Post-Game Talk: Price shines in another come from behind win. Habs over Canucks 3-2

[groovejuice]

Are you saying Lisa Ann doesn't know any "nice" girls ?

I'm sure Lisa Ann's mother is very proud.

 

[Rapala]

Can't believe Tatar is outproducing Max Paccioretty....

I was sure he would make more of an impact shift to shift but he has a ton more quality than I thought.

 

[Forum93]

I'm sure Lisa Ann's mother is very proud.

 

[Rapala]

I liked how we picked up the pace of the game after Canucks went ahead 2-1. That spells determination to me. Other years we would of rolled over and lost 4-1

The team reacted exactly like it should have after that bogus call. The Del Zotto stupidity became the icing on that cake.

 

[1909]

I’m actually really enjoying watching this team right now, but we need a lot of more then a little bit of size and and an approvement on the left side D before you can even mumble the words Montreal Canadiens and contender under the same breathe.

I see only three teams which got everything to go far in the Playoffs: Winnipeg, Nashville and TB. The rest will be a dog fight. And Habs could be one of the best of these with some tweakings.

 

[Runner77]

@Runner77

How was the game?? I recorded the game through Bell, and tried to access it online after through Bell Fibe TV, I got to watch 3mins of it and then it just froze and I can’t watch the game GRRRRR

Maybe because I’m in Columbia it won’t allow me to watch it.....I’m pissed but glad we got the win

It picked up in the last 10 minutes. Habs's past good fortunes in Vancouver, held true again.

If you can open this link, you'll see everything you've missed out on: Spoiler Free NHL Highlights

It's fun reading you from Bogota and somehow, you never write about where you are in our travel thread.

What if I rename the travel thread, Worldwide Search for a Kabana Clone -- would that work?

Safe travels, my friend.

 

[Runner77]

Another pizza maker! Very nice, i'd been eating that if i was there..."might be" half left for you ...lol

Love pizza , eat a ton of it(even for breakfast)..lol...easy to do when you make your own eh ? and not have to pay $15-$20 bucks a pop..

If the Habs win a cup in the next 1 to 40 years, us pizza makers(groovejuice, cphabs, myself and i'm sure there are more pizza pie makers here) should plan a 2-3 day victory celebration "HFBOARDS Habs pizza party" at some central location...everyone here invited...lol

Too bad he was late to the pizza wars. I heard you and Groove have quite the competition going.

 

[Simarino]

I see only three teams which got everything to go far in the Playoffs: Winnipeg, Nashville and TB. The rest will be a dog fight. And Habs could be one of the best of these with some tweakings.

And one can argue that Winnipeg and Nashville dosnt have a good enough C-line, Little is on the downside of his career, Roslovic dont seem to be ready to handle the 2C role, Nashville with Johansen and Turris got a mediocre 1-2 punch for a contender and they lack elite fire power on offense and for Tbay, they are maybe the only team in the league that have a smaller forward grouo then us(Johnson,Point,Kucherov,Gourde etc etc).. No team is Perfect and i dont know how far we are from being a contender exactly but the left side of our D needs help badly and it should be priority no1 for Bergy.

 

[Habaneros]

Too bad he was late to the pizza wars. I heard you and Groove have quite the competition going.

I took history and read about the Great Pizza War in 1972 ...mushrooms were sliced to death ....ham and pepperoni baked to death..even the toughest onions were made to cry....I would never go into or start a pizza war....
History shows the cost is just too high....**Pizzapeace**...

 

[jaffy27]

It picked up in the last 10 minutes. Habs's past good fortunes in Vancouver, held true again.

If you can open this link, you'll see everything you've missed out on: Spoiler Free NHL Highlights

It's fun reading you from Bogota and somehow, you never write about where you are in our travel thread.

What if I rename the travel thread, Worldwide Search for a Kabana Clone -- would that work?

Safe travels, my friend.

Love it!!

Thanks for the wishes.....Lima Peru tonight then home.....muchas gracias mano

 

[admiralcadillac]

I took history and read about the Great Pizza War in 1972 ...mushrooms were sliced to death ....ham and pepperoni baked to death..even the toughest onions were made to cry....I would never go into or start a pizza war....
History shows the cost is just too high....**Pizzapeace**...

Sounds like Bell Center pizza to me

 

[SB164]

How the **** is this possible?

Key words are "first 20 games played with the franchise". Guy Lafleur for example definitely had more than 24 points in the first 20 games of a season.

 

[Grate n Colorful Oz]

I see only three teams which got everything to go far in the Playoffs: Winnipeg, Nashville and TB. The rest will be a dog fight. And Habs could be one of the best of these with some tweakings.

Boston and Washington are a lot better than they are right now. Boston has almost its entire D at the clinic.

Let's see how the Habs do in the next 20 before going too further into extrapolation.

 

[LeHab]

Boston and Washington are a lot better than they are right now. Boston has almost its entire D at the clinic.

Let's see how the Habs do in the next 20 before going too further into extrapolation.

We also have our entire D (Weber) at the clinic.

 

[Grate n Colorful Oz]

We also have our entire D (Weber) at the clinic.

I'd take McAvoy & Krug over Weber any day of the week.

 

[LeHab]

I'd take McAvoy & Krug over Weber any day of the week.

Not saying our injured D is better simply that Habs are playing with key injuries. That said I would also take Boston D.

 

[CHaracter79]

Bottom-six doesn't matter that much. Many teams rely on just one line offensively.... Anyway, Byron and Armia are injured.

Lehkonen scored winner in Calgary

 

[admiralcadillac]

They are asking price to outright or borderline steal every game. It's not possible.

They are "for real" if they figure out how to reduce the ridiculous amount of chances they are giving up.

I think it's been like this almost all year actually. The difference in the last stretch is that it seems their sustained possession time in the offensive zone has come down, so there's just more time available to do damage on the other end.

I'm not sure if this comment is from last year, this year in particular they specifically haven't been relying on their goalies to steal games. Price came through very big in the last two, but I would say it really hasn't been this way "almost all year".

 

[JianYang]

I'm not sure if this comment is from last year, this year in particular they specifically haven't been relying on their goalies to steal games. Price came through very big in the last two, but I would say it really hasn't been this way "almost all year".

I'm not saying they have relied on their goalies all year to steal games. That has been the case for the last several games, though.

What I am saying is that they have had the same issues almost all year, and the reason that the pressure on goalies is more evident now is that the Habs are not sustaining pressure in the other end, which leaves more time for the opposition to exploit the Habs crappy defensive coverage.

 

[Habaneros]

 

[admiralcadillac]

I'm not saying they have relied on their goalies all year to steal games. That has been the case for the last several games, though.

What I am saying is that they have had the same issues almost all year, and the reason that the pressure on goalies is more eveident now is that the Habs are not sustaining pressure in the other end, which leaves more time for the opposition to exploit the Habs crappy defensive coverage.

I agree with that absolutely, but they haven't been asking the goalies to steal every game as you had previously mentioned.

 

[JianYang]

I agree with that absolutely, but they haven't been asking the goalies to steal every game as you had previously mentioned.

What I'm trying to imply is that their stretch of the last several games is conducive to the goalies having to steal games, or at least close to it.

In certain games during this stretch, they have outscored their defensive issues, but that's not sustainable. This current form will require the goalies to be show stealers to get 2 points on a consistent basis.

They either have to find a way to regain some sustained pressure offensively again, or tighten up defensively, which they have yet to show this year. Preferably both, but one of these elements would probably break this disturbing trend at least.

 

[Runner77]

We also have our entire D (Weber) at the clinic.

Given this ...

I'm from the future to tell you Habs have won. You can thank me later.

I was expecting "Weber will be back in 13 days." Or something along those lines.

 

[durojean]

Mete is a replacement-level player. Juulsen is still young but I see the potential. Brooks and Fleury are not NHLers and therefore not in the discussion.

McD, Subban, and Sergy vs Fischer, Tinordi, Beaulieu

I'll take it, fine. You're right.

Mete is 20 years old and a 5th round draft pick... Even if he becomes Josh Gorges that's amazing.

Talk about expectation...

 

[WhiskeySeven*]

Mete is 20 years old and a 5th round draft pick... Even if he becomes Josh Gorges that's amazing.

Talk about expectation...

It's a result business. If Mete is playing at a replace-level player level, then he's replaceable. I don't care if he's 40 or 20 or a 1st round pick or not.

He's not particularly good right now so he's no coup of a draft pick. He happened to make the team because he could skate and Bergevin decimated the defense and there were gaping holes. Hurrah.