dlbalr Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 Montreal Canadiens (45-27-7) Projected Lineup Max Pacioretty - David Desharnais - Thomas Vanek Alex Galchenyuk - Tomas Plekanec - Brendan Gallagher Rene Bourque - Lars Eller - Brian Gionta Michael Bournival - Ryan White - Daniel Briere Josh Gorges - P.K. Subban Jarred Tinordi - Mike Weaver Francis Bouillon - Nathan Beaulieu Peter Budaj Dustin Tokarski Team Leaders G Max Pacioretty (39) A P.K. Subban (43) PTS Thomas Vanek (67) +/- Markov/Plekanec (+13) PIMS Brandon Prust (121) Injuries: Travis Moen, Brandon Prust, Dale Weise* Scratches: Alexei Emelin, Andrei Markov, Douglas Murray (susp.), George Parros, Carey Price Chicago Blackhawks (45-19-15) Projected Lineup Patrick Sharp - Andrew Shaw - Marian Hossa Kris Versteeg - Michal Handzus - Brandon Saad Bryan Bickell - Ben Smith - Jeremy Morin Brandon Bollig - Marcus Kruger - Joakim Nordstrom Duncan Keith - Brent Seabrook Johnny Oduya - Niklas Hjalmarsson Nick Leddy - Michal Rozsival Corey Crawford Antti Raanta Team Leaders G Patrick Sharp (33) A Duncan Keith (54) PTS Patrick Sharp (76) +/- Seabrook/Toews (+26) PIMS Brandon Bollig (92) Injuries: Patrick Kane, Nikolai Khabibulin, Jonathan Toews Scratches: Sheldon Brookbank, Matt Carey, Peter Regin, David Rundblad, Teuvo Teravainen Puck Drop: 7:30 PM EST TV: RDS, TSN Radio: TSN 690 FM 98.5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenadian Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 Play smart and NO INJURIES ........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DON Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 Finish Budaj's year with a nice shutout. Well most get their wish and both Tinordi & Beaulieu draw in, will be interesting to see how they fare vs a slightly depleted Hawks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meller93 Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 Blackhawks missing Toews and Kane, and they're still good. Hopefully these last three games we can finish strong, the lightening caught back up to us, a home ice would be nice. Max for 40 tonight! Go Habs go Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DON Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 Blackhawks missing Toews and Kane, and they're still good. Hopefully these last three games we can finish strong, the lightening caught back up to us, a home ice would be nice. Max for 40 tonight! Go Habs go These 3 games are just practice and whether win/lose, no big deal. But, I am sure all will be feeding Pacioretty every chance they get and trying to set him up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Habsfan Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 Even though the Hawks will be playing without Toews and Kane, we won't have our No.1 Goalie and 2 of our topr 3 d-men...so in the end, I think it's an even match-up. Would be nice to see our boys win, but I won't go crazy if they lose. Chicago is a western team, makes no difference for us if they win or lose. What I would like to see is a couple of wins in the last two games of the season...just to insure we get home ice advantage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Machine of Loving Grace Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 Chicago is quite weak down the middle without Toews. I bet they fix that in the offseason. Or at least attempt to, since they have next to no money to spend on UFAs. If I'm Mikhail Grabovski I call the Blackhawks on UFA day and say, "I'll sign one year, one mil. Win me a Cup." Pull a Paul Kariya. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hab29RETIRED Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 Chicago is quite weak down the middle without Toews. I bet they fix that in the offseason. Or at least attempt to, since they have next to no money to spend on UFAs. If I'm Mikhail Grabovski I call the Blackhawks on UFA day and say, "I'll sign one year, one mil. Win me a Cup." Pull a Paul Kariya. You're assuming Grabovski wants to win more than cash in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meller93 Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 You're assuming Grabovski wants to win more than cash in. I actually find it strange that more people don't pull the Pacioretty and get a great deal for the team. Honestly, maybe it's just cause I'm a chump, but the difference between making 7 mill a year and 7.5 mill a year isn't that big of a change, but if everyone took a tiny hit like that, the team could save milllllllions. We're talking about being able to sign Vanek, Markov, Subban and still have room for more. How much do you think Pacioretty would fetch as an UFA if he had that status this summer? I think he'd be about a 6.5 million dollar player. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCHabnut Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 The other side of that is the pressure that comes with the paycheck. Making less money could be more relaxing and maybe you could just play your game Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meller93 Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 The other side of that is the pressure that comes with the paycheck. Making less money could be more relaxing and maybe you could just play your game Yea exactly, there's a lot to gain by taking a little less than what you might be able to get. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meller93 Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 Maybe Gomez would still be a Hab without the 7+ million dollar hit!.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hab29RETIRED Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 Maxpac signed after having a near career ending (and potentially debilitating injury), followed by a string of other injuries. His signing was probably more to do with the perspective of seeing the benefit of long term security in a place he liked than thinking about doing the team a cap favour. I actually find it strange that more people don't pull the Pacioretty and get a great deal for the team. Honestly, maybe it's just cause I'm a chump, but the difference between making 7 mill a year and 7.5 mill a year isn't that big of a change, but if everyone took a tiny hit like that, the team could save milllllllions. We're talking about being able to sign Vanek, Markov, Subban and still have room for more. How much do you think Pacioretty would fetch as an UFA if he had that status this summer? I think he'd be about a 6.5 million dollar player. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brobin Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 Wow...great game so far... Could have three goals with a few better bounces. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stogey24 Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 Trying to get Pac #40 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trizzak Posted April 10, 2014 Share Posted April 10, 2014 Did both teams make a pact to play as terribly defensively as possible? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DON Posted April 10, 2014 Share Posted April 10, 2014 Murray must of given Gionta some stickhandling lessons? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
habscout Posted April 10, 2014 Share Posted April 10, 2014 Good action, speed and hitting by both teams so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
habscout Posted April 10, 2014 Share Posted April 10, 2014 Nice play by Wiese there. He was about to check that Blackhawk before he got to the red line, and that caused him to rush the play and force an icing call against Chicago. Good play. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stogey24 Posted April 10, 2014 Share Posted April 10, 2014 What happened to Galchenyuk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovett's Magnatones Posted April 10, 2014 Share Posted April 10, 2014 Bad play from Tinordi. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMMR Posted April 10, 2014 Share Posted April 10, 2014 Excellent game so far. Really fun to watch these two team play eachother. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sim.on Posted April 10, 2014 Share Posted April 10, 2014 The Dream is a beast on the PK! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMMR Posted April 10, 2014 Share Posted April 10, 2014 What happened to Galchenyuk Hurt his first shift. TSN said they would bring news as they got it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMMR Posted April 10, 2014 Share Posted April 10, 2014 How great is that Weaver trade looking. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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