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

[Colezuki]

Interesting....3 teams in the east on the left with the most travelled.....................13 teams in the east are with the less travelled....

part of this is the big roadtrips we go on every year

 

[ahmedou]

 

[Yoor]

No Aho. No Staal. No Slavin. No Jarvis. No Martinook. No Chatfield. No Blake.

If they aren't playing. This should be 2 easy points. But no there's no 2 easy points with our team.

Our team like 2 difficult points.

We always seem to play to our opponents level. We get up for tough teams and play crap vs shit teams....why?

 

[Shred]

Oh shit, I hope this Chris Lee talk is a joke.

Wes McCauley and Kendrick Nicholson are the refs tonight. I tried asking chatgpt about habs record with McCauley reffing and it was unable to help.

 

[CharleyHorse]

Do they really? I mean we have Suzuki, CC, Laine (presumably awesome on PP), Hutson, Guhle and Slaf when he wants to. And now Demidov. Do CBJs really have more talent? Or is it something else?

They don't. Both teams have promising young talent, but Habs may have a more balanced/dynamic roster, especially with the addition of Ivan Demidov and the awesome season of Lane Hutson. Their goaltending is also generally more stability compared to the Blue Jackets, regardless of the Montembeault bananas here and there - hopefully, he doesn't play like shit tonight.

 

[StCaufield]

Whoever is in net will just destroy us. Probably play a career game

 

[TRG]

Adam Fantilli
Boone Jenner
Kiril Marchenko
Mathieu Olivier - Punishing forward who can fight and play
Dimitri Voronkov

Warenski
Provorov
Fabbro

Greaves - Kid is on fire right now

Very similar, I think they are better coached (Dean Evason) and I believe this is what's making the difference!

What stood out yesterday is how calmly they were executing plays and defending.

 

[BLONG7]

part of this is the big roadtrips we go on every year

Every team in the east should face that too..............something was way off this year.
Look at the Sens.........should have the same schedule, but travelled 30% less

 

[Habit11]

Just cycle the puck for 60 straight minutes behind their net and voila, make da playoffs

 

[The Real Timo]

Whoever is in net will just destroy us. Probably play a career game

A shutout

 

[Rapala]

Why are they out of gas while CBJ are not?

Columbus are playing stingy structured playoff style hockey every night and we aren't.
We are out of gas because we spend far too much time defending. I keep looking at who has the puck when our top players get on and it's rarely us.

 

[Habs]

Yes, send cookies.

Habs are still rebuilding and Monahan's peak will not align with when this team will be at its best. It was logical to trade him.

WTF where did I say it wasn't logical? I was just pointing out what a stud he still is.

 

[HabzSauce]

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

Because they have to bust their ass every game & be perfect if they want a chance to win.

This team is still crap, we are overachieving big time

 

[Mats NAslund]

I’d like to ask MSL “I get why you don’t change the lineup when we’re winning….but why not when we’re losing???

Matheson & Savard have looked worn out! I’d even add Carrier looks tired.

This sums up MSLs failure as a coach to adapt and implement change when required!

 

[Kennerback]

We always seem to play to our opponents level. We get up for tough teams and play crap vs shit teams....why?

“Oh yeah. It wasn’t an optional practice, we just gave some rest time to our vets. But yeah, they’re actually playing… No, nothing personal… Besides you’re the one that tried to hurt our organization starting this offer sheets business ….”

 

[Boss Man Hughes]

Nice words but let's see it they better have double digit shots by the end if the 1st.

And don't cheapshot any of the young guys playing their first game Guhle.

 

[habsfan891]

Wes McCauley and Kendrick Nicholson are the refs tonight. I tried asking chatgpt about habs record with McCauley reffing and it was unable to help.

I feel like our record with McCauley is bad but I could be confusing him with someone else

 

[The Real Timo]

KK is their 1C. f*** me... we've been had so bad!

FIRE BERGEVIN!!!!

 

[TRG]

WTF where did I say it wasn't logical? I was just pointing out what a stud he still is.

Well, it did look like you were blaming the org. (Which is the national pastime on this board)

 

[Kennerback]

KK is their 1C. f*** me... we've been had so bad!

FIRE BERGEVIN!!!!

They have something up their sleeve.

 

[Rapala]

If they lose, I consult the trade thread for rumours and the draft weekend thread prior to it.

The rest will be noise from fans.

You are going to do that even if they win once the post season is done.

 

[Boss Man Hughes]

This sums up MSLs failure as a coach to adapt and implement change when required!

How/ Who is going to take their minutes? there is no depth on d.

 

[HabzSauce]

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.

Slaf still plays like such a p*ssy when he has the puck. He will eventually improve in that area but man is it ever frustrating

 

[waitin425]

Tonight I am drinking a very stiff rum with the game. My nerves are shot

 

[BLONG7]

Tonight I am drinking a very stiff rum with the game. My nerves are shot

Hang in there.........we got this.