Post-Game Talk: Habs blow it against the Islanders in OT

[Runner77]

You can always count on Martin McGuire for shady questions. trying to get MSL to blame Hutson for the Isles’ winning goal by suggesting « was it a rookie mistake or … ».

MSL was in no mood for it and answered how « the kid is hungry » and brushed McGuire off.

 

[Hacketts]

Huge point with the other teams losing tonight.

More positives then negatives tonight from an overall perspective, and happy for Gally.

 

[The Great Weal]

Yeah he won the Ottawa game. You’d say he was good? The Hamonic goal is something that should go into the net? Points are a team stat. He’s been bailed out plenty of times.

I’m not saying he never plays well, but he’s just not a good #1. He’s average and that’s what average goalies do.

That Hamonic goal was awful, but again he made some key saves. Let me guess, this is a routine save that even you could do while asleep right?



He also outplayed Ullmark, is Ullmark trash too? If he is, what goalie in the league isn't?

Since the break he's been great, weak game tonight and meh game against the Sens. He's been over 0.900 6/9 times since the break and in two of the 3 times it wasn't, he still outplayed the other goalie.

 

[BehindTheTimes]

Laine needs to step up and contribute like Alex Newhook does haha.

 

[Marioesque]

Laine lol. Costs a goal at even strength every other game. Gotta have better awareness than that.

Which goals has he cost?

The OT is on Hutson, why he pushed against 2 without keeping puck control is what caused the issues there

 

[JadedRandom]

Montreal will have a game in hand on both, though.

Columbus plays Friday & Monday, @ Pittsburgh then @ NYI.

NYI play Saturday & Monday. They host Calgary then Columbus.

Montreal plays Saturday then not again til Tuesday.

Columbus has a nasty schedule to end the year too.

Tons of tough outs in their remaining games, and when Columbus does get a favorable matchup it's on the second-leg of a back-to-back, or after the team has had to travel a lot in not too long of a time period.

Never say never, but the Blue Jackets definitely won't have an easy path to the playoffs.

The Rangers have less of a tough schedule but they have accumulated losses while having games in-hand so the going will get tough for them too.

Detroit has amongst the hardest schedules to end the year, while also having lost quite a bit of ground of late, so the chances that they make the playoffs are quite low right now.

The Islanders have a pretty middling strength of schedule remaining, and are definitely a threat to challenge for a playoff spot.

Boston could squeak-in if they got a very strong run going, but realistically-speaking, their chances to qualify for the post-season are a bit low right now too.

So yeah, if the Canadiens just continue to win more games than they lose to end the year they should have a good chance of making the playoffs for the first time since the 2020-2021 Cup Final run.

 

[le_sean]

That Hamonic goal was awful, but again he made some key saves. Let me guess, this is a routine save that even you could do while asleep right?



He also outplayed Ullmark, is Ullmark trash too? If he is, what goalie in the league isn't?

Since the break he's been great, weak game tonight and meh game against the Sens. He's been over 0.900 6/9 times since the break and in two of the 3 times it wasn't, he still outplayed the other goalie.

The Amadio goal was bad too. Harmonic goal was embarrassing. Again, an average goalie. There’s no consistency.

The save you showed happened at the beginning of the game. It was nice. But good goalies give up a weak goal and then shut the door after. This is twice in a row now that he’s given up a weak goal and proceeds to give up another weak goal.

I mean good for him, he was a waiver pickup. But why can’t we criticize him? Because he’s nice?

 

[Miller Time]

Very good road game. Deserved a better outcome but the PK was brutal and Isles got better goaltending.

Great effort climbing back in the 3rd to salvage a much needed point.

 

[Ozmodiar]

I'm glad they counted Laine's goal -- Sorokin made 0 effort to actually try to make the save and every effort to get the call and it didn't pay off.

When puck went to point, Sorokin aggressively went to the top of his crease, then leaned left to look around screening defenders.

Suzuki showed shot but slid it the other way to Laine. Sorokin had no chance - left side of net, leaning left - so I guess he tried to sell it.

 

[Bottomshelf]

if you told me 5 minutes into the third that we would be getting a point after going down 3-1 I’d take that deal all day. Liked a few that have had rough stretches, Roy looks more comfortable (not just talking about the goal either). Newhook, for his sake I hope he gets a couple on Sat vs his old team he’s played well and is Due. Struble had an effective night as well.

 

[The Great Weal]

The save you showed happened at the beginning of the game. It was nice. But good goalies give up a weak goal and then shut the door after.

He faced 11 shots in the first and then 11 for the rest of the game. Not his fault the Sens stopped shooting unless you want him to tell the defense to just stay in the offensive zone to get peppered by shots.

I mean good for him, he was a waiver pickup. But why can’t we criticize him? Because he’s nice?

I never said you can’t criticize him. But it’s nonstop on here and so inconsistent. Dobes was “easily better than him” at one point and that quickly went to shit. He’s clearly a 1B goalie, there are bigger issues at the moment.

 

[donghabs98]

This one is on Monty. 2 stinkers. Unfortunate, good game overall.

He shouldn't have started tonight. He didn't look sharp Tuesday and didn't look sharp tonight. I think fatigue is showing and he needs rest. We saw this in the fall when they kept playing him due to Primeau struggling.

Start Dobes against the Avs, he played them before anyways

 

[donghabs98]

Stupid play by Hutson and no help from Monty

He'll learn from it but I definitely had a bad feeling the moment he turned it over. That play either ends with him putting it in the net, pulling back and passing it or turning it over. Not the best read but it's moments like this that remind us he's a 21 year old offensive defenseman, mistakes will happen, he'll grow from them.

 

[HabsWhiteKnightLOL]

That Hamonic goal was awful, but again he made some key saves. Let me guess, this is a routine save that even you could do while asleep right?



He also outplayed Ullmark, is Ullmark trash too? If he is, what goalie in the league isn't?

Since the break he's been great, weak game tonight and meh game against the Sens. He's been over 0.900 6/9 times since the break and in two of the 3 times it wasn't, he still outplayed the other goalie.

he hasnt outplayed Ullmark lmao. Both goalies were dogshit. Weak ass goals in 2 consecutive games . Hes getting carried by his offense. This over protection for a goalie that struggle to get .900 in a season is madening

 

[Ozmodiar]

Very good road game. Deserved a better outcome but the PK was brutal and Isles got better goaltending.

Very good road game by the home team. lol

 

[donghabs98]

Got a point out of it, at least. Not so bad.

Especially considering we had a goal barely called back, Newhook hitting the post and Sorokin stealing that game, I'll happily take a point.

 

[KevSkillz4]

Yes, a mistake from Hutson in OT, but Monty was bad tonight lol!

 

[MXD]

Ideally we dont drop a point to a team in the mix , but if we did drop one, it was probably better to drop it to that team

 

[holy]

Monty’s been great, but he let in a couple weak ones against the sens too that could’ve cost us. He needs to be better.

Yeah, I feel bad for him getting dogpiled on here about this loss. He's not Price, but for real if we had Price with a team like we have this year (trending upward, getting better as they gel) I would assume we were going to round 3 guaranteed. We'd slap the league with a goalie that good right now.

 

[MarkovsKnee]

I think dobes against colorado was always the plan.

He beat them earlier in the year, and Monty has has played every game since Seattle.

Colorado is a much better team now, though. They have Nichushkin back, and added Nelson, Coyle & Lindgren at the Trade Deadline. The Rantanen trade also hadn't happened yet, so you can add Necas as a new addition.

Their lineup during that game was pretty ugly.

MacKinnon, Nelson & Coyle is a pretty good center unit now. Lindgren goes from #2D on NYR to #5 for Colorado.

And, they're healthy.

 

[Team_Spirit]

Fell asleep at 3-1, most boring game in a while.

Huge point on the road!

 

[admiralcadillac]

Colorado is a much better team now, though. They have Nichushkin back, and added Nelson, Coyle & Lindgren at the Trade Deadline. The Rantanen trade also hadn't happened yet, so you can add Necas as a new addition.

Their lineup during that game was pretty ugly.

MacKinnon, Nelson & Coyle is a pretty good center unit now. Lindgren goes from #2D on NYR to #5 for Colorado.

And, they're healthy.

It doesn't really matter who is in net

 

[holy]

Colorado is a much better team now, though. They have Nichushkin back, and added Nelson, Coyle & Lindgren at the Trade Deadline. The Rantanen trade also hadn't happened yet, so you can add Necas as a new addition.

Their lineup during that game was pretty ugly.

MacKinnon, Nelson & Coyle is a pretty good center unit now. Lindgren goes from #2D on NYR to #5 for Colorado.

And, they're healthy.

Alexa play Hit Em Up.

 

[domiwroze]

Colorado is a much better team now, though. They have Nichushkin back, and added Nelson, Coyle & Lindgren at the Trade Deadline. The Rantanen trade also hadn't happened yet, so you can add Necas as a new addition.

Their lineup during that game was pretty ugly.

MacKinnon, Nelson & Coyle is a pretty good center unit now. Lindgren goes from #2D on NYR to #5 for Colorado.

And, they're healthy.

This sounds like a 7-2 MTL because this team makes no f***ing sense.

 

[JianYang]

Colorado is a much better team now, though. They have Nichushkin back, and added Nelson, Coyle & Lindgren at the Trade Deadline. The Rantanen trade also hadn't happened yet, so you can add Necas as a new addition.

Their lineup during that game was pretty ugly.

MacKinnon, Nelson & Coyle is a pretty good center unit now. Lindgren goes from #2D on NYR to #5 for Colorado.

And, they're healthy.

Regardless, it was a back to back for montreal in altitude, and thats never easy.

It's also a western conference matchup. It should be dobes.

It gives Monty a few days off before the next game