Pre-Game Talk: Countdown thread to 24-25 Season (T - 6 hours)

[morhilane]

Pezz is one of their leading hitters

Just read that the Sens have called up a bunch of ahl plugs for the Saturday game. I would NOT dress my best players if I were the Habs. Especially with their injury history. These guys will not care about running our best.

Sens are playing tonight in Detroit, so they might not all be for Saturday.

 

[Ozmodiar]

Man, Xhekaj is so in their heads! So f***ing funny

I wonder if they know we have another on the way?

 

[bud12]

Pezz is a shit disturber no doubt but he can't back up his shit.

People only remember the ass beating he took again Reaves but if he stick to fighting middleweight, he doesn't look too bad. In fact, looking on hockeyfights site, the guy have a positive win/loss ratio.

 

[The Real Timo]

People only remember the ass beating he took again Reaves but if he stick to fighting middleweight, he doesn't look too bad. In fact, looking on hockeyfights site, the guy have a positive win/loss ratio.

Agree. Pezz has to stick to his weight class. The problem is that again... Habs have only one player that can go pretty much with anyone... and if he is not playing or in the box, it's all Pezz.

 

[Tyson]

As expected, Sens are going to goon it up on Sat. I hope Habs brass has enough brains to not dress ANY valuable players for that game. This is absolutely stupid meaningless game. They don't need an extra game to gel. Lines are set. There is zero to gain from this game.

Sit them all down. Bring up entire AHL and ECHL or whatever butt-f***-HL team you want. Do not dress Suzuki, Dach, Caufield, Slaf, Hutson, Guhle. Just don't.

Ottawa Senators add some muscle to close out preseason play

Callups from Belleville have been made going into contests against Detroit and Montreal on Friday and Saturday.

ottawacitizen.com

Bring up Arseneau

 

[The Real Timo]

Bring up Arseneau

Yup. And honestly, I would also sit Xhekaj. No need for him to waste his fists and risk injury on worthless senators plugs.

 

[MarkovsKnee]

Pezz is one of their leading hitters

Just read that the Sens have called up a bunch of ahl plugs for the Saturday game. I would NOT dress my best players if I were the Habs. Especially with their injury history. These guys will not care about running our best.

It's for the away game against Detroit tonight. In front of their own fans, they'll ice a full NHL lineup at home against Montreal.

 

[MarkovsKnee]

People only remember the ass beating he took again Reaves but if he stick to fighting middleweight, he doesn't look too bad. In fact, looking on hockeyfights site, the guy have a positive win/loss ratio.

Yup, his big losses were to Deslauriers, Reeves & Kassian, they're heavyweights. He's done well against everyone else.

 

[schwang26]

Yup. And honestly, I would also sit Xhekaj. No need for him to waste his fists and risk injury on worthless senators plugs.

You’re right. To quote Yoda. “There is another Xhekaj”

 

[schwang26]

Yup, his big losses were to Deslauriers, Reeves & Kassian, they're heavyweights. He's done well against everyone else.

People just bitch about guys not fighting. Pezz is more than willing, yet they bitch because he’s not a heavyweight? The guy will drop them with anyone and hits like crazy. People need to stop complaining. I’d much rather have a big guy who hits and can play the game than a goon anyway.

 

[Rapala]

People only remember the ass beating he took again Reaves but if he stick to fighting middleweight, he doesn't look too bad. In fact, looking on hockeyfights site, the guy have a positive win/loss ratio.

I agree but most of the time it isn't people in his weight class that need to be dealt with.

It's for the away game against Detroit tonight. In front of their own fans, they'll ice a full NHL lineup at home against Montreal.

As should we. The message was sent now we have to live up to it.

 

[MarkovsKnee]

I agree but most of the time it isn't people in his weight class that need to be dealt with.


As should we. The message was sent now we have to live up to it.

Last game of pre-seaon everyone ices their NHL lineup.

 

[Tyson]

Last game of pre-seaon everyone ices their NHL lineup.

I predict the Habs go a different route and ice a majority of AHL players.

 

[The Real Timo]

Last game of pre-seaon everyone ices their NHL lineup.

That’s not what Sens mouthpiece said. Looks like a bunch of scrubs for the Habs game.

 

[Rapala]

People just bitch about guys not fighting. Pezz is more than willing, yet they bitch because he’s not a heavyweight? The guy will drop them with anyone and hits like crazy. People need to stop complaining. I’d much rather have a big guy who hits and can play the game than a goon anyway.

LOL
This is not about fighting or not fighting. It's about having players with built in DNA to react when shit happens.
This is about having players who can win one on one board battles having players who can cycle the puck and earn zone time.
The balance on our bottom six is pathetic like it or not that's what this is about.
We need to become a team that can do the leaning not the one constantly getting leaned on.

 

[Habby4Life]

100% agree.

Ice the bare minimum required for NHL players but sit as many as you can.

Ice the same lineup as last with the exception of Dach.

That's why I said "some bum-f***-HL" team. Doesn't have to be AHL, doesn't even have to be Habs

Haha, love to see, it.

Where did you play, "California Penal"

5-10 guys on a 2 day PTO.

 

[Kennerback]

A test to see if a team is soft is Tkachuk just hanging around in the middle of your own blue paint after the whistle and running his mouth on your home ice. The home team just put their heads down and look away and know they could never do that in the Sens crease.

If you’re not one of the couple of media figures that have been spayed or neutered already you know how detrimental this is. Just having Xhekaj in the lineup goes a long way in making Tkachuk think twice.

 

[The Real Timo]

Yup, his big losses were to Deslauriers, Reeves & Kassian, they're heavyweights. He's done well against everyone else.

Pezz is no Tom Kostopulous.

 

[Non Player Canadiens]

I don't understand people saying we are soft from top to bottom , do you guys think other teams have 25 AHL and ECHL goons under contract or something? If anything the only important softies on our team are Suzuki and Caufield but nobody wants to name them and wants to talk about *overall* team softness......interesting


I don't see us being softer than the average 2024 NHL hockey organization but I'd love to be proven wrong

if you're not icing a team of 18 Cam Neelys you're soft

- HabsHF, probably

 

[schwang26]

That’s not what Sens mouthpiece said. Looks like a bunch of scrubs for the Habs game.

Exactly. I can see it happening. The Sens are pretty classless.

 

[schwang26]

LOL
This is not about fighting or not fighting. It's about having players with built in DNA to react when shit happens.
This is about having players who can win one on one board battles having players who can cycle the puck and earn zone time.
The balance on our bottom six is pathetic like it or not that's what this is about.
We need to become a team that can do the leaning not the one constantly getting leaned on.

Pezz does. And no nhl team has that many guys on their roster who will do that anyway. Even though Dach and Slaf dropped the gloves, do you seriously want anyone in the top 6 doing that? And they have a lot of guys who win board battles. Pretty much all their big guys do. As for bottom 6, unfortunately not much can be done until they shed contracts. They’re stuck with Anderson , Gally and Dvorak for now. My feeling is that If a 4th line doesn’t materialize from within, I’m sure they’ll build that from without. I’ve said for a while that they need a solid 4th to compete for a cup. It’ll happen.

 

[The Gr8 Dane]

if you're not icing a team of 18 Cam Neelys you're soft

- HabsHF, probably

Yeah its ridiculous lol look around the league...what are we even talking about...

 

[WeThreeKings]

As much as we want to tear the bottom 6 apart and change it.. you'd be looking at moving at minimum 2 x 1st round picks to get rid of Anderson and Gallagher.

So we have to just accept we have to wait those two contracts out.. Armia and Dvorak are on their last year here and will be moved on from by Summer at the latest.

 

[Rapala]

Look at our top six and then our projected top 4 Dmen in particular.
Softest in the league?

This is a far cry from having a Weber or an Edmundson or a Chiarot ready to step in.

Personally I think it won't work like at all.

 

[WeThreeKings]

Look at our top six and then our projected top 4 Dmen in particular.
Softest in the league?

This is a far cry from having a Weber or an Edmundson or a Chiarot ready to step in.

Personally I think it won't work like at all.

I mean Tampa Bay won multiple cups with a top 6 of Point, Stamkos, Kucherov, Palat and the top 4 D were Cernak, Hedman, Sergachev, and McDonagh.

That's a pretty soft top 6 and top 4.. they just built more robustness around those players and it didn't matter.