GDT: Montreal Canadiens vs Washington Capitals 1/19/18 7:30pm EST TSN2, RDS (HD), TSN 690

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[WeThreeKings]

Julien's quote should apply to himself and the entire management group

 

[Kraken Jokes]

Julien's line-ups drive me crazy.

Pacioretty - Plekanec - Gallagher
Hudon - Galchenyuk - Byron
DesLauriers - Drouin - Carr
Lehkonen - De La Rose - L.Shaw

Alzner - Petry
Mete - Benn
Jerabek - Schlemko

 

[NORiculous]

I’d like to see

Pacioretty - Galchenyuk - Drouin
Lehkonen - Plekanec - Gallagher
Hudon - Byron - Deslauriers
Carr - Froese - Shaw

Maybe switch Pleks and Byron but I want to see Hudon - Byron - Deslauriers

 

[swimmer77]

Habs' defense is Petryd.

 

[habergeon]

Hopefully they show up tonight, the Boston game was embarassing and Price needs to be better.

 

[Apoplectic Habs Fan]

DLR from top 6 center to pressbox in half a game.

Crazy the "professionals" didnt see it coming

 

[Habs178]

God those lines are gross. Just vomit inducing disgustingness. JFC

 

[habsgirl5000]

i would play price here and niemi against boston.....price aint gonna beat boston.....so this is two easy losses now

this one is going to be very ugly....price might end up playing in both games

 

[DXStriker]

Its crazy Drouin is back at C . Its almost like this administration does not learn from their past mistakes lol

 

[JuicyHam]

OV with 6 tonight.

 

[shamrun]

Might as well try lolzner at center before galchenyuk.....why not?

 

[Slipknot]

Byron as 1st center... Why would Julien even try that? That's really ridiculous, Caps fans are probably already laughing at us...

Wait...Wait... Niemi...Oh boi, I'm sleeping early tonight.

Why not put Plekanec on our 1st line? He already did and he could for a couple of games....

We aren't going to walk out of that one easily...

 

[The Great Weal]

What the f*** are these lines? And why is DSP on the first line for the caps?

 

[Forum93]

Julien's line-ups drive me crazy.

Pacioretty - Plekanec - Gallagher
Hudon - Galchenyuk - Byron
DesLauriers - Drouin - Carr
Lehkonen - De La Rose - L.Shaw

Alzner - Petry
Mete - Benn
Jerabek - Schlemko

He's grasping at straws. Can't blame him too much considering what he has to work with, worst Habs team I've ever seen.

 

[PepsiMayWest]

Eller would be Montreal's 1C if he was still here... That's how bad things have gotten...

 

[slybel]

OV with 6 tonight.

No... he's going for the Sittler record!!!

 

[the]

I would actually be really interested in seeing Pacioretty-Plekanec-Gallagher line again.

They were able to produce PPG 2 years ago before Gallagher got hurt.

Michel put them together last season when all 3 of them were struggling in December for something like 5 games. It got Pacioretty going again and Plekanec and Gallagher were slightly producing better.

Worth a shot, especially if it can help raise Plekanec's trade value.

 

[Tyson]

In all of my years following the Habs I don’t think I have ever seen a team in such disarray. Scouting, coaching, Management, player development, a team with pieces that don’t fit. I care enough to come to this site and read, post and chat...other than that I don’t care whatsoever about this organization. Bergevin has managed to take the biggest lifelong, die hard Habs fan and zap my passion right out of me.

I can say honestly that this team is in worse shape than after Houle and Corey got done with them 20 years ago.

 

[SirClintonPortis]

What the **** are these lines? And why is DSP on the first line for the caps?

Seems like Washington is lacking in a RW. Lol Tom Wilson is with Kuznetsov. Then again, Kuznetsov has been apparently bad, so he might be considered the 3rd line center for the moment.

 

[The Great Weal]

Seems like Washington is lacking in a RW. Lol Tom Wilson is with Kuznetsov. Then again, Kuznetsov has been apparently bad, so he might be considered the 3rd line center for the moment.

Is Oshie really that bad?

 

[SirClintonPortis]

Is it not a surprise Petry is posting Edmonton-like numbers? Dude is not a #1 RHD.

 

[SirClintonPortis]

Is Oshie really that bad?

Nah, I think it's called "spreading the scoring"...

Well, Trotz actually does suffer from grinderphilia too and is part of the reason Nashville and him parted ways.

 

[The Great Weal]

Nah, I think it's called "spreading the scoring"...

Well, Trotz actually does suffer from grinderphilia too and is part of the reason Nashville and him parted ways.

But he hasn't done this before. Last year Ovi-Backstrom-Oshie were always together.

 

[SirClintonPortis]

But he hasn't done this before. Last year Ovi-Backstrom-Oshie were always together.

This Capitals team lost quite a few players during the offseason. Eye-cleaver Justin Williams left via FA to Carolina this offseason. Marcus Johansson, while an LW, also left the team and is now a Devil. Daniel Winnik also left.

Tom Wilson has career high numbers this season because he also spent time with OV and Backstrom. The other RW on their roster is Brett Connolly, and he hasn't distinguished himself too much from Smith-Pelley and Wilson.

There are some definite weaknesses in this particular iteration of the Washington Capitals.