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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?

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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.

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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.

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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 

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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.

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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) …

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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

 

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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. 

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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%.

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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. 

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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. 

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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

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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.

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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.

 

 

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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. 

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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.

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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.

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