Pre-Game Talk: Habs @ Bluejackets - Tuesday at 7:30

[Le Tricolore]

Figured we should move on from the weekend games.

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[Grate n Colorful Oz]

Worst sequence of the season was 5 loss in a row where we got 2 points out of 10 from two OTs.

 

[BLONG7]

Tough stretch continues.............which Habs team will show up? Would like to see the gang who beat the Jets!!

 

[CHfan1]

Big game against a team Montreal is tied with in the standings (although CBJ have 2 games in hand and more ROW).

It’s too bad Niemi played horribly yesterday. This will be Price’s 4th game in 6 days. He needed a rest day.

 

[Habs]

I have zero faith in this team right now. But good job getting those 4th liners Marc, that really has helped!

 

[1909]

I have zero faith in this team right now. But good job getting those 4th liners Marc, that really has helped!

Those 4th liners were not the reason they lost 3 in a row on the road.... Waste of time pointing fingers at 4th lines. You better find problems on the top three lines. That's where they are.

 

[Tyson]

A good and fun season starting to go down the drain

 

[HuGo Sham]

the game is in montreal, not columbus

 

[1909]

Big game against a team Montreal is tied with in the standings (although CBJ have 2 games in hand and more ROW).

It’s too bad Niemi played horribly yesterday. This will be Price’s 4th game in 6 days. He needed a rest day.

Martin Brodeur rarely took a game off... As one of the leader of that team, I was expecting Price to come to CJ and demand to start that game vs the Panthers.

 

[1909]

A good and fun season starting to go down the drain

They played rather well vs TO, NASH and TB. Superior teams anyway.

 

[Whitesnake]

Habs are not a great team. Problem is not the team. Is that the stretch they were in were against the top teams. And The Florida game is just a team who was dead tired of being overmatched most of the time. We are in a very bad position, not good enough to be relevant, not bad enough to to pick gamechanging players. I saw that scenario before....

 

[Habs]

Those 4th liners were not the reason they lost 3 in a row on the road.... Waste of time pointing fingers at 4th lines. You better find problems on the top three lines. That's where they are.

Please point out where I said they were the reason? I'll hang up and listen to your call.

 

[Grate n Colorful Oz]

A good and fun season starting to go down the drain

Rather much later than expected though. A win tonight would settle them back on the road towards a futile playoff berth.

 

[Rockomax]

Those 4th liners were not the reason they lost 3 in a row on the road.... Waste of time pointing fingers at 4th lines. You better find problems on the top three lines. That's where they are.

He's just saying that Bergevin wasted time working on the 4th line because it wasn't a significant part of the team's play, not that it was the reason of our current streak.

 

[Lafleurs Guy]

Martin Brodeur rarely took a game off... As one of the leader of that team, I was expecting Price to come to CJ and demand to start that game vs the Panthers.

Price isn't going to demand to play over the backup. That would be a jackass move.

I disagree with Julien's decision not to start Price though. I think if he does we probably win that game. And now that we've lost it, we're not in great shape going forward when looking at the schedule.

And this board is so bi-polar. We were way too ahead of ourselves during the streak and we're way to depressed now. It's one way or the other here....

We knew we weren't as good as the Lightning but we've put in some good efforts against some great teams. I don't see us completely dropping off a cliff because we lost a couple of games. The upcoming games will be tough for sure but they're certainly winnable games.

 

[1909]

He's just saying that Bergevin wasted time working on the 4th line because it wasn't a significant part of the team's play, not that it was the reason of our current streak.

When MB made those deals to revamp his 4th line, the team was going VERY well, and the former 4th line was doing zero and even caused the loss vs TO. Revamping top-nine is way more complicated and did not seem to be needed even ONE week ago. And we don't know. MB might be working on bigger trades since weeks.

 

[Runner77]

 

[Montrealer]

Habs were on top of the world after the Jets win, now they're garbage. At least according to so many people.

Truth is they're still having a successful retooling season, and there's little reason to believe the sky is falling because of a small losing streak that every team goes through (except the Lightning, so far this season). Just like they weren't cup favourites when they went 7-1-2 in 10 games, they're not garbage because of a tough week.

 

[Edgy]

Revamping our 4th line is fine, as long as he revamps our first and our D.

If he doesn't then the 4th line revamp becomes a meaningless move, which is the Bergevin special. A couple of lazy meaningless moves and a PC to say he tried but ultimately failed.

 

[Rockomax]

When MB made those deals to revamp his 4th line, the team was going VERY well, and the former 4th line was doing zero and even caused the loss vs TO. Revamping top-nine is way more complicated and did not seem to be needed even ONE week ago. And we don't know. MB might be working on bigger trades since weeks.

Not arguing with this, just wanted to nuance what the other poster meant.

In any case, I'm not hoping for anything big, this is not our year and neither will be next season.

 

[1909]

Revamping our 4th line is fine, as long as he revamps our first and our D.

If he doesn't then the 4th line revamp becomes a meaningless move, which is the Bergevin special. A couple of lazy meaningless moves and a PC to say he tried but ultimately failed.

Who told you MB was not trying to revamp his LD or top-nine ?

 

[Runner77]

He revamped the 4th line cause evidently it was easy to do and cost nothing. Not so sure he has an appetite to engage into much more unless players with term land on his doorstep.

 

[1909]

Not arguing with this, just wanted to nuance what the other poster meant.

In any case, I'm not hoping for anything big, this is not our year and neither will be next season.

Outside TB (who are sure to make it) and a few bottom teams, almost any other teams can dream about making the Playoffs. Who would had said that the Isles would be a contending team this season ? Who would had bet that Philly and St-Louis would make such a push for Playoffs spots two months ago ? Anything can happen, and happen fast.

 

[nhlfan9191]

Big game against a team Montreal is tied with in the standings (although CBJ have 2 games in hand and more ROW).

It’s too bad Niemi played horribly yesterday. This will be Price’s 4th game in 6 days. He needed a rest day.

We’re lucky that we just had the long break during the ASG and bye week followed by another 5 days shortly after. Price should be fine and we’re probably going to need him a lot down the stretch.

 

[26Mats]

He revamped the 4th line cause evidently it was easy to do and cost nothing. Not so sure he has an appetite to engage into much more unless players with term land on his doorstep.

Similarly, he said in an interview he would get a ufa, if, like Petry, he thought he had a good shot at resigning him.