Go Habs Go!

[Doc Holliday]

There’s been talk of trades since the beginning of the goalie trio situation. It is pretty obvious that one will eventually get traded but until then it’s always gossip and speculation from journalists desperately trying to keep the show going on.

True. But it’s leaks from other organizations that have indicated that the habs are one of the teams involved in discussions for a trade or two. But Primeau’s recent performance may have squashed some of the trade talks again because his value may have gone up again. And the fact Jake Allen isn’t having a good season & that he still has a year left has scared off some of his potential suitors. The habs may have lost their window to trade him when they had the chance to. Teams that were in the market for a goaltender are all playing much better now. As for Sean Monahan he just scored his 9th goal tonight. That’s disappointing. The Habs can’t trade him until his production improves. Same thing with Josh Anderson who is currently having the worse season in his career. No team will want his big unproductive contract unless the habs pay a high price in order to bribe them. I don’t think Hughes is willing to go for this. Considering that the habs are not expected to make the playoffs unless a miracle happens the wise thing is to hold on to your high picks. Same thing with Gallagher but at least he’s playing better & he’s finally healthy again.

 

[gaby]

Ouin.....ont perdu en 12ême ronde de tirs de barrage...faut le faire....lol.....un match enlevant quand même.....ont pris les devants 3-1 mais comme souvent des revirements et punitions leur ont coûté encore la victoire....des bons moments de tension durant
les tirs de barrage avec de beaux buts et aussi de beaux arrêts...on a eu de tout....loll.....sauf la victoire.

 

[Doc Holliday]

Cole is more than due to score a few......hat trick tonight? Go go le p'tit, lâche toi lousse!

Go go le p’tit lache sounds just about right! You’ve nailed it! Still scoreless! The problem that i see with him is that teams have figured him out & blocking that cross pass to the left faceoff circle where he often sets up for his one-timer, similar to Ovi & Stammer, who are also experiencing very difficult seasons. Caulfield needs to figure it out & get creative.

 

[gaby]

If not...him and NICK will have to rethink their carreer with McDo......lol...

 

[Womaniser]

Ouin.....ont perdu en 12ême ronde de tirs de barrage...faut le faire....lol.....un match enlevant quand même.....ont pris les devants 3-1 mais comme souvent des revirements et punitions leur ont coûté encore la victoire....des bons moments de tension durant
les tirs de barrage avec de beaux buts et aussi de beaux arrêts...on a eu de tout....loll.....sauf la victoire.

I would add that a couple of penalties were more or less deserved, at least Slavkovski one.

 

[gaby]

Agree...BUT that's the way it is in NHL....the refs often ont le sifflet imprévisible....lolll

 

[Womaniser]

Agree...BUT that's the way it is in NHL....the refs often ont le sifflet imprévisible....lolll

From what I heard on TV, there is quite a number of inexperienced referees.

 

[Cap'tain Fantastic]

From what I heard on TV, there is quite a number of inexperienced referees.

It is a fact and some get easily influenced by the crowd’s reaction. You can tell when after realizing they made a bad call, they will call a penalty to the other team right away, regardless if it’s justified or not.

I remember a few games ago, Gallagher was entangled with an opponent close to the back of the net and the guy tripped on the corner of the net. The referee right next to the play didn’t budge but his partner, who was in the neutral zone blow the whistle calling a tripping penalty on Gallagher. Needless to say Gally was fuming! So was the crowd, after viewing the video on the giant screen. Sure enough that same referee called another bad one on the visiting team less than 30 seconds later.

 

[TheBlob]

Go go le p’tit lache sounds just about right! You’ve nailed it! Still scoreless! The problem that i see with him is that teams have figured him out & blocking that cross pass to the left faceoff circle where he often sets up for his one-timer, similar to Ovi & Stammer, who are also experiencing very difficult seasons. Caulfield needs to figure it out & get creative.

Yep, they figured him out and he seems puzzled. He kinda lost his magic from the previous year, but most of his goals looked the same. I hope he can get creative and reinvent himself because right now, he's an overpaid one-trick poney. I still believe in him, but it's a rough start for his big contract.

 

[gaby]

Oufff...malgré une 3ème pénible on a gagné...lol...on en avait grand besoin because les prochaines ne seront pas de la tarte.....au moins ANDERSON débloque....

 

[Cap'tain Fantastic]

C’est dur à comprendre parfois, les Canadiens sont sortis en lions, en deuxième on a vu des résultats très positifs, nos attaquants donnaient l’impression d’y aller pour la mise à mort! Puis, en troisième, plus rien!!! Tout le grit avait disparu, il a suffit de deux buts rapides pour anéantir toute la confiance construite sur les deux premieres périodes. J’imagine que c’est ça une jeune équipe.

 

[Doc Holliday]

Yep, they figured him out and he seems puzzled. He kinda lost his magic from the previous year, but most of his goals looked the same. I hope he can get creative and reinvent himself because right now, he's an overpaid one-trick poney. I still believe in him, but it's a rough start for his big contract.

Hard to believe but I actually think they’d have a hard time finding a taker for Caulfield right now if ever they‘d think he may end up being a bust & they’d want to dump his contract a.s.a.p.

Of course i don’t think they’d ever consider trading him now but i’m sure it may have them worried. As you said he’s a one-trick pony & his only real contribution is on the powerplay. He’s not a hard-worker, he’s small, he’s an average skater & i believe will only be productive if he has a playmaking centre who will contantly feed him the puck. At even strength he’s a liabilty & I’m starting to wonder if he’ll ever progress. By the way am i the only one who finds that he looks like & plays like Alex Debrincat? Debrincat’s season last year was eerily similar to Caulfield’s current struggles. A change of scenery in Detroit seems to have revived Debrincat’s career. His struggles in Ottawa is puzzling. He looked nothing like the player he was in Chicago. Now in Detroit he looks like that player again. The main reason why he didn’t want to stay in Ottawa wasn’t money. He simply was homesick & wanted to play & live in his home country. Could this be the reason behind Caulfield’s struggles?

 

[Cap'tain Fantastic]

You can tell with Caufield that he’s been asked to improve his back checking game and he’s been doing that. Not so good at protecting the puck but he’s done some great defense come back lately. I am confident once he masters a more complete game he will get more comfortable in general. He is still learning but his last goal was an unusual one for him, deep down in the slot and he didn’t miss, and it was 5 against 5. He needs to consistently skate and move in the offensive zone, he will become a better target for his teammates.

 

[Womaniser]

You can tell with Caufield that he’s been asked to improve his back checking game and he’s been doing that. Not so good at protecting the puck but he’s done some great defense come back lately. I am confident once he masters a more complete game he will get more comfortable in general. He is still learning but his last goal was an unusual one for him, deep down in the slot and he didn’t miss, and it was 5 against 5. He needs to consistently skate and move in the offensive zone, he will become a better target for his teammates.

And stop trying to score from impossible positions on the ice.

 

[Doc Holliday]

And stop trying to score from impossible positions on the ice.

That’s the problem with many players who have an uncanny ability to score goals early into their careers. Every thing seems to be going in. It looks so easy. But then suddenly nothing seems to be going in. They feel like they’re jinxed. And before they’re about to figure out that they need to make adjustments to their game to reclaim their scoring touch it’s often too late because they’ve lost their confidence. When you’re new in the league other players & teams don’t know much about you. But then you start scoring & you start getting noticed. You put a target on yourself. Then the other players pay more attention to you & focus where you are on the ice. They get familiar with your habits. And rival coaches now start strategizing about how to stop you from scoring goals & beating their teams. They put their best defensive players on you. They do line-matching. They give you less space to move & less time to shoot. They cut passing lanes. And yes they try to intimidate you & play more physical against you. They may even ask certain players to trash-talk you to try to get you off your game. Like say they fucked your girlfriend or your wife. That your siste’s a slut. That they were told by teammates of yours that your gay. Look at a player like Patrick Laine. He was a scoring machine when he entered the league & now he sucks. Look at Josh Anderson. He was a force to reckon with when he entered the league. A true power forward. What the hell has happened to him? He’s a shell of the player he was! Let’s hope this isn’t what is happening with Caulfield.

 

[Cap'tain Fantastic]

Très grosse commande ce soir, les Jets viennent de servir une bonne correction aux deux équipes de l'heure, L.A. et AVS. Ils sont en feu et le gros défi pour Mtl s’appelle Helleybuyk. Ça va prendre du trafic devant lui pour espérer marquer, avis aux Gallagher, Armia et même Dvorak et Slavkovsky.

D’ailleurs Slavkovsky sort de sa coquille et joue solidement et en confiance, il n’apparaît pas trop sur la feuille de pointage mais ses compagnons de trio profitent beaucoup de sa présence.

Allen devra aussi sortir quelques lapins de son chapeau pour espérer la victoire.

 

[Cap'tain Fantastic]

Wow! Une vraie guerre de tranchées ce match, surtout en première période. Les joueurs se sont battus pendant 60 minutes, rien de spectaculaire mais très bon spectacle à regarder quand même tellement les joueurs se sont donné, des deux côtés d’ailleurs.
C’est un des meilleurs matchs que Montréal a joué cette année. Ils ont pratiqué le forecheck et les batailles à un contre un toute la semaine dernière et les Jets se sont avérés l’adversaire idéal pour tout mettre ça en pratique, MSL doit être très fier d’eux en ce moment.

 

[gaby]

Oui....on a quand même eu des sueurs en 3ème....loll...MAIS ont bien tiré leur épingle du jeu pour l'emporter en 0/T......beau travail collectif et ALLEN en a sorti une grosse.....ça commence bien ce voyage crucial avec encore 6 games sur la route...BRAVO les boys
....et BTW toujours dans la roulette des séries....lol.

 

[Cap'tain Fantastic]

Disons que si ce voyage se termine avec une moyenne de.500 ça sera exceptionnel parce que du plus loin que je me rappelle, le temps des fêtes sur la route a toujours été désastreux pour le CH.

Pour les séries, dès le premier match je me suis fait à l’idée que ce n’était pas encore l’objectif cette saison. Pour être honnête je souhaite même qu’ils n’y soient pas. Les jeunes pourraient être sérieusement affectés si jamais ils se faisaient sortir cul par dessus tête au premier tour. Ce qui risque fort d’arriver, en ce moment ils arrivent à sortir un gros match de temps en temps, dans une série 4 de 7 tu dois performer à chaque présence, ils ne pourront pas suivre.

 

[gaby]

Ouffff...bien chanceux de s'en tirer avec un point....on a manqué de cohésion vs une équipe qui en a beaucoup....et SAM semblait fragile....pas sa meilleure soirée au bureau....MAIS la beauté c'est que la game de ce soir vs BEDARD est un must win pour rentrer
à la maison pour les fêtes avec 5 pts sur 6....ce qui serait quand même wow....avant de repartir sur la route.