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Well Ryder still has some talent but he did have a short phase at the end of the year of finally scoring but the only thing he isn’t doing well or maybe at all is just shooting the puck. It is a confidence issue but I think putting him back could help. As for the Flyers the more I think about their team the more I think Montreal is in trouble. Goals and points from Briere, Carter, Umburger, Prospal are starting to look tough to overcome. After that I don’t know how you can outplay Biron but I think Montreal is lucky have split their home games, I mean they were 30 seconds away from losing the first game and without that overtime win the series is over. Either way I still want Montreal to win and hopefully can go catch a game there minus the riots
@JackTen 161173 wrote:
Make Ryder play with who?
1- He played with just about every combination possible, and it didn’t click this year.
2- He knows he’s out at the end of the season. He has known this for months and has no drive. Some players, when they’re about to become free agents, go on fire. He went colder than my girlfriend.
I agree with nick about them not having the killer instinct. A lot of people here blame it on Europeans. I’m not racist in real life but in hockey I am. There certainly are some great europeans with heart, but not on this team. I don’t agree about the Canadians playing well. The ONLY game they significantly outplayed the opponent is the first game against Boston. They struggled in each of the other games. You know this is the case when Guy has to play with his lines. In fact he broke the only line that worked, Begin Smolinski Kostopoulos. You know you’re in trouble when your best line is “energy players” aka 4th liners.
Ryder scored 30 goals in back to back seasons playing with Ribeiro, now Ribeiro is gone and kicking ass in Dallas, Ribeiro is a creative set up man who skates good and has some champiness, Montreal don’t have a set up man as good as him, Ribeiro is leading the playoffs in assists this year.
I would put Ryder on a line with Koivu and Plekanec, that’s my number 1 line, the second line is Kovalev with Kostitsyn and Kostitsyn, the KKK line, 3rd line is Higgins, Kostopoulos, Begin, and Smolinski gets to play the ace “Guy Carbonneau” role, penalty killing and odd situations
That’s probably the best u can do with what u have
“Energy Players”, you’ll never win anything without them, especially Montreal, Bob Gainey, Mike McPhee, Mike Keane, Stephane Richer, Guy Carbonneau, John LeClair, Benoit Brunet, Kirk Muller, Brian Skrudland, Claude Lemieux, Mario Tremblay, Doug Jarvis, Doug Risebrough, Rejean Houle, etc, i’d put them all in the energy player category, Gainey, McPhee, Skrudland in particular is what this team needs, somebody to step up and be a physical leader
Looking over the lineup i would say only Kostopoulos and Higgins have the potential to be one of these players
And by putting together Koivu and Ryder i’m hoping for something similar to a Richer/Lemieux one two punch, they are very similar in many ways physically and in goal scoring ability, only Richer and Lemieux were tougher and meaner, and had more hustle, probably because they graduated from my old school of hardknocks
What i said about the lack of killer instinct is true, and the effects are showing now, it’s always those little things that make the difference between champ and also ran, if Montreal put Boston out in 5 games like they were supposed to, they would probably be winning this Philly series and in control, but instead they’re in a position where they have to adjust and regain confidence
I still think they can get past Philly with the right adjustments, it’s funny how they say Montreal owned Philly this year, anyone who knows Montreal knows that historically Philly has dominated Montreal like no other team, Patrick Roy vs Philly while playing for Montreal had like 4 wins in around 30 games, and Philly scored 6 goals or more in 10+ of those games, including the famous 9-2 and 7-0 wins that chased Roy out of town
thisisvegas, i never liked the Leafs, and hustled all the other kids in school with my favorite “i’ll bet u Montreal does better than the Leafs this year” proposition bet, ah good times, i couldn’t believe how much action i got from the die hard Leafs boobs, no offense if u were one of them
Even though i live in Toronto, it is no reflection on me, the way they run their sports teams is pitiful, they are blind and a little slow upstairs, both the Raptors and the Leafs have adopted similar strategies, they get one star player to draw attendance and sell jerseys, and they run him into the ground until he is completely broken, without any serious commitment to winning a championship
Vince Carter, run run run until those knees are all broken, then peddle him off as damaged goods thinking they are all genius like for pulling a move, same with Wendell Clark, they shipped his broken ass to Quebec for Sundin and were so proud of their shifty work, they’ll keep doing the same for ever and ever, it’s called being retarded
Truth is, u get a reputation around the league of being a bum, and nobody will deal u any serious talent, because you’re a low life swindler team
Montreal on the other hand is completely the opposite, they deal quality and get quality in return, that’s why they are the biggest champ in the league, look how they set up Dallas with players like Ribeiro, Skrudland, Keane, etc over the years, Richer, Lemieux to New Jersey, Roy to Colorado, all those players went on to win cups and were dominant playoff performers
It’s a matter of principle, Toronto won’t change their low life ways, and i won’t cheer for them until they do, no excuse at all for a city that ranks in the top 5 worldwide financially
The Blue Jays are an exception, but i think all the connections of that team live in Japan and not Toronto
The Leafs are like Wile E Coyote from Disney, always scheming and trying to shortcut it to the top and then falling flat on their face, Belfour, Muller, Gilmour, Roberts, all great players but the Leafs grabbed them when they were 10 years past their prime, that is not the way
Somebody gave this city the wrong formula, and i have the cure, if only i could get control of the home team, i would completely clean house, everyone would go and i’d start from scratch and build a Montreal like dynasty, maybe even better because i’d have more money to play with
I’m gonna get a petition going on one of my sites to get me control of the Leafs, i figure with a few thousand signatures they’ll have to give me a shot, i’ll need 5 years to win the cup, that’s not asking for too much considering this city hasn’t won a cup since the World War 2 era and looks like they will never win a cup again
