Pre-Game Talk: Here come the Champions.

[TK 421]

That’s the guy we call Paddington in our GDTs. We need some serious memes and gifs to get us through this one.

Omg the best part of our run outside of the Cup win was everyone misspelling his name.

"Yeah Bennington looked all right"

"Good old Jordash Paddington or whatever the hell his name is? Wait...is it..Billington?"

 

[1909]

trade mete

..... for..... ???? Just play him where he belongs: on the third pairing.

 

[1909]

Pretty soon Fleury and Suzuki will be sharing the press box learning to be better people

Pretty soon, they both will be sent down to Laval.

 

[Tyson]

trade mete

I agree and I think he will always be average to mediocre.
Offensive D who skates like he does and he has zero goals in 125 NHL games?

 

[Simarino]

I know the answer but I am not allowed to say it.

Julien Brisebois(Gm)+ Joel Bouchard(coach)..Im not for hiring only french people but even if you do so theres good options

 

[peate]

I agree and I think he will always be average to mediocre.
Offensive D who skates like he does and he has zero goals in 125 NHL games?

Not great selling points. Who would want him, even for picks. It's almost certain we trade him and he scores in the first game with his new team.

 

[Lshap]

Any players looking good so far that I should keep an eye out for tomorrow night?

Sammy Blais and David Perron are killing it so far this year. Perron is on fire right now.

Jonathan Drouin seems to have woken up, so watch #92 to see his "Don't-Trade-Me-Bro!" speed and skill on display.

And feel free to weight in on the Is-Carey-Price-Overrated sweepstakes.

I'm a major Binnington fan, so I'm psyched to see him for the first time after that awesome game-7!

 

[The Real Timo]

..... for..... ???? Just play him where he belongs: on the third pairing.

For the top 2 LD, of course.

 

[ahmedou]

If we see the same effort as last night this one will get ugly fast

Gear up. Got to minimize as possible these kind of nights off. Being solid on our boards would be heck of a task. Floating is a big no with an capital letter. There's no other ways...

 

[ArtPeur]

..... for..... ???? Just play him where he belongs: on the third pairing.

He's going to be more exposed on the 3rd pairing where Weber won't be there to cover/help him out

 

[swimmer77]

I think the Habs will win. It's just a gut feeling. Blues will think they can take the night off and still walk away with two points. Pricer will show them. He is starting, right?

ROW, ROW, ROW (not your boat either)

 

[AlexGretzchenvid]

If we see the same effort as last night this one will get ugly fast

I actually though they played well. Both teams. All of Detroit's goals were lucky bounces.

 

[Habssince89]

I shouldn't be surprised at the immediate and 10/10 negativity on here but I am. The roster is going to shake out and we'll find something that works, question is how long will it take? Can we experiment with the lineup while trying to keep in the race for the playoffs? Maybe. Our tendency is to wallow in the negativity, but there's really no predicting what's going to happen.

Lots of breakout potential from the young players, and even if some had career years it doesn't mean the one following won't be strong. Plus MB will make his usual early season trade, likely for some Dman and I could see a forward like lehkonen or byron being part of package the other way.

Put away the notion that this season is somehow already over. It's silly and pointless. I'm not saying the season is guaranteed to be a successful one, but there's just so much left to happen before we can make more accurate predictions.

Go Habs.

 

[OldCraig71]

I agree and I think he will always be average to mediocre.
Offensive D who skates like he does and he has zero goals in 125 NHL games?

That is bad on so many levels.

 

[OldCraig71]

Any players looking good so far that I should keep an eye out for tomorrow night?

Sammy Blais and David Perron are killing it so far this year. Perron is on fire right now.

Jordan Weal and Nate Thompson come to mind, if you guys get up by a goal, I guarantee you that Claude Julien will unleash both of them, be ready for it.

 

[Justin11]

Jordan Weal and Nate Thompson come to mind, if you guys get up by a goal, I guarantee you that Claude Julien will unleash both of them, be ready for it.

I laughed so hard that I spit my coffee out, then realized how true it is and then I started crying.

 

[Runner77]

That is bad on so many levels.

While Mete doesn't own the NHL record, he's entered the Habs record book as the Hab player with most games played without a goal to start his NHL career, surpassing the previous record holder Mike Komisarek:

 

[OldCraig71]

While Mete doesn't own the NHL record, he's entered the Habs record book as the Hab player with most games played without a goal to start his NHL career, surpassing the previous record holder Mike Komisarek:

Mete is being used as a first pairing D, in reality he might have been able to develop more of an offensive game if he spent a few years in the minors. In our current situation he is trying to survive more than anything else. Would you rather have Sergachev or this poor guy? I already know the answer.

 

[OldCraig71]

I laughed so hard that I spit my coffee out, then realized how true it is and then I started crying.

It's where we are, some here call me a hater because I make sarcastic humorous remarks about what I see in front of me when it comes to this team both on and off the ice. We have a couple of good players and the rest are well, to put it gently, bargain bin talents.

 

[sandviper]

Jordan Weal and Nate Thompson come to mind, if you guys get up by a goal, I guarantee you that Claude Julien will unleash both of them, be ready for it.

Think you’ll enjoy the upcoming GDT...

 

[Gally11]

Mete is being used as a first pairing D, in reality he might have been able to develop more of an offensive game if he spent a few years in the minors. In our current situation he is trying to survive more than anything else. Would you rather have Sergachev or this poor guy? I already know the answer.

Victor is also only 21.. You're insinuating he doesn't ever achieve what you think he would have if he went to the minors. He still could breakout to be very good.

 

[Runner77]

Mete is being used as a first pairing D, in reality he might have been able to develop more of an offensive game if he spent a few years in the minors. In our current situation he is trying to survive more than anything else. Would you rather have Sergachev or this poor guy? I already know the answer.

While we're at it, I'd rather have Yzerman over Bergevin.

 

[OldCraig71]

Victor is also only 21.. You're insinuating he doesn't ever achieve what you think he would have if he went to the minors. He still could breakout to be very good.

Victor was rushed to the NHL because our GM gutted the left side of our D, he is trying to survive out there, surely you can see this? He is playing first pairing D on an NHL team, he is 125 games in the league without one single goal. Sadly we have no one to replace him, year 8 of MB and this is where we are.

 

[Per Sjoblom]

Habs will redeem themselves vs the Blues. This will be a good game...

Will it be on Hockey Night?

 

[Per Sjoblom]

Is Chez Pare still in operation?

I was thrown out of a Swedish strip joint when the stripper came to me and wanted me to put a bank note in her garter belt and I told her to take dancing lessons.