Seriously. He's been playing behind bad teams and stealing games here and there. He's not elite by any means but he's been good overall and has improved every year. People need to chill and also, f*** all the "he's there because he's a local" bullshit.
Bang on the money, my friend. Monty ain't "it." In fact, he ain't nowhere near "it."
Someone made a good point that laval is playing a backtoback and a call up would be playing their 3rd game in a row.
Wha, cause he got 10 shots? Since when does getting a lot of shots mean someone had a great game?
Even if this were true, we should disregard everything before that?
1st Hawks goal was a 5 on 3 where Carrier failed to cover his man in the slot, no goalie is stopping that.
Yes he was awful against the Nucks too.
Don't think I need to breakdown the goals here then.
He was definitely more good than bad against Utah, we had the worst 1st period of the season with all that shorthanded time. Again, the stats aren't representative.
He was awful tonight for sure.
If you're strictly looking at stats then sure, but if you expect him to save every cross crease odd man rush against while on a 5 on 3 where the dman doesn't pick up their guy, it's extremely disingenuous.
Yeah Dobes has been better in this extremely small sample size (people said Primeau was better in the 2nd half of last year too). Things will even out as the sample size increases.
You people and your f****** sample sizes. Here's an analysis based on a BIG sample - Samuel Montembeault sucks large time. The guy is horrible. Not money. Not clutch. Nowhere near what Montreal needs going forward. But meanwhile you folks are happy to say "Oh just you wait....Dobes will come back down to earth." It's like you f******* WANT Dobes to not excel, like it'll prove your little point or something. There's such a FAILURE CULTURE among Habs fans it makes me sick to my stomach. Honestly, I feel like puking my guts out sometimes reading some of the crap you people post. Failure culture is what it is.
Comparing Monty to Huet is wack indeed, he couldn't hold Cristobal's jockstrap if his life depended on it.
I replied to your comment as you said "Idk why some pretend montys been good this year". I didn't feel the need to disregard something that was just flat-out wrong no matter what skewed stats you tried to present while ignoring the context and the stats I brought up.
A prime example is the Hawks game which I just broke down above. You're just blatantly lying if you think that Hawks game warranted that save percentage which further proves how save percentage isn't a representative statistic in certain cases. If you think these few games dictate everything after being outworked like crazy, then sure he's a horrible goalie and Dobes is a HOFer. I'm willing to bet that's not the case though.
they are doing something: dobes will start tomorrow and the season continues. take a chill pill.
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I didn’t say anything about shots. He was dangerous and finding his chances while playing a decent 2 way game. What more can you ask forn
and since Laval played Friday and Saturday, it's now obvious we are going to have the same lineup against the Rangers. Honestly I expect a frustrating game against the Rangers. Something like a 3-0 loss. I hope I'm wrong.
caufield had many good chances and was dominabt in the O zone. the goalie had caufield's number tonight. i do not know you but i find you very negative tonight.
He was terribleI know I will cause a lot of itching but here is a bit of reality...Hutson was directly responsible for four of the goals. He finished with -5.
He simply can't defend against bigger guys and they take advantage of his inability to physically stop anyone.
1st goal...Hutson is at the Laff redline...WTF is he doing that deep? Breakaway for the Laffs
3rd goal...Hutson just can't skate fast enough and the Laff pulls away from him for a breakaway.
5th goal...Hutson makes ZERO effort to block Matthews shot.
6th goal...Hutson goes behind our net to get possession, fails, pass goes out and goal result.
Here is what reality looks like...
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Yes, he's exciting, he's dynamic, he floats like a buttery and stings like a bee....but tonight he stunk up the joint. His defensive lapses and shortcomings were on full display. Those will be the kind of results in any playoffs. Probably worse.
MSL tells us he's the smartest coach in the entire universe...so he better figure out how to shield Hutson.
If you think getting shots in an NHL game is easy, why aren’t more players getting 10 shots a night? It rarely happens in a player’s career. Most players never come close.
