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hockeyrealist

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  1. He played well enough to get bumped back into first line when Habs were in need of offense. And the team responded well, but I don’t think you’re off base on your points. I do see what you’re saying, but even without fitting in great he does create more space for 14/22 when on their line, whether by forechecking as F1 or blowing d zone quickly and spreading the d back which allows more room for east-west plays that 14/22 love to use. I agree totally that he isn’t the best fit with them but he is sneakily useful there. Perhaps if they got more than ten-twenty games in a row to get used to each other it would work better. Habs def missing a couple true top 6 wingers tho. I don’t see Slaf ( obv too early to tell ) as being the answer to that either, but can see Roy being a true top 6 fit. At current time, Daxh was the only fw that I recall who really complemented 14/22 well and obv he has a lot of value driving his own line if he can stay healthy.
  2. indeed, you also hear opponents often trying to mimic a teammate. Heard it a lot when Allen or a dman were playing puck in own zone and Jets would call for it as tho they were a Hab. Old trick but still works. some games the players are so loud you can hear them easily, when the team is playing timid (like first period of this game) they are quiet. Easy way to tell if they are involved or hesitant to make mistake.
  3. He was brutal, could see the fear in his eyes when he had the puck.
  4. Slaf gave away far more picks than he did something good with, looks lost with the puck, loses almost every contested puck. These great set ups you refer to were far from that. Rose coloured glasses on you, Slaf does not look like he belongs in the NHL. was at game and was very obvious live. still think he will turn out to be useful but still far too young, scared.
  5. Yeah, one good game a half of a decent season is way too early to be talking about Dach usurping Suzuki. Hans have been lacking a great centre for years, finally have one and people are bitching about Dach (soft as ten ply) not geting chance to become the number one C when he has had a chance and blown it multiple times. Soft.
  6. [removed by moderator] Suzuki is a prove player, leader and rises to any challenge. The perfect 1C for a market like Mtl. Dach showed half a season of potential and you’re yapping about his usurping Suzuki. That’s ignorant to the realities and also super dismissive of everything Suzuki has done and continues to do. Such a stupid thing to say.
  7. Negative, Roslovic has never been known as a problem player. By all accounts he a great team guy, hard worker and coaches love him, is from Ohio so was a big get for them to have a local boy done good. but he is earning more than he is worth, can’t seem to maintain spot in top 9.
  8. Some good points made already, the thing that stands out to me is the handedness of the PP QB. CC is the shooter, he is a righty and parked on his off wing ( to the left of the QB who is at top of diamond ). A RH QB can feed CC quickly and with less tells than a LH QB can, and all of our QB’s recently are lefties. A lefty has to rotate to make a good pass to their left (backhands obv an option but risky), having to rotate to feed CC slows the play down and creates an obvious tell that CC is getting the puck and likely going to shoot, the kid is a sniper. A RH QB could feed CC w/o having to rotate their body while also still staying in position to put pucks on net. This creates a double threat and also allows for quicker passes to CC and higher success rates for the number one target. For this reason, Id like to see Suzuki play the QB position at top of point with a lefty of the right side who can either shoot or go cross seam to CC, Matheson is the obv choice. The QB now has two one-timer options and can get option 1 (CC) the puck quicker, so defence has less time to adjust. If they are cheating to CC then Suzuki either creates for himself or uses the left side. A left hand shot at the top of diamond does not allow for smooth feeds to the left side shooter (CC) as easily as a right shot does. Tired of watching LH QB’s have to pivot to pass to CC and everyone knowing where it is going.
  9. Def not defending the contract or MB. But wonder if the cap had continued to rise as expected pre-pandemic if Armia’s contract would be seen as so poor? Obv it would represent a smaller portion of available cap, but impossible to ignore the lack of production and apparent disinterest at times.
  10. Can’t help but wonder how Danault feels about being a third line center again? IMO he was great for them (for what you get from him) last season. Think third line suits him, but recall it being a rumoured issue in Mtl.
  11. good point, and believe you are correct about the Europe assignment last year.
  12. Didn’t see any of the first game, tried not to let the reviews/comments affect my viewing of game 2. Roy is the real deal, this would have been the 20th game I’ve seen him play (at least 20 perhaps closer to 30, some live some televised). I’ve never seen the player that was receiving negative comments regarding speed (always room for improvement) or engagement. He’s a cerebral player and to untrained eyes that can appear as disengaged when compared to a Pezzetta-type buzzsaw player, but I don’t believe it to be accurate. He’s got great hands, excellent vision, strong positionally both in zone play and man to man battles. Decent size, acceptable speed, good edges. This past game reinforced those opinions in my books. Mailloux looked like a solid defence prospect, haven’t seen much of him but like many have heard a lot. Even when trying to temper my expectations I found it hard not to have bias. I liked what I saw in this post game, read that he seems to make his best choices when options/time are limited, that seemed true yesterday. And that is also how most NHL games are played nowadays so perhaps he is better suited to pro level than amateur ranks when it comes to his decision-making. I wholeheartedly agree with the many comments here that 1-2 seasons with Laval are essential and will be crucial to get him back on a proper development curve. If the Habs don’t royally mess up his development over next three seasons I believe we will see a top 4 dman with ability to QB a PP and 5v5 transitional attacks. If he and Reinabcher live up to their potential we have a #1 & #2 RHD to envy. I kept thinking of a young PK Subban when I watched him.
  13. Don’t like it at all. It is like taking keyboards out of classrooms b/c the future is touch screen. But only taking them out of 1/3 the schools while companies continue to crunch away on keyboards. Are those schools benefiting their kids or forcing change where it isn’t wanted, needed and shortchanging their kids? The Q has long been the softest and weakest of major junior leagues, save for a few stars here or there the O and W leagues are superior. This will further entrench this. Having seen sufficient NCAA games (among other leagues that have banished/don’t allow fighting) it lead to an increase in high sticks, cross-checks, slew foots and dirty hits. The role of goon has been gradually diminished to the point of irrelevancy, due to the need for skill/speed and that was a better solution to removing the staged, inorganic fighting. This move is going to lead to kids from the Q being unable to defend themselves, as the other two junior leagues are not pursuing this option, nor is the NHL. Seems irresponsible to try to ban fighting in a feeder league, when fighting in the pro league is still somewhat requisite skill, not necessarily fighting but at least knowing how to avoid/protect. Guarantees increase in stick related injuries in the Q coming up this year.
  14. These explanations make sense given what I’ve read elsewhere. kind of sucks as I like hopping on this site to see the tailored Habs feed w/o having to deal with Twitter myself. i was never a fan and like it even less since Muskox took over. So with that in mind, am fine if it is no longer part of the main site here.
  15. Between the terrible pick at #5 and the overpay for Newhook I am becoming increasingly skeptical of management. what a waste of a season to end up with stupid “safe” pick when there were so many more impactful players available. Combined with giving away the other first round pick I am totally disappointed.
  16. So much offensive talent to be had, hate this pick.
  17. Correctly said that there is great options in top 5 picks this year. IMO Leonard is the player this team needs if they aren’t getting the russian, and I actually like Leonard more but know so much less of the ruskie. We need more players who impose their style of play on opponents as opposed to the “be patient and counter punch” technique. Can see Leonard complimenting a top 6 that has Suzuki, Caufield and Dach as key pieces.
  18. Haha that’s hilariously spot on. Dont think PLD could possibly live up to the hype/media attention should he land in Mtl.
  19. At this point I am over Dubois. Too much BS already. I also think I Suzuki is the leader I want and the future at first line center. Dubois will disrupt this as well as the internal cap, he will hog the media attention and become a distraction to what is becoming a tight knit, lead-by-example, trust-the-process type of team. I believe that is more important than any individual accolades. Dont get me wrong. Would have been great to get Dubois relatively cheaply and have him show his desire to be a Hab is true by taking a team friendly extension (close to Suzuki’s), but I don’t believe that was ever a possibility. Think it was strictly tactics, with a smidgen of truth originally. Seems like LA deal is farther from done than reported and even if that happens, I suspect he won’t last two full seasons there before he asks out.
  20. On June 9 it was reported his agent would provide jets with a short list of teams he’d be willing to trade/sign long term with. Haven’t seen anywhere that the list actually got submitted or what the teams are, that part is speculation. Hard to see the Kings moving Kopitar or Dannault who are their established top two centres
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