Habsfan84

Don't disagree that he is a good goalie but it was a bad contract from the Blues perspective. They are tight against the cap and need to still need to sign Pietrangelo amongst others. In a flat cap this off-season I can't imagine there were too many teams willing to take on that kind of money for a backup.

Was thinking we were going to get the third when I first read it. Would of made more sense as were taking on a bad contract. Good backup but feel the cost to be a bit too high. Could we not have signed a really good backup (Khudobin, Halak, etc) at less than 4.35 million? Would of been free.

Really you think Galchenyuk was a good D-man? At this point I believe Drouin holds more value than Domi but I get the premise of your post. Sucks to go after these D-man and give up extra assets when you had the perfect one waiting in the wings.

Come on Habs one more to push it to OT! 5 mins to go

Really they know how to call a cross check? Looks like we'll be in the box quite a bit tonight.

Suzuki! Huge goal. Definitely needed that

I guess cross-checking someone in the face is a hockey play now

Agreed! Though we should be happy. Hart's proven he responds well to getting pulled in the following games.

Well gotta win 3 straight! Though I have my doubts we'll even be able to score in three straight. Very frustrating game today.

Powerless Powerplay

Nice gesture by Weber at the end of the game to go and get the game puck from the linesman. Likely for Muller's first playoff win or possibly Julien. Big Win!

Not the greatest period by the Habs but still managed to win it 2-0! Haven't seen much of Belzile or Evans. Just over 4 minutes for each. Hopefully fewer penalties next period will allow them to roll 4 lines.

The type of game where you've played so well you'd hope for more than a 1-0 lead.

Evans in for Weise! We've all been waiting

Beat me to it! Glad to see I'm not the only one who over analyzes

So based on assumptions if the Habs would have been in the lottery the pick would of gone to Nashville. The NHL dropped the balls in alphabetical order so having Montreal in there pushes those teams behind them back a slot. The fifth dropped ball would have been Nashville instead of New York. Just another piece of mind showing the Habs would not have won it. Pittsburgh not winning also helps. Now I haven't studied how the logo size on the ball would of messed with the weight or aerodynamics. Maybe pushed some balls ahead of others. I'll leave that to someone else 😜

So who are we cheering on in the lottery? My Preference (in this order): 1) Wild 2) Jets 3) Preds While the other 5 I do not want to see win, the big no-no's are the Pens and the Leafs. Pens because it would always be said the Habs could of had Lafreniere. Leafs should be self explanatory.

Habs were 0-4-0 vs Tampa this season Habs were 0-0-2 vs Philly this season Both records weren't very good but at least we played close with Philly

Bring on Philly or Tampa!!!! I'll be cheering on the Flyers tomorrow.

Tristan Jarry gets the start this afternoon for the Pens.

Plus our Chicago second round pick is slightly better at 40, compared to likely 47th or 48th if Chicago wins. But your reasons much the same reason I want the Leafs to win their series. I do not want them anywhere near the 1st overall pick.

Forgot what its like not to breathe during the end of games. Nerves. Big win! At worst case we pushed it to 5 games which is a huge accomplishment in itself. Now can they move on? I have to assume Pittsburgh will come out strong in game 4.

The Jerseys

Seattle expected to announce their name, logo and colours tomorrow. Some rumours out there expecting it to be the Seattle Sockeyes. I think we can also guess that green will be an element of the logo. I would love to see some yellow as well to keep with the old Supersonics theme. Always found the Golden Seals jerseys to be interesting.

Just another tidbit of information is that Team E of the play-in teams won the lottery with a 2.5% chance at the pick. Team E had the 12th best odds which if you go by points percentage would have been the Jets. Believe you me I would of been upset if team A (The Habs) would of won it. Now the way I look at this from a Habs perspective is that we are playing with the houses money. If the regular season would of played out we likely never would of got to 12th last in the standings. If they would of just ended the season with the current standings we wouldn't of got those 12th odds. Even if they don't finish the playoffs we still have a 12.5% at it. Admittedly I was also at first upset that the play-in teams would of got equal odds at the won pick thinking that it still should of been based on win percentage (different odds) for the Stage 2 lottery but now I am content knowing we have a free shot.