HF Habs: 4 Nations Face-Off: It's Here!

[JianYang]

that's so true. No Drai , Ovi, Michkov, Kaprisov etc.. what a stupid look for the NHL. Make a world team at least

The problem is if Russia was invited, some of these other teams probably would have boycotted.

Without getting political, I don't agree with it either.

 

[CHfan1]

I want to see a Mackinnon-McDavid-Crosby line. This is a farce if we don’t at least get to see McDavid and Crosby once together.

We’ll see if we see them together at even strength, but right now we should see them together on the power play. The 1st power play line was Crosby-McDavid-MacKinnon-Reinhart-Makar at practice.

 

[CharleyHorse]

Did the players invade Ukraine?

I couldn’t care less about this tournament. I forgot it was even a thing tbh.

Only except that Russian athletes represent Russia. Letting them compete while Russia’s invading Ukraine isn’t just tone-deaf, it gives that POS a free pass to look good on the world stage. It’s not about the players personally invading Ukraine, but about denying a platform to Russia and the f***head that's running it. Simple as that.

 

[Habs]

The problem is if Russia was invited, some of these other teams probably would have boycotted.

Without getting political, I don't agree with it either.

but they all play with or against Russian opponents lol, the entire thing is a farce.

 

[Skip Bayless]

This tournament without Russia is meaningless.

A hockey tournament without Canada vs Russia means nothing to me.

 

[habdynasty]

We’ll see if we see them together at even strength, but right now we should see them together on the power play. The 1st power play line was Crosby-McDavid-MacKinnon-Reinhart-Makar at practice.

What hockey fan doesn't want to see that PP line play? there's no way I miss that.

 

[MarkovsKnee]

@MarkovsKnee

If he brought this setup to MTL with our colours would be incredible! Such a better setup than his current one.

Interesting that they are a different brand of pads than his current setup too. I wonder if he is changing?

Yeah, that's sweet gear.

 

[expy]

@MarkovsKnee

If he brought this setup to MTL with our colours would be incredible! Such a better setup than his current one.

Interesting that they are a different brand of pads than his current setup too. I wonder if he is changing?

They're not different brands, it's still TRUE pads, just with the "L" from Lefevre (the designer of the pads).
But in his case the L stands for something else.

 

[nhlfan9191]

The NHL dropped the ball on this. Nobody cares about a 4 team tournament when we aren’t getting real best on best international hockey. Stalling the NHL in the middle of a season for this garbage is ridiculous.

 

[Kobe Armstrong]

The problem is if Russia was invited, some of these other teams probably would have boycotted.

Without getting political, I don't agree with it either.

Habs wouldn’t have let them play in Montreal if Russia was involved

Russia big bad and scary

 

[Kobe Armstrong]

We should put the Czech Republic and Slovakia together to make a full team, crazy that’s never been thought of before

 

[Grate n Colorful Oz]

The NHL dropped the ball on this. Nobody cares about a 4 team tournament when we aren’t getting real best on best international hockey. Stalling the NHL in the middle of a season for this garbage is ridiculous.

Bettman will one day catch up to what most hockey fans already know: at the international, best on best level, nothing comes close to the Olympics.

 

[schwang26]

Can the Habs still practice during this time? If not, I don’t know why they didn’t just activate Reinbacher and send him down to practice with Laval. I get that he’s still on IR, but he’s got to be close enough if he was already skating with the Habs (which I think he is). I’m not saying put him into a game yet. Now the guy might lose another 2 weeks of getting back into shape.