Post-Game Talk: Habs can't shake SJ Curse -- Sharks win 5-2

[hvac412]

Bergevin that kidder, quoted this week that he wants more consistency from the team. Quite the comedian. Couldn’t find a better backup than Aunty to contribute to the consistency?

Sure and i want my Hyundai to run like a Ferrari.

 

[OldCraig71]

Missed the game............were we even in it guys?

We would have won if we had a guy in net that played at a AAA level. A piece of Montreal smoked meat drizzled with yogurt from my factory would have been better than Niemi.

 

[azcanuck]

Sharks plan going in was to shoot at the Habs chest logo. Niemi hopefully has played his last game of his life. That was painful to watch. Very fast game that the boys were competitive but the goalie sunk the ship.

 

[llamateizer]

Really? You're gonna blame him? He was in position to break up the play and he did, but it was a bad bounce.

Not a good play by Thompson and Kulak on the fourth goal, but you can hardly expect to be perfect. And you have to be, when you play without goaltending.

I know it's a bad bounce. It remains the GWG.

I love Danault. He plays a tough position for his talent

 

[Censored Toad]

Glad I did not stay up to watch this.... solid 8.5 hours of sleep trumps the craptasic nam nams in nets montreal Crapadiens.....

go well rested!

still puzzles me how Price sits against the hardest of the 3 teams we are playing.... I guess they are embracing the Censored word????

jk

 

[Adamcrazy3]

The wrong Finn was scratched last night.

 

[sergejean]

Such a missed opportunity last night... now we have to hope to hang on to the 8th and last spot... A win last night and we were in the mix for #7 spot and avoiding TB in the first round....

 

[Agalloch]

Such a missed opportunity last night... now we have to hope to hang on to the 8th and last spot... A win last night and we were in the mix for #7 spot and avoiding TB in the first round....

Thanks to Niemi but most likely his last NHL start....

 

[Whitesnake]

A new vet goalie in the summer or the battle of Lindgren-McNiven and may the best goalie win.

 

[TannedBum]

Weal on PP and 6vs5 ? Kotkaniemi is resting so this f***ing plug could play ? What a joke. Niemi.. Drouin.. No words..

 

[sergejean]

Obviously Price is not 100% healthy or else he gets the start last night and tonight. There's no way in my mind Julien asked him to sit down down for such a critical game.

 

[Perrah]

Obviously Price is not 100% healthy or else he gets the start last night and tonight. There's no way in my mind Julien asked him to sit down down for such a critical game.

Seems pretty simple to me. You have a 75-85% chance Niemi is going to lose you the game. You cant risk losing both games, so they take their chances with Niemi against the Sharks, a team they are historically bad against, on a night that 2 teams you are battling with are playing each other.

 

[sergejean]

Seems pretty simple to me. You have a 75-85% chance Niemi is going to lose you the game. You cant risk losing both games, so they take their chances with Niemi against the Sharks, a team they are historically bad against, on a night that 2 teams you are battling with are playing each other.

Seems pretty simple to me. You have the chance to have arguably the best goalie in the league and you're in a situation where every point count. You ride Price for both games.

 

[Roadhouse]

Feels like the Sharks are the Undertaker and their arena is Wrestlemania. We're going for a 20 or 21 year streak here aren't we?

Kotka will be Brock Lesnar. Now all we need is for Runner to shoop an Eagle head on Brock.

 

[Catanddogguitarrr]

Techically speaking, Niemi being consistently mediocre is still being consistent.

In 20 years I will remember this games as Habs shot 45 and get 2 goals. San-José shot 8 and got 5 goals. Niemi was pure cr*p last night. Too bad Price can't play 82 games.

 

[Agalloch]

Fri, Mar 8	@Anaheim	10:00 PM	Price	W
Tue, Mar 12	vsDetroit	7:30 PM	Price	W
Thu, Mar 14	@New York	7:00 PM	Price	L
Sat, Mar 16	vsChicago	7:00 PM	Price	W
Tue, Mar 19	@Philadelphia	7:00 PM	Price	L (never won since 2014)
Thu, Mar 21	vsNew York	7:30 PM	Price	W
Sat, Mar 23	vsBuffalo	7:00 PM	Niemi?	L
Sun, Mar 24	@Carolina	7:00 PM	Price	L
Tue, Mar 26	vsFlorida	7:30 PM	Price	W
Thu, Mar 28	@Columbus	7:00 PM	Price	L
Sat, Mar 30	@Winnipeg	7:00 PM	Price	L
Tue, Apr 2	vsTampa Bay	7:30 PM	Price	L
Thu, Apr 4	@Washington	7:00 PM	Price	W
Sat, Apr 6	vsToronto	7:00 PM	Price	L

[TBODY] [/TBODY]

Could make playoffs with 8 more wins...I've got 6.

 

[Simarino]

There are no easy ones but I like our chances.

Now, which forward(s) will be taken out of the lineup, given that we're coming off a loss?

We always look completely gassed the 3rd games in 4nights so play everybody that didnt play yesterday!!!!Price for Niemi, Rielly for Kulak Kotka for Weal Hudon/Peca for Weise and put Weal on the 4th line for Thompson.

 

[Tyson]

Best outcome is 4 out of 6 points and 99% of us thought that when this trip started. Win tonight

 

[le_sean]

Weal on PP and 6vs5 ? Kotkaniemi is resting so this ****ing plug could play ? What a joke. Niemi.. Drouin.. No words..

Who cares? Two pathetic teams and one team you haven’t beaten in 20 years. He shouldn’t make a difference in any of the games so rest him for the final tough stretch.

 

[Agalloch]

Best outcome is 4 out of 6 points and 99% of us thought that when this trip started. Win tonight

Agree. MUST win. We need to win all the games vs eliminated teams and 2-3 more wins vs tougher teams and we make the playoffs. (ANA, DET, CHI, PHI, BUF, FLA)

Seriously we could very well missed the playoffs because of poor backup goaltending.

I remember the game vs TB on Dec 29, vs Fla recently and yesterday.... that's 6 pts

 

[HabsCode]

Fri, Mar 8	@Anaheim	10:00 PM	Price	W
Tue, Mar 12	vsDetroit	7:30 PM	Price	W
Thu, Mar 14	@New York	7:00 PM	Price	L
Sat, Mar 16	vsChicago	7:00 PM	Price	W
Tue, Mar 19	@Philadelphia	7:00 PM	Price	L (never won since 2014)
Thu, Mar 21	vsNew York	7:30 PM	Price	W
Sat, Mar 23	vsBuffalo	7:00 PM	Niemi?	L
Sun, Mar 24	@Carolina	7:00 PM	Price	L
Tue, Mar 26	vsFlorida	7:30 PM	Price	W
Thu, Mar 28	@Columbus	7:00 PM	Price	L
Sat, Mar 30	@Winnipeg	7:00 PM	Price	L
Tue, Apr 2	vsTampa Bay	7:30 PM	Price	L
Thu, Apr 4	@Washington	7:00 PM	Price	W
Sat, Apr 6	vsToronto	7:00 PM	Price	L

[TBODY] [/TBODY]

Could make playoffs with 8 more wins...I've got 6.

I've for 5 or 6 too which wouldn't be enough to get in..

 

[Runner77]

Fri, Mar 8	@Anaheim	10:00 PM	Price	W
Tue, Mar 12	vsDetroit	7:30 PM	Price	W
Thu, Mar 14	@New York	7:00 PM	Price	L
Sat, Mar 16	vsChicago	7:00 PM	Price	W
Tue, Mar 19	@Philadelphia	7:00 PM	Price	L (never won since 2014)
Thu, Mar 21	vsNew York	7:30 PM	Price	W
Sat, Mar 23	vsBuffalo	7:00 PM	Niemi?	L
Sun, Mar 24	@Carolina	7:00 PM	Price	L
Tue, Mar 26	vsFlorida	7:30 PM	Price	W
Thu, Mar 28	@Columbus	7:00 PM	Price	L
Sat, Mar 30	@Winnipeg	7:00 PM	Price	L
Tue, Apr 2	vsTampa Bay	7:30 PM	Price	L
Thu, Apr 4	@Washington	7:00 PM	Price	W
Sat, Apr 6	vsToronto	7:00 PM	Price	L

[TBODY] [/TBODY]

Could make playoffs with 8 more wins...I've got 6.

At least there aren’t any back to back games in there.

Edit: ooops, my bad. Thx Agalloch.

 

[Agalloch]

At least there aren’t any back to back games in there.

March 23-24.

 

[Number 57]

The last 2 games Niemi started I COULDNT BELIEVE Claude Julien wouldn't just ride Price until the end of the season. When you're in this tight of a spot for the playoff and you know the last 20 games of the season are gonna be crucial, you simply do not have a choice. If we had a 45 years old Luongo or an average guy like Markstrom then I would understand. But Carey Price, 30 years old, $10.5M per year? You gotta ride him.

 

[Runner77]

March 23-24.

Damn, missed that. I hope Niemi doesn’t draw back in.