Go Habs Go!
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There is zero chance that St-Louis plays Wifi in tomorrow’s game. There is also zero chance that he’ll ever put him on the wing this season. He has never played him there in the past & the playoffs aren’t the time to start experimenting. Plus where would you put him? The third & fourth lines were probably the top lines all night long! The second line was invisible! Laine sucked & Demidov was invisible! He probably had brown stains in his underwear after the game & he’s not alone! Suzuki played a strong game but the Habs star of the game was Sam Montembault. Were it not for him the score would have been 8-0 after two periods! By the way i think Lane Hutson is clearly out of his element in this series however he’s not alone. Mike Mathison was absolutely terrible all night long yet St-Louis keeps playing him 25+ minutes a game!
First NHL playoffs game ever, I think he wasnt alone to feel a bit lost. But of all the green horns on the habs team, I think he’s the one that is more likely to bounce back strong. I expect him to make a few Caps players look like orange cones tomorrow, Washington are not known for their speed.
...quand même 2 passes...lol...sûrement more to come...relol.
As Gaby mentionned, 2 assists for him, cant wait to see him in his element!
Playoff are all about goaltending. Roy did the same game after game and players in front of him gained so much confidence. Same for Bennington and tons of goalies in playoff. He doesn’t have choice to deliver and I find him pretty good at it.
Now Caps knows they can beat them even if they give their best shot. It’s playing in their heads.
He better protect the boys. Its gonna be a rough one.
Laine better wake up and get his feet moving.
GHG
On a besoin du Shérif dans cette série, c’est évident! Saint-Louis trop orgueilleux, il me tombe sur les nerfs avec son ostie d’entêtement. Moi je le ferais jouer à tous les matchs des séries, c’est trop facile de jouer dur contre nos petits joueurs quand ils n’ont pas de protection.
C'est comme si MSL se rappel de ses glory days... oui il avait le coeur... mais il était aussi très bien entouré.
Les kids se font bousculé solide. Autant que c'est une bonne leçon d'humilité... ya personne pour répondre à l'appel. Pis Strubble... j'ai pas de trouble de le sortir et mettre Xhekaj dans le mix.
Pis ils doivent mettre la pression dès la première période... je me suis quasiment endormi durant la 2e période crisse.
Laine sur le banc enfin (possiblement blessé)... c'est pas un joueur de série du tout.
Monty a été solide à part pour le but de merde.
Blessé? Peut-être.....on l'a vu se prendre le genou après un hit en première. Mais même en forme il sert pu à grand chose honnêtement, même son laser en PP est disparu. Il est zéro impliqué.
Il s'est fait varlopé solide sur TVA Sports!
Struble, Matheson et Hutson ont zéro mises en échec ce soir, ils se sont fait étamper toute la soirée (peut-être pas Hutson).
Anderson en a distribué 6!!!
Le grand Slaf en a 3, il peut certainement être plus physique.
Heineman en a 2, nettement insuffisant et Armia juste 1, je lui donne le bénéfice du doute, il est sûrement encore blessé, il ne peut toujours pas tirer, 0 tirs depuis plusieurs matchs.
il est très malchanceux, il me semble que ça fait plusieurs buts qui sont des rondelles qui dévient sur ses coéquipiers.
Another great third period! Incredible goaltending on both sides! Laine finally benched! Good since he’s been hurting his team more than anything out there! But in the next game if they decide not to dress him who do you have to replace him? Pezzeta? No way! Kapanen? Maybe. He can’t play worse. That’s the biggest problem with the habs: massive lack of depth.
Xejak should be in the lineup. His presence alone would be a great asset. Way too many liberties are being taken with the team’s smaller players! And what does Struble bring that Xejak wouldn’t bring? Nothing! First line played well & can’t complain with the 3rd & 4th lines. Actually the 3rd line was their nest line tonight. Once again the 2nd line was terrible & a big reason for this is Laine. Newhook also can’t win a faceoff. He’s good if he’s not relied upon to take the faceoff but that’s a major problem. Maybe they should let any other player on hos line take the faceoffs. What do they have to lose? He doesn’t win them anyway!
Monty & Thompson had great games. But the Habs don’t deserve to win if they can’t play for 60 minutes. Having great third periods just doesn’t cut it!
Xejak should be in the lineup. His presence alone would be a great asset. Way too many liberties are being taken with the team’s smaller players! And what does Struble bring that Xejak wouldn’t bring? Nothing! First line played well & can’t complain with the 3rd & 4th lines. Actually the 3rd line was their nest line tonight. Once again the 2nd line was terrible & a big reason for this is Laine. Newhook also can’t win a faceoff. He’s good if he’s not relied upon to take the faceoff but that’s a major problem. Maybe they should let any other player on hos line take the faceoffs. What do they have to lose? He doesn’t win them anyway!
Monty & Thompson had great games. But the Habs don’t deserve to win if they can’t play for 60 minutes. Having great third periods just doesn’t cut it!
Tonight they were off the blocks at the starting gun, but the second period was a bit slack. That lucky goal was a big downer but Monty didnt let it ruin his focus, he goaled a heck of a game tonight.
Newhook isn't a true Center player. I don't think he played center in his former team.
Struble plays OK but ERBER should play perhaps as a forward.
In the good old times, Pierre Bouchard played forward sometimes to put some respect in the other team defencemen.
Ouin.......ont mieux joué...MAIS oui trop lousses en 2ème et ça coûté la victoire.....sont encore revenus en 3ème MAIS se sont heurtés à un THOMPSON intraitable..et aussi un grand manque d'opportunisme....
Évidemment ce ne sera pas facile......grosse commande....MAIS à la maison ----l'atmosphère au max-----ça devrait booster nos boys......et vivement ARBER.....
Évidemment ce ne sera pas facile......grosse commande....MAIS à la maison ----l'atmosphère au max-----ça devrait booster nos boys......et vivement ARBER.....
Sorry but i used to coach & it’s possible. You just move around a couple of players like the Leafs the other night when they switched Max Domi with Pontus Holmberg on the 2nd line. The big problem right now is that Newhook couldn’t win a faceoff if his life depended on it. When you regularly lose the faceoff it means that you spend 30-45 seconds chasing the puck & by the time you get it back it’s time to get off the ice. The other huge problem on that line is Patrick Laine. Laziest player on the ice & he’s a turnover machine. He scored most of his goals on the powerplay & now he can’t score mostly because the set play has become too predictable. Demidov played a good game last night & i’d pit him on the #1 pp unit instead of Laine & i’d move Caufield back to his regular spot on the left circle.
Savard has been terrible in this series. He’s on his last legs. Struble hasn’t been much better. He had one hit in game 1 & zero hits last night. One of these two could easily be scratched from the lineup in favor of Wifi. Hutson played much better last night & so did Mathison. I re-watched the game this morning & was impressed by the habs’ effort in the first & third periods. But once again Monty was fantastic & so was Thompson. The habs had several great chances to tie it but were robbed by Thompson or simply ran into some bad luck. As for Monty he couldn’t do anything on the two goals. One goal deflected off Savard’s skate & the other one was a bit of a flukie goal.
I’m convinced that the habs can win the next two home games but i really hope Wifi is in the lineup. I’d like to add that many will say that Laine should be taken out of the lineup however i think he’ll stay in because they don’t really have anyone to replace him. No Oliver Kapanen or Pezzetta aren’t the answer.
