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DON

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  1. Extreme overconfidence and coasting for 40 minutes usually dosent bode well. Eller comments likely gave a bit of motivation to a very young but very skilled top 6. Seems quite a few Chicken Little-type comments. When missing top scorer, grinder and defensive d-man makes it hard to coast to a win. But at least a very short staffed Hamilton pulled out a victory today.
  2. Yes, Arcobello now has 9 assists and has one of best faceoff % in league, doing very well for an (older) rookie. Hemsky almost 1ppg vs. Habs Very sloppy play by Hab forwards and Galchenyuk caught too long on shifts and partly responsible for both Oil goals.
  3. It is the NHL, so no rhyme, reason nor consistency to officiating, same ol BS as ever.
  4. Good exercise, I don't think I had McCarron nor Leblanc in top 10 and don't see Beaulieu as #1, but he may end up being very good player.
  5. Pretty young up front now, hopefully someone can step it up a notch (Leblanc).
  6. Bozon will put up better numbers now playing with Reinhart.
  7. Brainiac Pierre McQuire has declared MacKinnon or Jones as calder winner! What a prognostication! I think i can do the same and predict LeBron or Kevin Durant win NBA MVP. Monahan, Hertl, Barkov, Trouba, Arcobello, Nieto or some other rookie may still have a shot at rookie of year, seeing as there is still a little bit of season left to play.
  8. Why was Beaulieu called up? Is he switching up with Tinordi for a game or 2 this week? 8 minutes/game is maybe 1/3 of ice they would get in AHL and more suited for a Murray, how soon is the big Swede gonna be ready?
  9. I guess I agree. But Holland, as you say still needs more AHL and weight room time, has better puck skills and offensive "smarts" than Moan. And the lines are never written in stone, so starting Holland on 4th line is best and if he has a couple good shifts and if Habs need scoring I am sure Therrian will mix it up. Moan, Blunden and Darche are likely equally skilled top 6 forwards, but on 3rd line Moan can be a very effective checker and PK guy. But Holland also seems to be a super shot blocker and defensively responsible (just lacking physicality/strength) so he likely wouldn't be overwhelmed by the young Oil forwards?
  10. Yes, he has thrown childish tantrums in past games when ego bruised (or flattened by Yemelin several times) and can easily be goaded into dumb penalties. It is much better for Habs to have him on opposing team. $4.5m/year is just wacky for a player like him.
  11. Bloodlines is likely a positive isn't it? And being a 21 year old 2nd year old pro, who had a good -19 goal 1st year, should be considered a head start over a 23 year old 1st year pro (who has only ever played 40 games/year)? Don't know if character was an factor or not; but, shouldn't it be a consideration?
  12. Oil maybe need to overpay for free agents? Ference is a good, experienced, tougher "Gorges-type" isn't he and is what the Habs actually could use. Why wouldn't he be a good captain?
  13. I don't know enough about Thomas to really complain, all I know is that I was very surprised when Kristo got shipped to NY and had been anticipating a good year in Hamilton for him. Bergevin and Dudley supposedly are super at assessing pro-prospects, so they must see something in Thomas to their liking. Also, Thomas is 2 years younger than Kristo and has already has 1 pro year (and 1 NHL game in Montreal) under his belt, so when comparing these 2 players need to factor that in and in 2 years will Thomas be as good as Kristo is today? Although....the last trade with Rangers didn't seem to go so well for Habs.
  14. I thought Leblanc used to be a fitness freak and hard working player? Maybe he is just not totally sold on being a pro hockey player?
  15. Would they move DD to the wing and have Bournival and White centre?
  16. Gregoire added another assist today, mow tied for 2nd in Q scoring. Hudon and Reway also on scoresheet again today.
  17. How bad is Thomas's hernia? likely months or weeks?
  18. Bottom six are the grinding positions, Datsyuk, Zetterberg don't grind so much. And Habs have Bourque-Galchenyuk-Eller + 3 small skilled players, pretty normal for most teams top 6 I think? A Pacioretty would be hard for any team to replace.
  19. Yes, I am sure Thomas would agree 100% and it would be nice to see how he would handle a regular shift for a few games?
  20. How bout calling up Danny Kristo, who has 4 goals-7points in 6 games in AHL, he could fill in for Briere.
  21. So Leblanc's performance last year wasn't all due to ankle injury and has to do with his effort-motivation also?
  22. Sure, Blunden and/or Dumont see most likely I would guess? Seems those two would be safest call ups, Dumont is a gritty player and Blunden has size but not the grit.
  23. 9 shots for Gallagher and going hard to net all game, Gionta, Bourque and others maybe could take a lesson from the kid. I don't buy any real Subban bias by refs, PKs first penalty was 100% correct and couldn't of not called it and maybe he just went down too easy for the dive, ref had a much better view than I? And his chicken wing penalty last game, totally looked like an elbow when he hit him and only in slow-motion could you see he tucked elbow back in prior to hit. I also think refs let PK get away with lots of picks and interference calls on dump-ins, in the end, PK (exactly like Gallagher) will draw and take more penalties than most players simply because he is in middle of the action most shifts. Overall were couple of bad and even up calls, but went both ways and Ref #5 is just not a good ref. Nashville just wanted it more and blocked almost 2X the pucks as Habs.
  24. Not a clue how LTIR works nor what it all means and am just curious who may get the call-up(s) and all 4 you mentioned are unlikely to have much of a future or impact with Habs. Whereas Holland seems a smart player who may be a good 3rd-2nd line player in a few years and am curious how he would look alongside Bournival at higher level? Likely still needs at least another year in Hamilton; but if Dumont and Leblanc arnt showing much may be best option? But am sure the "cap-guy" with Habs needs to factor all the LTIR stuff in also for Bergevin.
  25. Will Blunden, Leblanc, or Dumont likely be the call up(s)? Would they maybe give Holland a shot in Briere's spot?
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