Pre-Game Talk: Habs @ Coyote : Wednesday October 30th at 22H

[Habs Halifax]

It might be time to bench Byron. Or demote him to the 4th line and move Suzuki up

If the plan is to keep Byron as a piece for the future, you can bench him. However, if the plan is to sell him for assets, don't bench him cause the minute you do, the GM vultures that are interested circle around ready to strike on a low ball offer. That is not they way you get solid value for a player you can spare.

Byron is a victim of being moved all over the line-up and has not consistency at the moment. Keep him in the top 9 for a 10 game stretch... he's not a liability out there.

 

[Rapala]

If the plan is to keep Byron as a piece for the future, you can bench him. However, if the plan is to sell him for assets, don't bench him cause the minute you do, the GM vultures that are interested circle around ready to strike on a low ball offer. That is not they way you get solid value for a player you can spare.

Byron is a victim of being moved all over the line-up and has not consistency at the moment. Keep him in the top 9 for a 10 game stretch... he's not a liability out there.

Yeah 'cause no ones going to notice he's doing jack shit?

 

[Rapala]

If the plan is to keep Byron as a piece for the future, you can bench him. However, if the plan is to sell him for assets, don't bench him cause the minute you do, the GM vultures that are interested circle around ready to strike on a low ball offer. That is not they way you get solid value for a player you can spare.

Byron is a victim of being moved all over the line-up and has not consistency at the moment. Keep him in the top 9 for a 10 game stretch... he's not a liability out there.

My take is Byron is a victim of having a contract he won't be able to live up to.

 

[The Real Timo]

Yeah 'cause no ones going to notice he's doing jack ****?

Nope. Everyone is marveling new and improved Jonathan Drouin.

Speaking of which... maybe if he keeps going for anotehr 10 games or so he could be used to get a top level left D? Jordan Weal can always pick up the goal scoring slack.

 

[26Mats]

Always good to have a backup plan. For the moment, teams are pretty much all lumped together in the standings and no need to make severe drastic moves.

I've never heard it done before, but it may be the way to bring Primeau along for the next few years, until he's no longer able to clear waivers: have him as number 1 in Laval, call him up for back to backs, and then send him down after the game. He's young and needs to get as many games in as possible. No way he should be backing up Price anytime soon and sitting on the bench for long stretches.

 

[Fandangle]

I disagree with the first, we are not a bad team. Sadly we are not a good team either, we are middle of the mill.

I think bad team referred to Arizona; as in Habs play down to bad teams?

 

[angusyoung]

I've never heard it done before, but it may be the way to bring Primeau along for the next few years, until he's no longer able to clear waivers: have him as number 1 in Laval, call him up for back to backs, and then send him down after the game. He's young and needs to get as many games in as possible. No way he should be backing up Price anytime soon and sitting on the bench for long stretches.

Why not though? good option to maximize if Kinkaid falters somewhat.

 

[26Mats]

Why not though? good option to maximize if Kinkaid falters somewhat.

And Primeau may become a "1a" type goalie sooner rather than later. It could be like having a better Hacket and a young Theodore back in the day.

 

[pepperMonkey]

Ino they pkayed like crap against Detroit because it was a back to back.

Price has been better than Kinkaid. Maybe Primeau will be ready to also be in the second half of the season.

There is nothing wrong with Kinkaid. It's not his fault the opponents can take a virtual express highway on the left towards a clear path to the net.

 

[Toene]

I would agree with that.
If he's ready to go, than go.

Still depend on what type of game Arizona will give him. If it's a 35+ shots, then maybe put Kinkaid in Vegas but if it's a 25ish shot, then i have no problem to put him back to back.

On the contrary, Price plays better when faced with a high volume of shots.

 

[26Mats]

There is nothing wrong with Kinkaid. It's not his fault the opponents can take a virtual express highway on the left towards a clear path to the net.

Even if there's nothing wrong with Kinkaid, it doesn't mean Primeau won't have surpassed him sometime in effectiveness later this year.

 

[HabsWhiteKnightLOL]

should be Price , they played 2 games in 10days , bullshit with the tired thing.

with the paycheck he got , he can handle 4games in 12days

 

[angusyoung]

should be Price , they played 2 games in 10days , bull**** with the tired thing.

with the paycheck he got , he can handle 4games in 12days

Seems to be a popular opinion though.Team playing 2nd night on a B2B usually loses and is tired.

 

[azcanuck]

Great place to see a game,cheap,easy driving and parking.

Cheap? Yes.
Parking? easy yes.
Getting to the game? Not so easy.
The rink has been a major problem all these years. Nobody from the east valley likes the drive all the way there in bad traffic.
the new billionare owner is committed to build a new arena in the east valley where more of us live that like hockey.

 

[angusyoung]

Cheap? Yes.
Parking? easy yes.
Getting to the game? Not so easy.
The rink has been a major problem all these years. Nobody from the east valley likes the drive all the way there in bad traffic.
the new billionare owner is committed to build a new arena in the east valley where more of us live that like hockey.

From Chandler to the arena is a bit of a hike,nothing like Montreal though.

 

[azcanuck]

From Chandler to the arena is a bit of a hike,nothing like Montreal though.

Around a 50 minute drive , a few times almost 1.5 hours depending on traffic. Very shortly new loop 303 opens that will cut time in half from east valley to west valley.

Is Montreal bad? At least the rink is downtown. And you have mass transit.

When I go there we're staying in old Montreal, still not sure how we'll get to the rink , maybe Uber.

 

[Grand Admiral Thrawn]

Great game Saturday night vs the Leafs... don't go blow it now with a loss to frickin Zona!

This year it seems we beat the powerhouses or play them inch for inch and lose to the bottom feeders.

It's ridiculous! Let's get a win streak going boys!!

 

[angusyoung]

Around a 50 minute drive , a few times almost 1.5 hours depending on traffic. Very shortly new loop 303 opens that will cut time in half from east valley to west valley.

Is Montreal bad? At least the rink is downtown. And you have mass transit.

When I go there we're staying in old Montreal, still not sure how we'll get to the rink , maybe Uber.

Take the metro when in Montreal. At times the city is like a parking lot,and never know when that will occur.

Usually I stick around Sky Harbor and time it to go to a game after a round.

 

[Lshap]

Around a 50 minute drive , a few times almost 1.5 hours depending on traffic. Very shortly new loop 303 opens that will cut time in half from east valley to west valley.

Is Montreal bad? At least the rink is downtown. And you have mass transit.

When I go there we're staying in old Montreal, still not sure how we'll get to the rink , maybe Uber.

There are Metro stops in Old Montreal. You can be at the Bell Centre in 12 minutes.

 

[Holystik]

Seems like I will be missing some games again. Will be spinning a wheel of countries destinations tomorrow with a friend to know where we'll be going, from Wednesday to Sunday. Will make sure there are no Syria, North Korea, etc

 

[azcanuck]

There are Metro stops in Old Montreal. You can be at the Bell Centre in 12 minutes.

Take the metro when in Montreal. At times the city is like a parking lot,and never know when that will occur.

Usually I stick around Sky Harbor and time it to go to a game after a round.

Thanks guys. [MOD]

 

[abo9]

ah jeez... for a sec I thought the game was tonight... sigh. and it's freaking cold outside today... i need to become one of them snowbirds and move to phoenix for the winter.

So who do we need to watch out at the Coyotes team? Now that Galchenyuk is not there the "rivalry" is just not the same.

Brad Richardson had very good luck scoring PK goals last year for some odd reason

 

[azcanuck]

Brad Richardson had very good luck scoring PK goals last year for some odd reason

Not this year. He may have been there best overall forward this year but it's been a struggle this year. Grabner had a SH against the Devils last game. He's dangerous on the PK because of his speed.

There top line is Dvorek, schmaltz and Garland.
Still waiting on Kessel to get it going but he started his decline last year. And there's no Geno in the desert.

 

[The Real Timo]

Brad Richardson had very good luck scoring PK goals last year for some odd reason

So did Paul Byron...

 

[abo9]

So did Paul Byron...

For the first time in his career, Byron does not have to worry about earning his paycheck in a year.

If he's not bought out, he's probably out of the league when the contract expires.