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Lang A Big Positive For Canadiens
by Paul on 12/20/08 at 09:35 AM ET
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from Dave Stubbs of the Montreal Gazette,
With 10 goals, Lang is the Canadiens’ leading goal-scorer heading into tonight’s game against Buffalo; with 24 points, he is tied for the team lead with Alex Kovalev and Andrei Markov.
He is a crafty, smart-skating, 906-game NHL veteran whose poise and experience are precious commodities both on the ice and in the dressing room, a terrific acquisition on many levels.
“(Some) people think he was a consolation prize (to Sundin), but we had started to talk about him a little bit last year,” head coach Guy Carbonneau said yesterday of Lang.
“We took some info from Denis Savard (Lang’s coach in Chicago last season), some people who’d had him, and everything was positive. He has a lot of respect and came in here with a really good attitude.”
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I doubt he talked to Babcock, who couldn’t wait to get rid of The Enigma. As this quote from the A2Y Glossary notes: “Robert Lang occasionally coasts, and spends time searching for the best pane of glass to best view the reflection of his flowing mullet.”
But he is a good guy, so I’m glad he’s finally found a place where his 10 goals can be considered a major offensive contribution.
Posted by OlderThanChelios from Grand Rapids on 12/20/08 at 11:42 AM ET