Post-Game Talk: Come back for a pointless point.

[DAChampion]

Man you got up at 7 am on a Sunday to post this..? Damn

The caufield hate this year has been surreal

Enjoy sleeping in until 1040am every day, while it lasts.

 

[26Mats]

3 duos on the top 3 lines may be enough to keep us competitive most nights:

Caufield - Suzuki
Ylonen - Slaf
Monahan - Anderson

They were pressing and exciting to watch last night in the 3rd.

Alex DeBrincat is the player people say Cauldield is.

DeBrincat is on track for 46 goals.

Caulfield is on track for 24 goals, most of them in OT.

At the price Debrincat went for, I would have liked to have had him on one line and Caufield on the other.

 

[The Real Timo]

3 duos on the top 3 lines may be enough to keep us competitive most nights:

Caufield - Suzuki
Ylonen - Slaf
Monahan - Anderson

They were pressing and exciting to watch last night in the 3rd.


At the price Debrincat went for, I would have liked to have had him on one line and Caufield on the other.

Key point - in the third. The team still can’t seem to play full 60 minutes. It’s been happening for years.

 

[MasterD]

I still don't understand how they managed to score 4 goals.

The wings are absolute trash.

What does that make the Habs?

And Allen is trash, not hard to understand.

 

[ReHabs]

DeBrindcat is very good

Wish we had him

 

[26Mats]

Key point - in the third. The team still can’t seem to play full 60 minutes. It’s been happening for years.

This team only has so much. We're in a rebuild. We have a lot of injuries.

I don't want to see us win. I just want to see the youth put in good positions to develop, competitive games, and a lot of losses. So it's ok if they don't play 60 minutes. If they did we wouldn't lose as much as we should. The difference between teams in the past and this team is teams in the past were trying to win. This team is trying to rebuild, to lose now and win in the future.

 

[CheldishGamibno]

Alex DeBrincat is the player people say Cauldield is.

DeBrincat is on track for 46 goals.

Caulfield is on track for 24 goals, most of them in OT.

It takes a while to be completely healthy after a shoulder surgery, sometimes more than a year. He's clearly not shooting at his 100%.

 

[Catanddogguitarrr]

Well it’s better than f***ing Evans and Pearson.

Is there is any positive thing we can say about Evans? I mean, he's barely an nhler, his place should be in the very bottom team and non hockey city like Phoenix Coyotes. On 82 games played, a fan can say Evans played a signifiiant role in 2 games only. We are the Habs Canadiens and not some insignifiant hockey Team. I can't beleive this player have a regular role on our team. Bring Beck next year !

 

[DAChampion]

Is there is any positive thing we can say about Evans? I mean, he's barely an nhler, his place should be in the very bottom team and non hockey city like Phoenix Coyotes. On 82 games played, a fan can say Evans played a signifiiant role in 2 games only. We are the Habs Canadiens and not some insignifiant hockey Team. I can't beleive this player have a regular role on our team. Bring Beck next year !

I thought Evans was good at clearing the puck out of the zone last night.

 

[Skip Bayless]

What does that make the Habs?

And Allen is trash, not hard to understand.

I meant how did the habs manage to score 4 goals. Not the wings.

The wings are trash because they let a dog shit tier lineup come up to them like that.

 

[Catanddogguitarrr]

I thought Evans was good at clearing the puck out of the zone last night.

Lol, I tought you were writing "I tought Evans was good at making coffee for his colleagues'.

We are getting accustomed to such lower quality over the last 3 decades that we write things such as he's good at blocking shots, he's good at clearing the puck out the zone in pk, etc. This is far from Sydney Crosby and Steve Yserman.

 

[Tyson]

Lol, I tought you were writing "I tought Evans was good at making coffee for his colleagues'.

We are getting accustomed to such lower quality over the last 3 decades that we write things such as he's good at blocking shots, he's good at clearing the puck out the zone in pk, etc. This is far from Sydney Crosby and Steve Yserman.

Our standards have been lowered so much over the past several years that we celebrate stuff that is comical

 

[DAChampion]

Lol, I tought you were writing "I tought Evans was good at making coffee for his colleagues'.

We are getting accustomed to such lower quality over the last 3 decades that we write things such as he's good at blocking shots, he's good at clearing the puck out the zone in pk, etc. This is far from Sydney Crosby and Steve Yserman.

There's no period in Habs history where Crosby would be the 4th line center.

Is Evans that much worse than Nate Thompson, Torrey Mitchell or Manny Malhotra?

 

[zx81]

Desharnais 13 goals (Fribourg Gotteron Swiss League)

Those are his 2022-2023 stats, DD retired this summer.

 

[Catanddogguitarrr]

There's no period in Habs history where Crosby would be the 4th line center.

Is Evans that much worse than Nate Thompson, Torrey Mitchell or Manny Malhotra?

Agree, same stuff except Nate Thompson in his prime was a better and bigger player.

 

[The Real Timo]

This team only has so much. We're in a rebuild. We have a lot of injuries.

I don't want to see us win. I just want to see the youth put in good positions to develop, competitive games, and a lot of losses. So it's ok if they don't play 60 minutes. If they did we wouldn't lose as much as we should. The difference between teams in the past and this team is teams in the past were trying to win. This team is trying to rebuild, to lose now and win in the future.

Except that I don't see us actually having a successful rebuild. You rebuild by teaching the things that will be useful in the future when these "youdth" are ready. I don't see free style hockey as something that will teach anyone anything. Rebuild starts with getting top end talent. Habs don't have that. They have mid level talent that may or may not become mid tier NHLers. Nothing that will put Habs over the edge. Just my hot take. Remember, I haven't been wrong once in 30 years

 

[zx81]

Alex DeBrincat is the player people say Cauldield is.

DeBrincat is on track for 46 goals.

Caulfield is on track for 24 goals, most of them in OT.

Look where Debrincat was positionned on his pp goal. You rarely see CC shooting from that close on the pp. Our pp is coached by clowns.

 

[Tyson]

Except that I don't see us actually having a successful rebuild. You rebuild by teaching the things that will be useful in the future when these "youdth" are ready. I don't see free style hockey as something that will teach anyone anything. Rebuild starts with getting top end talent. Habs don't have that. They have mid level talent that may or may not become mid tier NHLers. Nothing that will put Habs over the edge. Just my hot take. Remember, I haven't been wrong once in 30 years

While I think it's too early to write off the Reinbacher pick I have serious doubts about why they didn't grab a good young forward. It's not like we don't have several solid D prospects.

 

[The Real Timo]

It takes a while to be completely healthy after a shoulder surgery, sometimes more than a year. He's clearly not shooting at his 100%.

That I agree with. He isn't one timing it. But as I said last night, he is also not skating without a puck. It is very easy for the opposition to cover him and not give him any time to execute a shot. Combined with the fact that something isn't letting him do it and he needs time to tee it up, the results are right there... He isn't cracking 20 this season.

Also if that line had someone who would drive the next and create other scoring options, Caufield would likely get a little less attention.

Right now, it's just too easy for the opposition.

 

[26Mats]

Except that I don't see us actually having a successful rebuild. You rebuild by teaching the things that will be useful in the future when these "youdth" are ready. I don't see free style hockey as something that will teach anyone anything. Rebuild starts with getting top end talent. Habs don't have that. They have mid level talent that may or may not become mid tier NHLers. Nothing that will put Habs over the edge. Just my hot take. Remember, I haven't been wrong once in 30 years

I think the dcore is very talented:

Guhle
Hutson
Reinbacher
Matheson
Barron
Mailloux
Engstrom
Xhekaj
Struble
Harris
Trudeau
Bogdan

The forwards will need to be added to. They start with the big 5:

Dach
Suzuki
Caufield
Slaf
Roy

then there's Newhook, and many middle six forwards.

We'll see what HuGo can add. we're just in year 2.

 

[DAChampion]

Look where Debrincat was positionned on his pp goal. You rarely see CC shooting from that close on the pp. Our pp is coached by clowns.

You think the Wings have a good PP?

I thought the Hans has a weak PK

 

[RationalExpectations]

I think the dcore is very talented:

Guhle
Hutson
Reinbacher
Matheson
Barron
Mailloux
Engstrom
Xhekaj
Struble
Harris
Trudeau
Bogdan

The forwards will need to be added to. They start with the big 5:

Dach
Suzuki
Caufield
Slaf
Roy

then there's Newhook, and many middle six forwards.

We'll see what HuGo can add. we're just in year 2.

MTL is not in year 2. Most of their core players you mentioned are between D+4 and D+7.

 

[26Mats]

Look where Debrincat was positionned on his pp goal. You rarely see CC shooting from that close on the pp. Our pp is coached by clowns.

Crazy that two of the worst PP's in the league belong to the Penguins and the Caps.

MTL is not in year 2. Most of their core players you mentioned are between D+4 and D+7.

The rebuild started with the Slaf draft. that's when we sold vets for futures. The other players are from the years fo being mediocre.

Thank the heavens we inherited Guhle, Caufield, Suzuki, Mailloux, Romanoc etc... from those years. But we previously largely squandered our past low finishes in the standings (KK for Dvo, Sergachev for Drouin, Galchenyuk for Domi for Anderson).

 

[bsl]

Our defense keeps scoring. Barron already with 5 goals!!

I like Barron. Marty is clearly telling him to be the 4th man in.

 

[Rapala]

Yes, agreed, somewhat true.
I personally think it's time for MSL and the coaching staff start to be held more accountable on many issues, having the team ready for the first two minute, and PP and PK........................the blender on lines?
WTF MSL.................I am a fan of MSL but as time moves forward, he seems to have been slipped some stupid pills that Therrien left behind.

From what I heard last evening we are currently at or near the bottom of the league for 1st period goals. If we add our horrendous second period stats to that one has to wonder how we manage to harvest points. Some of it is definitely a case of teams taking their foot off the gas. The regulation wins stat is an importaant one.