Meller93

Who are the Habs? Why do some night they outskate and dominate even te best of the nhl, and the very next day lose a blowout game to the worst in the nhl? Why does this happen? I feel like this is why fans are so polarized and quick to jump at lofty goals and the cup and the next day be talking about a lottery pick. Because literally the Habs can look the best one day, an the worst the next day. Where's our consisentancy and what do we need to become a consistent threat in the league? What do the best teams in the league seem to have?

I'm so happy for Plekanec! He's underrated so maybe this will finally get him so well deserved recognition. Also, I wouldn't mind seeing him as our captain either. I like it better than gorges. He's a lifelong hab, the most consistant player we have, and it just seems like your captain should be one of your best players. That's Plekanec. Here's to subby price Emelin markov making it. Am I missing anyone?

To be honest I'd probably move him to. I'm glad he's slowly proving us wrong, but even if he was doing amazingly we just don't need a small centre man. I'd just be weary of trading him for nothing now. If he gets traded at least he should get sooome kind of return. Which is amazing to say after his first 18 games. The point about plex-> Kane/Ryan is interesting, but Ottawa doesn't really need a Center and Ryan would take a lot more than plex. As for Kane.. He's actually been great after a pretty slow start. He might be a ppg in his last 10. It would help the offence maybe, and certainly long term future, but losing plex is scary

So Davey now has 19 points in his last 22 games I believe? 1 in his first 18. That's an amazing turn around. Also just can't help but mention PK too. If he doesn't make team canada someone should be fired. Absolute monster tonight.

I love the Habs. I'd honestly call myself more of a Habs fan than hockey fan. When I watch the world juniors, I watch Habs prospects. Sadly, I really do think the Habs are playing far above their heads. I see flashes of great hockey from the Habs, but them I see flashes of absolute embarrassment. It balances out to still not being content with the team. I'm calling for trades because I know that as they are, the Habs can't win the cup, barring an absolute tear on top of price playing out of his mind. Montreal has lovely parts in a young core. Trade to add Add 2-3 more young parts and wait 3 years. Very promising possibilities. I know it's never that easy but it's better than losing retiring players for nothing of you can't make it

I'm not trying to hop on the trade em all bandwagon but I've actually felt like we needed trades since before the season even began. I wouldn't mind and would actually like in some cases, to see Diaz Gorges Markov, Briere, Desharnais, gionta, And bourque all traded. Just imagine how different the team could look after that kind of overhaul. Pacioretty also needs to get more consistent, and boy Emelin really needs to start showin his stuff again. He definitely can be worth 4 mill but right now... He worries me for sure.

Hudon made a huge check after the play died out once, caused a little scrum. Good to see a bit of fire from him anyway, and that despite his smaller size around 5-10 he's pretty solid. Canada as a whole had a terrible game, Hudon wasn't bad but wasn't good enough either. I was impressed most with De La Rose. He almost had a couple goals alongside his assist, one almost being a short-handed goal. I honestly think this guy will be the perfect two way bottom six guy for us in 3 years or so. Size, speed, smarts, and even a little skill. Kind of like a bigger, slightly more talented Prust minus the fighting.

Alright so maybe we should just stay in the dressing room for the 2nd and 3rd. What hurts more are short handed goals.

Wow so studying for my vertebrates final, checked the score after 1, disappointment, after 2, disappointment again, check after 3, Habs win 3-1! That's a nice surprise! Price once again must have been deadly too

It would take a pretty great return to move Pacioretty, plus he's the type of player we need here anyway, as a big bodied scorer. And 4.5 mill for him is great. Gorges though, I like him a lot but since 2011-2012 something about his game hasn't done it for me. I think a more physical defensive defenseman would be nice. It would be hard to upgrade on gorges if we were trying to get a physical defensive defenseman though, why would anyone trade for a less physical defenseman with similar defensive ability? I think it would have to be a bigger change, gorges to one team for an offensive defenseman, Diaz to another team for a physical defensive defenseman. I'd still like Brendan Dillon from Dallas. Diaz + a 3rd? Probably not enough.

Yea PK needs to play his own game, that's how I feel. Were in a slump, we aren't that poorly constructed. We're missing a few peices though. Up front is where the problem is mostly, like a few of you guys said

Markov is a great mentor for basically any defence man beacause of his great positional play, but am I the only one who thinks P.K. Is getting slightly negatively affected lately? I've noticed a huge drop in P.K.'s physical game lately. That may be due to fatigue, but I also wonder if he's trying to play Markov's game of positional hockey. P.K. Should not be following that part of markov's game as P.K. Is at his best when he's physical. Overall I think Markov has a positive influence but P.K. Is just so good and his own game is so good that I think he should only be taking tips, not actually trying to be Markov. All P.K. Needs is for people to let him be P.K.

Oh no doubt, it would be a terrible move, but I just wonder what he could do

I sometimes wonder what kind of damage P.K. would do as a forward.

Chucky almost got his second

Here we go! 5 on 3

Eller goes light speed, Briere gets directly in the way. Way to go

Great work by Chucky! He set up the play and finished it. Think he has 66% of Habs goals in the last 4 games. (Sounds amazing but they've only scored 3 in the last four) Also idiot play by white

No. I'm sure we're all looking at Briere's cap hit now and it hurts a little. Jagr could have brought what our team really needed, which is size on the wing in our top 6. People will probably bring up playoff performance, well blah to that. Its very important but I think Jagr would outplay Briere in the playoffs this year. Want Briere that bad try trading for him at the deadline if he had a decent season. At least if Jagr isn't bringing it offensively he has size and grit not to mention unparalleled swag for the room. Oh no wait scratch that, Briere's French.

WOO! major momentum change here boys! keep it goin!

possibly the worst powerplay ever. no control until the end

Is this year an outlier for the amount of back to back games we're having or am I just noticing this now? Seems like we've had a load. (And we've actually done well with them)

I think the only way this happens is if Montreal have a great season until about 2-3 weeks before the deadline, where they really falter. Size as seen as a problem again, so Gio is shipped out for size. As Brobin said, Jagr would be a great fit. I'm 100% with you that if the team has momentum why mess it up? Perhaps the team is a small in the top 6 but the team as a whole is tougher, with Emelin, Murray, Prust, Parros all healthy, we can deal with it when the going gets tough.

Also felt like sayin I watched the nesn feed too and despite that they seemed to have some base level bias, I found myself thinking they weren't as bad as before. Just like they had a little respect for the team now. I believe they even complimented PK a couple times. When Pacioretty hit boychuck they said "hard but not particularly dirty hit" which I feel like would have been "Pacioretty just took a complete cheap shot on Boychuck, that should be 5 minutes and a game."

I wouldn't deal DD just yet. He's currently on fire so his trade stock is going no where but up too. As of right now you probably couldn't get shit for him. And to be honest if he could keep up this level of play and if the Habs keep up this level of play, why call for a trade at all? 17 out of 18 points in the last 9 seems like the team is functioning just fine as it is. The way I look at it is when a chink in the armour becomes apparent, make a deal. As long as you still maintain a position of strength. Montreal could simply play .500 hockey for 10 games and still have a 23-14-3 record. Could be butter but it's not tea bag at all.