Post-Game Talk: Habs get first shutout of the season. Beat Oilers.

[CHwest]

Bergy is pleased with the victory

That's early Binman, pre bindiver/street person look.

 

[angusyoung]

Keep our size.

I like the size thing,but I like the speed that AL and Byron bring. Removing those 2 and replacing with Toffoli and Armia slows things down and KK needs some speed with him,they open the ice a bit for him.

 

[Tyson]

Danault is finally back to his former self.

He is a punching bag on this site and he deserved severe criticism for his play earlier this season but he and his line mates have really stepped up. Good to see.

 

[angusyoung]

Another high dangerous hit on a hab going to go unpunished? And then people question players for embellishing... I’m still disgusted by the hit on Suzuki... That was down right nasty.

That hit Suzuki looked like it almost caused whiplash! and nobody did SWA!

 

[Habs Halifax]

I like the size thing,but I like the speed that AL and Byron bring. Removing those 2 and replacing with Toffoli and Armia slows things down and KK needs some speed with him,they open the ice a bit for him.

The thing with the speed is we have it in the bottom 6F but are they taking advantage of that speed (Byron and Lehkonen for example)? If we were reducing our top 6F speed, I might have a different opinion. But Lehkonen is not a top 6F, neither is Byron. Guys like Armia are harder to find IMO. He's a middle 6F

 

[sandviper]

McBaby should get 1 game but he won't.

Only because the player hit was wearing a Habs jersey....

 

[Habs Halifax]

Danault is finally back to his former self.

He is a punching bag on this site and he deserved severe criticism for his play earlier this season but he and his line mates have really stepped up. Good to see.

He has to bust his ass off if he wants a decent contract offer from us or anybody else. The $5M AAV offer is a thing of the past now. Danault has to have a good finish this season if he really does think he deserves $5M+ AAV.

 

[angusyoung]

The thing with the speed is we have it in the bottom 6F but are they taking advantage of that speed (Byron and Lehkonen for example)? If we were reducing our top 6F speed, I might have a different opinion. But Lehkonen is not a top 6F, neither is Byron. Guys like Armia are harder to find IMO. He's a middle 6F

It will be interesting when Staal,Toffoli and Armia are ready to play to see what they will do and who will come out.

 

[Habs Halifax]

It will be interesting when Staal,Toffoli and Armia are ready to play to see what they will do and who will come out.

Agreed. If Staal wins a job in the top 9, who's moving to the 4th line?

 

[BLONG7]

Danault is finally back to his former self.

He is a punching bag on this site and he deserved severe criticism for his play earlier this season but he and his line mates have really stepped up. Good to see.

Early on yes he was bad..........recently he has found it again, and kudos to the guys on his line, all 3 are playing well.
We will not win, without those guys going...........shutting down the Oilers top line last night in the 1st period had the coach change his lines, to seperate the two big guns, the rest of the game, out side of PP time.
Great performance all the way around...have some concern about the Suzuki/Andy/Drouin line right now, but obviously all 4 lines are not going to be going every game.

 

[sandviper]

Agreed. If Staal wins a job in the top 9, who's moving to the 4th line?

Based on current players in the line-up last night and assume Tofolli is 100%, the bottom-6 would be: Staal, KK, Toffoli, Evans, Armia and Perry.

Basically, Lehks and Byron are the odd men out. Maybe, Evans sits for Byron.

 

[BLONG7]

Agreed. If Staal wins a job in the top 9, who's moving to the 4th line?

A pleasant problem for sure....rolling all 4 lines in the condensed schedule will also be important.

 

[Habs Halifax]

Based on current players in the line-up last night and assume Tofolli is 100%, the bottom-6 would be: Staal, KK, Toffoli, Evans, Armia and Perry.

Basically, Lehks and Byron are the odd men out.

I think there is a decent chance Staal plays wing to either of KK or Suzuki. I think they will try to take advantage of the face-offs. Then that means Armia plays 4th line I would imagine.

 

[angusyoung]

How is Staal's skating? Is he on the slow side or does he still possess decent speed?

I'm curious about that also. Is he Armia speed? Toffoli turtle speed or Perry present lack of speed? Won't mention KK,he's just a kid.

 

[Adam Michaels]

Staal must've liked what he saw last night.

He got his first win as a member of a team in over a month and he didn't even need to play.

 

[BLONG7]

I think there is a decent chance Staal plays wing to either of KK or Suzuki. I think they will try to take advantage of the face-offs. Then that means Armia plays 4th line I would imagine.

The habs can use a couple of their C men, over on the wing depending on the circumstances, and opponents.
Tampa has like 6 centres, and 2 are on the wing....at times...
Glad DD is now in charge instead of CJ, DD seems to be able to think outside the box that Clod had built for himself.

 

[BLONG7]

Staal must've liked what he saw last night.

He got his first win as a member of a team in over a month and he didn't even need to play.

I can only imagine how impressed he was with that game last night.
Curious will he be allowed to play saturday ( day 7 ) vs the Sens?

 

[Habs Halifax]

The habs can use a couple of their C men, over on the wing depending on the circumstances, and opponents.
Tampa has like 6 centres, and 2 are on the wing....at times...
Glad DD is now in charge instead of CJ, DD seems to be able to think outside the box that Clod had built for himself.

100% agree. Ducharme will be more open to tinkering and Julien was too stuck in old ways. Julien got the players to think 200' game and there is value there. It's now Ducharme's time to take the baton and lead us into another game strategy where we are not playing so tight (play not to loose type strategy which is annoying).

 

[angusyoung]

Agreed. If Staal wins a job in the top 9, who's moving to the 4th line?

And how about when CC is ready? getting a pretty long roster there. Good to have bodies,but too many is not ideal either. If only Habs could move some and get another D........But don't see many takers for what Habs are likely willing to move out,and who are the willing to part with? So may question it's confounding.

 

[Habs Halifax]

And how about when CC is ready? getting a pretty long roster there. Good to have bodies,but too many is not ideal either. If only Habs could move some and get another D........But don't see many takers for what Habs are likely willing to move out,and who are the willing to part with? So may question it's confounding.

If CC is ready, I'll take that problem! That will mean he is fringe star type if he comes in at age 20 and continues his goal scoring rampage. I would like to see us get a LD but not so sure we get someone better than what we have on LD right now. Difficult in this tight cap world.

 

[angusyoung]

If CC is ready, I'll take that problem! That will mean he is fringe star type if he comes in at age 20 and continues his goal scoring rampage. I would like to see us get a LD but not so sure we get someone better than what we have on LD right now. Difficult in this tight cap world.

Wouldn't it be more prudent to get a right D though? Habs have Chiarot,Edmunston,Romanov,Kulak.

 

[Habs Halifax]

Wouldn't it be more prudent to get a right D though? Habs have Chiarot,Edmunston,Romanov,Kulak.

Depends on who is available and how they fit for the now and future. There is a possibility that we can move Petry to the LD side with Weber. I have Romanov and Kulak together on the bottom pairing so it comes down to Chiarot and Edmundson. So I'm engaging in more depth (Dunn and Ghost types) or we try to go after a big fish like Lindholm. In that case, we would have to send Chiarot or Byron the other way for cap reasons.

Honestly, I think the LD upgrade is not in the cards. More like a LD depth addition type move is what we will be able to pull off. This is why I would consider Byron for Ghost swap but Flyers have to retain on Ghost so we get him on Byron's cap hit. Ghost either excels with Weber or he takes Mete's depth role and Byron's cap hit.

 

[Ozmodiar]

Danault is finally back to his former self.

He is a punching bag on this site and he deserved severe criticism for his play earlier this season but he and his line mates have really stepped up. Good to see.

A really slow start, but credit where it’s due.

a very solid March for him. Most consistent and productive center.

still, if he wants more than 5M long term, there’s the door.

 

[angusyoung]

Depends. There is a possibility that we can move Petry to the LD side with Weber. I have Romanov and Kulak together on the bottom pairing so it comes down to Chiarot and Edmundson. So I'm engaging in more depth (Dunn and Ghost types) or we try to go after a big fish like Lindholm.

That's lacking a few righties though and the general consensus is that coaches,players etc don't like D playing off their side,I could care less but others.......

 

[Habs Halifax]

That's lacking a few righties though and the general consensus is that coaches,players etc don't like D playing off their side,I could care less but others.......

The RD will be harder to acquire vs LD I would imagine.