#85 Mikael Johansson Compilation

[lovehockey99]

he´s awesome!

[Andragon90]

Sad to see this guy go again. Should've gotten some more time.

[pedromolon]

is the F.C. barcelona of hokey xD

[sweheadhunterswe]

what's the song?

[FieldCichon672]

Get the audio from this track at speedyconversion doht cohm.

[sweheadhunterswe]

he is best

[Redibo]

It seems like he'll be coming back to Sweden and FBK, which would be extremely great for us! He's some real heart for our team!

[corunguneee]

Where did you hear this? He was doing pretty well with the Bulldogs. The coach said a few times that he really like his game.

[Redibo]

Several swedish newspapers are writing about it, apperantly he said himself that he wanted home... =) And our sports manager has said himself that they are working on getting him home!

[corunguneee]

That's too bad (for us), he's a hard worker and pretty skilled. Too bad he got injured, he didn't get his fair shot because of it.

[Redibo]

Yeah, he is indeed a player to count with even in the future! But we'll see, Montreal has the last word, but over SM and CD managed to get Dick Axelsson home, so I have high hope! Although the transfer window closes on the 31st of January, so all we can do is wait! I wold get extremely happy if he came back, we need him to defend our gold from last year!

[corunguneee]

Don't worry, if he really does want to got back, the Montreal Canadiens will let him. They won't force him to stay. He's only on a one year deal, so if they don't think he'll make the NHL this year there is no point keeping him and making him sad.

[Redibo]

Hope you are right! There are just ten days left, hope they can fix it! And no, even if he is good he has had some problems with injury, so NHL this year is pretty much impossible. But have to thank you, you are the only friendly canadian I've met on this site! If you are canadian, I just assume that! Always nice to talk to nice people!

[corunguneee]

lol thanks,  yeah I'm Canadian.

[corunguneee]

See he's back. Although he's not putting up that much points. Maybe he's still a little injured.

[Redibo]

No, he still has some way left to reach the top of his ability, but the ply-off starts in 1,5 week, hope that all of that can turn this team on! We sure as hell need it...

[montreal961]

When will and why hasnt this guy suited up for the habs yet..

[corunguneee]

Injured for the first 2 months of this season. He's in the AHL right now. I doubt we'll see him in the NHL this season.

[montreal961]

Ughh, thats too bad. I wouldnt mind seeing what this guy could do as a fourth liner, and maybe even work his way up to our third line.

[plaspp]

...from 97' forward... Its hard out there for a Habs fan of my generation. For such an incredibly storied franchise I've yet to experience consistent success first hand.

[plaspp]

..really wasnt there. In spurts it was, here and there. Overall, it was a trainwreck of a year. I've been pining for the feeling I got during that miracle 07-08 year like a smack addict chasing his first high. Having been born in 91', I've been waiting for so fucking long to have a consistent cup contender in the Canadiens. Yes, the early 90's were good times to be a Hab, but I have virtually no recollection of the NHL before 95'. Even then, its scattered. Unfortunately I remember everything

[plaspp]

Lol thats not true at all man. I bleed bleu, blanc et rouge and unlike most of the douchebags in this city I stick with the habs through the muck, but straight up, from the first puckdrop in 08-09 our team was underachieving. I remember looking at that 8-1-1 record and saying "Wow, they havent been playing NEAR the level they should be, we're lucky and everyone in this city knows it." They never did reach that level. Last season was disastrous. Yeah, there were injury problems but the chemistry

[Mappe96]

He is not a shit !!!!!! :@

[dellstrike]

this guys the shit!!

[JFBelisle1983]

Nice moves. Let's see if he's gonna make the Montreal Canadians Line-up this year

[Koho3330]

GO HAbs GO!!! Koivu go away!

[jmiller006]

5'10"....european....

bob gainey would sign him...

is the canadiens front office ever going to learn to pick players on anything other than "skill"?

[corunguneee]

Why does either concern you of the least. Bruins got beat by a team where:

Samsonov 5'8'' Euro

Jussi Jokinen 5'11'' Euro

Chad Larose 5'10''

Ray Whitney 5'10''

were 4 of their top 5 playoff scorers.

Size and birth place means squat.

[jmiller006]

did you actually just say that "size" means squat...

it's just so obvious who you root for...

and yes, obviously you can't judge a player based on where they are born until you see them play...but the fact is, that europeans focus far more on an individual finesse game than a physical one and bob gainey is obsessed with loading a team full of small, finesse forwards, and it really makes you lack in other categories as was shown by teams like the bruins this year.

[corunguneee]

Size doesn't mean anything either. Small players just have to work harder and be stronger. You realize without Chara, the Bruins key players aren't much taller than the Habs.

[jmiller006]

size means a lot...that's why it's always a key component in the drafts and how the scouts rank players and their potential...players with the same skill attributes as one who is shorter ALWAYS have an advantage because of the way they can use their bodies...guys like lemieux, lindros etc. were fantastic players solely because of their size...plenty of other players had those skills in the league but couldn't match the strength and size of the bigger ones...size means A LOT...don't kid yourself.

[corunguneee]

Fine, size means 'something', but it isn't the be all end all. What I meant by 'means squat' is size isn't a necessity.

Smaller players use speed, skill, and toughness to compensate size. Taller players tend to lack in speed. The combination of size, skill AND speed is rare. Those who have it tend to be good players. The Habs are a transition focused team so skill and speed is their focus.

Fwiw Bruins top 4 scorers:

Savard 5'10''

Krejci 6'0''

Recchi 5'10''

Kessel 6'0''

[jmiller006]

...and that is exactly what i'm saying...the montreal canadiens may be one of th most skilled teams in the league...it's undeniable that players like kovalev, a. kostitsyn, koivu, tanguay are extremely talented, but they don't have the tools to match up to more physical teams...you can't just build a small team, add one guy who can be physical and back it up (BGL) and expect a cup...

unfortunately, i don't think bob gainey has learned from this, and i don't think it bodes well for the future.

[corunguneee]

You make it sound like it's easy to get large skilled players like Malkin, Franzen, Staal, Getzlaf, Ovechkin, etc. Obviously every team could use them, including the Bruins but they don't grow on trees.

What I'm saying is getting the smaller skilled players isn't a problem as they can potentially produce and pan out. I don't see the problem of going after them as every team has these types of players. Im sure ure aware of the habs problems getting ufas. the size issue will fixed from the draft

[jmiller006]

bottom line...the canadiens should draft more on size and not so much on individual skill...i'm sure it is very easy as a scout and gm to see a few dekes and automatically want to pursue that player, without even considering the fact that the team overall is dramatically undersized...i have never, and doubt i will ever see a small, speed team completely dominate a larger one in a deep playoff game...the closest to it i ever saw was buffalo a few years back, but even that only they went so far.

[corunguneee]

That's the thing though, the Habs aren't 'dramatically undersized'. In fact they are on average bigger than the Canes.

The thing you're missing is the Habs aren't small at all positions. Their big in goal and on defense. The wingers are average sized (most are at least 6'0'' 200 lbs). Their issue is at centre.

In the playoffs they iced:

Koivu 5'10''

Plekanec 5'11''

Lapierre 6'2''

Metropolit 5'10''

Gainey tried to get Sundin, but had to go with plan B with Lang (b4 his injury habs were good)

[jmiller006]

the habs weren't good before lang was injured...i don't know what you were smoking...they were up and down all year, with and without lang...

while injuries hampered the habs in the playoffs, they were not the reason the canadiens did not do well this year...the team was very inconsistent and possibly had a lot of locker room issues and so on...don't ride the "it was because of injuries" train...if you want to examine some real problems, take a look at the actual issues.

[corunguneee]

They were better with Lang. He was our best forward when he was with us.

And yes, they were inconsistent. How do you know there are locker room issues? Frankly, I thought lack work ethic, lack of structure, lack of discipline, and injuries to key players killed us. The all star game probably got into their heads. They're a yound team.

[jmiller006]

yeah, they were better with lang, but losing lang wasn't the be all end all of the season...the canadiens weren't going to do much with or without lang, sorry to break it to you.

and a lot of people suspected locker room issues because they essentially had the same team, but better on paper this year, yet failed to really find a team chemistry that worked...a lot of players played under their potential, so naturally, there was some question as to a lack of leadership etc.

[corunguneee]

I think a good coach could fix the issues. I dont know if Martin will be able to do it, but that's the thing about teams with a lot of young players...they can surprise you any given year.

[jmiller006]

yeah, i guess that's what i'm most interested to hear from the canadiens...as a bruins fan, the change of players doesn't interest me nearly as much as who the coach will be...will the canadiens stray from normal practice and hire a coach who is not from quebec? i'll be interested to see.

[corunguneee]

They already hired Martin. =P

[jmiller006]

wow, i'm out of the loop...i guess i really only have been following the b's...maybe i can make sure to keep on the canadiens more often now considering MY number one priority was just taken care of (krejci)

[corunguneee]

yeah, a good contract too. Hopefully for the Habs sake, this means Plekanec will get less than 3 mil now.

[Atreyu1611]

Your're an idiot...The Canadians weren't doing good last year??? then why did they lead the first half of the season they were first in the East then around 3rd and dropped only in the last end of the season...and ya Lang had almost 40 points before he went out and was leading the Canadians in points...We do need size since Souray and Rivet left but our talent isn't too easy to stop when they are all working together

[jmiller006]

the bruins took over first in the division (you know the northeast division with the canadiens) in november and NEVER looked back...montreal dropped down to around 5th and hung around there until the last few weeks where they flirted with dropping out of the playoffs altogether...point: they were in an overall downward spiral the entire year, while their players were healthy...if you want to rip my comment apart, fine, but back it up with some truth...never heard half an NHL season is a month.

[Atreyu1611]

Yes the bruins did amazing this year until they were thrown out of the playoffs..but any team that had Thomas could have gotten that far...you guys were lucky alot of your players were playing together and all scoring...Montreal couldn't stay healthy long enough...If our top line got going better and stayed healthy they would have owned...they had 23 points in 3 games near the end...We just need some muscle and to stay healthy and not many teams can keep up, when were playing our type of hockey

[jmiller006]

i agree with all that you're saying in this comment...what i don't agree with is that injuries cost the canadiens their season...i truly do not believe the canadiens had the team chemistry to go far in the playoffs and this was evident, to me, far before the great amount of injuries occurred and i think other canadiens fans can address this, thus being the reason many of your fans want such a shake-up this offseason...i am just very sick of the "we were hurt" excuse, that's all.

[Atreyu1611]

Well we obviously were doing something right before the All-Star game...to have almost your whole starting line-up in the all-star game is pretty impressive and after that Carey Price went down hill which sent the whole team downward...but we never really did have a full team due to injuries so no one was playing with the same line week in and week out which makes is hard for chemistry

[jmiller006]

no one is playing with the same line week in and week out because guy carbonneau was the king of switching up lines game after game...sure some of it could be attributed to injuries, but that was just carbonneau's way of dealing with things after losses....and the canadiens had their entire lineup in the all-star game because the canadiens fans voted it that way hahaha...are you actually using that argument? wow, you're really delusional.

[corunguneee]

Carbo was the assistant coach at the all star game, which means the Habs had at least the 3rd best record in the east at the time. They were 4th for at least half the season.

[simeonhockeyman13]

yup ur right : carbo had weird coaching methods but it wasnt his fault, it was some players like the K bros with their bar stories n drinking n stuff

[simeonhockeyman13]

yo...our players WERENT healthy aaaat all man !

only like plekanec kovalev lapierre markov and the kostitsyns werent injured as were tanguay lang laraque komisarek koivu and even price and halak !

[jmiller006]

why would you even mention laraque, honestly...point is, for some reason, montreal fans lectured bruins fans about using the "injury excuse" last year when the bruins actually came close to beating the habs in seven games in 07-08...yet, for some reason, habs fans can use the injury crap after getting swept and losing to the bruins all season long...just a ridiculous, very unfair double standard...i'm not arguing the canadiens weren't injured, but it isn't a real excuse after what happened.

[ja24]

Dude, our number 1 defence was injured...were like 0-13 without him.

[jmiller006]

...great.

[corunguneee]

umm why would the Bruins fans use that excuse anyways...they had all their key players in the series.

[jmiller006]

...what series?

08...i guess losing kobasew (number 1 scorer at the time of injury) is no big deal, oh, and losing your number two center to a season-ending concussion...yeah, not a key at all...

not to mention, chara played injured during the last month of the season and the playoffs...no big deal, though.

i can't even believe i took the time to respond to that comment.

[corunguneee]

Bergeron played 10 games before being out for the season. He barely was part of any of that team's success during the season. Meaning the team that made the playoffs didn't rely on him during the season.

Forgive me for not seeing the great value of Kobasew. I guess our captain and #1 center Koivu missing 5 of the playoff games is nothing compared to not having the mighty Kobasew.

Komisarek needed offseason surgery to repair his shoulder. Playing with an injury is common in the playoffs.

[corunguneee]

The difference between the two is the Habs lost multiple players they relied on to even make the playoffs in the first place. If you guys felt you had the right to think missing your 4th leading scorer in a series is an excuse, why is it wrong for us to use us missing our leading scorer, best defenseman, 4th leading scorer, 6th leading scorer being out. They all played a roll to get the Habs into the playoffs (barely as it was). Obviously without them they weren't going to win.

[jmiller006]

b/c bergeron barely played any of the season, it doesn't count as a key injury? look at his statistics the years before, look at the contract he signed...he was supposed to be the face of the bruins...and chuck kobasew was havinga career year when he went down...not saying you can't say that your team was weaker...i am saying you being able to use the excuse in a series where you were swept, but not allowing bruins fans to bring it into consideration in a 4-3 series loss is a double standard.

[corunguneee]

I'm saying that the injury had no effect on the caliber of the particular team that made the playoffs. ie. if Markov misses the rest of the season but the Habs still make the playoffs, using him as an excuse for losing a series is not a valid imo b/c he had no part in the success to bring the team to the playoffs in the first place. Losing Markov in the last week of the regular season after clinching for the playoffs is diff b/c he was part and played a role in any of the team's success.

[corunguneee]

Besides, which side are you even taking. You claim double standard, you seem to be doing the exact same thing you accuse Habs fans of doing.

Are you agreeing with the Habs fans in 08 that apparently disregarded the Bruins injuries or are you agreeing with Habs fans in 09 who think the Bruins win isn't impressive considering the fraction of their roster they iced.

[jmiller006]

i'm agreeing with habs fans that the series could have been much more competitive had they had a more complete lineup. also saying that the bruins lost a star player early on and their leading scorer with about 20 games to go. if bergeron had been on the team, they could have made it to the 5th place in the conf. who knows? its all speculation...i can accept what habs fans say, but i also expect habs fans to see things the other way around, which as you are showing, is relatively impossible.

[corunguneee]

Whoa there, we're both talkin hypothetical situations involving injured players. Missing Kobasew had a direct impact to that 8th seed team. Similarly, missing Koivu also had a direct impact to that 1st seed team. Why? Because without either respective player in the regular season, the teams wouldn't have the same success they had.

Bergeron had no impact on that 8h seed team b/c he was essentially out for the season. If he's in the lineup, B's finish higher than 8th and won't even face the Habs.

[jmiller006]

right...so injuries affected both teams...you're admitting to both the b's and habs having good reason to use the injury excuse...i agree.

i'm just not about to say "oh yeah, the habs could've won that 4-0 series if they had all their players" yet receive flack back my way when i mention injuries in the 07-08 season, a series that went 7 games.

as long as we, as hockey fans, can see both sides of the picture, i fully agree with you, even if you are a habs fan ;-)

[corunguneee]

Your 'flack' is me saying the Bruins of 07-08 didn't have it as bad since Habs didn't have Koivu too. I agree losing Bergeron affected the Bruins season, but I just don't see how you can magically put in someone into a series that didn't play practically an entire season. If you're going to use hypothetical situations, you have to use things that have direct impacts. Like I said before, if Bergeron didn't get injured, Bruins don't even face the Habs in the playoffs rendering the point moot.

[jmiller006]

ok, so the bruins are a fifth place team instead of eighth place team w/bergeron...

what kind of bruins fan would i be to reject that conclusion? ;-)

[corunguneee]

Well they finished first the next season with essentially the same team + Bergy so it's not like I'm making crazy talk.

[jmiller006]

this is true...

altho, bergeron had a terrible season.

[corunguneee]

Meh he played like 18min a game so I figure his 2 way play helped out in some way. Now if only you guys dealt Kessel to the West instead on the Leafs. -_-

[jmiller006]

no gm of a bad team in the western conference was willing to make such a dumb deal to a team desperate to get rid of a player it couldn't afford.

[corunguneee]

@jmiller006 FYI, if Bruins fans use injuries as an excuse this season and Habs fans laugh it off, they are just being asses, just like the Bruins fans who laughed off the Habs injuries last season. Bruins lost arguably their best forward and key player Savard in the final stretch. Lucic and Chara have been injured all year, and add to that Ference, Stuart, Bergeron, Sturm missing time too. The curse of the North East + Eastern Conference winners strike for a 3rd straight season.

[habs4evs]

watever he wont make a differnce calm down

[boudrozoltar]

Montreal trying to steal Detroit's late round scouting?

[kostitsynbros4674]

probly better offensively then plekanec

[ChrisCutta87]

Too bad Plekanec got 69 points only 2 years ago right? He's far from being washed up.

[samjordan23dd]

yeahbut in 82 game johansson make it in like 40 or 50 game so plekanec i like him hes a good player but recently hes jus not getting anything on the ice

[habs4evs]

ya but nhl is better than those shit leauges

[samjordan23dd]

srry but some of the beswt player cam from this *shit* league like you said

[rickethegreat]

shit leagues?? Sweden have a good league. And nhl is better league cause of the money they have,so they pay the good players in thoose leagues much more money and the players most often leaves.

[TheJoshRaymond]

He should be a good addition to the Habs

[candyshopfr50]

he failed at 0:10 still a good future player