GDT: Game 79: Habs @ Sens - Friday, April 11, 7 PM EDT | SN, RDS

[Supersonic]

The way that Sens fans are talking about tonight, the Habs must be dressing the Broad Street Bullies

Talk about being out to lunch lol

 

[PavelBrendl]

The way that Sens fans are talking about tonight, the Habs must be dressing the Broad Street Bullies

Talk about being out to lunch lol

Wait, the Sens have fans?

 

[ahmedou]

The Demidov's jerseys! Going to be all over the Canadian Tire arena! In Ottawa!

 

[GrandmaCookie]

Demidov in the lineup tonight or what.

 

[vokiel]

Demidov in the lineup tonight or what.

He's in Toronto?

 

[GrandmaCookie]

He's in Toronto?

I’ll take this as a no..

 

[vokiel]

I’ll take this as a no..

I don't think he'll be there tonight no, but I'm often wrong of course.

 

[Kosseca]

arggg... feels like no Xhakej may be a mistake tonight

 

[FerrisRox]

For whatever it's worth, Stu Cowan posted the official rosters for tonight's game, Demidov is listed for the Habs.

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Considering that also has Brady Tkachuk, I would say this isn't worth anything at all.

 

[Tyson]

It would be nice to see Kapanen score his first goal

 

[Habssince89]

Considering that also has Brady Tkachuk, I would say this isn't worth anything at all.

Yup too many players on the list. I think OTT has 8 D

 

[schwang26]

I personally think Caps is the better matchup.

Also, passing the Sens will require the Sens to lose games (more than one).

It’d be way more hilarious if they beat the Leafs in the first round though

 

[Theodore450]

I bet we go 7D in the playoffs

 

[Habs]

Sens are going to go full Pejorative Slur on MSL's undersized team

 

[FerrisRox]

I bet we go 7D in the playoffs

I would take that bet.

It would be a really dumb choice and I'd be very surprised if they did that.

 

[overlords]

Sens are going to go full Pejorative Slur on MSL's undersized team

I think they're supposed to be resting tkachuk but not sure if it's been confirmed

 

[jbeck5]

As an Ottawa resident i don't need these Ottawa fans to get all uppity...so please beat them. Also, they already resurrected their "Sens mile"...ugh

As a general hockey fan, shouldn't you like that?

Being in Ottawa, you know how many different NHL teams are liked by Ottawa hockey fans.

Most, even including rivals, say they prefer when the senators are in the playoffs because there's more of a hockey vibe in the city... It almost brings out a comradery even among rival fans. That's what I always heard.

 

[Adam Michaels]

arggg... feels like no Xhakej may be a mistake tonight

I don't think it's a mistake because Habs have been winning without him. But also, Struble and Guhle have been laying the body quite a bit the last few games. So physicality has still been there.

I'm not disagreeing with you that Xhekaj should be in the line-up. But I wouldn't qualify it as a mistake.

 

[Sugi21]

Fascinating that you find it hard to like a coach that has guided us through an expedited rebuild while getting tremendous positive progress from rookies and U25 player


This is why we can't have nice things lol

MSL has been the right guy for the job since day 1! Will he coach us to a Cup? I hope so but at the moment he’s the right guy for this group and has turned the ship around!

 

[Apoplectic Habs Fan]

They have been resilient in their comebacks lately but would be nice if they start playing from puck drop

There really is no excuse when you are playing for this much not to be ready

 

[jbeck5]

For whatever it's worth, Stu Cowan posted the official rosters for tonight's game, Demidov is listed for the Habs.

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That's just their roster stats...

You have 13F and 8D listed for Ottawa...so that's just the roster and not the gamesheet rosters.

 

[CHfan1]

I bet we go 7D in the playoffs

I doubt that.

I’d expect they’ll go with the following forward lines:

Caufield-Suzuki-Slafkovsky
Laine-Newhook-Demidov
Anderson-Dvorak-Gallagher
Kapanen/Heineman-Evans-Armia

I can’t see them going with 11 forwards and sitting both Kapanen and Heineman.

 

[Rapala]

A regulation win.

They need 1 point to officially eliminate NYR, NYI & DET.

They need a regulation win to eliminate CBJ. Although they only need 2 pts in their final 4 games to eliminate them. But they can clinch their spot with a regulation win.

No messing around two days off the batteries are recharged and we have everything to play for in this one game.
Suzuki Caufield Hutson Gallagher Anderson and Guhle have all shown they thrive in the Big Game environment and drag others along with them.
If the other lines can hold serve I think we have enough to win it providing Monty plays well.

This is it this is the one we've been waiting for since coming off that Four Nation Break in such spectacular fashion.

 

[Habs13]

Is that what you think David Savard does on the Canadiens penalty kill?

He flops on the ice and waves his limbs around... that's all he does.

 

[InsideLaineBOOM]

He also lays down on the ice in front of the net.

Purely hypothetically: would it be allowed for a defender to lay down on the goal line so that the goalie would be doing the goalie job on top of him? One could use very small and quick goalies, even midgets if you so choose. This as the crease to cover is much smaller than normal, due to the defender (preferably someone with a big belly) covering the lower part of the crease.