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Kapanen 1g 4 shots 19:03
Fowler 34 shots in last 2 periods, wonder if Dobes/Monty are happy for him to shine or...
11 shots for the 1st line.
Beck 2 shots, Veleno 0
Beck 4/7, /Kapanen 9/14 on faceoffs, Suzuki bit tougher game 5/24.
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Great to see Dobson/Hutson mesh well.
Bottom Six Minutes: Jacob Fowler wows in NHL debut
"...The Habs were the better team at five-on-five, which was refreshing to see, but their penalty kill was important in securing the win, and Fowler was arguably the most important penalty killer. If he doesn’t stop 14 shots on the power play alone, this could have been a very different game.
Most impressive was the sheer poise he showed. He looked calm, tracked the puck very well, and gave nothing easy to his opponents. When he allowed rebounds, they were mostly steered from danger, or quickly corralled by his stick and covered up. This was perhaps the most confident, relaxed performance this team has seen from a goaltender this season."
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17 saves in that period, awesome test.
He dosent seem to be giving up many bad rebounds.
Beck already looks much more dangerous offensively than Veleno.
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Fowler 4 saves no early goals against, good start.
Suzuki 8:17, seemes alot.
Matheson 9:03
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13 minutes ago, GHT120 said:
RDS noted Demidov went to the bench awkwardly after going shoulder first into the boards and then having a Penguin fall across it
Yup, but seemed OK.
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5 minutes ago, Prime Minister Koivu said:
I like the D pairing changes
I guess worth a try.
Hope Matheson plays fewer minutes and not that Carrier plays alot more.
Would rather see Xhekaj & Engstrom, than Struble, but splitting hairs.
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Just hope Fowler dosent get lit up and is back in AHL quickly.
Looking forward to seeing how much icetime Marty's gives Beck/Engstrom. Hopefully Suzuki dosent have to play big minutes to cover for the 2 rookie centres & Veleno.
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Protz's Bulldogs team is the #1 ranked CHL team.
No question Pickford is having a great year which is exciting. I just cant get too excited till see how fares next season vs pros.
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I hope Fowler is very very short term call up.
Hat-trick for Sid up coming?
Pens special teams are pretty special.
Canadiens @ Penguins: Game preview and how to watch
The Canadiens may not get the win with as many as seven rookies in the lineup, but the message is to at least not hand it away as they have been doing over the last week.
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22 hours ago, Prime Minister Koivu said:
Looks like our lines for Thursday
Holy moly.
Centre position looks pretty friggin sketchy,
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10 minutes ago, Habs Fan in Edmonton said:
Bryce Pickford 10? Seriously. He has been dominant.
Was passed over in his draft year so is turning 20 in April and in his 4th WHL season. Many older non-NHL bound kids light it up vs many high-schoolers. So grain of salt when just looking at his offense.
Will see next season (or AHL playoffs this spring?) how he handles being the youngster playing vs men.
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2 hours ago, The Chicoutimi Cucumber said:
Evans and Anderson have horrible +/- this year, not sure what's up with that. I don't think of them as having played badly, but it would be good if they heat up in terms of being a 'momentum' line for the second half.
Basu went on to say Gallagher is offensive boat anchor and Bolduc might help provide a bit of offense if added to that line.
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Canadiens weekly notebook: Favourable matchups, Brendan Gallagher’s role - The Athletic
“It’d be nice to be able to spread the minutes a little bit better, and I felt tonight, after the first, I felt really good about what we’re doing and I felt like we’ll probably be able to do that tonight,” he said. “And then you start chasing the game.”
As a result, Lane Hutson played more than 10 minutes in the third period alone Sunday, and the top line of Nick Suzuki, Cole Caufield and Juraj Slafkovský hovered around nine minutes.
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Canadiens vs. Lightning: Game preview and how to watch
... The Habs might be too confident in their offensive talent this season, leaving the door open to counter-attacks by overextending in the offensive zone, something that kicked off the St. Louis Blues’ comeback on Sunday. The Lightning aren’t going to make those mistakes in this game, and still have the players to capitalize if Montreal is once again too loose in its assignments.
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Bottom Six Minutes: Inconsistency plagues the Habs at home
... This was the kind of chance Jakub Dobes had to face on every goal scored against him. It was either an odd-man rush, or a man left completely alone in front. Goaltending has been an issue for this team throughout the season, but they can’t even start to blame goaltending for this loss. Prime Carey Price may have won that game for them, but this team is supposed to be past the need for those kind of heroics.
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10 hours ago, Prime Minister Koivu said:
Hutson was outstanding but most of the team was tired and sluggish
Tired... BOOO?
Blues are on the road trip, are a pretty weak team and played vs Sens the day before, young team, no excuse.
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10 hours ago, dlbalr said:
Canada will announce its WJC roster tomorrow. There won't be a full camp with a bunch of cuts but they'll have a few extra skaters at least. Looks like Hage will be there but not Protz who was a longshot anyway.
Assume Protz's defense/psyicality must of been what they were considering or wanting to see more of in the summer?
Is his play similar to Struble's?
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Blues just 4 shots.
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2 minutes ago, Dalhabs said:
Monty will not play because of illness. Dobes will star with Kähkönen as backup.
Good for Dobes and bad for Monty.
See how he handles back to back games.
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Anderson no goals this time, but 4 shots 4 hits.
Matheson/Dobson 4 shots each.
Kapanen/Demidov 2 shots each.
I hate shootouts.
Suzuki just 9/25 & Kapanen 2/7 on faceoffs.
Canadiens’ Nick Suzuki continues to win important matchups: ‘We’re maturing’ - The Athletic
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Hage 1a 2 shots in 3-1 loss to rival Michigan State.
Miller 24 shot 5-2 win/ Harris 1g 2 shots
Pickford 3g 10 shots with a 10 minute misconduct in 2nd period, 1st star of game for 3rd straight game.
Has matched his goal total from last year.
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The 10-19 Blues won yesterday over the Sens
but still in 28th place and havent scored much this year.
So Monty may not need to stand on his head.
Game #30 Thursday December 11 at 7pm est. Canadiens at Penguins
in Habs & Hockey Talk
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"Crosby had seven shots on goal and went 22-for-26 in the faceoff circle, including 13-of-14 in the offensive zone. He had the puck a lot, right in Fowler’s vicinity, impossible not to notice."
Jacob Fowler’s 36-save NHL debut provides Canadiens with everything they needed - The Athletic
"Fowler grew up a Penguins fan. He idolized Sidney Crosby and Marc-André Fleury, and here he was, facing Crosby in Pittsburgh, just like Carey Price did in his NHL debut.
“It’s hard not to notice when he’s on the ice,” Fowler said, “and you want to stop it every time he shoots.” "