tomh009
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4.0 GPA quite impressive, as was the effort to finish his degree. Let's hope his engineering IQ meshes well with the hockey IQ that the Canadiens are trying to develop in all the young players.
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And Dvorak is fine as a 2C/3C -- at this point certainly a better choice than Kotkaniemi. Whether the latter can transform himself into a 2C remains to be seen. (Carolina likely should have signed Trocheck and traded Kotkaniemi for whatever they could get for him, but I think that would have been admitting defeat/stupidity in the offer sheet drama.)
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I care much more about the Habs' success in the next five years than the depth of the Leafs' playoff run next spring (as happy as I am to see them fail). So, if the deal is right, I have no problem with it.
In any case, I expect that neither Hughes or Gorton has that deeply-held disgust for the Leafs.
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20 minutes ago, DON said:
Of course he was on the bench, Laval's season is just going so well.
It has some resemblance to the Habs' last season ...
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On the bench! 😢
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1 hour ago, DON said:
Primeau hurt and not returning.
down 2-1 after 2nd.
As far as I can tell, Poulin started the game. Was Primeau hurt in the warmup?
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40 minutes ago, alfredoh2009 said:
I do not believe MSL knows how to get the most out of any 4th liner or struggling forward.
I do not believe Evans, Pezzetta or even Armia will be able to show their worth this season
It’s not just St-Louis though, the Habs now have credible player/skills development people, too.
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That is so hard to read ... white test on light blue? Ugh.
But Barron 2g+1a, Ylonen 1g+3a and Harvey-Pinard 1g+2a?
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Either way, we are better off now ...
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1 hour ago, Commandant said:
Its been less than 10 games. Montembault looked good for stretches last year too but then reverted to a pumpkin.
Ride the streak as long as it lasts but im not thinking hes a long term solution til he does this for a lot more than 8 games. Its very premature to even speculate on him as an NHL starter.
Quite. it's possible that he may have found a new level, but eight games is not enough to confirm that. if he keeps it up, the first conversation is about whether he should be part of the Habs' longer-term picture, being a future starter should need at least a couple of seasons of solid performance.
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38 minutes ago, dlbalr said:
We're starting to see some movement on the 5 on 4 PP which is starting to move a little sharper. It's clear the 4 on 3 PP isn't anywhere close to that point; I wonder how much time they spend working on it?
Probably not a whole lot -- you really don't get very many of those in games ...
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Kotkaniemi doubled his season goal total today. He's now on track for eight goals and eight assists for the full season, at the cost of about $300,000 per point.
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I wouldn't say Montembeault stole the game, but both goalies played strong games.
Or you could argue that the luck was not with the Habs, with three goalposts ...
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4 hours ago, tomh009 said:
nhl.com is projecting almost the same lineup as against the Blue Jackets, but with Pezzetta filling in for Hoffman. A second consecutive start for Montembeault?
Cole Caufield -- Nick Suzuki -- Kirby Dach
Juraj Slafkovsky -- Christian Dvorak -- Brendan Gallagher
Evgenii Dadonov -- Sean Monahan -- Josh Anderson
Michael Pezzetta -- Jake Evans -- Joel Armia
Kaiden Guhle -- David Savard
Mike Matheson -- Joel Edmundson
Arber Xhekaj -- Johnathan Kovacevic
The roster was right, but the lines/pairings were not. What we actually have is:
Caufield - Suzuki - Dach
Dadonov - Dvorak - Gallagher
Armia - Monahan - Anderson
Sl;afkovsky - Evans - Pezzetta
Edmundson - Guhle
Matheson - Savard
Xhekaj - Kovacevic
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13 minutes ago, Prime Minister Koivu said:
Is Montembault a long term solution for us? He has been outstanding all season
Much too early to say, I think. Him turning into a #1 would have very long odds, being a decent backup or maybe a #1B is a more realistic hope. He's been about a .890 goalie in his NHL career, has he found a way to up his game? Coaching, training, mental approach or something else? We don't really have any insight into what might be different this season.
But only 7.333 games into his season so far, he may yet prove us all wrong, or flame out quickly.
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They're just trying to create some content, so combining two unrelated things. There have been a few exceptions, but mostly there is not that much insight in their stories.
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nhl.com is projecting almost the same lineup as against the Blue Jackets, but with Pezzetta filling in for Hoffman. A second consecutive start for Montembeault?
Cole Caufield -- Nick Suzuki -- Kirby Dach
Juraj Slafkovsky -- Christian Dvorak -- Brendan Gallagher
Evgenii Dadonov -- Sean Monahan -- Josh Anderson
Michael Pezzetta -- Jake Evans -- Joel Armia
Kaiden Guhle -- David Savard
Mike Matheson -- Joel Edmundson
Arber Xhekaj -- Johnathan Kovacevic
Sam Montembeault
Jake Allen
Scratched: Jordan Harris, Chris Wideman
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I still prefer Xhejaj to Andor, though.
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As expected, D rotation and G rotation.
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1 hour ago, alfredoh2009 said:
Schueneman, Green, Beaudin, even Trudeau are not on a path to the NHL with the Habs, they could be traded for an AHL FW and free up a spot for Harris/Xhekaj
I think trading Schueneman would hurt the Laval D, and the team is already none too strong.
And, even at the AHL level, you still need a willing trade partner that wants your defencemen and has forwards they are willign to trade -- and who are good enough to help the Rocket.
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7 minutes ago, alfredoh2009 said:
I much rather see them trade the surplus players for late picks or Ds for Fs.
You can only make a trade if someone else wants to trade with you, though.
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I think this is only the second time this season that the Habs have been down by four, the other being against NJ. The worrisome (or positive, for some) thing is that both of those games have been in the last eight days.
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Even the Buffalo play-by-play crew thought the Edmundson penalty was undeserved ...
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Whose WAR stats are you using? What's Monahan's WAR vs Dvorak's?
HuGo's Organizational Revamp
in Habs & Hockey Talk
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The Athletic's story today talked about three hires that Gorton has made, picking people without conventional experience in the same job, and potentially finding people with fresh ideas and points of view: Hughes, St-Louis and Gordie Clark (now on the professional scouting team).
Interestingly, Gorton tried to hire Hughes in NY already, and also tried to hire St-Louis to coach their AHL team. Neither was willing to take the offer back then, which is probably a good thing for the Habs.