Post-Game Talk: Habs defeat the Flames.

[26Mats]

Suzuki... wow. Kid is playing incredible hockey right now, fun to see.

Romanov... Evans... also playing well, which is great.

Good win. Nice to see the competitiveness even if the points are unfortunate/counter productive.

The non-tank side of me thinks the line combinations may come together. Hoffman and Toffoli is interesting. I think Suzuki should get 2 of Hoffman, Toffoli and Gallagher. whoever one of those three isn't with Suzuki should be with Dvorak and Drouin. - or maybe Dvorak steps into Danault's shoes on a line that had success last year in the postseason as a 2-way line: Evans-Dvorak-Gallagher. Then Drouin centers Anderson and Armia or Perreault on the 3rd line... Anyways Hoffman-Suzuki-Toffoli may be a legit offensive line. Gotta get a 2nd one going though. Maybe Drouin-Dvorak-Caufield or Caufield-Dvorak-Gallagher.

 

[Miller Time]

The non-tank side of me thinks the line combinations may come together. Hoffman and Toffoli is interesting. I think Suzuki should get 2 of Hoffman, Toffoli and Gallagher. whoever one of those three isn't with Suzuki should be with Dvorak and Drouin. - or maybe Dvorak steps into Danault's shoes on a line that had success last year in the postseason as a 2-way line: Evans-Dvorak-Gallagher. Then Drouin centers Anderson and Armia or Perreault on the 3rd line... Anyways Hoffman-Suzuki-Toffoli may be a legit offensive line. Gotta get a 2nd one going though. Maybe Drouin-Dvorak-Caufield or Caufield-Dvorak-Gallagher.

Thing is, all of those options has 22 yr old Suzuki as by far the best talent on his line...

He's developing into the type of player that can carry a line, no doubt... but man would it be nice to see what he could do with legit elite talent to play with instead of mediocre fillers.

Hoff, Toff, Gally... all nice players at their best, but none of them are elite/top tier caliber talents.

 

[Halakitlikethat]

Chiarot with 4 goals already lol

 

[Miller Time]

Chiarot with 4 goals already lol

Doing his part to keep his value up... hopefully management figures it out and gets optimal value in return

 

[Belial]

Really solid game by the boys!

 

[RationalExpectations]

Doing his part to keep his value up... hopefully management figures it out and gets optimal value in return

you mean they sign him to a 5mx8y contract ? Sounds like Bergevin...

 

[jaffy27]

Great game again by Evans...kid is gaining confidence.

More goals then KK….at a fraction of the price

 

[jaffy27]

I really wonder how are the players feeling right now. Suzuki and Toffoli genuinely looked happy after the first goal.

Are they still hopeful that they can make the playoff?

Does some of them have already checked out in their mind?

WhT do you want them to do….?? Break their sticks over the crossbar after they score??

i don’t think they are thinking playoffs right now, probably more putting some wins together and feeling good about their game.

 

[jaffy27]

you mean they sign him to a 5mx8y contract ? Sounds like Bergevin...

Sign who?

 

[RationalExpectations]

Sign who?

Chiarot (was a joke )

 

[The Gr8 Dane]

Suzuki made markstrom his B**** . Love it!

 

[WeThreeKings]

Flames suck and are just Montreal west. A team that's needed to rebuild forever but never sticks to the plan, prioritizes two way play above offense and never has a star.

 

[angusyoung]

Fun game,entertaining and Habs win! for me that's good. Was expecting Calgary to pummel them but Habs looked good

 

[angusyoung]

More goals then KK….at a fraction of the price

Skating is overrated

 

[jaffy27]

Flames suck and are just Montreal west. A team that's needed to rebuild forever but never sticks to the plan, prioritizes two way play above offense and never has a star.

after a Habs win…..

 

[Belial]

Skating is overrated

Evans somehow really improved his skating since his draft day! The kid is flying out there!

 

[WeThreeKings]

after a Habs win…..

after another disastrous Habs season where MB tried to compete....

"I'll give MB another 10 years, but if he doesn't figure it out - I'm done!"

 

[angusyoung]

Evans somehow really improved his skating since his draft day! The kid is flying out there!

He is indeed, happy for the kid. Silly to say but the way he looks reminds of Point,if only he could be that though.

 

[Essenege]

Habs have been noticeably better in the last 2 weeks and frankly deserved a bit better overall. Personally I’m not ready to hop in the tank train just yet. Especially since there’s still some key guys missing.

Below is the all situation expected goal diff. I hadn’t look at that statistic yet this season but that’s the kind of graph I was expecting with my eye test.

 

[jaffy27]

after another disastrous Habs season where MB tried to compete....

"I'll give MB another 10 years, but if he doesn't figure it out - I'm done!"

Brady Tkachuk becomes a good player after predicting he wasn’t even worthy of top 10…..

 

[ChesterNimitz]

Evans somehow really improved his skating since his draft day! The kid is flying out there!

Its most noticeable on the forecheck.

 

[Belial]

Its most noticeable on the forecheck.

Noticeable all over the ice, he's really fast.

 

[ChesterNimitz]

Noticeable all over the ice, he's really fast.

Evans is one of the many players who’s faster without the puck than with it. He’s very effective on both the forecheck and backcheck. On several occasions last night Evans’ back pressure broke up potentially dangerous Flames’ rushes.

 

[sandviper]

More goals then KK….at a fraction of the price

More than Dvorak also, with a lot less ice time and favourable line mates.

Love this kid. Hopefully he is head injury free for the rest of his career.

 

[tazsub3]

how ironic is it that the one team we could not compete with in the canadian division becomes the first good team we beat this year.