sakiqc Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 (edited) The Battle for Best Draft Lottery Balls TAYLOR HALL JORDAN EBERLE SAM GAGNER RYAN SMYTH RYAN NUGENT-HOPKINS ALES HEMSKY BEN EAGER SHAWN HORCOFF RYAN JONES LINUS OMARK ERIC BELANGER LENNART PETRELL RYAN WHITNEY COREY POTTER NICK SCHULTZ THEO PECKHAM LADISLAV SMID JEFF PETRY Starting goalie: Khabibulin ERIK COLE DAVID DESHARNAIS MAX PACIORETTY RENE BOURQUE TOMAS PLEKANEC LOUIS LEBLANC LARS ELLER RYAN WHITE BLAKE GEOFFRION BRAD STAUBITZ PETTERI NOKELAINEN ANDREAS ENGQVIST JOSH GORGES PK SUBBAN YANNICK WEBER ALEXEI EMELIN CHRIS CAMPOLI TOMAS KABERLE Starting goalie: Budaj Changes from last game: Engqvist/Leblanc out Gomez/Palushaj in Edited March 9, 2012 by sakiqc lineup Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbp Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 I am so not surprised Budaj is in net for this important machup hahaha! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commandant Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 4 pt game Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sakiqc Posted March 9, 2012 Author Share Posted March 9, 2012 4 pt game I am so not surprised Budaj is in net for this important machup hahaha! ahhahah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyhasbeen Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 My only question is are they going to make it worth staying up for. Just looking at it like a great tryout period before training camp. Although I will be surprised if either Coach or GM return. So pretraing camp experiance is more like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Machine of Loving Grace Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 Geoffrion with Eller is the right way to go. He looked so much better in the shifts with Eller than he did with Plekanec. If Montreal wants to win this game, putting Gomez on Plekanec's wing could be a good offensive combo. However, I'm expecting Gomez on the fourth line. Campoli/Kaberle is the best tank pairing in the league. That said I've enjoyed Campoli the last few games. Nice to come out now kid! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlbalr Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 Interesting note for this one - the Habs have the league's best PK, the Oilers the best PP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Machine of Loving Grace Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 Interesting note for this one - the Habs have the league's best PK, the Oilers the best PP. SOMETHING HAS TO GIVE. Wait, how do you have the best PP and be 29th in the league? So strange. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commandant Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 SOMETHING HAS TO GIVE. Wait, how do you have the best PP and be 29th in the league? So strange. How do you have the best PK and be 28th? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbhatt Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 Nice to see Budaj get the call for this game. I would have liked to see Pacioretty and Cole be made healthy scratches too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Machine of Loving Grace Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 How do you have the best PK and be 28th? Easy. You can stop goals from going in but you can't score them. That's Montreal's issue. Edmonton must *exclusively* score on the PP to be that bad. Or have zero defence and bad goaltending. Which they also must have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trizzak Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 Interesting note for this one - the Habs have the league's best PK, the Oilers the best PP. And neither in the playoffs... Weird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commandant Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 Nice to see Budaj get the call for this game. I would have liked to see Pacioretty and Cole be made healthy scratches too. Don't worry Cunneyworth has a strategy. Cole was told to do everything Gomez does and Patches is copying Bourque's style. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commandant Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 Easy. You can stop goals from going in but you can't score them. That's Montreal's issue. Edmonton must *exclusively* score on the PP to be that bad. Or have zero defence and bad goaltending. Which they also must have. They have a bunch of young super skilled players who havent learned to defend yet at fwd plus the zero d and bad goaltending. The league wide reduction in PPs called by the Refs helps too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
habscout Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 Yeah I was surprised to hear that today, that the number of PP's have gone from 6/game to 3/game since the lockout. They have a bunch of young super skilled players who havent learned to defend yet at fwd plus the zero d and bad goaltending. The league wide reduction in PPs called by the Refs helps too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commandant Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 We are getting closer to pre-lockout levels of obstruction too. Refs just aint calling shit. as for the start of this game the story is this Corey Potter and the 3rd Overall Draft Pick coming this June by J. K. Renneyling Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brobin Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 We are going to prove that their PP is better then our PK, one goal at a time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMMR Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 PK with a laser. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brobin Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 I guess our PP is better then their PK too. Nice shot by PK. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMMR Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 How do you have the best PK and be 28th? Or Rangers 29th best PP (worse than habs and be in 1st) Dominant 5 on 5 team though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commandant Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 someone give PK the memo, he's not supposed to do that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trizzak Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 The Edmonton announcers did note after the goal was scored that the Montreal PP has been much better in the last 16 games. It certainly hasn't looked as sad as it used to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commandant Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 The Edmonton announcers did note after the goal was scored that the Montreal PP has been much better in the last 16 games. It certainly hasn't looked as sad as it used to. Biggest difference is that players without the puck are moving Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trizzak Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 Biggest difference is that players without the puck are moving One thing I've noticed lately is that Kaberle likes to creep down the boards with the puck and look for Cole in the slot. It hasn't worked yet, but if Cole can get loose at let a quick wrister go, I can see that being just as dangerous as the "Kovalev Kurl and Shoot" that was so beautiful to watch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMMR Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 I loved that Kovalev shot. and love when he switched it up for that OT winner against the Bruins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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