This donut needs a middle!

Ando · Guru

This donut needs a middle!

brew · Member

You know what, i agree with you. But i think we also need someone with heart and determination and can play with passion and effort...

I live in Victoria and pay to be able to see every game but the way they're playing is not "inspiring" me to continue the service to watch them. I'm simply fed up with the lack of intensity the team brings to the game. Injury or not, there's no reason they can't play with more..... humf

JohnM · Guru

brew wrote:

You know what, i agree with you. But i think we also need someone with heart and determination and can play with passion and effort... I live in Victoria and pay to be able to see every game but the way they're playing is not "inspiring" me to continue the service to watch them. I'm simply fed up with the lack of intensity the team brings to the game. Injury or not, there's no reason they can't play with more..... humf

Can't argue with that.

barry33 · Guru

Ando wrote:

No Koivu...no Bonk...no Plekanecs...and now no Begin! And-o fully intended to rip Julien apart after playing only five defensemen (which just simply makes ZERO sense on an extended roadtrip) again last night but, given the injuries, it simply would not have mattered! However, I am just thoroughly disgusted with Juliens overall approach to the games now...and the players overall response stinks as well. For example, did the Habs even record a single shot-on-goal during their 5-on-3 powerplay??? Why didn't they attempt to put some more pucks on net? And, quite honestly, And-o can't even begin to slam Ribeiro's game anymore (where would And-o even start?)! ...if Julien isn't going to play Komisarek and Perezhogin then let's land a solid centreman for the two of them before things get even worse!

Perezhogan got 13 shifts last night amounting to 8:58 which i smore than he usually gets. Zero results and even less effort. 1 shot on net. Komisarek (could be his personal problems..I feel badly for him but life goes on) has been horrible, thus he sits. Last 2 games Ribs has been in the 3rd line (which effectively is the 4th line since we have no centers). Last night Begin goes down so Jules has no choice but to use him (although to CJ's credit he did not double shift him, instead using Higgins and Murray as centers. That must have pissed off Ribs). Oh and for those griping that Ribs takes too long a shift. Last night his average shift was 51 seconds. Kovalev's average shift was 1:04. This team needs a heart transplant that will still be painfully apparent aft6er a new coach comes in. You cannot coach heart. You either want to play or you dont. Sadly 75% of these guys do not. What will make me puke is if, all of a sudden, a new coach comes in and these guys decide "oh maybe we will try now". That my friends, in any sport is inexcusable. It comes down to pride and a refuse to lose attitude. The players we currently have on the ice do not have that.

-- Edited by barry33 at 12:12, 2005-12-31