Post-Game Talk: GAME 34 - Il n'y a pas de joie à Poutineville sauf pour l'ours qui danse sur la rue Sainte-Catherine

[Jean_Jacket41]

Habs are fraud. What an awful team. I will be shocked if they are in after 82 games.

 

[ODAAT]

Habs are fraud. What an awful team. I will be shocked if they are in after 82 games.

they`ll be sellers by the deadline....book it

 

[UConn126]

they`ll be sellers by the deadline....book it

But who do they have that anyone would want to buy?

Was just looking at their cap numbers... love that they are locked in to paying Weber almost 8 mil for 8 more season. Can't see that guy playing at a high level til 41.

 

[Glove Malfunction]

Some beauty passing all around last night.

 

[BigBadBruins7708]

But who do they have that anyone would want to buy?

Was just looking at their cap numbers... love that they are locked in to paying Weber almost 8 mil for 8 more season. Can't see that guy playing at a high level til 41.

I'd take Shaw.

3.9 per for 15-20 goals, 35-40 points and ~125 hits. ideal $ for a high end 3rd/fill in 2nd liner

 

[BBB24]

they`ll be sellers by the deadline....book it

Agreed but they really don’t have much to sell, Gallagher maybe but really doubt they want to move him. Their vets don’t hold much value.

 

[RustyBruins72]

Habs are fraud. What an awful team. I will be shocked if they are in after 82 games.

My good friend, who would be a great friend except for the fact he cheers for the habs, said they'd make it if they played Ottawa 82 games.

 

[Fenway]

Mitch Melnick was blunt in The Athletic

Melnick's GBU: The Canadiens say goodbye to 2018 by partying...

By Mitch Melnick
Did the Canadiens hold a players-only Christmas party Sunday night and forget to drink plenty of water?

I get that there are going to be nights when a team is flat. But really, last home game of the year against your most storied rival that you lead by one point in the standings, and you sleepwalk through 60 minutes? Like, seriously, WTF was that?

It’s as if they all decided – standings be damned – to preserve their energy and just defer to the better team once the puck was dropped and head out west, where they will be sucking plenty of that thin air in Denver on Wednesday night.

Yes, the Bruins are a better team. Especially when Patrice Bergeron and Zdeno Chara are healthy. But the Habs got them while they’re still banged up and after they had played and lost an emotional game to Buffalo the night before.

Two obvious conclusions here: The Bruins are a much more difficult opponent than the Ottawa team the Habs had just run over in the third period on Saturday. And the Canadiens are a much easier opponent than the Sabres.

Boston is a well-coached team and planned a perfect road game against a normally quick transition team. But the Habs need to be able to adjust when their opponent cuts off the middle of the ice, as the Bruins expertly did. It’s one thing to muck up execution from the very first shift of the game. It happens. Like it recently did in Minneapolis. But it’s something else entirely when you’re in your own building and it’s combined with the energy level and commitment of an inmate on death row.

But at least they owned up to it.

 

[Hali33]

That was one of their strongest games this season and they picked the right team to pull it together for. Montreal looked awful and it was beautiful.

 

[Genesis76]

What’s the difference between Halak and a cement wall?
-Halak doesn’t crack

What’s the difference between Halak and Price?
-8 mils/year

I’m definitly cheering for Halak this year. It will be fun to see what he can do with a great team in front of him.

 

[22Brad Park]

Ducks next then Preds.Get a real feeling then what this team is.

 

[Fenway]

The last couple of games reinforce the Bruins playoff path. Tampa looks like a lock to be #1 in the Atlantic so the Bruins need to catch either Buffalo or Toronto and not worry about Montreal. Losing in regulation to Buffalo hurt but we play them 2 more times, Toronto and Montreal we have 1 left with each. The team needs to avoid a wild card shot as playing either Tampa or Washington in Round 1 is not the desired option.

The game on December 29th at Buffalo could be huge and it appears Bergie will be back.

 

[Almanil]

I noticed that Pasta looked kind of serious throughout the game, that usually is not a good sign but this game it was otherwise.

 

[Fenway]

 

[Fenway]

Nilan: Worst loss to the Bruins ever

Chris Nilan was none too pleased about how the Canadiens performed versus the Bruins on Monday.

Habs Lunch: Brutal Bruins loss

Sean Campbell, Tony Marinaro, Chris Nilan and JP O'Connor discuss the tough loss to the Bruins on bellC entre ice.

 

[ODAAT]

Agreed but they really don’t have much to sell, Gallagher maybe but really doubt they want to move him. Their vets don’t hold much value.

you are correct but still fun to watch them implode as the year proceeds

 

[Mathews28]

Montreal was soft as warm butter last night. I was amazed at how little push back they had.

Where was Gallagher? -2 and not being the usual in your face punk we've seen in the past.

Domi? Hot garbage, 17 minutes of play, 2 shots, 1 hit...yeah 1 hit...and lost 8/11 faceoffs. His father probably wants to punch him in the face for that performance.

Embarrasing Habs performance.

 

[ODAAT]

Ducks next then Preds.Get a real feeling then what this team is.

until they get back the 4 who are out with injury, not sure using the Preds/Ducks this week will be the truest barometer for who or what this team is

 

[ODAAT]

Montreal was soft as warm butter last night. I was amazed at how little push back they had.

Where was Gallagher? -2 and not being the usual in your face punk we've seen in the past.

Domi? Hot garbage, 17 minutes of play, 2 shots, 1 hit...yeah 1 hit...and lost 8/11 faceoffs. His father probably wants to punch him in the face for that performance.

Embarrasing Habs performance.

they were soft for sure, as much as I can`t stand him as long as he wears that Uni, I`d take Gallagher in a spoked B 8 days a week, imagine a lineup featuring he and Marchand.....oh the hatred from opponents would be beautiful

 

[BBB24]

you are correct but still fun to watch them implode as the year proceeds

As someone who grew up in Quebec I could not agree more. I fully realize I have a mental illness when it comes to the Habs, today I have watched the highlights of last nights game at least 25 times. Games like that never get old.

 

[BMC]

Nilan: Worst loss to the Bruins ever

Chris Nilan was none too pleased about how the Canadiens performed versus the Bruins on Monday.

Habs Lunch: Brutal Bruins loss

Sean Campbell, Tony Marinaro, Chris Nilan and JP O'Connor discuss the tough loss to the Bruins on bellC entre ice.

f*** Nilan

 

[Gee Wally]

Nilan: Worst loss to the Bruins ever

Chris Nilan was none too pleased about how the Canadiens performed versus the Bruins on Monday.

Habs Lunch: Brutal Bruins loss

Sean Campbell, Tony Marinaro, Chris Nilan and JP O'Connor discuss the tough loss to the Bruins on bellC entre ice.

It was real and spectacular.

 

[BMC]

Montreal was soft as warm butter last night. I was amazed at how little push back they had.

Where was Gallagher? -2 and not being the usual in your face punk we've seen in the past.

Domi? Hot garbage, 17 minutes of play, 2 shots, 1 hit...yeah 1 hit...and lost 8/11 faceoffs. His father probably wants to punch him in the face for that performance.

Embarrasing Habs performance.

And I loved every damned second of it

 

[BigGoalBrad]

Habs are fraud. What an awful team. I will be shocked if they are in after 82 games.

I think they are doing well because they got rid of their overrated vets Maxi Pad and Alzner.

You would think there is not enough firepower to hang in over 82 games Agostino is a key guy for them but I think they are pretty well suited to taking care of bad teams.

 

[Glove Malfunction]

Montreal was soft as warm butter last night. I was amazed at how little push back they had.

Where was Gallagher? -2 and not being the usual in your face punk we've seen in the past.

Domi? Hot garbage, 17 minutes of play, 2 shots, 1 hit...yeah 1 hit...and lost 8/11 faceoffs. His father probably wants to punch him in the face for that performance.

Embarrasing Habs performance.

If you ever needed proof that the hits stat is wildly dependent on the homer statisticians, MTL was credited with 46 hits during that soft as butter performance.