Go Habs Go!

[EagerBeaver]

Unfortunately it looks like Newhook skated into a trap and then had the puck poked away by Timo Meier, who had roofed Dobes for the tying goal on a play in which it looked like Meier saw the puck before Dobes did:

Jesper Bratt scores OT winner for Devils in Montreal - ESPN Video

www.espn.com

This was a tough loss, especially to lose on these kinds of goals.

 

[EagerBeaver]

Habs Rocket To #2 in ESPN Power Rankings; Colorado is #1:

NHL Power Rankings: Every team's current pace vs. preseason projections

Colorado remains atop the pecking order, but new contenders have emerged.

www.espn.com

 

[Cap'tain Fantastic]

Some Habs players are starting to show serious numbers in the stats column.

Besides the obvious Suzy and Caufield, our pair of rookies are battling for the Calder, Demidov with 13 points and Kapanen with 6 goals! And now Newhook and Dach with respectively 6 and 5 goals. If these 2 are starting to, finaly play to the expectations due to their rank sélections, fans at the Bell Center can hope for a lot of fun nights.

The rest of the league will have to consider the Habs as one of the hardest team to play against.

 

[TheBlob]

Some Habs players are starting to show serious numbers in the stats column.

Besides the obvious Suzy and Caufield, our pair of rookies are battling for the Calder, Demidov with 13 points and Kapanen with 6 goals! And now Newhook and Dach with respectively 6 and 5 goals. If these 2 are starting to, finaly play to the expectations due to their rank sélections, fans at the Bell Center can hope for a lot of fun nights.

The rest of the league will have to consider the Habs as one of the hardest team to play against.

Team ranking is good at the moment. First in division. Second in Eastern Conference. Third in the league.

Individual stats are also very good for many.

C'est ce que j'appelle un très bon départ, même inespéré.

Je nous souhaite maintenant de la constance!

 

[EagerBeaver]

Some Habs players are starting to show serious numbers in the stats column.

Besides the obvious Suzy and Caufield, our pair of rookies are battling for the Calder, Demidov with 13 points and Kapanen with 6 goals! And now Newhook and Dach with respectively 6 and 5 goals. If these 2 are starting to, finaly play to the expectations due to their rank sélections, fans at the Bell Center can hope for a lot of fun nights.

The rest of the league will have to consider the Habs as one of the hardest team to play against.

The current management team have put together a very good young core that has gotten/is getting experience and growing together. I think they are getting closer to being a Stanley Cup contender. I think they will be very good for the next 6-10 years.

 

[Cap'tain Fantastic]

. I think they are getting closer to being a Stanley Cup contender.

I think next year will be their first real shot at it. Hugues will have hire a 2nd solid, veteran center by then. And maybe some more weight for the 4th line.

 

[EagerBeaver]

Dobes is #4 among NHL goalies in the all important save % stat and the Habs need to stop splitting time between him and "Monty" and install Dobes as the main man goalie getting the lion's share of the starts:

NHL Goaltending Stat Leaders, 2025-26 Regular Season - ESPN

ESPN is the place for NHL stats! Discover the Goaltending stat leaders of the 2025-26 NHL Regular Season.

www.espn.com

I already said this once before- make him the main man goalie!

 

[neverbored]

Its crazy to hear the buzz against Monty. His stats aren't great since he got injured and sure he's giving up too many bad goals early and even removing 2 goals doesn't give habs the win anyways. The way the rest of the team is collapsing hard whenever they lose their tempo is like watching a kid collapse when after his ego got checked. They need to learn to bounce back fast and play hard all 3 periods.

Also, our wins were against teams that didn't make the playoffs last year, except for the Senators (OT without Tkachuk). All others, Habs got spanked. Fans are being overly really excited because we're beating teams we're supposed to win against (with lots of OT). We crumble when facing elite lines.

We're going to know the reality of it between now and the end of the year as we confront most of last year's cup contenders (some of which aren't doing too well this year).

I love seeing how they are developing but they still have quite the uphill battle and a lot to improve.

I also agree... next year should be the real thing.

GHG

 

[bodick7]

Its crazy to hear the buzz against Monty. His stats aren't great since he got injured and sure he's giving up too many bad goals early and even removing 2 goals doesn't give habs the win anyways. The way the rest of the team is collapsing hard whenever they lose their tempo is like watching a kid collapse when after his ego got checked. They need to learn to bounce back fast and play hard all 3 periods.

Also, our wins were against teams that didn't make the playoffs last year, except for the Senators (OT without Tkachuk). All others, Habs got spanked. Fans are being overly really excited because we're beating teams we're supposed to win against (with lots of OT). We crumble when facing elite lines.

We're going to know the reality of it between now and the end of the year as we confront most of last year's cup contenders (some of which aren't doing too well this year).

I love seeing how they are developing but they still have quite the uphill battle and a lot to improve.

I also agree... next year should be the real thing.

GHG

Never forget they just got of a rebuild. Time is on their side. I would say next decade will be the real thing.
All I hope is direction (Gorton-Hughes-MSL) will be maintained during all this time.
Hope Hughes and Bobrov continues to pull out rabbits of their hats and MSL gets the most of them.
For the rest, let’s hope for the best.
I wouldn’t say the C word yet like probably some Leaf fans did…