GHT120

In terms of being reasonable ... yes In terms of being hopeful ... no problem

Rather than. trying to do some sort of era adjustment, I would just note that the 92/93 teams was 9th in goals scored, the 25/26 team is currently 7th

The GOAT immortalizing a Great

As is often the case with many players, I suspect if he was wearing the Bleu-Blanc-Rouge doing the same things Habs fans would love him.

Agreed, but he also accepted a contract at an AAV appropriate to what he brings as a player ... I doubt many, if any, other 4Cs across the league are better finishers than Jake.

I think a key is standing up to TBL when they play "rough" but not allowing them to take the Habs out of their own speed game

In fairness to Evans, he seems to have settled into being a 10-15 goal with a 15%-ish shooting percentage ... pretty good for a 4C

I think that his defence and forechecking are at more than a "don't hurt" the team level ... and he is up to an average of 1:31 on the PK, which may actually be more currently as that average is based on total PK-TOI divided by games played, but I don't recall him much on the PK early on.

We have to consider that Hage might not even be willing to consider an AHL tryout contract, and that HE not the Habs control what, if any (theoretically), contract he signs. The Habs also need to determine exactly what "lower body" injury he has been playing through ... it might be better he not even play again this season and instead focus on training this summer to be prepared to training camp/next season ... signing his ELC, hanging around the team through the playoffs while getting treatment from the Canadiens medical team might be best. Time will tell

30 for 20 !

TBL obviously have no fear of the Habs' PP ... and with good cause tonight

Could someone send some extra pens down to the official scorer please

"more often"

The retaliation gets penalized more often than the first shot ... it has always been so

And thr Habs are allowing themselves to get drawn into Tampa's game ... they know how to "play" the refs in those scrums