xXx..CK..xXx Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 Posting since there’s no thread by 1st intermission. Today’s Matchup: Tampa Bay Lightning @ Montreal Canadiens - Sunday, February 9th @ 1PM - Centre Bell Tampa Bay Lineup Guentzel - Point - Goncalves Hagel - Cirelli - Chaffee Girgensons - Paul - Eyssimont Atkinson - Glendening - Duke Hedman - Raddysh McDonagh - Cernak Lilleberg - Perbix Vasilevskiy Halverson Montreal Canadiens Lineup Caufield - Suzuki - Slafkovský Newhook - Dach - Anderson Laine - Evans - Armia Beck - Dvorak - Gallagher Hutson - Matheson Struble - Carrier Xhekaj - Savard Dobeš Montembeault Storyline: Welcome to Super Bowl Sunday Habs fans where the Habs hold a 16-14-1 (tie against Philadelphia in 2002) record since they began playing their Super Bowl Sunday matinees every Sunday in 1990. There were a few exceptions where they didn’t play due to things like lockouts, etc. They hold a 21-14-1-2 overall on Super Bowl Sundays including games they played prior to it becoming a yearly thing. The Habs enter the contest amidst a rough patch within their schedule and hope to gain a crucial win for the team prior to a 2 week layoff for the 4 Nations Cup. A few weeks ago, the Montreal Canadiens defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning to gain a 2-0 season series lead against their modern day rivals. After the match, Tampa coach John Cooper referred to the division as being much closer than it has been in the recent past and that the days of having easy matches within the division are long gone. The Habs have been shutout for 2 consecutive games at home so they will need to find some offense from some of their top 6 if they look to stand a chance. The Lightning are entering the game after en extremely solid week, having defeated Ottawa twice and Detroit once both of which are teams that they desperately needed to beat as they are in direct competition for the final few playoff spots. In fact, while Ottawa entered the week with the 3rd playoff spot from our division, Tampa Bay now holds the spot after a very successful week. Finally, Kucherov is a late scratch today due to an upper body injury. Hopefully the Habs can take advantage. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCHabnut Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 Starting goalie Dobes sv% is taking a beating. Boys can't bury one. jesus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DON Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 Slaf was not great on either goal, 1st was dumb turnover and 2nd he was coasting back from Tampa end last man back and watched Tampa score with a 2 on none. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCHabnut Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 Just now, DON said: Slaf was not great on either goal, 1st was dumb turnover and 2nd he was coasting back from Tampa end last man back and watched Tampa score with a 2-0. For sure. Bad pinch by hutson too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Chicoutimi Cucumber Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 I can’t watch games this early in the morning, especially not when I have heaps of papers to grade. But the Sportsnet highlights from the first show: 1. Comical, ridiculous defensive breakdowns on the two TB goals 2. A brilliant stretch pass by Hutson and a ferocious shift by Anderson I infer that we really miss Guhle, but what we miss even more is playing the cohesive team D that led to us going 12-3. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prime Minister Koivu Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 Beck is at centre taking Evans’ spot Evans has taken Slafkovsky’s spot on the first line Slafkovsky is playing with Dvorak, Gallagher. Slafkovsky is not playing with any urgency at all. Weak, slow, uninterested. I hope Carrier is ok Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DON Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 13th goal for Gallagher, nice year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DON Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 7 minutes ago, The Chicoutimi Cucumber said: I infer that we really miss Guhle, but what we miss even more is playing the cohesive team D that led to us going 12-3. Cant score moreso this weekend. Only gave up 6 shots and had 12. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alfredoh2009 Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 just missed the start, will watch on PVR. I picked 🤩 Beck 🤩 to score the GWG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commandant Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 What the hell is Dobes doing on that. 3 goals on 8 shots. Make him the starter they said Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomh009 Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 He has potential ... but I think we (all?) can agree that he's not ready yet. Save percentage (I'm too lazy to look up GSAx by game) First four games: 1.00 .957 .882 .970 Next four games: .857 .909 .885 .861 (today's game not included) I expect a big part of this is that there are now scouting reports and video on him, so teams can better exploit his weak points (similar to Primeau's glove hand). He'll need to work on those to solidify a long-term NHL career. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Chicoutimi Cucumber Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 Wait, you mean he isn't the second coming of Dryden? 🙄 I don't know how many times we have to see the 'rookie has a hot start and everyone gets carried away' movie before it sinks in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xXx..CK..xXx Posted February 9 Author Share Posted February 9 The game thread is officially finished I only started posting it during the first intermission because there was nothing up yet. It took me awhile to find the Super Bowl stats, and then the broadcast mentioned it as well, and I didn’t post much about goaltending because Dobeš had already been pulled by the time I finished writing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DON Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 Oh well, at least they have scored a couple goals. Anderson 6 shots. Quick pull of Dobes it seems. GO KC! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xXx..CK..xXx Posted February 9 Author Share Posted February 9 57 minutes ago, The Chicoutimi Cucumber said: I can’t watch games this early in the morning, especially not when I have heaps of papers to grade. But the Sportsnet highlights from the first show: 1. Comical, ridiculous defensive breakdowns on the two TB goals I wasn’t able to watch the first period either but watching the highlights of the goals, that’s what I noticed from the two goals against us as well. Players left completely alone in front of Dobeš. When I was a 10 year old playing peewee hockey, I used to dream of receiving the puck in the same situation that Noah Paul found himself in for the first goal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xXx..CK..xXx Posted February 9 Author Share Posted February 9 4 minutes ago, DON said: Oh well, at least they have scored a couple goals. Anderson 6 shots. Quick pull of Dobes it seems. GO KC! Next goal is huge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DON Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 1 minute ago, xXx..CK..xXx said: Next goal is huge If Beck scores it perhaps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xXx..CK..xXx Posted February 9 Author Share Posted February 9 1 goal game after Gallagher scores his 2nd of the game. Relief goalie in, Kucherov out. Let’s do this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCHabnut Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 Galley makes a game out of it. 3 huge mistakes cost the bys big time today. Otherwise Habs have been the better team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCHabnut Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 Good game overall. Habs win that one 90% of the time if they play like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GHT120 Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 Trade Gallagher while he is HOT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xXx..CK..xXx Posted February 9 Author Share Posted February 9 Well the poll question was a tough one today as Girgensons scored the game winner. It was his first goal of the year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prime Minister Koivu Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanes World Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 17 hours ago, GHT120 said: Trade Gallagher while he is HOT Do we have one salary retention slot left? sorry Gally, but 👋 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GHT120 Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 57 minutes ago, Lanes World said: Do we have one salary retention slot left? sorry Gally, but 👋 No need for retention, he is 😜 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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