habs rule Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 Come on Bergy, go to Kijiji...gotta be able to find an all star winger you can also fit under cap there. Some think it is just that easy I assume. It may not be easy but THAT is his job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KoRP Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 Just a skid, still great effort, just no rewards are coming, standings say we are still ok Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DON Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 HR; I and most are pulling for same thing and am just being a idiot as usual. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
habs rule Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 HR; I and most are pulling for same thing and am just being a idiot as usual. no problem Don just friendly banter after all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovett's Magnatones Posted December 19, 2015 Share Posted December 19, 2015 Sven did the same thing last year. He had hot start, then completely fell off. Bergevin has pinched his pennies so hard he basically has a tattoo of Queen Elizabeth on his finger tips. It's time to decide if this team is a legit cup contender. We've all said it on here, but the window of opportunity isn't getting any bigger. Hahaha Sven has the potential, there's not much else to speculate about besides what movie Byron and Therrien watch during their post game pizza parties. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commandant Posted December 19, 2015 Share Posted December 19, 2015 How many were near the slot? We lost the SJ game because all the shots we were taking was nowhere near the slot. High danger scoring chances (ie shots from the slot) were 17-5 for montreal according to Sport Logiq Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlbalr Posted December 19, 2015 Author Share Posted December 19, 2015 So who wants to tackle tomorrow's GDT? No one seems to be winning much right now so maybe it's time for someone new to give it a whirl... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DON Posted December 19, 2015 Share Posted December 19, 2015 I think my GDT was root of this slump so I am out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
illWill Posted December 19, 2015 Share Posted December 19, 2015 So who wants to tackle tomorrow's GDT? No one seems to be winning much right now so maybe it's time for someone new to give it a whirl... I am a GDT virgin, perhaps that's what it takes to end the slump. I will try to figure out how 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toronthab Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 Well, I've been swamped with work and have - maybe fortunately - not been able to watch a lot of hockey lately. So to some degree I'm speaking in ignorance; on the other hand, maybe this detachment from the immediate disappointment of watching the Habs lose brings more objectivity. So what I'll say is this: the team is decimated with injuries, to key players as well as to significant role players; yet by all accounts, we're still playing well, just not scoring. Coaches always say you have to focus on the process, not the end result. If the process is sound, the wins will come, especially when we start getting the pieces back. It's fine to say that we need to go out and get a scorer, etc.; and we all know the team needs a legit top-6 option at RW, even when everyone is healthy. But it seems to me that Plekanec, Desharnais, Pacioretty, Subban, and Margarine are all proven NHL producers. They're not going to be held off the score-sheet forever. What we're seeing is a combination of injuries and slumps. It happens to every team. So: let's not over-react. We're a good team going through a bad patch. The nice thing about your posts as far as I'm concerned is that I don't have anything else to say after I read them.. other of course than the occasional.. "Like he said.. " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toronthab Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 It may not be easy but THAT is his job. How did Don find out that I advertise my hockey skills on Kijiji? Special price before Christmas. Actually.. after the excitement of the start to a new year, this is the perfect time for a slump. We have played some astonishingly good high speed hockey this year and I'm quite confident we'll see this again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbp Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 Might be non-sense but I'd think players would be playing a bit scared with Condon/Tokarski between the pipes... when they are used to Carey Price. Making slight hesitations means more time for sticks to get in the way and goalies to get set. edit: not to mention the loss of our sparkplug Gallagher. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
habs rule Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 Might be non-sense but I'd think players would be playing a bit scared with Condon/Tokarski between the pipes... when they are used to Carey Price. Making slight hesitations means more time for sticks to get in the way and goalies to get set. edit: not to mention the loss of our sparkplug Gallagher. It is not the goalies , it is the lack of offence. We buzz around , million shots but, we shoot at the goalie, the result :" a big save". Reality? Bullshit anybody can make a save when the puck hits you. They are not "hot" goalies. Our shooters are shit. (right now) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Chicoutimi Cucumber Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 It is not the goalies , it is the lack of offence. We buzz around , million shots but, we shoot at the goalie, the result :" a big save". Reality? Bullshit anybody can make a save when the puck hits you. They are not "hot" goalies. Our shooters are shit. (right now) While my 'official' attitude is that this is a slump and therefore not terribly indicative of the 'real' team, there *is* one thing that gnaws at me in this - which is how reminiscent it is of the playoffs last year against Tampa. That was another situation in which the team as a whole tended to look good, better than Tampa really, on a shift-by-shift basis, yet kept losing due to squandered scoring chances. We came out of that series talking about puck luck, goalposts, etc....and all of that was true. And yet, and yet. If the team shows a propensity to relapse into stretches where it can't buy a goal despite outplaying the opposition, maybe that does say something slightly unsettling about our club's capacity to finish. If I had to take a stab at it, I'd say that we still lack a critical mass of net-crashers and goalie-screeners. There's Gallagher and that's it. Maybe it's that, as much as a sniper per se, that we really need; and maybe that's another reason why we miss Gallagher disproportionately. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
habs rule Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 While my 'official' attitude is that this is a slump and therefore not terribly indicative of the 'real' team, there *is* one thing that gnaws at me in this - which is how reminiscent it is of the playoffs last year against Tampa. That was another situation in which the team as a whole tended to look good, better than Tampa really, on a shift-by-shift basis, yet kept losing due to squandered scoring chances. We came out of that series talking about puck luck, goalposts, etc....and all of that was true. And yet, and yet. If the team shows a propensity to relapse into stretches where it can't buy a goal despite outplaying the opposition, maybe that does say something slightly unsettling about our club's capacity to finish. If I had to take a stab at it, I'd say that we still lack a critical mass of net-crashers and goalie-screeners. There's Gallagher and that's it. Maybe it's that, as much as a sniper per se, that we really need; and maybe that's another reason why we miss Gallagher disproportionately. That is an interesting take on Gallagher's loss and I like it. But we still do not have snipers who can pick a corner, stick side. (the weak spot on every goalie). Shooting at the crest on the goalies chest will get you no goals. Hell if everyone was shooting at the crest, I'd still be playing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DON Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 Habs still only have one (maybe none) all star forward, so scoring goals may be an issue for foreseeable future (Plekanec tied for 34th in scoring race). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovett's Magnatones Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 While my 'official' attitude is that this is a slump and therefore not terribly indicative of the 'real' team, there *is* one thing that gnaws at me in this - which is how reminiscent it is of the playoffs last year against Tampa. That was another situation in which the team as a whole tended to look good, better than Tampa really, on a shift-by-shift basis, yet kept losing due to squandered scoring chances. We came out of that series talking about puck luck, goalposts, etc....and all of that was true. And yet, and yet. If the team shows a propensity to relapse into stretches where it can't buy a goal despite outplaying the opposition, maybe that does say something slightly unsettling about our club's capacity to finish. If I had to take a stab at it, I'd say that we still lack a critical mass of net-crashers and goalie-screeners. There's Gallagher and that's it. Maybe it's that, as much as a sniper per se, that we really need; and maybe that's another reason why we miss Gallagher disproportionately. They can't get the zone pressure or hold the puck long enough to cycle and get someone in front of the crease. Gallagher really helped here, he dug the puck out of the corners. Semin, imo, helped a lot to keep the puck long enough to set the forwards up. Hopefully with a return of Desharnais, Pacioretty and Weise line they can regain the chemistry of having a shooter-playmaker-puck winner that all the lines seem to have. Boy, Plekanec and Pacioretty get staler than a box of three month old raisin bran without Gallagher. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toronthab Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 Just a skid, still great effort, just no rewards are coming, standings say we are still ok Yup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Chicoutimi Cucumber Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 They can't get the zone pressure or hold the puck long enough to cycle and get someone in front of the crease. Gallagher really helped here, he dug the puck out of the corners. Semin, imo, helped a lot to keep the puck long enough to set the forwards up. Hopefully with a return of Desharnais, Pacioretty and Weise line they can regain the chemistry of having a shooter-playmaker-puck winner that all the lines seem to have. Boy, Plekanec and Pacioretty get staler than a box of three month old raisin bran without Gallagher. Damphousse and Brunet demonstrated statistically that the Habs are getting fewer shots from the slot than they did earlier in the season. It's a legit concern. However, last night really showed that the basic problem is NOT scoring per se; it's that we're getting outgoaltended night after night and the team has zero faith that its goalies will give them the key save. Lack of scoring is at least partly a symptom of a nervous, un-confident team that no longer goes out there believing it's going to win - and they're right, because you don't win with goalies who have save percentages of .902 and .878 in this league. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stogey24 Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 Don't defend these guys for not scoring. They have to put the puck in the net. We pay some of these guys big money to bury the puck, and if they can't do it without Carey in net, then trade them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DON Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 You would trade Subban? Getting a bit carried away arnt we? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stogey24 Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 Pretty sure P.K is paid to defend first and foremost. Only two forward I wouldn't trade are Galchenyuk and Gallagher Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DON Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 OK, trade Pacioretty is a bit kooky also isn't it? (PK paid $9m/yr to defend...you are funny.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlbalr Posted December 23, 2015 Author Share Posted December 23, 2015 You would trade Subban? Getting a bit carried away arnt we? If the right offer comes up, anyone should be tradable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stogey24 Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 P.K's not a defensemen? Sure he should put up points, but he's not paid to go out there and put up goals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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