Laval Rocket: GDT- Game 3 Cleveland at Laval 3 PM EST

[Tyson]

You get what you deserve when you take out a goalie who wins you two games and is fresh off a shutout.

That has nothing to do with the entire team not showing up thinking it would be easy. This loss wasn't on goaltending, it was on the coaches and the players thinking Cleveland would roll over.

 

[Kudo Shinichi]

And enjoy golfing early, I guess.

They have a better chance of golfing earlier by playing the 20-year-old rookie goalie with a total of 4 AHL games of experience than by playing the 25-year-old vet who has lost only 3 games in regulation this year in the AHL.

 

[Boss Man Hughes]

I find that the veterans (Dauphin, Baré-Boulet and Condotta) are better than our prospects (Roy, Beck, Farrell, etc.). I wish it's the opposite.

I thought BB and Dauphin were crap.

 

[WeThreeKings]

That has nothing to do with the entire team not showing up thinking it would be easy. This loss wasn't on goaltending, it was on the coaches and the players thinking Cleveland would roll over.

And Cleveland getting a fresh look against a different goalie. Enabled the opponents to think things can be different, and it was.

They have a better chance of golfing earlier by playing the 20-year-old rookie goalie with a total of 4 AHL games of experience than by playing the 25-year-old vet who has lost only 3 games in regulation this year in the AHL.

They have a better chance by rolling with the goalie who just beat the same team 2 consecutive times and only conceding twice.

 

[schwang26]

You get what you deserve when you take out a goalie who wins you two games and is fresh off a shutout.

If you think that had anything to do with the loss, you’re very mistaken.

 

[WeThreeKings]

If you think that had anything to do with the loss, you’re very mistaken.

and if you think it's a good idea to take out a goalie after a shutout and a 1.00 GAA after two games, I can DM Bergevin for you, he might like to hire you.

 

[HuGo Burner Acc]

Why are some people on here so insistent on Laval continuing to play Primeau over Fowler? The dude has no future with the habs. He might not even get qualified this summer (or traded). Fowler is the supposed future. Carey Price got invaluable experience leading the team to a Calder cup at 19. Fowler doing so right now would be fantastic for him and the habs organization

 

[WeThreeKings]

Why are some people on here so insistent on Laval continuing to play Primeau over Fowler? The dude has no future with the habs. He might not even get qualified this summer (or traded). Fowler is the supposed future. Carey Price got invaluable experience leading the team to a Calder cup at 19. Fowler doing so right now would be fantastic for him and the habs organization

Some people just have to defend any choice that is made by someone in the organization. They needlessly created a problem by starting Primeau last game. Fowler got the net and he earned to keep it. Sucks for Primeau, but Fowler wasn't going to go undefeated the whole way. Primeau would have gotten his shot.

 

[Team_Spirit]

Greaves made 36 saves
Primeau made 22 saves

Quick blame the whole team for not showing up

 

[HuGo Burner Acc]

Some people just have to defend any choice that is made by someone in the organization. They needlessly created a problem by starting Primeau last game. Fowler got the net and he earned to keep it. Sucks for Primeau, but Fowler wasn't going to go undefeated the whole way. Primeau would have gotten his shot.

I'm actually happy Primeau got his shot. Now Laval can put that narrative to rest and start Fowler in game 4. While it would have been better to just run with Fowler the whole time, and even if it wasn't totally on Primeau yesterday, the results are the results. Fowler should get his shot to run the team deep in the playoffs. I just don't see an argument for starting Primeau besides shallowly saying, he deserves it for his work in the regular season. What about the work that Danis and Halak put in before Carey stole the net from them? Even if you argue that Primeau gives them a better shot at winning (which I disagree with), what's more important, having a slightly better chance at winning the Calder or giving your supposed future no.1 G invaluable experience during a critical time to start his pro career