Post-Game Talk: Habs defeat les Sénateurs d'Ottawa

[dauv]

Exactly. If Habs make the playoffs, they're a year ahead of schedule. Sens are legitimately 2 years behind schedule.

not a Sens fan but they finally have a goalie.... so good for them. I want all Canadian teams in playoffs just as long as Habs are last ones standing

 

[themilosh]

not a Sens fan but they finally have a goalie.... so good for them. I want all Canadian teams in playoffs just as long as Habs are last ones standing

Except for Calgary.

 

[BigDaddyLurch]

Except for Calgary.

...they will finish 11th worst...

 

[Habs10Habs]

Never thought I'd say (type) this but Holy crap, Andy, Gally and Dvo were freaking amazing. All in the same game. I may re-watch this game tomorrow. That was a lot of fun.

 

[Grate n Colorful Oz]

I believe

 

[le_sean]

Put your hand up now if you were complaining after the trade deadline.

Go Habs Go. Feels good man!

Yeah and I still stand by it. It’s not like Roy is doing anything and we are still one more injury away from being really f***ed.

 

[Habs10Habs]

Watching the game late in the game and saw how happy the crowd was and that made my night. Montreal fans are so passionate and they deserve a great team. Hockey fans in Canada are amazing.

You're not so bad yourself.

 

[HuGo Burner Acc]

not a Sens fan but they finally have a goalie.... so good for them. I want all Canadian teams in playoffs just as long as Habs are last ones standing

That's true but that's the fault of a bad rebuild. Where was there future goalie in their pipeline the way Habs have Fowler? They finally get a legit goalie and all they have to show for it is a possible wildcard spot?

 

[Guy Larose]

That's true but that's the fault of a bad rebuild. Where was there future goalie in their pipeline the way Habs have Fowler? They finally get a legit goalie and all they have to show for it is a possible wildcard spot?

Senaturds don't have a pipeline to speak of. They only really have Yakemchuk as a great prospect. They even say it themselves. Their future is bleak.

 

[HuGo Burner Acc]

Senaturds don't have a pipeline to speak of. They only really have Yakemchuk as a great prospect. They even say it themselves. Their future is bleak.

I know lol. I went to their board and they're already talking about a retool/rebuild on the fly. If they don't, they'll just be a worse version of the leafs in the past 10ish years

 

[nhlfan9191]

Senaturds don't have a pipeline to speak of. They only really have Yakemchuk as a great prospect. They even say it themselves. Their future is bleak.

Haven’t most of the Senators young players graduated? It feels like they’ve been rebuilding/retooling for a really long time.

 

[CaptnNemo]

It will be

Guhle - Mailloux
Hutson - Reinbacher
Xhekaj/Struble - Carrier




Laine is such a loner. He is really just like Kovalev.

Cole is really the Troll in hiding

 

[Runner77]

8-1-2 since the break, are we still making fun of the power of friendship and a tight-knit locker room?

Of course we are. Levity is an undercurrent of posting here — doesn’t prevent us from substantively appreciating what they are doing.

Why does everything have to be seen as payback on this forum? We’re just fans having good natured fun. Enjoy.

 

[Slafkofield]

Team’s showing a lot of CHaracter, loved what I saw from the bench tonight, locker room is closer than ever, on paper we shouldn’t even be in the playoffs…

 

[JianYang]

NGL thought game was over after that weak Hamonic goal

You had good reason to believe that. The timing and nature of that goal can only be deflating.

It makes the win that much more impressive. This team is the 2nd youngest in the league and they handled that moment well beyond their years.

 

[JianYang]

That's gotta be Dvo's best game in the NHL, 4 points. Usually he just gets an occasional 1-2 point game with a frown.

He was a beast against Florida too.

If we go back to the time Montreal acquired him, I thought he should have been an unremarkable 2C type of player. I think early on, he showed some flashes of creativity. He suffered alot of injuries though during his time here and although he has remained healthy this year, he just reverted to a really vanilla game.

But these last couple of games, he's kind of showing what I thought he could be. Obviously, the Habs are lacking offense at center after Suzuki, but dvorak does have something within him that could help the team keep the band aid together down the middle. The question is whether it's just a flash in the pan, or whether he's going to keep it up for the stretch drive.

 

[Walrus26]

The Hamonic goal? I thought we were in for "one of those nights" after that soft Amadio goal!

The Force is strong - I believe.

 

[salbutera]

Team’s showing a lot of CHaracter, loved what I saw from the bench tonight, locker room is closer than ever, on paper we shouldn’t even be in the playoffs…

WTF does this even mean? No game is ever won on fantasy hockey pools…..

BTW - there were a few of us who pontificated preseason this team would battle it out for wildcard spot… this was never a bottom-5 team

 

[Scintillating10]

The 3rd and 4th lines, Awesome game. Anderson and Gallagher the foot soldiers. Dvorak with 4 points. It was good to see Anderson get first star and interviewed on RDS and fans going crazy when the interviewer said Rangers are losing and Habs are in playoffs as of now....Anderson just smiled and listened to the crowd...Loved it.

 

[salbutera]

The 3rd and 4th lines, Awesome game. Anderson and Gallagher the foot soldiers. Dvorak with 4 points. It was good to see Anderson get first star and interviewed on RDS and fans going crazy when the said Rangers are losing and Habs are in playoffs as of now....Anderson just smiled and listened to the crowd...Loved it.

The bottom-6 has been close to dominant cs opposition for 80% of the season… nothing new except for fantasy stat trackers

 

[salbutera]

FWIW, Struble’s slowly inching up to 20TOI…

Right on the cusp

 

[CHwest]

I could be completely barking up the wrong tree, I thought the effort he gave on pressuring the puck right before the third Ottawa goal was extremely lazy, he did have a few decent chances offensively I give you that.

Living in the west I don't get to see a lot of games and watching the highlites on that goal my first thought was who was that lazy tit, backed it up a little to get the name and there it was.

 

[CHwest]

I got chills just listening to the crowd and seeing Anderson's reaction.

Dude knows how to work a crowd lol

 

[FrankMTL]

PLAYOFFS? YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT PLAYOFFS???

Look at us. Who would have thought.

 

[JGRB]

He was a beast against Florida too.

If we go back to the time Montreal acquired him, I thought he should have been an unremarkable 2C type of player. I think early on, he showed some flashes of creativity. He suffered alot of injuries though during his time here and although he has remained healthy this year, he just reverted to a really vanilla game.

But these last couple of games, he's kind of showing what I thought he could be. Obviously, the Habs are lacking offense at center after Suzuki, but dvorak does have something within him that could help the team keep the band aid together down the middle. The question is whether it's just a flash in the pan, or whether he's going to keep it up for the stretch drive.

Well said.

I think there is value in bringing him back for atleast another year or two as a bottom-6 guy, when you take out the disappointment of the cost of the trade to get him he’s been relatively serviceable - sometimes more so than others. He seems to be close-knit with some of our top players like Caufield and Suzuki and he’s playing good hockey for us in a bottom-6 role.