Commandant

Who said this team has to win the Stanley Cup this season? The guy who is likely to be the starter when we are in the final stage of the rebuild is Fowler and Im not giving him up for Binnington who has done next to nothing other than one miracle run when he was a rookie. The guy is Cam Ward 2.0. Great season and has coasted on that cup win ever since.

Clearly that guy is a defenceman who will be 33 years old in May. Sell the former 5th overall pick and multiple firsts to get a guy who will soon be on the decline. Great idea.

Yes terrible coach. Dont know how this team is where they are in the standings when we have better coaches here on this message board and Marty is clearly an idiot. Dont know why a coach would need to use the 4th line in the second game of a back to back with travel, and more travel before a third game in 4 nights on saturday. Why not just play suzuki and caufield 30 minutes and give another 30 to the slaf line? So easy.

He did change it up, Anderson was there instead of Gallagher yesterday and the line got worse.

Hell no Hell hell no In Goals Saved Above Expected, Binnigton is -18.5 this season, the absolute worst in the NHL. He has an .871 save percentage. He ####ing stinks.

If Gallagher plays every game this season, he hits 1000 career games. Even if he has an injury he hits it next year. I cant see the team denying him this milestone in a Habs jersey. We all saw what happened with Markov and Bergevin.

He stinks.

Hes not a solution on the suzuki line to the end of this season, and at $2.5 million AAV that shouldn't be the expectation. Hes filled in nicely there for a few weeks but the drop off is coming That's fine cause with the rising cap we are paying him like a bottom line player and hes proven he is fully capable of being a third and fourth liner.

Coming off a long absence due to injury and back to back with travel, rest does make some sense. Though its worth monitoring. Struble is down now.

Gotta bench him. Danault and Bolduc too. For sure.

Xhekaj os definitely having one of his worst games not just in weeks, but all season.

Hes been a bit snake bit in his goals but yes the analytics.are still showing him as effective.

Gorton was the guy who signed Panarin with the Rangers.

Another logical take.

Given the way Slaf, Caufield, Demidov, Newhook, Kapanen, and nearly every young forward has improved under MSL since he took over the team, why dont we just leave Bolduc under MSL and trust him to develop him too?

WE ARE A PROBLEM!!!!

Im not sure the Olympic rules, but during the All star break you needed to have a 20 man roster including 12 fwds, 6d, and 2g on your main roster. So if thats the case theyd need to call up Kahkonen, or could only send 1 down.

The fact that Finland didnt put him on the team likely means he wont be 100% before the Olympics. They would likely have taken him if he was.

Dont think the color of the sweater matters if he is skating with Nicholas before the rest of the team takes the ice. He isnt involved in practices with other players and contact.

I think they could keep 3 or send Dobes before Fowler. Fowler has been the best of the three goalies.

Sherwood is a bottom six player too. Hes had unsustainable shooting luck this season, and at his age this is the first time in his career hes having any offensive stats to speak of. He forechecks well and is physical but relying on him to be more than a third liner is fools gold.

This team is a problem for the Eastern Conference.

Gotta pull him now.

Also leads all defencemen in 5v5 assists 5v5 primary assists. So any criticisms you hear that hes a PP merchant, or that he gets secondary assists mostly, are people talking out their ass just to criticize him.