Post-Game Talk: Habs defeat Tampa at the Bell Centre.

[BigDaddyLurch]

shout out to this dude who I thought would never recover from that Scheifele hit

...I miss the Meth Flanders fun...

 

[OldCraig71]

Monty should have been the first star. What was our faceoff percentage tonight? It looked like we lost a ton of draws.

 

[Rozz]

Another huge comeback win!!!!!

Slafsquatch playing like the f***ing beast he is!

Monty with a massive bounce back.. made some amazing saves.

Hutson continues his point streak and dominance... kids a legit #1D.

and Laine with 2 assists.

this team is rolling! they are never out of it, and they never give up... these kids just don't quit.

We've seen them win in so many different ways since they started to turn things around... they are becoming one of those teams that it just doesn't matter what kind of game they find themselves in.. they are "in it"... and i feel confident and comfortable in the fact they have a good shot at beating any team at any time. they have been put through an absolute gauntlet recently, schedule wise.. and they have come out of it as hardend warriors!

currently we are back in the playoffs and only 1 point behind Tampa for 3rd in Atlantic... its f***ing crazy!

 

[Andrei79]

I'm not keen on losing that size and those attributes I'm just not.

Add me to that club. The size, versatility, board play, PK performance and the high end hands is not something we'd find easily either at the draft, the UFA market or in trades.

 

[MarkovsKnee]

For all the haters that thinks Owen Beck would be able to easily replace Evans or Armia, stop daydreaming. It's a reality check for you people. Beck is not close to them at this moment and if the Habs objective is to make the playoffs for the upcoming years, KH absolutely needs sign at least one of them if not both. The ones that needs to go are Gallagher and Dvorak by far.

It's not Evans or Armia we want him to replace. It's Dvorak.

Beck didn't play a lot, but he had some good shifts along the boards & showed his effortless skating.

 

[Hacketts]

I guess if we make the playoffs, we sacrifice Youppi?

 

[SergeConstantin74]

For all the haters that thinks Owen Beck would be able to easily replace Evans or Armia, stop daydreaming. It's a reality check for you people. Beck is not close to them at this moment and if the Habs objective is to make the playoffs for the upcoming years, KH absolutely needs sign at least one of them if not both. The ones that needs to go are Gallagher and Dvorak by far.

I'd keep Gallagher around. Buying him out would be counterproductive. You need veteran leadership who are playing their heart out. Dvo can GTFO.

 

[BLONG7]

Monty stands tall.

I almost forgive you for the Leafs game.... almost.

Tough start again tonight, early that is....................once we tied it, Monty was the star.
Great game by the boys, and awesome 2 pts in regulation.

 

[waitin425]

Did he push the puck out or was that something else sliding across rhe ice?!?!?!?

 

[HuGo Sham]

gotta win ugly to be successful and Dikembe kept them in for two periods and the support staff got it done. Sign Evans and give Armia 1 or 2 years.
Goodbye Dvorak

 

[Natey]

Barron score tonight to start the Nashville comeback. Down 4 goals and it's 5-4 now They will likely win

Start? He scored the 3rd goal, lol.

And bad players can still score sometimes. It happens.

He's a bad player. His hockey sense is very poor at this point. Can it improve? Sure. Anderson changed the way he plays and he's been effective. Barron can save his career. But he's not good right now. Carrier is like a Norris winner in comparison.

 

[OldCraig71]

Come on. Beck will be far better than them by the beginning of next season. They are both crap.

You can't be serious. Tampa was great when they had bottom-six guys like Armia and Evans. That line along with Heineman was good before everyone else learned the system. Shift after shift they hemmed teams in their end, forget the past, what they are giving us now is all that matters.

 

[MarkovsKnee]

Leafs game was the only game Habs had more than a one goal lead. Don't think they knew what to do with a big lead.

They seem to play better when behind, but it would be nice to see them grab a lead & hold it.

 

[BigDaddyLurch]

I guess if we make the playoffs, we sacrifice Youppi?

 

[Kimota]

The guy who has impressed the most lately has been Slaf. He's blossoming like crazy. Not too long ago I was about ready to trade him to the NYR for Laf but now I would never do that. I believe he has far more drive than Laf. You can see the kid loves hockey.

 

[Kennerback]

He's still a -2.

It's 5-5 now, BTW. Preds have tied it.

We could afford to see what Barron could do at the bottom of our Tear Down and Rebuild phase and Nashville is now where we were two seasons ago. Habs Management made a decision they wanted to take a step forward in the Rebuild so Barron didn’t have his place any more.

 

[HabsCode]

In the last 17 games Habs are 13-1-3 for 27 points out of a possibility of 34 points. That is 0.794 hockey.

Before that we had 25 points in 30 games (0.416 hockey).

 

[austin316]

For all the haters that thinks Owen Beck would be able to easily replace Evans or Armia, stop daydreaming. It's a reality check for you people. Beck is not close to them at this moment and if the Habs objective is to make the playoffs for the upcoming years, KH absolutely needs sign at least one of them if not both. The ones that needs to go are Gallagher and Dvorak by far.

It takes time for young kids to develop. Beck is best brought along likely on the wing, maybe even on a line with Evans.

It’s important we retain players like Evans and Armia (Armia at a low cost contract especially) to help insulate our rookies.

 

[MarkovsKnee]

Monty should have been the first star. What was our faceoff percentage tonight? It looked like we lost a ton of draws.

It was pretty even. 50.9% to 49.1% for TB.

Suzuki and Evans both won big draws in the final 2 minutes.

 

[Paddyjack]

Will there be anyone who will make a meme with Guhle on Kooch goal, like, "this is what happen when the joystick disconnects", or something. I thought his acting on that goal was hilarious

 

[Apfel Struble]

Which hockey mind here can explain why Habs are so good lately? Like gameplay change? Is it the speed? The laine energy surge? Better defensively with Carrier? MSL gameplan finally getting through players head?

Healthy roster, Carrier, Laine, Matheson being surprisingly good at RD most of the time, the hybrid system finally sinking in, Caufield leading the league in P/60, Dach and Newhook finally getting going gives the team a second wind

I think there was a stars alignment of sorts

 

[tazsub3]

Never thought I'd say this but Armia has been great for most of the season. Like 2021 Stanley Cup Run Armia.

Hell yes , I think we can we now make the Columbus trade final .
Laine , 2nd and this armia for Harris and that armia

 

[Natey]

We could afford to see what Barron could do at the bottom of our Tear Down and Rebuild phase and Nashville is now where we were two seasons ago. Habs Management made a decision they wanted to take a step forward in the Rebuild so Barron didn’t have his place any more.

Barron playing 17 games could be the difference between getting home ice in the playoffs or not.

 

[The Real Timo]

Le Gros Dave a mange da puck!!

Montanbo with a monster game! Jake and Yoel were awesome again. What a goal. Defensively team played a bad game. But the goalie bailed them out. Good for Monty! Loved that they scratched and clawed out the win. Didn’t like that they wasted an entire period again to get into the game. Thought we left that habit back in November.

Anyhoo!!! Huge f***ing win!!!

 

[ZUKI]

LOL Monty What did you just say.

It's in french. It means this