tomh009
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3 hours ago, GHT120 said:
The DEFENCE is the difference ... it has always been the question with Mailloux ... although I am not a big fan of +/-, PK went from +46 to -8 on a Habs team with the 8th best GAA in his rookie season.
That +46 was on a Bulldogs team that finished the season with a +89 goal differential, whereas the Rocket is currently at -9. And that, too, will impact an individual player's +/- score.
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2 hours ago, DON said:
Agree on Ylonen, play him over Pearson/Anderson/Gallagher/Armia and see if a dud or not before the off-season (Unless they already know he is basically done as a Hab?)
If St-Louis won’t give him ice time then there is little point in doing that. Although he’d likely at least do better than Anderson …
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2 hours ago, Habs Fan in Edmonton said:
Is there any chance Ottawa can win tonight? Probably not.
Odds are stacked against it but there is always hope!
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50 minutes ago, The Chicoutimi Cucumber said:
What is the deal with wives who want cable?? In the case of my missus, it's channels like Makeful and the Food Network that compel me to shill out, LOL.
I count myself lucky that the Mrs doesn't demand it! My mother-in-law needs one channel but fortunately we can pick that up with an inexpensive indoor antenna. 🙂 Otherwise all we have is Sportsnet (for me) and Prime at the moment.
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39 minutes ago, The Chicoutimi Cucumber said:
It’s only “reasonable” if you forget what it was like before Sportsnet took over. I used to get almost all Habs games on RDS as part of my cable package for a grand total of $5/month. So: far superior coverage and commentary than the crap SN throws at you for Habs games, at 1/3 the cost.
Yes. Although it did require also having the cable package! But when many people spend $100+/mo on cable, I'm very happy with $200/year. And streaming is more flexible than cable, which has value for me personally at least.
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1 hour ago, DON said:
Used to be about $100 for rds/tva, now is $250 for centreice, what can ya do, just more $$ to help Molson pay Price.
You can get Sportsnet for $200 if you call them in September and complain.
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2 hours ago, Prime Minister Koivu said:
I agree that the price isn’t outrageous.
The thing that pisses me off is that if I lived a couple hundred kilometres east then the Habs games would be on regular TV like 90% of the leaf games are in my area
We are in the same city, so, yes! Although I have cable package anyway. 🙂
I do think that there would be a fair number of games not shown in eastern Ontario, though. Maybe?
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10 hours ago, parksville habsfan said:
A lot of us out west would watch the English game if it didn't cost an arm and a leg to do it.
$200 for the full season of Habs games (on Sportsnet) is reasonable for me. Less than $3/game and no blackouts.
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Two points for Anderson! Oh, you said Andersson, never mind ...
Anyway, a nice debut for Reinbacher. And no attacks by the "AHL meatheads"?
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25 minutes ago, Habs Fan in Edmonton said:
I think most would say that Hughes has elite skating ability which allows him to make up for any other deficiencies he might have. Hutson's skating is not quite the same level. I think you could say the same kind of player in that their offensive game dominates. Hutson needs to get stronger and he certainly could.
He might even be able to improve his skating. (Armia, for example, has trained multiple summers with an olympic speed skater, and it has improved his speed. Kotkaniemi, on the other hand, pooh-poohed that idea ...)
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18 minutes ago, JoeLassister said:
wth is that ? % of what ?
Sorry, I snipped a bit too much. that's xGF% (expected goals for percentage).
xGF% does depend on the opposition so Suzuki's number should not be directly compared to White's, for example, but, as a team, the Habs are all clustered far lower than they would be after most games.
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Reasonably speaking, few Habs played a great game last night, Armia was far from the only one. From moneypuck.com:
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1 hour ago, Commandant said:
Who is calling Armia a 2nd line winger. I don't anyone thinks he is one.
He's playing on the second line by default, but I don't think anyone, here or media wise, thinks he's a top-6 player long term.
Third line is probably the most appropriate place for him, with the ability to move temporarily up to second in case of injuries (like now). At $3.4M overpaid for that role, but with a more modest contract he would still be a credible middle-six winger, I think.
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32 minutes ago, hab29RETIRED said:
It’s easier said than done to get a guy like Panarin to sign. When he went to the Rangers wasn’t his choice either NY or Florida, but he really wanted to go to the Rangers. Can’t see us having that kind of advantage where a big name UFA is available AND we are his first choice.
Yes, media and fan pressure. And, yes, relatively high taxes (though Quebec's income tax rate really isn't much different from that of NYC).
But also a young team on the rise. A city that loves hockey. A hall-of-fame coach. An unmatched heritage. A respected GM that treats players well. A safe city to bring up a family in.
Really, it's not all negative. What the final score will be is heavily dependent on the player's priorities.
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Anderson really is not Monahan, though. Monahan made his linemates better, while Anderson ...
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53 minutes ago, alfredoh2009 said:
Armia has never successfully been a top-6 forward. He does great on a third line and that is where I would look to up Armia’s value.
Have you not noticed our second line's (Roy, Newhook and--yes--Armia) play recently? It's the best it has been since the Dach injury, and the coaching staff has been rewarding it with more ice time, too.
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9 hours ago, alfredoh2009 said:
well, I am still hoping Roy wins that spot. Anderson is signed until 2027. Dach and Newhook play a fast aggressive game, from all the other options on wing, Anderson is there by default unless Roy is fully healed and wins that spot.
Based on how he has been playing, and his recent line assignments, I really don't thing Anderson is any kind of lock for the second line. Either Roy or Armia would be ahead of him already, maybe even RHP.
Anderson played 12:41 against the Oilers, much less than Armia (18:40) or Newhook (17:40). Even Gallagher got more ice time than Anderson.
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10 minutes ago, Commandant said:
Caufield - Suzuki - Slafkovsky
_________ - Dach - Newhook
Roy - Dvorak - Anderson
Armia - Evans - Gallagher
Would be ideal for lines 2-4 next year.
Oof ... that's a definite downgrade for Roy. And Armia, too, although he might be able to work with Evans (whom he plays with on PK anyway) and Gallagher.
But with Gallagher and Anderson on the roster, "ideal" may not be possible anyway.
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Still down 1-0 halfway through the game but I'm quite pleased with how they are playing. Will watch this power play in the faint hope of seeing them score, and then it's time for me to zzzz.
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7 minutes ago, Prime Minister Koivu said:
Anderson with the turnover but Guhle just kind of froze and watched McDavid be McDavid.
That he did. He looked stunned!
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12 hours ago, BCHabnut said:
This is a tough one. I think it's great that he's showing his versatility by playing pretty good on the right side, but I would prefer that he play his strong side more while he's developing.
I expect he'll be back on the right side in the longer term, maybe even next year, but I think Hughes and St-Louis want him to have the flexibility to play on the right when it's needed due to injuries or otherwise.
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1 hour ago, alfredoh2009 said:
I doubt HughGort trades Barron, like Smyalic and Heineman, these are the guys he traded for. I think they will be patient with these guys.
I feel pretty confident that Hughes will make the right trades and not get unduly attached to players even if he picked or traded for them himself. If you can make the team better by trading, you do it, even if you are sending out a player that you like.
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50 minutes ago, alfredoh2009 said:
As a 3rd pairing RD, I have no problem with Barron.
He can buy time for Bogdan to adapt to North-American hockey
If Hughes is confident about Konyushkov he might yet trade Barron, who would likely bring a greater return than Kovacevic.
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38 minutes ago, DON said:
Hutson played with him last summer and that would also be an intriguing pair.
Hutson-Reinbacher and Guhle-Mailloux. Hopefully!
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That's also his third game-winning goal in four playoff games. Let's hope he makes the move to Canada after the season is over.