Pre-Game Talk: Oilers @ Habs, May 12th 5pm - Last Regular Season game

[MarkovsKnee]

You have to think they'll rest guys tomorrow. Winnipeg will clinch 3rd place, so it really is a meaningless game.

Keep:

Lehkonen -- Evans -- Byron together

All 3 have had significant time off either to injury (Byron) or just being benched (Lehkonen and Evans), so they should be good to go.

Tatar, Armia should be in for same reasons.

Anderson should sit. He seems beat up.

Play Caufield and Belzile too.

So:

Toffoli -- Suzuki -- Armia
Perry -- Kotkaniemi -- Caufield
Lehkonen -- Evans -- Byron
Frolik -- Staal -- Belzile

Edmundson -- Petry
Romanov -- Chiarot
Kulak -- Merrill

Allen

 

[Mandala]

Game means nothing... Play Gustavsson, Belzile, anyone not starting the playoffs.

 

[Roadhouse]

Anderson should sit. He seems beat up.

 

[dinodebino]

Let Primeau in net amd give a break to all the geezers.

 

[LeHab]

Just like magic, all of these injuries all are fixed, and everyone is good to go at the exact same time....

OK, sure guys.

Pain tolerance threshold is always higher in postseason.

 

[Roadhouse]

Let Primeau in net amd give a break to all the geezers.

It's funny, I know you're a lot older than our Habs geezers... I think that clique we have is more less my age (born in 1985).

I looked up the 2005 top 40 just for fun, as those guys would have bounced to those beats around the same time I did in their early 20's.

Christ, we have quite the range if this is indicative of our playoffs... from Boulevard of Broken Dreams to Drop it Like it's Hot.

 

[RandomTask26]

You have to think they'll rest guys tomorrow. Winnipeg will clinch 3rd place, so it really is a meaningless game.

Keep:

Lehkonen -- Evans -- Byron together

All 3 have had significant time off either to injury (Byron) or just being benched (Lehkonen and Evans), so they should be good to go.

Tatar, Armia should be in for same reasons.

Anderson should sit. He seems beat up.

Play Caufield and Belzile too.

So:

Toffoli -- Suzuki -- Armia
Perry -- Kotkaniemi -- Caufield
Lehkonen -- Evans -- Byron
Frolik -- Staal -- Belzile

Edmundson -- Petry
Romanov -- Chiarot
Kulak -- Merrill

Allen

I would definitely sit Petry (play Gustafson) and maybe Toffoli too (though not sure what forward could replace him)

Also would like to see Primeau play, Allen must be so tired

 

[The Great Weal]

Perry definitely needs the rest. I don't really care about Staal since he ideally won't play in the playoffs unless there is an injury. Armia isn't working with Toffoli-Suzuki so try Caufield for half the game with those two and try Anderson for the other half to have a better idea of who should play with them in the playoffs.

KK could also use the rest but I'm not sure who plays instead of him. Petry is a workhorse, but more rest would not hurt. Lastly, play Primeau.

 

[26Mats]

You have to think they'll rest guys tomorrow. Winnipeg will clinch 3rd place, so it really is a meaningless game.

Keep:

Lehkonen -- Evans -- Byron together

All 3 have had significant time off either to injury (Byron) or just being benched (Lehkonen and Evans), so they should be good to go.

Tatar, Armia should be in for same reasons.

Anderson should sit. He seems beat up.

Play Caufield and Belzile too.

So:

Toffoli -- Suzuki -- Armia
Perry -- Kotkaniemi -- Caufield
Lehkonen -- Evans -- Byron
Frolik -- Staal -- Belzile

Edmundson -- Petry
Romanov -- Chiarot
Kulak -- Merrill

Allen

I'd also have Gus in for Petry. And, I'd rest KK. Maybe play 11 forwards - or Gus at forward in for KK.

 

[Monsieur Miz]

What's the point of resting players? Maybe give players like KK more ice-time but that's it.

We're not playing until next Saturday lol. They'll rest for a week and a half. If that's not enough, there's a problem.

 

[mols47]

What's the point of resting players? Maybe give players like KK more ice-time but that's it.

We're not playing until next Saturday lol. They'll rest for a week and a half. If that's not enough, there's a problem.

What's the point in not? What if Petry gets injured somehow? No way I play Petry because team would fall apart without him.

 

[Habs]

Since our coaching staff are complete morons, I expect a full lineup tomorrow.

 

[Runner77]

Since our coaching staff are complete morons, I expect a full lineup tomorrow.

If Luke Richardson were fired during the 2nd period tomorrow, would anyone notice?

 

[Wats]

This is literally a meaningless game. Give the young guys the minutes they never had.

Lehkonen - Evans - Byron
Tatar - Kotkaniemi - Caufield
Frolik - Staal - Armia
Belzile - Blandisi - Caufield (double shift)

Kulak - Romanov
Chiarot - Gustafson
Edmundson - Merrill
Ouellet

Primeau

 

[Habs]

If Luke Richardson were fired during the 2nd period tomorrow, would anyone notice?

how on earth he kept his job is beyond me.

 

[nhlfan9191]

What's the point in not? What if Petry gets injured somehow? No way I play Petry because team would fall apart without him.

After the stretch of games we were forced to play after that Covid break, I’d say any extra hour of rest you can give to a player is beneficial. They’ve just limped themselves into a playoff spot. Rest everyone you can and hope the playoffs can serve as a reset the same way it did last year for a lot of guys.

 

[JianYang]

What's the point of resting players? Maybe give players like KK more ice-time but that's it.

We're not playing until next Saturday lol. They'll rest for a week and a half. If that's not enough, there's a problem.

25 games played in 43 days.... Every day of rest you can get, you take. It's as simple as that.

 

[Gaylord Q Tinkledink]

Since our coaching staff are complete morons, I expect a full lineup tomorrow.

Double shifting the vets and sitting the kids.

 

[Redux91]

how on earth he kept his job is beyond me.

Luke, or Peter lol

 

[Spearmint Rhino]

Just playing possum for the Leafs then look out when the playoffs start, they won’t know what hit them

 

[Schwang]

What's the point of resting players? Maybe give players like KK more ice-time but that's it.

We're not playing until next Saturday lol. They'll rest for a week and a half. If that's not enough, there's a problem.

Risk of injury

 

[Michelangelo]

What's the point of resting players? Maybe give players like KK more ice-time but that's it.

We're not playing until next Saturday lol. They'll rest for a week and a half. If that's not enough, there's a problem.

Next Wednesday actually

 

[gillyguzzler]

25 games played in 43 days.... Every day of rest you can get, you take. It's as simple as that.

That's kinda nuts. It's like playing almost a full regular season in a bit over three months.

 

[Monsieur Miz]

Risk of injury

Did we sit players last seasons?

 

[Schwang]

Did we sit players last seasons?

We're already missing a lot of key guys. Why risk more going down in meaningless game?