GDT: Montreal vs San Jose · October 17 at 10:30pm · NBCSN / TSN2 / RDS

[Agalloch]

Benn should sit a little bit and we need to try Morrow some games. Maybe he will do like Davidson and be better in season. If not, he's Laval bound.

 

[Captain Mountain]

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I don't love the fact that Gallagher isn't on there, but I'm super happy they're going with the 1-3-1 look over the 3-2 look. Weber in the Ovi spot is a good idea. Weber needs to move around more out there to get better looks though. Chucky is in a good spot too. At least they've got guys that can gain the zone when they likely lose the face-off.

The other observation is that this team is really hard up for offensive centers (that management trusts).

 

[Giacomo]

I thought I was hyped for this season, and then I got really mad at the team for their performance. But now, I really kind of want them to tank this season and get Dahlin at the draft

Colorado tried and failed, Toronto got lucky. Are we that lucky?

 

[Hannibal]

Morrow-Davidson

Oh gawd..

 

[Leon Lucius Black]

Benn has been awful so far so I am glad Julien is giving him a game off. One thing I don't understand though is why Benn keeps getting put on the left side, he was very solid for us on the right side last year then in the playoffs and this year he's played on the left where he has struggled.

 

[CristianoRonaldo]

Benn should sit a little bit and we need to try Morrow some games. Maybe he will do like Davidson and be better in season. If not, he's Laval bound.

Morrow is not good too, we need to callup Jerabek.

 

[CristianoRonaldo]

Benn has been awful so far so I am glad Julien is giving him a game off. One thing I don't understand though is why Benn keeps getting put on the left side, he was very solid for us on the right side last year then in the playoffs and this year he's played on the left where he has struggled.

He's not playing tonight ?

Shit, our chances of winning are higher now.

 

[habsgirl5000]

Colorado tried and failed, Toronto got lucky. Are we that lucky?

you can call it luck all you want, however matthews is only a small part of torontos success, the most important part is management and coaching

 

[Tyson]

The bottom 3-4 D are barely nhl Dmen

 

[Nashy]

This game is big for 2 reasons.....one, to break the almost 18 year losing streak in SJ and two, to break the current 4 game winless streak. With each loss, the noose tightens just a little bit on Bergevin,.

 

[zzoo]

Oh, I just notice that the NYR is currently the 2nd worst team, they have only 1 win.....and guess they got that win against what team.

 

[PhysicX]

And we still don't have a clue what Schlemko can bring to this team...

 

[Adam Michaels]

Here's hoping Benn being scratched tonight will help him straighten his game out. He is nowhere near as solid as he was last year when he was traded to Montreal.

By the same token, here's hoping Morrow does what Davidson did after having a terrible camp and steps into the regular season and does well.

 

[Wats]

Hopefully Hemsky experiment will end after this trip.

 

[HabsDood]

Line-up for tonight is out?

 

[Adam Michaels]

Hopefully Hemsky experiment will end after this trip.

I feel the same way.

Line-up for tonight is out?

The lines at practice were:

Pacioretty - Drouin - Lehkonen
Byron - Plekanec - Gallagher
Hudon - Danault - Shaw
Galchenyuk - Mitchell - Hemsky

De La Rose will be scratched

Mete - Weber
Alzner - Petry
Morrow - Davidson

Benn will be scratched

Price starts
Montoya

 

[Lebowski]

Playing out west against the big California teams is where I'd expect DLR to help out this team on the 4th line.

I really have a hard time figuring out what Hemsky is meant to accomplish for this team. We have better options on the top 9, and we have better options to ice on the PP. Why is he even playing?

 

[PhysicX]

Playing out west against the big California teams is where I'd expect DLR to help out this team on the 4th line.

I really have a hard time figuring out what Hemsky is meant to accomplish for this team. We have better options on the top 9, and we have better options to ice on the PP. Why is he even playing?

It's those damn compromising pictures DD was in possession of.

 

[HabsTown]

Galchenyuk finally being used for his 1-timer on the pp

Can't wait to see De La Rose setting him up 5v5

 

[Adam Michaels]

Playing out west against the big California teams is where I'd expect DLR to help out this team on the 4th line.

I really have a hard time figuring out what Hemsky is meant to accomplish for this team. We have better options on the top 9, and we have better options to ice on the PP. Why is he even playing?

Why he's iced on the PP is surely because they're banking on his playmaking skills to help (I don't see it either). But as for having better options on the Top-9, they do and they are using them. Hemsky is on the 4th line, not in the Top-9.

 

[Deebs]

The bottom 3-4 D are barely nhl Dmen

Blasphemy

 

[HabsDood]

Man these late starts.. When you get up at 5am for a big day's work at the airport.... Gotta resist..

 

[Bee Holder]

Colorado tried and failed, Toronto got lucky. Are we that lucky?

well, apparently the draft is going to be very good next summer. Maybe a top 3 pick is good enough. You look at teams that only got the 2nd pick but ended up with Laine or Eichel!

 

[Pickles]

He's not playing tonight ?

****, our chances of winning are higher now.

We're bound to win 1 or 2 games this season

 

[Lebowski]

Why he's iced on the PP is surely because they're banking on his playmaking skills to help (I don't see it either). But as for having better options on the Top-9, they do and they are using them. Hemsky is on the 4th line, not in the Top-9.

I know that.

Which begs the question, why have him in the line-up at all if have better to offer on the PP and he's on the 4th line at ES.