GHT120 Posted October 30 Share Posted October 30 14 minutes ago, hab29RETIRED said: They should send wifi down as well. Don't disagree he may need time in Laval ... but someone then has to come up as the 7D? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomh009 Posted October 30 Author Share Posted October 30 18 minutes ago, hab29RETIRED said: I like these lines - need to get Dach going and Heineman has a great shot, so it's another shooting option if Caufield is covered. I do wonder whether Dach-Kapanen-Slafkovsky would be better, given Dach's struggles at C, but that's an easy change to make on the fly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prime Minister Koivu Posted October 30 Share Posted October 30 Defensive pairings at practice today: Matheson - Barron Hutson - Savard Guhle - Struble Xhekaj - Mailloux Mailloux gets sent down and it’s likely that Xhekaj sits tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Habs Fan in Edmonton Posted October 30 Share Posted October 30 2 hours ago, tomh009 said: Maybe yes, but a lot of unknowns yet for the three young players (Kapanen, Beck and Hage), two of whom have yet to play an NHL game. Of course, I am assuming a certain amount of growth in their game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prime Minister Koivu Posted October 30 Share Posted October 30 This Data Puck guy posts stuff using this style of map. Is anyone able to explain how to read this Montembault data? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomh009 Posted October 30 Author Share Posted October 30 Basically for shots from the red areas Montembeault is giving up more goals than expected (negative GSAx) whereas from the blue areas he is allowing fewer goals than expected (positive GSAx). It looks like shots from his right are his weakness, but what would be interesting to know, in addition, would be where those shots are getting through. I don't think the NHL data includes that yet, though. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prime Minister Koivu Posted October 31 Share Posted October 31 58 minutes ago, tomh009 said: Basically for shots from the red areas Montembeault is giving up more goals than expected (negative GSAx) whereas from the blue areas he is allowing fewer goals than expected (positive GSAx). It looks like shots from his right are his weakness, but what would be interesting to know, in addition, would be where those shots are getting through. I don't think the NHL data includes that yet, though. Thanks Tom, seems easy to read now! The right side sure does look like a problem for Montembault Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commandant Posted October 31 Share Posted October 31 5 minutes ago, Prime Minister Koivu said: Thanks Tom, seems easy to read now! The right side sure does look like a problem for Montembault Or the right side is the weaker side of our defence with Guhle hurt and savard regressing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prime Minister Koivu Posted October 31 Share Posted October 31 4 minutes ago, Commandant said: Or the right side is the weaker side of our defence with Guhle hurt and savard regressing. This would make more sense than Montembault being poor on his right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butterface Posted October 31 Share Posted October 31 Calgary is now 17th in league after their hot start and no longer in playoffs (just outside wild card)… 12% of schedule has been played. They are falling off fast at 5-4-1 They have UFAs to sell off by deadline… imagine it will be hard to keep them out of the bottom 10. Cheer for them (for now) … Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DON Posted October 31 Share Posted October 31 Well well, Heineman is on the 1st line, interesting? I like it; might not last long but will shall see. "He's a guy with a lot of speed and a great shot," David Savard said. "He can create space for others with his speed. He's extremely strong physically even if he's not the biggest [6-foot-2 and 198 pounds]. He often wins his battles. It's going to give him a chance to play a little bit more and see what he can do." Slaf-Dach-Kapanen line, hmm. Again, i like Kapanen so i like it. Poor Newhook on 4th line, my god Dvorak seems like a dead weight out there. Guhle-Struble practicing, will likely end up Guhle-Hutson before end of game. Canadiens: Martin St-Louis stirs up the soup after the thaw against the Kraken | JDM "After a short three-game stint on the right side of Nick Suzuki and Cole Caufield, Dach had one of his worst games since wearing the Habs uniform on Tuesday. Martin St-Louis demoted him from first to second line, then to the fourth, benched him for nearly half a period and barely concealed his criticism of him after the game for coverage errors on face-offs in the defensive zone and for taking a bad penalty. He didn't explicitly name him, but it was just like that." Kirby Dach, the essential cog still rusty | Radio-Canada Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Habs Fan in Edmonton Posted October 31 Share Posted October 31 17 minutes ago, DON said: "After a short three-game stint on the right side of Nick Suzuki and Cole Caufield, Dach had one of his worst games since wearing the Habs uniform on Tuesday. Martin St-Louis demoted him from first to second line, then to the fourth, benched him for nearly half a period and barely concealed his criticism of him after the game for coverage errors on face-offs in the defensive zone and for taking a bad penalty. He didn't explicitly name him, but it was just like that." Kirby Dach, the essential cog still rusty | Radio-Canada Dach is - 12 right now. Not the start we were hoping for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prime Minister Koivu Posted October 31 Share Posted October 31 Dach gets a good opportunity to turn things around tonight. Both Slafkovsky and Kapanen are defensively responsible but offensively minded. Armia can grind the boards all he wants with Dvorak and Newhook needs a kick in the pants. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DON Posted October 31 Share Posted October 31 6 minutes ago, Habs Fan in Edmonton said: Dach is - 12 right now. Not the start we were hoping for. Folks were predicting big offense from him and Laine, but both have missed alot of games and like Caufield will need some time to get back to 100%. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prime Minister Koivu Posted October 31 Share Posted October 31 42 minutes ago, DON said: Folks were predicting big offense from him and Laine, but both have missed alot of games and like Caufield will need some time to get back to 100%. Yep I’m guilty of rose coloured glasses and over optimism. My guess of 70-80 points for Dach isn’t going to get even close! BUT Dach will get 80 points next season for sure 🤡 Seriously though Laine - Dach - Demidov should be good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Habs Fan in Edmonton Posted October 31 Share Posted October 31 I really like Jake Evans too but 3.5-4.0M a year for a guy that has averaged 8 goals/82 games in his career? I believe Evans wants to stay but I hope his expectations aren't that high. Jake Evans wants to stay in Montreal: Kent Hughes can’t let him go Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Chicoutimi Cucumber Posted October 31 Share Posted October 31 39 minutes ago, Habs Fan in Edmonton said: I really like Jake Evans too but 3.5-4.0M a year for a guy that has averaged 8 goals/82 games in his career? I believe Evans wants to stay but I hope his expectations aren't that high. Jake Evans wants to stay in Montreal: Kent Hughes can’t let him go The Danault comparable is ridiculous. HuGo aren’t MB and won’t sign him for that. 1 hour ago, Habs Fan in Edmonton said: Dach is - 12 right now. Not the start we were hoping for. Dach is thus far bearing out all of my pessimism. Unfortunately. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Habs Fan in Edmonton Posted October 31 Share Posted October 31 38 minutes ago, The Chicoutimi Cucumber said: The Danault comparable is ridiculous. HuGo aren’t MB and won’t sign him for that. Agree on both points. Danault is a 15-20 goal, 45 - 50 point guy. No comparison. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Habs Fan in Edmonton Posted November 1 Share Posted November 1 Now this seems really stupid. Why would the Habs give up this early on a young talented French Canadian kid?? Georges Laraque expects Joshua Roy to be traded Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prime Minister Koivu Posted November 1 Share Posted November 1 6 hours ago, Habs Fan in Edmonton said: Now this seems really stupid. Why would the Habs give up this early on a young talented French Canadian kid?? Georges Laraque expects Joshua Roy to be traded When Laraque was an Edmonton Oiler I had a very positive opinion of him. Then he became a Montreal Canadien and I was blown away with how much of a useless, yapping idiot he was. Pierre McGuire has more intelligent things to say Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GHT120 Posted November 1 Share Posted November 1 10 hours ago, Habs Fan in Edmonton said: Now this seems really stupid. Why would the Habs give up this early on a young talented French Canadian kid?? Georges Laraque expects Joshua Roy to be traded ... if the Habs ever decide to look for reinforcements (everyone knows the Habs are looking for reinforcements), they’ll have to give more than “Joel Armia and a deuce” or something like that. Could Roy, given everything we know about him, be a trade candidate? It’s not impossible. They are hardly suggesting the Habs will "give up" on Roy ... but if they do look for reinforcements for the current lineup Roy is certainly one of the pieces that other teams might want that the habs would be willing to include (e.g., not Guhle, Hutson, etc.) ... I absolutely LOVE the they’ll have to give more than “Joel Armia and a deuce” or something like that description. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GHT120 Posted November 1 Share Posted November 1 Given the Habs recent defensive zone deficiencies, I wonder if we are seeing why HuGo so valued Reinbacher ... other than Guhle and Hutson do the Habs have a top four quality young defenceman ... Mailloux has the offence but can he become a legitimate NHL defender ... Xhekaj, Barron and Struble are looking like no more than 5/6/7 defenders ... Savard is almost done and Matheson is only tied up for one more season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Habs Fan in Edmonton Posted November 1 Share Posted November 1 33 minutes ago, GHT120 said: ... if the Habs ever decide to look for reinforcements (everyone knows the Habs are looking for reinforcements), they’ll have to give more than “Joel Armia and a deuce” or something like that. Could Roy, given everything we know about him, be a trade candidate? It’s not impossible. They are hardly suggesting the Habs will "give up" on Roy ... but if they do look for reinforcements for the current lineup Roy is certainly one of the pieces that other teams might want that the habs would be willing to include (e.g., not Guhle, Hutson, etc.) ... I absolutely LOVE the they’ll have to give more than “Joel Armia and a deuce” or something like that description. It's certainly not impossible. In the right deal anyone could be available. Just saying I highly doubt the Habs are looking to trade Roy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Chicoutimi Cucumber Posted November 1 Share Posted November 1 1 hour ago, GHT120 said: Given the Habs recent defensive zone deficiencies, I wonder if we are seeing why HuGo so valued Reinbacher ... other than Guhle and Hutson do the Habs have a top four quality young defenceman ... Mailloux has the offence but can he become a legitimate NHL defender ... Xhekaj, Barron and Struble are looking like no more than 5/6/7 defenders ... Savard is almost done and Matheson is only tied up for one more season. That is a perceptive point. Maybe HuGo were more realistic about our young D than we were. Reinbacher was a crown jewel, so of course he suffers a catastrophic injury. I know it’s very early with Dach, but his disastrous start to this season kind of reminds us of what missing an entire year of development can do to a kid. I would temper my expectations around Reinbacher now. This rebuild may end up requiring more reinforcements via the UFA/trade route than we would have liked. Including to our supposed area of strength, i.e., defence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Chicoutimi Cucumber Posted November 1 Share Posted November 1 5 hours ago, Prime Minister Koivu said: When Laraque was an Edmonton Oiler I had a very positive opinion of him. Then he became a Montreal Canadien and I was blown away with how much of a useless, yapping idiot he was. Pierre McGuire has more intelligent things to say Laraque is a bonehead and was a POS as a Hab. Worthless garbage. McGuire was out of control for a long time, but flaming out in Ottawa, and perhaps his unfortunate health issues, seem to have tempered him with a touch of humility. He’s worth listening to now IMHO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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