dlbalr Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 The first four-game set of the season comes to an end tonight as Laval hosts Belleville for the fourth and final time (for now). (Lines are from last game) Formenton - Greig - Shaw Reinhardt - Beaudin - Abramov Kelly - Bishop - Sokolov Kopacka - Cassels - Kastelic Alsing - Goloubef Labrie - Thomson Williams - Dougherty Daccord (confirmed starter) Frolik - Poehling - Ylonen Dauphin - Vejdemo - Khisamutdinov Teasdale - Weal - Harvey-Pinard Mysak - Lynch - Baddock Olofsson - Brook Leskinen - Schueneman Fairbrother - Ouellet Primeau (confirmed starter) Puck drop is at 7 PM on RDS. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GHT120 Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 It will be interesting to see Fairbrother, but it seems strange that Fleury was called up to the taxi squad on a Laval game day with the Habs not playing until tomorrow and in Montreal ... also looming forward to seeing how Khisamutdinov does in his second game ... I have no reason to believe he has NHL potential but for some reason he intrigues me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trizzak Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 1 hour ago, GHT120 said: It will be interesting to see Fairbrother, but it seems strange that Fleury was called up to the taxi squad on a Laval game day with the Habs not playing until tomorrow and in Montreal ... also looming forward to seeing how Khisamutdinov does in his second game ... I have no reason to believe he has NHL potential but for some reason he intrigues me. He's injured. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GHT120 Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 1 hour ago, Trizzak said: He's injured. Thx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlbalr Posted February 19, 2021 Author Share Posted February 19, 2021 2 hours ago, Trizzak said: He's injured. Which makes yesterday's recall a bit more puzzling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trizzak Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 1 hour ago, dlbalr said: Which makes yesterday's recall a bit more puzzling. It does? They need a body on the taxi squad, he can't play in Laval... it makes sense to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlbalr Posted February 19, 2021 Author Share Posted February 19, 2021 20 minutes ago, Trizzak said: It does? They need a body on the taxi squad, he can't play in Laval... it makes sense to me. If they need a warm body, they could just recall one of Hillis or Verbeek again as they've done multiple times already since neither are getting into the lineup anytime soon. It's not like Laval is lacking for healthy options to recall considering they have 12-14 healthy scratches a game. I suppose recalling Fleury to hold Frolik's spot works too, not that it really matters much either way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GHT120 Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 Fairbrother with a one-timer bomb from the blueline that missed the net to the goalies left, bounced off the glass straight to Poehling to the goalies right and RP potted the puck into the empty net ... right place, right time and took advantage THEN Poehling wins a puck battle along the boards to Primeau's right, carries the puck to the goal line and throws attempts a pass that goes behind a fellow Rocket, directly to a Senator wide open in the slot ... 1-1 One step forward one step back 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GHT120 Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 Vejdemo picked up a puck in centre ice, beat a Sen down the right-wing boards, carried the puck deep and made a great pass to Dauphin just off the crease who chipped it into the stick-side top corner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlbalr Posted February 20, 2021 Author Share Posted February 20, 2021 3-1 Laval after two after Harvey-Pinard scored an odd goal that really looked like goalie interference. I must say, I've been impressed with Mysak in the very limited ice time he has received so far. He set up Baddock for two high-quality opportunities in the first and had a good shot on a two-on-one with Weal in the second. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GHT120 Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 44 minutes ago, dlbalr said: 3-1 Laval after two after Harvey-Pinard scored an odd goal that really looked like goalie interference. I must say, I've been impressed with Mysak in the very limited ice time he has received so far. He set up Baddock for two high-quality opportunities in the first and had a good shot on a two-on-one with Weal in the second. Earlier this week Joel Bouchard (about 17:00) was asked about Harvey-Pinard, who the reporter referred to as Lavalagher, and JB admitted that RHP does compare STYLISTICALLY to Gallagher ... and I can see it ... BUT, he has no illusions that Rafael is anywhere near as good ... as JB said, "Gallagher is Gallagher and Harvey-Pinard is Harvey-Pinard". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlbalr Posted February 20, 2021 Author Share Posted February 20, 2021 Schueneman and Harvey-Pinard scored in the 3rd and Laval takes it 5-2. Three out of four, not a bad start to the season. https://theahl.com/stats/game-center/1022528 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DON Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 Ya, nice to see some youngsters get on scoresheet. Poehling from Fairbrother-Ylonen Then Ylonen-Poehling with assists on the PPgoal. Weal must be the stand out so far, on paper anyways; but i dont have RDS so havent seen any games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomh009 Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 Dlbalr, how is Leskinen’s shot? I see that he’s leading the team with 13 shots — does he have some power to those? Or is he just flipping the puck at the net? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlbalr Posted February 20, 2021 Author Share Posted February 20, 2021 11 hours ago, tomh009 said: Dlbalr, how is Leskinen’s shot? I see that he’s leading the team with 13 shots — does he have some power to those? Or is he just flipping the puck at the net? He's not Mete but they're not high-powered slapshots either. A lot of them are more of the flipped variety but they're also the smart shots; instead of trying to blast it through, he's just trying to get it on net. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomh009 Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 38 minutes ago, dlbalr said: He's not Mete but they're not high-powered slapshots either. A lot of them are more of the flipped variety but they're also the smart shots; instead of trying to blast it through, he's just trying to get it on net. Thanks! So much that you really can’t tell between the stats and the radio broadcast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commandant Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 40 minutes ago, tomh009 said: Thanks! So much that you really can’t tell between the stats and the radio broadcast. This year's games are on RDS if you can get that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alfredoh2009 Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 I liked Ylonen's game but was not impressed with Brook's game. Looked like they are developing in opposite directions Primeau was good The rest of the prospects played well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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