dlbalr Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 8-4-2 Record Scratches: Armia, Kulak Injuries: N/A Jonathan Drouin - Nick Suzuki - Josh Anderson Tyler Toffoli - Phillip Danault - Brendan GallagherTomas Tatar - Jesperi Kotkaniemi - Corey Perry Artturi Lehkonen - Jake Evans - Paul ByronBen Chiarot - Shea WeberJoel Edmundson - Jeff PetryVictor Mete - Alexander Romanov Carey PriceJake Allen 11-2-1 Record Scratches: Lehtonen, Liljegren Injuries: Campbell, Simmonds, Thornton Zach Hyman - Auston Matthews- Mitch MarnerWilliam Nylander - John Tavares - Ilya MikheyevPierre Engvall - Alex Kerfoot - Jimmy VeseyNic Petan - Travis Boyd - Jason SpezzaMorgan Rielly - T.J. BrodieJake Muzzin - Justin Holl Travis Dermott - Zach BogosianFrederik AndersenMichael Hutchinson Team Leaders Montreal Toronto Game Notes Goals Anderson/Toffoli (9) Matthews (11) Puck Drop: 7:00 PM EST Assists Drouin (10) Marner (15) National TV: CBC, TVAS, NHLN Points Petry (14) Marner (21) Regional TV: N/A PIMS Chiarot (28) Simmonds (22) English Radio: TSN 690 +/- Edmundson (+14) Hyman (+11) French Radio: FM 98.5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlbalr Posted February 13, 2021 Author Share Posted February 13, 2021 Note that Montreal's lines are unconfirmed but there are suggestions from practice that Mete may be in for Kulak and Perry was getting PP1 work with Armia staying out after practice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GHT120 Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 BIG game for the Claude Julien tonight ... and it comes at the worst possible time ... team currently looks nothing like the team that started the season and, *** IF *** Bergevin has any doubts about his coach, tomorrow is the only logical chance MB has to make a change until after the season ... the Habs have six days off after tonight and then are into one day off between games (or 2 games in 3 days) until three days off before the last two games of the season ... *** NOT*** that I expect a change, just saying this is the fish or cut bait moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zumpano21 Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 I don’t see this as a coaching issue. I honestly think our players assume they’re an elite squad and an automatic playoff team. This line of thinking has made them complacent. Our players need to be more professional in their attitude and simply put on their work boots every night. This might actually be a good thing. Cruising through the Reg season into the playoffs is never a guarantee of success when it matters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GHT120 Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 Just now, zumpano21 said: I don’t see this as a coaching issue. I honestly think our players assume they’re an elite squad and an automatic playoff team. This line of thinking has made them complacent. Our players need to be more professional in their attitude and simply put on their work boots every night. This might actually be a good thing. Cruising through the Reg season into the playoffs is never a guarantee of success when it matters. And I am not suggesting it is a coaching issue ... I somewhat agree, also feel that opponents have played better and teams just suffer from the normal ebb and flow of a season ... but the old saying is true, its easier to change a coach than trade a bunch of players ... and trades are even more challenging than usual due to the flat cap, quarantine impacts with 24 US-based teams and possible concerns about how often you have to face a player traded in the SCOTIA North Division The question is whether Bergevin is confident the team will rebound ... a bad loss tonight and MB may not sleep well tonight Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomh009 Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 3 hours ago, GHT120 said: BIG game for the Claude Julien tonight ... and it comes at the worst possible time ... team currently looks nothing like the team that started the season and, *** IF *** Bergevin has any doubts about his coach, tomorrow is the only logical chance MB has to make a change until after the season ... the Habs have six days off after tonight and then are into one day off between games (or 2 games in 3 days) until three days off before the last two games of the season ... *** NOT*** that I expect a change, just saying this is the fish or cut bait moment. I just can't see Bergevin making a coaching change at this point in time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GHT120 Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 Just now, tomh009 said: I just can't see Bergevin making a coaching change at this point in time. As I've said, I don't expect it either ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbhatt Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 I want to see a tougher Claude Julien behind the bench tonight. He needs to sit passengers in favor of guys who are going hard regardless of experience/salary level, and let it be known that bad penalties will result in benchings. It's time to get team discipline up to a high level and hold everyone accountable...the season is too short for patience. They need to win this game. I need them to win this game...I cannot stomach the thought of Leafs fans taunting me with "3-0" until April when we next play them!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir_Boagalott Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 3 hours ago, zumpano21 said: I don’t see this as a coaching issue. I honestly think our players assume they’re an elite squad and an automatic playoff team. This line of thinking has made them complacent. Our players need to be more professional in their attitude and simply put on their work boots every night. This might actually be a good thing. Cruising through the Reg season into the playoffs is never a guarantee of success when it matters. The strange thing is that it almost seems like the opposite is true. The more pro they play and the harder the Habs try they end up forcing plays that don't work out. When they are screwing around having fun playing pond hockey they look like the 70's Habs. I think this lil slump could potentially be a good thing too. Its a wake up call and should help them long term. Just imagine if no Cdn team had figured out to check the Habs and this was happening in the 3rd or 4th round of the playoffs. The Habs need to start flipping out. i.e. stop passing and try flipping the puck up the ice to slightly in front of their forwards. The real issue is they need to sucessfully get the puck up the ice. The aggressive forechecking is preventing that. The Habs have speed so using aggressive forechecking against them could backfire. The Habs are fast so they should easily be able to blow by numerous opponents in the neutral zone. I think its possible that if the Habs can routinely get the puck up the ice they could create a lot of odd man rushes and destroy teams. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prime Minister Koivu Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 We are winning this one big Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prime Minister Koivu Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 No TAtar? Hurt or scratched? I hope we get Perry KK Armia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DON Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 Tatar is healthy scratch, i heard Not sure why? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
habscout Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 17 minutes ago, DON said: Tatar is healthy scratch, i heard Not sure why? I am not sure, but it may be performance based. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GHT120 Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 18 minutes ago, DON said: Tatar is healthy scratch, i heard Not sure why? Trade pending? Couldn't resist Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir_Boagalott Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 16 minutes ago, DON said: Tatar is healthy scratch, i heard Not sure why? Is it for size or physicality reason? The Leafs are more physical so subbing in a larger Perry over Tatar could make sense. Plus Perry excels at being annoying around the oppositions net. The Habs dont need to score pretty goals they need goals anyway they cant get them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GHT120 Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 31 minutes ago, Prime Minister Koivu said: No TAtar? Hurt or scratched? I hope we get Perry KK Armia RDS says Perry on 4th line with Evans and Byron and Lehkonen on LW with KK and Armia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
habscout Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 Danault looked bad on that goal against. Ugh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbhatt Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 Danault is absolutely useless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commandant Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 Just now, sbhatt said: Danault is absolutely useless. What are Chiarot and Weber doing? Why is Marner wide open? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbhatt Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 1 minute ago, Commandant said: What are Chiarot and Weber doing? Why is Marner wide open? They were bad on that goal too, but have looked engaged in other games this season more often than not. Danault, however, has been mailing it in more often than not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GHT120 Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 2 minutes ago, Commandant said: What are Chiarot and Weber doing? Why is Marner wide open? BAD turnover by Danault ... BAD net front coverage by Weber and Chiarot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xXx..CK..xXx Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 17 minutes ago, Sir_Boagalott said: Is it for size or physicality reason? The Leafs are more physical so subbing in a larger Perry over Tatar could make sense. Plus Perry excels at being annoying around the oppositions net. The Habs dont need to score pretty goals they need goals anyway they cant get them. The Habs also put Mete in, so I’m not sure it’s that. I like Perry, but I am once again not sure that Tatar is the one that I would pull out in his favor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCHabnut Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 Should I bother turning it on? Not looking good so far Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GHT120 Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 1 minute ago, xXx..CK..xXx said: The Habs also put Mete in, so I’m not sure it’s that. I like Perry, but I am once again not sure that Tatar is the one that I would pull out in his favor. Absent unknown injury ... think it may have been more CJ deciding he "needed" to sit TT than wanting to get Perry into the lineup Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GHT120 Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 1 minute ago, BCHabnut said: Should I bother turning it on? Not looking good so far MAYBE its 1-0 because you aren't/weren't watching Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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