Pre-Game Talk: 1st Méchant Mardi - Minny visits

[morhilane]

Well today I learned that Newhook nickname is Newie. That's not far from newfie.

 

[Tyson]

Slaf-Newhook-Anderson looked good during training camp. Maybe that and RHP on the first?
Two good options



Lately it's Fleury I think

It's usually not Minnesota's goaltending. The games always seem to be one sided

RHP with Suzuki and Caufield so we probably see Anderson play with Newhook and Slaf.

This will work. RHP is one of the very best young players to emerge from the 2019 draft. We should be fired up to have him.

 

[Habssince89]

Slaf-Newhook-Anderson will be an interesting one to watch. The loss of Dach is huge, but the silver lining is Newhook is going to get some great development time

 

[OnTheRun]

I'm sure they absolutely crushing it on the PP while practicing against our elite PK.

 

[26Mats]

Curious for the lines without Dach

Caufield - Suzuki - Anderson
RHP - Newhook - Slaf
?

Monahan should be moved up top 6
But then we only have 1 center for the bottom 6 so it complicates it a bit

You can bring Pezz in sure, but if you move Evans to 3C who is centering 4th line

I hope they reunite Newhook and Anderson if Newhook plays center. I'm not a fan of Anderson with Suzuki and Caufiled anyways.

Put Monahan with Slafkovsky and Newhook. We need someone who can hold their hands until they can go on their own. I don't feel comfortable leaving these two alone. We got to develop these players. Give them someone who can enable their potential.

Stop wasting Monahan with shit Gallagher already.

well Monahan will be at C until Newhook is back. I like Newhook with Anderson. I don't see Slaf complementing them that well. Maybe Slaf plays with Monahan. And those duos are completed by Pearson, Ylonen, and Gallagher.

 

[the valiant effort]

Overall a crappy night of early games tomorrow. McDavid’s in Nashville, maybe that’s where he’ll go berserk after only putting up 3 pts in 2 games against VAN.

 

[Hannibal]

Poor Slaf. Stuck with anderson again. They have zero chemistry.

Dach injury is terrible for Dach and Slaf developement

 

[Habssince89]

Does Allen or Monty start?

 

[Gaylord Q Tinkledink]

Well today I learned that Newhook nickname is Newie. That's not far from newfie.

Should have called him Hooker.

 

[The Real Timo]

Well today I learned that Newhook nickname is Newie. That's not far from newfie.

Is it still PC to say newfie? I no longer know... it's 2023.

I'm sure they absolutely crushing it on the PP while practicing against our elite PK.

You can tell even from the pic that PK all fell back and just standing still. Lol... yeah... that's gonna happen during the games.

 

[Jaycro]

Hate to bring it up again but the line combos are not the big source of pp results. The elephant in the room is Burrows. I believe he is in charge of the pp and pk. Both have been among the bottom three in the leagueor so for years. What credentials does he have to lead in these areas?

 

[Playmaker09]

Habs fans will be introduced to Brock Faber who is an absolute rock on D and would have been my primary target for a sell-high trade of Matheson this summer.

I don't think anyone can pry him out of Minnesota anymore.

 

[morhilane]

Is it still PC to say newfie? I no longer know... it's 2023.

It's a shortened Newfoundlander, but it's probably not PC to use anymore like everything else.

 

[The Real Timo]

It's a shortened Newfoundlander, but it's probably not PC to use anymore like everything else.

Will have to call him a Newfoundland Canadian Peoplekind.

 

[WeThreeKings]

Hate to bring it up again but the line combos are not the big source of pp results. The elephant in the room is Burrows. I believe he is in charge of the pp and pk. Both have been among the bottom three in the leagueor so for years. What credentials does he have to lead in these areas?

He was an ex player and hired during MBs tenure.

That's all you needed.

 

[Team_Spirit]

Habs fans will be introduced to Brock Faber who is an absolute rock on D and would have been my primary target for a sell-high trade of Matheson this summer.

I don't think anyone can pry him out of Minnesota anymore.

He was already a Wild this summer and we did not have a 85pts player to trade for him.

 

[Habssince89]

As much as it sucks about Dach, I'm excited for newhook and RHP to get bigger roles.

 

[FrankMTL]

What the FACK is Gallagher still doing on the PP?

By the time he gets into the opponents zone and in front of the net, the puck has already been cleared out and is back into our zone

 

[The Real Timo]

This is a f***ing joke

https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2023/10/16/heineman-absent-pour-une-periode-indeterminee

As much as it sucks about Dach, I'm excited for newhook and RHP to get bigger roles.

Dach was somewhat physical... Habs are a lot smaller too in his absence. Sigh. This is last season all over again. 2 games and the shit is falling apart already.

 

[FrankMTL]

This is a f***ing joke

https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2023/10/16/heineman-absent-pour-une-periode-indeterminee

Dach was somewhat physical... Habs are a lot smaller too in his absence. Sigh. This is last season all over again. 2 games and the shit is falling apart already.

You clearly haven't visited the injury thread yet.....

 

[Habssince89]

I have no problem with the gally criticism but why do I feel like he'll score a goal now? It's like how we talked about Dach looking like he could be our best C and then....

 

[Habs10Habs]

Mesar is not playing in Laval. Time to call him up and slide him into Dach's spot.
Insert world's largest sarcastic emoji

I wasn't expecting a lot of wins before Dach's injury. Now I'm worried if I'll be entertained.

 

[OnTheRun]

Hate to bring it up again but the line combos are not the big source of pp results. The elephant in the room is Burrows. I believe he is in charge of the pp and pk. Both have been among the bottom three in the leagueor so for years. What credentials does he have to lead in these areas?

He got the best faux hawk of the league.

 

[The Real Timo]

You clearly haven't visited the injury thread yet.....

There is more?

 

[Tyson]

Habs just got smaller for sure. Dach was one of the biggest reasons for excitement entering this season. It sounds like he may be out several months. The more things change the more they stay the same.