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

[sampollock]

boys better not look at the line up and feel there good
work and don't stand still Slaf

 

[EveryDay]

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

You know Matheson would most definitely drop it right in the slot.

 

[Kennerback]

 

[InsideLaineBOOM]

If Demidov got 1+1 with Armia.. with Laine he should get 1+3 at least.

 

[ahmedou]

RDS

SN1

SNE

SNO

FDSNSO

 

[sampollock]

Matheson play smart

 

[JianYang]

33 pages and we are still hours from the game.

I guess those who declared the season over after last game are still active.

 

[sampollock]

RDS

SN1

SNE

SNO

FDSNSO

is this game across canada? or blocked

 

[TRG]

33 pages and we are still hours from the game.

I guess those who declared the season over after last game are still active.

Those people are never going away

 

[Mats NAslund]

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

Agreed and the other thing is player TOI management, not a single Forward on Columbus typically plays more than 20 minutes keeping them fresh and engaged where Montreal is consistently playing Suzuki 25 plus.

At the back end Columbus is playing their top 2 D 25 plus and then their 3 and 4 around 20. Using that logic MSL is telling everyone that Matheson at 25 plus a night is our number 1, Hutson Ghule and Carrier in that 2 3 4 hole at roughly 20 minutes per game.

Anyone here see something wrong with Matheson avg'ing 25 minutes a game, that's more than any other D by 5 minutes on AVG per night?

 

[EveryDay]

Matheson play smart

You got it wrong. It should say:

Play Matheson smart.

Meaning keep it under 20 min.

 

[ahmedou]

Expected Canes goalie against Canadiens: Pyotr Kochetkov

 

[Andrei79]

I mean, if they lose its a huge fail.

 

[salbutera]

 

[bcv]

Has the D pairings been announced yet?

 

[bcv]

I mean, if they lose its a huge fail.

Told myself the same thing before last game

 

[morhilane]

"backup" goalie with a better GAA than Monty and Dobes and 46 games played.
Line-up with 6 rookies to show they can play.
Rookie with a french surname.
KK as #1 center.


All the ingredients for the Habs losing tonight.

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I'm one of the like 3 posters right before the season 1st puck drop who believed the Habs would make the playoffs this year. But now that they are knocking at the door, I'm not sure I want them to make it. Why? Because owners and management type usually see "making the playoffs = good team", but this team has shown itself to be very flawed (line-up and "systems") and bipolar.

Demidov is going to help secondary scoring at least, by becoming the primary scoring.


But I also want them to play well tonight and win because it is the last game of the season.

 

[Sasha Orlov]

If they can’t win this one they absolutely deserve to miss, this is being given to them on a platter

 

[ahmedou]

f*** these perfidious backstabbers! f*** Eric Cole too!

 

[Trabdy2]

If we don't at least get to OT against this Canes lineup, simply put, we probably don't deserve to be in the playoffs. I know that there will be hungry AHLers on their side, but still, if we have an NHL-caliber playoff roster we should be able to take this one.

We need to play tight defensively and with urgency on every loose puck.

Laine made me so nervous last game every time he had the puck on his stick. I'm not sure how things will go with Demidov on his line in this game. I'll try to be optimistic though.

 

[sampollock]

MSL wont change the lines at all

 

[Tyson]

All I ask is for the team to not play scared, play to win

 

[The Real Timo]

Has the D pairings been announced yet?

Does it need to be?

 

[salbutera]

 

[Tyson]

MSL wont change the lines at all

This is game 7....he will adjust if he needs to.