Post-Game Talk: Habs beat the Avs in shootout | 2-1

[Montreal Shadow]

Beat most recent cup champions Tampa, Florida, Vegas, and Colorado.

Lose to the bottom-feeding Hawks.

Such a Habs thing to do lmao.

 

[Sorinth]

We can't play Dobes next game against Vancouver, they've never won a cup.

 

[Rapala]

Watching Armia work the boards in the 3rd period reminded me of the 21 Cup run. Man he can be hard to handle along the boards.

Yeah Kent tell those contenders to take a hike unless they send their first born.

 

[HabbyGuy]

Umm... Florida Tampa Vegas
Problems with your short term?

I'm with Jabba, as good as those other games were, this one was better.

 

[Kennerback]

Trying to win?...yes?
You think we just beat a bunch of NObodies? ALL on the road? DURING our fabled dreaded December road trip that usually tends to make or break our season?

You can't want a top5 pick every single season dude..

I don’t know how closely people are following Ottawa. They’ve had the 2nd WC place locked for days/weeks? and they suck.

 

[MarkovsKnee]

The shootout:

 

[TennisMenace]

Dobes is never leaving until Laval's post season that should be clear to everyone.

100% agree….if anyone thinks this is a fluke, you are not watching the games. The kid was lights out in preseason, lights out in Laval, and has now been lights out against Florida and Colorado in their rinks. This kid is here to stay and I will go out on the limb to say, “he is our best goalie without a doubt. And without a doubt, his ceiling is much higher than Sam’s.”

 

[SlafySZN]

You have to be joking. You need to go and see how much the other teams in the pack suck. Even Bruins have a worst goal differential than us this season…

They will still draft from 7 to 10. I'm pretty sure of it.

deal?

 

[boompuffboom]

Dobes....wow!!

Kirby!!!!!

 

[Runner77]

The guy is unflappable. Even got bowled over twice when opponent skaters crashed into him and he just shook it off.

 

[Habs Icing]

FIRST - PLEASE DEFENSEMAN STOP RUNNING PLAYERS INTO DOBES! Two hard crashes tonight both helped immensely by our defenders. I believe he also had to jump over one of his own defenseman at one point, if I remember correctly.

Anyway....

Dobes is so damn calm back there. The way he tracked Rantanen in the shootout was a thing of beauty.

Thought the boys worked really hard, especially from about the 30:00 minute mark on.

The reffing was pretty brutal all night for both teams.

Even though I think Anderson is vastly overpaid and doesn't have any hockey sense in his body whatsoever, I do think he's quietly settled into his role as best as we could hope for. I do not hate him anyway near as much as previous years. And if he wanted to stick around in a 4th line kind of role, I wouldn't even be opposed to bringing him back if he keeps working hard throughout this deal... for a lot A LOT less money. And people know that's hard for me to say.

God I love Jake Evans. That waiver wire trash really is a great hard working hockey player. Huge fan.

Still miss Lehkonen - what a great little player. But still so damn happy he missed on the breakaway.

Jake isn't waiver-wire trash. He was drafted by the Habs.

 

[The Real Timo]

So... do we have a goaltender controversy yet? Price vs Halak was fun. I want it again

 

[Redux91]

my hands are in the mix.. and by mix I mean my pants

 

[Kennerback]

They will still draft from 7 to 10. I'm pretty sure of it.

deal?

But why the Habs and not Ottawa? Because of pre-season expectations?

And I agree that if the bottom falls out will end up in the 7-10 range. No way we catch those Western Conference bottom feeder teams.

 

[Rapala]

I'm with Jabba, as good as those other games were, this one was better.

I had just as much fun watching all of them.

 

[MarkovsKnee]

The guy is unflappable. Even got bowled over twice when opponent skaters crashed into him and he just shook it off.

CanadiensMuse stole my line.

 

[Boss Man Hughes]

Primeau was available for free last week, I cant imagine any GM giving assets for Primeau this year.

They have to keep him on the roster if they claim him. They can trade for a 7th and presumably be able to send him to the minors.

 

[Catanddogguitarrr]

Dobes stay in control when most people would panic. He's like that cat, cool and in control.
A machine from outerspace.

 

[Naslund]

The 4vs3 in overtime was lacking Demidov. Him, Caufield, Suzuki and Hutson will be perfect. I like Dach, but Demidov will bring this to another level.

 

[HuGo Sham]

I'm 43 games ahead of myself, but could you imagine playing the leafs in round 1 as a 2/7 or 1/8 seed?
young team, 0 to lose. The leafs finally maybe getting Boston off their back and then stepping into the Bell Centre cauldron.
f***ing love it!
the amount of leafs fans inserting themselves into every online Habs thread - especially on X, confirms montreal is deeply in their heads regardless of where we are in the standings

 

[HabbyGuy]

I had just as much fun watching all of them.

LOL Absolutely, sorry, ofcourse. I just thought this game was the best of the bunch is all.

 

[themilosh]

Pretty much any playoff team can beat any other playoff team in a 7 game series. Upsets are actually pretty common to see in the 1st round of the playoffs, it's the nugget of truth in the whole anything can happen in the playoffs. What separates the contenders from the pretenders isn't being able to win a 7 game series against a good team it's being able to 4 series in a row.

I agree with the math. But imo the faves are the faves for a reason - consistency and balance. But most importantly a potent attack.

 

[Rapala]

The guy is unflappable. Even got bowled over twice when opponent skaters crashed into him and he just shook it off.

He probably took numbers and will get them back in the future. Dobes has shown he can be feisty in Laval.

 

[LV426]

Avs fans complaining about the refs....that's rich.

Monty must be sweating right now.

 

[Jabba11]

Umm... Florida Tampa Vegas
Problems with your short term?

Dude, the OT breakaway save! And tbh, beating a team that has Nathan MacKinnon and Cale Makar!