dlbalr Posted April 24, 2021 Share Posted April 24, 2021 It's Laval's last game for more than a week as the Rocket finish off their three-game set in Belleville while looking to pull off the sweep. Blandisi - Poehling - Lucchini Harvey-Pinard - Weal - Ylonen Baddock - Hillis - Mysak Veilleux - Vejdemo - Belzile Schueneman - Brook Paquette-Bisson - Leskinen Amorosa - Olofsson Demchenko Crookshank - Peca - Kelly Hoelscher - Brown - Kopacka Reinhardt - Kastelic - Sokolov Labate - Beaudin - Cassels Aspirot - Williams Labrie - Thomson Fortunado - Dougherty Mandolese Puck drop is at 3 PM. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomh009 Posted April 24, 2021 Share Posted April 24, 2021 Weal still out? Injured? Sick? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlbalr Posted April 24, 2021 Author Share Posted April 24, 2021 10 minutes ago, tomh009 said: Weal still out? Injured? Sick? Don't know yet. The lineups haven't been posted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlbalr Posted April 24, 2021 Author Share Posted April 24, 2021 Weal's back in along with Mysak and Baddock. Teasdale, Dauphin, and Pezzetta are scratched. I'm surprised LeGuerrier isn't in; I'd rather see him (an actual prospect) getting evaluated than an ECHL guy on a tryout deal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlbalr Posted April 24, 2021 Author Share Posted April 24, 2021 2-0 Rocket after 20 minutes. Ylonen (PPG) and Hillis with the goals; it was Hillis' first career pro goal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commandant Posted April 24, 2021 Share Posted April 24, 2021 Josh Brook with another assist (Hillis deflected his shot). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DON Posted April 24, 2021 Share Posted April 24, 2021 3-1 near end of 2nd- Poehling 2a. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomh009 Posted April 24, 2021 Share Posted April 24, 2021 26 minutes ago, DON said: 3-1 near end of 2nd- Poehling 2a. And Weal with the PPG. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commandant Posted April 24, 2021 Share Posted April 24, 2021 4-1 final... 3a for Poehling Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DON Posted April 24, 2021 Share Posted April 24, 2021 https://theahl.com/stats/game-center/1022597 Poehling 1st star, Brook 2nd star Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Habs Fan in Edmonton Posted April 24, 2021 Share Posted April 24, 2021 21 minutes ago, DON said: https://theahl.com/stats/game-center/1022597 Poehling 1st star, Brook 2nd star Is that 2 games in a row that Poehling is 1st star? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomh009 Posted April 24, 2021 Share Posted April 24, 2021 He seems to have got his game together, at least at the AHL level. After a bad season last year and a slow start this season, he has scored 21 points in 18 games. Maybe he can still do something in the NHL? Third-line potential? Of course, the Habs’ depth chart is pretty crowded at the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prime Minister Koivu Posted April 24, 2021 Share Posted April 24, 2021 10 minutes ago, tomh009 said: He seems to have got his game together, at least at the AHL level. After a bad season last year and a slow start this season, he has scored 21 points in 18 games. Maybe he can still do something in the NHL? Third-line potential? Of course, the Habs’ depth chart is pretty crowded at the moment. It bums me out a bit that we are hopeful that one of our top prospects turns into a third liner 😢 Im happy for him and I expect we will see him next year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GHT120 Posted April 24, 2021 Share Posted April 24, 2021 37 minutes ago, Prime Minister Koivu said: It bums me out a bit that we are hopeful that one of our top prospects turns into a third liner 😢 Im happy for him and I expect we will see him next year Most evaluations I read pegged him as a 3C ... not a top 6 centre ... not enough natural offence (IMO, and as said by many others, "the game" was not a harbinger of future success) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DON Posted April 24, 2021 Share Posted April 24, 2021 36 minutes ago, tomh009 said: Of course, the Habs’ depth chart is pretty crowded at the moment. Remove Frolik, Perry & Staal next season, couple others who dont resign and who knows how crowded it will be? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commandant Posted April 24, 2021 Share Posted April 24, 2021 3 minutes ago, DON said: Remove Frolik, Perry & Staal next season, couple others who dont resign and who knows how crowded it will be? With the way Perry has played, I could easily see him back next year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomh009 Posted April 25, 2021 Share Posted April 25, 2021 22 minutes ago, Commandant said: With the way Perry has played, I could easily see him back next year. If he's willing to sign for a modest price, I would expect to see him back, too. Tatar, Danault, Armia, Byron, Lehkonen ... they won't all be back but probably at least one or two of those five will be. Caufield will likely be in the lineup, and Ylonen will bid for a spot as well. There may be room for Poehling, but much depends on how many changes are made in the off-season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DON Posted April 25, 2021 Share Posted April 25, 2021 Maybe Patrick Roy will make sweeping changes top to bottom when hired this summer? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prime Minister Koivu Posted April 25, 2021 Share Posted April 25, 2021 12 hours ago, DON said: Maybe Patrick Roy will make sweeping changes top to bottom when hired this summer? I would enjoy that spectacle for five minutes of laughter followed by a decade of more tears. I hope he does the full GM and coach 🎉 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted April 25, 2021 Share Posted April 25, 2021 cant get any worse then MB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomh009 Posted April 25, 2021 Share Posted April 25, 2021 15 hours ago, DON said: Maybe Patrick Roy will make sweeping changes top to bottom when hired this summer? God, please no. I would far rather watch Bouchard learn on the job than let Roy loose as a GM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hab29RETIRED Posted April 25, 2021 Share Posted April 25, 2021 1 hour ago, tomh009 said: God, please no. I would far rather watch Bouchard learn on the job than let Roy loose as a GM. I want nothing to do with Roy. But could anyone have managed the cap and roster worse than MB has this year. Was it really essential to add two more bottom pairing/depth dmen at the deadline and tie our hands capwise?? Were all 3 call ups essential??? Did we need another old man in Stall if it was going to put us up against the cap, if we weren’t going to subtract someone else from the roster (should have traded someone rather than sending Evans down, when he hasn’t been out main issue at centre)? Couldnt we have made a move to dump Byron, even if it costed us a 2nd rounder (he’s on the books for more years - so it would have been a benefit for more than just this year). A lot of our roster issues are we have too many depth guys, some on dumb contracts (Byron), our defence is made up of of the same type of lumbering dmen. If we were going to add garbage, we should have been getting rid of more garbage than just simply waiving Mete. It’s one thing to be up against the cap because you have a lot tied up on Matthews, Marner, Tavares, and Nylander. It’s a good hole other thing to be in cap hell, because you have a lot tied up on a bunch of gas beens and over paid die a bunch of depth players. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomh009 Posted April 25, 2021 Share Posted April 25, 2021 1 hour ago, hab29RETIRED said: I want nothing to do with Roy. But could anyone have managed the cap and roster worse than MB has this year. Was it really essential to add two more bottom pairing/depth dmen at the deadline and tie our hands capwise?? Were all 3 call ups essential??? Did we need another old man in Stall if it was going to put us up against the cap, if we weren’t going to subtract someone else from the roster (should have traded someone rather than sending Evans down, when he hasn’t been out main issue at centre)? Couldnt we have made a move to dump Byron, even if it costed us a 2nd rounder (he’s on the books for more years - so it would have been a benefit for more than just this year). I think the cap management looked OK until we got to the deadline. He signed players -- and players who have contributed, for the most part -- but things fell apart at the trade deadline. Signing Merrill should have been enough. Arpon Basu speculated that Bergevin had a bigger deal in the works that fell apart, and that he then scrambled to get someone -- and the result looks like a panic move. Staal really has not worked out, I'd rather use Evans or Poehling on the fourth line and save cap room. Gustafsson has been decent on power play but was that luxury something we really needed? Still, I dread to think about Roy running this team. Would Molson actually want do that, and deal with Roy day in and day out? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hab29RETIRED Posted April 25, 2021 Share Posted April 25, 2021 49 minutes ago, tomh009 said: I think the cap management looked OK until we got to the deadline. He signed players -- and players who have contributed, for the most part -- but things fell apart at the trade deadline. Signing Merrill should have been enough. Arpon Basu speculated that Bergevin had a bigger deal in the works that fell apart, and that he then scrambled to get someone -- and the result looks like a panic move. Staal really has not worked out, I'd rather use Evans or Poehling on the fourth line and save cap room. Gustafsson has been decent on power play but was that luxury something we really needed? Still, I dread to think about Roy running this team. Would Molson actually want do that, and deal with Roy day in and day out? I want absolutely nothing to do with Roy or the other candidate from last time - blow hard Pierre “off the reservation” Macguire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GHT120 Posted April 25, 2021 Share Posted April 25, 2021 4 hours ago, hab29RETIRED said: ... Was it really essential to add two more bottom pairing/depth dmen at the deadline and tie our hands capwise?? Were all 3 call ups essential??? ... Merrill made sense to me ... the Habs did not have a 7th NHL quality defenceman ... Gustafsson, however, was (IMO) an unnecessary luxury ... an offensive specialist that they can't afford to risk playing often unless it is on the powerplay OR the Habs are losing and the cost benefit of the defensive risk is then offset by the need for a goal To my understanding the call ups were necessary to field a full team that night against Toronto ... the need was created by cap juggling by MB presumably to create space for trades ... to my mind a forward thinking GM would have better planned ... either live within your means, create more sustainable cap space or don't paint yourself into a "cap corner" on luxuries ... he tied his own hands and, to my knowledge, has never acknowledged responsibility for the Habs going down to their last call-up the very day that the call-up limit began. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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