Post-Game Talk: End of the Cinderella Story, Habs lose to Sabres 6-5

[swimmer77]

Price was off all game. Very slow on lateral movements. Bad control of rebounds. I hope it was the flu and nothing more.

Or a poor diet again.

 

[groovejuice]

Here comes the keyboard warriors, lol. Aren't you guys entertained. Bad night to be a so called habs fan. Vent away. Don't forget to have your milk and cookies before going to bed

 

[groovejuice]

Mental obstacles are so personal and obscure that as outside observers, we can never really know their extent and nature -- especially not from a few seconds's worth of sound bytes. Whatever it is, he's acknowledging that it's on him and that it's in his head -- and you can usually change what you acknowledge, so he should be able to bounce back.

I'm sure Price has access to a Sports Psychologist. Hopefully he can get past whatever is troubling him.

I'm not convinced that there's no lingering physical issue as well.

 

[OldCraig71]

I'm sure Price has access to a Sports Psychologist. Hopefully he can get past whatever is troubling him.

I'm not convinced that there's no lingering physical issue as well.

He might be "bored".

 

[groovejuice]

He might be "bored".

 

[OldCraig71]

Seriously though sir, haven't we all been bored here and there?

 

[1909]

Mental obstacles are so personal and obscure that as outside observers, we can never really know their extent and nature -- especially not from a few seconds's worth of sound bytes. Whatever it is, he's acknowledging that it's on him and that it's in his head -- and you can usually change what you acknowledge, so he should be able to bounce back.

Maybe he cannot accept and adjust to the fact that his BODY doesn't follow as well as before.

 

[WhiskeySeven*]

He might be "bored".

God damn that's a pun

 

[OldCraig71]

Maybe he cannot accept and adjust to the fact that his BODY doesn't follow as well as before.

His D don't follow like it used to either. To quote Don Cherrey, we are very "Loosey Goosey"on D.

 

[WhiskeySeven*]

I honestly don't remember which discussion you're referring to, but I totally agree with the post you quoted.

I said the Habs' start was likely not sustainable and you wondered aloud why that should be the case, given how young they are.

Glad we can agree on it now. Some day very soon you'll also agree that the Subban-Weber trade was a catastrophic loss for the Habs, but I hope it doesn't take until the ends of their careers for you to admit it - Subban has a lot of years left!

 

[Toene]

Maybe it's the new equipment that some goalies complained about (for example Bobrovsky IIRC). I used to love the Padqvist meme about Henrik Lundqvist that implies he was an equipment babby but maybe it's Price that got so used to his past equipment size and now struggles because it feels unnatural? Idk just throwing this out there. I'm trying to rationalize what I'm seeing.

 

[Rapala]

Maybe it's the new equipment that some goalies complained about (for example Bobrovsky IIRC). I used to love the Padqvist meme about Henrik Lundqvist that implies he was an equipment babby but maybe it's Price that got so used to his past equipment size and now struggles because it feels unnatural? Idk just throwing this out there. I'm trying to rationalize what I'm seeing.

Pucks are going through 'tenders league wide and no doubt. But he isn't "seeing" the puck which is the concerning part. When he struggled earlier in his career the same could be said I actually thought he needed glasses.

 

[Runner77]

He might be "bored".

Too much money, happy wife, healthy kids, playing a kids's game for a living. Too boring all right.

 

[Runner77]

Maybe he cannot accept and adjust to the fact that his BODY doesn't follow as well as before.

Could be a bunch of things but someone like him who has shown a high level of skills and has produced results, normally hasn't done so by happenstance. He owns the skills he's displayed -- what is going on now can only be understood by his entourage. Bergevin should be all over it -- he's the one upon whom that contract falls should Price completely fall apart or not perform to its fullest extent.

 

[Runner77]

His D don't follow like it used to either. To quote Don Cherrey, we are very "Loosey Goosey"on D.

As a result, a site was rebranded to Ey on the Prize.

Right, Old Craigey?

 

[Runner77]

I said the Habs' start was likely not sustainable and you wondered aloud why that should be the case, given how young they are.

Glad we can agree on it now. Some day very soon you'll also agree that the Subban-Weber trade was a catastrophic loss for the Habs, but I hope it doesn't take until the ends of their careers for you to admit it - Subban has a lot of years left!

I don't know how sustainable the Habs start was. I'm certainly not going to believe they fell apart cause they lost a game where the winning goal was scored on a blunder.

Some players have come out strong and I'd just like to see where everyone is at, at the quarter mark. Plus, what impact will Weber have when he returns?

No question we lost the Subban trade -- just the age difference and all the mileage on Weber should have enough to warrant the Preds adding more in the deal or the Habs targeting a different player. But, it's done now, what good will it do to keep revisiting it?

 

[PhysicX]

Pucks are going through 'tenders league wide and no doubt. But he isn't "seeing" the puck which is the concerning part. When he struggled earlier in his career the same could be said I actually thought he needed glasses.

At times, I wondered that too about his eyesight...

On the topic of mental health issues, if Price, or anyone else for that matter is suffering from depression or any other disorder, his or her well-being/health comes first.

 

[Runner77]

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What happened, you couldn't find a 1909 model?

 

[Lycanthrope]

Honestly im pleasantly surprised with this years Habs !! Very exciting win or lose. Look they have the exact same record as the SJ Sharks ! And are one point behind the almighty 18-19 stanley cuo champ Leafs.
My only disappointment is Price really !! But then i look at Rask and wonder if this has to do with the new goalie equipment?
That said maybe with this team Price just doesn’t fit. Move him IF you can

It was mentioned he is the among the last of the core that was moved. I wonder how he would do elsewhere? Can’t see Bergevin having the stones to try to move him this year though. Something has to give though. I take no pleasure in bashing him (or any other Hab) but that situation can’t continue, for him us or the team. Really sucks that the team has been very competitive, more exciting to watch at a time when he’s struggling.

 

[Lycanthrope]

It is clearly mental but it hasnt been a few years. It has been 1 year and a month.

2016-17 .923 2.23

Some of us were doubting he’d ever return to form for some time. Doesn’t look promising.

 

[Lycanthrope]

And 95% of NHLers couldn't do the job that most of the posters here have studied towards and where several have graduated with multiple degrees and/or high academic achievement from prestigious university institutions.

Hockey players are just individuals who perform a different job than we do -- it doesn't make them better or worse than any of us.

Get off your high horse. The role of Alan Walsh is already taken.

Excellent post my bro and fellow egghead

 

[groovejuice]

What happened, you couldn't find a 1909 model?

I probably have a Daguerreotype of an outhouse I took myself back then. I was too lazy to look in my steamer trunk, though.

 

[ryan callahan]

Seriously, you're going to put puck pushers ahead of engineers, doctors, lawyers and other professionals whose contributions to society are far more important than pro hockey players? So what they're the best at what they do, they're just one source of entertainment amongst many -- I'll take the teacher who is not within the top class of his or her profession or your average surgeon over a hockey player any day of the week.

Regardless, the main point at issue is that the poster's argument is disingenuous to begin with. If we want to read Allan Walsh, we can find him on twitter.

Hockey players don't get payed this much because they are more ''useful'' to the society than the jobs you said. It's just that a hockey player in the NHL entertains 100k+ per night at the same time in a semi good market. Tell me one doctor or a lawyer that can work for this kind of amount of people in one night. Entertainment and saving lives isn't all that different. It's just how much people are willing to pay you for it (Demand).

 

[Runner77]

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The outhouse from the image you posted, has recently been restored with its original markings ...

 

[Runner77]

Hockey players don't get payed this much because they are more ''useful'' to the society than the jobs you said. It's just that a hockey player in the NHL entertains 100k+ per night at the same time in a semi good market. Tell me one doctor or a lawyer that can work for this kind of amount of people in one night. Entertainment and saving lives isn't all that different. It's just how much people are willing to pay you for it (Demand).

There are also lawyers who have made more money than your average hockey player and who now own pro sports franchises. And they didn't need to entertain 100K + per night to do it. However, none of this matters as we've veered off on a tangent.

Let's get back to the original statement:

If entertainment sport upsets some of you that much, you should get another hobby. Reading some of the messages here you'd think you guys are all in the Hall of Fame when in fact the "worst" player in the NHL right now would skates circles around 95% of the posters here.

Who is this guy to tell others how to choose their hobby? And his comment about how NHL players are better than your average posters, well duh.

The forum is not about comparing posters to players. And neither is it a propaganda arm of the Habs's PR department. It's a microcosm of what happens in society at large -- people will post the good with the bad and some remarks are off the cuff, unfounded or just a form of venting. Doesn't mean everyone should be painted with the same broad stroke.