playing.
I agree G*
I admit I missed the first period so maybe that’s where they played better in?
Actually, they did play very well in the 1st period. They had energy and made some great passes. It wasn’t until the second period goal by mon and the ensuing parade to the box that they lost rhythm.
This game was in some ways worse than last night’s fiasco in Dallas, primarily due to the lack of success (0-for-10) on the power play and the lack of overall effort in the latter half of the contest. The Wild didn’t want to win very bad tonight, and the Habs knew it. Carey Price took care of the rest.
This does not bode well going on an 8-day, 4-game road trip out West.
Ugh.
Back to back loses to two quality teams. I am afraid this is going to be along year. If Koivu and Burns could skate every shift we would be set.Only time will tell but this test we failed. Zidlicky and Bergeron PP specialists ?
Whaddaya say is the best game right now? Wings/Sharks?
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