Are the Montreal Canadiens Contenders for 2016?
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LastWordArmy
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Not sure MT would have enough time to teach them about character before the playoffs...
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RealityBytes
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Yeah, but they are both goalies. I'm not sure about Allah, but JC has a really high save percentage, saved billions over the last two millenniums.
LastWordArmy
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JC would be the all world goalie we need with price out.
Hopefully Allah can score goals and fix the powerplay.
OneSharpMarble
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In case you missed it the transition was last year.
This is actually what we transitioned into.
Kimota
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Compile
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107-7=100.
I did the math.
WeThreeKings
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I voted "No they are not contenders but would be if we added a big scorer".
And I want that big scorer to be Puljujärvi or Laine.
Because we need more sisu too.
I guess I just have to hope that Price is out for the year, the rest should unfold itself quite smoothly.
That would not make us contenders for 2016 though...
And I want that big scorer to be Puljujärvi or Laine.
Because we need more sisu too.
I guess I just have to hope that Price is out for the year, the rest should unfold itself quite smoothly.
That would not make us contenders for 2016 though...
OldCraig71
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In case you missed it the transition was last year.
This is actually what we transitioned into.
Transitioned into Gauthier era.
SOLR
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What did you say? I have his 3 cup rings, 2 gold medals as top C, and 2010, Conn Smythe Trophy hiding your post.
LastWordArmy
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What did you say? I have his 3 cup rings, 2 gold medals as top C, and 2010, Conn Smythe Trophy hiding your post.
3 cups = Blackhawks are a great team
2 gold medals = Canada is a great team
1 Conn Smythe in a season he scored 0 points in the Stanley Cup final.
Also note i never said he was a bad player. I said he wasn't clutch.
He's a very good player, who plays just as well in the regular season as he does in the playoffs.
SOLR
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Not sure what TV from Mars you are watching, but it's not the same as mine. He's clearly a force to be reckoned with when the pressure is on. To the point where he's being compared favorably to Crosby at both Olympics. And you don't win a Conn Smythe without being a pressure player.
Saying that he's not clutch is kinda ridiculous on a number of level.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5LV4yr7YV0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NPXZJQay7c
Over a large sample he is one of the best playoff performer of his generation:
http://www.hockey-reference.com/players/t/toewsjo01.html
LastWordArmy
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You win a conn smythe because you are a great player, not because you are a pressure player.
Those are great plays in big situations. He also makes great plays in the regular season. Again just shows he's a great player, not that he is a different player in the playoffs vs regular season.
Stat A) 0.88 points per game
Stat B) 0.87 points per game
Quick pick which one is Toews career regular season PPG, and which one is his career playoff PPG.
Being one of the "best playoff performer of his generation" doesn't prove he's clutch, why? cause he's also one of the "best performers of his generation PERIOD".
Toews is an amazing player, regular season and playoffs. That doesnt prove that this mythical "clutch" gene or ability or attribute or whatever it is exists.
are you trying to argue that you don't believe that some players handle the pressure of the playoffs better than others?
that is, essentially, what being "clutch" is.
You're right in pointing out that Toews is a great player, period... but lot's of "great" (or very good) players struggle to consistently perform at/above their average level of play as the pressure mounts.
on the flip side, there are also athletes who consistently perform considerably above their average level of play, when the pressure increases.
Performance under pressure is a well studied, though hard to accurately quantify, aspect of sport psychology. "Clutch" is more/less the way it gets discussed by media/fans. It is absolutely a "real" thing in the world of sports (and in any performance envrionment for that matter).
hototogisu
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I'll say yes only because the definition of the term "contender" is so loose these days.
Look at the other "contenders" in the East. Washington is the only one I'm buying. The Rangers are like 6-12-4 in the last month and a half. The Lightning have been mediocre all year long. Pittsburgh has all kinds of problems. The Islanders and the Panthers, are we calling them contenders yet when they haven't proven anything in the playoffs?
Kinda the same thing in the West too. Outside of the Hawks and maybe the Kings, even teams like the Stars and Blues go through stretches where they look very beatable.
So sure, we're a contender, even though that doesn't really say much one way or the other.
Look at the other "contenders" in the East. Washington is the only one I'm buying. The Rangers are like 6-12-4 in the last month and a half. The Lightning have been mediocre all year long. Pittsburgh has all kinds of problems. The Islanders and the Panthers, are we calling them contenders yet when they haven't proven anything in the playoffs?
Kinda the same thing in the West too. Outside of the Hawks and maybe the Kings, even teams like the Stars and Blues go through stretches where they look very beatable.
So sure, we're a contender, even though that doesn't really say much one way or the other.
