DAChampion
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Laval Rocket: 2024-25 Laval Rocket Thread
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It's usually the coach from the top team, sometime 2nd. So right now, it would be him or Todd Nelson (who won last year).
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While checking the AHL players of the week, I was surprised to notice that only two Habs' farmhands had won the award since Oct 23, 2016. Sven Andrighetto won it way back in Oct 2016. Logan Mailloux won it Nov 2, 2024! Does not necessarily mean anything, just odd.
I’m not totally surprised. The Habs have a history of promoting top talent quickly, and for years we drafted very poorly outside of a few outlier years.
What does that history of players look like? Is it riddled with successful nhlers?
Just looked it up and it is not a predictive list. Mostly carreer AHLers with some stat players winning it once during their Rapid ascension to the NHL. Fun fact: Corey Locke won it!
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Beck is a gamer. End of discussion
Rein...makes debut. Vincent puts him on second pk and Rein does a savard belly swim. Bad idea and gets scored on. Second goal not his fault. Third goal he owns. Skates by and behind the net while the goalie didn't have full possession. Bad goal 75% on him. 4th goal Rein gets tangled with a rushing forward and the forward behind him picks up the puck and scores. 100% on Rein.
Mailman...does a full Math. Breaks in, carries the puck and eventually hangs in the slot and scores. 2nd goal...did I ever mention he has a hard shot? Shoots and scores from the top of the circle. 5th goal against, M pinches deep, the play goes by him and he can't get back fast enough. 75% on him. 4th goal, M pinches very deep passes and assists on the 4th goal.
2nd period...PP and Mailmam already has 2 of the 3 goals but Vincent The Idiot puts Mailman/Engstrom on the 2nd PP. Somebody has to explain that to me.
Bottom line...Rein probably played 25 minutes on his first AHL game, FAR TOO MUCH but Vincent The Idiot had his shiney new toy and was going to overuse him. Even to the point of losing the game. Rein played OK but lost many if not most of the 1-1 battles and occasionally looked lost. Not a bad start but neither anything great. I'm not going come to any conclusion in one game.
The weird thing is I went to the scoreboard and Rein was on for 3 goals against excluding the PK but show -2. Don't they have enough fingers in the AHL to count properly?
Mailman did his Mailman thing, looking like an All Star offensive defenseman with 2 goals, one assist and a dunce cap on one goal. Basically no different from what Math has done in the last 2 years. It's just that Math has elite skating and covers up some of his mistakes.
EDIT...Mailman has to power skate all summer until his toes drop off. His deep pinches is what's causing 70% of the goals against.
Rein...makes debut. Vincent puts him on second pk and Rein does a savard belly swim. Bad idea and gets scored on. Second goal not his fault. Third goal he owns. Skates by and behind the net while the goalie didn't have full possession. Bad goal 75% on him. 4th goal Rein gets tangled with a rushing forward and the forward behind him picks up the puck and scores. 100% on Rein.
Mailman...does a full Math. Breaks in, carries the puck and eventually hangs in the slot and scores. 2nd goal...did I ever mention he has a hard shot? Shoots and scores from the top of the circle. 5th goal against, M pinches deep, the play goes by him and he can't get back fast enough. 75% on him. 4th goal, M pinches very deep passes and assists on the 4th goal.
2nd period...PP and Mailmam already has 2 of the 3 goals but Vincent The Idiot puts Mailman/Engstrom on the 2nd PP. Somebody has to explain that to me.
Bottom line...Rein probably played 25 minutes on his first AHL game, FAR TOO MUCH but Vincent The Idiot had his shiney new toy and was going to overuse him. Even to the point of losing the game. Rein played OK but lost many if not most of the 1-1 battles and occasionally looked lost. Not a bad start but neither anything great. I'm not going come to any conclusion in one game.
The weird thing is I went to the scoreboard and Rein was on for 3 goals against excluding the PK but show -2. Don't they have enough fingers in the AHL to count properly?
Mailman did his Mailman thing, looking like an All Star offensive defenseman with 2 goals, one assist and a dunce cap on one goal. Basically no different from what Math has done in the last 2 years. It's just that Math has elite skating and covers up some of his mistakes.
EDIT...Mailman has to power skate all summer until his toes drop off. His deep pinches is what's causing 70% of the goals against.
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Gaylord Q Tinkledink
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Gotta imagine Hughes isn't back next year.
Started off strong, but hasn't really been that good since, even when the team was rolling it wasn't no confidence, but you knew the team would have to battle.
Last night saw the same. He can make saves, but he can't make the right ones if that makes sense
Started off strong, but hasn't really been that good since, even when the team was rolling it wasn't no confidence, but you knew the team would have to battle.
Last night saw the same. He can make saves, but he can't make the right ones if that makes sense
Dude you call him ‘mailman’ way too much for a nickname that isn’t really a thing.
And for the point above - may want to double check the box score and come back to us. The ‘weird thing’ is that you glossed over the +.
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They will make the playoffs and should go through the first round.
After that, it's strong teams the rest of the way, but they could beat anyone.
Current scenario based on %pts is:
Laval vs Cleveland
Laval vs Rochester
Laval vs Hershey
Laval vs Ontario
I don’t get the Mailman reference. Is that like ppl can’t say Mailloux? Do his teammates call him that? Does he deliver on a regular basis? Anyway, terrible nickname.
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Rockets vs Moose
Rein...1st pairing. Passing looks good but he's a few miles from mixing it up. Not a big deal considering 2nd game back. 2nd PK unit. Tries to get the puck out with too many spinoramas and gets caught. This isn't the Swiss dancing league. Needs to be told the puck moves faster then his skates.
Much, much better meat and potatoe game. Finished with a +3 but no points. Again overused, too much too soon, then again, I never gave Vincent credit for too much brains.
Mailman...first PK. NEVER seen that before. Puck watched once but no goal against. Two attempts to do the Bobby Orr thing but no success.
Little X needs to be rewarded with a trip to the big.
Rein...1st pairing. Passing looks good but he's a few miles from mixing it up. Not a big deal considering 2nd game back. 2nd PK unit. Tries to get the puck out with too many spinoramas and gets caught. This isn't the Swiss dancing league. Needs to be told the puck moves faster then his skates.
Much, much better meat and potatoe game. Finished with a +3 but no points. Again overused, too much too soon, then again, I never gave Vincent credit for too much brains.
Mailman...first PK. NEVER seen that before. Puck watched once but no goal against. Two attempts to do the Bobby Orr thing but no success.
Little X needs to be rewarded with a trip to the big.
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Yeah, not Mesar biggest fan, I don't see him making it to the NHL.
With Lindstrom return this week, Hoefenmayer is not a big lost either unless they call a defenceman in MTL.
Wotherspoon-Reinbacher
Engstrom-Lindstrom
Trudeau-Mailloux
Hayes
IR: Hoefenmayer and Jacobs(season ending injury)
Hopefully some forwards are back soon, Simoneau/Arseneau/Gignac
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Pompeius Magnus
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Can't help but feel bad for Mesar at this point, I wish he had at least one full healthy season to state his case, good or bad.
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Demidov is a HAB
There should be a video somewhere showing him walking into the Laval dressing room at the start of camp last season. I laughed like hell because as everyone filed by he looked like the stick-boy. I'm fully expecting Kidney to get better and better he's a late bloomer and I don't think too many people question his offensive talent. He's played a couple of very good games recently. Next season is when he should start putting it all together.
Pompeius Magnus
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His two way game has gotten better and being stronger has probably helped with that a ton. He's not there for that, though.
