Post-Game Talk: Philly stake, no mustard for Habs!

[Jack Skellington]

Struble is really fkn good. Excellent puck management and a way better skater than I thought he was.

 

[The Real Guy Lafleur]

Is there anybody in the room that would actually speak up and call people out? Savard maybe? Gallagher?

Gallagher is in no position to lecture anyone. He shouldn't even be in the NHL. He's way over the hill.

 

[First Line]

While it was only one game, I think it exposed our team for what it is: a non-playoff team.

Waaat? No playoffs? I wish someone would have told me that at the golf tournament in September

 

[The Real Guy Lafleur]

In all fairness whole team was fairly bad after the 2 goal lead and Slaf at least got a goal.

I just find we are super slow and ineffective in the neutral/offensive zone.

They officially gave the goal to Savard and gave Slaf an assist.

I had Slaf with the Tim Horton picks, so not happy

 

[nhlfan9191]

Media nobody puts out a hit piece and has permission to attend a press conference where he knows he’ll get a quote for his clickbait article. Organizations should be holding these guys accountable for what they say.

 

[OldCraig71]

Damn fair weather fans.

 

[WeThreeKings]

With Matheson's name appearing on TSNs trade bait list... wonder if they are leaning toward keeping Savard and moving Matheson, mainly due to the emergence of Struble.

 

[Leon Lucius Black]

Primeau at times has looked shaky, but overall he's been very good considering he usually has 1-2 weeks between games which would be tough to get in a rhythm.

Some interesting stats with him are:
- On the road he has a 2.22 GAA and .930 save % in 6 games, while at home his stats are rough with a 5.09 GAA and .856 save %
- Since November 24th he has the best stats by far among our goalies. He even almost has as many points as Gallagher since then, with only 2 less points in 15 less games than Gallagher.

 

[thebestnic]

The forward group is just bad. Thank god 9 of those 12 players should be gone in two years. Nearly unwatchable when the first line plays bad like it was the case last night...

 

[StCaufield]

Gallagher is in no position to lecture anyone. He shouldn't even be in the NHL. He's way over the hill.

Nah he’s an okay 4th liner and he’s been there the longest so I figured he’d be one to say something. In saying that it’s pathetic

 

[SlafySZN]

Woke up. I still can’t understand why Evans got the most ice time in OT and Slaf zero.

 

[morhilane]

People complaining about no Slaf in OT, he probably didn't have any legs left after the 3rd period. He only played ~1 minutes less than Evans and Caufield (and one less shift) during the game without seeing any OT at all.

 

[admiralcadillac]

We’re having trouble scoring which is unsurprising given the lack of depth and our injuries. We need scoring talent, and we need 3 of our top 9 guys back so Stephens, Heinemann and Pezzeta can sit.

Woke up. I still can’t understand why Evans got the most ice time in OT and Slaf zero.

I know people like to shit on Evans but he was probably the team’s best forward yesterday.

 

[SlafySZN]

I know people like to shit on Evans but he was probably the team’s best forward yesterday.

He’s still not the guy who should be on the ice for a whole 3 minutes in OT.

 

[That Habs Fan]

Last night's game was the prime example of why we need to move some of our many good dmen (either already in the NHL or in the pipeline) for some help at forward. A dman for forward trade should happen sooner than later as well, I think we've waited long enough to decide who stays and who goes.

Beyond Suzuki, Caufield, Slaf and Monahan we have no forwards who would be in other team's top 9s. The Dach and Newhook injuries were huge hits this season.

 

[Bouboumaster]

Disgusting performance by everyone not named Primeau, who was a Beast

It was shameful

 

[CheldishGamibno]

He’s still not the guy who should be on the ice for a whole 3 minutes in OT.

And I think he lost every faceoffs in OT? He took like 3? jamais 2 sans 3!

 

[HomaridII]

And I think he lost every faceoffs in OT? He took like 3? jamais 2 sans 3!

Not justifying but I believe its because they were all right hand side draws on the defensive side. Monahan never takes those, used to be Dvorak. Since he lost the faceoffs he had to stay on the ice.

The one he shouldn't have taken is the center faceoff to start OT, should have been Suzuki or Monahan.

 

[Team_Spirit]

Disgusting performance by everyone not named Primeau, who was a Beast

It was shameful

If I was the coach I'd be the main talking point today. Holy shit they were bad.

We must go back

 

[Tyson]

I expect a much better effort tonight but I wouldn't take SJ lightly.

 

[Cournoyer12]

The score flattered us.

Primeau deserved the point, but the rest of the boys did not!

 

[Cournoyer12]

According to MSL we didn't have our fastball tonight.

Maybe we lost our way without Waze around our chairs and didn't bring our game in the game? I'm so confused.

88 mph fastball ala Steve Rogers

 

[Leon Lucius Black]

With Matheson's name appearing on TSNs trade bait list... wonder if they are leaning toward keeping Savard and moving Matheson, mainly due to the emergence of Struble.

Selling high on Matheson would be the right move. He's been putting up a 57 point pace over 82 games here and logging huge minutes, this while only being a couple years removed from being a 30 point guy playing 18 minutes.

With Guhle/Struble/Xhekaj/Harris and potentially Hutson/Engstrom in the future it makes sense to be proactive and move on from Matheson before guys steal his ice time and his point totals go back down.

 

[rik schau]

P U, Talk about ugly and boring , much like the attendant at my most recent drive-thru pick-up experience. lol

Can we fast foward till the trade deadline? Hopefully we sell Monahan, Savard, Allen.

That's exactly what I was saying at training camp. lol

 

[dcyhabs]

Habs were lucky to get a point tonight. Came out flat, 2 shots in first period, 8 after 2 periods.

Monahan had decent game. I thought he was among our best players. Going to be tough to trade him at deadline. Rarely do they sign back after being traded. Monahan as our third line center next season look nice. Big, 25 goals, 57% on faceoffs, his contract reasonable.

Primeau played good second half of game. He should be given more time.
Slaf never had great game. Brain cramps on routine plays.
Heineman going to be solid NHLer if he stays healthy.
Barron great skater can score but man does he ever make dumb plays in own end. Future Matheson?

I had the impression that whoever counts the shots in Philly didn't watch while Montreal had the puck. They missed the net a bunch of times, but I think the 2 shots, 2 goals was a bit over the top. On the other hand Philly probably hit a dozen posts. Some of them were from bad angles but most of them were on net and past Primeau. Either he was really dialed in, covering his net to the millimeter, or Primeau got lucky.

The habs actually strung some passes together at times. The lack of passing drove me crazy in some other recent games.