Post-Game Talk: Habs lose to the A-Hos in shootout

[habergeon]

Regardless of the outcome, that was a fun and entertaining game. Very entertaining.

Our defence will be our Achilles heel all year, and I felt they lost this game for us (Having said that Petry & Fleury looked good)

Price kept us in that one, and I tell you when we keep our legs moving and push the pace we are very hard to handle.

Drouin looked amazing tonight, great response to being scratched in preseason and line demoted.

overall a fun game. Carolina is no joke, I’m happy with the point

 

[PaulD]

Plenty of positives. If we play like this all year, it'll be a very entertaining season and we'll have a likeable team

yea, cause thats what its all about

 

[CHarlie]

Wow Fleury......what a player.....wish he had of scored on that breakaway

 

[Habidelidoo]

I would have started with Suzuki in shootout. Less pressure on the kid. Oh well.

 

[habdynasty]

Danault and Byron with zero shots tonight for forwards. Weal has a strong game.

 

[JianYang]

Mrazek celebrating like he won the cup. Probably closest he'll come to the cup anyway.

Thats just the way he is. Go look at his celebrations in the world juniors. It made him a household name during that tournament.

It will be interesting to see if their goaltending holds up this year. Colour me skeptical.

 

[The Gr8 Dane]

Weber looked brutal all night hope he picks it up

 

[Habano]

This Byron on the SO experiment has to stop. Used to be good but been a long time that he can't do anything on breakaways or SOs. Also, Weber and Mete looked like a 3rd pairing out there. That said, KK, JD, Armia and Fleury stood out tonight.

 

[Hullois]

Let's hope Chiarot is just a case of a big stay at home D that takes a bit more time to get into rythm because he was the worst player on the ice tonight.

 

[nhlfan9191]

It's a tie.

Shootout point is a gimmick for the fans.

We lost a point. We lost. Regardless of how much of a gimmick the shootout is. At the end of the season, it means something.

 

[NHL]

At one point habs didn't deserve a point tonight... Good game afterall

 

[HabsWhiteKnightLOL]

Byron in the shootout needs to come to an end. Enough is enough clode.

He thinks because hes fast , it will matter during shootout

 

[Eye Test]

Weber looking old

 

[Justin11]

I have a feeling Domi is gonna be the guy that misses Shaw the most this year.

Domi trying to do too much on his own. Looked like a novice player trying to go through the whole team tonight.

 

[LeHab]

Better than expected.

 

[A Loyal Dog]

Weber looking old

No one saw that one coming ...

 

[Runner77]

Amazing game, lots of positives. One point on the road, great effort.

Can't ask for better entertainment and all of that on only the first game of the season.

 

[HelloBellyvo]

what a stupid series of SO decisions..no speed for drouin and byron. and please get byron out of the ****ing SO rotation-- absolutely pathetic. his only asset is speed. he looked clued about about what he wanted to do

Byron's SO percentage hovers around 50%

 

[Habs178]

Danault and Byron with zero shots tonight for forwards. Weal has a strong game.

And yet Danault is our first line Center and on first wave of the PP. makes no sense. Only in Montreal. I don’t see what some people in him other than his defensive responsibility.

 

[Andrei79]

Kotkaneimi is still the youngest person ever go get an NHL point. Suzuki is still going to be a great player and we got the better of both sets of brothers we share with the jerks.

Our retool looks amazing

Kotkaniemi most definitely isnt the youngest person to get an NHL point. You know he played against one guy who had one younger tonight ?

 

[TheBuriedHab]

Let's hope Chiarot is just a case of a big stay at home D that takes a bit more time to get into rythm because he was the worst player on the ice tonight.

Thought Weber and Mete were both worse than Chiarot tonight honestly.

 

[26Mats]

We lost a point. We lost. Regardless of how much of a gimmick the shootout is. At the end of the season, it means something.

We got a point. It's a tie.

As far as how we did tonight and how we match up against the Canes in a real hockey game - we tied them.

If we had lost, we would have gotten 0 points.

 

[JianYang]

This Byron on the SO experiment has to stop. Used to be good but been a long time that he can't do anything on breakaways or SOs. Also, Weber and Mete looked like a 3rd pairing out there.

He's not bad, maybe not my first choice, but he has to use his speed in the shootout. Especially against an aggressive goalie like mrazek.

I hated his approach more than the selection.

 

[DangerDave]

Great game. Kids looked good as did Drouin despite the crazy pace. Really encouraging

 

[Uncle Gary]

We need a young, star defender that preferably plays the left side.