GDT Feb. 21, Canadiens vs Rangers, 7 PM

[dlbalr]

 

31-20-8 Record Scratches: S. Andrighetto, D. Desharnais, G. Pateryn Injuries: None

Projected Lineup Max Pacioretty - Phillip Danault - Alexander Radulov Paul Byron - Alex Galchenyuk - Brendan Gallagher Artturi Lehkonen - Tomas Plekanec - Andrew Shaw Brian Flynn - Michael McCarron - Torrey Mitchell Alexei Emelin - Shea Weber Andrei Markov - Jeff Petry Nathan Beaulieu - Nikita Nesterov Carey Price Al Montoya

 

38-19-1 Record Scratches: A. Clendening, B. Pirri, M. Puempel Injuries: None

Projected Lineup Jimmy Vesey - Derek Stepan - Rick Nash Chris Kreider - Mika Zibanejad - Mats Zuccarello Michael Grabner - Kevin Hayes - J.T. Miller Pavel Buchnevich - Oscar Lindberg - Jesper Fast Ryan McDonagh - Dan Girardi Marc Staal - Nick Holden Brady Skjei - Kevin Klein Henrik Lundqvist Antti Raanta

 

 

Team Leaders	Montreal	NY Rangers	Game Notes
Goals	Pacioretty (28)	Grabner (26)	Puck Drop: 7:00 PM EST
Assists	Radulov (28)	Zuccarello (31)	National TV: N/A
Points	Pacioretty (50)	Miller (46)	Regional TV: RDS, SNE, MSG
PIMS	Shaw (95)	Kreider (38)	English Radio: TSN 690
+/-	Weber (+12)	Grabner (+28)	French Radio: FM 98.5

 

[KoRP]

Was hoping to see Emelin drop down the lineup, I haven't seen a reason to think he is any better on the top pairing than Beaulieu...I know, that's bad.

[zumpano21]

Will the real Habs please stand up?

[Chris]

I think these are the real habs, 

 

I feel another blow out coming on, 5-1 Rags

[The Chicoutimi Cucumber]

It will probably take 3-4 more games for the ship to right itself. I expect a loss tonight  but also a significant improvement from the Habs overall.

[Guest Stogey24]

[The Chicoutimi Cucumber]

45 minutes ago, Stogey24 said:

 

 You should photoshop Bergevin or Therrien's face on the iceberg, just as a finishing touch

[Commandant]

3 hours ago, KoRP said:

Was hoping to see Emelin drop down the lineup, I haven't seen a reason to think he is any better on the top pairing than Beaulieu...I know, that's bad.

 

Emelin was bad last game, but Beaulieu was also terrible.  Not sure he gave Julien any reason to put him higher in the lineup. 

 

They need an acquisition. 

[habs rule]

I have Faith. The boys have had a couple of days to absorb the new way of doing things, Price is back. Le Genius took the blender and the Scotch with him, so I see a win coming up tonite. AV and the Rags are going down.

 

[KoRP]

45 minutes ago, Commandant said:

 

Emelin was bad last game, but Beaulieu was also terrible.  Not sure he gave Julien any reason to put him higher in the lineup. 

 

They need an acquisition. 

Yep^

[sbhatt]

3 hours ago, Commandant said:

They need an acquisition. 

 

 

Amen!

[xXx..CK..xXx]

The lines are different tonight according to the game thread so I agree that it will tie a few games to get everything together. I specifically think Galchenyuk and Gallagher might take a few games to get their chemistry back to peak level. If we're going to try that duo out even once, I'd keep it together for at least 10 games.

 

I'm on the fence with this one. Feeling pretty good about it but also not overly optimistic at the same time. 

[Habsfan84]

 

Pateryn takes Nesterov's spot in the line-up tonight. That makes sense considering Nesterov only played 12 minutes last game.

 

Don't really get the thought of Pateryn being available however. Unless Bergevin has another move up his sleeve we don't have anyone capable of playing 7th defenceman. We saw that it really didn't work with Redmond which is why he's in the AHL. Guess we could always call up superstar Johnston. 

[habs rule]

3 minutes ago, Habsfan84 said:

 

Pateryn takes Nesterov's spot in the line-up tonight. That makes sense considering Nesterov only played 12 minutes last game.

 

Don't really get the thought of Pateryn being available however. Unless Bergevin has another move up his sleeve we don't have anyone capable of playing 7th defenceman. We saw that it really didn't work with Redmond which is why he's in the AHL. Guess we could always call up superstar Johnston. 

we just picked up Keegan Lowe, all is good now

[Guest Stogey24]

40 minutes ago, xXx..CK..xXx said:

The lines are different tonight according to the game thread so I agree that it will tie a few games to get everything together. I specifically think Galchenyuk and Gallagher might take a few games to get their chemistry back to peak level. If we're going to try that duo out even once, I'd keep it together for at least 10 games.

 

I'm on the fence with this one. Feeling pretty good about it but also not overly optimistic at the same time. 

This is just my opinion, but I never really thought those two had great chemistry together. 

[dlbalr]

2 hours ago, Habsfan84 said:

Pateryn takes Nesterov's spot in the line-up tonight. That makes sense considering Nesterov only played 12 minutes last game.

 

Don't really get the thought of Pateryn being available however. Unless Bergevin has another move up his sleeve we don't have anyone capable of playing 7th defenceman. We saw that it really didn't work with Redmond which is why he's in the AHL. Guess we could always call up superstar Johnston. 

 

I think the likely outcome here would be that Pateryn is dealt for something and then the Habs turn around and add a rental player with Nesterov serving as the #7.

[Toronthab]

3 hours ago, xXx..CK..xXx said:

The lines are different tonight according to the game thread so I agree that it will tie a few games to get everything together. I specifically think Galchenyuk and Gallagher might take a few games to get their chemistry back to peak level. If we're going to try that duo out even once, I'd keep it together for at least 10 games.

 

I'm on the fence with this one. Feeling pretty good about it but also not overly optimistic at the same time. 

Me too. Call me goofacious, but I think we'll have a good end to the season. 

 

[Lovett's Magnatones]

Can't blame Emelin for that one-he's not suitable for first pairing duty. Shouldn't take two coaches to figure that one.

[THE Bobby Orr]

its difficult to watch #11 struggle...he's such a hard worker...

[Lovett's Magnatones]

They look pretty good thus far. For the first time in many games, I've seen them force an icing and win puck battles.

[Chris]

What do you know, crash the net, score a goal. I think i saw 3 incidents of that the first period. 

 

The defense is just so slow footed, 

[THE Bobby Orr]

4 minutes ago, Lovett's Magnatones said:

They look pretty good thus far. For the first time in many games, I've seen them force an icing and win puck battles.

i thought we were the better team for the most part...

[Commandant]

Emelin and Weber CANNOT play together

 

That said I don't know how you fix it with the current lineup. 

[dlbalr]

1 minute ago, THE Bobby Orr said:

i thought we were the better team for the most part...

 

Same here.  That was a pretty good period from the Habs, better than what we've seen lately.  The penalty kill looks way more aggressive than what they've been lately too.

[THE Bobby Orr]

Just now, dlbalr said:

 

Same here.  That was a pretty good period from the Habs, better than what we've seen lately.  The penalty kill looks way more aggressive than what they've been lately too.

the PK is back to the box-defense...very tight