GDT: Boston Bruins@Montreal Canadiens Feb 12 NBCSN, SN, RDS, TSN690

[Kudo Shinichi]

Hopefully Beaulieu has a huge game

 

[tazsub3]

And gallagher! As much as i hate to say that

 

[Nedved]

i wonder which bottom 6 guy mb is after..

 

[Leon Lucius Black]

We lost 10-0 and he wasn't fired.

His leash is so long.

We were 9-0-1.. why would he have been fired after one loss lol.

 

[Frankenheimer]

I'm expecting a big game from our boys, lots of energy, might bag 3 or 4, not sure if we'll win though. Unfortunately, I don't think Price will come up big. They need to give the guy a nice break. I like the second line, 2pts tonight.

 

[Rapala]

Gallagher back but this ain't the Winter Classic.

 

[G0bias]

Sigh another genius move... and people wonder why Pateryn has no confidence and can't seem to progress this year.

Hope they lose. Because why the **** not?

 

[The Great Weal]

Sakic is watching McAvoy tomorrow as well.

 

[HabsandSmokies]

No DD? I was looking forward to see him battling Chara all night.

 

[Leon Lucius Black]

Sigh another genius move... and people wonder why Pateryn has no confidence and can't seem to progress this year.

He's going to be 27 years old in a few months, Pateryn is a #6/7 D.. he's simply not that good.

 

[Le Tricolore]

He's going to be 27 years old in a few months, Pateryn is a #6/7 D.. he's simply not that good.

He is what he is, but I still would've preferred him in the lineup over Nesterov. Ultimately, it's our 6th defenceman, so I don't care enough.

 

[Rapala]

Sigh another genius move... and people wonder why Pateryn has no confidence and can't seem to progress this year.

I wonder how much imput Daigneault has with regards to the starting lineup.
We sit players just because???
We also did it to Redmond when he was playing well with Beaulieu.

 

[G0bias]

He's going to be 27 years old in a few months, Pateryn is a #6/7 D.. he's simply not that good.

He's good enough to keep his spot on the bottom pair.

 

[Rapala]

Hopefully Beaulieu has a huge game

The Bruins have more far more young talent to showcase than we do...
Just sayin'.

 

[bipolarhabfan]

Just cant see the team winning this game. The lack of firepower up front is catching up and there are few options on the back end when it comes to puck movement. 4-2 Boston.

Firing the coach will change things for a short while. The fact that the team has such a lack of skill and talent would mean that things will momentarily get better before they would regress to the mean. In this case it would be a five hundred hockey club. And, please, do not mention Columbus last season. They have far better players than the Habs. Indeed, you cant expect plugs like Byron, Micthell, Flynn, and Shaw to become 20-goal scorers. They are what they are. Players who score 5-10 goals a season. In a good year, 15. Good complimentary players, but not prime time. We only have four top-six players in Galchenyuk, Pacioretty, Radulov, and, perhaps, Gallagher. Add to that atrocious centre depth and a D who has trouble moving the puck up the ice and you have what the Habs have, a team that relies on its goalie to win games.

 

[Lshap]

He's good enough to keep his spot on the bottom pair.

Agreed. Pateryn is solid and does everything well in both ends. Nothing against Nesterov, but Pateryn has earned more trust and ice-time. I don't get it.

 

[V13]

Considering that both the Bruins and the Habs are rumored to have interest in Duchene i can't say that i'm surprised that Sakic and his acolytes are attending the game tonight.

Killing two birds with one stone by scouting both teams at the same time

 

[MXD]

...Andrew Shaw is actually a 20-goal scorer.

 

[The Nightman]

At least we get to hear Pierre Houde pronounce Pastrnak's name tonight... That's always fun.

 

[Rapala]

...Andrew Shaw is actually a 20-goal scorer.

With a stout Blackhawks team?

 

[MXD]

With a stout Blackhawks team?

On a team on which it was indeed slightly harder to get quality icetime.

 

[Nedved]

...Andrew Shaw is actually a 20-goal scorer.

Hopefully he starts to put the puck in the net, but I'm not holding my breath.

 

[Apoplectic Habs Fan]

...Andrew Shaw is actually a 20-goal scorer.

In the same sense Gomez was a 30 goal scorer when MTL acquired him

 

[MXD]

Just noticed : The Bruins' 5-on-5 GD is unspeakeably awful.

 

[JLP]

He's going to be 27 years old in a few months, Pateryn is a #6/7 D.. he's simply not that good.

Pateryn's pretty good but he's no Bouillon or Gilbert in MT's expert opinion so he stayed in the AHL longer than he should have, then sat half a season.

Always liked him -- big, tough, defensively sound and actually led AHL defencemen in goals one year.