Post-Game Talk: Habs defeat the Rangers in OT on a winner by Laine!

[waitin425]

We need an updated version of the "X gonna give it to ya" youtube video with NHL highlights including last nights thumping of Rempe and that massive hit on Reavo Saturday. Someone with talent make that happen!

 

[Kennerback]

Dell

 

[JianYang]

Dobes still has a lot to work on which should be expected. The more he plays, the more his holes will be exploited. Lindgren, Condon, and Tokarski all got off to hot starts only to come back down to earth. Still excited about his future. He’s come a long way since I first saw him in the AHL so he’s still growing.

You could even put price and Roy on that boat.

It wasn't until 2010-2011 that price never looked back in the context of becoming the permanent starter, and he certainly had his struggles to get there.

Roy's beginning was before my time but I think he was splitting time until the late 80s where he finally became the workhorse #1.

 

[Rapala]

You could even put price and Roy on that boat.

It wasn't until 2010-2011 that price never looked back in the context of becoming the permanent starter, and he certainly had his struggles to get there.

Roy's beginning was before my time but I think he was splitting time until the late 80s where he finally became the workhorse #1.

It seems to me Price started having problems once the entire City put him on a pedestal. I distinctly remember his first All Star appearance he was terrible and then continued to play terrible afterwards.

 

[MangoX]

Seeing Quick playing with and stealing Slafs stick was so friggin' hilarious!

I found a video of it on TSN here: Canadiens' Dobes shines in OT to make his 'big moment' a winner | TSN

 

[JianYang]

It seems to me Price started having problems once the entire City put him on a pedestal. I distinctly remember his first All Star appearance he was terrible and then continued to play terrible afterwards.

He had just came back from a high ankle sprain at that time and it was his first spell of bad hockey since the 2nd round of the playoffs the year before.

He was struggling at the time, and so was the entire team. It took over a year to get him back.

 

[ChesterNimitz]

You could even put price and Roy on that boat.

It wasn't until 2010-2011 that price never looked back in the context of becoming the permanent starter, and he certainly had his struggles to get there.

Roy's beginning was before my time but I think he was splitting time until the late 80s where he finally became the workhorse #1.

I remain skeptical. Maybe it's because I'm becoming an old curmudgeon. But Dobes reminds me of Steve Penny, who became a folk hero to many Montreal fans during the 1983/1984 playoffs. I find Dobes clumsy ( just watch how he tries to smother pucks ) and unathletic. Very similar to Penny, who after a bright start, faded badly. I hope I'm wrong, but to this writer, the future is Fowler, not Dobes.

 

[JianYang]

I remain skeptical. Maybe it's because I'm becoming an old curmudgeon. But Dobes reminds me of Steve Penny, who became a folk hero to many Montreal fans during the 1983/1984 playoffs. I find Dobes clumsy ( just watch how he tries to smother pucks ) and unathletic. Very similar to Penny, who after a bright start, faded badly. I hope I'm wrong, but to this writer, the future is Fowler, not Dobes.

Yeah I'm not saying that I think dobes is definitely a bonafide nhl starter. I'm just throwing caution because I'm seeing an increasing number of posts suggesting that he should be running with the ball now.

I think an alternating rotation is the way to go for the time being, but the Habs should be exploring insurance candidates on the market in case dobes' game really goes south, because that remains a real possibility.

I don't think we agree on dobes' athleticism though. He looks very athletic to me especially for a big man. To me, it looks like he has an internal battle of not being overatheltic in net.... but that never stopped rinne from having a good career, for example.

 

[WeThreeKings]

I remain skeptical. Maybe it's because I'm becoming an old curmudgeon. But Dobes reminds me of Steve Penny, who became a folk hero to many Montreal fans during the 1983/1984 playoffs. I find Dobes clumsy ( just watch how he tries to smother pucks ) and unathletic. Very similar to Penny, who after a bright start, faded badly. I hope I'm wrong, but to this writer, the future is Fowler, not Dobes.

Dobes is very athletic. That's not a problem at all. Right now the biggest thing for him is to start the game on time and calm his nerves early in games (a young goalie problem) and to be better ready for a quick play on a breakdown. A couple pucks have gotten under his glove as well, so he'll need to shore that spot up.

The future could still be Fowler but don't write Dobes off early, he's got a lot of tools to work with and he's an absolute battler. Volokhin very well could be better than all 3. It's a good problem to have and this organization is not going to jettison Fowler in a trade simply because Dobes is off to a hot start.

 

[Kennerback]

I remain skeptical. Maybe it's because I'm becoming an old curmudgeon. But Dobes reminds me of Steve Penny, who became a folk hero to many Montreal fans during the 1983/1984 playoffs. I find Dobes clumsy ( just watch how he tries to smother pucks ) and unathletic. Very similar to Penny, who after a bright start, faded badly. I hope I'm wrong, but to this writer, the future is Fowler, not Dobes.

I’m confident for our goaltending going forward. But it’s going to be a blood feud between Dobes, Monty and Fowler. May the best man win. And for those that are looking down on Monty because he was picked on waivers, don’t forget unlike skaters, teams constantly misjudge goalies, that’s why so many all-star goalies have been picked up on waivers. Bryzgalov, Nabokov off the top of my mind. I could find a couple more with a quick google search.

 

[ReHabs]

I remain skeptical. Maybe it's because I'm becoming an old curmudgeon. But Dobes reminds me of Steve Penny, who became a folk hero to many Montreal fans during the 1983/1984 playoffs. I find Dobes clumsy ( just watch how he tries to smother pucks ) and unathletic. Very similar to Penny, who after a bright start, faded badly. I hope I'm wrong, but to this writer, the future is Fowler, not Dobes.

Speaking of unathletic, I always found Halak's poor stamina and inability to handle a workload to be a big mark against him even if his reflexes were excellent.

 

[JianYang]

I’m confident for our goaltending going forward. But it’s going to be a blood feud between Dobes, Monty and Fowler. May the best man win. And for those that are looking down on Monty because he was picked on waivers, don’t forget unlike skaters, teams constantly misjudge goalies, that’s why so many all-star goalies have been picked up on waivers. Bryzgalov, Nabokov off the top of my mind. I could find a couple more with a quick google search.

Nabokov's backup in san Jose went on to a pretty good career as well.

 

[Trabdy2]

Happy to see us win. It seemed whenever the Rangers took the lead, I knew we still had a chance because we were consistently generating scoring chances against them. We weren't very good defensively, but we found a way to win with heightened offense.

This team has different ways of winning games. Our goalies can steal one here or there, our PP can light it up, our top line can produce, or we can get depth scoring from any of our other lines. We don't get everything happening at the same time, but we get enough happening to be competitive against anyone right now.

 

[Habs Icing]

Dobes is very athletic. That's not a problem at all. Right now the biggest thing for him is to start the game on time and calm his nerves early in games (a young goalie problem) and to be better ready for a quick play on a breakdown. A couple pucks have gotten under his glove as well, so he'll need to shore that spot up.

The future could still be Fowler but don't write Dobes off early, he's got a lot of tools to work with and he's an absolute battler. Volokhin very well could be better than all 3. It's a good problem to have and this organization is not going to jettison Fowler in a trade simply because Dobes is off to a hot start.

I was going to post that very sentiment about Volokhin.

As for Dobes, the one problem I see is rebound control which also encompasses control of the puck when it's at his skates.

 

[donghabs98]

It was cheap for Rempe to just start throwing jumps before Arber could even react. Despite that advantage he ended up getting taken down anyways. Considering he doesn't provide much else and isn't a great fighter, you do wonder how much longer he'll be in the NHL

 

[donghabs98]

Happy to see us win. It seemed whenever the Rangers took the lead, I knew we still had a chance because we were consistently generating scoring chances against them. We weren't very good defensively, but we found a way to win with heightened offense.

This team has different ways of winning games. Our goalies can steal one here or there, our PP can light it up, our top line can produce, or we can get depth scoring from any of our other lines. We don't get everything happening at the same time, but we get enough happening to be competitive against anyone right now.

The impressive part of our run here to me is how we are winning. Its not like the old days where it was mostly because Price was standing on his head. The team is winning through balanced scoring, good special teams and timely saves. That's a receipe for long term success.

 

[donghabs98]

Leafs game? what Leafs game?

Funny enough, if you asked me gping in if I'd take 2 points of this weekend I'd say yes. To think we were relatively close to a perfect weekend had Woll not been good or we imploded defensively in the 3rd.

 

[Calendal]

He got jumped, you just want him to sit there and eat punches to the face the whole time?

I don't watch the game for the fights, but this one I enjoyed. Also didn't we get a powerplay out of it?

 

[Calendal]

0-1

1-1

1-2

2-2

2-3

3-3

4-3

4-4

5-4

That 4-3 should be 3-4.

 

[bsl]

Damn Guhle is becoming quite a General in our D core. Great shut down, good on PK, can help the offense and he hits like a mother f***er. Plays with an edge when the time comes. The sky's the limit in what he can accomplish.

He was a smart pick. Said it then say it now.

 

[Redux91]

So I'm way late lol
But going to that game, *ended up* being a total blast lol
But man i was stewing in my seat at 3-4 lol , grumbling we BETTER tie this freaking game mannn

Slafs goal was HUGE, and timely and man the place went nuts, we really needed it, couldnt believe we came back from a goal down FOUR times

The Xhekaj fight, wow, TWO seconds into the fight, the DJ BLASTS X gon give it to ya, i couldnt believe it lol, you would think the DJ would wait til after the fight but its playing WHILE he feeds Rempe his lunch
It was wild, we gave him a HUGE Ovation, he definitely felt it

Couldnt understand the player deployment in OT, 1 minute goes by no Laine, 2 minutes go by, no Laine, it took over 3 minutes to finally get Laine on the ice
I had a GREEEAAT view of the Guhle give and go and when Laine scored man, wow
Complete eruption

The back to back Dobes saves in OT were WOW , again lol the place went BONKERS , huge price like ovation for him for those saves, you could tell the cheers were for more than that too, we were acknowledging his 4 big road wins too (couldnt believe i was watching Dobes have his "clunker" game lol but STILL won)

Hadn't enjoyed a game like that live in QUITE a while wow, you could tell the game meant something, the buzz in the crowd was amazing

Seats werent even that GOOD lol but they were free and we had a blast and thankful the boys pulled it off

Great great win, was super fun

 

[bsl]

sooooo true! he could of had a 4-5 goals this weekend alone... so close.. but those game happen. he's been playing incredibly well! a complete kind of player

Reminds me of cournoyer

 

[Habssince89]

I remain skeptical. Maybe it's because I'm becoming an old curmudgeon. But Dobes reminds me of Steve Penny, who became a folk hero to many Montreal fans during the 1983/1984 playoffs. I find Dobes clumsy ( just watch how he tries to smother pucks ) and unathletic. Very similar to Penny, who after a bright start, faded badly. I hope I'm wrong, but to this writer, the future is Fowler, not Dobes.

I strongly disagree with the bolded. I think he has great athleticism and reads the play well. He also projects a lot of poise too. I find the clumsy comment to be somewhat accurate, but given his strong glove hand I think that's probably more nerves than anything.

I would advocate for cautious optimisim

 

[ChesterNimitz]

I strongly disagree with the bolded. I think he has great athleticism and reads the play well. He also projects a lot of poise too. I find the clumsy comment to be somewhat accurate, but given his strong glove hand I think that's probably more nerves than anything.

I would advocate for cautious optimisim

I would advocate for cautious pessimism.

 

[Habs10Habs]

Dobby their best goalie already?.

For me it's still too small of a sample size. But.....it's slowly IMO starting to look that way.