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Gregoire and Crisp had 3 point nights. Gregoire now is 3rd in Q scoring. And Crisp had OT winner and is on nice pace.
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ref #5, getting lots of camera time, said all 4 officials didn't see puck cross goalline, but he pointed to it as a goal, seems odd? But it didn't look like a goal anyways.
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Habs continue to suck on faceoffs (18th) and PK (19th) Last 3 years Habs faceoff ranking was 17th-22nd-25th and looks to be off to typical year again. I know some seem to downplay importance of faceoffs, but sometimes it does cost game(s), to basically hand over puck on majority of PK faceoffs in own end. Habs are 33% on PK faceoffs, coincidence the PK sucks? #14 is worst @ 11-20 and although he is a super penalty killer, I simply wouldn't have him taking PK faceoffs..
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I know Coffey likely didn't hit as much, but he still racked up a ton of penalties (almost 200pims in 88-89) and likely Coffey was a better skater? I just said PK and Coffey are similar "type" or how bout "super offensive d-man" and if PK can produce for next 10-15 years he also will be Hall of Famer. But Potvin is comparable for sure, but same as ranking up with a Patrick Roy, Potvin captained 4 cup winners and PK has a long way to go; but, who knows just how good he will get? I just hope he stays healthy.
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I think more a Paul Coffey type/quality d-man, is kinda how I see him. Obviously never will have a 140point season, but Coffey racked up points in the 80s when points were much easier to pile up (also Oiler/Pitt rosters were pretty stacked). However, he is on a 115-120 point pace and he is quite a steal for Timmins in 2nd round (one or more of Fucale-de la Rose-Thrower-Lehkonen-Collberg hopefully will be 2nd round impact player also?).
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cant tell if you are being sarcastic or not? With so many top picks (and looks like another is coming next spring), I keep waiting for them to turn things around, but still floundering with a long way to go to respectability. Maybe some kind of big trade for more defensive-goaltending help would be a start? But another couple weeks at bottom of league and they might as well concentrate on building towards 14/15 and 15/16 seasons.
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Gregoire 2 assists and #1 star, Hudon also 2 assists MacMillan 2 points and good to see he is 1st line player this year. Reway, Thrower and Crisp also get on scoresheet today.
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Pronger 99-00 was last to do that, since #4 in early 70's, so might be tough unless PK leads both the Habs and NHL d-men in scoring and team easily makes playoffs, which isn't far fetched I suppose?
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Diaz is doing fine as fill in, only makes $1.25m and is still early in his NHL career. He is at 89games experience and has 40points. Which would be hard to beat by most offensive d-men, Diaz and Subban were on same PPG pace over same rookie-ish period, a bit better than Karlsson and a bit worse than Mike Green's start of career. At the moment his defense is still work in progress for sure and may not be ready to be top 4, but he likely will only need to be that until Yemelin returns. Will be 76-79-74-26 as top 4 and then Diaz can play 3rd pairing and PP duty. But over next year or 2 Diaz will likely become a top 4 (on some team).
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Cant believe they won 1st home game after road trip, but Gaborick out likely helped a lot and great start by Habs also good to see once again. Great to see Plekanec get a couple! Subban was 4th among d-men in icetime?, Diaz had most penalty kill icetime and 5 blocked shots. Habs on penalty kill faceoffs still suck and costly. OByrne trade looking better, sweet 1st goal and Bournival had 5 shots in 10 minutes, good work. DD was only centre to be >50% and that young Johansen killed Habs in the circle, dosent bode well when face a much better team with top notch centremen - like Crosby-Bergevin-Datsyuk. The winning goal in Leaf game was just fun to see and topped a good evening, hopefully Bernier isn't as good as I think he is? Tinordi really should be in Hamilton playing 25 and not 10 minutes/game, same as Beaulieu. Hopefully Murray and Yemelin are back sooner than later.
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Markov was a centre when drafted by Habs. I think Beaulieu doing the opposite (as a winger of course) may be best, a la Brent Burns in San Jose? And I think Beaulieu may make a better winger (easier position compared to d for sure) than d-man anyways, but he needs to do the switch and practice in AHL first. He has good vision, can skate forward super (not so well skating backwards for an NHL d-man) and good puck skills, can hit a bit, so easy fit on the wing.
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A nice big young centre that I thought could be a possible 4th line centre for Habs. Would be nice to see his rights retained, same as Engqvist, who I also thought might fill same role well?
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Beaulieu really needs more time in the minors than the big guy, but Tinordi would also benefit from playing a ton of icetime, develop a bit more and be in a leadership role in Hamilton. Will Bergevin simply use Drewiski's cap room and sign someone else's 8th d-man or are there pressbox d-men of Drewiski's calibre available in Europe (Ryan OByrne maybe)?
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Pateryn only has played 1/2 season in AHL so far, which is not much for a 5th round d-man and I doubt he is even close to being "dropped" by Habs. And being named "A" in Hamilton, he will likely get a ton of icetime and make a good top pairing with Beaulieu. I still would like to see Beaulieu tried on the wing in Hamilton (if his defensive play dosent improve).
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sure, not really criticizing AG and he still had 4 shots, just would be nice to see him bury a couple as he should, with the hands and shot he has. Other than sitting on a lead and giving up a few too many shots, I have few complaints and 3-1 out west is awesome trip to get under the belt.
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Looks like Bournival will get a longer look than expected and hope Pacioretty is back by early new year and is only a groin?
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DD and Briere both +2, were 10-6 on faceoffs and DD was backchecking like he had something to prove (but still had couple weak turnovers that a better team would of ate up). Diaz had almost as much ice as Subban and played well. Galchenyuk fumbled couple of sweet set-ups by Gallagher in front of net. Great to see Price get shutout. Beaulieu got deaked out badly by a rookie d-man (imagine how easily a Spezza/Datsyuk would walk around him) and also looks terribly weak along the boards, he really needs to go back to Hamilton and weight room. Pateryn seems a much better option, as he is both stronger and can defend in own end.
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Not sure I dislike DD as much as Colin, but I was bout the same with Cammalleri/MAB/Spacek so understandable. And like u say, Briere simply hasn't played enough yet, when Iginla-Marchand-Hossa and many other good players only have a point or 2, you know the season is still very-early and many wanted Cole run out of town after couple weeks also.
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By the time Beaulieu/Tinordi and maybe Deitz-Nygren-Pateryn-Bennett or Thrower get same NHL experience as Ekman-Larsson has now, @184 games; one or more should be all-star material, I am hoping? But, till then I am not displeased at all with d-core/depth and once Yemelin comes back, it should be a bit of relief for Habs d and 79 in particular.
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I missed a few games, but on paper, stats and rankings Habs look darn good, especially 2-1 on West Coast, so far. Diaz seems to be doing quite well, nice to see Beaulieu got a game in, Markov must be playing very well, he is playing lots and numbers look good. Many are very worried he will get worn down, but am sure coachs also factor that in to long season success. Too bad 48-51 still on everyone's shit list, but still very very early in season and Habs offense/PP is scoring at top of league rate, so no big deal at moment, if team was 1-4 then maybe be more an issue.
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Agree, but don't really put a lot of stock in Toronto media bias, if Toronto was French and Montreal English, leaf fans would be saying same stuff. I am sure Leafs don't get a lot of coverage in Montreal do they, in BC it is all-Canucks all the time and rosters of East teams are quite unknown or ignored. And young stars on many teams, not based in Toronto, get dick-all notoriety; like a Brodin in Minni who is just a super looking young d-man. Is a bit irritating (especially CBC) but fact of life I guess.
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Good to finally see a sign of life from Collberg, is he getting a regular shift this year? Interesting to see Hay used Thrower in shootout yesterday, giving every chance to him to lead this rebuilding team. Sullivan must of been some scouts favourite for 7th round pick, but seems he is likely headed on Fischer's route to semi-pro eh? Archambault and Pribyl also late pick busts for that class, but if Dietz-Nygren pan out must still be considered an OK draft year (for picks Timmins had).
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Bit of mixed message in post. I agree with 2nd sentence, but I find McQuire quite irrelevant now that he is gone from TSN, thank god. Eller has improved every year with sheltered minutes and is safe to say his current value is agreed too by most. And with over 200 games under his belt the only questions I can think of are; whether he can he handle 1st line defensive duty as well as (maybe better than?) #14, can he still produce vs. the #1 checking lines, can his faceoff % continue to improve and will he still produce once Galchenyuk moves on to centre Pacioretty and Briere?
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Underrated- Diaz; He is what he is, a good (relatively inexperienced) offensive d-man, who is still a work in progress in own end; but that is typical for most offensive d-men with only 84 NHL games experience. Overrated- Markov Parros or Briere are only two I can think of and I am sorry that he is hurt, but got to say Parros adds or potentially adds the least in actually winning Stanley cup. (Briere, no matter how bad a regular season he has, until he sucks in late April-May, he may actually be a useful addition for this young team too go deep?).
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Yes, but full or 3/4 visor makes too much sense, so that idea would go over like lead balloon and the Don Cherry fan club would be up in arms, as it would almost eliminate ability to punch someone in the face...... just to relieve frustration of course. Football helmets have slowly evolved to incorporate more and more face/eye protection and I don't recall any complaints from traditionalists. Head protection is also taken a bit more serious in Lacrosse isn't it, don't they have full cage?