Pre-Game Talk: Game 34: Montreal @ Carolina (Thurs. Dec 28th), 7 p.m. | RDS, TSN2

[MarkovsKnee]

Carolina is having a bit of a down year for them. Goaltending is an issue, and their vaunted D hasn't been all that vaunted.

Carolina currently doesn't sit in a playoff spot. They're 9th in East. Montreal is 3 points back of them with a game in hand.

Primeau starts, which probably means Montembeault/Allen will share the TB/Florida back to back. This 4 game road trip ends in Dallas.

Harris is ready to return, so we'll see if he gets in, or not.

Heineman will need to be sent down if they want to activate Harris. Montreal has a 23 man roster already.

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[Adam Michaels]

Apparently, the D pairs at practice today were:

Matheson - Savard
Guhle - Barron
Struble - Harris

With Kovacevic and Lindstrom as the 4th pair.

 

[Gaylord Q Tinkledink]

Apparently, the D pairs at practice today were:

Matheson - Savard
Guhle - Barron
Struble - Harris

With Kovacevic and Lindstrom as the 4th pair.

They need to make a move and needed to do so 2 months ago

 

[Tyson]

Apparently, the D pairs at practice today were:

Matheson - Savard
Guhle - Barron
Struble - Harris

With Kovacevic and Lindstrom as the 4th pair.

No way RD Kovasevic should sit for Harris. That would make zero sense.

 

[BLONG7]

Trade a Dman and goalie for some scoring HuGo............
Wishful thinking eh......

 

[Team_Spirit]

Kovacevic was the only D to play all 33 games but when healthy he will be easy to bench until he figures out he can hit people..

Hurricanes are cool I would love to go to their pre game bbq, Svechnikov is back.

Go Habs Go ~~~~

 

[salbutera]

 

[Tyson]

Primeau has been good on the road. I hope it continues

 

[BLONG7]

Apparently, the D pairs at practice today were:

Matheson - Savard
Guhle - Barron
Struble - Harris

With Kovacevic and Lindstrom as the 4th pair.

Curious if we could work The Sherriff back into the lineup as a winger? Scoring, and toughness....

 

[morhilane]

Curious if we could work The Sherriff back into the lineup as a winger? Scoring, and toughness....

Habs higher-ups want Aber to develop into a 20 minutes eating D, they are not converting him into a winger.

 

[BLONG7]

Habs higher-ups want Aber to develop into a 20 minutes eating D, they are not converting him into a winger.

Could be but there is no room at this point..........I am thinking about 11F and 7D with him being the 7th D and being used as a winger to get him back in the lineup.

 

[vokiel]

KK hat trick

 

[Adam Michaels]

Canes will be on the second of a back-to-back tomorrow that includes some travel.

They're in Nashville tonight.

 

[26Mats]

Apparently, the D pairs at practice today were:

Matheson - Savard
Guhle - Barron
Struble - Harris

With Kovacevic and Lindstrom as the 4th pair.

Very interesting if it sticks. MSL sometimes tries things in practice the day before then goes with something else game day...

 

[MtlSars]

No way RD Kovasevic should sit for Harris. That would make zero sense.

I'm actually pretty thrilled about this lineup on D. Struble - Harris was the pairing for years in St. Cloud in the NCAA.

It was their first pairing for at least 2 years and a half without injuries. These guys know each other well on the ice and I think we will be surprised by how efficient the two of them will be together.

 

[Tyson]

Very interesting if it sticks. MSL sometimes tries things in practice the day before then goes with something else game day...

Let's hope. Harris is ultra soft. I am not sure what he brings

 

[26Mats]

No way RD Kovasevic should sit for Harris. That would make zero sense.

I don'tt think Harris or Kovacevic are part of the long term, so I'm hoping to play them in a way that maximizes their trade value.

Another angle is, it will for sure be hard for Steuble to play on the left side long term. It would be interesting to see how he plays on the right, even though it's a little early in his NHL tenure to try it.

 

[the valiant effort]

Pesce is having himself an interesting contract year. We’ll take a pick/prospect and Pesce for Kovacevic

 

[Gaylord Q Tinkledink]

Pesce is having himself an interesting contract year. We’ll take a pick/prospect and Pesce for Kovacevic

The f***.

Why would Carolina do that ?

Makes no God damn sense.

 

[the valiant effort]

The f***.

Why would Carolina do that ?

Makes no God damn sense.

They free up some cap space to make moves elsewhere and get rid of a never was

 

[The Real Timo]

No way RD Kovasevic should sit for Harris. That would make zero sense.

Don’t forget. Harris and Barron are Hughes boys. He’ll shove them down our throat at every turn.

 

[salbutera]

KK hat trick

KKs received 8:32TOI halfway through 3rd period tonight - this would be the 4th time in last 6GP he’s received < 11.5 TOI

 

[The Great Weal]

Guaranteed that KK scores and people here will continue to pretend that he's a good player

 

[Tyson]

KKs received 8:32TOI halfway through 3rd period tonight - this would be the 4th time in last 6GP he’s received < 11.5 TOI

Least used Canes forward so far tonight.

 

[The Real Timo]

Finally a hockey game. Damn it’s been long. Da playoffs are within the grasp peeps. Let’s make da playoffs!!!

Least used Canes forward so far tonight.

They are saving him for tomorrow.