Pre-Game Talk: Habs/Oilers Tomorrow

[Grate n Colorful Oz]

Don't our players being on the IR give us more cap space?

They have to be put on LTIR for that to occur.

 

[26Mats]

Don't our players being on the IR give us more cap space?

Players shouldn't have to go on ltir to free up cap space. Price is injured. He shouldn't count against the cap.

 

[26Mats]

I can see us taking 2 of 3, or go 1-1-1. Flames are as low scoring as we are, so it'll be a grindfest.

We'll see I guess, but all of the sudden Lehkonen/Byron are in top 9 when they played 4th line or were benched for the majority of this season.

We have depth at forward, but can't use it (Evans, Caufield, Poehling, Dauphin) because of recall rules. And we have no extra forwards on the roster because we're carrying 8D.

I agree with @Habs they should have opened up the recalls post-trade deadline, at least from 4 to 6.

I'm ok either way. Perhaps that's why I didn't get angry or disappointed at all when we lost last night.

If we miss the playoffs, we get a lottery pick.

If we make the playoffs, Iwill be curious to see how Gally and Caufield help the team, and if Suzuki and KK can again raise their play...

But man would I ever love a lottery pick.

 

[Kudo Shinichi]

We need offense and cant call up caufield, so I would consider playing Gustafsson as a forward

 

[26Mats]

We need offense and cant call up caufield, so I would consider playing Gustafsson as a forward

This

 

[morhilane]

Lol. That third line. The " no shot " line. The " lead hands " line ? Is DD kidding ?

They take shots, they just can't bury them. Even in practice with no goalies:

 

[The Great Weal]

They take shots, they just can't bury them. Even in practice with no goalies:

Lehkonen's career in a nutshell

 

[MarkovsKnee]

I'm ok either way. Perhaps that's why I didn't get angry or disappointed at all when we lost last night.

If we miss the playoffs, we get a lottery pick.

If we make the playoffs, Iwill be curious to see how Gally and Caufield help the team, and if Suzuki and KK can again raise their play...

But man would I ever love a lottery pick.

I'm in the same boat. If they make the playoffs, Gallagher should be ready and the cap & recall rules go out the window, so we can dress Caufield, Evans, Poehling or whoever. Getting KK & Suzuki more playoff experience isn't a bad thing too. You need to get into playoffs to improve as a player.

OTOH, if we miss chances are high that MB is fired & we pick top 15. It's not a great draft, but I believe we can still get a top 6 player in that area.

Either or is good to me. I wasn't mad about losing last game just a little frustrated that they caved in the last 10 minutes of the game after playing pretty well up to that point and frustrating McDavid.

 

[PavelBrendl]

They take shots, they just can't bury them. Even in practice with no goalies:

I don't get it. The guy looked like a pure shooter in the SHL. What the hell happened?

 

[The Great Weal]

I don't get it. The guy looked like a pure shooter in the SHL. What the hell happened?

I think playing with Plekanec sucked the goalscoring out of him

 

[del17]

I'm ok either way. Perhaps that's why I didn't get angry or disappointed at all when we lost last night.

If we miss the playoffs, we get a lottery pick.

If we make the playoffs, Iwill be curious to see how Gally and Caufield help the team, and if Suzuki and KK can again raise their play...

But man would I ever love a lottery pick.

I feel the same way as we are not a cup contender yet. I do feel it will be invaluable experience for our younger players. I am not sure this coach plays them over veterans anyways

 

[Lafleurs Guy]

They have to be put on LTIR for that to occur.

Gallagher is on LTIR isn't he?

 

[yianik]

They take shots, they just can't bury them. Even in practice with no goalies:

Yikes

 

[Grate n Colorful Oz]

Gallagher is on LTIR isn't he?

I think they need at least 2 to 4 weeks before being able to put the player on long term IR.

 

[LeHab]

The 3 games against the Flames coming up decide the season in my opinion. If we take 2 of the games, they’re likely finished.

Canucks at this time have better odds at making playoffs than Flames. Flames last 4 games are vs Canucks, could make for an interesting end of season.

 

[Lafleurs Guy]

They take shots, they just can't bury them. Even in practice with no goalies:

That is so Lekhonen.

 

[Jesker]

I for one am excited to see our group of d-men get even slower.

Kulak is not the issue on defense. These slow pylons + Petry's bonehead plays are.

Another time for the people in the back.

Kulak while limited was actually one of the only Ds that created minimal offense recently. Just a typical move though, scratch Kulak. Evans. Big things will happen (not).

 

[Zorba]

Serious question. If the habs were to assign Drouin and or Leks to Laval, does that open up the cap to play Caufield?

I couldn’t care less if they lose either one. Addition by subtraction

 

[JianYang]

I don't get it. The guy looked like a pure shooter in the SHL. What the hell happened?

He even looked good in his rookie year. He was perhaps the best forward in that playoff not named Radulov.

Im not really sure what happened to him.

 

[Habs Icing]

Holy f*** the players and management are so damn salty lol. If only that lovable Deangelo kid was here to calm everyone down.

He's such an angel.

 

[Habs Icing]

They take shots, they just can't bury them. Even in practice with no goalies:

What are you talking about? He hit the side of the net instead of the organist. Do you know how much improvement that is?

 

[Edgy]

Now that's a good one !

The Habs captain ladies and gents. Same attitude as our GM. It's everyone else's fault.

If this isn't symbolic of what is wrong with this organization, I don't know what is.

 

[morhilane]

I don't get it. The guy looked like a pure shooter in the SHL. What the hell happened?

Asked to play defensively above anything else, first with Plekanec, then with other players. It just killed his offensive instincts/skills.

This year thought, being dumped on the 4th and health scratched just killed him inside I think...

 

[nhlfan9191]

The Habs captain ladies and gents. Same attitude as our GM. It's everyone else's fault.

If this isn't symbolic of what is wrong with this organization, I don't know what is.

He sounds annoyed. This is the first time in his career he’s had to deal with real adversity in regards to the quality of his play. He had that epic game 7 collapse his final game in Nashville, but that was swept under the rug because it’s Nashville. He’s been awful and it seems like he’s not even aware of it with the comments he’s been making all year.

 

[CauZuki]

"Wait a minute that's not Cayden Primeau , by god it's Cole Caufield!"...