Pre-Game Talk: Game 82: Canadiens v. Canes, 4/16/25 @ 7PM

[le_sean]

That’s fresh coming from the guy who had the absolute worst game possible against the lowly Hawks.

 

[the]

It would certainly help if he doesn't take a stupid penalty this game.

 

[Tuggy]

Words are just that, words.

Let's see it on the ice tonight.

 

[Tyson]

so sick of every reporter saying the habs are tired.
they played more then 82 games??

come on they had 2 weeks off in feb

I think the issue is that they have such poor depth that they burned out their best players. Suzuki played 27 minutes against Chicago...one Center plays almost half the game...

 

[The Great Weal]

Hopefully he backs up what he said after being the biggest reason why we lost on Monday

 

[Natey]

He blows, he's awful, he's not blocking shots that fat piece of junk is falling down and getting in the way.

Why is this kind of disrespectful crap tolerated? Thankfully I won't see it again.

Savard is playing terribly. It's not his fault he's in the lineup.

 

[Adam Michaels]

 

[Tyson]

Wow!

 

[Tuggy]

 

[Vachon23]

Holy shit

No reason to loose, Hurricanes basically give us the win

 

[Saundies]

The problem on our PP is teams know there is no left handed threat on the opposite side so they overplay Laine's side since if he's covered our PP is unlikely to do anything.

Demidov would be a threat to shoot on the opposite side which would help allow Laine to be more open to use his shot. Demi is also capable of making cross ice passes to Laine which makes our PP much more unpredictable, this instead of the puck getting passed back to Hutson/Suzuki every time to set up a Laine one-timer.

The problem on our PP is that everyone in the rink knows what the Habs are attempting to set up. There's nothing tried other than that (most times.. last game they got really lucky in that the whole right side opened up after Caufield almost gave it away on the boards) so all PKers do is swarm Hutson and Nick until they force a pass to Laine for a sharp angle shot.

Slaf has to be taking it to the net and trying to score. Doing it once or twice will force PKers to cover him or try to stop it, opening up others. He won't though. He passes every single time without fail, doesn't even look to the net.

 

[expy]

Can't wait for the excuse if they fail.

Holy shit

No reason to loose, Hurricanes basically give us the win

KK hat-trick?

 

[The Gr8 Dane]

 

[red devil]

Hopefully he backs up what he said after being the biggest reason why we lost on Monday

I would rather have a player that is little over aggressive than play too passively. He made a mistake by stepping up and going for a hit that was missed timed probably by less than have a second. There is a fine line being too aggressive and playing with the right assertiveness. His teammates should also have killed off the PK against the Blackhawks.

 

[the]

Carolina just gave us a huge break here. We got to win this now.

 

[Natey]

If we lose, we didn't deserve to make it

 

[Grate n Colorful Oz]

I work tonight so scoreboard watching it is.....come on boys you can do this!!!!

 

[Tyson]

Good team have depth and I am sure that whoever the Hurricanes insert in the line up will be a handful for the Habs.
No Slavin does help though, he is arguably the best shut down D in the league.

 

[le_sean]

Slavin doesn’t score but he’s the one that worries me the most. His stick is like a magnet for rubber, just completely eliminates goal scoring opportunities.

 

[417]

No excuses tonight...can't win, didn't deserve it.

 

[The Real Timo]

Talk about No Excuses.

 

[le_sean]

I think the issue is that they have such poor depth that they burned out their best players. Suzuki played 27 minutes against Chicago...one Center plays almost half the game...

Weird. There’s posters that think Newhook is the 2nd coming of Christ. You’d think he’d get more icetime in a crucial game if that were the case.

 

[Saundies]

No excuses tonight...can't win, didn't deserve it.

This is just it right? If they do sit all of those guys and we still lose (at home) with the season on the line, it's completely justified.

Columbus is a team of destiny right now and they will beat NYI tomorrow night in regulation. I'm as sure of it as a young francophone rookie scoring his first NHL goal against the Habs.

 

[Adam Michaels]

You guys think Molson gave Dundon the 20$ he spent for KK's bonus so Canes can sit all of their top stars so Habs improve their chances to win?

 

[Habs]

Why is this kind of disrespectful crap tolerated? Thankfully I won't see it again.

Savard is playing terribly. It's not his fault he's in the lineup.

lol so you admit he's terrible, but because I didn't word it a way you like I'm the bad guy. Hilarious