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GDT Game #37 Habs at Vegas 3:00pm Tuesday December 31 🎉
tomh009 replied to Prime Minister Koivu's topic in Habs & Hockey Talk
And I also wanted to highlight a snippet from the third period: watching Lane Hutson cover Keegan Kolesar on the boards was awesome. Kolesar is five inches taller and 55 lbs heavier than Hutson, but he still could not free himself from Hutson's defensive coverage. What a gem we have! -
GDT Game #37 Habs at Vegas 3:00pm Tuesday December 31 🎉
tomh009 replied to Prime Minister Koivu's topic in Habs & Hockey Talk
I got exactly what I asked for. What a win, never giving up! -
GDT Game #37 Habs at Vegas 3:00pm Tuesday December 31 🎉
tomh009 replied to Prime Minister Koivu's topic in Habs & Hockey Talk
You know, get into the playoffs, and anything can happen ... ??? 😂😂😂 -
GDT Game #37 Habs at Vegas 3:00pm Tuesday December 31 🎉
tomh009 replied to Prime Minister Koivu's topic in Habs & Hockey Talk
And Dach again. He has been improving over the last month but that's two costly mistakes in a single period. -
GDT Game #37 Habs at Vegas 3:00pm Tuesday December 31 🎉
tomh009 replied to Prime Minister Koivu's topic in Habs & Hockey Talk
Xhekaj could have/should have taken Whitecloud, too, no? As usual, a goal is a result of multiple mistakes. -
GDT Game #36 Habs at Tampa 5pm Sunday Dec. 29
tomh009 replied to Prime Minister Koivu's topic in Habs & Hockey Talk
Matheson on the right is still better than having Guhle there. Guhle has been excellent since moving back to the left, and I don't think Matheson's play has suffered that much from playing on the right. -
GDT Game #37 Habs at Vegas 3:00pm Tuesday December 31 🎉
tomh009 replied to Prime Minister Koivu's topic in Habs & Hockey Talk
I'm hoping for a solid game, with the Habs "in the mix" until the end. What the final score will be matters less to me, this is now one of the top teams in the league, and on a hot streak yet. -
Trade Barron traded to Nashville for Carrier
tomh009 replied to Commandant's topic in Habs & Hockey Talk
Yeah, sure, he'll say something nice. But what he chose to say, tells me that our team culture/character is one of the positives. -
GDT Game #37 Habs at Vegas 3:00pm Tuesday December 31 🎉
tomh009 replied to Prime Minister Koivu's topic in Habs & Hockey Talk
It would be nice to keep Prime Minister Koivu employed a little bit longer on the GDT threads ... -
Had they picked Michkov they might well have picked someone else in this year's draft ...
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GDT Game #36 Habs at Tampa 5pm Sunday Dec. 29
tomh009 replied to Prime Minister Koivu's topic in Habs & Hockey Talk
Indeed. But switching sides for Guhle/Matheson, arrival of Carrier and the resurgence of Xhekaj have also contributed. -
2009!
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And yet again on the faceoffs looking at the last month and a half, I think we've had the Newhook-Dach-Laine for pretty much the whole time, and yet Newhook has taken as many faceoffs as Dach has. I had not really paid attention to this when watching games, but are Dach and Newhook actually sharing the faceoff duties?
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Adding to the faceoff data, here are our forwards from last season and this one: Monahan is already gone, if Dvorak and Evans are traded/walk, we will only have one centre better than 50%. Will need to do some work on that ...
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GDT Game #36 Habs at Tampa 5pm Sunday Dec. 29
tomh009 replied to Prime Minister Koivu's topic in Habs & Hockey Talk
Indeed different. So, what has changed since then? Laine returned from injury Carrier has stabilized RD in a way that Barron was not able to Xhekaj has played as well or better than he did last year after returning from Laval Team is internalizing MSL's system Anderson is playing a style that suits him, and makes him effective Guhle is back on the left side, with Matheson on RD Armia-Evans-Heineman has found great chemistry--and is getting enough TOI St-Louis is not juggling lines (easier to avoid when team is playing well) Primeau has barely played since October Really, there are many small positives that are adding up. Are there negatives as compared to October that we should be including on the list? -
In general, Evans and Armia are the primary PK forwards. It will vary by game and situation, but that TOI stat is not lying.
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Jakub, Jacob, as long as one of them pans out, I'm all good! (But it's so unpredictable that I'm not counting on either one.)
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An interesting tidbit is that Dobes is wearing #75, previously seen on only Hal Gill and ... Yann Danis! What makes it interesting is that Danis was the last Habs goaltender to record a shutout on his debut, a 2-0 win over Atlanta way back in 2005. Hopefully Dobes will have more impactful career than Danis, though!
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GDT Game #36 Habs at Tampa 5pm Sunday Dec. 29
tomh009 replied to Prime Minister Koivu's topic in Habs & Hockey Talk
I have to note here that the vets did score four of the five goals, although there is no denying that the young players contributed to those. -
And I think that's what we're all hoping for Evans to do to stay with the Habs. Whether he really wants to stay, and is willing to accept slightly less in order to do that, remains to be seen. And some perspective from the Athletic story on the Lowry signing in 2021. Not so much different from the Evans discussion, is it?
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GDT Game #35 Habs at Florida 1:00pm Sat. Dec. 28
tomh009 replied to Prime Minister Koivu's topic in Habs & Hockey Talk
The Dvorak option was in the case we CANNOT sign Evans to a reasonable deal. -
GDT Game #35 Habs at Florida 1:00pm Sat. Dec. 28
tomh009 replied to Prime Minister Koivu's topic in Habs & Hockey Talk
But if Evans won't stay, should they try to keep Armia? Many permutations to this game ...