GDT: Game 69: MTL @ ANA | Save KK! | Mar. 8, 2019 10:00pm ET, TSN2, RDS

[Runner77]

We still have a shot at coming out of the west coast swing, with a positive outcome.

The Ducks aren't the Sharks.

This whole KK thing has become a lightning rod for controversy. Taking an upside player out of the lineup with the season winding down and the Habs desperately looking to win a playoff spot, is a tough sell.

Some fans are getting antsy ...

The team is coming off a loss so there ought to be lineup changes.

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[Habssince89]

Drouin-Danault-Gallagher
Byron-Domi-Shaw
Tatar-Kotkaniemi-Armia
Lehkonen-Thompson-Weal

Please.

 

[HabsWhiteKnightLOL]

I really hope we dont put a extra skater that was playing in Arizona in our 3rd line once again

 

[Spearmint Rhino]

Send Weise back to Laval, him and Deslauriers are oxygen scavengers at best (might be the cause of KKs fatigue )

Call up Evans and see if he can provide a spark, deserves a look over the other 2 and doesn’t look like Hudon will see the ice ever again in a Habs jersey

 

[MarkovsKnee]

The whole point of resting Price last night was to bag the 4pts needed against the 2 weaker teams, so we better f***ing win this.

Kotka needs to play. He's our best playmaker for gawd's sake.

 

[Tuggy]

Need this one tonight.

Price will need to be ready.

Hopefully Kotkaniemi gets back in.

Kulak should sit.

 

[sandviper]

If they wanted to rest Price, it shoulda been tonight. We should beat Anaheim, even with Niemi.

Well, maybe not.

Definitely hope Kotkaniemi is back in the lineup. I mean, if it is a question about effort and play, there’s other people who should sit first. These crucial, must-win 2 point games is exactly the experience he needs.

 

[Lshap]

This thread needs more KK.

 

[Lshap]

If they wanted to rest Price, it shoulda been tonight. We should beat Anaheim, even with Niemi.

Well, maybe not.

Definitely hope Kotkaniemi is back in the lineup. I mean, if it is a question about effort and play, there’s other people who should sit first. These crucial, must-win 2 point games is exactly the experience he needs.

I'm confident against Anaheim, but having Niemi in nets would be like a 60-minute penalty kill.

 

[Saundies]

Put the kid back in Claude. Just do it.

 

[Tyson]

Kotkaniemi needs to play.
The way Thompson played last night I would consider sitting him in favor of Weal

 

[Edgy]

I'm confident against Anaheim, but having Niemi in nets would be like a 60-minute penalty kill.

Worse, it'll be like a 60min pp.

 

[Agalloch]

Huge need win here.

 

[Lshap]

Worse, it'll be like a 60min pp.

How sad is it that: a) This is a good joke; b) This is totally true.

 

[Lshap]

Huge need win here.

Win huge here need.

 

[Adamcrazy3]

Wild prediction: if we don't get the 2 points tonight, we are not making the playoffs.

 

[Agalloch]

Win huge here need.

I wasn't sure if my sentence was correct hehe...

Wild prediction: if we don't get the 2 points tonight, we are not making the playoffs.

I agree.

 

[Lshap]

I wasn't sure if my sentence was correct hehe...

I'm sure your english is wayyyy better than my french.

 

[admiralcadillac]

I really hope we dont put a extra skater that was playing in Arizona in our 3rd line once again

You mean the one that scored an important goal against LA?

 

[Forum93]

Coach strategizing most wins likely on this back-back , content to take 2 pts out of 4, wouldn't it be a real kick in the ass if we lose tonight.

 

[Agalloch]

Last win at Anaheim in 2014 (Tokarski).

mcubed.net : NHL : Series records : Montreal Canadiens against Anaheim Ducks

oh yea... and Price never won there.

 

[Habs]

If they play like they did last night, they win. Maybe Danault can score on the other team?

 

[Censored Toad]

Coach strategizing most wins likely on this back-back , content to take 2 pts out of 4, wouldn't it be a real kick in the ass if we lose tonight.

Yep, if we lose tonight.... I will sort of look like this

 

[Tyson]

Wild prediction: if we don't get the 2 points tonight, we are not making the playoffs.

Not that far fetched of a prediction

 

[26Mats]

Coach strategizing most wins likely on this back-back , content to take 2 pts out of 4, wouldn't it be a real kick in the ass if we lose tonight.

Despite Niemi's bad performance, if you had to pick a strategy going into the back to back, where you play Niemi one night to give Price the rest, I think playing Niemi in SJ and Price in Anaheim was the right choice.

If you play Price back to back, that's a dangerous strategy given his recent knee problems.