GDT: Habs at Sens (Now, Saturday, October 7th)

[ChesterNimitz]

Lol DJ and the sens org with a big f*** you to their own fans.

Will be funny to watch all their vets rusty and having a slow start again.

Never change ottawa...

Before we start crowing, let’s see if we even win tonight, whomever the Sens play.

 

[OldCraig71]

The regular season should be starting tonight, Saturday night is hockey night in this country.

 

[CristianoRonaldo]

Xhekaj traumatized their weak team, good to see.

 

[CHfan1]

I really wish the NHL would start and finish the season earlier. This feels late for preseason hockey.

 

[Adam Michaels]

I do agree with some of your points, but sincerely not about the forechecking part.
What I was hoping for with Ylonen was for him to become a more productive version of Lekhonen, but his refusal of going anywhere near the dirty areas is hindering his ambitions of becoming a regular in the NHL.

I think it's a mistake to expect Ylonen to play like Lehkonen. They play different styles of hockey. Lehks is a more aggressive forechecker than Ylonen, but it doesn't mean Ylonen isn't a good forechecker.

At this point, he's been surpassed by guys younger than him ( Davidson, Roy, Beck , RHP ) . He's not been cut so far because of his contract, not because of his play in the preseason.

The only one he's been surpassed by in the players you listed is RHP. Because Ylonen has NHL experience (and producing at a good pace) while Davidson and Roy have yet to start their pro careers. And Beck is still in Junior.

They may be more highly touted prospects that if they reach their potential, they will surpass Ylonen (especially if he doesn't progress). But at this moment, Ylonen is ahead of all of them except for RHP.

I think he clears waivers , and if by surprise a team picks him up, it's not a gigantic loss.

I agree that if he is picked up off waivers, it's not going to be a big loss. But I don't think it means that if he stays in the line-up, he's useless like some believe he is.

 

[Gaylord Q Tinkledink]

Better be a mother f***ing blow out and then the cameras will turn to me on the 12th goal just jerseying my kids and laying a beat down on them to show how superior I am..

 

[YukonCornelius 5thOA]

I don't understand everybody getting their knickers in a knot over the Sens lineup. They are resting their regulars for the season opener and have every right to do so. If this was backwards no Habs fan would be complaining. It is what it is and the Sens are doing nothing wrong. Boohoo!

 

[Habs Icing]

so you're saying he'd also get a standing ovation in our parliament

Only if he has a couple of Russian scalps on his belt.

My reply about Stuzle ended up in the Sens GDT lol.

That means we have a spy in our midst.

 

[Miller Time]

I don't understand everybody getting their knickers in a knot over the Sens lineup. They are resting their regulars for the season opener and have every right to do so. If this was backwards no Habs fan would be complaining. It is what it is and the Sens are doing nothing wrong. Boohoo!

Appears that a bunch of sens fans are pretty upset.... those foolish enough to spend money on pre-season tickets lol

 

[Skip Bayless]

They just announced Norris is out indefinitely so definitely look for them to announce signings in a few days. It makes me glad they shut Cole down for the year last year. Norris only got f***ed up by rushing back and re-injuring it. It seems his career is done now.

"The rebuild is done"

 

[Beer and Chips]

You lied!

 

[YukonCornelius 5thOA]

Appears that a bunch of sens fans are pretty upset.... those foolish enough to spend money on pre-season tickets lol

haha, I stand corrected then.

 

[Redux91]

Alright cool
Interested to see RHP up there, he played good with Suzuki
Happy Newhook is back and playing with the Slaf Dach duo, hope they do good
Monahan at 3C let's see, hope Emil helps him out

Glad Matheson is back too
Norlinder Barron should be interesting defensively, but let's see who gets PP1 reps , I assume norlinder PP2 at least

 

[Beaker]

I bought some tickets closer to where the Canadiens shoot twice hoping they can atleast sustain pressure in the offensive zone against that lineup.

 

[Boss Man Hughes]

I don't understand everybody getting their knickers in a knot over the Sens lineup. They are resting their regulars for the season opener and have every right to do so. If this was backwards no Habs fan would be complaining. It is what it is and the Sens are doing nothing wrong. Boohoo!

A team should be icing their opening night roster in their last pre season game to get them on the same page (especialy a home game). There are lots of other exhibition games to try out crap players. DJ is an imbecile.

 

[RationalExpectations]

A team should be icing their opening night roster in their last pre season game to get them on the same page (especialy a home game). There are lots of other exhibition games to try out crap players. DJ is an imbecile.

It is also possible that they have seen what they wanted from their top players earlier in the pre season and rest them ahead of opening night. I greatly dislike Smith but it is possible he would have done the same thing against any other team. We could leave him the benefit of the doubt !

 

[dackelljuneaubulis02]

I really wish the NHL would start and finish the season earlier. This feels late for preseason hockey.

I was surprised this game was still preseason

 

[Runner77]

At this point I don't think any team grabs him off of waivers

If they grabbed lowly De La Rose off the wire, then anything is possible.

 

[Runner77]

My reply about Stuzle ended up in the Sens GDT lol.

Checked but didn’t see it over there.

 

[BLONG7]

Jerks....................what an awful lineup.
Why bother....
Better not see guys running at our players...

 

[Boss Man Hughes]

It is also possible that they have seen what they wanted from their top players earlier in the pre season and rest them ahead of opening night. I greatly dislike Smith but it is possible he would have done the same thing against any other team. We could leave him the benefit of the doubt !

They should still play the starting roster together for 1 game, They played most of them in their previous game (except Batherson). That was an away game and you would think the owner would want to see the marketable players dressing at home.

 

[Adam Michaels]

Jerks....................what an awful lineup.
Why bother....
Better not see guys running at our players...

At least this time, MSL put Xhekaj and Pez in the line-up.

Last game against the Sens, when they also put all of their minor league guys in the line-up and MSL didn't play neither Xhekaj nor Pez, he said after the game that he wouldn't make that error again.

But also, this is Habs' final preseason games, so they want to get the closest thing to their line-up playing, and that includes Xhekaj and Pez.

 

[Lshap]

Sens fans: "Why should we ice a real lineup in the last preseason game when we could risk injury!"

Okay geniuses... so why even play the game tonight? The roster is set. Tonight's scrubs aren't making the team. All Dorion accomplishes is denying his core a chance to tune up for the season, plus he screws his own fanbase who paid good money to watch a minor league scrimmage.

 

[Lshap]

It is also possible that they have seen what they wanted from their top players earlier in the pre season and rest them ahead of opening night. I greatly dislike Smith but it is possible he would have done the same thing against any other team. We could leave him the benefit of the doubt !

This was a shorter preseason. Players don't need more rest, they need to get in game-shape and work on chemistry. And as I mentioned, I find it offensive for a team to charge NHL prices to watch their AHL players.

Montreal has no reason to go all-out against scrubs, which makes this game a waste of time. I feel bad for Sens fans who bought tickets hoping for a glimpse of the real season. Honestly, the Habs' roster should phone it in and not work up a sweat.

 

[Habano]

Poor Stutzle, when he dresses for a game...