Post-Game Talk: Habs Laff last! Youngin's put on a show for the win!

[The Gr8 Dane]

Monahan and a 1st for free he’s better than Toffoli lol. What an epic meltdown of trades by Calgary! Yay for us! For once!

He looked good didint he

 

[Fainting Couch]

Somewhere right now Pierre McGuire is reading this and is grinning from ear to ear.

Disagree. It is impossible for him to grin and make an O face at the same time.

 

[Cournoyer12]

Some (most?) rebuilds are devoid of excitement. Lots of pain and little to cheer about. Last night, the team showed that this year, regardless of the rebuild, the Canadiens are not a pushover. Its a large and surprisingly quick team. A team that if it gets the breaks will compete in most games. Yes, we will have our six games losing streaks and occasionally get blown out against stronger teams. But the roots and foundation of the rebuild were on display last night. As I have noted previously, at its essence, professional sport is entertainment. Were you not entertained last night?

Absolutely!!!!!!!

 

[Cournoyer12]

I think everyone who is worried we are rushing the kids needs to watch last night and chill for a second. Marty is a great communicator, and isn’t going to be Therrien or Julien and put them in the dog house for mistakes.

We are living and dying by the sword aka mistakes the young guys will take and make. I love this approach. I do think Slaf should be sent down after 9 games though, he seems a step behind (which isn’t the end of the world)

I really hope Slaf and X stay up, Mistake’s and all they are both effort players and into this organization!

 

[The Gr8 Dane]

Dude slaf was a demon last night. I think he touched the puck like 4 times but man was he good without it

 

[BarracudaMtl]

What a great start to the season!


a few points I would like to highlight;

1: Cole Caufield is for real, 40 goals minimum
2. Maybe Monahan will have value
3. Very long player introductions.
4. Price did what Weber could have done
5. Hoffman / Drouin is the same
6. Dandonov is going to be tough...
7. The future is good with the youngsters in the system.

 

[1909]

In 1992 the Ottawa Senators opened their inaugural expansion season with a 5-3 win against the Montreal Canadiens.
I think Ottawa ended up winning about 10 games the entire season.
Was last night one of those adrenalin wins? Or is this team much better than last year's 22 win team?

I was at that game in Ottawa in 1992........... Alanis Morrissette sang the anthem. Nobody knew that Habs would win their 24th and last Cup 10 months later.

 

[sampollock]

Monahan and a 1st for free he’s better than Toffoli lol. What an epic meltdown of trades by Calgary! Yay for us! For once!

FUNNY on the fig board, someone asked what the habs gave up to get this guy.

 

[RC51]

same reaction from leaf fans. No way the habs played better then the leafs. The refs are on the habs side every year every game since 1967. Leafs outplayed the habs at every turn but the habs are the worlds lucky team in ALL SPORTS ALL OVER THE WORLD.

 

[Redux91]

That win was for Carey man, take care of yours buddy thanks for the memories

I cant stop lolling at the fact we have 4 rookies on D , and they look better than most of the D weve had the last, what, 7 years?

 

[the]

«Slaf est content de ça, tout comme Zednik, a mentionné St-Louis. Richard a connu une belle carrière. Je suis content de voir des anciens du CH, c’est une franchise historique. Je suis heureux de voir Zednik dans notre vestiaire. C’est un Slovaque qui vient parler à un jeune slovaque. C’est juste des plus pour nous.»

Our former GM didn't like these types of interactions.

 

[sheed36]

Pigeon in the building and on the table before the Hughes presser. A goose on the field during the Dodgers/Padres game. Habs surprise and knock off the Figs. What a great and strange day yesterday was.

 

[Tetragrammaton]

Somewhere right now Pierre McGuire is reading this and is grinning from ear to ear.

 

[CAUFIELD]

Robertson Is better than Caufield - leafs fans .

 

[WinterLion]

His dad is taller then him and Slaf mentionned his grandfather is even taller !

Maybe he is going to grow 3 more inches... just like Hutson!!

 

[tinyzombies]

Fun final few minutes.

Young guys played well. Especially Guhle and Harris. Both look like top 4 D.

Guhle is going to be a top pairing stud.

Any replay? I’m in the US lol

 

[Paddy17]

Maybe he is going to grow 3 more inches... just like Hutson!!

I don't believe that unless he shows me a doctor's report saying that.

 

[HabsAddict]

Bad turnver by Dadonov at the end there, but that was the best pk unit in a while, his movement was good.

It's the continuation from the exhibition games. That's why its time to sit him.

Worse overall performance on the team.

 

[salbutera]

 

[rickthegoon]

You noticed the size when you saw players using their long reach to break up plays, block passing lanes, and using their big frames to block shots.

Guhle: 6'2" & 205 lbs
Xhekaj: 6'4" & 238 lbs
Savard: 6'1" & 234 lbs
Kovacevic: 6'5" & 218 lbs

There is still the injured Edmundson, who is 6'5" & 225 lbs

Anderson: 6'3" & 227 lbs
Dach: 6'2" & 201 lbs
Slaf: 6'3" & 238 lbs
Monahan: 6'1" & 201 lbs
Dvorak: 6'1" & 201 lbs

Healthy scratch Pez is 6'1" & 216 lbs

There is still the injured Armia, who is 6'4" & 218 lbs

They also have guys who are over 6 feet, but a shade under 200 lbs. And others, who are a shade under both. Also, not everyone plays the physical game. But you notice that this is not a small team.

Oh how I do not miss the nightmare era of having Gionta ( the worst captain in our franchise history) ,Gomez and prima donna Camy as our leadership core. That was the darkest period .

 

[morhilane]

Did you guys notice that Slaf actually used his stick to push Gally faster?

You can even see Gallagher got a little bit faster there after the push. It's not the first time Slaf does that too. He also pushed Xhekaj in a pre-season game in a similar fashion but for a backcheck.

 

[HuGo Burner Acc]

Oh how I do not miss the nightmare era of having Gionta ( the worst captain in our franchise history) ,Gomez and prima donna Camy as our leadership core. That was the darkest period .

Gotta disagree there. Gionta oversaw two deep playoff runs by the Habs and led a leadership core that consistently performed decently. Paciorettys tenure was one of failure as a team and as a leader. Everyone in that room knew he was captain in name only but the true leaders were price and weber

 

[sheed36]

Listened to Button on TSN1050's Leafs Lunch earlier today and he really ripped into the Leafs.

Said the thing that really bothers him about the Leafs is that they want to compare themselves to teams who have had success in the playoffs and have won playoff rounds and yet the Leafs have won nothing. Said he thinks the Leafs may need a reality check.

The Leafs Lunch host chuckled a little at the reality check comment and so did I.

Only 1 game in and it's already started over in Leaf land. The part I'm talking about starts about 24 minutes in or so.

Leafs Lunch: October 13, 2022 - Hour 1

Toronto Star columnist Dave Feschuk filling in for Julia Tocheri today on Leafs Lunch. In the first hour of the show, Feschuk and Mike DiStefano determine what they'd like to stay and what needs to go from last night's season opening loss to the Canadiens. Then Fes and Al's Brother are joined by...

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[sheed36]

That Leafs defense did look quite slow last night I thought but it's only game 1 so we'll see how it goes as the season progresses but if that's the norm going forward it will a pretty big concern for that Leafs team.

 

[Runner77]

Robertson Is better than Caufield - leafs fans .

Says a guy whose user name has no horse in that race. ;-)