Pre-Game Talk: Habs Vs Pens

[DramaticGloveSave]

If Peca had a rough match then how would you describe Drouin's? JD is the one that needs to sit and not Peca.

Peca and Plekanec are fighting for the same spot in the lineup.

 

[DramaticGloveSave]

Sens should have benched Karlsson right away and put in Chris Phillips!

Way to compare Peca to Karlsson lmao

 

[G0bias]

All I’m saying is CJ would be justified in having Plekanec step in for Peca. That’s it.

He'd be more justified to have Laflamme sit one out.

Even though I don't want Pleks in the lineup.

 

[The Great Weal]

Way to compare Peca to Karlsson lmao

Yeah you missed the point entirely

 

[yianik]

Peca and Plekanec are fighting for the same spot in the lineup.

DLR should.be in that conversation

 

[JianYang]

Definitely? Eh. Jury's still out on that one. Faster, for sure. But then again, Bournival was fast too but not much else.

I'm still waiting to see something worthwhile from Peca.

I'm not sure what more you are expecting from peca. He had a decent preseason, and he's carrying it over so far.

He can play, the question is how he handles a full season. Can he stay relevant and limit the big dips?

 

[Cobra Commander]

Let's get this 41 points-on-the-season pace back boys!

This team is actually fun to watch right now with Kotka

 

[Hope Of Glory]

This team is actually fun to watch right now with Kotka

Yup.

He's so good he makes losing actually fun

 

[sampollock]

MB at the lens vs cap game tonight

 

[Cobra Commander]

Yup.

He's so good he makes losing actually fun

I love this kid, Marinaro was talking with his dad today and said that his mom will move down to Montreal if they keep him past 9 games, great family, kid was raised right, 100% hockey focused.

I see a superstar in the making. It’s just not normal to be that good at hockey even if he wasn’t a rookie, it’s truly incredible. We need to develop a top level sniper to play on his wing.

We have our number 1 center folks and he will be elite, it’s finally happening to us. He’s so good that even Bergevin couldn’t put a dent in him.

 

[DramaticGloveSave]

Yeah you missed the point entirely

Oh I got it, it just was terrible. Yes, good players make bad plays too, but the difference is they are good players. A guy like Peca doesn’t have the leash that Karlsson has, that should be obvious.

 

[The Great Weal]

Oh I got it, it just was terrible. Yes, good players make bad plays too, but the difference is they are good players. A guy like Peca doesn’t have the leash that Karlsson has, that should be obvious.

The point was that superstars can make anyone look foolish... that's why they are so good.

 

[Gaylord Q Tinkledink]

So Plekanec really got sat out so his 1000th game will be at home ?

 

[DramaticGloveSave]

The point was that superstars can make anyone look foolish... that's why they are so good.

Has Plekanec ever looked that foolish on a play? In his entire career?

Just imagine the outrage if that was Drouin lol

 

[dcal64]

I didn't like the way Ouellet played (he's slow), my prediction is that Alzner replaces Ouellet.
The Habs were also awful on faceoffs, so Pleky replaces Hudon and centers the 4th line.

 

[DramaticGloveSave]

I didn't like the way Ouellet played (he's slow), my prediction is that Alzner replaces Ouellet.
The Habs were also awful on faceoffs, so Pleky replaces Hudon and centers the 4th line.

Ouellet just doesn’t have the NHL goods IMO. I’d be more interested to see what we have in Kulak and Olofsson.

 

[G0bias]

Has Plekanec ever looked that foolish on a play? In his entire career?

Just imagine the outrage if that was Drouin lol

Don't have to, his Leeroy Jenkins 1v3 turnover and line change in OT works just fine.

 

[DramaticGloveSave]

Don't have to, his Leeroy Jenkins 1v3 turnover and line change in OT works just fine.

And yet Lehkonen gets a free pass for just olaying Matthews through? Drouin had a shit game to be sure, but it's pretty sad how fans on here turn on players...

 

[Skip Bayless]

MB at the lens vs cap game tonight

Didn't Eklund call Djoos to the habs?

 

[G0bias]

And yet Lehkonen gets a free pass for just olaying Matthews through? Drouin had a **** game to be sure, but it's pretty sad how fans on here turn on players...

That would require him to have bought himself some points with the fans beforehand. Lehkonen actually contributes to the team effort and isn't a nuisance on the ice. Get back to me when the same can be said of Drouin.

It's ironic though because he's actually exactly what alot here rather clumsily trashed Subban(and others) for. Just without the talent.

 

[Redux91]

So 4 of the first Centers Kotkaniemi faces in his first 2 NHL Games are John Tavares, Auston Matthews, Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin..

That is MINDblowing lol, 1 year ago he was playing NHL 18 with these guys

 

[The Great Weal]

So 4 of the first Centers Kotkaniemi faces in his first 2 NHL Games are John Tavares, Auston Matthews, Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin..

That is MINDblowing lol, 1 year ago he was playing NHL 18 with these guys

Great test for the kid

 

[BaseballCoach]

A lot of players did

Yes, I was just responding to the person who said that the Tavares deke was his only error.

 

[BaseballCoach]

If Peca had a rough match then how would you describe Drouin's? JD is the one that needs to sit and not Peca.

Drouin did not have one of his better games, but established NHLers with high end skill don't get benched after one game. Fourth liners getting replaced in situational matchups are much more common. I have no issue with Plekanec playing 11 minutes against the Pens on the road, or if DLR were healthy, having him take on Crosby and Malkin instead of Peca.

 

[Habs Icing]

Drouin did not have one of his better games, but established NHLers with high end skill don't get benched after one game. Fourth liners getting replaced in situational matchups are much more common. I have no issue with Plekanec playing 11 minutes against the Pens on the road, or if DLR were healthy, having him take on Crosby and Malkin instead of Peca.

It's not one game. It's a whole season and one game. Whether on wing or at center, Drouin has shown his true colours.