admiralcadillac
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Wtf are you talking about? Did you watch the first goal of the Minnesota game?
Dvorak is the first guy that needs to gtfo this team.
Post-Game Talk: Habs beat Jackets 5-1
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Dvorak is the first guy that needs to gtfo this team.
Joel Armia masterclass. Still remains whipping boy
Yea sure demoting a player who is frustrated for not putting up points to a 4th line will definitely calm him down..
Marty is a joke
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Mathieu Olivier UFA in the summer of 2025. 
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Would certainly take the load off Xhekaj as the go-to guy for defending teammates.
Might set up a Flojack-Tuch-Olivier line.
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Would certainly take the load off Xhekaj as the go-to guy for defending teammates.
Might set up a Flojack-Tuch-Olivier line.
f*** yea.
Next year a fourth line of
Tuch-Beck-Olivier and Arber on defence.
And you bring Florian once hes ready.
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Good team win.
They were passing well, everyone seemed involved in the play. They forechecked well too.
Big props though to the defense. Finally got shaken up and looked its best all season in my opinion. Still work to be done but looked good.
Like I said during the game Guhle playing on his strong side and with an offensive guy in Barron they seemed to compliment each other decently.
Hutson and Matheson had a few wandering players but found they were moving the puck well.
Xhekaj seems to be in a good groove plain hockey, hitting at the right time with not crossing the line. He’s shutting down guys and just overall his game is rounding out the last few games. If any change I expect Savard in for Struble and pair Savard with Xhekaj. Nothing on Struble, just Savard’s spot seems guaranteed. Pair them together for the next bit and right these defence pairings.
They were passing well, everyone seemed involved in the play. They forechecked well too.
Big props though to the defense. Finally got shaken up and looked its best all season in my opinion. Still work to be done but looked good.
Like I said during the game Guhle playing on his strong side and with an offensive guy in Barron they seemed to compliment each other decently.
Hutson and Matheson had a few wandering players but found they were moving the puck well.
Xhekaj seems to be in a good groove plain hockey, hitting at the right time with not crossing the line. He’s shutting down guys and just overall his game is rounding out the last few games. If any change I expect Savard in for Struble and pair Savard with Xhekaj. Nothing on Struble, just Savard’s spot seems guaranteed. Pair them together for the next bit and right these defence pairings.
Yeah it was Slaf who struggled in this one.
I want them to put Slaf back on his off wing. He's much more comfortable there for some reason.
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Would certainly take the load off Xhekaj as the go-to guy for defending teammates.
Might set up a Flojack-Tuch-Olivier line.
Absolutely.
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Gawd I had so much fun making that meme, I kept laughing every second I made it.
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I don’t. The ‘others’ will be gone in a couple of years. They don’t count. The core does.
Plus, the kid lost all focus. MSL let him settle down a notch or five. He came back after and still played, what, 17 minutes?
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It did and he played a regular shift after that.
He’s a kid. Being told to focus is not the end of the world. He was essentially told that. Slaf is still a pup. He needs to be coached sometimes, you know.
He needs to move his feet and stop trying to be fancy shmancy. Drive the net, and shoot when there is a lane. And stop looking for a teammate all the time. Trying to help a much struggling Dach who is too far away from the dirty zones won’t help him. Shoot the f***ing puck, mane. And play north-south.
Once he goes back to that, he’ll be back.
Tit-cul13 probably played his best game of the season.
And I know they want to help Dach find his groove, but man, he needs to start paying the price a bit. He won’t score if he doesn’t get to the dirty areas. Prolly scared of getting injured. But he needs to. Wraparounds and hanging by the left wall to score won’t work.
Missed the entire game – I appreciate the recap.
Defence has been a black hole so far. I've been hoping to see some progress. What were the pairings last night?
I didn't know Slafkovsky was briefly demoted; I have no problem with it. He's looked very tentative, like he's overthinking every move. Whatever we think of MSL's coaching, he's handled Slafkovsky well from the beginning. This was probably for the kid's own good.
Dach is still miles from where he was pre-injury, but it's been slightly more than a month of hockey after a full year away. I'll be concerned if he hasn't made progress by the holidays.
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I was wondering how long that would take to pick up on!! It's corny for sure, but they do celebtrate as a team on the ice, as a team, and then roll into that celbration also...................
The triple low five that Price/Subban used to do was great, until Me-Shell shut it down, god forbid they show some personality!
Hockey players need more personality, and needs more fans................
Matheson with a couple of defensive plays on the right side one of his best games for tying up players in front of the net.
His positioning helped prevent two goals we need to see more defending in that space from him.
I never understood why they didn't have him playing the right side all along instead of foisting the responsibility on Guhle.
Funny how they changed their tune when it comes to Hutson. I hope they leave Matheson there when Savard comes back.
Caufield indeed with one of his best games of the season and it was without a very creative center and without having to score.
He has to play like that instead of just posting like he's been doing for most of the season.
Everyone hyped on his goals when his play has been suspect all season IMO.
He needs to find a balance between his two games the one he played last season when he couldn't shoot and the one where he posts up.
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Ezpz
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Bad joke. My bad. Just a nothing burger game beating down the worst team in the league. Hard to come up with positives about wrecking a team that was under the cap floor before claiming Fabbro.
Good to see improvements defensively but when Monahan is the best forward on their team what can you take away from that? Same offensively they're a very disorganized team. Almost comical jiricek can't crack that d of what ifs like severson, fabbro and provorov.
OldCraig71
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It was good for morale to have a convincing win on home ice. The team deserved this one; it was a great effort from top to bottom.
Gravity
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I never understood the point of keeping helmets on during a fight. You're just punching helmet and risking a broken hand. Should be helmets off.
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It makes the takedown alot more dangerous. Orr/Parros was a textbook example of what can happen.
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Weird statement when we've had 12 goals in the last 3 games... If you said this 3 games ago, sure. But right now it's a weird statement.
Or fighting just shouldn't happen, especially stupid ones like last night.
The only time fighting I somewhat agree with fighting is directly following a dirty hit.
Stupid pre-determined fights are so dumb, especially now that players keep helmets on because they're literally just punching visors and helmets.
Good for the lads to get a W for a change, solid game. The fight Arber had was against one tough mudder fudder.lol
