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Post by CentreHice on Feb 9, 2016 22:22:25 GMT -5
The second line gets the 3 stars.
Chucky, Pleks, Gally
Scrivens won't keep this up....unless Waite's a miracle-worker....but good for morale....
MB's approaching the season's fork-in-the-road.....and it's a 3-pronger.
1. Does he make moves to get his boss at least 2 playoff gates? 2. Does he sell to re-tool for the future? 3. Does he do nothing at the deadline and ride the year out?
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Post by Disgruntled70sHab on Feb 9, 2016 22:25:00 GMT -5
Possibly Smith-Pelley's best game as a Hab ... Ben Scrivens tends to stay on his feet more ... a goaltender who can make the big save, but has some luck too ... reminds me of Steve Penney ...
Cheers.
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Post by habsorbed on Feb 9, 2016 22:32:51 GMT -5
Lucky to get the win. We scored on our chances. Don't recall too many great saves by Bishop. At the other end ridiculous turnovers and defensive coverage. Scrivens had to be sharp and lucky with help from 3 goal posts.
We are a one line team when Pleks plays well. DD and Max are useless. Not necessarily in that order. Max gives very little effort. He should be able to win those races for the icing. On one on one he probably draws a penalty on Stahlman if he keeps his legs moving. When exposed to any contact he simply stops skating. Not impressed.
How in the last few minutes of a game does that mastermind MT have DD out as our only centre so he's forced to take 3 face-offs in our own end.
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Post by blny on Feb 9, 2016 22:36:40 GMT -5
3 in a row dammit!
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Post by folatre on Feb 9, 2016 22:50:49 GMT -5
Not a masterpiece, but the intensity and opportunism are nice to watch. This is a good victory.
Plekanec is playing well, but on team with only maximum of four players capable of playing top six roles it sure helps to ride with Gallagher and Galchenyuk.
I hope the boys keep winning. Of course it is uphill and hard now, so foremost Bergevin needs to resolve roster imbalances before 2016-17.
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Post by Willie Dog on Feb 9, 2016 22:52:53 GMT -5
Trade pleky now... its the best time to move him.
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Post by blny on Feb 9, 2016 23:07:23 GMT -5
Trade pleky now... its the best time to move him. Yessir.
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Post by CentreHice on Feb 9, 2016 23:09:27 GMT -5
Trade pleky now... its the best time to move him. The cynic in me says that's exactly why Pleks has stepped it up....because it's THAT time of year....and maybe this time around, he feels he'd like to be traded for a chance at a Cup. If so, that can't go unnoticed by Bergevin. Unless he's had a talk with Pleks prior... Who knows what goes on in the....
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Post by Skilly on Feb 9, 2016 23:32:00 GMT -5
I think the tank is pretty much out the window ... The boys seem intent on trying to make the dance, now the GMs moves will determine if he is on board with that or not
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Post by habsorbed on Feb 10, 2016 0:19:17 GMT -5
I think the tank is pretty much out the window ... The boys seem intent on trying to make the dance, now the GMs moves will determine if he is on board with that or not MB's on board. He's too near sighted and Molson is too greedy to pass up a chance at the post season!
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Post by stoat on Feb 10, 2016 0:28:33 GMT -5
The second line gets the 3 stars. Chucky, Pleks, Gally Scrivens won't keep this up....unless Waite's a miracle-worker....but good for morale.... MB's approaching the season's fork-in-the-road.....and it's a 3-pronger. 1. Does he make moves to get his boss at least 2 playoff gates? 2. Does he sell to re-tool for the future? 3. Does he do nothing at the deadline and ride the year out? I have more confidence in Scrivens than you do. I prefer your 1) outcome to 2) or 3), although 3) bears some resemblance to 1). I leave it to Bergevin to make 1) successful.
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Post by stoat on Feb 10, 2016 0:34:15 GMT -5
I think the tank is pretty much out the window ... The boys seem intent on trying to make the dance, now the GMs moves will determine if he is on board with that or not I hope Bergevin acquires someone who's good in the 2016 playoffs and in future years, not another Vanek.
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Post by stoat on Feb 10, 2016 0:38:26 GMT -5
I think the tank is pretty much out the window ... The boys seem intent on trying to make the dance, now the GMs moves will determine if he is on board with that or not MB's on board. He's too near sighted and Molson is too greedy to pass up a chance at the post season! Are you sure that finishing out of the playoffs would make next season more successful? I'm not.
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Post by seventeen on Feb 10, 2016 0:42:10 GMT -5
3 in a row dammit! Eric Engels says icing was involved each time. Was that right?
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Post by seventeen on Feb 10, 2016 0:44:50 GMT -5
Lucky to get the win. We scored on our chances. Don't recall too many great saves by Bishop. At the other end ridiculous turnovers and defensive coverage. Scrivens had to be sharp and lucky with help from 3 goal posts. We are a one line team when Pleks plays well. DD and Max are useless. Not necessarily in that order. Max gives very little effort. He should be able to win those races for the icing. On one on one he probably draws a penalty on Stahlman if he keeps his legs moving. When exposed to any contact he simply stops skating. Not impressed. How in the last few minutes of a game does that mastermind MT have DD out as our only centre so he's forced to take 3 face-offs in our own end. Imagine how Max feels. He's on a line with 2 ghosts. If I were him I'd ask for Hudon and Ghetto. Two players with actual offensive ability.
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Post by seventeen on Feb 10, 2016 0:45:49 GMT -5
I think the tank is pretty much out the window ... The boys seem intent on trying to make the dance, now the GMs moves will determine if he is on board with that or not Yup. And no way Therrien loses his job now.
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Post by habsorbed on Feb 10, 2016 0:51:09 GMT -5
MB's on board. He's too near sighted and Molson is too greedy to pass up a chance at the post season! Are you sure that finishing out of the playoffs would make next season more successful? I'm not. Not talking about missing the playoffs. Talking about tanking and getting a meaningful draft pick which can be traded for top 6 talent now.
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Post by habsorbed on Feb 10, 2016 0:54:23 GMT -5
3 in a row dammit! Eric Engels says icing was involved each time. Was that right? A number of needless icings. Although on one occasion Scrivens (a veteran?) could have frozen the puck and we could have changed the lines. But he gave it to PK, I think, who iced it and DD was back in the face off circle and we were chasing the game again.
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Post by habsorbed on Feb 10, 2016 0:55:40 GMT -5
Lucky to get the win. We scored on our chances. Don't recall too many great saves by Bishop. At the other end ridiculous turnovers and defensive coverage. Scrivens had to be sharp and lucky with help from 3 goal posts. We are a one line team when Pleks plays well. DD and Max are useless. Not necessarily in that order. Max gives very little effort. He should be able to win those races for the icing. On one on one he probably draws a penalty on Stahlman if he keeps his legs moving. When exposed to any contact he simply stops skating. Not impressed. How in the last few minutes of a game does that mastermind MT have DD out as our only centre so he's forced to take 3 face-offs in our own end. Imagine how Max feels. He's on a line with 2 ghosts. If I were him I'd ask for Hudon and Ghetto. Two players with actual offensive ability. Not defending DD or Wiese but Max's nick name could be Casper.
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Post by seventeen on Feb 10, 2016 1:37:58 GMT -5
Get that, but if I was playing with a pair of slugs, I'd lose interest too.
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Post by habsorbed on Feb 10, 2016 2:02:59 GMT -5
Get that, but if I was playing with a pair of slugs, I'd lose interest too. I don't blame the slugs. Max has been given the best available line mates all season and he has been a big disappointment. Hopefully it is just an off season or he hasn't recovered from his off season injury but we need more from our captain and sniper. He's not skating, not sniping and, worst of all, not engaging.
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Post by franko on Feb 10, 2016 6:49:52 GMT -5
How in the last few minutes of a game does that mastermind MT have DD out as our only centre so he's forced to take 3 face-offs in our own end. amazing. and he lost all three. and this from a DD supporter!
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Post by UberCranky on Feb 10, 2016 7:39:40 GMT -5
For two months, they couldn't put their underwear on and now they are playing like a decent team. Not exactly dominant, but way, way better then even a couple of weeks ago.
I'm going to echo what everyone is saying about the GGaP Line...and about Muffin with Casper. I just wonder if Pleks is playing so as not to be traded because right now, he is a true No1 center. Too bad we have a bunch of bottom 6 centers behind him.
Who is that guy behind the mask? His puck handling sucks and some of his rebounds or cringe worthy, but he's making those first stops that make the difference. Unless Waite is a magician. If so, can he make MThead disappear?
And before I forget.....and have no intentions of forgiving......FIRE MTHEAD
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Post by UberCranky on Feb 10, 2016 7:41:08 GMT -5
Yup. And no way Therrien loses his job now. Don't make me lose hope.....
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Post by blny on Feb 10, 2016 7:54:05 GMT -5
3 in a row dammit! Eric Engels says icing was involved each time. Was that right? No idea. I wasn't watching.
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Post by blny on Feb 10, 2016 8:02:14 GMT -5
Get that, but if I was playing with a pair of slugs, I'd lose interest too. I don't blame the slugs. Max has been given the best available line mates all season and he has been a big disappointment. Hopefully it is just an off season or he hasn't recovered from his off season injury but we need more from our captain and sniper. He's not skating, not sniping and, worst of all, not engaging. Yet he's still top 20 in goals, with 20. If you average out the number of goals scored by the 18 guys in front of him right now, it's 22.5 goals per player. Say he's got 23 goals. How many more wins do we have? He spent more than a month as the only legitimate scoring threat from the wing in the eyes of the opposition. Playing dump and chase doesn't exactly play to his strengths either. I'm not going to say he's been as visible as he has before, but when you're a man alone you tend to get tend to get swallowed up.
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Post by BadCompany on Feb 10, 2016 8:11:17 GMT -5
No Price, no Petry, and no Beaulieu or Flynn half-way through (both lost on the same shift). Gut-check win if you ask me. Scrivens is scary - reminds me of Tokarski actually - but he's getting the wins, and that's all you want from your goalie.
Tampa, Detroit and Boston all within four points now, though all three have two games in hand. Would have been nice for the Panthers to beat the Red Wings last night, but what can you do?
There were several consecutive icings at the end, which is why Desharnais had to take all those faceoffs.
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Post by Skilly on Feb 10, 2016 8:18:28 GMT -5
How in the last few minutes of a game does that mastermind MT have DD out as our only centre so he's forced to take 3 face-offs in our own end. amazing. and he lost all three. and this from a DD supporter! He lost 2 of the 3
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Post by franko on Feb 10, 2016 9:40:20 GMT -5
amazing. and he lost all three. and this from a DD supporter! He lost 2 of the 3 thought he lost 2 cleanly and one was a scramble (which I considered a loss)
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