Go Habs Go!

[EagerBeaver]

If you look at Esposito's stats with the Rangers he was still a point a game player despite not having Orr and Hodge and Cashman surrounding him.

I read his book Thunder and Lightning and it was quite entertaining. In it he discusses tenure as Rangers GM and heavily criticizes former Rangers coach Michel Bergeron. He accuses Bergeron of heavily favoring French speaking players over Anglos. A few of whom he acquired at Bergeron's insistence and they proved to be shot. He also criticized Bergeron for stabbing him in the back in the media, which is ultimately why Espo fired Bergeron. These are very pointed and scathing criticisms and really over the top. He straight out hammers Bergeron in that book and makes him out to be a total asshole.

He also discusses rather proudly his role in founding the Tampa Bay Lightning. He has lived in Tampa Bay since founding the team and is still an TV announcer for the team.

 

[Cap'tain Fantastic]

He straight out hammers Bergeron in that book and makes him out to be a total asshole.

I can say its nothing surprising to me. Bergeron always appears to me as the most hypocrite person in the NHL business, he always choses to point fingers than taking responsibilities for his failures, not a sign of true leadership.

 

[EagerBeaver]

Getting shutout by a goalie who is 57th in the NHL with a .874 save % is not what you want. But these crappy road performances happen to all teams.

 

[neverbored]

Bennington was a beast..was a good game. Not dissapointed. Losses happen.

 

[EagerBeaver]

Really good win for Montreal today at Dallas. Montembault was back in goal after his "conditioning assignment", was mediocre but got the win thanks to OT goal by Hutson and first Star won by Slafkovsky.

 

[neverbored]

Hard to quantify, but the chemistry is real. Confidence spreads shift to shift, and the whole team plays bigger because of it. Love seeing Danault find his place so quickly. Even other fans and coaches are pointing out how fun it is watching these kids grow together for a while, but you can really feel it. Can't even think of a player I dislike... GHG!

PS. Fuck the leafs.

 

[TheBlob]

Hard to quantify, but the chemistry is real. Confidence spreads shift to shift, and the whole team plays bigger because of it. Love seeing Danault find his place so quickly. Even other fans and coaches are pointing out how fun it is watching these kids grow together for a while, but you can really feel it. Can't even think of a player I dislike... GHG!

PS. Fuck the leafs.

And even with a bunch of injured guys....we....keep....winning. 10 points out of 14 on the Christmas road trip. Not bad at all!

 

[neverbored]

And even with a bunch of injured guys....we....keep....winning. 10 points out of 14 on the Christmas road trip. Not bad at all!

Atlantic is so tight ... its crazy how fast standings can flip

 

[Womaniser]

Getting shutout by a goalie who is 57th in the NHL with a .874 save % is not what you want. But these crappy road performances happen to all teams.

Don't you remember that Bennington won against the USA team in the 4 NATIONS Tournament ?

 

[TheBlob]

Don't you remember that Bennington won against the USA team in the 4 NATIONS Tournament ?

If we had to be shutdown by a goalie, i prefer it to be Bennington! Team Canada goalie, and we have a title to defend.

 

[bodick7]

If we had to be shutdown by a goalie, i prefer it to be Bennington! Team Canada goalie, and we have a title to defend.

Kind of jack in the box. I think Habs got some favours from Bussi (Canes goalie), Bennington got it all back…
Team’s plus and minus is now at zip.
They erased all trailing goals from « black November » defeats.

 

[neverbored]

Danault showing Cole some new moves ?

https://twitter.com/x/status/2008586437864943762

 

[TheBlob]

What a game against the Flames.

Cole being Cole with a laser
Texier showing his hands, got 3 points
Another goal for Kapanen
Danault 86% on faceoffs
Fowler showing the good stuff again

And the list goes on.....good time to be a Habs fan.

 

[EagerBeaver]

Cole being Cole with a laser

Is this going to finally be the year he scores 40 goals? His pace through 43 games is exactly 40.04. Last year he had 37 playing in all 82 games. Will he do it?

 

[TheBlob]

Is this going to finally be the year he scores 40 goals? His pace through 43 games is exactly 40.04. Last year he had 37 playing in all 82 games. Will he do it?

I would love it for the guy, even though it doesn't change much for us to have a 37 goal scorer or a 40 goal scorer to be honest. Unless these goals are highly critical for rankings on the moment, but that's hypothetical.

Would be mostly material for hungry journalists who could say he's the first to score 40 since Vincent Damphousse over and over again.

But will he do it.....maybe, maybe not. Cole may go on a strike and get a few hat tricks and some two goals games, he may also go on a slump, he may score one per game with impressive regularity. Who knows.

 

[TheBlob]

6-2 contre les Panthers, nice! We're on a roll.

Tour du chapeau pour Texier, 2 soirées de trois points en ligne. Lâche pas mon Alex!

 

[Cap'tain Fantastic]

Tour du chapeau pour Texier, 2 soirées de trois points en ligne. Lâche pas mon Alex!

Content pour lui et l’équipe mais, ça peut vite devenir un couteau à 2 tranchants. On s’entend que ce n’est pas dans sa nature d’être aussi productif. Le jour où il va redevenir lui-même risque d’être très difficile étant donné l’humeur changeante des partisans fanatiques du centre Bell!

 

[Cap'tain Fantastic]

Battre les Panthers 6-2 est certainement un fait remarquable, leur liste de blessés est très longue mais, celle du Canadien l’est tout autant. Il y a des chiffres assez inusités dans cette victoire:

Texier, 6 tirs au but!!!
Dobson, 4 tirs
Suzuki, 1 tir
Caufield, 1 tir
Kapanen, 1 tir
Matheson, 1 tir
Slafkovsky, 0 tir
Danault, 0 tir
Demidov, 0 tir
Hutson, 0 tir

Mises en jeu:

Suzuki, 42,9%
Danault, 38,6%
Kapanen, 41,2%

On voit nettement que, dans l’ensemble, on a pas eu beaucoup de support de nos meilleurs et, pourtant, le score final peut laisser penser que ce fut une victoire facile. Ce qui n’a pas été vraiment le cas.

 

[Womaniser]

Content pour lui et l’équipe mais, ça peut vite devenir un couteau à 2 tranchants. On s’entend que ce n’est pas dans sa nature d’être aussi productif. Le jour où il va redevenir lui-même risque d’être très difficile étant donné l’humeur changeante des partisans fanatiques du centre Bell!

Real partisans know very well that Texier is not Oveshkin !

 

[Cap'tain Fantastic]

Real partisans know very well that Texier is not Oveshkin !

Les partisans fanatiques sont en majorité, que ce soit au centre Bell ou sur les rréseaux sociaux. Un jour, ils encensent MSL et toute la direction, puis après 2-3 mauvais matchs, ils réclament le licenciement de toute la planète! Je pourrais continuer à énumérer des exemples mais je crois que tu peux te faire une idée.

Une semaine, Dobson est un échec surpayé et l’autre semaine c’est le héros du club.