habscout Posted November 25, 2016 Share Posted November 25, 2016 1 minute ago, Stogey24 said: Ya, then Therrien puts them all on a line together. Genius Actually in theory, it's not that stupid. It limits their suckiness to one line instead of spreading it to the other lines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stogey24 Posted November 25, 2016 Share Posted November 25, 2016 3 minutes ago, habscout said: Actually in theory, it's not that stupid. It limits their suckiness to one line instead of spreading it to the other lines.  touche Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlbalr Posted November 25, 2016 Share Posted November 25, 2016 20 minutes ago, habscout said: I follow what you're saying. However Therrien trusts Desharnais defensively ?! I'd like to see Hudon be given a legitimate chance to play regularly on the 3rd line for 5-6 consecutive games to give him a chance. I wouldn't necessarily say he trusts Desharnais defensively. However, he trusts him enough offensively that he's confident in moving him to the top six at times. (There's a debate to be had about the merits of doing so but it works for Therrien.) That level of trust isn't there with Hudon, hence Desharnais gets the edge. (Plus, one's a centre, the other a winger.) To put it a different way, if you want to run four lines, you ideally want to be able to have everyone capable of playing one of the two special teams. Hudon doesn't really fit on either at the moment. Neither does Carr, which I think is a reason why he's out while Terry - someone who can play the PK but isn't much of a producer in the NHL - is playing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JGC21 Posted November 25, 2016 Share Posted November 25, 2016 Looks like Pacioretty heard me... And Carolina challenges for no reason. So stupid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stogey24 Posted November 25, 2016 Share Posted November 25, 2016 I knew that line would work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stogey24 Posted November 25, 2016 Share Posted November 25, 2016 Grind out another win. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott462 Posted November 25, 2016 Share Posted November 25, 2016 Great third period for Max we need more of that. Price was sharp tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JGC21 Posted November 25, 2016 Share Posted November 25, 2016 Happy for the win...but, even with 1.5 seconds left they lose the faceoff in their own end and Carolina gets a shot on Price. This team really likes to live dangerously. Scoring troubles aside, they need to do something on the defensive side of their game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Habsfan84 Posted November 25, 2016 Author Share Posted November 25, 2016 Certainly not our best game by any means but we got the win. Hopefully that goal by Patches will get him going. He hit a post soon after scoring so at least he's shooting. He's streaky so eventually something has to give. Tough set of games upcoming. Needed this win. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stogey24 Posted November 25, 2016 Share Posted November 25, 2016 Just now, JGC21 said: Happy for the win...but, even with 1.5 seconds left they lose the faceoff in their own end and Carolina gets a shot on Price. This team really likes to live dangerously. Scoring troubles aside, they need to do something on the defensive side of their game. I'll stop with the constant negativity and I know this team's record is great, but they don't impress me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JGC21 Posted November 25, 2016 Share Posted November 25, 2016 Just now, Stogey24 said: I'll stop with the constant negativity and I know this team's record is great, but they don't impress me. Yeah, they have a great record but their overall game is ho-hum, especially their last 6 contests. Team seems to be in a funk and I think it's related to a bunch of core players sucking right now (Plex, Patches, Gally, Petry). I thought Carolina dominated the game tonight and could easily have won. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neech Posted November 25, 2016 Share Posted November 25, 2016 Ugly blah game. Sometimes Radulov seems like our only hope. Nice to see Patches finally snipe a hard wrister. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott462 Posted November 25, 2016 Share Posted November 25, 2016 Meh there were a couple games we should have won during the last 5 games. Thats just how how she goes sometimes. Carolina is the hottest team in the league right now. Glad we were able to put a dent in their run. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zumpano21 Posted November 25, 2016 Share Posted November 25, 2016 Quite satisfied with the win. The only goal they managed was atypical of Price and Pax got on the board and also had a slick wrister off the iron. Looking forward to the California road trip and hoping for 2 of 3 in the Golden State. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stogey24 Posted November 25, 2016 Share Posted November 25, 2016 Chucky 3 for 12 on faceoffs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Chicoutimi Cucumber Posted November 25, 2016 Share Posted November 25, 2016 1 hour ago, JGC21 said: Yeah, they have a great record but their overall game is ho-hum, especially their last 6 contests. Team seems to be in a funk and I think it's related to a bunch of core players sucking right now (Plex, Patches, Gally, Petry). I thought Carolina dominated the game tonight and could easily have won. The record is actually pretty impressive, considering that the guys you list have really not done much so far. Few teams could top the standings with so many core pieces playing at subpar levels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Machine of Loving Grace Posted November 25, 2016 Share Posted November 25, 2016 1 hour ago, Stogey24 said: Chucky 3 for 12 on faceoffs That's fine. He's still learning. Has to catch up since Therrien kept putting him off centre last season and the season before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott462 Posted November 25, 2016 Share Posted November 25, 2016 7 hours ago, Machine of Loving Grace said: That's fine. He's still learning. Has to catch up since Therrien kept putting him off centre last season and the season before. Yeah not too worried about the faceoffs. His defensive zone coverage needs work though. A couple fly by lazy plays that could of burned us pretty bad and some did against Ottawa. He needs to work a little harder in our end since he is our 1 centre. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Chicoutimi Cucumber Posted November 25, 2016 Share Posted November 25, 2016 Yep. Given that Plex may be done as a legit no. 2 C, it's Chucky or bust. And even there, we're still structurally weak at the position, as appears to be an iron law of the Montreal Canadiens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DON Posted November 25, 2016 Share Posted November 25, 2016 10 minutes ago, The Chicoutimi Cucumber said: Yep. Given that Plex may be done as a legit no. 2 C, it's Chucky or bust. And even there, we're still structurally weak at the position, as appears to be an iron law of the Montreal Canadiens. Patrice Bergeron 5pts 17gms, $6.875m/yr...washed up also? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Chicoutimi Cucumber Posted November 25, 2016 Share Posted November 25, 2016 57 minutes ago, DON said: Patrice Bergeron 5pts 17gms, $6.875m/yr...washed up also? Beats me. It's possible. Some fans seem to act as though it is impossible for players ever to get old or lose a step. Pleks is 34 with a lot of hard miles, and visibly slower than he used to be. Decline in his production would be really quite within the parameters of the normal - unlike, say, Gomez's bizarre evaporation at age 30. The issue I see with Pleks is the loss of foot-speed; for a guy whose game has generally been of the 'torpedo' variety involving speed + shot, without a whole lot of playmaking, let alone greasy goals of the 'banging and crashing' type, that is a significant issue. Now, maybe he's playing through an injury or something. Otherwise, he still brings value as a smart, experienced checking C, and like many declining players he could still go on hot streaks here and there, but that doesn't change the fact of the decline. If this is right, then it's an ironic outcome: just as the Habs FINALLY go out and get a legitimate top-6 FW in Radulov, one of our other top-6 FWs reverts to being a bottom-6 checker, leaving us, as before, with only 4 bona-fide top-6 FWs. Pretty dreary timing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Machine of Loving Grace Posted November 25, 2016 Share Posted November 25, 2016 For some reason defensive forwards are having a hard time this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stogey24 Posted November 25, 2016 Share Posted November 25, 2016 Plekanec was shit last year too. He just had big start to the year. I saw this coming from a mile away Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Chicoutimi Cucumber Posted November 25, 2016 Share Posted November 25, 2016 5 minutes ago, Stogey24 said: Plekanec was shit last year too. He just had big start to the year. I saw this coming from a mile away I was ringing the gong about it last year too, but voices like ours were shouted down because Pleks's stats were decent overall. It's getting harder and harder to do that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commandant Posted November 25, 2016 Share Posted November 25, 2016 Pleks has played huge defensive minutes this year, with DD taking over the third line instead of Eller. I think if you kept him with Max and Gallagher and gave them offensive assignments, the line would score. But that leaves Mitchell and DD taking the D-zone shifts and while Mitchell is fine, no one wants DD in that role. I think that is why the Habs are rumored to be after Hanzal, cause he can take the defensive stuff and open up other lines to produce offence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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