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Post by jkr on Apr 26, 2015 9:53:02 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Apr 26, 2015 10:09:00 GMT -5
Parenteau draws in tonight. No word on who sits. My guess is DSP. One of the few natural goal scorers we have on the team. Here's hoping he'll have his legs going.
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Post by HFTO on Apr 26, 2015 10:20:01 GMT -5
Can't remember a team that finished second overall in the league having so much angst and doubt heaped upon them because of there lack of offence.
Sadly it's becoming unravelled before our very eyes should this potential monumental collapse come to pass.
We've the seen the boys rise to the occasion on several occasions when everyone has them down and out,tonight will probably one of those nights.
Ask me if I'm counting on it??
Not a chance I'll be cowering in my lazy boy.
Not sure I could handle a game 7 knowing the fallout the team and as fans we will have to endure that scares me more than anything.... Can you imagine the summer?
Come on boys find a way to get it done tonight.
HFTO
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Post by blny on Apr 26, 2015 10:27:08 GMT -5
I mentioned DSP, because I felt the lower lines have largely done their jobs. Flynn made a poor pass up the middle in the last game that lead to a goal, but they've been more effective in their roles than our top 6. PAP does have offensive ability, but aside from shootouts it's been non-existent this year. He did look his best I thought in the last couple of games with Max out of the lineup.
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Post by seventeen on Apr 26, 2015 11:00:48 GMT -5
Parenteau draws in tonight. No word on who sits. My guess is DSP. I'm betting DeLaRose. One should always keep the 'safer', veteran player. Weise also not at practice today. Given a 'therapy' break. Speculation is he's sick.
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Post by Disgruntled70sHab on Apr 26, 2015 11:28:46 GMT -5
Going to tune in tonight ... Sens fans getting some c0cky now ... would like to snuff that out ... I have a feeling we might be able to determine how the game will go right in the first period ... they simply have to get to Anderson ... as an aside, the "Island Queen" is a Mississippi-style tour boat that sails out of Kingston ... it's docked right downtown and it has a Habs flag flying off it's tallest mast ... lots of car flags around town but it's the first time I've seen this ... it would be nice to see it flying a few weeks longer ... Cheers.
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Post by Skilly on Apr 26, 2015 11:35:35 GMT -5
The Sens could have easily won the first three games and had us on the verge of elimination ... The Habs have not dominated a shift yet, let alone a game. Two weak OT goals got us a good lead. Since then, there have been no weak goals on Anderson, and the Habs are still playing like its ordained they will win.
Play the game hard and to win , that's all I ask.
When the Habs finish high in the standings, they always seem to have monumental collapses. That why I predicted in my work pool the Habs would lose 4 straight, I just didn't think it would be the games 4 through 7
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Post by Forum Ghost on Apr 26, 2015 11:54:13 GMT -5
I think the Habs have shown to play their best hockey when the outside world thinks that they're done. Also, I think Ottawa may be getting borderline cocky with the fact that they won handily in the last game. Couple that with the fact that everyone from fans to the media are thinking that the Sens have already won the series, and I think the circumstances are perfect for the Habs. They'll go out and play their best game of the season, win and quiet all the doubters in one fell swoop.
At the start of the series, I thought we would win in 6 and I'm sticking to it.
Let's go Habs - it's time to move on to the next round!
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Post by jkr on Apr 26, 2015 12:19:36 GMT -5
The Sens could have easily won the first three games and had us on the verge of elimination ... The Habs have not dominated a shift yet, let alone a game. Two weak OT goals got us a good lead. Since then, there have been no weak goals on Anderson, and the Habs are still playing like its ordained they will win. Play the game hard and to win , that's all I ask. When the Habs finish high in the standings, they always seem to have monumental collapses. That why I predicted in my work pool the Habs would lose 4 straight, I just didn't think it would be the games 4 through 7 Can't agree. There have been periods in this series when they have controlled the play. The 2nd period of game 1 - 4 goals on 19 shots; game 4 - from the second period through OT they out shot Ottawa 40-22. They are capable of it, just have to do it for 60 minutes.
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Post by habsorbed on Apr 26, 2015 12:24:11 GMT -5
Parenteau draws in tonight. No word on who sits. My guess is DSP. I'm betting DeLaRose. One should always keep the 'safer', veteran player. Weise also not at practice today. Given a 'therapy' break. Speculation is he's sick. So the answer to our scoring woes is a guy who scored 8 goals all season? Sad times! i'm guessing Flynn or Mitchell will sit if Weise is healthy. DSP brings an element we need and DLR has not played badly.
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Post by blny on Apr 26, 2015 12:31:15 GMT -5
The Sens could have easily won the first three games and had us on the verge of elimination ... The Habs have not dominated a shift yet, let alone a game. Two weak OT goals got us a good lead. Since then, there have been no weak goals on Anderson, and the Habs are still playing like its ordained they will win. Play the game hard and to win , that's all I ask. When the Habs finish high in the standings, they always seem to have monumental collapses. That why I predicted in my work pool the Habs would lose 4 straight, I just didn't think it would be the games 4 through 7 Can't agree. There have been periods in this series when they have controlled the play. The 2nd period of game 1 - 4 goals on 19 shots; game 4 - from the second period through OT they out shot Ottawa 40-22. They are capable of it, just have to do it for 60 minutes. I share this view. Sens have came out like gang busters in the first 3 games. They couldn't maintain the pace and the Habs took over. Those first three games, the Habs owned the second periods. 4th game both teams played poorly.
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Post by blny on Apr 26, 2015 12:35:06 GMT -5
I'm betting DeLaRose. One should always keep the 'safer', veteran player. Weise also not at practice today. Given a 'therapy' break. Speculation is he's sick. So the answer to our scoring woes is a guy who scored 8 goals all season? Sad times! i'm guessing Flynn or Mitchell will sit if Weise is healthy. DSP brings an element we need and DLR has not played badly. Don't think it will be Mitchell as he's playing center. DLR is a possibility, but I don't agree with the suggestion that it's safer than sitting a vet. One, DSP isn't a vet. Two, PAP is and Therrien had no qualms sitting him. Hopefully Weise is able to go. Prust-Eller-Weise Flynn-Mitchell-Parenteau
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Post by Douper on Apr 26, 2015 12:39:13 GMT -5
Not holding my breath for this. But I hope we see.
PAP DD Patches Gally Eller Gally Weise Pleky DSP DLR Mitch Prust
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Post by habsorbed on Apr 26, 2015 12:51:55 GMT -5
Not holding my breath for this. But I hope we see. PAP DD Patches Gally Eller Gally Weise Pleky DSP DLR Mitch Prust Putting the GEG line back together would be a stroke of genius so don't see it happening. But it would change everything up: Get Eller more ice time, give the kids some identity, mess up the Sens, and put Pleks between 2 big guys.
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Post by seventeen on Apr 26, 2015 13:41:08 GMT -5
So the answer to our scoring woes is a guy who scored 8 goals all season? Sad times! i'm guessing Flynn or Mitchell will sit if Weise is healthy. DSP brings an element we need and DLR has not played badly. Don't think it will be Mitchell as he's playing center. DLR is a possibility, but I don't agree with the suggestion that it's safer than sitting a vet. One, DSP isn't a vet. Two, PAP is and Therrien had no qualms sitting him. Hopefully Weise is able to go. Prust-Eller-Weise Flynn-Mitchell-Parenteau I can't see a sarcasm icon to use, because I meant it with a liberal dose of sarcasm.
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Post by Disgruntled70sHab on Apr 26, 2015 13:53:36 GMT -5
Starting lineup for tonight's game. I like the bottom lines:
CANADIENS
Max Pacioretty - Tomas Plekanec - Brendan Gallagher
Alex Galchenyuk - David Desharnais - PA Parenteau
Dale Weise - Lars Eller - Devante Smith-Pelly
Brandon Prust - Torrey Mitchell - Brian Flynn
Andrei Markov - P.K. Subban
Alexei Emelin - Jeff Petry
Tom Gilbert - Greg Pateryn
Carey Price
Dustin Tokarski
Scratched: Jacob De La Rose, Manny Malhotra, Mike Weaver, Sergei Gonchar, Daniel Carr, Christian Thomas, Mike Condon
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Post by CentreHice on Apr 26, 2015 14:17:19 GMT -5
Game #88 of the season…all forwards are healthy….and we're still looking for Top 6 line combos because we struggle to find goals…and a decent PP.
It'll be up to Price….
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Post by Deleted on Apr 26, 2015 14:44:33 GMT -5
I hope the second line plays the least minutes or shocks me with the most points, has to be one or the other, either they produce right away or lose minutes to Larry and Torrey's lines.
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Post by Skilly on Apr 26, 2015 15:08:19 GMT -5
The Sens could have easily won the first three games and had us on the verge of elimination ... The Habs have not dominated a shift yet, let alone a game. Two weak OT goals got us a good lead. Since then, there have been no weak goals on Anderson, and the Habs are still playing like its ordained they will win. Play the game hard and to win , that's all I ask. When the Habs finish high in the standings, they always seem to have monumental collapses. That why I predicted in my work pool the Habs would lose 4 straight, I just didn't think it would be the games 4 through 7 Can't agree. There have been periods in this series when they have controlled the play. The 2nd period of game 1 - 4 goals on 19 shots; game 4 - from the second period through OT they out shot Ottawa 40-22. They are capable of it, just have to do it for 60 minutes. I guess we have a different definition of domination ... Have we won any game by more than a single goal? We won two on the last shot of the game. We've been getting by , by the skin of our teeth. The second period of game 1? Yep, we got 4 goals. But if I recall correctly, Ottawa also scored 2. That's not dominating. There was not a time during this series where I said to myself, we got this. Dominating is when a bad break WON'T cost you the game ... Like say, if you are up 4-0, and a late bad bounce makes it 4-1. NOT when you score 4 goals in the second period and are only up by one, and you are chewing fingernails hoping a bad bounce doesn't happen. Shots? We can fire as many as 1000 shots at Ottawa. If they aren't from dangerous areas does it really matter? All our shots are coming from the perimeter, Ottawas are coming from in close ... I'd rather the latter personally. Case in point. We outshot Ottawa 46-25 last game. Did we dominate? We lost 5-1. We have the least amount of goals of any playoff team. A dominating team should have more than 10 goals in 5 games ... 2 goals a game!!! Are you kidding me??
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Post by PTH on Apr 26, 2015 15:08:25 GMT -5
Starting lineup for tonight's game. I like the bottom lines: CANADIENSMax Pacioretty - Tomas Plekanec - Brendan Gallagher MT is going for the big guns on the top line, in the hope of getting Pacioretty going. Really, as long as Pacioretty is playing like recycled dog poop, we're no better than Ottawa, and have to consider we were real lucky getting the 3-0 lead. Isshhh... Galchenyuk has had a horrible series IMO, with only the occasionnal display of skill within 5 feet of the opposing net, but all kinds of turnovers and miscues everywhere else, including repeatedly not getting the puck out of the zone when he had the chance. And he's the guy on the line who's played best.... though DD was stuck with Pacioretty and no-hands Pelly, so it was hard to get much done. And Parenteau was up for grabs at the deadline, it says a lot about his perceived value. Size and grinding potential, but very low on skill. Could at least make life miserable for Ottawa D. Effective 4th line. I often wonder if we'll keep Flynn and Mitchell around for next season (Flynn as an RFA should be back, but Mitchell as a local boy has to be tempting to keep around despite being a UFA). I think one of our big problems is that Markov is tired. Instead of getting 20 good, smart minutes out of him, we're getting 26 minutes of slow, tired, turnover-prone Markov. But this isn't just about his ice time tonight, it's about the 80+ games earlier on. Two other guys who I wonder if they'll be back, I expect that if we sign Petry, we trade Emelin. Effective pairing these days, though a tad thin on offense. Too bad we can't get one of the 2 with Markov and the other with Subban, it would spread the offense around. Given that Gilbert's turnover cost us game 4, I can't like this pairing. Duh. A guy I don't expect back; his being not good enough meant that Carey played a lot, and I think he's tired as well, hence the less than stellar play up till now. [/quote] Sad to see DLR scratched, moreso since last game was his best in the playoffs yet. Right now, none of the other healthy scratches look like viable options to dress unless you have no choice (ie, injury). You can't scratch Gilbert for Weaver or Flynn for Malhotra at this point, IMO. Go Habs !
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Post by blny on Apr 26, 2015 15:18:08 GMT -5
Don't think it will be Mitchell as he's playing center. DLR is a possibility, but I don't agree with the suggestion that it's safer than sitting a vet. One, DSP isn't a vet. Two, PAP is and Therrien had no qualms sitting him. Hopefully Weise is able to go. Prust-Eller-Weise Flynn-Mitchell-Parenteau I can't see a sarcasm icon to use, because I meant it with a liberal dose of sarcasm. Ahhh, well in a similar vein, my bottom six is what I expected to see.
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Post by blny on Apr 26, 2015 15:22:09 GMT -5
Mitchell is nice, but it will have to be at a pay cut. 4th line centers shouldn't make over $2 million a year.
Gilbert's pass, on his wrong side was right to the half wall and within the reach of two Habs forwards. He put it as close to the right place as he could. Those forwards should have made a play.
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Post by NWTHabsFan on Apr 26, 2015 15:24:50 GMT -5
I hope the second line plays the least minutes or shocks me with the most points, has to be one or the other, either they produce right away or lose minutes to Larry and Torrey's lines. Me too, but I am not holding my breath.
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Post by HFTO on Apr 26, 2015 15:48:32 GMT -5
My gut tells me when we count them out they have found some way to step up.....no doubt between the two teams they have the greatest potential to be a lot better.
Time to step up and carry the goaltender ....all these shots are good but 95% are perimeter fluff shots....I want to believe they can get it done tonight....you would think they are way over due....Ottawa has found the way to get traffic they have had pressure for 2 months the Habs have stepped up at times but now the pressure is squarely on their shoulders tonight or in game 7 ... if this team learned anything from last year they have to carry the day.
Detroit is poised to win can't help but think of a matchup coaches aside that will favour the boys to get a crack at the Rangers again.....things are lining up for a great opportunity you hate to squander these potential chances.
Come on boys
HFTO
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Post by Douper on Apr 26, 2015 15:55:29 GMT -5
Pleky needs to put the skirt away tonight. He's probably my most disappointing forward.
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Post by Skilly on Apr 26, 2015 16:10:01 GMT -5
Speaking of Detroit ... They lose game 4 in the most heart-breaking way possible. A convincing shutout performance lost in 1:17 of play ... How did they respond? The come back and shut them out 4-0 in game 5. That's how good teams respond.
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Post by franko on Apr 26, 2015 16:36:15 GMT -5
Habs have made a habit of never going on to play a Game 7 in a series in which the team initially led 3-0. On the two such occasions where the Canadiens dropped Games 4 and 5 after putting the opposition on the ropes early, they ultimately bounced back in Game 6, winning a pair of 4-2 decisions against the Buffalo Sabres in 1973 and the Hartford Whalers in 1988.
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Post by CentreHice on Apr 26, 2015 16:59:49 GMT -5
The 7th seed eliminated the 2nd tonight. Although only 9 pts. separated them at the end of the regular season. Wild 4-1 over the Blues.
Dubnyk's quite the story....
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Post by Deleted on Apr 26, 2015 17:02:23 GMT -5
The 7th seed eliminated the 2nd tonight. Although only 9 pts. separated them at the end of the regular season. Wild 4-1 over the Blues. Pierre LeBrun says that the players believe they have a lot to prove. The game is theirs tonight if they want it.
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Post by CentreHice on Apr 26, 2015 17:04:00 GMT -5
I even have the pre-game show on MUTE.
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