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Trizzak

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  1. 45 minutes ago, Commandant said:

     

    Perry certainly can. 

     

    I don't recall too many instances of Staal being effective in the cycle game since he's been a Hab.  He's been out there but other than the odd play here and there, the guy looks too slow to compete at this level. If we were playing a team like Calgary, then maybe, but playing a fast team like the Leafs, I don't see how he's gonna be effective. 

    I remember the Frolik - Staal - Perry line put on a clinic for the cycle in the games they played. It just rarely went anywhere, of course.

     

    But if Staal and Perry can play heavy in the Leafs zone then it could bear fruit against a team that has recently been allergic to playoff-style hockey.

  2. 1 hour ago, tomh009 said:

    A great read. If he wrote it himself, he gets good marks for writing skills in addition to the putting of pucks in the net.

    They never write it themselves. They tell someone the story with key quotes, and then it's ghostwritten to be good. 

  3. The Habs enter the playoffs with the worst goal diffferential (-9) of all playoff teams. Only St Louis (-1) is also in the negative.

    They have the 3rd fewest goals scored (159) with only the Predators and the Islanders having scored fewer goals (156).

    The only team to have allowed more goals against than Montreal (168) is St Louis (170).

     

    I'm optimistic that the Leafs will continue to choke in the playoffs. I am not optimistic it will be at the hands of the Habs.

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  4. 1 hour ago, The Chicoutimi Cucumber said:

     

    The Maritime premiers seem to have done comparatively well; they’re the only ones who took a “zero Covid” approach of the kind that has worked elsewhere. The rest of Canada has been government by Clown Car, with Alberta the worst by some distance. As for this signing, I’m sure the musings of Premier Racist Blowhard had zero relationship to it.

    Again, you're gonna have to narrow it down a touch further...

  5. A couple people here have brought up Bergevin's A+ offseason. I think we also need to consider his D- trade deadline. 

     

    We're looking at a very real possibility of none of his acquisitions playing in the playoffs without there being an injury. Staal - whose deal I thought was a good one at the time - has been a liability on the ice. Gustafsson has quickly fallen below the Kulak Line. Merrill has been a low key train wreck, but it's also hard to defend your zone while also trying to help remove your defense partner's head from his own ass for the past 11 games. 

     

    This is looking very much like the Dwight King/Steve Ott/Andreas Martinsen/Brandon Davidson trade deadline all over again. He's had one, maybe two good trades at the deadline as a buyer? So is it not worth pointing out that Bergevin appears to have trouble identifying and acquiring the players his team needs for a playoff push?

     

    If the team is headed toward constant playoff appearances and trying to trend toward contending, has Bergevin shown the track record to get it done?

  6. 11 minutes ago, Commandant said:

    At this point, even if Winnipeg loses.... I'd play Primeau and rest Allen.

     

    I'd also rest anyone else who needs it. 

     

    The schedule has been so brutal and the team is in such a state that we need to get the core players as much rest as possible. 

    Edmonton plays Saturday, so the North division playoffs probably won't start 'til Monday (especially if the Habs sneak into 3rd.) That's plenty of rest time for the players.

  7. 7 minutes ago, Commandant said:

     

    Winnipeg lost to Vancouver tonight.

     

    To Finish ahead of Winnipeg, they need to win on Wednesday and hope Winnipeg loses both of their remaining games in regulation.  The tiebreaker goes to the Jets.

    Jets play again tomorrow, so Habs will know if they still have at least a shot at 3rd by the time they play Edmonton.

  8. I do wonder if Weber wasn't injured would Ducharme have sat one of Merrill or Romanov in favour of Kulak? Because I gotta say, I'm not sure Romanov would be in my playoff lineup at this point, and Merrill isn't too far behind him (though I wonder how he'd be on his strong side.)

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