Pre-Game Talk: Habs/Jets Tomorrow @ 7PM

[sandviper]

21-18-9... yes, I get we got loser points but end of the day, we are really 21 wins and 27 losses, 4 wins in the last 10. Key players injured or unavailable to play and a line blender that apparently doesn't apply to Weber and Chiarot.

 

[Tyson]

I do not want us to be remembered as the team that the Leafs beat to get past their first-round curse but it's looking more and more like that will be the case.

8 games to go and the Habs may win 1-2.

 

[Adam Michaels]

the biggest question is why do the forward lines change more than a baby's diaper..but Weber and Chiarot are inseperable?

If they didn't change them more than a baby's diaper, this would be the Habs' diaper forward lines if they stayed the same:

Truth is, either way, they're full of shit.

 

[Wats]

I honestly don’t know how much longer I can keep forcing myself to watch these games. This team has completely hit rock bottom on the entertainment aspect of the game. They look tired and disinterested all the time now.

I'm impressed you're able to watch this long. Through 30 games with Ducharme as coach they are 12-13-5 and getting worse.

In 11/12 Montreal won 31 in 82 games for a 0.38 winning%
In 20/21 under Ducharme, Montreal currently has 12 wins in 30 games with 8 games remaining. This is a 0.4 winning% which can and likely will get worse before season ends.

Difference? 11/12 team traded players for picks and ended up with a top 3 pick. This team is going to end up with 16th pick and actually traded draft picks at deadline. One resulted in a GM being fired. The other...

 

[Zorba]

8 games to go and the Habs may win 1-2.

If they win 2 flames have to go5-2 and the Canucks 7-6. I don’t know if either can do it. There are 3 bad teams

 

[montreal]

The next stop for KK is being scratched. By putting him to wing he’s saving Bergevin some face

tomorrow they play their 17th game in 30 days, so sitting out a game would be great for him imo. I didn't mind Romanov sitting a game, as there's no way any of these kids can be mentally or physically prepared to play so many games in such a short time frame.

In fact can anyone think of any time any NHL team played more then 17 games in 30 days?

 

[sbhatt]

Jets 75% likely to win.

 

[sheed36]

After losing their past 5 games the Jets are probably happy to play a team that's an even bigger mess than what they've been recently.

 

[Zorba]

Jets 75% likely to win.

Habs are the perfect remedy for a struggling team

 

[CapSpace]

These would be my lines in NHL 21, if I owned a console.

I swear you'd trade 3/4 of that shit lineup if you owned a console.

 

[Kudo Shinichi]

If the habs could win just 4 of their remaining 8 games, they would be pretty much a lock to make the playoffs

 

[26Mats]

Jets 75% likely to win.

Two struggling teams...

 

[Habs 4 Life]

If the habs could win just 4 of their remaining 8 games, they would be pretty much a lock to make the playoffs

I think no matter what we are a lock, the Canucks and Flames don't seem to have interest in making the playoffs

 

[Zorba]

I think no matter what we are a lock, the Canucks and Flames don't seem to have interest in making the playoffs

The Canucks season is the next 2 games. They need to sweep the leafs. If they don’t, they’re done

 

[McGees]

I'm just stoked to see KK on the wing and Evans feeding Caufield....

Here's a look at the lines and D pairings featured at Thursday's practice:
Kotkaniemi - Danault - Anderson
Toffoli - Suzuki - Armia
Lehkonen - Evans - Caufield
Frolik - Staal - Perry
Chiarot - Weber
Edmundson - Petry
Romanov - Merrill
Kulak, Gustafsson, Ouellet

 

[26Mats]

Lines at practice:
Kotkaniemi-Danault-Anderson
Toffoli-Suzuki-Armia
Lehkonen-Evans-Caufield
Frolik-Staal-Perry

I would have had:
Frolik-Danault-Anderson (Frolik always seems in the right place, could do well on this 2 way shut down line)
Toffoli-Suzuki-Armia
Caufield-Kotkaniemi-Evans(KK at center, Evans has been playing well and has good vision)
Lehkonen-Staal-Perry (this line was great together)

 

[McGees]

I'm just stoked to see KK on the wing and Evans feeding Caufield....

Here's a look at the lines and D pairings featured at Thursday's practice:
Kotkaniemi - Danault - Anderson
Toffoli - Suzuki - Armia
Lehkonen - Evans - Caufield
Frolik - Staal - Perry
Chiarot - Weber
Edmundson - Petry
Romanov - Merrill
Kulak, Gustafsson, Ouellet

#FreeKulak

 

[K2MyEverest]

I don't know why you guys are shitting that much on the CC playing with Evans and Lehkonen. Both are fast hard working players and great at forechecking. No they don't have Kotkaniemi or Suzuki passing talent but I think it will be a fast line and it will gives more room for CC to do his thing. They made a place for him in the lineup but it's an adjustment. Let him adjust with players that have the speed and work ethic to cover for him if he wants to do some magic. He played two games in the NHL at this point. If we had a Backstrom type of center, I wouldn't even put Caufield with him just yet.
The only things that matter for me right now is that he gets to play and to let him transition smoothly. Let him do mistakes. If he plays with Suzuki or Kotkaniemi, mistakes will be more costly.

Other things that matter for me is to give him some massive power play time. A lot of you wanted him in the NHL right now, some wanted him to stay in the AHL. This is the middle ground. NHL but don't put him on a first line right away. Things would be different if he had Matthews size but he doesn't so let's keep things slow for now.

 

[McGees]

I'm just stoked to see KK on the wing and Evans feeding Caufield....

Here's a look at the lines and D pairings featured at Thursday's practice:
Kotkaniemi - Danault - Anderson
Toffoli - Suzuki - Armia
Lehkonen - Evans - Caufield
Frolik - Staal - Perry
Chiarot - Weber
Edmundson - Petry
Romanov - Merrill
Kulak, Gustafsson, Ouellet

90% of the way through the season and we still trying out line combos on every single line...nice.

 

[Zorba]

I'm just stoked to see KK on the wing and Evans feeding Caufield....

Here's a look at the lines and D pairings featured at Thursday's practice:
Kotkaniemi - Danault - Anderson
Toffoli - Suzuki - Armia
Lehkonen - Evans - Caufield
Frolik - Staal - Perry
Chiarot - Weber
Edmundson - Petry
Romanov - Merrill
Kulak, Gustafsson, Ouellet

Yes cuz KK had been feeding so many players this year

 

[Habs]

I just wanna see TT KK CC for a 5 game stretch. Is it too much to ask?

Way too much, you gotta mix lines every second game

 

[Gravity]

Way too much, you gotta mix lines every second game

What are you talking about? Every second game? They get mixed every two periods.

 

[Jesker]

Ehlers out increases our chances of winning by 150%. He's been killing us.

 

[HabsWhiteKnightLOL]

I just wanna see TT KK CC for a 5 game stretch. Is it too much to ask?

Yes. You are asking too much things. It's complicated for this org to give the complete tools to a prospect.

But It's ok Dan0 who's been completely useless since Gallagher injurie still get everything he wants.

 

[mattyboy]

who fkn cares anymore.