Post-Game Talk: Habs beat Wings in shootout !

[Habs10Habs]

Suzuki’s shootout snipe was gorgeous.

Agreed, though even calling it gorgeous might be an understatement.

 

[Chadstudsky]

We did not look good. The D did not look good except Guhle having a bright moment in OT and Kocacevic with a few good poke checks. Our asses were saved by Allen. Drouin looked lost, and couldn’t keep the puck. And in the OT, we could not get the puck out of our end. When there was forechecking we looked like panicked children. The good part was the SO where Caufield and Suzuki looked like total pros.

The good part for me was I got to watch an entertaining hockey game, Allen played great, lots of chances on both ends, refs favored DET and our PK won, and a wicked shootout to finish it.

I did not feel like I wasted my time watching this game tonight, which happened too often last year under DD. I'm also not a tanker though, I cant root against my team.

 

[zx81]

6-1 in powerplays plus the 10 minute misconduct?

Believe it's ok to mention it.

Cool they hung with it tonight.

The ridiculous call on Savard.
The 10 minute misconduct.
The dubious penalty shot.
The OT call on Hoffman ??

 

[Holystik]

Could Slaf-Monahan-Anderson be a thing?

Keep Gallagher with Hoffman together for some time to see if they build chemistry off of this.

 

[Paddy17]

Well he’s saying what anyone could see in this game.

This isn't the first time. He was saying the same thing before the game. He kept saying things like "sure, they're scoring more goals, but they can't keep playing like that. They have to tighten up defense."

 

[Canad13ns]

The good part for me was I got to watch an entertaining hockey game, Allen played great, lots of chances on both ends, refs favored DET and our PK won, and a wicked shootout to finish it.

I did not feel like I wasted my time watching this game tonight, which happened too often last year under DD. I'm also not a tanker though, I cant root against my team.

I get what you’re saying, it was nerve-wracking and we came out with a win. But I prefer the games where it looks like we know what we’re doing. That OT. The only time we had puck possession we were behind our own net.

 

[Rapala]

The ridiculous call on Savard.
The 10 minute misconduct.
The dubious penalty shot.
The OT call on Hoffman ??

My favorite was the reverse headlock on Guhle going against us. We end up having to kill a penalty on what should have been a PP for us.

 

[Habs10Habs]

I just learned our best shoot out player (percentage wise) is Christian Dvorak who is 6 for 10.

 

[Saundies]

Stripes did everything they could to give that game to the Wings. We did get outplayed overall but the penalty minutes were 27 to 4. That's insane.

Kudos to Jake Allen and the penalty killers tonight.

Edit: Oh yeah, and the penalty shot call AFTER the guy got a clean breakaway shot. Larkin went 0/3 on breakaways tonight. Scrub.

 

[Andrei79]

This isn't the first time. He was saying the same thing before the game. He kept saying things like "sure, they're scoring more goals, but they can't keep playing like that. They have to tighten up defense."

Another Quebec coach still living decades ago. This province really needs to go scorched earth when it comes to its approach on hockey. It's becoming embarassing at this point. In any case, he's been envious about MSL since the hiring. He's having a hard time dealing with the fact a guy with no experience is just plain better than he was and will likely be able to coach a team for longer than a year without losing the room.

 

[SlafySZN]

Not the win we want on a tank year.

Saved by Hoofman and Allen. Ffs

Yeah but the Coyotes won, if Nashville and Minnesota can win tonight we’re fine.

 

[admiralcadillac]

It was fun though

Yeah and honestly with all the terrible calls it just felt right to win

 

[RationalExpectations]

Some games you should win you lose, some games you should lose you win. That being said, while this gets MTL further away from Bedard, increasing dead wood value is also useful for potential trades

 

[No More Subban]

Slick Nick & Goal Caufield - what beauts. They're freaking scary in shootouts.

Drouin's move absolutely worked. Husso was beat out of his ass. Just no hands anymore from Drou. He couldn't get it up high enough.

PK was monstrous tonight. Eddie, Savard & Kovacevic were just workaholics out there. Blocked a ton of shots. Helped that Kubalik shot way wide 100% of the time.

Solid game by Montreal. This is a hard working group.

Hoping Slafkovsky isn't suspended, but if he is, it gives him time to work on his game again. Really liked him with Money that needs to be full-time.

Fun game to watch even if refs sucked balls.

I missed the game. Was Eddy actually good tonight? He looked bad vs Vegas and a minus 2 tonight.

 

[Saundies]

I missed the game. Was Eddy actually good tonight? He looked bad vs Vegas and a minus 2 tonight.

He's still a step behind on decision making even strength but he did come up big on the PK.

 

[StCaufield]

Tankers need to create their own thread. Parasites

 

[bsl]

Jake Allen won't - and shouldn't be - the guy when the Canadiens try to do some real damage but he'll have been a part of that potential success.

Why? It's the exact opposite. The more he plays like this the worse Habs first round pick will be. This is not helping potential habs success at all.

 

[No More Subban]

Could Slaf-Monahan-Anderson be a thing?

Keep Gallagher with Hoffman together for some time to see if they build chemistry off of this.

I've been suggesting this for a while now too but it hasn't happened yet. MSL is really trying to help Drouin get going.

 

[Spring in Fialta]

Why? It's the exact opposite. The more he plays like the the worse Habs first round pick will be. This is not helping potential habs success at all.

Strong avatar to post correlation. Well-done.

 

[JianYang]

I missed the game. Was Eddy actually good tonight? He looked bad vs Vegas and a minus 2 tonight.

I only saw the 3rd period, so I can only comment on the 2nd wings goal. I thought WiFi got caught in no man's land in the neutral zone which allowed the wings entry into the zone, and things never really got set for them defensively after that.

It should have been a nothing play, but WiFi was just caught snoozing a bit.

 

[bsl]

Tankers need to create their own thread. Parasites

LOL you'll be popular

 

[Sterling Archer]

Just an FYI, but once the top line cools off even a little, this team is plummeting to the basement.

 

[MarkovsKnee]

I missed the game. Was Eddy actually good tonight? He looked bad vs Vegas and a minus 2 tonight.

He played a better game than against Vegas. Montreal had 34 minutes in penalties tonight, although that includes a 10 minute misconduct to Savard, so 24 minutes of actual pk time. That's a period+ just in killing penalties.

Eddie, Kovacevic, Savard & Guhle were effective down low, although we were actually pretty weak on our clearing attempts - forwards included.

It was an overall gutsy effort by the team, and Allen deserved the win. He was outstanding after being below average versus Vegas.

 

[bsl]

Strong avatar to post correlation. Well-done.

Your post was cliche and plain wrong. LOL.

 

[morhilane]

I think I had a revelation in the shower. I was thinking how Detroit doesn't look that good despite them supposedly being ready to leave their rebuilt and same for the Sens. Then I realized that they were both diving clubs.

They are in the wrong sport!