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Post by Disgruntled70sHab on Dec 9, 2023 23:56:48 GMT -5
Nashville Predators vs. Montreal Canadiens
Sunday, Dec 10th @ 7 PM EST
Networks: RDS, TSN2
 
2009-10 O-Pee-Chee - Retro
2012-13 O-Pee-Chee
Traded to Nashville
Feb 27, 2012 | Traded to Nashville
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Sergei Kostitsyn First Goal Against Boston
(March 13 2010)
Andrei Kostitsyn First Goal as a Predator
Mar 3, 2012
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Post by drkcloud on Dec 10, 2023 16:30:58 GMT -5
Savard is back tonight, no decision on who will sit for his return. Can't say I've missed the guy and his mouth breather face when he's scored on
Norlinder also returned to Laval
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Post by Willie Dog on Dec 10, 2023 17:28:43 GMT -5
Savard is back tonight, no decision on who will sit for his return. Can't say I've missed the guy and his mouth breather face when he's scored on Norlinder also returned to Laval Mouth breather statement makes me laugh everytime đ |
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Post by folatre on Dec 10, 2023 19:37:41 GMT -5
Habs power play 25th in league, penalty kill 30th. This is an issue year after year. Management must take bolder steps to fix it.
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Post by NWTHabsFan on Dec 10, 2023 19:48:43 GMT -5
Ylönen gets moved away from Mitch Stevens and other fourth line plugs and gets matched with Gally and Dvorak. Baby steps I guess.
Allen in net seems to signal a loss of late.
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Post by Willie Dog on Dec 10, 2023 19:52:58 GMT -5
Ylönen gets moved away from Mitch Stevens and other fourth line plugs and gets matched with Gally and Dvorak. Baby steps I guess. Allen in net seems to signal a loss of late. Why can't they put Ylönen with Monahan, ylo has hockey smarts and some moves... that would require brains... lets put him with the crest buster dvo... so dumb |
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Post by Willie Dog on Dec 10, 2023 20:00:36 GMT -5
3 powerplays and only 9 shots in that period... something is wrong and someone needs to lose their job... I am shocked HuGo have done nothing about this
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Post by NWTHabsFan on Dec 10, 2023 20:00:58 GMT -5
Ylönen gets moved away from Mitch Stevens and other fourth line plugs and gets matched with Gally and Dvorak. Baby steps I guess. Allen in net seems to signal a loss of late. Why can't they put Ylönen with Monahan, ylo has hockey smarts and some moves... that would require brains... lets put him with the crest buster dvo... so dumb It is dumb. Just like not playing him in OT where his speed and skill can shine with more open space. |
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Post by Andrew on Dec 10, 2023 20:18:42 GMT -5
Whatever the opposite of a puck-possession team is, is what the Habs are tonight. Turning pucks over like itâs going out of style.
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Post by Skilly on Dec 10, 2023 20:21:38 GMT -5
Guys, guys, guys ⊠havenât you heard? Why promote players higher in the line-up? All we need to win is look good and expected goals. Wait. Whatâs that? What do you mean thatâs not how it works?  |
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Post by Willie Dog on Dec 10, 2023 20:21:45 GMT -5
Only 1 shot this period... are they tired from the game last night?
Marty must shake his head... he's getting greyer by the day
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Post by folatre on Dec 10, 2023 20:21:59 GMT -5
Nashville is just an average sort of lunch pail type team. Unfortunately the boys are simply dreadful tonight.
The calendar this month is daunting. Honestly it would not surprise me if Montreal is deeply submerged in the bottom ten by New Year.
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Post by Willie Dog on Dec 10, 2023 20:24:40 GMT -5
3 on 1 and they bobble the puck... lol
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Post by Willie Dog on Dec 10, 2023 20:31:44 GMT -5
What an inept powerplay
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Post by folatre on Dec 10, 2023 20:44:45 GMT -5
Nashville is not stupid. They played their backup last night in Toronto and sort of just mailed that one in. Tonight they put it all on the ice. For a middling team, I suppose that is textbook How to Pick Up Points 101.
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Post by folatre on Dec 10, 2023 20:48:30 GMT -5
Wow, Evans had not potted one since opening night in Toronto.
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Post by Andrew on Dec 10, 2023 20:49:12 GMT -5
Habs looking pretty listless with the exception of Gally. Maybe the late goal will get them going.
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Post by NWTHabsFan on Dec 10, 2023 20:51:31 GMT -5
Wow, Evans had not potted one since opening night in Toronto. First Habs goal of the seasonâŠso a long drought. Deserves to be on the second line though. Weird. |
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Post by Willie Dog on Dec 10, 2023 21:39:47 GMT -5
Habs take a timeout, Burrows starts showing the players what they should and msl stops him and starts telling the players what to do.
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Post by Willie Dog on Dec 10, 2023 21:46:06 GMT -5
These guys are infuriating... I don't get the constant passing back to the D all the freaking time... and 3 forwards behind the net in the offensive zone, no one in front of the net
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Post by Disgruntled70sHab on Dec 10, 2023 22:09:02 GMT -5
Saw something disconcerting near the end of the game ... the Habs called a timeout and Alex Burrows was explaining to the troops the play he wanted them to do ... Martin St. Louis interjects, and for the briefest of moments, it looks as if they're having an argument in front of the troops ... I don't know what was said, but it made for bad optics, IMHO ...
Cheers.
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Post by Andrew on Dec 10, 2023 22:19:57 GMT -5
Saw something disconcerting near the end of the game ... the Habs called a timeout and Alex Burrows was explaining to the troops the play he wanted them to do ... Martin St. Louis interjects, and for the briefest of moments, it looks as if they're having an argument in front of the troops ... I don't know what was said, but it made for bad optics, IMHO ... Cheers. Good catch. Would be interested to know what was said. Special teams were a disaster tonight, going 0-5 on the PP while giving up a breakaway. Predators were 1-2 which was the difference in a one goal game. |
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Post by Willie Dog on Dec 10, 2023 22:29:18 GMT -5
I noticed that earlier... I wonder if Marty is feeling the heat about the crappy special teams
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Post by Disgruntled70sHab on Dec 10, 2023 23:37:54 GMT -5
Saw something disconcerting near the end of the game ... the Habs called a timeout and Alex Burrows was explaining to the troops the play he wanted them to do ... Martin St. Louis interjects, and for the briefest of moments, it looks as if they're having an argument in front of the troops ... I don't know what was said, but it made for bad optics, IMHO ... Cheers. Good catch. Would be interested to know what was said. Special teams were a disaster tonight, going 0-5 on the PP while giving up a breakaway. Predators were 1-2 which was the difference in a one goal game. I understand the need to address the special teams issues, but you just can't question your leaders in front of the troops ... Alex Burrows was actually on the defensive when Martin St. Louis interjected ... stuff like this can lead to a loss of confidence by the troops in leadership overall ... Cheers. |
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Post by habsorbed on Dec 11, 2023 1:10:12 GMT -5
Good catch. Would be interested to know what was said. Special teams were a disaster tonight, going 0-5 on the PP while giving up a breakaway. Predators were 1-2 which was the difference in a one goal game. I understand the need to address the special teams issues, but you just can't question your leaders in front of the troops ... Alex Burrows was actually on the defensive when Martin St. Louis interjected ... stuff like this can lead to a loss of confidence by the troops in leadership overall ... Cheers. I was happy to see that. Sure one hopes it doesn't come to that point. But the reality is Burrows is awful and obviously Marty is at his wits end - as we all are. Hopefully Burrows will be at the end of his employment with the Habs shortly. |
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Post by habsorbed on Dec 11, 2023 1:16:08 GMT -5
Not Slafs best game but he was still the least mistake prone of his line. Both Suze and Cole are awful and not just this game. Hugo better hope the two are having an off season as those two are nowhere near $8 million players. Nick is completely disinterested - not a good look for a captain. And Cole is just a fumble and fan machine. I'm beginning to realize why most teams let him drop to 16th overall. Maybe we need to get Ducharme back to bench him for a bit  |
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Post by halihab on Dec 11, 2023 14:19:38 GMT -5
Ylönen gets moved away from Mitch Stevens and other fourth line plugs and gets matched with Gally and Dvorak. Baby steps I guess. Allen in net seems to signal a loss of late. Why can't they put Ylönen with Monahan, ylo has hockey smarts and some moves... that would require brains... lets put him with the crest buster dvo... so dumb yeah, Dvorak and Gally aren't much better than 4th liners anyway. Put him on the first line. |
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Post by Boston_Habs on Dec 11, 2023 14:56:43 GMT -5
Not Slafs best game but he was still the least mistake prone of his line. Both Suze and Cole are awful and not just this game. Hugo better hope the two are having an off season as those two are nowhere near $8 million players. Nick is completely disinterested - not a good look for a captain. And Cole is just a fumble and fan machine. I'm beginning to realize why most teams let him drop to 16th overall. Maybe we need to get Ducharme back to bench him for a bit It's been a disappointing year. Our "tie adjusted" record is 5-13-10. Our -21 GF/GA differential is worst in the Eastern Conference and tied for 4th worst in the NHL. By all accounts were are a bottom 5 team and I thought we'd be closer to a bottom 10 team. And the two biggest reasons, besides the injury to Kirby Dach, is the "just not good enough" production from Suzuki and Caufield. I get that these are the only two guys opposing teams have to worry about but I was hoping for a jump from Suzuki from a 60-65 point guy to closer to an 80 or PPG guy. Right now Nick is tied for 60th in the league in scoring and 52nd among forwards. If your best forward can't even crack the top 50 in production, then you have a problem. Caufield I feel is a designated scorer and those guys are notoriously streaky, so I'm willing to live with the ups and downs. A lot of us said it when it happened, but the Dach injury has had a massive ripple effect on the lineup. He just helped slot everyone else in the right positions. We need him to be healthy next year. And then it's MSL and the coaching in general. I think HuGo and all of us were enamored with Marty's refreshing and thoughtful approach to the game. The problem is he's incredibly inexperienced as a coach at any level, much less the freaking NHL. It was borderline malpractice for Hughes to not foresee this and set him up with a real experienced assistant coach, someone who complements Marty, reinforces his philosophy, but helps boil it down to something that the players can understand and execute. Guys are growing and showing HuGo and MSL who really matters going forward and which guys can be packaged up to fill other needs. The trick is really knowing which ones. I'm not sure management knows yet or if they are even right. So far it's been all based on what was inherited, two top 5 picks and probably another one next June. But draft picks alone won't get it done. At some point tough choices need to made about who stays and who goes and that will involve risk. I remember when the Expos traded Delino DeShields for Pedro Martinez, the immediate reaction was it was a bad trade. DeShields was the top young player in the organization, an everyday infielder who finished 2nd in rookie of the year voting, and was a huge fan favorite. Pedro was "Ramon's little brother", weighed like 150 lbs soaking wet and seemed he would never be durable enough to withstand the grueling MLB season. We all know how that turned out. Of course my point isn't that there's a Pedro Martinez out there, but that sometimes you have to be ready to take a risk. Bergevin was never willing or able to do that and he didn't really have the tradeable assets. HuGo is (hopefully) accumulating a nice pool of young talent but at some point he's gonna have to make a deal. |
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Post by jkr on Dec 11, 2023 16:52:53 GMT -5
I know it's way off topic but now that BH brought up the Exposđ, I loved Pedro Martinez.
He owned the inside of the plate & wasnt afraid to let hitters know that. It was fun watching him dust guys off.
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Post by frozone on Dec 11, 2023 16:56:05 GMT -5
And then it's MSL and the coaching in general. I think HuGo and all of us were enamored with Marty's refreshing and thoughtful approach to the game. The problem is he's incredibly inexperienced as a coach at any level, much less the freaking NHL. It was borderline malpractice for Hughes to not foresee this and set him up with a real experienced assistant coach, someone who complements Marty, reinforces his philosophy, but helps boil it down to something that the players can understand and execute. This is a part of Gorton's plan that I never quite understood. Hughes, MSL, Burrows, Letowski, Robidas... all rookies in their roles at the NHL level. Those are key positions... Is Gorton planning on mentoring all of them? |
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