Post-Game Talk: {AHL} Laval Rocket vs. Manitoba Moose (Laval Loses 5-4 in the Shootout)

[JennyHockey]

another lead lost

Laval or Montreal same story ... sigh

 

[Tyson]

When your management is not committed in any level

 

[Sagikev]

Laval is the same as Montreal. Serious lack of talent, no identity, poor coaching, bad management.

La pomme tombe pas trop loin d'l'arbre.

Hey now, Bergevin and Molson have a plan! You won't be saying this in only 8 years! :^)

 

[montreal]

That loss is solely on the guy who iced the puck with 33 seconds left. I didn’t see who it was, but if he’d just got to centre, they would’ve won.

Peca, the guy who's been terrible since being sent back from the Habs.

 

[DAChampion]

Peca, the guy who's been terrible since being sent back from the Habs.

I think that he was terrible before that.

 

[GoodKiwi]

I think that he was terrible before that.

2.6M over two years bought MB 3 NHL goals and 10 NHL points.

 

[Gaylord Q Tinkledink]

That loss is solely on the guy who iced the puck with 33 seconds left. I didn’t see who it was, but if he’d just got to centre, they would’ve won.

Didn't see the game, but that's harsh.

What if Laval had scored another ? What if the centre man didn't lose ? What if people were in the right position?

They lost because the team sucks.

 

[Habs]

I loved him as a fourth liner. Guy gave his all and was a blast to watch. Sure as hell beats watching Nate Thompson. Lol

me too buddy , guy had guts and no fear. Hands werent too bad either

 

[Adam Michaels]

Varone loses the puck and doesn't get a shot on the shootout.

Veselainen loses the puck so Kinkaid doesn't need to make a save.

Hudon loses the puck, no shot.

Shootout lost.

Hudon didn't lose the puck. The goalie poke checked it away from him. It was a nice move by the goalie.

 

[MD thaivuN]

Hudon and KK have serious chemistry this bodes well for Caufield and KK in the future.

Both their styles seems perfect for each each other. KK is good at making sneaky passes and Caufield is sneaky scorer.

 

[GoodKiwi]

Only two teams in the entire AHL have less ROW than Laval has this season so far.

When you only manage 17 ROW in 54GP - you suck. Just no other way of looking at it.

 

[CristianoRonaldo]

It's nice to see him excelling as a playmaker, but his skating, strength, puck handling, shooting still have a lot of work to do. Might need him to be in the AHL for another year.

We can afford it, We already have Danault, Suzuki and Domi... We have no place for Kotkaniemi in the lineup. So let him improve in the AHL.

 

[Pompeius Magnus]

I don't get why they're not trying Lacouvee. He did pretty good last season and it can't be any worse than having Kinkaid in net right now .

 

[Milhouse40]

The very sad thing is that Laval have for 8.5M of players that Bergevin signed for the NHL and they can't even win in the AHL....and that doesn't even include Kotkaniemi.

 

[Big Lurk]

2.6M over two years bought MB 3 NHL goals and 10 NHL points.

pro scouts stink

bad

 

[ahmedou]

Laval and Montreal, same destiny.

 

[Andrei79]

The main positive for me as that first line.

I love what Hudon-KK-Evans are doing. They play each shift to win.

Some of the veterans however are pathetic. Well, Poehlings hard to watch too, but the mistakes guys like Barber, Varone and Peca are making are just unacceptable. As someone who's detail oriented, I can't stand these clowns.

 

[BLONG7]

Laval and Montreal, same destiny.

And the common person is...................the man who has put it ALL togedder....the man, the myth, the legend.

 

[Treb]

I don't get why they're not trying Lacouvee. He did pretty good last season and it can't be any worse than having Kinkaid in net right now .

They could even try McNiven. He got only 1 game in the AHL this season. Kinkaid needs to go though.

 

[BehindTheTimes]

Amazing

On a side note it's really terrible that Hudon's goal scoring prowess doesn't translate at the NHL level. I wonder if he ends up finding his game in Ottawa like all the other local players with a bone to pick with the Habs...

How could it possibly translate? I like Hudson’s game even still, but he’s never been given much leeway in the big leagues. Developing Cousins, Thompson, Weiss, Weal seems to be more important. I think Hudson could excel on the 3rd/4th line eating up poor competition along with being a contributor on the 2nd PP wave.

kid his skills/smarts, but his skating/strength has always been a concern, he can’t be a top 6 imo, but once he knows that I think he could adjust his game to help the team for 12-15 minutes a night. Many games I watched I felt he generated the most opportunities of all his line mates but quickly fell out of favour.

 

[Ezpz]

2.6M over two years bought MB 3 NHL goals and 10 NHL points.

But he was undersized, undrafted, and played for Tampa. He was the next Goude/Johnson/St-Louis/Conacher/blabla. It doesn't matter they, with their supremely talented scouting staff, didn't tender him a QO.

 

[DAChampion]

How could it possibly translate? I like Hudson’s game even still, but he’s never been given much leeway in the big leagues. Developing Cousins, Thompson, Weiss, Weal seems to be more important. I think Hudson could excel on the 3rd/4th line eating up poor competition along with being a contributor on the 2nd PP wave.

kid his skills/smarts, but his skating/strength has always been a concern, he can’t be a top 6 imo, but once he knows that I think he could adjust his game to help the team for 12-15 minutes a night. Many games I watched I felt he generated the most opportunities of all his line mates but quickly fell out of favour.

I'm very surprised to see you write that. I thought that you were of the view that where a player ends up is up to the player.

 

[Adam Michaels]

Kotkaniemi had a real good game.

Even if he didn't put up any points, Poehling also had a good game.

Evans really gave KK and Hudon the element needed to be as effective a line can be in the AHL. Easier to have chemistry than when you play with Lynch or Cox when Evans was up with Montreal.

 

[BehindTheTimes]

I'm very surprised to see you write that. I thought that you were of the view that where a player ends up is up to the player.

Not 100% of the time. Gotta have the tools, I feel Hudon has a fair bit to work with. I’m not a huge fan of Juliens deployments with respect to young players. Where I think the criticism is over the top is when ppl go from one extreme to the next. Kk is rushed etc, but in the next sentence saying he should be in the top 6.

I do feel the majority of the time it is up to the layer to push his way up the lineup, but hudon hasn’t been given a shot at all in the lineup. I also think Eller should have been given an extended look with patches instead of dd and he might be a different player today, but I find those examples rare.

 

[1909]

Not 100% of the time. Gotta have the tools, I feel Hudon has a fair bit to work with. I’m not a huge fan of Juliens deployments with respect to young players. Where I think the criticism is over the top is when ppl go from one extreme to the next. Kk is rushed etc, but in the next sentence saying he should be in the top 6.

I do feel the majority of the time it is up to the layer to push his way up the lineup, but hudon hasn’t been given a shot at all in the lineup. I also think Eller should have been given an extended look with patches instead of dd and he might be a different player today, but I find those examples rare.

No way. lol !