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42 minutes ago, tomh009 said:
Even before adding a 2C, think about having a top-four RD like Reinbacher, and Demidov with a full year of NHL experience, and this would be a significantly stronger team. Now, a 2C addition, and some growth from Beck, Dach and Kapanen, and they could make noise in the playoffs next year.
We need another RHD for sure. But #1 priority has to be a 2C. We have the assets to get both. I'm glad Savard is retiring, but not sure if Mailloux or Reinbacher won't need more development time. We need to get a centre. Seeing what we gave up for Dach and the Caps getting Strome for nothing really hurts!! On a positive note though, Strome was considerably older before he put it together than Dach is now.
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2 hours ago, TurdBurglar said:
I wouldn't call it weak, I'd call it inexperienced. 3 defencemen are playing their second playoff game, where Savard has more playoff games than the other 5 defencemen combined.
Yet he can't seem to make a simple pass.
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2 hours ago, Habs Fan in Edmonton said:
Agreed, Newhook is a great skater but no vision or playmaking skills. He had 11 assists in 82 games, that is so far off what you need from a 2nd line center. A 2nd line center in my opinion is by far their biggest need.
I'd also add he has zero finish. It seems to be a bonus when he actually does score, but I've never seen a guy blow so many prime scoring chances.
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2 hours ago, Commandant said:
That's not accurate.
He's 60% xG today... only behind the Hutson Guhle pair for best of all defencemen on the team.
Yes, its very rare that he's the best D on the team in this stat.... but tonight he is not the issue.
Mattheson-carrier is getting caved in. (as is Newhook's line who they seem to be playing with).
Do those stats show the bad passes - like shooting the puck to your own goalie, or flubbing a pass at the blue line. He fails the eye test. As far as Matheson - Carrier, they have looked bad and Matheson's decision making is really infuriating!
Laine started well (offensively) and then went back to no offence - no defence Laine. We made a big push at the end, but what in fuxcks sake is St Louis thinking throwing out Gallagher and Dvorak as the extra man???
That was the time to put out Demidov. I want to win - but we are ahead of schedule. We need to give the guy who is supposed to be a major part of the future out there on the PP and as the extra man.
On the positive note, holy shit, is Hutson the real deal!!! he would have gotten 80 points in the regular season if we had more guys who could finish.
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2 minutes ago, Commandant said:
Savard was unlucky there. He's in the right position, I'm not sure I'd blame it on him.
Earlier in the game he flubbed a pass pass going back and forth with his D partner and shot it into Monty. Everytime he is on the ice we can’t clear.
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49 minutes ago, sbhatt said:
Laine looks horrid so far. Twice he failed to clear our zone with the puck on his stick, and then that horrid turnover on the rush.
Laine has looked ok today. Two real nice setups. Savard is the one that looks horrid!
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Second goal of the series for Savard. Put Struble on RHD with Xhejac!!
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10 minutes ago, Commandant said:
It seems MSL has broken up the Newhook line.
That was what I voted for - Demidov off that line. Heineman works hard and has a good shots. Evans covers up defensively and works like a dog.
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8 hours ago, Commandant said:
I watched the game, nothing happened prior to that (at least not on that play). The refs arm also isn't raised at the start of the video, meaning there is no pending penalty from before the video starts.
The refs shouldn't be calling penalties based on reputation, that's bullshit. If he did something, penalize him, not cause the name and number on the back of the jersey.
There is no rule against a player being in the crease. The rule is about interfering with the goalie. I didn't see any interference there. That said, even if he was called for being in the creased, the call is interference and that's not the penalty they called, they called roughing... so it wasn't about being in the crease.
Bottom line for me, the penalty on Greig is a bad call
But the issue is they do go by reputation and have been doing it forever.
Gallagher has been cross checked on the face twice in less than two weeks. Mouth was bloody on one of those occasions.Non call both times.
on the flip side, Gallagher at times gets goalie interference penalties for breathing on the goalie.
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9 hours ago, BCHabnut said:
I applauded the clean hit on JT. Not so much the fight. The interference hit in Chicago was a mistake for sure, but I want him crushing guys as long as he isn't taking himself out of the play. He is engaged when he's smashing.
Oh, I loved both of hits against Toronto. I hated like the one against Chicago. We need him crushing players - but he has to be aware of time and place, along with making sure he isn’t going to penalized.
What we don’t need is our top pairing D, fighting a Toronto 3rd liner/4th liner. If Matthews wants to stick up for JT, fine. But no reason to fight a grunt.
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5 hours ago, Butterface said:
Of course Washington is intimidating. Tom Wilson being one of the best power forwards in the league. They are a big team.
I suspect Xhekaj will sit out the first game and we will see how things fair in front of our net.
Wilson was trounced by Anderson earlier this season, but Anderson won’t be clearing the front of our net.
I think Anderson may have to trade his ice time for Wilson’s. If they both sit in the box, that is a trade I’d be willing to make.
Capitals D are big, but not nimble. We need to buzz around their net and on the rush. I think Newhook, Demidov, Suzuki and Caufield can do this. Let Slaf, Anderson and Armia worry about the boards.
We can’t compete with their size. So we need to out skate them.
Hopefully another David vs Goliath story unfolds… and the oddsmakers take a beating again.
His heroics last game notwithstanding, that’s one thing I’m pissed at Guhle for. I like him being physical, but I don’t want him reading ice time with a guy like Domi in a fight, or go for an unnecessary big hit when he other team is asleep like in Chicago. That’s the kind of stuff that got Xhekac stapled to the bench.
he is still young. So still lots to learn about time and place, as well as his value to the time and how he hurts his team being gone for 5 min, in exchange for Domi.
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38 minutes ago, tomh009 said:
Didn't think I'd be creating a playoff thread this year yet ...
Well. You need to make sure there is a stop sign in it! Hell, all the fans should be given stop signs for game 3!
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21 minutes ago, tomh009 said:
Hutson: takes a licking and keeps on ticking!
He does, but he had me worried near the end, when he bobbled it behind the net. He came close to taking a couple of hard elbows to the head.
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6 minutes ago, Helmethead said:
From here on in it’s all gravy baby!!
500lb gorilla is off their collective backs.
No pressure Habs might be a challenge for Washington.
It's gravy, but it's also about learning what it takes to win and what the need to do to get better. I totally agree about the no pressure on habs though. Last few tames they had tons of pressure and it was showing. They just need to be loose and not let the playoff jitters get them for the first time guys like Slaf, Hutson, Guhle, Demidov Heineman and Stuble.
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27 minutes ago, tomh009 said:
It's not so much Laine as the rest of PP1: if the same guy is always shooting, the opposing team has a much easier time covering him.
Oh, I agree the rest of the tam has to be better. Thing is Laine can help them by creating more open options by moving the guy covering with him. He is too stationary - and that is an entire team problem. The only guy who REGULARLY has his feet in motion and is moving around is Hutson and then Suzuki. The team just doesn't need puck movement, they need to move around and NOT just look for the pass over to Laine as the main option.
They need to start using Laine as a decoy and trying to get Caufield open on the other side. Caufield also has to move round more between the hashmarks and the right post position that he is in. Slafkovsky also needs to make life more difficult for the goalie and the defender on him.
That's what I loved about Demidov in his first game, he was always in motion, his feet are always moving. Make it much harder to cover.
The PP is going to become critical against a physical caps team. if they take liberties, we have to make them pay and they have to be afraid of taking a penalty.
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2 minutes ago, Commandant said:
Washington plays tomorrow.
Freidman said teams who play Thursday are unlikely to open on Saturday.Not sure if that will be written in stone though. Toronto also plays tomorrow. Would SportNet not push to have the all Canadian Toronto-Sens game on Saturday night?
Washington plays a lot of afternoon games - so who knows we may end up getting an afternoon game on Sunday?
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1 minute ago, Commandant said:
Washington plays tomorrow.
Freidman said teams who play Thursday are unlikely to open on Saturday.The mysterious hockey flu it is than!
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Just now, BCHabnut said:
It's been horrible for weeks. Need a shake up or strategy change.
100% agree! They have some days to practice. Laine should be on the 1st unit, but he has to do a better job and do what Gretzky used to do when he had a guy on him. Skate over close to another penalty killer and open up room for the rest of the other guys.
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32 minutes ago, tomh009 said:
Bloody hell, singing Ole, Ole with ten minutes to go in an absolute must-win game. That's as bad as declaring a shutout at that point ...
I was screaming don't jinx it to the fans and don't letup to the team!
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I hope it's Saturday. Have a family commitment Sunday. If its Sunday may have to get hockey flu!
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so much better to start the second unit
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St Louis - please put Demidov on the first PP!!!
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1 minute ago, tomh009 said:
Laine absolutely makes sense on PP1, but he should not be their only weapon.
Not always Laine.
Not always Caufield.
Not always Weber.
Use the other skilled players (Suzuki, Caufield, Slafkovsky) to create threats and force the defenders to pay attention to them, too.
I'd move Slafkovsky off the 1st unit. Have both Suzuki and Demidov on the second unit when there its a break in action. Let them play the entire PP the way Edmonton does with McDavid-Draistaitl
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2 minutes ago, xXx..CK..xXx said:
Larry Murphy’s stats. Rookie season was one of his better ones. Let’s hope Hutson has as long a career, just all with the Habs and let’s also hope he just keep getting better.
He got his points playing with the triple crown line. If Hutson had gotten PP1 time earlier than he did, he may have had a shot at breaking that mark. We are making the same mistake with Demidov now.
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I think there is a role for him, just not on the top 6 and preferably not at centre.