Post-Game Talk: Habs lose in uninspired retro jerseys to the Kings

[Nedved]

Habs needed that loss. I was worried they were going to gain more confidence, but this should help them settle down. We are a bottom 10 team.

 

[Runner77]

MSL is moving closer and closer to Ducharme territory. I am not trying to be controversial, but there have been many many signs lately.

For all we know, it's coming from upstairs.

Otherwise, we'll have to take an independent reading, like we did with Ducharme.

 

[domiwroze]

I can’t bear watching us try to leave our own end. We get the puck and instead of rushing up the ice on the counter-attack, we stay in our end, wait for everyone to regroup, finally start skating out, almost make it past our own blue line but then back pass it to keep it still in our end, finally skate it out only to turn it over in the neutral zone. Why does it take us so damn long to exit our zone?

We had no choice, they were playing 1-3-1 in the neutral zone so our options were;
- Come in with speed as a group as if you are on a powerplay to enter the offensive zone with possession.
- Dump in and chase. ( which Evans-Slaf-Andy's line were trying to do) but L.A took the puck and just threw it high back to the neutral, rince and repeat until we make a turn over.
- That's it, there's no third option.

 

[Rapala]

Hoffman is one of the dumbest hockey players around, like what the f*** was that no look pass?!

Montreal sucked tonight. Guhle was our best player. Caufield played great. Allen was pretty solid, actually. Suzuki was meh.

I hate the 1-3-1.

The funny thing is they were playing much better before they went that route and were beating us soundly with their man to man approach.

 

[SlafySZN]

He did play really well. Too bad his linemates weren't up to his standards in this one.

Dach was good and some things happened when he got back on that line but anderson was horrendous on that first line through the first and 2nd period.

 

[Rapala]

Habs needed that loss. I was worried they were going to gain more confidence, but this should help them settle down. We are a bottom 10 team.

Thats true I'm just still pissed at France beating England.

 

[Catanddogguitarrr]

The press conference of Habs coach. This is depressing mumbering, for a moment I think I'm back in the Ducharme year.

 

[Canad13ns]

We had no choice, they were playing 1-3-1 in the neutral zone so our options were;
- Come in with speed as a group as if you are on a powerplay to enter the offensive zone with possession.
- Dump in and chase. ( which Evans-Slaf-Andy's line were trying to do) but L.A took the puck and just threw it high back to the neutral, rince and repeat until we make a turn over.
- That's it, there's no third option.

Well waiting around in our end, back-passing and then turning it over in the neutral zone is the option we chose and we did it perfectly.

 

[Catanddogguitarrr]

Time to go to the fridge. I will be gaining weight, miam-miam. Big sandwich with mayonnaise.

 

[admiralcadillac]

Thats true I'm just still pissed at France beating England.

All England had to do was not f*** up

 

[la25ecoupe]

OK, common, we aint winng any cup with this team.

Trade half the team please..

 

[MarkovsKnee]

The funny thing is they were playing much better before they went that route and were beating us soundly with their man to man approach.

Yeah, the man to man created a high pressure forecheck that we couldn't handle. Once they backed off, we were able to move the puck better. Still boring to watch.

 

[domiwroze]

Well waiting around in our end, back-passing and then turning it over in the neutral zone is the option we chose and we did it perfectly.

Can't disagree on that. Takes a good first pass or players like Suzuki to carry it in. Which we only have one.

 

[Rapala]

Dach was good and some things happened when he got back on that line but anderson was horrendous on that first line through the first and 2nd period.

Yup Dach is a better Winger than Center at this point in his career. He won more pucks along the wall when he moved back than Anderson did in two periods.

 

[MarkovsKnee]

The press conference of Habs coach. This is depressing mumbering, for a moment I think I'm back in the Ducharme year.

MSL is mumbling?

 

[Runner77]

At least Mike Hoffman scored that's encouraging right?

Gotta keep polishing those turds.

 

[Rapala]

All England had to do was not f*** up

Well you won't beat France if you can't score in open play.

 

[Nedved]

Big week coming up with some bottom 10 teams. Hopefully the sens keep it up, calgary wants to square the series with us, and the ducks have a hot game.

 

[Rapala]

Big week coming up with some bottom 10 teams. Hopefully the sens keep it up, calgary wants to square the series with us, and the ducks have a hot game.

There are some god awful teams dwelling well below us.

 

[Habs]

Imagine paying for that performance. Also I used to like Edmundson and now I detest him

 

[Runner77]

Imagine paying for that performance. Also I used to like Edmundson and now I detest him

Luckily, he has a few months to straighten himself out, before the trading deadline.

I just hope there isn't a new normal setting in.

 

[Apoplectic Habs Fan]

At this point, I think either MSL has a screw loose, or has been given instruction to play the vets to showcase them for potential scouts.

Im liking St Louis less and less as i just see poor decisions

Pitlick has 6 min of ice all night and your time to play him is with less then 10 min in the third with a dzone faceoff he loses?

There were multiple similarly poor decisions on the recent trip.

 

[The Real Timo]

Imagine paying for that performance. Also I used to like Edmundson and now I detest him

I hope they trade him before I moved into detest territory. He seems like a nice dude. Just needs to go.

 

[MasterD]

The kings play some real anti-hockey

They line up with zero forcheckers, 4 guys just above their own blueline, and one guy a little further back.

It's ugly to watch, and it reminds you that not every team is subscribing to modern hockey.

I chuckled at one point because the way they line up is reminiscent of a 2nd tier hockey nation playing team Canada.

I love how Danault left us to go there because he didn’t want to play on a defensive line lmao

 

[The Real Timo]

Luckily, he has a few months to straighten himself out, before the trading deadline.

I just hope there isn't a new normal setting in.

I am assuming that this is why he is playing with Guhle... to make him look better and find his game.