GDT: Game 39: Saturday, January 4, 7 PM | CityTV, SNE, TVAS Habs @ Avs - Boo Drouin edition!!

[habdynasty]

Hope Laine has recovered from the Vegas Flu...

 

[zx81]

No Laine, No gain.

 

[Habs]

No Laine, No gain.

He's not having a breakdown of some sort is he?

 

[Kennerback]

No Laine, No gain.

 

[vokiel]

No Laine, No gain.

Good thing we have 2 Lanes then. It ain't a one-way in Montreal...

 

[JianYang]

Any injury to an important player like Suzuki, Caufield, Laine and the Habs are done. Lost the 2 games that Laine missed most of.

I think any injury to the defense is harmful. A Suzuki injury buries them, as does an injury to Monty (who is being used more than any other goalie in the league).

 

[vokiel]

Apparently we also have Cannibals in Montreal:

 

[waitin425]

He's not having a breakdown of some sort is he?

"flu-like" symptoms

 

[ahmedou]

I want Drouin to score against us.

It's only for my entertainment purpose. Juste pour rire.

 

[Goldthorpe]

It's January 4th. Not 5th.

 

[RoyIsALegend]

I want Drouin to score against us.

It's only for my entertainment purpose. Juste pour rire.

41 P in 37 GP after being scratched last year
3 P in 3 GP in playoffs
8 P in 7 GP this year

There's a chance he might!

 

[Boss Man Hughes]

Bet your house on Colorado. Habs are done without Laine.

 

[schwang26]

I think any injury to the defense is harmful. A Suzuki injury buries them, as does an injury to Monty (who is being used more than any other goalie in the league).

Struble is capable of. Losing Suzuki though….

Bet your house on Colorado. Habs are done without Laine.

Laine still hasn’t found his 5 on 5 game yet and hasn’t scored a PP goal in a few games now. The PP hasn’t been producing like it was. I’m not sure he’s really had much impact in 3 or 4 games. Still, I’d rather he was playing.

 

[Runner77]

I don’t care if it’s the Black Hawks’ theme song, it has found me and I can’t get it out of my head. I dunno why but it just puts me in a good mood, something I can use in case the Habs get shellacked tonight (not hoping for it but, not optimistic).

 

[JianYang]

Struble is capable of. Losing Suzuki though….


Laine still hasn’t found his 5 on 5 game yet and hasn’t scored a PP goal in a few games now. The PP hasn’t been producing like it was. I’m not sure he’s really had much impact in 3 or 4 games. Still, I’d rather he was playing.

I'm not big on struble. In addition to that, one injury on defense just seems to cause a ripple effect and sometimes gets players to go play out of their natural position.

I don’t care if it’s the Black Hawks’ theme song, it has found me and I can’t get it out of my head. I dunno why but it just puts me in a good mood, something I can use in case the Habs get shellacked tonight (not hoping for it but, not optimistic).

Canucks fans still have ptsd from it.

 

[HabsWhiteKnightLOL]

I think any injury to the defense is harmful. A Suzuki injury buries them, as does an injury to Monty (who is being used more than any other goalie in the league).

Good thing Suzuki never missed a game during his career , even during covid, Imagine Suzuki out for 6 months
This team would actually have Dach and Evans as top 6 centers
(knocks on wood)

 

[V13]

He's not having a breakdown of some sort is he?

He's fatigued according to Dave Cameron

 

[Boss Man Hughes]

Struble is capable of. Losing Suzuki though….


Laine still hasn’t found his 5 on 5 game yet and hasn’t scored a PP goal in a few games now. The PP hasn’t been producing like it was. I’m not sure he’s really had much impact in 3 or 4 games. Still, I’d rather he was playing.

Being out there on the 2nd line and keeping eyes on him lets Dach and Newhook have more room to operate.

 

[japhi27returns]

30 years with a bottom 5 on ice product I can say what I want. Tanking is the way

lol, 30 years bottom 5 product. You can absolutely say what you want, but you aren’t entitled to your own facts.

 

[Calendal]

So Laine still out? Sucks. Rest of this is off-topic so my apologies, feel free to skip.

Watcing WJC on TSN and for a while there the commentators were about equally interested in the game as some radio commentators I heard 35 years ago.

That game was Finland vs Soviet Union and the play-by-play (only one person on that radio channel so he has to keep on talking to avoid dead air, no matter what) goes approximately like this: "And that's the Soviet defender.. actually his brother is a professional boxer. And the story goes that this one this one time he was getting ready for match and saw his opponent... Soviet Union has scored... And actually that opponent looked really big. So he decided to climb out of the dressing room window and run away. Game is now 2-0."

Based on the interest level it's not Canada playing for sure. They want to talk players not the game.

 

[japhi27returns]

This is the problem with having a star like Laine play 60% of games, it seriously f***s with the lineup. Doesn’t matter how good you are if you miss every third game, you become a net negative.

 

[Calendal]

This is the problem with having a star like Laine play 60% of games, it seriously f***s with the lineup. Doesn’t matter how good you are if you miss every third game, you become a net negative.

Look at how Toronto has done without Matthews, Washington without Ovie. Half of the biggest stars have missed time this season already. A contender will keep up .500 without a single player.

 

[Tyson]

Look at how Toronto has done without Matthews, Washington without Ovie. Half of the biggest stars have missed time this season already. A contender will keep up .500 without a single player.

Agreed, while the Habs have made great strides they obviously don't have the depth needed to live without one key player.

 

[Runner77]

Please play this song, while reading thread.



In the words of the lovely shower pooper....."what doesn't kill you makes you stronger"

Tonight...Game 2 of a B2B vs. an absolutely stacked team. Hopefully we come into this game stronger...more resolved.

Looks like Dobes will get the start.

Will Laine be back from his own version of the shower poops after having "flu-like" symptoms?

I hope that everyone will remember when we took out the trash by sending Drouin....but alas, he will probably score....so BOO at your TV everytime he touches the puck.

Finally, Hutson vs Makar. Perennial Norris winner vs that scrub from Colorado.

GHG!!!

You might want to change the date of your thread title unless … this thread is from the future, in which case, I’ll need tonight’s lotto numbers.

 

[HabbyGuy]

Agreed, while the Habs have made great strides they obviously don't have the depth needed to live without one key player.

Yeah, add Demidov next season and we probably don't miss a beat with a Laine injury. Where we feel it the most is on D when we have a scratch.

We need to add legit depth on the backend in the offseason imo. Reinbacher's annoying injury this year continues to rear it's ugly head. He assuredly would have gotten plenty of chances with how this season has played out.