Pre-Game Talk: Penguins @ Canadiens, Wednesday at 8 p.m. (Series tied 1-1)

[Le Tricolore]

Hopefully the hometown crowd energizes the team.

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[WeThreeKings]

Best of 5s are weird.. 3 games in and some team will be on the brink of elimination.

 

[Le Tricolore]

Best of 5s are weird.. 3 games in and some team will be on the brink of elimination.

Yeah, it's strange. We don't even know if there will be a game on Saturday until after the game on Friday.

I don't hate best of fives, but they're not something I'm used to.

 

[Habs Halifax]

Habs have last line change this time right? Bet you this advantage turns into a disadvantage

 

[Adam Michaels]

 

[WeThreeKings]

Julien trying to give them rest because he's riding the hell out of his vets.

 

[Seb]

I don't mind losing but I really want to see some fire under our top scorers ass.

 

[Kobe Armstrong]

I really wanted the Habs to win last night, but when Pittsburgh went up 2-0 all I could think about was Lafreniere!!

Just gonna sit back and enjoy the hockey, hopefully it goes 5 games!

 

[Kwikwi]

Mark the date; August 14th

the lottery part 2

 

[WeThreeKings]

I don't mind losing but I really want to see some fire under our top scorers ass.

Tatar has had chances but can't bury them.. Danault has been ineffective offensively, Gallagher is shooting but not really threatening.. Suzuki had a monster game 1, quiet last game but still efficient. KK has been good. Lehkonen has been solid and helped create our goal last game.

Drouin sucks horrendously.. Domi is neutered by line-mates and not really imposing his will when he gets a chance either.

 

[417]

Hope someone asks CJ if he ever considers in-game coaching adjustments or if rolling the same 4 lines over and over again is about it for him.

 

[Monsieur Miz]

Julien complained about "passengers" last game.

2nd game of playoffs and we're already talking about players being PASSENGERS.

This team sure has a lot of character.

 

[WeThreeKings]

Julien complained about "passengers" last game.

2nd game of playoffs and we're already talking about players being PASSENGERS.

This team sure has a lot of character.

Maybe stop giving the passengers ice-time vs. top 6 minutes and 1st PP.

 

[Adam Michaels]

Let's hope the changes won't be shuffling the same guys around. And that last night we saw the last of Weal, Weise, and Ouellet.

Although I think Ouellet will stay because CJ also said that he believes the defensemen have done a good job.

 

[Ozmodiar]

Tatar has had chances but can't bury them.. Danault has been ineffective offensively, Gallagher is shooting but not really threatening.. Suzuki had a monster game 1, quiet last game but still efficient. KK has been good. Lehkonen has been solid and helped create our goal last game.

Drouin sucks horrendously.. Domi is neutered by line-mates and not really imposing his will when he gets a chance either.

Tatar was bad last game. Better in game 1, even though he didn’t have a SOG.

 

[CapSpace]

How about get Weise the f*** out of the starting roster?

 

[habsfan891]

Habs have last line change this time right? Bet you this advantage turns into a disadvantage

Completely agree there is a reason our home record was worse and its our HC is incapable of making smart line matchups when he has last change.

 

[CapSpace]

How about get Weise the f*** out of the starting roster?

 

[ahmedou]

Rely mainly on Evans, Fleury, Kotkaniemi and Suzuki. You won't regret it.

 

[Sterling Archer]

Think it’s time for some new lines to shake things up a little.

Tatar Suzuki Gally
Domi KK Armia
Drouin Danault Lehkonen
Byron Poehling Evans

Chiarot Weber
Kulak Petry
Mete Fleury

 

[417]

Waiting until you lose to make changes is so predictable...

Changes should have been made going into game 2...keep your players on their toes.

Either way, I doubt the changes are going to be significant.

You're more likely to see an increased role for Domi and a decreased one for Kotkaniemi

 

[WeThreeKings]

Weal to line 1 probably

 

[417]

Suzuki, Kotkaniemi, Evans, Poehling, Fleury/Juulsen

I know playing as much as 5 rookies in a playoff game goes against every coaching principle in CJs coaching handbook.

But it's probably his best lineup to win
..at the very least, it will provide valuable experience.

 

[The Real Timo]

Weal to line 1 probably

It's the only way

 

[Supersonic]

Changes:

- Weal promoted
- KK demoted
- Scratch Weise for Poehling
- Scratch Mete for Fleury

I feel like i’m even being too optimistic with this, but we’ll see what Dauterive does