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Post by montreal on Jan 10, 2003 20:31:01 GMT -5
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Post by GoMtl on Jan 10, 2003 20:46:22 GMT -5
seems like the polish prince is a class act, or else he's just taking acting lessons from his hot wife ;D
i hope he's found his heart, and he's ready to step up for us if we need him down the stretch and into the playoffs.
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Post by MPLABBE on Jan 10, 2003 21:16:08 GMT -5
seems like the polish prince is a class act, or else he's just taking acting lessons from his hot wife ;D They divorced a few years ago I read...
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Post by PTH on Jan 10, 2003 21:32:41 GMT -5
i hope he's found his heart, and he's ready to step up for us if we need him down the stretch and into the playoffs. He's not a "heart" type of player, but a finesse guy. If anyone expects him to play like Zednik or Gilmour they're sure to be disappointed. From what little I saw of him, he's got everything it takes to succeed - decent size, skating and tons of talent. But he's not a guy who'll "earn" his ice time through hard work, he's a bit like Malakhov or Rucinsky in that regard - he'll often look lazy even when he's making the right plays. Personnally, I'd take him ahead of Audette by a huge margin. I wish he'd get some serious ice time with good linemates, and then we could look at his numbers. 2 things strike me in that article though: "He credits his move back to right-wing, more ice-time and a great coaching staff as keys in helping him find his game." -back to right wing, ie, he subtly critisizes the Habs for giving him most of his ice time on his off side. -"great coaching staff": is he just saying that out of habit (ie - a smart player always credits the coach when things are going well), or is he implying something about MT ? hmm. "He's been nothing but a great team guy," said coach Claude Julien. "He's an NHL-er. They (Montreal) sent him here to get back into game-shape and I think it's just a matter of time until he goes back." -Was Chow just badly out of shape ? Could it be something that simple that screwed it all up for him ? He's known as lazy, and MT doesn't seem to be one to stand for laziness. Hard-working guys in shape who mean well but acheive squat get ice time, but an out of shape guy might get squeezed out of the lineup pretty fast with the MT gang around. Petrov and Audette (Especially Audette) are always working hard, skating, fighting hard in the corners - they still lose those battles, but could the current Habs management be so short-sighted as to just be more interested in just seeing who goes into those corners, and not who makes the smart play and doesn't go in the corner to be beaten anyhow ?
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Post by UberCranky on Jan 10, 2003 21:35:22 GMT -5
It seems that Hamilton is creating a horde of Thespians. All of them are falling all over each other while proclaiming undying love and gushing soap bubble compliments.
The day that things don’t go their way they are breaking their stick over the same bubbles.
Humbug…………….we are wasting development time on stale product.
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Post by Vichab on Jan 10, 2003 23:45:05 GMT -5
Didn't Cz have a stellar pre-season. Have i got the right guy. It seems so long ago. If that is the case then what we may have here is a guy who plays well against lesser opponents in games that don't mean much. Don Cherry has a theory where these players come from. Anyway i hope i'm wrong as i would love to see Cz turn it around as we could definitely use his offense of a few years ago.
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Post by MPLABBE on Jan 10, 2003 23:49:00 GMT -5
Didn't Cz have a stellar pre-season. Have i got the right guy. It seems so long ago. If that is the case then what we may have here is a guy who plays well against lesser opponents in games that don't mean much. Don Cherry has a theory where these players come from. Anyway i hope i'm wrong as i would love to see Cz turn it around as we could definitely use his offense of a few years ago. and the kind of player who puts up great numbers being the go to guy on horrible teams? Look at Chow's numbers when the Isles sucked in 1999-2000 and in 2000-01... or Audette's numbers on the 2000-01 Thrashers...
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Post by Habsolution on Jan 11, 2003 1:24:12 GMT -5
He's not a "heart" type of player, but a finesse guy. If anyone expects him to play like Zednik or Gilmour they're sure to be disappointed. From what little I saw of him, he's got everything it takes to succeed - decent size, skating and tons of talent. But he's not a guy who'll "earn" his ice time through hard work, he's a bit like Malakhov or Rucinsky in that regard - he'll often look lazy even when he's making the right plays. Personnally, I'd take him ahead of Audette by a huge margin. I wish he'd get some serious ice time with good linemates, and then we could look at his numbers. 2 things strike me in that article though: "He credits his move back to right-wing, more ice-time and a great coaching staff as keys in helping him find his game." -back to right wing, ie, he subtly critisizes the Habs for giving him most of his ice time on his off side. -"great coaching staff": is he just saying that out of habit (ie - a smart player always credits the coach when things are going well), or is he implying something about MT ? hmm. "He's been nothing but a great team guy," said coach Claude Julien. "He's an NHL-er. They (Montreal) sent him here to get back into game-shape and I think it's just a matter of time until he goes back." -Was Chow just badly out of shape ? Could it be something that simple that screwed it all up for him ? He's known as lazy, and MT doesn't seem to be one to stand for laziness. Hard-working guys in shape who mean well but acheive squat get ice time, but an out of shape guy might get squeezed out of the lineup pretty fast with the MT gang around. Petrov and Audette (Especially Audette) are always working hard, skating, fighting hard in the corners - they still lose those battles, but could the current Habs management be so short-sighted as to just be more interested in just seeing who goes into those corners, and not who makes the smart play and doesn't go in the corner to be beaten anyhow ? You put words to my thougts. I have to agree to anything you said. I also believe Czerkawski would be so much more useful to the habs than Audette. And I agree that MT should play Chow instead of Claudette. Audette dumbly shots from unscoring places. He loses the puck everytime he gets some pressure and he is not a fit for the PP.
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Post by Habsolution on Jan 11, 2003 1:27:29 GMT -5
Do you guys believe Audette could use a conditional stint with Hamilton to turn around his poor play ?
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Post by MPLABBE on Jan 11, 2003 9:32:19 GMT -5
Do you guys believe Audette could use a conditional stint with Hamilton to turn around his poor play ? yes.
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Post by Viper on Jan 11, 2003 13:04:11 GMT -5
Do you guys believe Audette could use a conditional stint with Hamilton to turn around his poor play ? how bout a conditioal stint with the german team Wickenhieser is playing on no wait the german team can't use him they have more talent. How bout Charlie Sheens ducks, I bet he could be the best player in the flying V formation as long as he is not in the front of the V.
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Post by TheHabsfan on Jan 11, 2003 18:08:33 GMT -5
Totally agree with you. I am a firm believer that Cz was in his slump due to MT's wrongful use of him. True, the American League is no where near the level of the NHL, but Cz has been putting up good numbers cause Julien lets him play his game. Now that we have found a solid #1 line winger in Hossa, I feel that Cz would nicely fill out a spot on the second line. As for Audette, he definitely needs something radical to shake him from his major slump. A stint in the minors could be just what he needs. If this were to work and he would go on a tear, it would definitely make it easier to move him.
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Post by Habs_fan_in_LA on Jan 12, 2003 16:06:58 GMT -5
Czerkawski has earned a return engagement with his hard work (relative term) and his production in Hamilton. Going to Hamilton is like an Al-kaida soldier going from the Taliban to Guantanimo Bay. At least you're away from the coach. We have given Therrien far more chances than he deserves. Far more deserving coaches have been fired in the NHL. We waited far too long to get rid of Houle and it cost us. Savard has waited far too long to get rid of Michael and more than any of his other minor mistakes, Therrien will cost him his job. It is beyond time to get rid of them both! There are a lot of good coaches and GM's available. I have a number of suggestions that would get the Hab's into the playoffs this year and contending for the Cup in three years. Curious George?
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