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Post by seventeen on Oct 4, 2023 22:53:23 GMT -5
Montreal Canadiens @ Ottawa Senators
Saturday, Oct 7th @ 7 PM ET
Networks: RDS, TSN5
 VS 
2021 BY Cards IIHF World Junior Championship (Unlicensed)
#SWEU202021-11 - Emil Heineman - Sweden
* Logos courtesy SportsLogos.net and TSN.ca
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Post by seventeen on Oct 4, 2023 22:58:19 GMT -5
(Caveman voice) Warning to HabsRus. I not do great GDT for ugly preaseason game. Credit go to Dis. He away for day, maybe 4. Enjoy. Have many bottle near hand.
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Post by Willie Dog on Oct 5, 2023 7:18:11 GMT -5
(Caveman voice) Warning to HabsRus. I not do great GDT for ugly preaseason game. Credit go to Dis. He away for day, maybe 4. Enjoy. Have many bottle near hand. Much like all of us HabsRusians appreciate everything Dis does for the board, we appreciate you filling in for him doing GDTs because we are lost without the GDTs... lol. |
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Post by seventeen on Oct 5, 2023 18:55:27 GMT -5
Much like all of us HabsRusians appreciate everything Dis does for the board, we appreciate you filling in for him doing GDTs because we are lost without the GDTs... lol. OMG what would we possibly do?!! Dis' GDT's invoke conversation and historical references. Great stuff. |
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Post by Willie Dog on Oct 7, 2023 14:17:34 GMT -5
Lineup for tonight  |
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Post by seventeen on Oct 7, 2023 18:35:45 GMT -5
Is no one watching? Its blacked out in my area. Slaf and Pezzetta have scored, 2-1.
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Post by drkcloud on Oct 7, 2023 18:37:04 GMT -5
Senators are dressing their Belleville lineup. Habs up 2 to 1
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Post by seventeen on Oct 7, 2023 18:56:23 GMT -5
I hate it when a team ices a bunch of slugs. If only I was the Commish. Besides the good I would do for the game and its fans, I can use the $8MM annual salary. No CAP there.
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Post by jkr on Oct 7, 2023 19:10:23 GMT -5
Is no one watching? Its blacked out in my area. Slaf and Pezzetta have scored, 2-1. I'm watching on TSN5 . |
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Post by seventeen on Oct 7, 2023 19:27:48 GMT -5
Unsportsmanlike penalty to Xhekaj? Did he neglect to hold a door open for someone?
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Post by seventeen on Oct 7, 2023 19:31:11 GMT -5
Ahh. Offsetting poor manners.
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Post by jkr on Oct 7, 2023 20:16:25 GMT -5
Yikes. Xhekaj, Montembault and Harris all look awful on those last 2 goals
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Post by drkcloud on Oct 7, 2023 20:17:25 GMT -5
Belleville with 2 quick ones on Sam the Sieve and beating Habs 4 to 3 now
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Post by seventeen on Oct 7, 2023 20:21:28 GMT -5
Are we just going through the motions or is Monty shatting the bed?
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Post by IamCanadiens on Oct 7, 2023 20:26:11 GMT -5
Ate we just going through the motions or is Monty shatting the bed? Just reminded of Carey's slow starts......... |
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Post by seventeen on Oct 7, 2023 20:27:05 GMT -5
The one thing that can keep us from being a decent team is goaltending. It was much better than expected in a terrific draft year (thanks Sam) and it will probably be brutal this year when the draft is not quite as strong at the top.
Would be nice to be lucky sometime.
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Post by drkcloud on Oct 7, 2023 20:27:38 GMT -5
Ate we just going through the motions or is Monty shatting the bed? Preseason but Sam gave up the 4th goal on the 20th shot. Our defensive pairings have been porous at best. Arber a grim -3 on the night. |
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Post by seventeen on Oct 7, 2023 20:31:03 GMT -5
I also think MSL and Hughes have a tough decision to make on Xhekaj. He hasn’t had a good camp and I bet a couple of guys are ahead of him on merit. Can you get by without that toughness?
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Post by drkcloud on Oct 7, 2023 20:38:26 GMT -5
I also think MSL and Hughes have a tough decision to make on Xhekaj. He hasn’t had a good camp and I bet a couple of guys are ahead of him on merit. Can you get by without that toughness? I think Norlinder has been better on both sides of the puck. I could see X starting the season in Laval |
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Post by drkcloud on Oct 7, 2023 20:39:31 GMT -5
And then X rifles a goal, so who knows
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Post by jkr on Oct 7, 2023 20:43:24 GMT -5
And then X rifles a goal, so who knows And right through the net! |
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Post by Willie Dog on Oct 7, 2023 20:43:33 GMT -5
I also think MSL and Hughes have a tough decision to make on Xhekaj. He hasn’t had a good camp and I bet a couple of guys are ahead of him on merit. Can you get by without that toughness? X had no pressure last year, this year I think he feels the pressure... someone needs to talk to him... |
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Post by Willie Dog on Oct 7, 2023 21:18:34 GMT -5
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Post by habsorbed on Oct 8, 2023 1:22:29 GMT -5
Xman is sticking with Le Club. He brings a key component to the game no one else does: deterence. This game reminded me of the 70s dynasty when Les Boys were behind, even by two goals, but you knew they were going to comeback and win. Sure it's exhibition and Sens dressed an AHL team but Suze and the crew said enuf of this crap! And if Lupien could contribute to those 70's teams, Xman can certainly play a role with this team. Don't remember Lupey ever putting the puck though the net.  Just give the Xman a decent partner and he'll look after the rest  |
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Post by Willie Dog on Oct 8, 2023 10:44:08 GMT -5
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Post by seventeen on Oct 8, 2023 14:11:45 GMT -5
Ate we just going through the motions or is Monty shatting the bed? Preseason but Sam gave up the 4th goal on the 20th shot. Our defensive pairings have been porous at best. Arber a grim -3 on the night. Concerning because while plus/minus is a flawed stat, Arber's been at the bottom of our stats list for too many games. It's not always his partner's fault. |
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Post by seventeen on Oct 8, 2023 14:13:25 GMT -5
Xman is sticking with Le Club. He brings a key component to the game no one else does: deterence. This game reminded me of the 70s dynasty when Les Boys were behind, even by two goals, but you knew they were going to comeback and win. Sure it's exhibition and Sens dressed an AHL team but Suze and the crew said enuf of this crap! And if Lupien could contribute to those 70's teams, Xman can certainly play a role with this team. Don't remember Lupey ever putting the puck though the net. Just give the Xman a decent partner and he'll look after the rest That may be the key part. Hell if Komisarek could survive with Markov as a partner, Xhekaj will do much better with a similar guy. |
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Post by folatre on Oct 8, 2023 15:39:29 GMT -5
I think Xhekaj will play with Kovacevic, who is not a world beater but at least he tries to prioritize playing a steady game.
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Post by seventeen on Oct 8, 2023 17:35:44 GMT -5
I wasn't a fan of Kovacevic, but from preseason at least, he looks improved.
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Post by Cranky on Oct 8, 2023 18:21:34 GMT -5
I got a few glimpses of the game last night. One of the things I noticed was bad coverage from the forwards.
Problem X is going to face is that he's not the most agile or the greatest vision so he's going to be caught not covering the odd man in. Happened at least once and it's going to keep happening until we have a strong defensive structure. Of course the blame will go on X because he was the nearest guy to the scorer.
There is no right decision if you have a forward in the slot and a forward of the side of the net. You try to block the slot, you open the lane, you try to cut the lane, you open the slot. That's exactly what happened to X last night. What "should" happen is the forward interferes or kills the guy in the slot so X can cut the lane and kill the guy at the side of the net. Sorry, did I accidentally use the word kill?
Playing loosey goosey is fine but at some point, we need defensive structure in our soup.
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Just give the Xman a decent partner and he'll look after the rest 
