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Julien gave myriad specific reasons for Mete being sent down:
https://montrealgazette.com/sports/...ok-victor-mete-sent-down-to-ahls-laval-rocket
Julien:
“Sometimes it’s about getting there first. It’s anticipation, because he’s not a big player, anticipating well and getting to the puck first. Sometimes it’s about how to close quickly and good stick. So, in other words, staying away from just kind of trying to contain. Because when we get in that situation we spend a lot of time in our own end.
“So it’s something that he’s very capable of,” the coach added. “We’ve shown him some clips and stuff like that. We were very specific with him on what we want him to improve. He’s got a great attitude. He’s 20 years old. So there’s no reason to panic, there’s no reason to look at it in a negative way. This guy here, we expect him to play big minutes for us down the road, so let’s give him the chance to do it and let’s do it properly. Practice time and more playing time will help him get to that level that he can’t have here.”
Basically what Julien is saying is he needs to develop a nose for the puck.
https://montrealgazette.com/sports/...ok-victor-mete-sent-down-to-ahls-laval-rocket
Julien:
“Sometimes it’s about getting there first. It’s anticipation, because he’s not a big player, anticipating well and getting to the puck first. Sometimes it’s about how to close quickly and good stick. So, in other words, staying away from just kind of trying to contain. Because when we get in that situation we spend a lot of time in our own end.
“So it’s something that he’s very capable of,” the coach added. “We’ve shown him some clips and stuff like that. We were very specific with him on what we want him to improve. He’s got a great attitude. He’s 20 years old. So there’s no reason to panic, there’s no reason to look at it in a negative way. This guy here, we expect him to play big minutes for us down the road, so let’s give him the chance to do it and let’s do it properly. Practice time and more playing time will help him get to that level that he can’t have here.”
Basically what Julien is saying is he needs to develop a nose for the puck.
Sûrement la bonne décision pour Mete....c"était devenu plus difficile pour ce jeune de 20 ans.....va pouvoir se développer davantage et s'améliorer à Laval.......Bret Kulak s'entraîne comme partenaire avec Weber.....anyway peut pas être pire que Schlemko....lolll
There is no reason to feel sorry for Mete. He is not ready. He needs to get a little more seasoning and it was a smart move by the Habs to farm him to Laval now, which has 7 of the next 9 at home so they can keep a good eye on him.
As i said dozens of times last season Victor Mete had no business staying put on the big team last season. They should have sent him back to junior for further development. I predicted they'd ruin the kid by rushing him into the NHL. They did it to Galchenyuk and other players and this season are doing the same mistake with Kostkaniemi. The Leafs did the same mistake back in the 80's with the likes of Jim Benning, Fred Boimistruck, Bob McGill and later on with Luke Schenn.
Young players, especially defencemen, need time to develop.
Young players, especially defencemen, need time to develop.
The Habs fans posting here want "instant development", which is sort of like "instant coffee" in that it doesn't taste as good, but is actually more like "instant oatmeal" made from powdered dried oatmeal, which is a really poor substitute for the real thing. It's for lazy people who do not want to boil real whole oatmeal for 5-10 minutes and have it slowly cook to develop good taste and good consistency.
Let the kid learn how to play and become a natural player who knows what he is doing out there.
Oh boy gros mois de Décembre...15 games à l'agenda et les 6 dernières sur la route..houha...n'aura pas de facile....et ca commence fort ce weekend avec 2 games Samedi et Dimanche....Rangers suivis des Sharks.....j'y vais avec 5-9-1....donc 11 pts sur une possibilité de 30....et c'est parce que je me sens généreux
en cette période des Fêtes.....lolllll
en cette période des Fêtes.....lolllll
The habs have just put former 2014 first round pick Nikita Scherbak on waivers. Another first round selection bust by the team. When they picked Scherbak in 2014 i posted on this site that it was a big mistake & he'd never be an NHL regular.
Belle performance des Habs et de Weber avec 2 buts...il vaut encore son pesant d'or.....Price a été à la hauteur......belle victoire.
Devraient aussi gagner aujourd'hui vs San Jose qui s'est fait varlopper par les Sens hier.....les Sharks jouent sans âme ni détermination...ennuyants à l'image de leur coach...un grand vent de changement s'impose à paritr du DG......les Habs sont mieux d'en profiter pce que le reste du mois risque d'être moins drôle.
Devraient aussi gagner aujourd'hui vs San Jose qui s'est fait varlopper par les Sens hier.....les Sharks jouent sans âme ni détermination...ennuyants à l'image de leur coach...un grand vent de changement s'impose à paritr du DG......les Habs sont mieux d'en profiter pce que le reste du mois risque d'être moins drôle.
Shea Weber will surely give the anemic powerplay a boost with his booming one-timer slapshot. He's got a cannon!!
For a while i thought the Rangers might stage a comeback. I found Price average and if he made any outstanding saves i must have missed them.
Interesting in what Michel Bergeron had to say during the first intermission in that if it were up to him he'd make a fire sale by trading away the team's top veteran assets in Carey Price & Shea Weber. He added he'd hang on to the younger players such as Drouin & Domi. I totally agree with him & have been saying so since last season.
I'm certain there are quite a few teams out there who'd be interested in acquiring Shea Weber. His veteran presence, booming shot & leadership skills would be a bonus to any contending team. If they can figure out a way to take on his contract, that is. But it'd be a possibility. Especially if the team would be willing to keep some of his contract's dollars.
With Carey Price it's a different story. There's not a single team in the league who is willing to take on such a monstruosity of a contract. He had two great seasons but has since regressed to being an aging overpaid average goalie at best. At one time i figured he had a chance at the Hall of Fame. But i realized the other day that you shouldn't get into the hall when you've only had two great seasons. Plus the fact he has a no-movement clause (go figure!!) in his contract he'd be free to void any trade offer that would come up. Maybe there's a couple of places in the league he'd be willing to relocate to but i doubt those teams would have any need for him or be able to take on his big longterm contract. Seattle maybe? Forget it! First of all the team is obligated to protect him (due to his non-movement clause) and even if they'd be able to send him there he'd balk at the trade due to his age & unwillingness to start over with an expansion team which would be expected to struggle for a few years. No more Vegas Cinderella stories, folks. That type of stuff happens maybe once in a lifetime. Plus why would an expansion team want to end up with an aging average goalie with a big fat longterm contract in the first place? It would make no sense. And that's exactly the problem: Carey Price is an average goaltender. He's getting old. He's overpaid. And he'll be overpaid for another 8 years. The habs are stuck with him, whether they like it or not.
As for the San Jose Sharks, that team is in a free fall and i'm betting that Peter DeBoer is gone if they lose to the habs today. That team needs a shake-up and it usually starts with a coaching change since the GM wants to hold onto his job for as long as possible. A trade maybe? Possibly. But with the state of the hard salary cap in the NHL these days it's more & more difficult to make big trades involving big names.
For a while i thought the Rangers might stage a comeback. I found Price average and if he made any outstanding saves i must have missed them.
Interesting in what Michel Bergeron had to say during the first intermission in that if it were up to him he'd make a fire sale by trading away the team's top veteran assets in Carey Price & Shea Weber. He added he'd hang on to the younger players such as Drouin & Domi. I totally agree with him & have been saying so since last season.
I'm certain there are quite a few teams out there who'd be interested in acquiring Shea Weber. His veteran presence, booming shot & leadership skills would be a bonus to any contending team. If they can figure out a way to take on his contract, that is. But it'd be a possibility. Especially if the team would be willing to keep some of his contract's dollars.
With Carey Price it's a different story. There's not a single team in the league who is willing to take on such a monstruosity of a contract. He had two great seasons but has since regressed to being an aging overpaid average goalie at best. At one time i figured he had a chance at the Hall of Fame. But i realized the other day that you shouldn't get into the hall when you've only had two great seasons. Plus the fact he has a no-movement clause (go figure!!) in his contract he'd be free to void any trade offer that would come up. Maybe there's a couple of places in the league he'd be willing to relocate to but i doubt those teams would have any need for him or be able to take on his big longterm contract. Seattle maybe? Forget it! First of all the team is obligated to protect him (due to his non-movement clause) and even if they'd be able to send him there he'd balk at the trade due to his age & unwillingness to start over with an expansion team which would be expected to struggle for a few years. No more Vegas Cinderella stories, folks. That type of stuff happens maybe once in a lifetime. Plus why would an expansion team want to end up with an aging average goalie with a big fat longterm contract in the first place? It would make no sense. And that's exactly the problem: Carey Price is an average goaltender. He's getting old. He's overpaid. And he'll be overpaid for another 8 years. The habs are stuck with him, whether they like it or not.
As for the San Jose Sharks, that team is in a free fall and i'm betting that Peter DeBoer is gone if they lose to the habs today. That team needs a shake-up and it usually starts with a coaching change since the GM wants to hold onto his job for as long as possible. A trade maybe? Possibly. But with the state of the hard salary cap in the NHL these days it's more & more difficult to make big trades involving big names.
The Sharks suck. There was no basis to believe they would be a .Cup contender. They have set an NHL record for most 7 game playoff series losses in a 10 year span and there are reasons why. I couldn’t understand why Gaby was so high on them. They have no goalie and even beyond that they just aren’t that good.
LA Kings claim Nikita Scherbak off waivers
His career with the habs has just come to a sudden end. Hopefully for him he'll reach some of his potential with his new organization. But i'm betting he won't. KHL maybe?
His career with the habs has just come to a sudden end. Hopefully for him he'll reach some of his potential with his new organization. But i'm betting he won't. KHL maybe?
I agree that they suck but i like their goalie. I've always found Martin Jones to be a very capable goalie. But let's face it: they're an aging team. Joe Thornton is still one of their top players and he's nearing the end of his career. And that's a big problem right there. The defence is okay and i really like Joe Pavelski. They also have some very promising younger players. But something's missing in the overall team chemistry. Maybe Patrick Marleau was a lot more important to that team than many believed he was, who knows. But it's quite possible that replacing the current coach may help. Could we see Todd McLellan returning to his old team and re-energize it like in the old days?
Scherbak was picked up by the worst team in the NHL. If he can’t stick with the Kings then it’s KHL, here we come!
Another draft pick bust in Montreal.
Another draft pick bust in Montreal.
Martin Jones sucks hyena balls! Here are the NHL goalie stats, he has a .887 save % (which blows) and the other SJ goalie (Dell) has a better GAA and better save % playing behind the same defense:
http://www.espn.com/nhl/statistics/...g/sort/avgGoalsAgainst/year/2019/seasontype/2
League average save % this year is .908. Jones is well below that and is a very substandard goalie.
Another draft pick bust in Mtl is Michael McCarron. I'm surprised he's still with the organization since i doubt he'll ever play with the habs again. He's still wasting space in Laval for the Rocket.
Sharks beat the habs 3-1 tonight. Sharks goalie Martin Jones was fantastic in stopping 39 of 40 shots. He was named the game's 2nd star. Joe Pavelski with a goal & an assist was the game's 1st star. The Sharks scored 3 times with 29 shots on goal against the very average & grossly overpaid Carey Price.
Facing the hapless habs was exactly what the doctor ordered for the slumping Sharks. The habs have won only 1 game in their last 7. They seem to have gone back to their usual ways in the fact they sometimes seem clearly unable to score. Price was weak on at least one of the goals. The habs were 0 for 2 on the powerplay and the Sharks neutralized them by covering Shea Weber whose presence between the blue line & the faceoff circle for the one-timer slapshot has become quite predictable. It's basically the same setup the habs used on the powerplay when they had PK Subban playing the point & being fed the pass for his one-timer. Predictable.
And my previous statement(s) that Kostkaniemi never should have been kept on the big team seems to be the correct call. He's not producing & often appears lost out there. His development is hurting bigly and the organization will one day regret not being more patient with him. Like many other former first-round picks of theirs they'll end up ruining his career and he'll one day either be put on waivers or traded away for a jock strap & a roll of tape.
Facing the hapless habs was exactly what the doctor ordered for the slumping Sharks. The habs have won only 1 game in their last 7. They seem to have gone back to their usual ways in the fact they sometimes seem clearly unable to score. Price was weak on at least one of the goals. The habs were 0 for 2 on the powerplay and the Sharks neutralized them by covering Shea Weber whose presence between the blue line & the faceoff circle for the one-timer slapshot has become quite predictable. It's basically the same setup the habs used on the powerplay when they had PK Subban playing the point & being fed the pass for his one-timer. Predictable.
And my previous statement(s) that Kostkaniemi never should have been kept on the big team seems to be the correct call. He's not producing & often appears lost out there. His development is hurting bigly and the organization will one day regret not being more patient with him. Like many other former first-round picks of theirs they'll end up ruining his career and he'll one day either be put on waivers or traded away for a jock strap & a roll of tape.
I can’t believe the Habs let the Sharks win and made Jones look like a Vesina Trophy finalist. He is one of the worst starting goalies in the NHL, but today he was a Shark in the nets. The rest of the NHL has been dining on Shark fin soup (it’s said to be a delicacy), but the Habs apparently do not like the taste.
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