TurdBurglar

Primeau could of covered the corner a little better, but that was a hell of a shot. He could take that same shot 10 times and only hit it once.

I missed most of the second, saw that someone scored to make it 2-0 Montreal, started to actually watch with about 3 minutes left after something happened with a Detriot goal and it's 1-1? What did I miss?

I doubt that "development" had anything to do with the Habs. After watching the video, it kind of reminded me of the Kostitsyn brothers rumours of being associated with the mafia. Absolutely no idea if they had any truth behind them, but they were out there.

Calgary probably would entertain a trade, but not for 2 cap dumps.

Bourgault is having a better year in the minors this year. He's their best prospect not in the NHL. RW with high offensive upside.

Undisciplined penalty from Guhle.

What was Matheson trying to cover all by himself in the slot on the Paul goal? Brutal coverage.

Tampa Bay Lightning Montreal Candiens Hagel - Point - Kucherov Stamkos - Paul - Sheary Motte - Cirelli - Barre-Boulet Jeannot - Glendening - Watson Hedman - Cernak Sergachev - Raddysh de Haan - Perbix Tomkins Slafkovsky - Suzuki - Caufield Newhook - Dvorak - Anderson Pearson - Monahan - Gallagher Pezzetta - Evans - Armia Matheson - Harris Guhle - Barron Xhekaj - Kovacevic Allen Projected lineups as per NHL.com.

It's $1.15m, but Pickard is coming up, so the net savings is $384k. Still makes no sense to me.

I just saw that myself. They are either calling up Rodrigue, or more likely, trading for a goalie. As they are only carrying one goalie, if it is a trade, it’ll be announced in the next 24 hours or less to allow for travel time. Edit: Seravalli is reporting they are calling up Pickard. This makes no sense, Campbell is being replaced by a minor league goalie as punishment for Skinner’s play the last couple of games? I hope someone with a bigger hockey brain than me can understand this move as it only saves $344k in cap space.

Or actually use Campbell. He would be going from 2 high-pressure situations in Toronto and Edmonton, to a low pressure situation in Montreal. He might rebound enough to be serviceable(tradeable w/ salary retention at some point in the future). Edmonton has a reputation over recent years of being a goaltender graveyard. It's possible the Campbell that showed flashes of brilliance in the LA years and early Toronto years is still there. A year in the minors and another shot in the NHL in case of injury or next year might do him well.

It is the same team, but they don't have the offense bailing them out this year. It's easy to keep goals against down when you're riding the momentum of scoring a lot. I think the next couple of weeks will determine if the Oilers can make the playoffs or not. Either way I think changes will be made, McDavid and Draisaitl are in the prime, so they have to worry about squandering it and either of them wanting out. Draisaitl only has 2 more years left and McDavid only has 3 on their contracts.

Rumors have been swirling for a week now about Woodcroft getting canned. With his ejection last night, it's clear he's grasping at straws to get the team going. Maybe player-wise nothing is planned for the short term, but those plans will quickly change as the window is closing fast on the Oilers playoff hopes. They realistically need to get to .500 by January to have a remote chance to make the playoffs. Which would involve quite the turn around in the short term.

I knew the Tampa Bay situation was bleak. I would doubt Carolina makes a deal with Montreal unless they are really desperate. I could see Allen for Andersson plus if it were to happen.

The cupboards are bare in Edmonton, and even barer in Tampa Bay. Edmonton has a few prospects that could make NHL impact, while Tampa Bay has a few prospect that are a wish and a prayer. Any deal with Tampa Bay would be from picks.

Seeing as Montréal is in desperate need of moving a goalie and Edmonton is desperate to get goaltending. How about a crazy proposal. To Edmonton Allen To Montréal Campbell, $1.15m retained Xaveir Bourgault Oilers get a hot goalie as they desperately need goaltending. The cap hit is a wash for the first 2 years, but Edmonton gets out of most of Campbell's cap hit in year 3 and 4. They have been trying to move him for nearly a year anyway. Montréal uses Price's LTIR for Campbell, who can be sent to the minors or further retained in an attempt to move, which would be doubtful anytime soon. They get a good RW prospect that is still in the minors, looking to get NHL icetime this year. The biggest downside is Campbell's contract runs a year longer than Price's LTIR. By this time anything can happen, from cap space being freed up by trades or the possibility of Campbell playing well enough to be traded. This would imply Montembeault and Primeau would be 1/2, with Campbell being in the minors to save some of the cap hit and only used in case of an injury. Nobody will claim him off waivers.

It’s what the TSN announcers were saying, multiple times, during the Arizona game. That is my only insight into it.

Dvorak will be off LTIR and is expected to be ready for Saturday. This will free Monahan from the 3rd line and he will most likely center the 2nd line between Slaf and Newhook. I would imagine this means Anderson goes back to the top line regardless of RHP is hurt or not.

One team played last night, but it wasn't the team that played poorly in the 3rd and couldn't stay out of the box.

Pretty sure that was the make-up call for the Keller penalty.

I'm not even sure the Keller hit on Matheson should of been a penalty.

They do, but at the same time, they are far better than last year at taking away the pass. So at least Allen can focus on the shooter in a high-danger spot, instead of the shooter and a potential pass. Baby steps.

I missed all but the last 2 minutes of the first. I don't know what's worse, the tight camera angles or Craig Button. Button started talking and stopped mid-sentence near the end of the period, and never did finish his sentence.

Montreal Canadiens (5-2-2) - 12 pts Arizona Coyotes (4-4-1) - 9 pts Caufield - Suzuki - Harvey-Pinard Anderson - Newhook - Slafkovsky Pearson - Monahan - Gallagher Armia - Evans - Pezzetta Matheson - Barron Harris - Kovacevic Xhekaj - Guhle Montembeault Keller – Hayton – Schmaltz Maccelli – Bjugstad – Crouse Carcone – Cooley – Boyd O’Brien – McBain – Kerfoot Moser – Durzi Valimaki – Dumba Stetcher – Brown Ingram Projected lineups.

I think you’re overthinking it. Whether it was intentional or an oversight, the responsibility is on Ottawa to provide it. The list was submitted, so Ottawa knew there was a list. There’s nobody to blame but Ottawa.