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BCHabnut

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  1. My three thoughts midway through the season.

     

    1. This is a one line team. Need some secondary forwards to put up some points.

     

    2. We lose too many puck battles. Way too many.

     

    3. Do we need a tactician type associate coach? High danger chances for vs against seem way too high. 

     

    Maybe the team is just that bad that all 3 points are because they suck.

  2. 30 minutes ago, GHT120 said:

    To be REALLY radical, and with absolutely no chance it ever happens, 3 points for a regulation win, 2 points for an O/T win and 1 point for a shootout win ... with ZERO loser points ... true incentive to win in regulation and in O/T ... no "we've at least got a point" after 60 minutes.

    Better yet. 2 regulation. 1 OT and SO. Neither are team hockey. 0 for losing.  OTL points are stupid.

  3. On 1/6/2024 at 7:40 PM, Helmethead said:

    Not for nothing, but Slaf’s hockey sense has gone for zero to 95 over the last 20+ games. 
     

    He’s starting to anticipate Suzuki’s decisions and is constantly around him offering big body support. 
     

    I am VERY impressed. 

    That one handed, between the legs clear in front of his own net. I hope the points start piling up, because he deserves them.

  4. 37 minutes ago, Commandant said:

     

    If you can score more SHG than you give up PPGA, sure.  The chances of this being the case long term is slim to none.

     

    You are always gonna give up more PPGAgainst than score SHG

    Of course you're right, but the rule still makes no sense to me.

  5. 8 hours ago, hab29RETIRED said:

    I don’t want to see Harris moved, when he is of our young Dmen that can play on either side. No need to rush into any moves with our young dmen this year unless someone seriously overpays.

    For sure. That time is going to come, but the longer they can keep the young d, the better. Get a good sample size and make sure you’re trading the right one. 

  6. 3 hours ago, Prime Minister Koivu said:

    This deal can actually drop to a 2026 pick? 
     

    How man beverages were consumed during this negotiation? 

    Looks more like something one would come up with while on lsd. 

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  7. 9 hours ago, Peter Puck said:

    If goalies are not that hard to find, why are there about 5 teams desperately looking for one?

     

     

    Valid rebuttal. I suppose as Commandant says, the 1a, 1b system takes some starters from the overall pool. So there are less starters to go around. I retract my statement.  Haha. Having said that, if they are that desperate,  why hasn't Allen been traded? He's a 1b on a lot of teams.

  8. 24 minutes ago, Sir_Boagalott said:

     

    Yes, I would rather move Allen as well.  However, Allen is older, costs more $, and will get less of a return.  Plus, Primeau is a 2nd generation NHLer - his dad and uncle both played and had long careers with numerous teams.  Several of those teams are the 1's that are highly interested in him and if he plays good enough they might give up a 1st or 2nd for him instead of the typical 3rd or 4th for a backup Goalie.  

    Goalies aren't that hard to find. If primeau turns out to be a dud, later, he can easily be replaced. But woth the improvement he's shown this year, I'd be reluctant to trade him. Allen is the odd man out for me.

  9. 2 hours ago, Commandant said:

    He ate pizza after the game when the Habs won a playoff series.  That wasnt checking out.  He was a huge part of winning those series and helping the team to the cup final.

     

    Checked out?  Thats completely revisionist history.

     

    Your boy Bergevin made a huge mistake not re-signing him.  The player never checked out.  Yet another one of your Bergevin and DD could do no wrong posts... jesus christ.

    Ya. The pizza thing was far from checking out. It was quite the opposite. It was him clowning around, expressing his joy at shutting down the games best centres night after night. 

  10. 2 hours ago, Commandant said:

     

    With LA, absolutely.  Again though we see the Selke Calibre centre in Anze Kopitar though.  So once again the substitute for the superstar, is a guy who can erase the other team's best player.

     

    Vegas has Marc Stone, who is probably the best defensive winger in the NHL and a selke finalist.  Also Eichel to me is just below that level and with 36 points in 32 games so far this season, might just have taken that jump last year in the playoffs after being just short of it on a terrible Buffalo team, and then battling the neck injury.  Hes settling in now and may be that superstar.

    Yes. No doubt Eichel has taken a step to elite. The selke caliber forward is a good observation. 

  11. 38 minutes ago, The Chicoutimi Cucumber said:

     

    We need more scorers, a better FW unit overall, certainly. But what I was asking was whether we *need* a couple of heavy-duty all-stars, or whether we could win without that, rolling four good lines instead. Commandant replied by suggesting that, maybe so, but it would take a serious shutdown C at the very least. 

     

    Now if you’re saying that we WANT some elite scorers, well - hell yes.

    LA, Las Vegas are 2 other teams which won with very good forwards. But no superstar 

  12. 6 hours ago, Prime Minister Koivu said:


    Absolutely 👍 

     

     

     

    Still I hope that next season Slafkovsky plays with Dach because IMO Dach has the highest skill level on the team and they looked so good together. 

    I agree. I feel like if he can stay healthy, Dach may end being the 1A centre. Not Suzuki. I like Suzuki a lot. His vision, IQ are very good. I just see shades of Getzlaf in Dach and it makes me excited. 

  13. 10 minutes ago, DON said:

    Habs had 21 shots in 2nd & give up 17 in 3rd, quite a flip-flop.

     

    Suzuki 2a 6 shots (25pt 30gms)

    Slafkovski 1a (8pts 30gms) and most icetime of all forwards (19:26)

    Guhle 1a +4 (9pts in 26gms) 19:51, seems better amount icetime for him, Savard is eating more minutes.

     

    Slaf 8 points is surprising. I feel like it should be more. The dude is developing into a possession beast. I'm starting to get excited about him.

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