As I said earlier, I'm seventy five. My favorite Montreal player of the Beliveau era was either Cornoyer or Lafluer
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As I said earlier, I'm seventy five. My favorite Montreal player of the Beliveau era was either Cornoyer or Lafluer
yes, me too, guess once you go past 60 you are tossed out. lol
everyone is just as important as the other, i don't care what the under 60s remember or not, and i
probably have a better memory than most of them.
concerning belevieu, it is called respect, and remembering with affection the years of great hockey
he played, And how he conducted his life on and off the ice, he was very deserving of the
ceremonies.
i loved many of those players of long ago, including the one's you mention, guess lafluer was my favourite,
and before him henry richard, and also belevieu.
Considering that us boomers now make up the majority of people in Canada, I would say that he still has many many admirers. I thought the tribute was exceptionally well done as was the funeral today. Fare thee well Jean.
Isles 3
Blues 6
Isles really wimped out on this one - looked very fatigue and uninspired in this one sided match. When the players tussled it was always 2 or 3 Blues v one Isle as the NY'ers seemed to be too afraid to get physical. When Oshie scored it was because Isles were making a line change even though there were three Blues in their zone. How can anyone make a line change when there are attackers in your zone??? Coaching sure could use some improvement, that's for sure.
Beliveau retired after the 70-71 season.
LaFleur was a rookie in 71-72 so he missed being team mates with him.
Habs sure were a heck of a team in that era.
Blues 6
Isles really wimped out on this one - looked very fatigue and uninspired in this one sided match. When the players tussled it was always 2 or 3 Blues v one Isle as the NY'ers seemed to be too afraid to get physical. When Oshie scored it was because Isles were making a line change even though there were three Blues in their zone. How can anyone make a line change when there are attackers in your zone??? Coaching sure could use some improvement, that's for sure.
Beliveau retired after the 70-71 season.
LaFleur was a rookie in 71-72 so he missed being team mates with him.
Habs sure were a heck of a team in that era.
Not a bad night so far, the Beaners got beat, the Flames got beat and the Jets have a healthy lead.
yeah they were A heck of A team, but why not, they had total control of quebec, montreal etc., no draft,
they didn't have to 'share', they just took what they wanted.
when beliveau was very young, montreal wanted him to come play for them, he refused, he wAs happy on
his quebec team, didn't want to go anywhere, so the cAnadiens bought the whole team he played on, then
moved him to the canadiens.
Road-weary Canucks return home to host Rangers:Road-weary Canucks return home to host Rangers
New York Rangers vs. Vancouver CanucksCANUCKS (18-9-2) at RANGERS (12-10-4)
TV: CBC, MSG
Season series: The New York Rangers went 2-0-0 last season against the Vancouver Canucks under first-year coach Alain Vigneault, who was let go by Vancouver after the 2012-13 season. But the bigger constant in New York's four-game winning streak against Vancouver is goaltender Henrik Lundqvist. He and backup Cam Talbot each had a victory against the Canucks last season, but Lundqvist shut out Vancouver in his two prior games and is 3-0-0 with a .934 save percentage in his career against the Canucks.
Rangers team scope: After a 4-3 overtime win against the Pittsburgh Penguins on Monday that snapped a two-game losing streak, Vigneault did not want to change his top-two forward lines. That means J.T. Miller will stay on the second line in place of Chris Kreider, who missed the win against Pittsburgh with neck spasms after a practice collision and will make his return on the fourth line. Miller, a 21-year-old who has shifted from center to wing, started the season with the Rangers but was sent to the minors after three games before being called up Nov. 29. He is playing the left side with center Derek Stepan and right wing Martin St. Louis. "I don't want to break that line up," said Vigneault, whose team is playing the first of three games in four nights after four days off. "J.T. has played well." Kreider, 23, will take the spot of former Vancouver left wing Tanner Glass on the fourth line with Dominic Moore and Jesper Fast. Kreider has four goals and 13 points in 24 games, is 11th in the NHL with 48 penalty minutes and hasn't scored in 11 games. "I know how I have to play," Kreider said. "I don't need somebody to send me a message."
Canucks team scope: The Canucks were still showing the effects of a seven-game, 15-day road trip that concluded with a 3-1 loss to the Montreal Canadiens on Tuesday when they returned to the ice for practice on Friday. The fatigue that was evident during a 0-2-1 finish to the season's longest trip was still there after two days off, which doesn't bode well for a franchise that has often struggled in its first game back after a road trip. "I don't think it's hard to get up for, I think it's hard to play though," coach Willie Desjardins said. "When I watched us in practice we were sluggish. It's not like the guys didn't want to go, it's like they were skating in sand or running in sand." At least the Canucks won't be complacent coming off their first three-game losing streak of the season. "For sure we won't be overconfident going in," Desjardins said.
New York Rangers vs. Vancouver CanucksCANUCKS (18-9-2) at RANGERS (12-10-4)
TV: CBC, MSG
Season series: The New York Rangers went 2-0-0 last season against the Vancouver Canucks under first-year coach Alain Vigneault, who was let go by Vancouver after the 2012-13 season. But the bigger constant in New York's four-game winning streak against Vancouver is goaltender Henrik Lundqvist. He and backup Cam Talbot each had a victory against the Canucks last season, but Lundqvist shut out Vancouver in his two prior games and is 3-0-0 with a .934 save percentage in his career against the Canucks.
Rangers team scope: After a 4-3 overtime win against the Pittsburgh Penguins on Monday that snapped a two-game losing streak, Vigneault did not want to change his top-two forward lines. That means J.T. Miller will stay on the second line in place of Chris Kreider, who missed the win against Pittsburgh with neck spasms after a practice collision and will make his return on the fourth line. Miller, a 21-year-old who has shifted from center to wing, started the season with the Rangers but was sent to the minors after three games before being called up Nov. 29. He is playing the left side with center Derek Stepan and right wing Martin St. Louis. "I don't want to break that line up," said Vigneault, whose team is playing the first of three games in four nights after four days off. "J.T. has played well." Kreider, 23, will take the spot of former Vancouver left wing Tanner Glass on the fourth line with Dominic Moore and Jesper Fast. Kreider has four goals and 13 points in 24 games, is 11th in the NHL with 48 penalty minutes and hasn't scored in 11 games. "I know how I have to play," Kreider said. "I don't need somebody to send me a message."
Canucks team scope: The Canucks were still showing the effects of a seven-game, 15-day road trip that concluded with a 3-1 loss to the Montreal Canadiens on Tuesday when they returned to the ice for practice on Friday. The fatigue that was evident during a 0-2-1 finish to the season's longest trip was still there after two days off, which doesn't bode well for a franchise that has often struggled in its first game back after a road trip. "I don't think it's hard to get up for, I think it's hard to play though," coach Willie Desjardins said. "When I watched us in practice we were sluggish. It's not like the guys didn't want to go, it's like they were skating in sand or running in sand." At least the Canucks won't be complacent coming off their first three-game losing streak of the season. "For sure we won't be overconfident going in," Desjardins said.
I wonder who will be in goal. I would say it was Lack's turn. The Canucks have just come back from a 7 game road trip. but these guys are professional athletes and they've had three days off. I would hope that we would see a great effort against the Rangers.
TV: CBC, MSG
I think I'd be more comfortable with Lack. I know from experience that guys who are winding down for retirement have the odd "off day".
Either way Canucks are going to win!
I think I'd be more comfortable with Lack. I know from experience that guys who are winding down for retirement have the odd "off day".
I think with a bit of respite from a long road trip, the Canucks should be able to bounce back and re-assert themselves against the Rangers.
TTYL....
if they come out looking fatigued for this game, then we can wonder, but they shouldn't.
lots of rest, at home now. desjArdin said that even their lAst couple of practices on
the road looked like a tired team, it was a long trip, maybe the nhl has to look at their
scheduling, and at least not make any teams do more than 5 games on any given trip.
they Are never going to play lack, just because, miller will have to consistently play badly, and do
it to himself, otherwise lack will play his normal bAckup schedule.
if miller is winning, even if he isn't playing 'lights out', they won't treat the two goalies as though
they are 'even' and sharing duties, miller is the starter And lack the backup, and miller will have to
be the one to change that scenario.
lots of rest, at home now. desjArdin said that even their lAst couple of practices on
the road looked like a tired team, it was a long trip, maybe the nhl has to look at their
scheduling, and at least not make any teams do more than 5 games on any given trip.
I think I'd be more comfortable with Lack. I know from experience that guys who are winding down for retirement have the odd "off day".
they Are never going to play lack, just because, miller will have to consistently play badly, and do
it to himself, otherwise lack will play his normal bAckup schedule.
if miller is winning, even if he isn't playing 'lights out', they won't treat the two goalies as though
they are 'even' and sharing duties, miller is the starter And lack the backup, and miller will have to
be the one to change that scenario.
Yep, a certain amount of rest is essential but too much can be detrimental. You can fall asleep from boredom.
Yep, a certain amount of rest is essential but too much can be detrimental. You can fall asleep from boredom.
boredom is self inflicted and also self healing.
this team bAdly needed rest, i think they had just enough time to bounce back, but now they don't have very
many games at all, lots of time between games, which can allow a team to be flAt to start gAmes, just
can't seem to find the happy medium with this schedule, but they are aware of these things, more than
we are, they'll have to figure out how to overcome.