We clinched while losing! WTF is a brony? Edition

[Halifaxhab*]

I wonder about the icetime doled out to the Dmen....odd. But really, the whole game was just not good. If it was picking up any momentum at all...Chris mother fing Lee made some ridiculous call. And they were going against both sides....just horrendous. No one was able to get anything going.

We lost because Tampa got a good bounce or two.


Bottom line. The playoff matchup is a pretty good one. It'll be fun to watch....because we should be Chris Lee free.

 

[BLONG7]

[NHL][/NHL]

Really? You didn't notice the team we're shorthanded for alomost the whole third period? On top of that PK had one of his worst games in a while.

The Habs didn't play well in the 2nd and 3rd periods...outside of Price of course.
The refs were horrendous, towards both teams...
So, we were 1-1-2 vs Tampa...that should motivate the boys for the playoffs, but unfortunately they seem to have the brighter coach, so?

 

[BadHabit]

Anyone fathom a guess as to why the coach changed the lines after winning? Kid line was gone and so was Bourque Briere Gionta.

No wonder the players have no time to get chemistry.

 

[Zorro]

guessing it was changed cause Plek was back

 

[BadHabit]

guessing it was changed cause Plek was back

Absolutely forgot about that - you're right.

Well barring any injuries, lets hope the lines are at least set for the last games and we can pick up our lost momentum.

 

[Whitesnake]

After one bad game? Seriously?

Plekanec, Chuckie and Vanek may very well be a great line. But the less overly emotional reaction would be to be to keep the current number 1 line together until they play terribly for at least a handful of games.

And it's obviously isn't about 1 bad game. We keep having this talk about having at least 2 real snipers on 2 different lines and in prevision of the playoffs that are coming, the idea is to already put that in place so that the chemistry would be there during those playoffs....not in the summer. A handful of game would be too many and then you hope that the new line click sooner than they might.

 

[DAChampion]

Whitesnake, if Galchenyuk and Vanek play with Plekanec, which line can be the shutdown line to play against the other team's top forwards?

It's not pretty, but Moen-Plekanec-Gionta is simply very effective in shutdown duty. I'd put Galchenyuk-Gallagher-Briere or something like that as a third line to clean up against the other team's weaker lines.

 

[OldCraig71]

The guys were not up for this game, Tampa is not that scary to play against and we will do fine against them in the playoffs. We were also in good shape(for a road game) until DD went globe trotter and made that terrible pass. We will be better, lets move on and forget it.

 

[sventington]

And so in summation Therrien is a brony?!?

Therrien may have his flaws, but hopefully being a kid's cartoon obsessed man-child isn't among them

 

[Le Barron de HF]

What has Galchenyuk exactly done in the last 2 months to play with Vanek and disassemble our best line offensively? I get that we can reunite Gallagher with Pacioretty and Desharnais but what's the point? That line is as bad defensively and not as good offensively. Although it's a small sample, Vanek has shown a lot more chemistry with Patches and DD than Plekanec and cie. We're 6 games before the playoffs, it's not time to panic and change all of our lines because of one bad road game where the entire team played like **** except for Price, Weaver, Plekanec and Gionta.

 

[Uber Coca]

Bad game overall. The players didn't look prepared for this game. Too many turnovers. Tampa Bay sure has some speedsters on their roster.

 

[Leon Lucius Black]

Team played like **** and still had a chance to win until that short-handed goal, bad games happen and we just won 5 in a row.. nothing to worry about. Hopefully Gorges is back soon and we don't have to see Bouillon/Murray any longer.

 

[Burke the Legend]

I knew the Habs were gonna be in trouble when I realized they had been on vacation in Florida for like 5 days. Back to work this weekend guys.

 

[JuicyHam]

Team played like **** and still had a chance to win until that short-handed goal, bad games happen and we just won 5 in a row.. nothing to worry about. Hopefully Gorges is back soon and we don't have to see Bouillon/Murray any longer.

Would rather see bouillon gone before Murray. As much as I dislike both as players(right now) would rather see Murray.

 

[zzoo]

Price was beyond awesome yesterday. What would be the score if he didn't show up ?
Plekanec was good too.

IMO, the TB disallowed goal should count.

 

[Burke the Legend]

IMO, the TB disallowed goal should count.

I don't think so, he was standing like a foot into crease and preventing Price from moving up to challenge shot.

It's unfortunate that fans are confused by the legality of this, mostly because it is not called enough or consistently, but that is interference.

 

[Le Tricolore]

The Tampa goal definitely should have counted. Price was able to move to attempt the save, and only after the puck went in was he blocked by the Lightning player. It was one of many, many, many bad calls last night.

 

[Milhouse40]

Whitesnake, if Galchenyuk and Vanek play with Plekanec, which line can be the shutdown line to play against the other team's top forwards?

It's not pretty, but Moen-Plekanec-Gionta is simply very effective in shutdown duty. I'd put Galchenyuk-Gallagher-Briere or something like that as a third line to clean up against the other team's weaker lines.

Your shutdown line will play 18-20 minutes....cause that's how the opponnent will put their top line out there. So you're line would almost certainly prevent any scoring during 1/3 of the game. The shutdown is supposed to a be a 2-way line, or a "all game situation line" if you prefer.

And we saw against Team like Boston and Tampa with great defensive system, they can shutdown our one-line team system. Tampa did it all year against DD's line with Gallagher or Vanek.

Pacioretty - Plekanec - Gionta (All game situation, 19-20 minutes a game line, PP-PK)
Galchenyuk - Desharnais - Vanek (Offensive game situation, PP, 16-18 minutes)

None of those line will outproduced the Pac-DD-Vanek line.....but that top 6 will produce more than the one we got now. Galchenyuk need to be on that line and Pacioretty is the only one that can take on Stamkos line and get out on top.

 

[Burke the Legend]

The Tampa goal definitely should have counted. Price was able to move to attempt the save, and only after the puck went in was he blocked by the Lightning player. It was one of many, many, many bad calls last night.

Could he move forward, which is how a goalie cuts angle? No, because the guy was planted, both feet, in his crease. Players are not allowed to do that in the crease, pretty simple.

 

[saintflannel]

Price has been so much fun to watch this year, Callahan goal notwithstanding.

 

[Rapala]

Price was beyond awesome yesterday. What would be the score if he didn't show up ?
Plekanec was good too.

IMO, the TB disallowed goal should count.

TB disallowed goal should not count nor should any goal when a player has two feet inside the crease of their own volition prior to the puck penetrating crease space. I'm not talking toenail in the crease here. Do you think the blue paint is there to allow for color calibration on the net cam? This rule isn't new you know. It's been around LIKE FOREVER...

 

[Rapala]

Could he move forward, which is how a goalie cuts angle? No, because the guy was planted, both feet, in his crease. Players are not allowed to do that in the crease, pretty simple.

It astounds me as to how many people aren't clear about the rules and regulations pertaining to the crease. Like you said simple. I had no goal as soon as i saw it. I don't think the closer of the two officials
did (Lee?) Only on consultation with the other on ice officials was it disallowed. Glad they got it right.

 

[Kriss E]

[NHL][/NHL]

Really? You didn't notice the team we're shorthanded for alomost the whole third period? On top of that PK had one of his worst games in a while.

So what?? PK still finished as the least used Dman at ES. That's unacceptable. Really, wtf is going on when we use our best Dman the least at ES. It's freaking Pejorative Slured.
I don't care how many penalties we took (and btw, Subban can play the PK just fine), it doesn't explain how Markov gets around 16min of ES time, and PK gets 11 (they have the same ice time on the PP too, so you can't blame that).

This isn't new. PK's handling this year has been a farce.

 

[Et le But]

Therrien claims they lost because they were "too fancy"

 

[Kriss E]

Whitesnake, if Galchenyuk and Vanek play with Plekanec, which line can be the shutdown line to play against the other team's top forwards?

It's not pretty, but Moen-Plekanec-Gionta is simply very effective in shutdown duty. I'd put Galchenyuk-Gallagher-Briere or something like that as a third line to clean up against the other team's weaker lines.

The kids should not be on with Plekanec. I have no idea what they are doing there.
Both of them should be centered by Eller on the 3rd line. We know that it can work.
So stick with it. Plek-Gio-Briere was a working line. I have no clue why they were broken up, but try to make it work. If it doesn't, you know you can throw any grinder like Moen and they'll be even better at shutting down opponents. But you want a line capable of shutting down+creating offense. You can even try placing Bourque back there at times.

But the fact we are still discussing this now is bad. The fact this squad still can't organized themselves properly defensively is bad. The fact we still have a horrible transition game is bad. The fact our PP hasn't improved when we know it can be a top one is bad. Zero improvements over the course of the season outside the DD line.
Even on an individual basis, you can't say that certain players have improved, doing things they weren't doing before.
I'm so unimpressed by the coaching staff this year. Really night and day compared to last year.