Post-Game Talk: Habs Crown Kings in SO & Win 5-4!

[OldCraig71]

Patch didn't carry us in any way at all today. Or at any point this season.

He was gift wrapped a goal by Radulov, and got lucky on a deflection.

He also took a bad penalty, and bailed on a bunch of plays.. made no look pass to no one on zone entries.. and was just generally awful if you watched the game and didn't just stat watch.

You could argue that Pacioretty has never carried this team outside of goal scoring and if that dries up he looks like he has no effort or is gutless but in reality he is not good at much else. He needs to play with a player like Radulov in order to produce, he is not capable to create much but he can shoot the puck with the best of them.

 

[OldCraig71]

Price gives up 4and we still win? I'll take it

The team owes him that because he has carried them to so many victories that they did not deserve.

 

[Drunk World Order]

Pateryn had a solid game...looked real good in limited minutes!

 

[Hackett]

Question about the thread title. If the habs crown the kings, doesn't that imply that Montreal loses?

 

[Habs Icing]

You could argue that Pacioretty has never carried this team outside of goal scoring and if that dries up he looks like he has no effort or is gutless but in reality he is not good at much else. He needs to play with a player like Radulov in order to produce, he is not capable to create much but he can shoot the puck with the best of them.

Ding! Ding! Ding!

The best summary of Patches I've read to date.

You deserve a cigar and if you don't smoke at least a redhead.

 

[Redux91]

Well ****
he pops back upp so it cant be THAT bad..

i say worst case scenario sprained knee out 4 weeks but it could be way better than that

 

[Habit11]

Caught the game live this afternoon, plenty of Habs' fans in attendance and it was pretty damn entertaining. Radulov alone was worth the price of admission. He is such a beast at protecting the puck and his puck skills are insane. Hope AG will be alright because those 3 have the potential to be dominant as a line offensively. Defensively? We'll see... Overall felt like a pretty even match, though I'd give the edge to the Habs' in overall play. Some glaring defensive lapses and some perfect snipes by Doughty/Carter enabled the Kings' to get 4 past CP. Both teams were playing at a pretty fast pace and it certainly wasn't the type of game I was expecting from either. All in all, glad to see them take the two points.

 

[Redux91]

Is Galchenyuk injured leg/knee the same he injured in junior when he missed a whole year ?

I'm a bit worried right now

It was his Left knee he tore the ACL in, ...and did NOT pop back up like that video

hopefully just a charley horse, or a sprained knee which could be a few weeks

 

[MarkovsKnee]

Well ****
he pops back upp so it cant be THAT bad..

i say worst case scenario sprained knee out 4 weeks but it could be way better than that

I don't like how Kopitar's skate comes up. I hope he wasn't cut.

 

[ROCKZO]

I decided to let the steam out a bit before reading any of the comments.

I trust in Pacioretty and I know he'll get the ball rolling from this point on ... right ?

 

[mariolemieux66]

Emelin credited with 8 hits.

 

[De Montreal]

Emelin credited with 8 hits.

Pacioretty second goal on the PP came after Emelin pitch in the offensive zone drew a penalty on Gallagher, he definitely played a good game even though he got burned on the Lewis breakaway

I thought Emelin was our best dman tonight. Weber, Markov and Petry all had their ups and downs. Barberio was bad. Pateryn was decent.

Maybe we see Redmond next game.

 

[Lafleurs Guy]

Patch didn't carry us in any way at all today. Or at any point this season.

He was gift wrapped a goal by Radulov, and got lucky on a deflection.

He also took a bad penalty, and bailed on a bunch of plays.. made no look pass to no one on zone entries.. and was just generally awful if you watched the game and didn't just stat watch.

You mean like stat watching Price's numbers?

 

[teamfirst]

We never gonna get rid of DD.

Never.

lolol.....you will, at some point you will, nobody lives forever

 

[OldCraig71]

I decided to let the steam out a bit before reading any of the comments.

I trust in Pacioretty and I know he'll get the ball rolling from this point on ... right ?

As long as he plays with someone that gets the puck to him ala Radulov outside of that what you see is what you get, hands of stone with one of the best shots in the league.

 

[deandebean]

Chucky was seen limping and having difficulty flexing (plier) his leg, according to LaPresse's beat reporter.

We need Dr Recchi's diagnostic here.

 

[RC51]

Chucky was seen limping and having difficulty flexing (plier) his leg, according to LaPresse's beat reporter.

We need Dr Recchi's diagnostic here.

Dr. Recchi's diagnostic would the same as always, "it was a strong hockey play"

 

[Hackett]

Pacioretty second goal on the PP came after Emelin pitch in the offensive zone drew a penalty on Gallagher, he definitely played a good game even though he got burned on the Lewis breakaway

I thought Emelin was our best dman tonight. Weber, Markov and Petry all had their ups and downs. Barberio was bad. Pateryn was decent.

Maybe we see Redmond next game.

I thought emelin was struggling tonight. He also cheated big time on the 4th kings goal, and the habs almost lost points because of it.

 

[OldCraig71]

I thought emelin was struggling tonight. He also cheated big time on the 4th kings goal, and the habs almost lost points because of it.

Galchenyuk was a guilty party on that goal as well, he left his man as well.

 

[Kraken Jokes]

I thought emelin was struggling tonight. He also cheated big time on the 4th kings goal, and the habs almost lost points because of it.

Yeah, that was a huge gaff but otherwise he was alright. Pateryn was more than decent, he moves the puck very well. Can Redmond play LD?

 

[japhi]

I thought emelin was struggling tonight. He also cheated big time on the 4th kings goal, and the habs almost lost points because of it.

You saw what I saw, one guy of his worst games this season

 

[DangerDave]

Radulov <3

honestly? I think the Habs played well the last three games.

yeah I agree. These were some tough teams and we always struggle during the western trip but the habs played 3 solid games. I didn't feel we were outclassed in any of these games and we could have taken all 3.

 

[japhi]

Weber wasn't great but he saved a goal in OT that allowed us to win the game. That play was as important as going end to end and sniping one. A goal saved is equal to a goal scored.

 

[sheed36]

Nice to see both Flynn and Byron score in the SO. If both hadn't of scored and the Habs lost MT would've been ripped to pieces here for using them.

 

[Hackett]

yeah I agree. These were some tough teams and we always struggle during the western trip but the habs played 3 solid games. I didn't feel we were outclassed in any of these games and we could have taken all 3.

The California games weren't masterpieces by any stretch, but the habs competed in every single one of them and probably should have more points coming out of it. The worst game of the trip so far has probably been Detroit, IMO. In that sense, maybe you can say that the luck evened out a bit in California.