brobin

Well they had a good push at the end which price gave them a chance at, but not happening tonight..

I am not sure why people are surprised. The leafs are a much much better team then the Habs… they have far more talent and the point totals show it… yes, the habs can upset, bUt that would be the surprise.. the habs need more young talent to build around.

I expect to be thoroughly embarrassed in the first round…

Done like dinner...

The habs can’t really handle Edmonton when they are flying... nor Toronto...

Well only a matter of time.. habs playing defence to protect a lead...

Yes... I would have tried to unload price and Weber for prospects and picks... but it will never happen. Bergevin does just enough to be on the bubble and getting nowhere. If he thinks that trade was all we needed to compete he is smoking something powerful.

Lol... whoops... well maybe we should try him...

Well I stated my opinion a few weeks ago... Bergeron should have done a rebuild... lose bad, get good draft positions, trade the stars... he choice to add fading stars as bandaids... he seemed to think this team was a veteran or two away from being a contender... He is wrong... we need a new GM, IMO. Honestly, this team would be near bottom if we had the old divisions.

Well... five games, four losses to the leafs...

Leafs have the talent to crank it up and pot a few... this was a long shot to win... leafs are a much more talented team.

Let’s see if they can do something on the PP

So I counted a single shift where the habs had any real offensive pressure.. they are lucky to get out of this period tied.. I hope they havE a better 2nd.

Good kill but this period has been all leafs..

Thank you Cory Perry!!!!

Not a good start...

this!!!

Here is a link.. https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2937949-nhl-referee-tim-peel-banned-from-games-after-video-of-predators-penalty-comment interesting that he didn’t get fired for this behaviour. He got fired for saying the quiet part out loud...

About time...one of the worst and most biased refs in the league? always wanting to insert himself into the game..

Sorry... I tuned in for the second period...

Ignoring the loser point, we are below .500. So halfway through the season we are not that much better then last year... but more scoring, price playing worse...

Yes... molson could have fired him if he disagreed with the strategy... so ultimately he needs change the direction... personally, I think the barn will be full or close enough during a true rebuild..

First, it isn’t the losing streak..I have been saying this for two years... people told me the habs were going to be much better once our young talent was playing (or if we got a coach who would use them). Well,,, here we are... second.., first you get the young talent... then you build the depth around them... I never said get everything and then tank... that is your strawman.... trade price.. Weber.... etc.. get picks and prospects... tank... get some top talent... start rebuilding... people who don’t understand that model have cried about that not working for thirty years... sorry, but if you don’t have top talent in this league you are not going to be a top team.. it doesn’t happen overnight either. if you honestly think this team is top tier or if we jusT need a good trade or two then you are entitled to your opinion. It is the same opinion as Bergevin. How is that working out? yes, it will take five years... and there are no guarantees. How many decades now have I seen tHis mediocrity. If we win the cup in five years I would be happy... it might take eight.... if we keep repeating the same old bubble team approach I might not live to see it. so while you are entitled to your view, my view is hardly radical or crazy.. bergevin has twice tried to reset this team. He has failed over and over again... he had a choice.. reset or rebuild.. he chose reset and IMO, he made a mistake... he isn’t the guy who will build this team into a real top tier team..he is the guy who will get you a playoff series every couple of years.., I would fire him and tell the next GM to rebuild. and again.. it isn’t the losing streak.. just like I didn’t think we were cup contenders in the first ten games either...

it is no guarantee but talent is talent.., the leafs are loaded.. Edmonton is loaded... you still need to find solid goaltending and depth players and IMO, He is capable of that.. what is missing is top tier talent and unless you really get lucky, it is generally found in top picks. Frankly, if they tanked they would still fill the barn... at least for a year or two... all that said, you have to draft well and trade assets well to be successful at that. Instead, he took a mediocre team and is treading water... this summer was better versus his previous years of finding fourth liners, but I don’t think we have a single player that would crack the leafs top line.

He had a choice... sell assets and load up with picks... let the team tank and get great young talent.. I think the real issue is he keeps thinking he is a trade or two away frOm a top tier team. They were a few trades away from a bubble team... failure to initiate a real rebuild two years ago means several more years of mediocrity.