Prust Caught Habs Disease

[Humpzilla]

Orr smashes the Habs in the last game and Prust apparently thinks it was Dion's fault & doing.

Amazing the influence that an organization can have on a guy

[Phila26Flyers]

Hump spots something unusual and thinks it could be a breakthrough. Look for thread later.

[slashtrey]

It's true. He even has at least 2 diving calls this year.

The thing is, even though he's proven in the past that he can be tough as nails and has fought some of the top HW's over the years, he still plays his game better with a true HW to back him up. It's already been clear that the Habs need a heavy and if they got one I think Prust would revert to his old form.

[Boston Garden]

I knew this disease existed, every player that puts on that sweater becomes a flopping coward that tries to draw penalties.

Personally, I thought he was overrated before he went to Montreal, he was willing for sure...I just think he's an average fighter at best.

[Blues 34]

Some of this sadly is just the NHL game as it is today

[MattBurger]

I'm a huge Prust fan, but there's no doubt that his mentality has changed since signing with the Canadiens. I didn't expect it to happen, but sadly it has.

I'm going to the Bruins/Habs game on Sunday. Hopefully both he and the Bruins tough guys snap out of their funk, for at least one game.

[Phila26Flyers]

Originally Posted by MattBurger

I'm a huge Prust fan, but there's no doubt that his mentality has changed since signing with the Canadiens. I didn't expect it to happen, but sadly it has.

I'm going to the Bruins/Habs game on Sunday. Hopefully both he and the Bruins tough guys snap out of their funk, for at least one game.

I see it as Prust preforms his role much better when he has bigger fighters backing him up. In New York, he had Rupp and Bickel. Hell, the Rangers had more players willing to fight of any size than the Canadiens do. I think if Prust knew he had a little more backup, he'd run around more. Or, maybe not. It could be that Montreal doesn't want to pay him $3 million for 200 penalty minutes.

[nilan30]

Originally Posted by Phila26Flyers

I see it as Prust preforms his role much better when he has bigger fighters backing him up. In New York, he had Rupp and Bickel. Hell, the Rangers had more players willing to fight of any size than the Canadiens do. I think if Prust knew he had a little more backup, he'd run around more. Or, maybe not. It could be that Montreal doesn't want to pay him $3 million for 200 penalty minutes.

True though he does lead the league in PIMs and is second in fights. Not sure why people expected him to start a war with the Leafs last night. The Habs clearly don't have the soldiers to play that kind of game with the Leafs/bruins etc and those teams play their best in those kind of games. I'm pretty sure at the end of the day the Habs wanted to win the game more then they wanted to see Prust lose a fight and potentially give the Leafs all the momentum and maybe lose the game. I have no problems with Prust at all this year.

Reality is teams play to win not solely to entertain us with fights.

[Cat Smasher]

When you try to pick a fight with the other teams captain, and refuse everyone else, what the **** is going on? This is a shame. If a fighter challenged Gionta, I'd expect him to accept all invitations for the rest of the game. He can fight Finley but not anyone on the Leafs? Retarded.

[McCunn8585]

Is this thread a smoke show because Phaneuf tucked tail and ran when he realized that it was Prust that he had challenged?

[Fireball_IV]

Originally Posted by McCunn8585

Is this thread a smoke show because Phaneuf tucked tail and ran when he realized that it was Prust that he had challenged?

As much as I would like to have seen Goof get his arse kicked... you do realize that it was towards the end of a 5 minute major that Goof had spent most off the beginning of the 2nd on?

Hell, the refs threatened the Leafs with 10 min penalties for challenging Prust per Ray Ferraro in-between the benches...
I'm surprised he didn't go after Orr tried to obliterate one of thier better players, tossed the captain around and proceeded to sucker punch Borque.

[pmcginty]

I saw this thread at the top of the screen and thought prust caught an actual disease,but then I realized there was no such thing as habs disease and I would have to be really stupid.

[theknuckler]

scrolling by I thought this thread said "Prust caught heart disease"

[ValJamesRules]

I though Prust got the clap from Habs.



Prust is a tough dude, but cannot be doing the heavy lifting all the time. He is pretty valuable to this team.

[I like Boobs]

Habs can't compete with the Leafs in the toughness department and it's not their type of game. Not sure what more you'd want from Prust, he's tied for second in the league in fights, and has been playing solid hockey. He's top notch killing penalties and has added a few points: +9 as well.

Would have been nice to see Prust drop them with somebody last night though. Someone from Toronto should have forced the issue after Phaneuf backed down.

Thing is though the Habs don't have the horses to play the toughness game with Toronto. If they do, they lose. It already happened in the 6-0 game.

As far as Boston fans go, I guess when your top guy has 3 fighting majors, you get to criticize other teams.