Prime Minister Koivu

Whomever made the decision to add Dobson (even on 5 on 3 only), made a mistake. Hutson needs room to move, he isn’t a quarter back type Dman on the PP. Hutson is very, very good at controlling the point. I do agree that teams have adjusted to Demidov pass but that correction by the other team leaves a hole somewhere else - no team can cover all holes at all times. Did Slafkovsky decide on his own to stand beside the net instead of in front? IDK 🤷‍♂️ St. Louis inherited a rebuilding team so I don’t expect miracles and I think he has been an outstanding coach. Habs PP is ranked 31 in the league averaged since Marty took over. Maybe Marty isnt great at PP units and in game adjustments to the PP? All I know is that Montreal has had a sad sack PP for 4-5 years in a row

If there was a deal that was already being worked on by Hughes then the injuries might push Hughes towards making the deal. But I can’t see Hughes doing a panic trade, he is smarter than that

Not time to tank! If we go on a massive losing streak and are far out of playoffs then yes tank away. I would greatly prefer to overcome the challenges and then crush teams in the playoffs with a healthy roster Healthy roster…LMAO

Uggggg

I don’t understand why we are messing around with the PP Suzuki, Caufield, Hutson, Slafkovsky Demidov - with Slaf in front of the net was working well 🤷‍♂️

I’m dreading the new lines… Gallagher - Kapanen - Demidov Anderson - Evans - Bolduc Davidson - Veleno - Roy ? It’s tough to put together lines that won’t be a potential defensive disaster

We must be cursed, the injuries to key players happen en masse year after year

Adding Dobson changed the entire dynamic of the PP and the Slaf move seems intentional to me or perhaps a coincidence that Slaf move happened when Dobson appeared. In any event, why change a PP that was working? Habs haven’t scored a PP goal since the change

I blame PP problems 100% on St, Louis Our PP was working well and Slafkovsky was scoring goals from the front of the net. Marty galaxy brained things by adding Dobson to the PP - according to Marty it’s because Dobson is a righty Slafkovsky gets moved from front of net where he was scoring goals, to parked beside/behind to net. Results are Demidov has no room to move because Slaf is in his way and Hutson has no room to move because Dobson is in the way. Why make these changes in the first place?

IDK about Monty. He can’t seem to stop point shots, slow or fast pucks. Six miles out of position on the first goal He doesn’t seem to be following the play very well and he is shaky on his posts. Montembault is a much better goalie than this - or at least he was last year.

Stat card looks pretty good and does suggest a competitive game

Slafkovsky is too nice of a person with a gentle heart. If he was an angry young man that was inspired by causing physical harm to others then we would have the player we want. Slafkovsky isn’t mean and you can’t be a power forward without the power. He doesn’t muscle through anything. Slafkovsky does cause havoc with his forecheck and it’s his greatest strength. I just wish he was tough too - not fighting tough, playing tough

Squandered a lot of power plays and Montembault was mediocre Davidson was good enough to keep playing

So many penalties that we did nothing with doesn’t help

I'm hoping for a player that will have a bigger impact than Kampf can provide.