tomh009 149 Posted November 5, 2019 The Bruins are in town, riding an eight-game winning streak but also coming off a hard-fought win against the Penguins. The Habs will need their "A" game for this one. Canadiens' projected line-up: Tatar-Danault-Gallagher Drouin-Domi-Armia Lehkonen-Poehling-Byron Cousins-Thompson-Suzuki Mete-Weber Chiarot-Petry Reilly-Fleury Price Kinkaid Bruins' projected line-up: Marchand-Bergeron-Pastrnak DeBrusk-Krejci-Heinen Bjork-Coyle-Ritchie Hughes-Kuraly-Wagner Chara-McAvoy Krug-Carlo Grzelcyk-Clifton Halak Rask 1 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alfredoh2009 133 Posted November 5, 2019 Reilly-Fleury playing tonight, that is quite the vote of confidence! Go-Habs-Go Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Trizzak 1128 Posted November 5, 2019 50 minutes ago, alfredoh2009 said: Reilly-Fleury playing tonight, that is quite the vote of confidence! Go-Habs-Go I don't understand how Reilly went from being scratched for every game except one from the trade deadline last season, to suddenly having the coach's confidence over Kulak for the past 4 games (including back-to-backs.) Reilly has looked shaky to me. What am I missing about him? 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tomh009 149 Posted November 5, 2019 14 minutes ago, Trizzak said: I don't understand how Reilly went from being scratched for every game except one from the trade deadline last season, to suddenly having the coach's confidence over Kulak for the past 4 games (including back-to-backs.) Reilly has looked shaky to me. What am I missing about him? Julien seems to be more frustrated with Kulak's mistakes than with those of Reilly, no one really seems to know why. Kulak doesn't allow many shots against -- but the mistakes that he has made have been costly. Colour me perplexed. I do think we'll see a reversion to Kulak sooner or later, unless Reilly really picks up his game. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Commandant 1473 Posted November 5, 2019 49 minutes ago, Trizzak said: I don't understand how Reilly went from being scratched for every game except one from the trade deadline last season, to suddenly having the coach's confidence over Kulak for the past 4 games (including back-to-backs.) Reilly has looked shaky to me. What am I missing about him? I'm with you. Kulak is the better player, I don't get it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Chicoutimi Cucumber 1478 Posted November 5, 2019 39 minutes ago, Commandant said: I'm with you. Kulak is the better player, I don't get it. Kulak has clearly lost the confidence of his coach. I suspect there's a back story there...maybe he came to camp out of shape? Maybe he complained about Julien? Maybe he has off-ice issues? In any case, it makes the continent-sized hold at LD that much bigger; Kulak was a key patch in the general patch-up job at that position, and with him out, it's just a vacuum, probably one of the worst LD sides in the league. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sbhatt 108 Posted November 5, 2019 Hopefully the Pens took a lot out of the Bruins last night...and the law of averages is aganst them after so many wins in a row. Stay out of the box and this game is winnable. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Chicoutimi Cucumber 1478 Posted November 5, 2019 12 minutes ago, sbhatt said: Hopefully the Pens took a lot out of the Bruins last night...and the law of averages is aganst them after so many wins in a row. Stay out of the box and this game is winnable. Agree - my first thought was, "the Bruins are due for a loss." Let's open a can of whoop-ass on 'em. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sbhatt 108 Posted November 5, 2019 13 minutes ago, The Chicoutimi Cucumber said: Agree - my first thought was, "the Bruins are due for a loss." Let's open a can of whoop-ass on 'em. I think it's important to jump on them early when the lactic acid is weighing down their legs a lot, and for God's sake...don't dominate for 10-15min and only get one goal! They need to get that second goal during the onslaught that we so often leave on the table. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BCHabnut 363 Posted November 5, 2019 1 hour ago, tomh009 said: Julien seems to be more frustrated with Kulak's mistakes than with those of Reilly, no one really seems to know why. Kulak doesn't allow many shots against -- but the mistakes that he has made have been costly. Colour me perplexed. I do think we'll see a reversion to Kulak sooner or later, unless Reilly really picks up his game. This is accurate. He has great posession stats, but his few mistakes result in goals Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chris 66 Posted November 5, 2019 They did a great job jumping on dallas for 5 minutes Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dlbalr 1023 Posted November 6, 2019 Interesting... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BCHabnut 363 Posted November 6, 2019 If chariot weber works, I'd like to see kulak Petry. Mete fleury Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tomh009 149 Posted November 6, 2019 A lovely start! Mete's second came much easier than the first! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sbhatt 108 Posted November 6, 2019 Jesus...the B's made that look incredibly easy. Can't take penalties if they want a chance to win. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sbhatt 108 Posted November 6, 2019 TATAAAAAAR! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
brobin 133 Posted November 6, 2019 Hint... don’t take penalties... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
brobin 133 Posted November 6, 2019 Nice push back... hopefully that gets Byron going. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tomh009 149 Posted November 6, 2019 Byron, too! Incredible! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sbhatt 108 Posted November 6, 2019 Byron finally showed up...if we can avoid the late goal against, this will have been a great period. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dlbalr 1023 Posted November 6, 2019 It's a good thing Rask didn't have his 'A' game that period. Those last two goals weren't exactly top-notch but hey, no complaints from me. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chris 66 Posted November 6, 2019 Pretty good period minus the PK, Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tomh009 149 Posted November 6, 2019 Julien was relying heavily on the A-D-D line in the first, they had about six and a half minutes of ice time, more than Weber and Chiarot. The third line had barely half that in ice time. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tomh009 149 Posted November 6, 2019 2 minutes ago, Chris said: Pretty good period minus the PK, PK was over shockingly quickly. At least on the replay, the shot didn't look super dangerous, I thought Price had enough time to move and was not screened, but it found its way to the back of the net anyway. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chris 66 Posted November 6, 2019 Loose a faceoff, dont cover a great shooter in the slot, that happens too often on the PK Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
