Pre-Game Talk: Habs/Panthers Tomorrow: Chiarot, you're dressing room is on the other side

[BLONG7]

Is it being hard on him, or just stating reality, to say I have never ever seen a player his height be so easy push off of the puck for a turnover and easy zone exit by the other team. Just have never seen anything like it.

So soff in the words of Therrien
Soff soff soff

 

[BLONG7]

That is why it was important to keep guys like Toffoli and Lehkonen and get rid of Drouin, Armia, Hoffman, etc....

True but the guys you mention have no value
No one wants our junk

 

[OldCraig71]

Have the Panthers been in Montreal long enough to interact with a few cougars?

 

[26Mats]

That is why it was important to keep guys like Toffoli and Lehkonen and get rid of Drouin, Armia, Hoffman, etc....

Drouin, Armia, Hoffman aren't part of the top 6 going forward - neither was Lehkonen, and Toffoli likely only has so many years left.

Hopefully we can use Barron as Chiarot's replacement, and the two 1sts and two 2nds we just got to find future top 6 pieces.

 

[Legend123]

so is barron playing tonight

 

[Adriatic]

You guys are little too harsh on Drouin. I understand he didn't live up to the expectations and has disappointed many fans including me.
No point on kicking him while he's down, he has only 1 year remaining on his contract after this season.

I think despite is awful play and mostly disappointing tenure to date the fans have treated him with nothing but respect. As far as I know he's never even been booed once, even though he fully deserves it. He really has nothing to complain about. If this was another era or even soccer somewhere in Europe he wouldn't even be able to walk in the building without hearing it from fans.

 

[1909]

Drouin, Armia, Hoffman aren't part of the top 6 going forward - neither was Lehkonen, and Toffoli likely only has so many years left.

Hopefully we can use Barron as Chiarot's replacement, and the two 1sts and two 2nds we just got to find future top 6 pieces.

If thru draft: gonna see these kids before another 3-4 years
If used in trades: has to be for young, cheap (good) prospects.

The Habs have their hands tied.

Team is funny to watch now. No pressure on their shoulders and a new coach voice in the room. Let's wait next season to see if it is just a mirage or for real.

 

[Justin11]

I hate this narrative. Nobody is wishing him bad.
He's been completely useless defensively and completely lost for 5 years. We are in Montreal here , hockey is life here. We are not in Dallas or Arizona where there is barely 3 reporters after a game. He's the softest player on the ice , he never improved his play in years. He never get into a higher gear. It's stop or reverse.

Also it's not like people are literally knocking at his door and insulting him. We are typing on a forum that Drouin probably doesn't even know it exists.

It's been excuses for all years in Montreal for him , im sad that he had outside hockey problem wish him the best , but what's happening on the ice he has to be critized like any other player that plays for us. They are paid well enough already if he can't take critics from a hockey forum website that he doesnt even know thats not my problem. Nothing will happen here if you call him lazy.

I understand your frustration, believe me I do. All I'm saying what is the point of repeating the same things over and over again.
Even if it's a forum, what will it change? There is a new direction of this team and I'm pretty sure he's not part of the long term plan.
He will be gone, probably as soon as this offseason.

I think it's time to move on...

 

[angusyoung]

What's the chance Montreal will be able to keep this even remotely close? Allen will have to be lights out with a horseshoe in one hand a magic wand in the other. In other words,some will be pretty ecstatic and suspect much tissue and hand-sanitizer will be in order.

 

[Justin11]

What's the chance Montreal will be able to keep this even remotely close? Allen will have to be lights out with a horseshoe in one hand a magic wand in the other. In other words,some will be pretty ecstatic and suspect much tissue and hand-sanitizer will be in order.

If the Panthers take the Habs lightly, then it might be a closer game than we might be expecting.

 

[26Mats]

If thru draft: gonna see these kids before another 3-4 years
If used in trades: has to be for young, cheap (good) prospects.

The Habs have their hands tied.

Team is funny to watch now. No pressure on their shoulders and a new coach voice in the room. Let's wait next season to see if it is just a mirage or for real.

I agree our hands are tied with the Gallagher and Armia contracts. That's why I would aim to be good in 3-4 years.

It's possible to do a quick turn around and go from last to a contender in 1-2 years, but highly unlikely. Most of the contenders now (Washington, Toronto, Colorado, Tampa, Florida, Pittsburgh, etc...) had multiple years of picking top 5, even top 3. That's how they got the players that are leading them to be contenders ( Ovechkin, Backstrom, Mathews, Marner, Nylander, Morgan Rielly, McKinnon, Makar (via Duchene), Rantanen, Ladenskog, Hedman, Stamkos, Sergachev (via Drouin), Barkov, Huberdeau, Crosby, Malkin, etc...)

 

[angusyoung]

If the Panthers take the Habs lightly, then it might be a closer game than we might be expecting.

Of course anything is possible in sport,highly unlikely but we shall see.

 

[sheed36]

So refreshing to see actual development like this happening

For the times they are a changin'

 

[Karma Police]

so is barron playing tonight

I don't think he's playing tonight but we could see him in a game or two. Gotta get some practice in

 

[Justin11]

Is it being hard on him, or just stating reality, to say I have never ever seen a player his height be so easy push off of the puck for a turnover and easy zone exit by the other team. Just have never seen anything like it.

I think despite is awful play and mostly disappointing tenure to date the fans have treated him with nothing but respect. As far as I know he's never even been booed once, even though he fully deserves it. He really has nothing to complain about. If this was another era or even soccer somewhere in Europe he wouldn't even be able to walk in the building without hearing it from fans.

Not that I disagree with any of this. Like I said on another post, he will not be here for long and it's pointless bashing him when he's not part of the future plans.

 

[OldCraig71]

What's the chance Montreal will be able to keep this even remotely close? Allen will have to be lights out with a horseshoe in one hand a magic wand in the other. In other words,some will be pretty ecstatic and suspect much tissue and hand-sanitizer will be in order.

I am picturing Jim Carrey and Lauren Holly right now in that scene they did from that popular movie from a few years back.

 

[angusyoung]

I am picturing Jim Carrey and Lauren Holly right now in that scene they did from that popular movie from a few years back.

Which one? I don't remember if I've seen it,possible I have but I forget so much it's hard to keep track of what I seen. I've watched almost entire movies and just near the end I realize I've already seen it.

 

[OldCraig71]

Which one? I don't remember if I've seen it,possible I have but I forget so much it's hard to keep track of what I seen. I've watched almost entire movies and just near the end I realize I've already seen it.

 

[angusyoung]

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I see,that one I've seen once,that was enough. The first one though is epic

 

[Crusher117]

Going to the game. Any word on line up?

 

[MadMslm]

Going to the game. Any word on line up?

Same as last game, with Tyler Pitlick making his debut in place of Drouin.

 

[Bouboumaster]

Lol je viens d'aller voir leur line-up, on va en manger une tabarnak ce soir

 

[AlexGretzchenvid]

GDT please. I am " unregulatedly " about to make one if yall don't lol

 

[Tetragrammaton]

You guys are little too harsh on Drouin. I understand he didn't live up to the expectations and has disappointed many fans including me.
No point on kicking him while he's down, he has only 1 year remaining on his contract after this season.

I like him as a human, but I wouldn’t want him on my NHL team, he doesn’t fit anywhere. He’s better suited for a top 6 KHL role imo.

 

[HabsWhiteKnightLOL]

I understand your frustration, believe me I do. All I'm saying what is the point of repeating the same things over and over again.
Even if it's a forum, what will it change? There is a new direction of this team and I'm pretty sure he's not part of the long term plan.
He will be gone, probably as soon as this offseason.

I think it's time to move on...

For now he's still a habs so yes we can discuss about him. When he will leave next year nobody will talk about him anymore.