alfredoh2009 Posted August 8, 2022 Share Posted August 8, 2022 with the WJC about to start and the rainy weather feeling like early fall, I thought it would be a good time to start a thread for "tankers". This way we safely cheer for any loses from our beloved Habs that brings them closer to drafting first overall once again. Go Habs Go!!! 14 hours ago, dlbalr said: Joshua Roy was on the top line at practice for Canada today. That surprises me. Kidney is on the fifth line. That one doesn't surprise me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prime Minister Koivu Posted August 8, 2022 Share Posted August 8, 2022 While picking first again would be incredible, I expect the Habs to be better than last season. Perhaps a full season with Marty means a 50 goal season for Caufield 🥳 I expect a top ten pick but I doubt we finish last this season. I’m not even sure we pick top 4. One thing is for sure that I want Chicago to get screwed in the draft lottery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GHT120 Posted August 8, 2022 Share Posted August 8, 2022 4 hours ago, Prime Minister Koivu said: While picking first again would be incredible, I expect the Habs to be better than last season. Perhaps a full season with Marty means a 50 goal season for Caufield 🥳 I expect a top ten pick but I doubt we finish last this season. I’m not even sure we pick top 4. One thing is for sure that I want Chicago to get screwed in the draft lottery. Even the 11th worst team (22nd place overall) has a chance at picking first ... only the 16th place team doesn't have a chance at a top 4 pick ... of course the Habs also have a chance of making the playoffs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Chicoutimi Cucumber Posted August 8, 2022 Share Posted August 8, 2022 I think our FW unit is good enough to be a bubble team, but our D is a tire-fire waiting to happen. So we'll finish soundly out of the playoffs, although I expect a spirited effort from a young team playing hard and having fun. How, though, is anyone going to do worse than Chicago? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Habs Fan in Edmonton Posted August 8, 2022 Share Posted August 8, 2022 2 hours ago, The Chicoutimi Cucumber said: I think our FW unit is good enough to be a bubble team, but our D is a tire-fire waiting to happen. So we'll finish soundly out of the playoffs, although I expect a spirited effort from a young team playing hard and having fun. How, though, is anyone going to do worse than Chicago? I tend to agree. I think a reasonable prediction is bottom 10 but it's always difficult to predict from year to year as a lot of unexpected things can happen to change things ie; injuries to key personnel, young guys develop better/worse than expected. I think the health of Carey Price will determine a lot this year. I don't think anyone will be worse than Chicago. I don't like to wish bad things on other teams but wouldn't mind seeing Florida struggle a bit. Having 2 lottery picks would be amazing but that's probably wishful thinking. However losing Weegar and Chiarot on defense certainly makes them vulnerable there. A key injury on defense and they are in big trouble. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Chicoutimi Cucumber Posted August 8, 2022 Share Posted August 8, 2022 2 minutes ago, Habs Fan in Edmonton said: I don't like to wish bad things on other teams but wouldn't mind seeing Florida struggle a bit. Having 2 lottery picks would be amazing but that's probably wishful thinking. However losing Weegar and Chiarot on defense certainly makes them vulnerable there. A key injury on defense and they are in big trouble. You're a better man than me...I wish nothing but hot, fiery, agonizing death to Toronto and Ottawa in particular, and wretched, humiliating failure to Boston. No amount of suffering is too much for those three franchises in my book. As for Florida, they have made very foolish decisions managerially IMHO, plus they are one of Bettman's bullcrap expansion teams, so hey, if they crap out, that's really just fine by me. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlbalr Posted August 8, 2022 Share Posted August 8, 2022 3 hours ago, The Chicoutimi Cucumber said: How, though, is anyone going to do worse than Chicago? People were asking the same question last season with who could do worse than Arizona and we all know how that turned out which was something no one was expecting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Chicoutimi Cucumber Posted August 9, 2022 Share Posted August 9, 2022 2 hours ago, dlbalr said: People were asking the same question last season with who could do worse than Arizona and we all know how that turned out which was something no one was expecting. True. But the odds of us being “that team” two years running are pretty slender… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Habs Fan in Edmonton Posted August 9, 2022 Share Posted August 9, 2022 4 hours ago, The Chicoutimi Cucumber said: You're a better man than me...I wish nothing but hot, fiery, agonizing death to Toronto and Ottawa in particular, and wretched, humiliating failure to Boston. No amount of suffering is too much for those three franchises in my book. As for Florida, they have made very foolish decisions managerially IMHO, plus they are one of Bettman's bullcrap expansion teams, so hey, if they crap out, that's really just fine by me. I don't wish a hot fiery, agonizing death for Toronto, at least not in the regular season. I love seeing them have a good regular season (so they don't get a lottery pick), beat Florida every time this year, maybe even win the division and then go out in the first round. That's almost a perfect scenario. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hab29RETIRED Posted August 9, 2022 Share Posted August 9, 2022 13 hours ago, Prime Minister Koivu said: While picking first again would be incredible, I expect the Habs to be better than last season. Perhaps a full season with Marty means a 50 goal season for Caufield 🥳 I expect a top ten pick but I doubt we finish last this season. I’m not even sure we pick top 4. One thing is for sure that I want Chicago to get screwed in the draft lottery. Chicago and Phoenix both falling would be sweet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xXx..CK..xXx Posted August 10, 2022 Share Posted August 10, 2022 Hopefully this thread fades into the abyss… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Habsfan89 Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 It's a deep draft in the top 10. So i would be okay picking anywhere in the top 10. But would love back to back 1st overall picks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbhatt Posted August 19, 2022 Share Posted August 19, 2022 With this defense in front of Allen/Montembeault I think we'll have a reasonable shot at Bedard, or great shot at a top 5 pick at least. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DON Posted August 19, 2022 Share Posted August 19, 2022 10 hours ago, sbhatt said: With this defense in front of Allen/Montembeault I think we'll have a reasonable shot at Bedard, or great shot at a top 5 pick at least. I dunno, i think defending will be weakest and goalies will be tested for sure? But, how much an impact will the big rookie have? 15g...20? Dadanov & Hoffman likely keen to show 'something' to contending teams as careers wind down. Will it translate into more offense and then a couple picks in late Feb? So kinda think will score a bit more, but should be in lower 3rd of standings anyways. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomh009 Posted August 19, 2022 Share Posted August 19, 2022 From last season, we'll be missing Toffoli, Chiarot, Petry and Lehkonen. On the other hand, we have Dadonov and Monahan (later), and some youngsters developing and the St-Louis effect. Better than last year? I think much depends on goaltending, will Allen stay healthy and can Montembeault be more consistent? I don't expect to be the worst team in the league but surely well into the lottery range. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alfredoh2009 Posted August 19, 2022 Author Share Posted August 19, 2022 I do not want the D prospects in the NHL roster. Schueneman should be in the Habs lineup and they may trade for another NHL D for the tank Montembeault should play as much as possible so that Allen is healthy and at full trade-deadline value Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huzer Posted August 19, 2022 Share Posted August 19, 2022 2 hours ago, tomh009 said: From last season, we'll be missing Toffoli, Chiarot, Petry and Lehkonen. On the other hand, we have Dadonov and Monahan (later), and some youngsters developing and the St-Louis effect. Better than last year? I think much depends on goaltending, will Allen stay healthy and can Montembeault be more consistent? I don't expect to be the worst team in the league but surely well into the lottery range. No Kulak, no Romanov. The D is going to be a mess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hab29RETIRED Posted August 19, 2022 Share Posted August 19, 2022 2 hours ago, tomh009 said: From last season, we'll be missing Toffoli, Chiarot, Petry and Lehkonen. On the other hand, we have Dadonov and Monahan (later), and some youngsters developing and the St-Louis effect. Better than last year? I think much depends on goaltending, will Allen stay healthy and can Montembeault be more consistent? I don't expect to be the worst team in the league but surely well into the lottery range. We will probably be the worst in our division- I think only Buffalo has the potential to be worse. Ottawa and Detroit have both significantly improved. In the East only the Flyers will probably finish below is, but the Islanders could also slide below us. I can’t see anyone else being worse in the East, and I don’t see us being better than anyone else - depending on how our kids on D do, and what happens with our goaltending. We definitely SHOULD NOT be worse than Phoenix, Chicago, or the Flyers though. I’d say we probably finish between the bottom 5 and 10. If the goaltending is what it was last year or worse, or the kids don’t over achieve at all, than we could slide into the 3 to 5 range, but I think we should be able to score more than last year. So unless pretty much all of the following occur, we are probably a lottery pick, and there is still a chance at Bedard: - Guhle and Slafkovsky are Calder candidates - Harris/Barron prove show that they can be legit top 4 Dmen - Dach shows he deserved his draft position - someone is capable of being a true number # goalie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hab29RETIRED Posted August 19, 2022 Share Posted August 19, 2022 25 minutes ago, huzer said: No Kulak, no Romanov. The D is going to be a mess. It was already a mess with them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DON Posted August 19, 2022 Share Posted August 19, 2022 31 minutes ago, huzer said: No Kulak Is a plus. 31 minutes ago, huzer said: no Romanov I think Matheson is more than capable replacement, different style and will miss the bone crunching hits but more offense from the backend is needed. 6 minutes ago, hab29RETIRED said: It was already a mess with them! And i can agree with 29...but Petry's play and missing Edmundson for so long, likely hurt the most. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Chicoutimi Cucumber Posted August 19, 2022 Share Posted August 19, 2022 38 minutes ago, hab29RETIRED said: It was already a mess with them! Yes. We have average-to-below-average G and one of the worst blueline corps in all of hockey. I think we will “contend” for the lottery pick. I still think our current D configuration is inadequate from a purely developmental POV. We should get one more veteran bottom-3 defender. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prime Minister Koivu Posted August 19, 2022 Share Posted August 19, 2022 I would be happy to lose many games 6-5 so that players get lots of points to increase their trade value Drouin and Monahan I’m looking at you 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alfredoh2009 Posted September 8, 2022 Author Share Posted September 8, 2022 With Dach and Primeau signed it seems like the Habs have their NHL roster plus a few extra players coming into training camp barring trades, I hope they finish bottom 3; don’t see how they saouls finish better than bottom 10 Tank hard for Bedard! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Chicoutimi Cucumber Posted September 8, 2022 Share Posted September 8, 2022 I like how the Habs are self-defining in terms of free-wheeling offence. That clip of Hughes talking to Dach showed him emphasizing MSL’s offensive approach. They’re setting young players up for offensive success. This bodes very well for a terrible team that can nevertheless generate a lot of goals, leading to plenty of exciting 6-5 losses and, quite likely, a number of embarrassing 7-2 type blowouts. On 8/19/2022 at 10:56 AM, Prime Minister Koivu said: I would be happy to lose many games 6-5 so that players get lots of points to increase their trade value Drouin and Monahan I’m looking at you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hab29RETIRED Posted September 8, 2022 Share Posted September 8, 2022 43 minutes ago, alfredoh2009 said: With Dach and Primeau signed it seems like the Habs have their NHL roster plus a few extra players coming into training camp barring trades, I hope they finish bottom 3; don’t see how they saouls finish better than bottom 10 Tank hard for Bedard! Well, they shouldn’t dead last again - Chicago and Phoenix will be much worse. Its going to depend on whether the D is as bad as I think it is, or if some kids really step up and help mitigate the other big weakness in goal. this definitely is the year to finish last, ot at least bottom two. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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