All Habs Headlines: Saturday February 21, 2016 |
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On this day in hockey history… 1971 — Michel Plasse became pro hockey’s first goaltender to score a goal, during a Central Hockey League game at Kansas City. 1974 — Defenseman Tim Horton of the Sabres died in an automobile accident in Ontario. Horton, a six time NHL All-Star, had played 22 seasons with the Maple Leafs, NY Rangers, Pittsburgh Penguins and Buffalo. 2001 — Colorado defenseman Ray Bourque played agains the Boston Bruins for the first time in his 22 year NHL career, and picked up two assists in as the Avalanche won 8-2 against the visiting Bruins. |
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► Practice day at the Bell Centre!
- The Canadiens skated on Sunday at the Bell Centre for their annual Provigo Fan Practice.
- Jeff Petry was on the ice as he continues his rehab from a lower-body injury. Petry is not expected back in time for Monday’s game against Nashville. Tom Gilbert did not attend practice after suffering a lower-body injury against the Philadelphia Flyers.
- Missed the last Habs game? The Canadiens beat the Flyers in exciting fashion on Friday night. Read about it here: RECAP | Flyers – Canadiens: Shootout Win Gives Fans Reason to Celebrate
- The IceCaps dropped a pair of games in Binghamton on Friday and Saturday nights. But you will want to see Bud Holloway’s ridiculous save here: RECAP | IceCaps – Senators: Holloway With an Amazing Save [VIDEO]
Forward lines, defense pairings and goaltenders at practice on Sunday
Galchenyuk – Plekanec – Gallagher
Pacioretty – Eller – Weise
Fleischmann – De la Rose – Byron
Andrighetto – Mitchell – Smith-Pelly
Lessio
Markov – Subban
Emelin – Beaulieu
Barberio – Pateryn
Petry
Scrivens
Condon
► Subban Defends Himself
- In a week that saw P.K. Subban persistently berated by negative press, one of which in the form of one of the final acts of idiocy of Michel Therrien, he had to defend his personality in front of the media.
- “It’s funny, when people talk about the differences between players and teammates,” Subban told the media following a report pinning him for the dressing room shortcomings of the Canadiens, “Everybody says my personality is so different from everybody else.”
- The NHL’s fifth highest paid player elaborated, “You look at Patrick Kane and Jonathan Toews, they’re not the same type of people. They find ways to get along. Jaime Benn and Tyler Seguin, it’s the same thing.”
- The visibly frustrated Canadiens blueliner grouped his amalgam of points, “So why is it different for me? For me, I’m willing to do whatever I have to do for the betterment of the team.”
Elliotte Friedman, @hockeynight, reports on Hockey Central #Habs GM Marc Bergevin confirmed to him he will NOT trade P.K. Subban @Sportsnet
— Eric Engels (@EricEngels) February 20, 2016
► Ridiculousness
- As each putrid day passes in waiting for the offseason, it seems fabricated story lines are ever-present with the drollery engulfing most who pass through it.
- According to Louis Jean of TVA Sports one team executive said that P.K. Subban’s name did come up in discussions, which might be event more vague than any injury to a Canadiens player over the past four seasons.
- He also went on to say, “Not suggesting Canadiens will trade Subban. Just saying one team confirmed Habs are ‘gauging the market’.”
- As was first pointed out by Arpon Basu of LNH.com, rival executives have all the motive possible to throw gasoline on the dumpster fire that is the Montreal Canadiens.
"He's not unanimously adored in the Canadiens dressing room." — @ArponBasu on P.K. Subban
— Mike Halford (@HalfordPHT) February 21, 2016
► Burrows would love to come home
- With the perpetually engaging NHL trade deadline swiftly approaching, the depressing array of decrepit Canadian team’s will be looking to parlay their assets into future considerations, which leaves some whisking for a return home.
- In an interview with 91.9 SPORT longtime Vancouver Canucks winger Alex Burrows admitted that, despite being in one of the abhorrent stretches in professional sports history, he would love to play in Montreal.
- “I haven’t analyzed the situation. I’m concentrating on what I can control,” he monotonously told the radio station. “I would be realizing a dream by donning the Canadiens sweater!”
- The 34-year old has been insidiously worsening over the past couple seasons to the point that through 54 games in 2015-16 he has seven goals and 16 points on an egregious Canucks team.
► So is that, like, permanent or…
- John Scott taking the ice in this year’s NHL All-Star Game will be heralded as both one of the largest guffaws in NHL history and a special moment, the same can be said for this person’s tattoo.
- An NHL fan from Sydney, Australia decided to tattoo the picture of John Scott celebrating his first goal in the all-star game, on his calf.
- The fan can only hope that moment will be immortalized in NHL folk lore, and Gary Bettman’s pockets, which is likely judging from the significance of the event and muck up turned fiscal gain from the NHL.
► And then there’s this on staged fights from John Scott..
Excited about this John Scott story. He was quite candid. pic.twitter.com/YX04W1fMRZ
— Mike Ashmore (@mashmore98) February 20, 2016
► Treliving looks to help his team
- Following the acquisition and eventual signing of Dougie Hamilton this past offseason the Calgary Flames were looked at as being a playoff team going into this season but now sit as sellers at the trade deadline.
- Flames GM Brad Treliving spoke on the possibility of bettering his team for the future, “If we can help ourselves moving forward, with futures, picks, prospects, people that we think can fill holes for us moving forward, we have lots of interest in that.”
- “[…] Our plan and our vision here has and will be the long-term view, so I don’t necessarily believe that we’re in a position to be sending out young players, prospects, future assets for something short-term,” concluded Treliving.
► Fraser proud of the NHL
- Referees and the NHL have had their fair share of legal scuffles but former ref Kerry Fraser supported the league on their Denis Wideman decision.
- “I think the league demonstrated beyond a shadow of a doubt that they support their officials and that they don’t accept any abuse of the officials,” he told the Toronto Sun. “That message was made loudly.”
- The referees insecurities were apparent, “We were worried that the league wasn’t protecting us. We needed better protection and more meaningful suspensions.”
- “It’s true, Dennis Wideman is not the type of player that is abusive towards officials. That’s my experience of him,” said Fraser. “But players make mistakes. Everybody does. This shows strong support for the officials.”
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