Post-Game Talk: Habs break losing skid. First win for interim coach.

[HabsInsider]

Big win for the team. If we lost, well.. I won't get into that.

A weight has been lifted, mostly for the new coach.

 

[webersshot]

Kotkaniemi was great. Looking forward to Hall and Caufield on his wing.

 

[HabsWhiteKnightLOL]

That’s f***ing gross. And really we can’t blame PK time.

Gotta protect da lead. Good thing Ottawa had no legs in the third period.

 

[Skip Bayless]

Until Dumb respecks KK and stops his love affair with Danault, he gets no respeck from me. No congratulations for you. You got lucky.

Happy to get the 2 points though.

KK doesn't deserve any respect.

 

[ChikN]

Great game by KK and Romanov. Happy with the win even though it wasn't always pretty.

So will we see more of KK next game?

 

[Apoplectic Habs Fan]

You hope you can build from that but it wasnt very convincing against a tired team.

Donut line needs to be dismantled. Its not even good defensively.

Romanov and KK were the best habs. Edmundson was good, its just he isnt the guy you want getting the puck in the offensive zone

 

[morhilane]

Ice of time Centers for tonight
KK 12:50
Dunno 18:36
Suzuki 18:32
Evans 10:59

Lol.

Danault (and Tatar) probably complained after the second Jets game that he didn't play enough at 5v5 and wanted more TOI as they both increased. At this point, they will have to be traded for KK to get anything.

If KK had better linemates and higher TOI, the Habs would have more than 2 PP goals and a EN tonight.

 

[Habs10Habs]

Haha my wife just walked by and said "Wow that's how you dance".

 

[nyhabsfan]

Bergevin when we don't got on a 6 game losing streak since we barely beat the lowest ranked team in the league playing an AHL goalie:

That was a quality team we beat 4-1 in their last 5 and beat Toronto twice and Calgary twice badely.

AHL goalie played a qulaity game.

How about we played a solid structured game and we have played three pretty solid games with an interim coach who has made some good changes.

I swear most of the people on this board need Prozac!

 

[Mrb1p]

Please give KK good wingers. I mean look at him keeping plays alive in the offensive zone by himself. At least Lehkonen tries. Not sure what Armia does. Complete tunnel vision and so soft for someone that is 6’4.

Softest player in the league. Looks like DD out there.

 

[domiwroze]

yay another W with absolutely no contribution whatsoever from Danault.

 

[sheed36]

Ice of time Centers for tonight
KK 12:50
Dunno 18:36
Suzuki 18:32
Evans 10:59

Lol.

Didn't really notice Suzuki much tonight. KK played very well and should've been rewarded with more ice time. Why is it so difficult for Habs coaches to recognize who's playing well and who isn't and give the player playing well more ice time and the player not going less?

 

[The Great Weal]

I hope Burrows calls Tatar in the middle of the night to keep yelling him. That p***y didn't learn his lesson when he got scratched.

 

[Runner77]

 

[Habs10Habs]

If Toffoli can become a top goalscorer in the NHL I'll take it

True, I meant more the hatred he received at the end. I don't want anyone hating TT

 

[le_sean]

Kotkaniemi was great. Looking forward to Hall and Caufield on his wing.

Hall doesn’t make anyone better. Every team he’s on becomes a disaster. I’m not giving him a long term deal unless he takes a big discount.

 

[A Loyal Dog]

KK doesn't deserve any respect.

But the coach does for narrowly beating the worst team in the league (in the second half of a back to back) after a string of losses (5 to be exact)?

 

[zx81]

For those complaining about KK's TOI I will remind you that without many PP's, increasing KK TOI also means increasing Lehkonen and Armia TOI.

We are missing Anderson for sure.

 

[CristianoRonaldo]

So where is the parade going to be?

Probably in the USA...

 

[ahmedou]

 

[Cyrrus147]

The 1st star of the game should have been the 4 minutes for high stick.

 

[Doc McKenna]

Ice of time Centers for tonight
KK 12:50
Dunno 18:36
Suzuki 18:32
Evans 10:59

Lol.

But we won. You have to earn your ice time and we dont want to change a winning formula

 

[Tyson]

Finnish line was solid. Armia is a handful in the corners

 

[vHAB]

Hopefully this new coach can be our lucky Ducharme.

... I'll see myself out

 

[The Great Weal]

Hall doesn’t make anyone better. Every team he’s on becomes a disaster. I’m not giving him a long term deal unless he takes a big discount.

Not longterm, but I think he could mesh well with us. Everyone sucks in Buffalo. Certainly can't do worse than Tatar and Armia.