Post-Game Talk: 20 for Nick as Caps put up 8 and defeat the Habs

[Kennedys]

I like the second half of the season even if they have games like this. There's a lot of positive coming from it unlike de DD era

 

[26Mats]

I think Hoffman can be somewhat useful for us but he needs a playmaker that can feed him the puck. We currently have nobody that can play as #2 center Someone like Danault would have helped him a lot.

very true. He's mis-cast 5 on 5 and on the pp. Playing him as the qb on the pp is insanity...

Hopefully we get a C in the draft... I'm excited about, but more hopeful, for Kidney. Because he's a pass first C. We really need playmakers. We've been hurting in that department since Radulov left - like 5 years ago.

 

[Lafleurs Guy]

Suzuki 20 Goals

To-do list
Suzuki 60 points (3 away)
Caufield 20 goals (2 away)

Anderson has a shot at 20 as well. It might have been four 20 goal guys if we’d had Tofoli all year as well. Kinda crazy to think about. Especially considering how bad we were under Ducharme.

 

[Lafleurs Guy]

I like the second half of the season even if they have games like this. There's a lot of positive coming from it unlike de DD era

Yep. Fine to lose but at least there’s effort and the younger players have done better.

 

[CristianoRonaldo]

Send Gallagher to Laval

À Trois-Rivières.

 

[dinodebino]

Well, I guess that was a game. A really gamey game. Stinky 3rd. The stench of the corpse of this season is overpowering.

Suzuki hits 20.
2 goals by Poehling.
I liked T. Pitlick.
Caufield should have scored on one of those in chancrs in the 2nd.
Montembeault stinks.

We clinched a top 8 pick.

But again, tit cul22 was left off the scoresheet. Sad.

 

[Kennedys]

But again, tit cul22 was left off the scoresheet. Sad.

Pretty sure when his career is over we'll say ticul22 was not left off the scoresheet very often

 

[Monsieur Miz]

Doesn't matter who's the coach, this team is dogshit.

 

[HabsForHire]

All this losing is not good for the young guys.

They will be fine

 

[Tyson]

Doesn't matter who's the coach, this team is dogshit.

Exactly, the coach has to use the players he has.
Alot of pain ahead

 

[Miller Time]

Gallagher's about to take over for Hoffman and Drouin in terms of being the one we're most bewildered by.

FYI, regarding Hoffman, it's not so much to production people have a problem with, it's the unending flow of turnovers...

we can't really be that upset about it... it's not for nothing that his career year (point-wise) was on a non-playoff team where he put up a -24.

He's not a very good hockey player, period. He's highly skilled but not at all a winner... that penalty tonight epitomizes the lack of emotional maturity in his game.

the blues preferred to give up a 2nd & solid bottom 6 RFA asset, and pay Buchnevic ~2M more than it would've taken to retain Hoff, rather than offer him a contract. Too bad for us that MB was "smarter" than his peers and "won" the Hoffman sweepstakes lol

 

[Toene]

I'm watching CAR/COL and the pace and level of play are in an entirely different universe. We really need to hit home runs with our picks this year, we have needs everywhere but especially on defense. I miss the Subban/Markov pairing so much it hurts bros.

We barely belong in this league, it's a little embarassing.

Oh and Makar is the most talented player I've seen since McDavid and Matthews. There, I said it. Not saying the G word but it's arguable imo.

 

[Miller Time]

They will be fine

indeed... while losing sucks, the way Suzuki, CC, Evans, Poehling, Romanov, Pitlick are playing (and what we saw from Barron, Harris, Ylonen in brief stints) suggests that MSL is creating a positive environment despite the losing.

it's not the losing itself that is a problem, it's how a team competes when things aren't going well... our compete level under MSL is without reproach. No doubt that the players feel that and that bodes well for their buy in to be a part of building something great.

baby steps...

 

[Stive Morgan]

Exactly, the coach has to use the players he has.
Alot of pain ahead

Yup, we're kneecapped with some of these contracts. The Gallagher one just gives me a headache thinking about it.

 

[26Mats]

I'm watching CAR/COL and the pace and level of play are in an entirely different universe. We really need to hit home runs with our picks this year, we have needs everywhere but especially on defense. I miss the Subban/Markov pairing so much it hurts bros.

We barely belong in this league, it's a little embarassing.

Oh and Makar is the most talented player I've seen since McDavid and Matthews. There, I said it. Not saying the G word but it's arguable imo.

Are Wright, Slavovsky, Cooley, or Nemec at that next level of talent that you're speaking of?

It's looking good that we'll get one of them.

 

[Tyson]

Yup, we're kneecapped with some of these contracts. The Gallagher one just gives me a headache thinking about it.

No way he lasts 5 more seasons in this league.

 

[Tyson]

Are Wright, Slavovsky, Cooley, or Nemec at that next level of talent that you're speaking of?

It's looking good that we'll get one of them.

Don't forget Jiricek who I think is the first D taken

 

[Lafleurs Guy]

Are Wright, Slavovsky, Cooley, or Nemec at that next level of talent that you're speaking of?

It's looking good that we'll get one of them.

Savoie seems interesting. High end offense.

 

[HabsForHire]

Are Wright, Slavovsky, Cooley, or Nemec at that next level of talent that you're speaking of?

It's looking good that we'll get one of them.

None of them are generational but thats fine, the mcdavids of the world only come around every 10 years or so but they are still legit talent (potential 1st line talent/1st pairing D)

 

[Gravity]

CC fanned a few glorious chances. Armia blew all his opportunities. Habs made Vanacek look way better than he is. Refs stole the show. Drunk guys were whistling with a minute left in an 8-4 games.

 

[ArtPeur]

There's something I find really amusing. Everybody shits on Hoffman but he's our 3rd most productive forward after Suzuki and Caufield.

Prorated, it's Rem actually

 

[GordonGraham]

Doesn't matter who's the coach, this team is dogshit.

Yep teams is still playing below .500 with new coach

 

[the]

Doesn't matter who's the coach, this team is dogshit.

We don’t have a #1 D, we don’t even have a #2 D. Put Hasek in net and Scotty Bowman as coach and we are still not winning.

 

[admiralcadillac]

f*** me Philly lost again we suck so hard but not enough

 

[DramaticGloveSave]

It’s amazing how unappreciated Poehling is on this board.