3-1 Habs vs Nucks Won it for Béliveau Edition

[Tyson]

Anyone else think Tinordi should be playing over Emelin? He's been atrocious and isn't bringing anything to the roster right now. Gonchar has been mediocre but he at least has that offensive pop and leadership.

Dunno, maybe just me.

Emelin if used properly can play solid 18-20 minutes. Tinordi will be a full time player next season.

 

[Whitesnake]

Did Pacioretty just refereed the french line as "Le trio des fromages"???

 

[Ohashi_Jouzu*]

All teams go through it. They competed well for their 4th game in 6 days

And 7th in a row on the road.

 

[poetryinmotion]

People need to calm down about Ghetto... shiet.

Give him 10 games under Therrien and he will be a better person.

 

[Ezpz]

Ghetto has replaced Chucky's spot on LW quite nicely. Trade DD for a third line winger cause I don't think Bournival is one yet.

 

[Treb]

People need to calm down about Ghetto... shiet.

Gretzky was a poor man Ghetto.

 

[polarbearcub]

And 7th in a row on the road.

Anyway, good game guys. Good luck the rest of the way.

 

[Talks to Goalposts]

We are a fun team when we activate the Ds even though we made some turnovers. It's fun to watch and it gives us more scoring chances. We missed a lot of A+ scoring chances tonight.

It doesn't just lead to more chances for, it prevents chances against by keeping control of the play rather than sitting back and letting the opposition get started.


On a similar note, Gilbert was solid on evens with Beaulieu. You can see why he's a generally effective possession defenseman when he has guy with the speed and skill to play the puck to work off of.

 

[Kimota]

He would make a good one by his work ethic.

Also, I would not mind Plek as Cap for the time being. Until other players grow up a little.

 

[Habsawce]

What top 6 RW's are out there for Bergevin to snag? Probably the biggest need for this team right now assuming Therrien plays the best defensemen at his disposal.

 

[Gally11]

People need to calm down about Ghetto... shiet.

Give him 10 games under Therrien and he will be a better person.

Carbo used to say that rookies in their first 4-5 games used to make him the most nervous (on the opposing team) his exact words were they were "loosey goosey" in their first few games

 

[Lycanthrope]

Anyway, good game guys. Good luck the rest of the way.

Same to the Nucks. Be good to get home after a long road trip

 

[BigDaddyLurch]

What top 6 RW's are out there for Bergevin to snag? Probably the biggest need for this team right now assuming Therrien plays the best defensemen at his disposal.

...that's a pretty big assumption...you know better than that...

 

[bigtimehockeyfan999*]

Chantal ‏@habsgirl4life · 7m7 minutes ago
Plekanec refers to Andrighetto as "Ghetto."

 

[Simarino]

Lots of help from the refs tonight.

Indeed!! Our PP was the difference in tonites game!!

 

[Habsawce]

Vanek ties the game 4-4, crazy 3rd in Minny

 

[Kojo]

3-points night for Galchenyuk line, MT is a genius

 

[donghabs98]

Great win tonight by the boys. Jean Beliveau would have been very proud. The new lines looked great out there. Chucky looks great at C and that line will bound to get goals with the chances they are getting. DD on the 3rd line is much better for him and the team as he generated some new chances out there. Beaulieu is such an upgrade over Allen it isn't even debatable.

Good win and now the Habs face a tough challenge in the Kings.

 

[Davebo*]

Lots of help from the refs tonight.

That, and mostly completely outplaying the canucks. By the mid point of the game the shots attempted were 47-17 for the Habs.

But yeah - those PP's really helped us out - except for the shorty against. Darn - there goes your hair brained theory!


*****

 

[groovejuice]

We've got our center. Now we need our winger. Hopefully MB can pull off a nice deal to get us a good RW because we still need to fix a hole there. Otherwise this team is in good shape as long as we play Beaulieu over Allen.

Man, we've got McCarron, Scherbak and Hudon not far away, 2 of which may be able to play centre/wing.

We definitely need to at least platoon our young D. I really want to see Nygren and Pateryn play on the big team this year, besides Beaulieu and Tinordi.

I wouldn't go all in for a right winger in a trade, but could see a Vanek like deal at the deadline. I think there's a good chance McCarron could make the team next year.

 

[Habs100]

Galchy line looked great.
Pleky line looked great.
DD line looked good.
Malhotra looked good.

Leave Desharnais and Parenteau out of the PP and we are set. Let the kids play. Great effort all around. Habs looked speedy again.

Great game for Mr Béliveau and Mrs Béliveau looked lovely at the end, so happy and dancing...she even kissed Dr Mulder :O.

Bournival helps in this department. Even if he doesn't show up on the stat sheet, he keeps the opposition on their heals and exhausts them.

 

[LyricalLyricist]

When I said we need a RW people ignored that saying a LW and a C can be enough to compensate. We still need a RW.

 

[groovejuice]

Ghetto has replaced Chucky's spot on LW quite nicely. Trade DD for a third line winger cause I don't think Bournival is one yet.

Bournival was actually playing great hockey last year on the second with Pleks and Gio. Of course, the omnipotent coach put an end to that successful partnership...

 

[nyhabsfan]

Andrighetto is solid. He's impressed me so far.

2 points in 2 games but more importantly doesn't look out of place at all.

Kid has to keep playing.

 

[groovejuice]

It doesn't just lead to more chances for, it prevents chances against by keeping control of the play rather than sitting back and letting the opposition get started.


On a similar note, Gilbert was solid on evens with Beaulieu. You can see why he's a generally effective possession defenseman when he has guy with the speed and skill to play the puck to work off of.

I thought Gilbert played his best game tonight. Great at both ends.