HabsRuleForever Posted December 12, 2013 Report Share Posted December 12, 2013 MONTREAL CANADIENS @ PHILADELPHIA FLIES Nothing fancy let's just WIN!!! BROSSARD - The Habs had a short, up-tempo practice at the Bell Sports Complex before heading to Philadelphia to take on the Flyers on Thursday. Rest and recover: Left winger Max Pacioretty and defenseman Josh Gorges didn't practice Wednesday morning, but both players are healthy and will be ready to face the Flyers on Thursday. With a jam-packed December schedule, coach Michel Therrien has allowed his players to get all the rest and therapy they need in order to perform. “The schedule has been busy recently, and the coaching staff is doing a great job balancing rest and practice days,” offered captain Brian Gionta, who was on the ice for practice. For Gionta, it’s more important to think long-term rather than get too caught up in the one-sided loss to the Kings on Tuesday night. “At the end of the day, you have to look at the couple of weeks that we’ve had, and focus on what’s still ahead. If we can come out and win the next three games this week, the loss would just go unnoticed. It’s just about not letting things snowball and getting back on track as soon as possible,” he added. Second life: Daniel Briere, who spent six season in Philadelphia, will be returning to Wells Fargo Center for the first time since being bought out by the Flyers in the summer of 2013. While Briere has already faced off against his former team once at the Bell Centre, he knows there will be nothing brotherly or loving about the welcome he is bound to receive in Philly. “I’m expecting both the best and the worst from the fans. I’ve been treated in different ways by the crowd during my career, so I’m ready for pretty much anything,” explained Briere, who is looking forward to playing in front of friends and family. “I’ll have a chance to play in front of my kids and a few good friends, so it’ll be easy to find the motivation to do well.”Destruction massive Though the Canadiens had a convincing 4-1 home win against the Flyers earlier this season, Briere knows his former teammates are on the upswing, and the game will be anything but easy for the Habs. “We’re playing against a totally different team than at the start of the season,” he insisted regarding the team now coached by Craig Berube rather than Peter Laviolette, who was behind the bench during the early-season game at the Bell Center. “It won’t be an easy game, especially at their rink in front of their fans.” Learning from the best: Practice is all about powerplays, penalty kills, faceoffs and breakouts. Still, one can ill afford to neglect the more physical parts of hockey. At the end of practice, two apprentice pugilists stopped by for a fighting clinic with Brandon Prust, the team’s resident middleweight champ. “I don’t know whether we can call that a class. It’s not the first time he’s tried to show me a few things, but he’s not really a great teacher,” joked Alex Galchenyuk, who was on the receiving end of Prust’s jersey tugs before the veteran turned his attention to P.K. Subban. “It only lasted one round today, but I’ll get him back. I told him we have a game tomorrow and that he shouldn’t beat me up too much. He got a few good shots in so it was a good time to stop.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 12, 2013 Report Share Posted December 12, 2013 One word,,,,,,,REBOUND!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColRouleBleu Posted December 12, 2013 Report Share Posted December 12, 2013 One word,,,,,,,REBOUND!! This ia a dangerous word .... there were too many of those Tuesday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jennifer_rocket Posted December 12, 2013 Report Share Posted December 12, 2013 SIX WORDS: Please be better than last game! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
habby4ever Posted December 12, 2013 Report Share Posted December 12, 2013 Game Day back on track a habs win Go Habs Go by the way nice GDT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinot-1 Posted December 12, 2013 Report Share Posted December 12, 2013 George Parros and Douglas Murray will be dressed for the game. Coach Michel Therrien didn’t say after Thursday’s morning skate which forward would sit to make room for Parros, while Murray will take Francis Bouillon’s place on the blue line. Therrien will also reunite the kid line with Brendan Gallagher, Lars Eller and Alex Galechenyuk back together, while Daniel Briere will be on a line with David Desharnais and Max Pacioretty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tony5775 Posted December 12, 2013 Report Share Posted December 12, 2013 George Parros and Douglas Murray will be dressed for the game. Coach Michel Therrien didn’t say after Thursday’s morning skate which forward would sit to make room for Parros, while Murray will take Francis Bouillon’s place on the blue line. Therrien will also reunite the kid line with Brendan Gallagher, Lars Eller and Alex Galechenyuk back together, while Daniel Briere will be on a line with David Desharnais and Max Pacioretty. Been waiting for Briere to get back with these two for a while. They had such great chemistry in the preseason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinot-1 Posted December 12, 2013 Report Share Posted December 12, 2013 WTG on the GDT, HRF,, ( put smiley here ) I hope Briere brings his A game, and of course the rest of the team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jedimaas Posted December 12, 2013 Report Share Posted December 12, 2013 George Parros and Douglas Murray will be dressed for the game. Coach Michel Therrien didn’t say after Thursday’s morning skate which forward would sit to make room for Parros, The crappy part is that it will most likely be white, even though White/Moen/Prust have been some of our more reliable forwards the last little bit. Actually, having said that, a good chance that Bournival sits, if as you mentioned below, Briere plays with DD/Patches (was Bourny-DD-Briere in practice I believe while Patches took a therapy day). Therrien will also reunite the kid line with Brendan Gallagher, Lars Eller and Alex Galechenyuk back together, while Daniel Briere will be on a line with David Desharnais and Max Pacioretty. Im happy to see the kid line together now, although I guess we see how long it stays for. I really like them together & I think breaking them up served its purpose (to kick start some of teh other lines) but we're better off reuniting them now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FirstStar Posted December 12, 2013 Report Share Posted December 12, 2013 Need a bounce back game from our boys. The kings game really showed how average this team is when our tenders aren't standing on their heads. Last season we were out-shooting most teams, this season we've been out-shot most nights. But, Carey and other elite tenders we've had, have responded better when facing a lot of shots, so... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THEBIGGESTHABSFAN123 Posted December 12, 2013 Report Share Posted December 12, 2013 I predict a 4-1 win. But any win is fine with me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HabsRuleForever Posted December 12, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 12, 2013 I predict a 4-1 win. But any HAB win is fine with me. fixed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinot-1 Posted December 12, 2013 Report Share Posted December 12, 2013 I predict a 4-1 win. But any win is fine with me. Well, you got it right once or twice before , maybe you can do it again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColRouleBleu Posted December 12, 2013 Report Share Posted December 12, 2013 Where's JR with his Nostradamus ways? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vegasrick Posted December 12, 2013 Report Share Posted December 12, 2013 SIX WORDS: I'll be glad if Boston loses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jennifer_rocket Posted December 12, 2013 Report Share Posted December 12, 2013 Where's JR with his Nostradamus ways? I'm here, I'm here. 5-2 Habs win sounds good to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vegasrick Posted December 12, 2013 Report Share Posted December 12, 2013 Where's JR with his Nostradamus ways? I predict he'll be here eventually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinot-1 Posted December 12, 2013 Report Share Posted December 12, 2013 Bournival is out. I predict he'll be here eventually.Pretty safe prediction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vegasrick Posted December 12, 2013 Report Share Posted December 12, 2013 Pretty safe prediction. I have great psychotic abilities. I can see far into the past. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THEBIGGESTHABSFAN123 Posted December 12, 2013 Report Share Posted December 12, 2013 Bournival is out. Boooooo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinot-1 Posted December 13, 2013 Report Share Posted December 13, 2013 Boooooo MT is predicting a rough game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raydourque Posted December 13, 2013 Report Share Posted December 13, 2013 sounds good! George Parros and Douglas Murray will be dressed for the game. Coach Michel Therrien didn’t say after Thursday’s morning skate which forward would sit to make room for Parros, while Murray will take Francis Bouillon’s place on the blue line. Therrien will also reunite the kid line with Brendan Gallagher, Lars Eller and Alex Galechenyuk back together, while Daniel Briere will be on a line with David Desharnais and Max Pacioretty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jennifer_rocket Posted December 13, 2013 Report Share Posted December 13, 2013 Excited to see the EGG line back for... Well, hopefully the whole game! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColRouleBleu Posted December 13, 2013 Report Share Posted December 13, 2013 Ready just in time... And so is my bag of Cheetos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vegasrick Posted December 13, 2013 Report Share Posted December 13, 2013 Boooooo MT is predicting a rough game. Pretty safe prediction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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