GHT120
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1 hour ago, The Chicoutimi Cucumber said:
I wonder what % of coaches retire of their own volition, as opposed to ending up unemployed? Hitchcock did...Bowman...not too sure about others
VERY few ... in any sport ... and wasn't Hitchcock last with Edmonton ... brought in 20-something games into the season and let go after a just under .500 record and missing the playoffs.
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1 hour ago, dlbalr said:
...I get why he left mid-series but when you leave the team in the middle of a playoff run, it's not a recipe for returning the following season.
He left, in part, because they told him where he fit on the depth chart ... the team had already decided not to bring him back ... he was purely a playoff depth acquisition
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28 minutes ago, xXx..CK..xXx said:
The purpose of the play-in will be to try to win. Not to focus on next year. There is a syndrome in hockey where it seems the future and past are always more important to fans than the present. We need to ice our best line-up. Does that include Weise? Probably not. But it’s for a whole other reason than “he’s not a youngster”.
IMO for the present to truly be important (i.e., winning is all that matters) the team has to have been built well enough to have at least a real shot at a deep playoff run ... not the recent "make the playoffs, cross your fingers, knock on wood, toss salt over your shoulder, spin around three times on one leg and hope" standard of mediocrity ... this team is (again, IMO) still far from that so what is important is development ... throwing Poehling onto the top line would be a slap in the face to veterans as that certainly would not be giving the team the best chance of winning ... but playing Poehling/Evans rather than Weise is neither throwing in the towel nor something that should discourage the veterans; subbing the other for Weal is a trickier decision ... neither would be playing some combination of Fleury/Juulsen/Mete instead of Ouellette or Folin on the 3rd pairing be a "bad signal".
To be clear ... I am not saying TRY TO LOSE ... but rather there is no use hoping and praying that useless veterans suddenly become something they aren't, but rather help youngsters become what you hope they can be.
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5 minutes ago, Link67 said:
I'm not going to lie, I am getting a kick out of all the over reactions and outrage from people over this first in 4 months game, not that I am surprised with our fan base though. Like there is anything to take away from this kind of game, good or bad, to justify getting so worked up and already calling for firings and trades, lol ...
Think it is all based on unresolved issues from the past seasons ... not created from last nights' game ... but the game provided a focus and more examples of why people feel the roster is not only inadequate but not well managed either.
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41 minutes ago, hab29RETIRED said:
I’ve said it before, these playoffs should be about seing if some of out young guys can finish the season on a positive note. I’d much rather have Evans and Poehling Not play over Weise and Belzile.
i also want to see how KK plays with someone who has more skill. Maybe even have Drouin play with KK and Domi on the wing with Suzuki. Put out an all kid line for the 4th line, circa the Gelina-graves-Murphy line the oilers had in the early 90’s.
Don't know if I agree with your specifics but definitely agree that this is an ideal opportunity to play youngsters
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6 minutes ago, alfredoh2009 said:
Hudon screwed up his chances by missing the hotel shuttle for practice Today
Maybe Evans draws in ?!
D'on't think Hudon really had a realistic chance in any event ... Poehling is (IMO) behind Evans on the depth chart but longer term has the higher ceiling ... so there is an argument to be made that in terms of development playing him might make sense ... but Evans is the logical choice as (a) Julien is trying to win, and (b) Jake would seem able to make the greater impact (relatively little as it may be) in the NOW.
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5 minutes ago, The Chicoutimi Cucumber said:
... I think Brian is right. Weise is a Good Old Boy and a veteran, and Julien (like a lot of coaches) just has a higher comfort level with a veteran in that role. Dumb, but very typical of the overwhelming, hyper-risk-averse conservatism which prevails in NHL coaching culture ...
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3 hours ago, The Chicoutimi Cucumber said:
... no coach is getting fired because of his chouce of 12th FW ...
Agreed ... but making the use of Weise even less understandable (IMO) is this RDS report, citing the Swiss daily Le Matin, that he has already agreed to a deal for 20/21 with Lausanne of the Swiss League First Division ... Mark Barberio of the Avalanche too
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22 minutes ago, alfredoh2009 said:
It was hard to tell, just knowing that Tom would know the odds and was making a smart a55 remark
Live and learn
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4 minutes ago, alfredoh2009 said:
hook, line and sinker🎣 🎣 🎣
Glad to make your day ... but not certain what clue there was that it was a "trap"
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6 minutes ago, DON said:
... If Julien gets fired in couple weeks, it wont break my heart.
IMO Julien only gets fired in a couple of weeks if Molson sends MB out the door with him ... Bergevin might have had another "Get the GM Out of a Hole - Coaching Change" card to play but I think selling Molson on the re-tool in 2018 was his last "hall pass" ... think 20/21 is playoffs or bust for MB
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16 minutes ago, tomh009 said:
Better news: Our chances at a top-two draft pick are pretty damn close to 25% now.
The Play-In-Teams won the regular lottery for the #1 pick ... spots 2 through 8 were allocated to the NON-play-in teams ... the #1 pick will be decided by a second lottery in which the play-in losers each have a 12.5% chance ... the teams that lose the play-in AND the second lottery are then seeded from 9-15 according to their season performance.
Habs, if they lose to Pittsburgh, have a 12.5% chance at first overall ... in the other 87.5% of the time they pick 9th
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10 hours ago, dlbalr said:
Considering he literally walked out on the team midway through a playoff series, there was no way they were keeping him. (And in Montreal's defence, Dubnyk was terrible that year, including in Hamilton.)
You make it sound like he walked out of the locker-room after warmups one night and disappeared ... as I recall he was filling time practicing with the scrubs in Montreal ... with Price (obviously), Budaj and Tokarski ahead of him, as a pending UFA, and not having seen his young (less than a year-old) child for a couple of months he asked if he could go home ... MB said yes
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5-on-4 PP isn't working ... why not pull Price and try 6-on-4
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5 minutes ago, alfredoh2009 said:
Good news : hockey is back
Bad news : CH is playing like a team that will not make the playoffs
To quote 1970’s Global TV News anchor Peter Trueman:
“That’s not news. But that, too, is reality.”
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20 minutes ago, dlbalr said:
Dubnyk didn't play for the Habs but he technically was with Montreal briefly.
8 games for Hamilton ... would have been nice if they had re-signed him rather than keeping Tokarski ... but Devin wasn't just looking for a NHL job ... he wanted to play
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For anyone who doesn't like looking things up ... after two periods
As noted, Fleury at 7:41 ... slightly ahead of Mete ... both well behind Ouellette
Nice to see that being on the "4th line" hasn't hurt Max's minutes
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4 minutes ago, Commandant said:
The Habs defence looking like shit is not a mark against Price.
I can't blame him on any of the goals and he's stopped other ones that should have been goals.
Never said it was ... but it could be 4-0 ... NOT the fault of Price ... but basically this team is built on Carey being the 2014-15 Price ... which he isn't any longer ... few have ever or will ever be.
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At this point Mete has the lowest TOI and couldn't tie up Kerfoot's stick on the third goal ... Ouellette hasn't looked great either ... Fleury has not been noticeable ... often a good thing for a defenceman ... 3rd pairing still an issue
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14 minutes ago, Commandant said:
... In other news KK looks great ...
Domi line also playing well ... think he makes much more sense stylistically playing with those two than would KK
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24 minutes ago, GHT120 said:
IMO it is NEVER a "clean hit" when the opponent goes flying uncontrollably into the boards ... Glad Belzile seemed OK
Belzile not coming back in.
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3 minutes ago, Commandant said:
... Price has been sharp ...
A couple of nice saves ... but it could be 4-0 if not for a couple of close-in shots being put over the net ... Habs team defence still not great ... at one point in the first they had 5 players in a semi-circle around Price ... all within 6-ish feet ... with one Leaf behind the net
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Anderson may need a Red Bull to stay awake
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I've got the TSN690 radio broadcast (off their website) synced up to the TVA broadcast ... used TVA because if the su=ync proved to be a pain I rather suffer through TVA than the Sportsnet guys.
2020 Playoffs - Projected Habs lineup
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Clearly no need to change after such a stellar performance ... 🙄 ... pure stubbornness by Julien
I appreciate Ouellette having been a good soldier in Laval for two seasons ... but Mete and Fleury (or even Juulsen) would be better IMO