Pre-Game Talk: Old-Time Hockey Reunion - Habs v. Leafs on Saturday Night

[the]

We win tonight and we will finally be ahead of them in the standing...been waiting for that moment for a month now.

 

[sampollock]

big game, big periods, big drinks

this game is huge, Habs are just a point back, yes figs have games in hand,
but the habs get no credit for their run this season, figs are glorified , and yet we are right behind them, lol

it will kill CBC tonight , if habs win,

 

[Adam Michaels]

Shaw with Tatar and Domi. That could be a solid line.

So with Chaput and Hudon also in the line-up tonight, I think Agostino will be placed on waivers.

 

[Lafleurs Guy]

Shaw with Tatar and Domi. That could be a solid line.

So with Chaput and Hudon also in the line-up tonight, I think Agostino will be placed on waivers.

That 4th line needs serious work.

 

[Runner77]

big game, big periods, big drinks

this game is huge, Habs are just a point back, yes figs have games in hand,
but the habs get no credit for their run this season, figs are glorified , and yet we are right behind them, lol

it will kill CBC tonight , if habs win,

I'll be honest, I really only chose to participate in this thread to see if you'd be using the "figs" moniker for the Leafs.

I don't even know what it means.

 

[DramaticGloveSave]

That 4th line needs serious work.

Byron coming back would help that.

 

[donghabs98]

That 4th line needs serious work.

Hudon and Chaput would be eaten alive in a playoff series. Habs need mobile yet strong forechecking players and someone who can win faceoffs.

Getting Dale Weise back in my mind is a good option. He embraces the spotlight, has some offensive skills, can skate and hit. A deal around him and Schlemko would be ideal (two disappointing players with 1 year left on their contracts)

 

[Belial]

That 4th line needs serious work.

Need a better center that's for sure.

 

[Forum93]

I'll be honest, I really only chose to participate in this thread to see if you'd be using the "figs" moniker for the Leafs.

I don't even know what it means.

I was thinking the same thing, figs??

 

[Simarino]

That 4th line needs serious work.

Yep, Byron + we need to add at the very least a quality 4th line center for Chaput.

 

[Adam Michaels]

That 4th line needs serious work.

Definitely. This is where I think MB will trade to make an upgrade.

 

[Phil Parent]

If Shaw is back tonight, someone will be going on waivers at noon.

Or Alzner goes back, he's still around I think.

 

[Adam Michaels]

Hudon and Chaput would be eaten alive in a playoff series. Habs need mobile yet strong forechecking players and someone who can win faceoffs.

Getting Dale Weise back in my mind is a good option. He embraces the spotlight, has some offensive skills, can skate and hit. A deal around him and Schlemko would be ideal (two disappointing players with 1 year left on their contracts)

I wouldn't be opposed to a returning Dale Weise. The guy can skate and isn't afraid to get his nose dirty.

Both he and Schlemko have been disappointing for their respective teams. Both have a year left on their deal after this season. Both about the same cap hit (Schlemko @ $2.1M and Weise @ $2.3M).

 

[Lafleurs Guy]

Hasn't Shaw played center before? Why not just put him at 4th line center?

 

[Adam Michaels]

Or Alzner goes back, he's still around I think.

Yes. But he with him, they're 7D. Whereas they have 14F. So logically, I would think a forward will be placed on waivers. That way, the team still carries and extra defenseman and an extra forward. I doubt they'd place Byron on IR since he's day-to-day.

And I think Agostino goes because he's been scratched the last handful of games, whereas Peca CJ has preferred Peca over him.

Of course, I could be wrong.

P.S. Alzner will require waivers again to be sent down. But that isn't much of anything since we know he'd clear.

 

[Adam Michaels]

Hasn't Shaw played center before? Why not just put him at 4th line center?

He was the 4C often last year. But I think CJ wants to adjust his Top-6 since neither Peca or Hudon did much of anything in Byron's and Tatar's absences. Shaw was having a career year before his injury in Dallas playing alongside Domi (and Drouin). So I think CJ (and I) feels Shaw in the Top-6 is an upgrade.

And of course, he won't be breaking up 92-24-11 or 62-15-40.

 

[Toligwen]

Keep the troll up

 

[Phil Parent]

At the same time, given that we're at home for a little while, I'm think I'd rather drop the lesser asset (Alzner) down and then call a D from Laval if I need one than risk losing Agostino who wasn't all bad while he was here while evaluating where I'm at with Hudon/Peca/Chaput/D-Lo/Agostino.

Only pushing back the inevitable though, Byron will return soon and that means that a decision has to be made. Sending somebody down or a trade.

I'd try to accomodate Hudon, even for a late pick.

 

[peate]

All these guys from the olden days, there was a melodic quality to their voices. They didn't just make calls, but a form of music.

My favorite description of a broadcaster's delivery has always been when the words "dulcet tones" are associated with Dave Van Horne. Well, Bob Cole's calls also deserve an appropriate branding.

I would say that his voice just melded with the flow of the game, it had a commanding yet unintrusive presence. He fits right in there in an exclusive club that features Foster Hewitt, Dick Irvin, René Lecavalier and maybe a couple of others. Talk about rarefied air.

I may be biased, but I still think Danny Gallivan was the best. His calling a game was like story telling. No one could articulate and blend the action on the ice with such gems as : Savardian Spinorama, Cannonading drive (boulette canon), scintillating save, and more. There was never any dead air when he was calling the game.

 

[Forum93]

Keep the troll up

The sight of Tie Domi in Habs gear seems so weird, must drive Laff's fans nuts.

 

[Tuggy]

Glad to see Shaw back tonight.

 

[6ix]

Hello Habs fans. I am really looking forward to this game. With MTL 1 point behind us I expect this to be a playoff atmosphere game. Should bring out the best of both teams. This is what hockey is all about.

I cannot wish you guys goodluck tonight, but I haven’t been more excited for a classic leafs vs habs game in a long time.

 

[FloJack]

it will kill CBC tonight , if habs win,

I don’t have a French option tonight and can never sink up the radio properly. Will probably watch this on a mute with CBC being the only option, much like I would if they met in the playoffs.

 

[1909]

Shaw with Tatar and Domi. That could be a solid line.

So with Chaput and Hudon also in the line-up tonight, I think Agostino will be placed on waivers.

With Weise around, Agostino gonna be placed on waivers for sure.

 

[Pierre Dagenais]

With Weise around, Agostino gonna be placed on waivers for sure.

Weise is reporting to Laval for now, I think they'll let him regain confidence there first