GDT Game #25 Islanders at Montreal 7pm Tuesday Dec. 3

[Habs Fan in Edmonton]

28 minutes ago, IN THE HEARTS OF MEN said:

Is Heinemen our fastest skater?

 

I think Newhook is a little faster but Heineman is an excellent skater, continues to impress me. 

[Habs Fan in Edmonton]

28 minutes ago, IN THE HEARTS OF MEN said:

He looks slow... but his talent and class remains

 

Laine was never a speed burner and he is not in game shape yet, that will take a while. However his long reach and puck handling skills can make it difficult to get the puck from him and of course he has a wicked shot. 

[Prime Minister Koivu]

Newhook works his ass off and skates like the wind every damned shift. 
 

He also continuously tries to stick handle through three defenders. Over and over and over. 
 

Third line player being asked to l play first line. Heineman has more tools including strong board work. 
 

Heineman deserves a shot on Suzuki’s line

[Commandant]

1 hour ago, IN THE HEARTS OF MEN said:

Not really... bad clearance by Hutson... head down threw the puck up ice, picked off and he was caught in the corner.

 

Are we talking the same goal? Dach made the giveaway and Hutson/Guhle were caught at the blue line with Lee in behind them

[Commandant]

3 hours ago, Prime Minister Koivu said:

Stat card isn’t very kind to the Dach, Slafkovsky, Laine line. I thought they looked pretty good for the most part. 
 

 

 

Im not too worried about Laine's 5v5 right now.  We all knew he'd have to ease himself in.  Add in the fact he was playing with Dach who had another poor game and Slaf who was also bot great and that stat isnt surprising 

[Commandant]

20 minutes ago, Prime Minister Koivu said:

Newhook works his ass off and skates like the wind every damned shift. 
 

He also continuously tries to stick handle through three defenders. Over and over and over. 
 

Third line player being asked to l play first line. Heineman has more tools including strong board work. 
 

Heineman deserves a shot on Suzuki’s line

 

I agree that Heineman should be higher up the lineup 

[Commandant]

1 hour ago, alfredoh2009 said:

 

I like Anderson, and I tried to defend him last year. This year I haven;t had to do that because he is playing mush better. Still not scoring but he has become an effective bottom-6 player, ad 4th liner on a Stanley cup contending team

 

With the amount of cap space he takes up, hes gotta be more than a 4th liner or hes a liability 

[Butterface]

2 hours ago, Prime Minister Koivu said:

Newhook works his ass off and skates like the wind every damned shift. 
 

He also continuously tries to stick handle through three defenders. Over and over and over. 
 

Third line player being asked to l play first line. Heineman has more tools including strong board work. 
 

Heineman deserves a shot on Suzuki’s line

 I agree, but the lines are very balanced now and sort of have different identities. 
 

Dach and Newhook…

 

If they don’t improve, expect short-term deals… if they do improve then certainly we are looking longer term for Dach. Newhook less so.

 

Their futures really depend on them improving to what Hughes was expecting…..  

 

The emergence of Demidov, Hage, Fowler and the 2025 first round pick could push Dach and Newhook to reduced roles out of the core and one or both could be traded for future assets.

 

For me these two are a couple of the biggest question marks going forward.

 

Laine was like watching something we haven’t had on our team for a while. Smooth. Very smooth. That power play with Hutson and Laine and Caufield will hopefully propel Hutson up the rookie scoring chart. Our power play looks so much scarier (in a good way) with the options we have with Laine as a second threat to Caufield.

 

Fun to watch.

 

Give it up for Xhekaj’s game too. Steadier last night.

[Prime Minister Koivu]

21 minutes ago, Butterface said:

 I agree, but the lines are very balanced now and sort of have different identities. 
 

Dach and Newhook…

 

If they don’t improve, expect short-term deals… if they do improve then certainly we are looking longer term for Dach. Newhook less so.

 

Their futures really depend on them improving to what Hughes was expecting…..  

 

The emergence of Demidov, Hage, Fowler and the 2025 first round pick could push Dach and Newhook to reduced roles out of the core and or one or both could be traded for future assets.

 

For me these two are a couple of the biggest question marks going forward.

 

Laine was like watching something we haven’t had on our team for a while. Smooth. Very smooth. That power play with Hutson and Laine and Caufield will hopefully propel Hutson up the rookie scoring chart. Our power play looks so much scarier (in a good way) with the options we have with Laine as a second threat to Caufield.

 

Fun to watch.

 

Give it up for Xhekaj’s game too. Steadier last night.

It would be a big blow to the organization if Newhook, Dach, Barron bust. 
 

Dach is going to figure it out 

[hab29RETIRED]

1 hour ago, Habs Fan in Edmonton said:

 

I think Newhook is a little faster but Heineman is an excellent skater, continues to impress me. 

I'd rather have Heineman playing with Suzuki and Caufield.

[Habs Fan in Edmonton]

3 minutes ago, hab29RETIRED said:

I'd rather have Heineman playing with Suzuki and Caufield.

 

I agree, I think he would compliment them better, would win more puck battles than Newhook and has a better shot. 

 

I am just not sure where Newhook fits in.  Great skater but the whole is less than the sum of the parts. 

[IN THE HEARTS OF MEN]

1 hour ago, Commandant said:

 

Are we talking the same goal? Dach made the giveaway and Hutson/Guhle were caught at the blue line with Lee in behind them

i dont give Hutson a free pass for turning it over first, so softly right down the middle of the ice and than never regains inside front coverage

[DON]

2 hours ago, IN THE HEARTS OF MEN said:

i dont give Hutson a free pass for turning it over first, so softly right down the middle of the ice and than never regains inside front coverage

https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/mtl-vs-nyi/2024/12/03/2024020398

 

Dach turned it over with weak clearing attempt. Not sure, what goal you are referring to?

48-21 simply forgot about Lee. I guess Guhle seemed more at fault (seemed his man outworked him on rebound).

[The Chicoutimi Cucumber]

I always forget how big Laine is. He's one of those Lecavalier types who doesn't seem to be a blazing skater but just sort of magisterially gathers pace with minimal apparent effort.

 

With that package...major size, wicked shot, strong stride, good puck protection skills...Winnipeg Fans must have felt like the Chosen One had arrived when he first showed up. And then you look at how his career dissolved thereafter - a shame.

 

If he cannot get his game together heading into his late 20s it will be a terrible waste of formidable gifts. Not necessarily his fault, given mental health issues, but still. Thousands of players would give anything to have that kind of natural talent.

[BCHabnut]

11 hours ago, Prime Minister Koivu said:

Stat card isn’t very kind to the Dach, Slafkovsky, Laine line. I thought they looked pretty good for the most part. 
 

 

Strange. They didn't produce much in the way of scoring chances, but they played in the o zone a lot, and we're cycling the puck well. They looked better than i expected.

[Dalhabs]

Can Newhook be trained to become Paul Byron 2.0? I liked Byron.