tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-703672817425686916.post1030175284967272109..comments2023-11-03T09:15:38.743-04:00Comments on The Daily Hab-it: Avoiding rock bottomArpon Basuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11896844844557916169noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-703672817425686916.post-65440467549574241092008-11-27T16:42:00.000-05:002008-11-27T16:42:00.000-05:00interesting point about the 0-fc but i disagree, a...interesting point about the 0-fc but i disagree, at least for the moment when the habs have done everything but play as a unit - that was all i wanted to see and it not only made room for scoring opportunities but it saved pleks a headache or two. he played one of his best games last night. so if they are going to play a fc-ing game (and the playoffs tell me they are not very good at it) than let the unit come first, and worry about being physical later. <BR/><BR/>actually, i'd like to test your theory and see them play this game plan against say, the bruins and see if it's as effective or not.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-703672817425686916.post-24284936825080667872008-11-27T15:12:00.000-05:002008-11-27T15:12:00.000-05:00Carbo definitely looks to The Daily Hab-it for all...Carbo definitely looks to The Daily Hab-it for all his coaching moves, he told me so himself! That's why he decided to go with no forechecking when me and everyone who bothers to write comments have been saying for weeks that he needs to go with two if not three forecheckers. See? Carbo just does the opposite of what we say.<BR/><BR/>Hey Pierre, great insight, as usual, but there's just one thing. If you're a team that's considered a favourite to make the finals, then you automatically become a Cup contender. Just the fact you are playing for the Cup makes you a contender, but not a favourite, because a hot goalie can win you a series against pretty much any team.Arpon Basuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11896844844557916169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-703672817425686916.post-20060923239920483462008-11-27T14:13:00.000-05:002008-11-27T14:13:00.000-05:00First off, THANK YOU for not mentioning O'Byrne in...First off, THANK YOU for not mentioning O'Byrne in today's entry. I was afraid that, despite the fact that he had one of his better games of the season, his Souray-esque moment that led to the Franzen goal would garner a lot more media attention than it actually did. <BR/><BR/>Now, to the actual game. Great win last night, but just as I try to avoid writing off the entire season after a single loss, I'm not yet ready to make my plans to attend a parade this summer.<BR/><BR/>I'm not convinced that the 0-FC implemented by the Habs last night is the way that I want to see them play on a regular basis, but it did seem effective when it was in use. My favourite part of the TSN broadcast was when Mike Babcock actually scoffed when McGuire asked him about the lack of a forechecker. Mere minutes the Wings were down by three. I wonder if he was still scoffing...<BR/><BR/>I don't know that Carbo implemented the system because it's inherently good, though. I think that the real idea behind the 0-FC was to get all five guys on the ice and any given time playing as a unit. <BR/><BR/>The Habs have been way too spread out this season, which is a major contributing factor to their lack of offence, not to mention all their defensive-end give-aways. How many times have you seen the Habs D forced to dump the puck out off the glass because there was no one around to receive a pass. Or worse, try to force a pass that just wasn't there, which is what leads to those turnovers. <BR/><BR/>That was not the case last night in Detroit, in large part because of the defensice system. Convincing a group of guys to support the D when they have the puck in their own end is a more difficult task to both achieve and enforce than asking them to hang back together in the neutral zone. <BR/><BR/>On a final note, I did notice that Higgins was planted in the slot on the Habs PP, which is what I wrote I wanted to see in my comments yesterday. I could be wrong but I don't remember him spending so much time there in the past. Arp, do you think Carbo reads the comments on your blog and implements the ideas the ice?Sliver24https://www.blogger.com/profile/02625997571544935023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-703672817425686916.post-40563184428977854442008-11-27T13:39:00.000-05:002008-11-27T13:39:00.000-05:00Althought I missed part of the first period it see...Althought I missed part of the first period it seemed to me that the CH showed some versatility last night by being more of an attacking team in the first and more of a defensive team on the second and third but not matter which style they were playing in the efforts always sprung from the cohesive perpective of being part of a 5 men unit and no energy got ever wasted in vain so focused and efficient were their game in this highly competed context.<BR/><BR/>The Habs have been innacuratly portrayed by the local media as a cup contending team at the start of the season but being a finalist aspiring team is what they are and althought I mite not be expecting the fans to look at it that way I wished at least that our so call sport media people had showned better sens and measure because making jugements from a tip topped calibrated scale can get hopelesly irrealistic in the end.<BR/><BR/>With Price and the way we have been playing as a team in our last three outings I can expect the CH to be an exciting team to watch this season and to finnish very near the top in the East going a couple round in the playoffs....... if their PP can get over being without Streit and raise its efficiency in the top 5 than add to that a couple more rounds in the playoffs...... but in the end the Red Wings + Hossa do remain in a unique class apart from the rest of the league just as they were last season...... and that for me is one more reason as to why I really enjoyed watching the Habs winning against them yesterday..... which could well be, let it be noted, the lone lost in regular time the Wings might have to indure in the whole of november.pierrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04722439953017469433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-703672817425686916.post-29243316380782795932008-11-27T12:47:00.000-05:002008-11-27T12:47:00.000-05:00I thought Kovalev played well last night.. Lapierr...I thought Kovalev played well last night.. Lapierre and his "hustle" really brought alot.<BR/><BR/>The 4th line guys spread out on whatever line always seem to play well... Kostopoulos was with Higgins and Koivu a couple of times and they had numerous chances....<BR/><BR/>If Tom K had a scoring touch... <BR/><BR/>I'm hoping that the same amount of effort shows up in Washington!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com