Pre-Game Talk: 2025 Playoff Round 1 - Game #1 : Montreal at Washington. Monday April 21st

[Junohockeyfan]

Need to keep Heineman-Evans-Armia together. Dvorak with Andy and Gally.

I would actually sit Laine and put Demi with Hook and Kapanen. Laine is just a liability.

 

[Tyson]

Seems unlikely for the first game at least, they aren't going to dress 5 LDs and Struble seems to be their guy for now.

Didn't Struble play less than 10 minutes tonight? The strategy Washington will have is to run the Habs out of the building, you will need a deterrent. I could be wrong.

 

[ahmedou]

Question: Who gonna stop Ovi???

Answer:

 

[red devil]

Didn't Struble play less than 10 minutes tonight? The strategy Washington will have is to run the Habs out of the building, you will need a deterrent. I could be wrong.

He did and I expect Marty to keep the same lineup in game 1. If the game is extremely physical I do think Xhekaj will get back in

 

[Kennerback]

Question: Who gonna stop Ovi???

Answer:

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All about the same age. I'm sure Ovy loves it!

 

[Kimota]

Our Russian is Better than Your Russian!

 

[OnTheRun]

Didn't Struble play less than 10 minutes tonight? The strategy Washington will have is to run the Habs out of the building, you will need a deterrent. I could be wrong.

10~13 minutes is pretty much it for the Habs 3rd pairing. He probably won't start but it doesn't mean he won't play at all in this series.

 

[Non Player Canadiens]

MTL wins Game 1
Caps in 6

 

[the]

We In Da Pay OFF BITCHES!!!

 

[Clumsyhab]

Need to keep Heineman-Evans-Armia together. Dvorak with Andy and Gally.

I would actually sit Laine and put Demi with Hook and Kapanen. Laine is just a liability.

Not a lot of PPs in the playoffs, so Laine is useless. Not gonna happen, but i would start him and if he doesn't do ****, I'd sit him too.

 

[Gustave]

Need to keep Heineman-Evans-Armia together. Dvorak with Andy and Gally.

I would actually sit Laine and put Demi with Hook and Kapanen. Laine is just a liability.

I’m at this point too.

 

[26Mats]

In a 7 game series there are always line up changes but I am serious when I say this...if you don't have Xhekaj in the line up it will be a mistake.

Pierre Mcguire's really been talking up how the Caps are going to try to pound us. He thinks we'll need Xhekaj and Anderson for push back. Says on Monday for the first 5 minutes Caps are going to be running around trying to hit and hurt us.

 

[Stive Morgan]

 

[ahmedou]

We got Game 83! Finally!

No more Game 82! No more golf! Finally!

 

[the]

Once You Make Da Payy Off Anything can happen!!!

 

[Sam de Mtl]

Washington has been terrible down the stretch... They don't look anything like a first place team. Anything is possible, is all I'm saying.

 

[HuGo Sham]

pierre Maguire's really been talking up how the Caps are going to try to pound us. He thinks we'll need Xhekaj and Anderson for push back. Says on Monday for the first 5 minutes Caps are going to be running around trying to hit and hurt us.

that's a fun podcast tonight

 

[zx81]

zx81 rn
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OT but would you believe that in my 57 years of existence living in Quebec I never ate a poutine ? Not sure why it doesn't tempt me even though I like all of its ingredients individually

 

[Saundies]

pierre Maguire's really been talking up how the Caps are going to try to pound us. He thinks we'll need Xhekaj and Anderson for push back. Says on Monday for the first 5 minutes Caps are going to be running around trying to hit and hurt us.

Tonight there were 2-3 high hits on Lane, and I expect that to continue in the playoffs. He's not a secret anymore and will be a target.

 

[417]

pierre Maguire's really been talking up how the Caps are going to try to pound us. He thinks we'll need Xhekaj and Anderson for push back. Says on Monday for the first 5 minutes Caps are going to be running around trying to hit and hurt us.

I mean that's pretty obvious, that's how they play in Game 56 of the NHL season, they're just going to turn it up even more in game 1 of the playoffs.

 

[thebestnic]

OT but would you believe that in my 57 years of existence living in Quebec I never ate a poutine ? Not sure why it doesn't tempt me even though I like all of its ingredients individually

That's the craziest thing I read on hfboards and trust me I've read a metric ton of shit takes in the Hutson threads

 

[Fish on The Sand]

Did you guys realize that Buffalo hasn't made the playoffs since Obama's first term lmfao

Hilarious we're back already. This rocks.

I realized that last year and was quite surprised...that they made it in the Obama era at all.

 

[Boyon90]

 

[1909]

Xhekaj should be in the lineup.

 

[Vachon23]

If Lindgren is in the net I think we have a chance

Of it’s Thompson I don’t see us winning that series