The Tomas Plekanec Thread

[sandviper]

Habs fan coming in peace. I'm glad it's finally working out with Plekanec for you guys. Offensively, he's not anywhere on the same level as most of the team, but he does thrive when matching up with the top lines, at least as far as Boston is concerned. Hope he has a strong game for you for game 7.

 

[mapleleafs34]

Pleks will either score or be in on a big goal in the playoffs (just like Boyle was on Kap's OT goal in Game 2)

Remember this post.

It was an empty netter, but still a huge goal to close out Game 6. Also, had a huge shot block!

 

[ToneDog]

The series shifted when Babs moved Pleks up to play with Marner and Marleau.

 

[Spirit of 67]

It was an empty netter, but still a huge goal to close out Game 6. Also, had a huge shot block!

For a while in my 20's I thought EN goals were pretty lame. So much so that in a mens league game, with the chance to salt away a game, I dumped the puck into the corner instead of scoring. One of their players took the puck coast to coast and tied the game.
It's one thing to think you're too cool to score and EN'er. It's another thing to cost your team a victory.
Salt the bloody thing away. EN or not, that was a huge goal by Plek last night.

 

[Spirit of 67]

The series shifted when Babs moved Pleks up to play with Marner and Marleau.

Is that the same Babs that is costing us the series?

 

[4thline]

The horn that belongs to me, tooted by me:

Yes, I highly doubt we brought in a player of his quality to replace Moore's minutes,/

Agreed. Plekanec is 65th 5v5 amongst C's (without removing C listed wingers), tied with Bozak, within a point of Little/Backlund/Henrique, 2-3 of O'Rielly while playing shutdown minutes while relying on the Habs D to transition the puck. This isn't a Moore upgrade, it's a 3rd horse for the top 9.

Realistically the "best team on the ice" rolls hard on Matthews/Kadri/Plekanec 5v5,

Admittedly though I was in favour of trading Bozak to have a more traditional 4th line, but having 4 potent lines is pretty great​

 

[A1LeafNation]

His time will come.

yup

 

[A1LeafNation]

Id like to see him in the playoffs against Boston first. He plays them and Crosby well. Regular season is just training for the playoffs. Not a good start, but everyone needs to get their heads out of their asses right now.

bump

 

[ToneDog]

Is that the same Babs that is costing us the series?

Really? How so ? We have won 3 of 4 after the two no shows.

 

[crump]

Still unbeaten when getting a point? Guy is money, our only hope.

 

[thewave]

The series shifted when Babs moved Pleks up to play with Marner and Marleau.

Nothing to do with it. The series shifted when we decided we wanted to fight for it and win. Mentally for two games we weren't ready to win, in game 3 we played better but were still not there. 5 and 6 we started playing with intensity. Now it's a battle to the end.

Plekanec helped by throwing Bergeron off his game, solid move by Babcock.

 

[Spirit of 67]

Really? How so ? We have won 3 of 4 after the two no shows.

Not a shot at you. But you do realize that Babs was the reason we were losing according to some people, right?
There are entire threads devoted to him being fired.

 

[ottomaddox]

Not a shot at you. But you do realize that Babs was the reason we were losing according to some people, right?
There are entire threads devoted to him being fired.

HFBoards: heavy on emotion and light on short-term memory.

 

[Spirit of 67]

HFBoards: heavy on emotion and light on short-term memory.

Yep, not even the slightest bit overstated.

Likely you can find a handful of Freddie's Terrible threads from last week and the same amount of Freddie's Awesome threads from this week.

 

[Guy Boucher]

Is it possible that he is a player that has lost all his talent except for an inexplicable ability to shut down the Bergeron line?

 

[thewave]

Is it possible that he is a player that has lost all his talent except for an inexplicable ability to shut down the Bergeron line?

Explain 4pts in 6gp

 

[ottomaddox]

Explain 4pts in 6gp

1 empty net goal (with inference by Marleau).

 

[Guy Boucher]

Explain 4pts in 6gp

He's not driving the offense but I mean the point is that he's a different player matched up against that line. Even this season in Montreal, his metrics against the Bergeron line were quite good.

 

[ToneDog]

Not a shot at you. But you do realize that Babs was the reason we were losing according to some people, right?
There are entire threads devoted to him being fired.

Yeah, typical fans. Babs is at fault when we lose and we win in spite of him.

 

[thewave]

He's not driving the offense but I mean the point is that he's a different player matched up against that line. Even this season in Montreal, his metrics against the Bergeron line were quite good.

It's not a game... This is personal. I am fine by it haha, I think a large part of g7 has to do with Pleks getting under Bergerons skin and once that happened and the injury, we've bought in.

 

[danron1376]

lou showing why he's such a good GM

 

[MtlBoxFan]

Has he always been this dirty? It's not blatant like Marchand, he's very sneaky about it, but he's constantly getting little elbows and butt ends in here and there, it's great. I always remember him being a relatively clean player in Montreal, never really stuck out as a guy to watch for dirty play.

Against Boston, YES. They are his mortal enemy imo.
There's a youtube clip of him losing a faceoff to Krejci, and then just butt ends him in the face. Of course, who doesn't want to butt end that guy...but geez, you could cave in an orbital bone with that move.


He knows those Boston players from a few wars over the years. He wants them to get mad and take penalties.

 

[MtlBoxFan]

Just chiming in from Montreal and having a good knowledge of Pleks.
I'm happy he's shown up to a couple games for you in the playoffs and I'm sad that the leafs are on the ropes.

However, I don't think Plekanec was part of some sort of playoff master plan. In the last couple seasons, his offense dried up completely. In addition, he has never been a great playoff performer and has even criticized his playoff performance as playing like a girl.
'I played like a little girl,' Plekanec says

Granted, this was 10 years ago, but the reputation and performances have piled up over the years. He's had a couple outlying runs the playoffs but he's never really been a playoff hero.

While Toronto has been intrigued by his pickup, Montreal breathed a collective sigh of relief.

If the mindhead in Toronto is as clever as we all think it is, Pleks was brought in for defense only. All this offense is a bonus.

For the record, this post did not age well. Glad, if not shocked that he has been this good the last couple games.

 

[Dog]

Against Boston, YES. They are his mortal enemy imo.
There's a youtube clip of him losing a faceoff to Krejci, and then just butt ends him in the face. Of course, who doesn't want to butt end that guy...but geez, you could cave in an orbital bone with that move.


He knows those Boston players from a few wars over the years. He wants them to get mad and take penalties.

Who can blame him the Bruins have been dirtiest team for years now.. Watching Chara completly line up Pacioretty was completly brutal. Only team in most recent memories that have this rat-esque feel to them.

 

[thewave]

Against Boston, YES. They are his mortal enemy imo.
There's a youtube clip of him losing a faceoff to Krejci, and then just butt ends him in the face. Of course, who doesn't want to butt end that guy...but geez, you could cave in an orbital bone with that move.


He knows those Boston players from a few wars over the years. He wants them to get mad and take penalties.

That's Savage but I don't mind because game 5 officiating and elbow on Andersen