GDT: Game 51: WILD @ HABS January 30, 2025 – 7:00PM ET. TSN2, RDS

[Kennerback]

I think our game plan was to play Minnesota's game and win 1-0 in the shootout.

I thought we could score 1 goal tonight. Apparently not. No way we get 2.

 

[LV426]

How many times has Dach fallen tonight? Flashes of KK

They're ALL falling tonight. At least nobody's getting season ending surgery by falling on their asses.

 

[lillypad33]

Dach and Laine are obviously pissed at the refs. Dach jumped on a guy's back and Laine tripped a guy just to see what the ref would do.
The only entertainment left in the game is to see if the Habs get a pp or not.

 

[HuGo Sham]

We have Dobes essentially steal wins while our PP and 3rd line were a legit threat each game.
Other than Suzuki and Caufield. Nothing screams playoff team

yeah..emil - who is going to be great imo, helped turn that 4th line into the best in the league.

 

[habdynasty]

The Habs are like a bad football team punting from Their own 20 yard line over and over and over …..

 

[red devil]

 

[Yoor]

...not funny, amigo...seriously not funny...

Why? I got a chuckle out of it...

 

[Gaylord Q Tinkledink]

Everyone looks exhausted. Laine on the last shift could barely stay on his legs.

Thats no excuse.

No idea why people peddled that as an excuse last week.

 

[Kimota]

...not funny, amigo...seriously not funny...

 

[Boss Man Hughes]

Guess he’s been tired all season

NO. He was recovering from the injury.

 

[HabSgt]

What we see is what was expected. The team is not ready. It was never meant to be. Again people got caught evaluating a team during a good sequence instead of looking at the big picture. The team is where it was supposed to be. Not bottom 5 anymore. In the mix for a good part of the year. But ultimately not experienced and good enough to make it and should draft anywhere in between 8th and 15th. And the plan should still be to sell despite what everyone think. Those vets are not good enough when they are not being carrier by Hutson, Suzuki, Caufield, Montembeault, Guhle, .... all those vets are easily replaceable even Evans i like him but he's a 3rd line player you can find one without too much trouble it should not be a priority atm.

Agreed 100%

After three (soon to be four) seasons out of the playoffs all UFAs should be for sale. No recency bias, four seasons of what they are should be enough.

Recency bias is what the other GMs should be given though...

 

[Bobby Holik agent]

i'm listening to a Minnesota stream they are HYPE !!

 

[The Gr8 Dane]

Our second line left winger is on pace for 21 points

Let that sink in. Never been benched, sat. Gets PP time

Its beyond lunacy that he is just penciled in and doesnt need to produce

Yeah he is actually dogmeat it's insane

 

[ChikN]

Guess he’s been tired all season

At least he has the excuse of missing a lot of hockey. But guys like Armia, Anderson, Evans, all look like they have cement feet in the last few games.

 

[sampollock]

Apparently there's no more need to scoreboard watch and his team has no chance of getting a wild card playing like this

 

[zx81]

They're ALL falling tonight. At least nobody's getting season ending surgery by falling on their asses.

Seriously what's up with that? I understand that ice is slippery but...

 

[Apoplectic Habs Fan]

Newhook has 3 more points than the Refrigerator on defense

Nepotism at its finest. And no one can tell me there is accountability from this staff. You can find these flashes in the pan on waivers

 

[Skip Bayless]

Maybe start practicing the breakout...

 

[Yasuo]

I dont see the point in overpaying for Evans. He's a 4th line c having career year at 28. By the time we are ready to contend one of Hage/Beck or Kapanen will be a better option than him.

 

[Boss Man Hughes]

Yeah he is actually dogmeat it's insane

And replace him with who?

 

[Yoor]

Mix it up on the bottom 3 lines

Laine-Evans-Armia
Anderson-Dach-Gallagher
RHP-Dvorak-Newhook

Try something....anything....pls.

 

[ChikN]

Thats no excuse.

No idea why people peddled that as an excuse last week.

It’s no excuse. Just wondering if the team has poor conditioning overall.

 

[The Real Timo]

...not funny, amigo...seriously not funny...

i don't get the reference...

 

[BigDaddyLurch]

No, just don't condone hate.

 

[LaP]

I agree with you, but the dominant 15 games is still a huge positive even for a tanker like myself, at least for Caufield Nick Hutson Dobes Monty Slaf Ghule and somewhat Laine , everybody else is kind of a wildcard and will be replaced when we become a good team AKA we can survive and deal with Dach and Newhook never becoming great lol

Yes it is. I'm not arguing this is not a positive year quite the contrary. It is a positive year. But those 15 game should not change the plan. At the beginning of the year the plan was to sell the UFAs and the plan should not have changed. Let's say you trade Evans for a 1st, Savard for a 2nd and Armia for a 3rd. Maybe we have to add 4th round picks to those players to make it work (we have four 4th round picks in the next two drafts). Then we have three 1st, three 2nd and four 3rd at the next draft. Is it too many picks? yes. But you can use those as leverage in a trade during the draft. Either to draft higher in the 1st or if a big name in his 20ies becomes available then you instantly becomes a serious contender to acquire him.