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Post by habsorbed on Nov 11, 2024 15:55:19 GMT -5
A 2 on nothing, empty net and only with Josh Anderson could that go wrong. Refs should have awarded Nick the goal given he was tripped by Buff dman when he had a clear breakaway on an empty net. |
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Post by seventeen on Nov 11, 2024 16:31:08 GMT -5
To be fair Anderson was holding back so that Suzuki could get the hat trick, but Nick wasn’t in a great position to do so. Had that backfired Patrik Stefan style the Habs might never recover. It was an Alphonse and Gaston moment for sure. In hindsight, Anderson probably was leaving it for Suzuki to complete the hat trick. Damn good thing Dvorak followed up. ` |
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Post by seventeen on Nov 11, 2024 16:32:59 GMT -5
A 2 on nothing, empty net and only with Josh Anderson could that go wrong. Refs should have awarded Nick the goal given he was tripped by Buff dman when he had a clear breakaway on an empty net. That too. It's hard to accept the level of NHL reffing today. It is likely the worst of the professional sports, outside of WWE. |
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Post by seventeen on Nov 11, 2024 16:33:38 GMT -5
Slafkovsky with a nice pass through the crease gets his 3rd helper as Caufield scores He makes so many tough passes that I'm repeatedly asking myself if he intended to do that. That deadly combo of elite vision and ability to make those passes is unreal. I'd like to see him shoot more often. It's too easy for defenders to play the pass. |
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Post by Willie Dog on Nov 11, 2024 16:41:37 GMT -5
Refs should have awarded Nick the goal given he was tripped by Buff dman when he had a clear breakaway on an empty net. That too. It's hard to accept the level of NHL reffing today. It is likely the worst of the professional sports, outside of WWE. It's worse than the WWE...the refs are in on the Sports Entertainment angle... NHL refs just aren't good at enforcing the rules. |
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Post by Willie Dog on Nov 11, 2024 16:42:40 GMT -5
Slafkovsky with a nice pass through the crease gets his 3rd helper as Caufield scores He makes so many tough passes that I'm repeatedly asking myself if he intended to do that. That deadly combo of elite vision and ability to make those passes is unreal. He really does and he has a wicked shot...I hope todays game open Suze and Slaf up... we can't win without them |
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Post by seventeen on Nov 11, 2024 17:17:27 GMT -5
He makes so many tough passes that I'm repeatedly asking myself if he intended to do that. That deadly combo of elite vision and ability to make those passes is unreal. He really does and he has a wicked shot...I hope todays game open Suze and Slaf up... we can't win without them What Slaf was REALLY good at and what set up so much of last year's excellent play by the top line, was his ability to strip defenders of the puck, especially on the forecheck when he had cut down the space between himself and the defenceman. That was missing this year until today. The winning goal by Suze displayed all those talents that Slaf has in causing turnovers. That was Rasmus Dahlin that he beat. Good to see him break out a bit. Dach looked a little faster today, too. |
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Post by habsorbed on Nov 11, 2024 20:27:59 GMT -5
Refs should have awarded Nick the goal given he was tripped by Buff dman when he had a clear breakaway on an empty net. That too. It's hard to accept the level of NHL reffing today. It is likely the worst of the professional sports, outside of WWE. If Dvo had missed the net and Buff came back and scored there would have been a contraversy. But I don't think Marty ever loosing it a la Torts. Or pull a Schoenfeld and tell the ref to eat another donut. Those were good times. |
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Post by Cranky on Nov 11, 2024 21:43:10 GMT -5
A few observations...
Slaf...he wants to be a tough guy. He's just itching go into trouble more then X. He's got the size but I doubt he has the jaw...
X...Jesus weebus...for a beast, he certainly doesn't beast. I only saw two attempts at trying to hit someone...and he put a curve on the boards.
Dach...Comming around. He's not how we dreamed he would start but he's on track for the 20 game break in
Hutson..he doesn't just have a lot of slack, he's got free range chicken level of slack. For a few instances I thought he was playing as a forward. Considering how bad he's at defense, might as well create a rover defense roll.
Defensive system...I'm lost and I'm not even on the ice. Too often they were playing man/man to define it as a zone system. Never mind he/breed system.
Game...parts were good, parts were run and gun.
It's a good thing we won. It's not a corner turner...or as Tina Turner said....We Don't Need Another Zero...
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Post by IamCanadiens on Nov 11, 2024 22:58:17 GMT -5
He really does and he has a wicked shot...I hope todays game open Suze and Slaf up... we can't win without them What Slaf was REALLY good at and what set up so much of last year's excellent play by the top line, was his ability to strip defenders of the puck, especially on the forecheck when he had cut down the space between himself and the defenceman. That was missing this year until today. The winning goal by Suze displayed all those talents that Slaf has in causing turnovers. That was Rasmus Dahlin that he beat. Good to see him break out a bit. Dach looked a little faster today, too. Totally agree. Regarding your previous post, seeing him shoot more would be ideal. |
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Post by habsorbed on Nov 12, 2024 0:18:00 GMT -5
He really does and he has a wicked shot...I hope todays game open Suze and Slaf up... we can't win without them What Slaf was REALLY good at and what set up so much of last year's excellent play by the top line, was his ability to strip defenders of the puck, especially on the forecheck when he had cut down the space between himself and the defenceman. That was missing this year until today. The winning goal by Suze displayed all those talents that Slaf has in causing turnovers. That was Rasmus Dahlin that he beat. Good to see him break out a bit. Dach looked a little faster today, too. No doubt Slafs has tons of skills. What is scrary is that he has all the attributes of a power forward, and on top of that his most impressive skill may be his passing. I can't think of any power forwards who were good passers? Perhaps he's a freak and he we have not seen a player of his kind before? Here's hoping! Oh, and I liked the way he took on 2 Sabres players in that goal crease scrum. Sabres should have got an extra for 3rd man-in. |
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Post by habsorbed on Nov 12, 2024 0:30:02 GMT -5
A few observations... Slaf...he wants to be a tough guy. He's just itching go into trouble more then X. He's got the size but I doubt he has the jaw... X...Jesus weebus...for a beast, he certainly doesn't beast. I only saw two attempts at trying to hit someone...and he put a curve on the boards. Dach...Comming around. He's not how we dreamed he would start but he's on track for the 20 game break in Hutson..he doesn't just have a lot of slack, he's got free range chicken level of slack. For a few instances I thought he was playing as a forward. Considering how bad he's at defense, might as well create a rover defense roll. Defensive system...I'm lost and I'm not even on the ice. Too often they were playing man/man to define it as a zone system. Never mind he/breed system. Game...parts were good, parts were run and gun. It's a good thing we won. It's not a corner turner...or as Tina Turner said....We Don't Need Another Zero... I'm good with letting Lane do whatever he wants and let coaches give him some guidance. Fact is he may be the best player we have had in decades. No one, and I mean no one, including opposing homer media types and casual fans, watch a Habs game and don't see and comment he is a CUT above everyone on the ice. So much skill coupled with brilliance. Sure he will be at fault for some goals against. But the goals for will far outnumber those against. If we were ranking untouchables on the roster, i'd probably have Lane at #1, maybe #2 after Slafs. As for the defensive system, it is far too kind to refer to this as a "system" How many times I see 3 Habs right beside each other and maybe 1 or 2 opponents in the vicinity is scary. Apparently Hughes and Marty were seen having lunch with Gerald Gallant in TO this past week. I would love to see Gerald behind the bench, right beside Marty. |
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Post by seventeen on Nov 12, 2024 2:30:06 GMT -5
Apparently Hughes and Marty were seen having lunch with Gerald Gallant in TO this past week. I would love to see Gerald behind the bench, right beside Marty. This was flatly denied by Habs management. |
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Post by jkr on Nov 12, 2024 8:16:01 GMT -5
A few observations... Slaf...he wants to be a tough guy. He's just itching go into trouble more then X. He's got the size but I doubt he has the jaw... X...Jesus weebus...for a beast, he certainly doesn't beast. I only saw two attempts at trying to hit someone...and he put a curve on the boards. Dach...Comming around. He's not how we dreamed he would start but he's on track for the 20 game break in Hutson..he doesn't just have a lot of slack, he's got free range chicken level of slack. For a few instances I thought he was playing as a forward. Considering how bad he's at defense, might as well create a rover defense roll. Defensive system...I'm lost and I'm not even on the ice. Too often they were playing man/man to define it as a zone system. Never mind he/breed system. Game...parts were good, parts were run and gun. It's a good thing we won. It's not a corner turner...or as Tina Turner said....We Don't Need Another Zero... Xhekaj didnt have many opportunities because he was last in icetime for D men at 10:24. Matheson who apparently is injured, was over 25 minutes. |
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Post by jkr on Nov 12, 2024 8:18:18 GMT -5
Apparently Hughes and Marty were seen having lunch with Gerald Gallant in TO this past week. I would love to see Gerald behind the bench, right beside Marty. This was flatly denied by Habs management. I did see Gorton and St. Louis on the TSN coverage of the Hall of Fame ceremonies in Toronto. And speaking of the HOF, what did Colin Campbell ever do to qualify for membership? |
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Post by IamCanadiens on Nov 12, 2024 9:27:15 GMT -5
This was flatly denied by Habs management. I did see Gorton and St. Louis on the TSN coverage of the Hall of Fame ceremonies in Toronto. And speaking of the HOF, what did Colin Campbell ever do to qualify for membership? I believe he's enshrined in the nepotism category |
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Post by jkr on Nov 12, 2024 10:19:01 GMT -5
I did see Gorton and St. Louis on the TSN coverage of the Hall of Fame ceremonies in Toronto. And speaking of the HOF, what did Colin Campbell ever do to qualify for membership? I believe he's enshrined in the nepotism category That is funny. I did actually laugh out loud when I read it. |
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Post by habsorbed on Nov 12, 2024 13:18:15 GMT -5
I see Weber said Mtl is the greatest hockey town.
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Post by habsorbed on Nov 12, 2024 13:19:59 GMT -5
I did see Gorton and St. Louis on the TSN coverage of the Hall of Fame ceremonies in Toronto. And speaking of the HOF, what did Colin Campbell ever do to qualify for membership? I believe he's enshrined in the nepotism category Ya, the article i read said he won a Stanley Cup as an associate coach. Pretty sure he also won a cup as head of player safety in 2011. |
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Post by Cranky on Nov 12, 2024 13:33:03 GMT -5
Habs are not only the greatest hockey town but also the best place to get a full retirement contract.
Ask Price and Weber!
Thank you BargainBin for that excellent reputation!
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Post by Cranky on Nov 12, 2024 13:42:48 GMT -5
A few observations... Slaf...he wants to be a tough guy. He's just itching go into trouble more then X. He's got the size but I doubt he has the jaw... X...Jesus weebus...for a beast, he certainly doesn't beast. I only saw two attempts at trying to hit someone...and he put a curve on the boards. Dach...Comming around. He's not how we dreamed he would start but he's on track for the 20 game break in Hutson..he doesn't just have a lot of slack, he's got free range chicken level of slack. For a few instances I thought he was playing as a forward. Considering how bad he's at defense, might as well create a rover defense roll. Defensive system...I'm lost and I'm not even on the ice. Too often they were playing man/man to define it as a zone system. Never mind he/breed system. Game...parts were good, parts were run and gun. It's a good thing we won. It's not a corner turner...or as Tina Turner said....We Don't Need Another Zero... Xhekaj didnt have many opportunities because he was last in icetime for D men at 10:24. Matheson who apparently is injured, was over 25 minutes. He was getting increased ice time and last game, he finally got a goal scored when he was on the ice so off came 5 minutes. I wish i was a fly on the wall and know all the background because this isn't passing the smell test...and starting to look personal. Maybe he's using X like a piniata as a warning to the rest. I've seen this before from weak managers. They pick on the most vulnerable to prove their "authority". After all SmartyMarty was a peewee coach...before managing men. |
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Post by Willie Dog on Nov 12, 2024 13:49:46 GMT -5
Xhekaj didnt have many opportunities because he was last in icetime for D men at 10:24. Matheson who apparently is injured, was over 25 minutes. He was getting increased ice time and last game, he finally got a goal scored when he was on the ice so off came 5 minutes. I wish i was a fly on the wall and know all the background because this isn't passing the smell test...and starting to look personal. Maybe he's using X like a piniata as a warning to the rest. I've seen this before from weak managers. They pick on the most vulnerable to prove their "authority". After all SmartyMarty was a peewee coach...before managing men. Bowman did that with Pete Mahovolich... The D is coached by Robidas... that might explain the struggles |
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Post by Cranky on Nov 12, 2024 14:57:15 GMT -5
Bowman did that with Pete Mahovolich... The D is coached by Robidas... that might explain the struggles Vast difference... SmartyMarty is not Bowman and obviously NOT respected like him It's 2025. How long before X agent wants a trade? There is so much inconsistent treatment on this team...and no player is missing it. Yesterday's game was a free for all and no system in sight. I was trying to figure out if the players just ignored the hybrid system or he went to a man/man system. I don't care. A win is a win but it certainly wasn't a statement game. We were just better pond hockey players... |
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Post by Habs_fan_in_LA on Nov 12, 2024 18:37:47 GMT -5
Slafkovsky with a nice pass through the crease gets his 3rd helper as Caufield scores He makes so many tough passes that I'm repeatedly asking myself if he intended to do that. That deadly combo of elite vision and ability to make those passes is unreal. All is well. We are on a one game winning streak. We solved our questions about four centers and right defense. We can add Biden at center and Harris on defense. Caufield and Hutson will become more physical on defense. We can roll the dice on a RR Russian rookie taking the team to Valhalla. It feels like we are training for a marathon and feeling some pain at the five kilometer mark. It will take time. |
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Post by folatre on Nov 12, 2024 20:41:17 GMT -5
I did not have a chance to watch this game until after work today. The win was desperately needed, so this game can help the mindset of everyone in the room. However, there were so many plays by both teams that cannot really be described in flattering terms. Yes, three of the four goalies were dreadful. But that the skaters basically elected to be participants in game of pond hockey.
Matheson and Guhle were terrible. Guhle, like many Habs, has been struggling over the last 2-3 weeks. And Matheson is seeing a lot of high risk gambits blow up in his face all over the ice.
Hutson is a genuine play driver, which is extremely rare for a blue liner and will ensure that he is core piece moving forward. Having said that, I simply do not understand how St. Louis thinks playing a diminutive rookie d-man 23-24 minutes a night is the right call. I mean we have seen the kid killing penalties on occasion, which is crazy. And like most of the other d-man, Hutson needs to stop chasing the puck out to the blue line and leaving gaping holes in the slot.
By next week almost a quarter of the season will have been played. If this year is not going to be about competing for playoffs (clearly it is not), then it needs to be about kids developing the know how to excel in their positions in 2025-26 and beyond. Thus, when pray tell, is Dach going to return to center? If he cannot handle 18 minutes down the middle coming off his injury, then give him 15 minutes in third line duty. What does the organization gain from Dach working a less demanding internship on the wing?
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Post by seventeen on Nov 13, 2024 1:30:48 GMT -5
I believe he's enshrined in the nepotism category Ya, the article i read said he won a Stanley Cup as an associate coach. Pretty sure he also won a cup as head of player safety in 2011. Well put. Helped Greg's cause by suspending Aaron Rome of the Canucks for the final 3 games of the finals. |
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Post by Disgruntled70sHab on Nov 13, 2024 14:43:54 GMT -5
Bowman did that with Pete Mahovolich... I was talking to Liam McGuire about Pete Mahovlich and why Montreal moved him out ... this was a few years ago but, according to Liam, Montreal had had enough of his off-ice partying ... I didn't ask for his source about it though, I remember him saying that he knew that from around the time they traded him, and David Lee, to Pittsburgh for Pierre Larouche and the rights to Peter Marsh ... Cheers. |
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Post by Willie Dog on Nov 13, 2024 15:38:29 GMT -5
Bowman did that with Pete Mahovolich... I was talking to Liam McGuire about Pete Mahovlich and why Montreal moved him out ... this was a few years ago but, according to Liam, Montreal had had enough of his off-ice partying ... I didn't ask for his source about it though, I remember him saying that he knew that from around the time they traded him, and David Lee, to Pittsburgh for Pierre Larouche and the rights to Peter Marsh ... Cheers. Cool,I didn't know that |
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Post by habsorbed on Nov 13, 2024 21:47:47 GMT -5
Bowman did that with Pete Mahovolich... I was talking to Liam McGuire about Pete Mahovlich and why Montreal moved him out ... this was a few years ago but, according to Liam, Montreal had had enough of his off-ice partying ... I didn't ask for his source about it though, I remember him saying that he knew that from around the time they traded him, and David Lee, to Pittsburgh for Pierre Larouche and the rights to Peter Marsh ... Cheers. Pete was a party animal. Dryden writes about it in The Game. I met Pete after the '71 Cup parade. He was hammered and played some catch with me and my buddy - we were all of 11 years old. Fergy was with him (they shared the same vehicle on the back of the convertible) in the parade and Fergy was very subdued, almost grumpy. In those days the parade was the day after the Cup win. They won in Chicago, started drinking within minutes of the Cup presentation, had a number of drinks on the flight home to a packed Dorval Airport at 1am. and drank with fans in the parking lot. Then parade at 1pm. Pete had the stamina for that sort of partying. |
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Post by CentreHice on Nov 14, 2024 8:17:40 GMT -5
I was talking to Liam McGuire about Pete Mahovlich and why Montreal moved him out ... this was a few years ago but, according to Liam, Montreal had had enough of his off-ice partying ... I didn't ask for his source about it though, I remember him saying that he knew that from around the time they traded him, and David Lee, to Pittsburgh for Pierre Larouche and the rights to Peter Marsh ... Cheers. Pete was a party animal. Dryden writes about it in The Game. I met Pete after the '71 Cup parade. He was hammered and played some catch with me and my buddy - we were all of 11 years old. Fergy was with him (they shared the same vehicle on the back of the convertible) in the parade and Fergy was very subdued, almost grumpy. In those days the parade was the day after the Cup win. They won in Chicago, started drinking within minutes of the Cup presentation, had a number of drinks on the flight home to a packed Dorval Airport at 1am. and drank with fans in the parking lot. Then parade at 1pm. Pete had the stamina for that sort of partying. A great experience and memory! |
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