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Drouin won't get a point there, but he drew the penalty and made the play along the boards to start the goal (a 3rd assist type pass). He also has an assist tonight. Clearly has taken his game to another level this season.

Regardless, Habs are in:

Lehkonen needs to be protected as well but the Habs have to comply with the 2 forwards under contract that meet the 27/54 rule. As things stand, those two forwards are likely Byron and Evans by default (once they get there). Lehkonen can't be in that category because he's an RFA. Unless he's signed, they can't protect Evans and unprotect Lehkonen. It's not that RFAs don't need to be protected - they do - but in order for the Habs to protect Evans over Lehkonen, they'd have to extend Lehkonen first. Guaranteed Protectees Anderson Gallagher (NMC) Drouin

This is not the venue for these sort of personal attacks. Bad form bud. Argue the content. Avoid name calling.

I think that’s two different issues. We lost the sergachev trade. Fine. It’s done. Sucks - but it’s done. but 5.5 for a 50+ pt 2nd line forward? That’s the going rate. As soon as a player gets 50 pts a season that instantly means there are at least 30 games where they got 0 points. We aren’t even talking the odd time the player has a 2 or 3 point night. And those nights Drouin doesn’t score - he looks terrible (tho the beginning of last season, before the injury, he wasn’t floating) Drouin is what he is. A top 6 forward. At 5.5 per, that’s not outrageous.

I don't have the lineups or anything else for you. What I do have is the facts. We need a point. Period. Get your butts out there and get'er done boys. Can't wait on Calgary losing to the 'nucks. 1st GDT of the season, hope it is not my last! Go Habs Go!!!

I’ll just put my cards on the table and say that it is a good thing to have some women’s voices in hockey and on the signature national broadcasts. Cassie Campbell and Jennifer B. were both pioneers of the women’s sport who played it at a high level for years. Neither is what I’d call a Grade-A analyst, but they are both better than many of the clowns and gasbags that have wasted those seats over the years, e.g., Glenn Healy. The entire culture of the NHL as a giant club for white hetero male “Good Canadian Boys” is tired, boring, and long past its best-by date anyhow as far as I’m concerned.

I don't care how many goals Primeau lets in or how many bad rebounds he gives up (which is why some of us have been saying he's not ready to be a full-time backup next season), he has to stay in. If Price isn't 100% for the playoffs and Allen is the starter, he can't go in tired. He's clearly tired right now so this has to be Primeau's game no matter what. By picking him to start, they're playing the long game. One truly awful period shouldn't change that.

I'm still available. I'm very defensive, like to hit people and most of my friends and family find me very offensive. And as you may have suspected I'm cheap.

I'm scaring myself a little at this point...

My first GDT: let's start a new winning streak Hoglander - Horvat - Boeser Vesey - Miller - Virtanen Motte - Sutter - Hawryluk Roussel - Gaudette - MacEwen Edler - Schmidt Hughes - Hamonic Benn - Myers Holtby / (Demko) Drouin - Suzuki - Anderson Tatar - Danault - Gallagher Lehkonen- Kotkaniemi - Armia Byron - Evans - Pe

They are nowhere near the team they were in the 80’s. While they admittedly had dynasty holdovers in Robinson and Gainey, they drafted and developed a multiple conn smythe and Vezina winner in Roy, a multiple Norris winner in Chelios, 100 point man Naslund, 50 goal scorer im the enigmatic Richer, multiple selke winner in Carbonneau, traded for 90 point men in Damphousse, Bellows and Muller. Always had a steady stream of good top 4 Dmen until the Houle years Oh, and we won two cups and went to another finals.

Referees for the 'Dollar Bill’s Discount Money Lenders North Division' as CC so eloquently put it: Kendrick Nicholson Brad Meier Eric Furlatt Kevin Pollock Marc Joannette Graham Skilliter Chris Schlenker Mitch Dunning* Michael Markovic* Corey Syvret* *-AHL referees There's also a list of linesmen that will be restricted to North Division duty but I wanted to mention the referees at least so everyone could rejoice in not seeing Chris Lee's name on there.

He may be busy in Washington DC today.

I assume Commandant is in court for beating a man to death after the poor soul insisted clutch was a real thing.

Suzuki is going to be a key pivot on this team for years to come.

Well, my daddy left home when I was three And he didn't leave much to ma and me Just this old guitar and an empty bottle of booze Now I don't blame him 'cause he run and hid But the meanest thing that he ever did Was before he left he went and named me Sue (...) And he said, "Son, this world is rough And if a man's gonna make it he's gotta be tough And I know I wouldn't be there to help you along So I gave that name and I said goodbye I knew you'd have to get tough or die And it's that name what helped to make you strong"

"Welcome to the big show! Now... it's gonna take a lot of work. It's gonna take a lot of sweat. But eventually I am gonna mold you into one of the greatest 12 year olds to ever play this game! Now... ack... ack... kyeh... kyeh.. aeeeeh.... suit up... I'll see you out there..." So how about that Cole Caufield goal, huh? Yes please, and may I have another? Looks like the same lines as last game but with Allen getting the start.

Maybe we need to get guys like former goon George Parros and dirty ####er Chris Pronger out of the DOPS and put in guys like Marc Savard, a skilled player who lost his career to a dirty play instead.

I am starting to like this new core better than the old one

He is on pace for 43/44 goal season in a 82 game season ... thus far this season is an outlier ... doesn't mean he can't do it again, just that he never has ... hopefully he has finally landed in the right situation and can be a consistent 35-40 goal scorer (or better) ... if so his contract is a ridiculous bargain ...

Oh hey, there is a game soon. Go Habs! Lines to come...

Weber has clearly declined, and significantly in the defensive end of the ice. The xGA stats show this. The shots he is giving up are coming from high danger areas more and more. Thats an issue with a nearly 8 million cap hit, so yes, I'd leave him unprotected.

I'll start the next GDT ready, glad that we are on a winning streak

Mike Johnson is so good. He's an honest color guy with something interesting to say which is rare.

Not happy with Toffoli's choice to throw the puck back in the defensive zone when he had a chance to clear. Seconds later, it was 2-0 Winnipeg. You have the puck on your stick and the third pairing on the ice, make the smart play and get it out of there.

I’m going to leave this great stat here because they are both going to score tonight

Danault : Yeah I just scored my first of the season, knew it was coming. Petry : That's cute. I juste scored my 10th. Danault : Yeah, but I have all the big defensive missions. Petry : You mean, like a defenseman ?

Claude Julien's second term as coach of the Habs, Feb. 14th 2017 - Feb. 24th 2021. Now time to start the " When does Claude Julien get hired again" thread

OK, so let's look at the difference before/after (first 10 games vs last seven games): Scoring for (per game): 4.4 vs 1.9 -- woah, Nelly, is that a cliff or what? Scoring against (per game): 2.7 vs 2.9 -- almost the same, given the small sample size Shooting for (per game): 34 vs 33 -- the shots are down, but only barely Shooting against (per game): 29 vs 29 -- no more shots being given up Shooting percentage for: 12.8% vs 5.6% -- 12.8% was surely unsustainable. But surely 5.6% isn't normal, either? Shooting percentage against: 9.3% vs 10.0% -

First of all, thanks God Bergevin acquired Anderson and Toffoli, since they, along with Price, were the only Habs to show up for the first 40 minutes. It’s the old story: your best players have to be your best players. Price and Gallagher really brought it - the latter being THE difference-maker in the third. Danault also looked like he shook off his daze in the second half. Mete certainly had one that one great shift and looked competent otherwise. I thought Romanov looked good too. Weber was a painful sight for the first 40...I don’t know how many times I saw him wit

TSN picked their own but RDS usually picks the official 3 Stars for Montreal's home games. Of course, neither are as important as the HW 3 Stars in the recaps we have for most games...just saying...

It’s another case of having great depth. Why trade him? One injury on the blue line and he slots right in.

24g in 5 games.

At this pace Cage aux Sports going bankrupt.

Evans is sent to the taxi squad for a day, gets called back up -> scores. Romanov is sent to the taxi squad for a day, gets called back up -> scores. Send Kotkaniemi next.

Really? I thought it was a bad luck play on the tying goal. Had it not hit the ref, there wouldn't have been a goal. Also, Drouin did get two assists in this game...I wouldn't qualify that as a POS, but that's just me. Don't get me wrong, never been a huge fan of Drouin, but i thought he played a decent game yesterday, that's why i'm a little surprised by your assessment of his game last night!

5'11.5" looks ideal to me!

I got one right!

Eric Engels@EricEngelsSeptember 2, 2020, 3:06 PM MONTREAL — You’d need the strongest magnifying glass to find the downside of this deal. Engels dont know 29 very well do he.

Habs29 and criticizing a Bergevin deal, name a more iconic duo.

I think we have room for one big contract this offseason, not two. If I'm looking for a big contract, I'm after a game breaker at wing, not a defenceman. I think Kulak, Chiarot, Romanov, and Mete.... is a good 1-4 on the Left, and you have Weber, Petry, Juulsen and Fleury on the right.

Finally a job for weise. Go full bobby clarke on provorov

All in favour of agreeing to start calling Kotkaniemi "Clutch" to give Commandant an ulcer say "aye"

Their no Wiese like no Wiese.

It's the MONTREAL CANADIENS It's the PLATTSBURGH PENGUINS STANLEY CUP QUALIFYING ROUND - GAME THREE WILL PRICE'S HEROICS CONTINUE? WILL MALKIN STAY FRUSTRATED? WILL JULIEN STOP WASTING DOMI ON PLUMBERS? WILL DROUIN REMEMBER HOW TO PLAY HOCKEY? ANSWERS TONIGHT! Forwards Tomas Tatar - Phillip Danault - Brendan Gallagher Jonathan Drouin - Nick Suzuki - Joel Armia Paul Byron - Jesperi Kotkaniemi - Artturi Lehkonen Dale Weise- Max Domi - Jordan Weal Defense Ben Chi

For the first time in the Glorious 110 year history of the Montreal Canadiens, they have won a game in August.

That was fun to watch. Price was solid The kids were great Drouin is a bum Habs win in August

I dont think GTFO will be it neither.