GDT: (mod post #18) Game 18: Montreal Canadiens vs Ottawa Senators 2/23/21 7:00pm EST RDS, TSN2, TSN 690

[A Loyal Dog]

Montreal Canadiens (17-9-5-3)
v
Ottawa Senators (20-5-14-1)

So far this season... The historically bad Ottawa Senators have defeated the "best" Montreal Canadiens team in 30 years, two games to one.

Will Danault finally score his 1st goal of the season? Will Stutzle retaliate for what Danault did to him?
Will Stive Morgan bet all his vCash on Ottawa again tonight, and HabsWhiteKnightLOL bet actual money on the game again tonight?
Is this Claude Julien's last game?

Find out tonight!

GO GO!

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[BigDaddyLurch]

 

[Grate n Colorful Oz]

Bravo

Rainbows n Unicorns!

 

[HockeyJunkie87]

Good job on the game day thread dude !!
Bravo !!

GO HABS GO!!!

 

[ChikN]

Cool GDT

 

[Tuggy]

5-2 Habs.

 

[habsfan891]

If we lose tonight there better be some real heat on this pathetic coaching staff

 

[Habs13]

If we lose tonight there better be some real heat on this pathetic coaching staff

Will there though??

 

[Runner77]

 

[eklund the clown]

If it means getting rid of Claude i hope they lose.Or maybe we need a 9 game losing streak instead of a couple of 8 game stretches

 

[sandviper]

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Montreal Canadiens (17-9-5-3)
v
Ottawa Senators (20-5-14-1)

So far this season... The historically bad Ottawa Senators have defeated the "best" Montreal Canadiens team in 30 years, two games to one.

Will Danault finally score his 1st goal of the season? Will Stutzle retaliate for what Danault did to him?
Will Stive Morgan bet all his vCash on Ottawa again tonight, and HabsWhiteKnightLOL bet actual money on the game again tonight?
Is this Claude Julien's last game?

Find out tonight!

GO GO!

Awesome job my man! If the Habs put in half the effort as you did for the GDT, we should win easy.

 

[sandviper]

If it means getting rid of Claude i hope they lose.Or maybe we need a 9 game losing streak instead of a couple of 8 game stretches

You say that, but now watch... all the teams below us find will have losing streaks of their own and even after losing 9, we still are sitting in a playoff spot.

Yeah, I get my logic doesn’t hold given we’re only 7 teams, but where there’s a will, Habs will find a way.

 

[The Real Timo]

You say that, but now watch... all the teams below us find will have losing streaks of their own and even after losing 9, we still are sitting in a playoff spot.

Yeah, I get my logic doesn’t hold given we’re only 7 teams, but where there’s a will, Habs will find a way.

I agree... Someone already mentioned the T word in the other thread. Habs immediate mission - play to get Clod fired. Enough of him already.

 

[417]

Let's see if CJ has finally figure out a way to counter the Sens clogging up the neutral zone.

When you don't prioritize mobility/creativity from your Dmen, you have to have contingencies when this happens.

 

[BigDaddyLurch]

Let's see if CJ has finally figure out a way to counter the Sens clogging up the neutral zone.

When you don't prioritize mobility/creativity from your Dmen, you have to have contingencies when this happens.

Clod has a contingency...it's called "Simplify Da Game"; otherwise known as Dump-Chase-Lose...

 

[Habs13]

Let's see if CJ has finally figure out a way to counter the Sens clogging up the neutral zone.

When you don't prioritize mobility/creativity from your Dmen, you have to have contingencies when this happens.

Step one... play Byron on the wrong wing instead of Lehkonen ... so not looking good haha

 

[Rockomax]

Lehkonen scratched again... I feel bad for the guy. He's far from being the problem out there imo. I personally like what he brings and I know he's a frustrating player to watch for some people, so I'm guessing most people don't care too much. This team struggles to score goals, so I guess it makes sense to keep Perry in, but this seems desperate. Also, aside from that pass to Gallagher early on, on the powerplay, has he really had much of an impact 5 on 4?

 

[Treb]

Guys, the play to lose can go in other threads. This is the GDT, so please keep the cheering against your own team away.

 

[OldCraig71]

Claude already told us that we needed to simplify our game, expect us to play as boring as possible and when we get down by a goal we will continue on course and attempt to preserve the 1 goal loss.

 

[WeThreeKings]

Claude already told us that we needed to simplify our game, expect us to play as boring as possible and when we get down by a goal we will continue on course and attempt to preserve the 1 goal loss.

Protecting the deficit.. a Montreal Canadiens staple.

 

[JuicyHam]

If there is a single player who doesn't deserve to be scratched it's probably Lehkonen. He isn't the best player in the lineup but he'll show up and try harder than anyone on any given night including Gallagher who has his off nights

 

[The Real Timo]

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Montreal Canadiens (17-9-5-3)
v
Ottawa Senators (20-5-14-1)

So far this season... The historically bad Ottawa Senators have defeated the "best" Montreal Canadiens team in 30 years, two games to one.

Will Danault finally score his 1st goal of the season? Will Stutzle retaliate for what Danault did to him?
Will Stive Morgan bet all his vCash on Ottawa again tonight, and HabsWhiteKnightLOL bet actual money on the game again tonight?
Is this Claude Julien's last game?

Find out tonight!

GO GO!

Lol... This is EPIC!

 

[Runner77]

 

[Habs13]

Can... both teams clog up the neutral zone at the same time? Tune in tonight to find out.

 

[WeThreeKings]

If there is a single player who doesn't deserve to be scratched it's probably Lehkonen. He isn't the best player in the lineup but he'll show up and try harder than anyone on any given night including Gallagher who has his off nights

The question I ask myself during a slump, is, are the moves the coach making an attempt to fix the systemic problems that are plaguing the team?

and the answer here, again, is no.

Lehkonen being scratched for Perry isn't a solution, it's shuffling.
Moving out Mete who can skate on the back-end for Kulak who can skate, doesn't do anything but change the person.. not the problem.

These moves are just moves, they won't provide a spark, they won't make a difference.