Post-Game Talk: Habs lose Blackhawks in a Shootout. Fail to clinch Playoffs.

[zx81]

Demidov is pretty much the origin of all our scoring chances.

This is impressive and sad at the same time.

 

[Rapala]

They just have to get the game to OT to move on, if Columbus wins in regulation tomorrow.

Great we'll be trying to defend from the get go.

 

[Grand Admiral Thrawn]

I hate the out of gas excuse.
Columbus is doing it... why aren't they out of gas?

 

[JianYang]

We out of gas.

It sucks they can't rest anybody but what i saw was a very nervous hockey team.

They are showing their age right now.

 

[Schooner Goon]

How does that happen? Hard to fathom that this team in front of a fired up crowd can lose to a team that is/was 8-31 on the road.

Crazy eh? Chicago did it to Pittsburgh two years ago and the Blackhawks might not have beat Trois-Rivieres that year after fire-selling the entire team. Nothing to lose and playing loose.

Habs looked very nervous tonight. So many odd man rushes, turnovers and our D getting walked around. We were lucky to get the 1 point.

 

[Paddy17]

Most important game of the season against the second worst team in the league and they can't even close it out. The Caps will sweep them.

The Caps? I think Columbus has a better chance to get into the playoffs.

This is a Leafs epic choke job.

 

[CaptainKirk]

Instead of who?

Laine can’t deek for shit. Why was he even a option? You’ve got Demidov right there. I’d have put Kapenen before Laine.

 

[habdynasty]

Columbus could be a Cinderella team if they get in, they are hot at the right time.

 

[Halakitlikethat]

Carolina game is as close to a guaranteed loss as you can get.

 

[expy]

Well someone is happy

Don't care if the Habs technically still are in the "driver's seat", you can still crash the car.

 

[Schooner Goon]

And i highly doubt they overly scouted his shootout attempts in the second last game of yr, Hawks were just having fun in general, letting their players do their thing

There is no way Soderstrom knew anything about Demidov's shootout arsenal.

 

[Barriwhite]

Quoi haha

 

[Non Player Canadiens]

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fans like this crack me up. actually looks like this is the only thing that matters in his life

 

[Estimated_Prophet]

Newhook ability to shoot on net lasted one shift. Amazing!

There are coaches who understand you send the hot hands from the game first in a shootout, then your best shootout players. That's not MSL. I'm starting to wonder if he's not stats coaching too much these days.

Disgusting display by the whole team, they looked as bad as the Hawks, but at least the Hawks put in efforts.
Well, except Demidov, who probably already asked to be traded...

Demidov looked incredible for most of the game but if we are talking effort.......he entirely quit on the 3rd goal and allowed his check to get away clean. It was Kovalevesque awful.

He is very young and looks like a slam dunk to be a super star but is this board really going to pretend that this did not happen?

 

[dinodebino]

They had one job tonight.

If you can’t beat Chicago, you have not earned it.

 

[le_sean]

As for Guhle, you deserve to be benched. Pathetic game from him.

 

[CaptainKirk]

Laine has a very good shootout record

Is that pre-Covid? He can’t even enter the zone without losing the puck.

 

[Quatre Vingt Treize]

Extremely disappointing.
No excuse, that was terrible.

This was a bitter loss against a bad team. Terrible coaching

 

[Lafleurs Guy]

Laine can’t deek for shit. Why was he even a option?

Because he has one of the highest percentages ever. Who gives a shit if he can deke? It only matters that he can score.

You’ve got Demidov right there. I’d have put Kapenen before Laine.

You've got two guys with some of the best shootout numbers in league history. Laine shoots at 47 percent and Cole at 43.

Do you bench Suzuki?

 

[HabsWhiteKnightLOL]

He should have put Demidov 1st on the shootout. Less pressure and deserved a shootout attempt.

MSL first Press conference when he joined the habs

''players who contribued during the game will be rewarded''

13min of icetime didnt send him in the top 3 shooters.

 

[HabsCowboysOwn]

MSL is showing signs of Therrien. Sure he speaks locker room cool talk but stubborn on the wrong things. Sad to see really, you’d think a young coach would try to adjust much faster. This team has played the same game for 6 games. Win or lose the coach didn’t pick up on things that badly need adjustment

Some fans still want to pretend he's a good coach because he's NHL legend Martin St-Louis, if he were a grotesque chain smoking farting ogre like Therrien they'd be calling for his head already.

 

[Boss Man Hughes]

It has nothing to do with the Refs. It's HQ that calls it in, they cannot not allow a goal.

It has to do with the refs because 2 of them were too effing stupid to see it was in the net. Where the hell did they think the puck was?

 

[salbutera]

The way Columbus is playing I don't see them losing their 2 upcoming games.

Phi is 6-1-1 since Torts got canned + CBJ is 13-23-4 on the road (25OA)

 

[Habssince89]

the anti-MSL narrative grasps at nothing. He's been a great coach with a limited roster

 

[habdynasty]

As for Guhle, you deserve to be benched. Pathetic game from him.

That was a complete brain dead Emelin play , talk about bad timing.