Pre-Game Talk: Edmonton vs Montreal, Monday 7pm

[FrankMTL]

Boys will need to rebound in a big way against McDraisaitl.

Habs are 3-1 against the Oilers so far this year outscoring them 12-5. They've managed to keep the two headed monster in check for the most part limiting them to a combined 3 assists in 4 games.

What are your thoughts on the lines now that Staal will more than likely get into the lineup?

Go Habs Go!

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[the]

They better play Eric Staal

 

[CheldishGamibno]

Hope they win. Unbelievable how inconsistent that team is though, I have no idea what to expect.

 

[HockeyJunkie87]

Going to be hard to shut down McElbows and Draiguy again.
Hopefully they can somehow pull it off, would be refreshing to see them get 2 points again after being defeated by the Sens.
Will Carey get the start?! I assume.

 

[Runner77]

They better play Eric Staal

I heard that he would be able to skate on his own today even if no practise is scheduled.

His spot is ready.

 

[angusyoung]

They better show up for this one. Need to alter some lines and getting a few timely saves would be nice

 

[DramaticGloveSave]

Excited to see Staal in the lineup. Hopefully not too long before we see Caufield as well.

 

[angusyoung]

I heard that he would be able to skate on his own today even if no practise is scheduled.

His spot is ready.

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Sweet! must the the meaning of dutch treat?

 

[Archijerej]

Should be a good test for the team. I expect the last night's performance to be an outlier, but we won't be able to capitalize on a tired Oilers team this time.

 

[the]

I heard that he would be able to skate on his own today even if no practise is scheduled.

His spot is ready.

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Good! Eric Staal will make McDavid his bitch!!

 

[MarkovsKnee]

Oilers will be rested. They were supposed to play Vancouver Saturday, but that obviously got canceled. We'll need to be MUCH better than against Ottawa. I believe we will be.

Sens play a strong physical game against us. Oilers aren't nearly as physical.

Interested to see Staal. Hopefully, he doesn't suck.

 

[BLONG7]

Bounce back performance needed!!

 

[Gaylord Q Tinkledink]

We get to see Staal and McDavid likely set at least 1 record probably

 

[llamateizer]

Gallagher should be out for the game

 

[azcanuck]

Oilers will come out with a lot of energy with some rest. Last time they looked the worst I've seen them play this year and i watch a lot of their games since i'm close to their time zone.

We better play Allen in this one. Last game against the Oilers Price barely faced a tough shot.

 

[azcanuck]

Gallagher should be out for the game

Why he came back last night. What have you heard?

Good! Eric Staal will make McDavid his bitch!!

I think McDavid has the worst numbers against us. Maybe Danault has something to do with it?

 

[AlexGretzchenvid]

I mean did we really expect The Habs to beat Ottawa last night?

We took the night off and Ottawa needs to sell too!

 

[tazsub3]

Oilers will be rested. They were supposed to play Vancouver Saturday, but that obviously got canceled. We'll need to be MUCH better than against Ottawa. I believe we will be.

Sens play a strong physical game against us. Oilers aren't nearly as physical.

Interested to see Staal. Hopefully, he doesn't suck.

Hey man, i watched last night's game, and i am sure the habs are rested too, heck i am more tired then them

 

[Spearmint Rhino]

Petry needs to hit reboot to get his controller to work for this one. Swap sides with Perry and Anderson, Josh looks better on the left and Corey looks lost. Drouin to the 4th line and Staal in his place alongside KK

 

[HuGo Burner Acc]

Petry needs to hit reboot to get his controller to work for this one. Swap sides with Perry and Anderson, Josh looks better on the left and Corey looks lost. Drouin to the 4th line and Staal in his place alongside KK

I think they'll have Staal on Evans LW and take faceoffs and drop Perry there too. Besides last night, Suzuki is really struggling at faceoffs while KK is an absolute beast at strong side faceoffs so Staal won't help there. Suzuki needs to be insulated with some size come playoffs but I also want DD to drop Anderson to KKs wing and put Caufield on his other wing to insulate him with physical presence. Lots of options...

But for next game I could see

Tatar-Danault-Gallagher
Drouin-Suzuki-Anderson
Byron-Kotkaniemi-Toffoli
Staal-Evans-Perry

 

[Tyson]

Boys will need to rebound in a big way against McDraisaitl.

Habs are 3-1 against the Oilers so far this year outscoring them 12-5. They've managed to keep the two headed monster in check for the most part limiting them to a combined 3 assists in 4 games.

What are your thoughts on the lines now that Staal will more than likely get into the lineup?

Go Habs Go!

Habs have beaten Koskinen 3 times but got shut out easily against Mike Smith. It will be a different Oilers team tomorrow and after last night's game who knows what Habs team shows up.

 

[morhilane]

I think McDavid has the worst numbers against us. Maybe Danault has something to do with it?

McDavid and Draisaitl (he has 56 points already) plays too many minutes for their (very) low production against the Habs to only be thanks to Danault.

Julien opposed Evans to McDavid on the PK for example.

 

[26Mats]

Habs have beaten Koskinen 3 times but got shut out easily against Mike Smith. It will be a different Oilers team tomorrow and after last night's game who knows what Habs team shows up.

I didn't see the game, but I wondered going into last night's game if we shouldn't have tinkered so much with a wining lineup/wining line combos.

It was totally different trios last night than the total domination we had against Ottawa on Thursday.

 

[beowulf]

Don't know what to expect from this team anymore. If they can keep McDavid and Leon the Professional in check again they will win, if not...could get spanked.

 

[HuGo Sham]

absolutely pathetic performance lat night. if they have any sense of pride or desire, they'll step up and win. expecting much better from petry, price et all