HF Habs: Out of Town Thread: 2024 Playoff Edition

[EveryDay]

Lehky 5 points in 3 games now. bit of a Hyman effect playing with MacKinnon but still. what a player, very happy for him.

He's playing with Parise and Midlestadt so far in the playoffs.

 

[MarkovsKnee]

Empty net goal by Avs. Toews. 6-2. That'll do it.

Colorado takes 2-1 series lead.

 

[David Suzuki]

He's definitely not better than Price.

Not sure he's better than Price right now let alone when he played. Insanely overrated player.

 

[MarkovsKnee]

I guess that's it for me tonight.

Tomorrow's games have more spacing between them. There's 4.

2 pm: Carolina @ NYI

5 pm: Florida @ Tampa Bay

8 pm: Boston @ Toronto

10:30 pm: Dallas @ Vegas

 

[Stive Morgan]

Lowry

 

[MarkovsKnee]

Wood & Lowry get into a brawl with 27 seconds left.

 

[Non Player Canadiens]

Not sure he's better than Price right now let alone when he played. Insanely overrated player.

just convinces me further that goalie is not a position you optimize for when building a team. the position is just too random, you can have a Vezina candidate for 82 games that just gets absolutely lit up during the post-season.

 

[MarkovsKnee]

Yeah, 15g against in 3 games for Hellebucyk.

 

[The Real Timo]

Fun finish in Colorado.

 

[MarkovsKnee]

Dillon starts shit after the final whistle. A lot of wrestling going on now.

 

[MarkovsKnee]

Dillon actually has a really bad cut on his hand. He's dripping blood. He might have gotten stepped on. Well, he's the idiot who started it all.

 

[David Suzuki]

just convinces me further that goalie is not a position you optimize for when building a team. the position is just too random, you can have a Vezina candidate for 82 games that just gets absolutely lit up during the post-season.

Just draft winners at the position. People love to pretend goaltending is complicated because they have no idea how to evaluate it, just take players who win at every level. At that position, you have to be at your best when your best is required. It's a mentality position IMO.

 

[Stive Morgan]

God damn that was a lot of blood.

Dillon actually has a really bad cut on his hand. He's dripping blood. He might have gotten stepped on. Well, he's the idiot who started it all.

Pretty sure I saw a big gash on his left hand. Wasn't pretty.

 

[Boss Man Hughes]

just convinces me further that goalie is not a position you optimize for when building a team. the position is just too random, you can have a Vezina candidate for 82 games that just gets absolutely lit up during the post-season.

Not if you draft the right goalie. Price was always good in the playoffs even when he wasn't in the regular season.

 

[MarkovsKnee]

God damn that was a lot of blood.


Pretty sure I saw a big gash on his left hand. Wasn't pretty.

Yeah, it looked bad. His hand was coloured red in blood. There was a lot of blood on the ice too.

 

[David Suzuki]

Not if you draft the right goalie. Price was always good in the playoffs even when he wasn't in the regular season.

I love Price more than I do my family, but he was poor in 2013 against the Turds, we outplayed them that series IMO

 

[MarkovsKnee]

Geezus, the Oilers have a 5 minute, 5 on 3!

 

[Non Player Canadiens]

Not if you draft the right goalie. Price was always good in the playoffs even when he wasn't in the regular season.

just for fun, would you draft Carey Price at 5OA this year? or Anze Kopitar?

 

[MarkovsKnee]

Yeah, 5-1 Oilers. Hyman again. I'm going to bed.

 

[Non Player Canadiens]

Just draft winners at the position. People love to pretend goaltending is complicated because they have no idea how to evaluate it, just take players who win at every level. At that position, you have to be at your best when your best is required. It's a mentality position IMO.

i'm not saying goaltending is complicated, i'm saying it's not complicated. it's completely random, really, so spend your assets on other positions which are more likely to yield results.

 

[David Suzuki]

i'm not saying goaltending is complicated, i'm saying it's not complicated. it's completely random, really, so spend your assets on other positions which are more likely to yield results.

I don't buy the "it's random" excuse at all, just feels like a way for people to escape accountability if they bet on the wrong horse.

 

[Non Player Canadiens]

I don't buy the "it's random" excuse at all

how else do you explain absolute no-name goaltenders getting hot in the playoffs, winning the cup, then regressing to mediocrity immediately afterwards?

Adin Hill
Darcy Kuemper
Jordan Binnington
Matt Murray

 

[TCIH]

After years of our goalie being far and above the best player on the team, I'm ready to see management build a great team of skaters and leave goaltending as less of a priority.

 

[The Real Timo]

Dubious is beyond useless.

 

[sheed36]

Hyman: 3GP - 6 goals
Leafs: 3GP - 6 goals