Post-Game Talk: Habs lose to BJs in Columbus

[Runner77]

Matheson overplayed with 26 minutes, once again.

This was on Marty, clearly.

 

[Andrei79]

i didn't think it was that bad of a game? The GDT was great

I'm now paranoid about everything I'm posting. I know @The Great Weal 's revenge will be nuclear.

 

[The Last Red]

Why? He’s not wrong. The team has been rebuilding for 23 of its 25 years. It’s a pathetic franchise

So he’s not wrong. And? Karma’s a bitch. Laine brought this upon himself tonight. Sometimes best to keep your mouth shut.

 

[Prettyisland]

He’s got all these physical gifts, but the puck on his stick is like a grenade and it’s always at risk of blowing up.

1-he consistently mishandles pass receptions on the point.
2-he consistently messes up break outs. Skates gingerly out when a guy is right in back of him. Soft clearing attempts. Throws the puck up the board when it’s obvious that there’s only an opponent there. Overpasses by a mile.
3-Always covers the wrong guy or seemingly doesn’t cover anyone.
4-i could go on and on.

I don’t want him traded but it hurts my head sometimes.

You sound like a woman with Stockholm syndrome who won’t leave her crazy ass boyfriend

 

[Rapala]

Like clockwork, 5 games since Matheson had his last super bad game.

I had him down for three bad goals against and a boat load of almosts.
Evanson got Monahan out against that pairing as much as he could.
Olivier was a handful too I was sure he was going to get one.

 

[OnTheRun]

Why? He’s not wrong. The team has been rebuilding for 23 of its 25 years. It’s a pathetic franchise

Well he missed a golden opportunity to shut up. But what is done is done.
People are going to make a mountain out of a molehill as usual.

 

[Kennerback]

There must be a better way to use Matheson? This can’t be the right way to play him.

 

[Spearmint Rhino]

Sam has to be tired, he's playing every game because the backup plays like one of those emergency beer league goalies that teams hire in case of emergency.

True, hopefully the EBUG goes bye bye when the player movement freeze is over

 

[HuGo Sham]

frustrating yet entertaining game. Nice to see some offense but they have to shut that down at 4-3 or even 4-4. not having Laine made us a 1-line team again - but Evans' line continues to punch above their weight.

Dikembe looked bad, and it has a lot to do with not having a backup imo. That has to be dealt with after xmas.
ho ho ho

 

[le_sean]

So he’s not wrong. And? Karma’s a bitch. Laine brought this upon himself tonight. Sometimes best to keep your mouth shut.

He’s a big boy, he’s dealt with worse.

Yeah karma is a bitch. When the Habs are making the playoffs and the Blue Jackets are spending 30% under that cap, being frugal and missing over and over again, I’ll continue laughing

 

[OldCraig71]

We were due for a loss. They came back twice and took the lead and Caufield and Dach both missed prime chances to put it away.

The laughs here were much better than the game.

 

[Rapala]

There must be a better way to use Matheson? This can’t be the right way to play him.

Well he's no worse on the right side than he is on the left and Guhle is definitely better on the left side.
Doesn't that make us a tiny bit better.

 

[OldCraig71]

There must be a better way to use Matheson? This can’t be the right way to play him.

He would be a great forward, play him on the wing.

 

[Apoplectic Habs Fan]

Was Guhle hurt?

18 min is just not much

 

[le_sean]

Was Guhle hurt?

18 min is just not much

Just Marty being Marty.

 

[SlafySZN]

Delete

 

[Andrei79]

There must be a better way to use Matheson? This can’t be the right way to play him.

Yes, in these things they call trades.

 

[Apoplectic Habs Fan]

Just Marty being Marty.

Id give a thumbs but if thats the case. I guess angry will have to do

 

[Saundies]

There must be a better way to use Matheson? This can’t be the right way to play him.

He is literally Robidas's Desharnais. He is obsessed with playing him as much as possible in all situations. It's baffling.

Getting Carrier means we have another vet to play (and a defensively sound one at that) yet Matheson was still out there for the key PK in the third. Still played over 26 minutes. In no world should Mike Matheson see the ice that much in a close game.

 

[Hacketts]

grinch of a game.

 

[morhilane]

There must be a better way to use Matheson? This can’t be the right way to play him.

Remove him from the PK and stop overplaying him when he's ass would be a good start.

But there is nobody on the team who can babysit him when he has his "worst game ever" every 5ish games. It's a pattern, so there is clearly something related to it and it could be easily managed...

But this game showed that not resting your goalie once in a while is not a good idea. Monty already had weak legs last Saturday, he had none today.

 

[Rapala]

Was Guhle hurt?

18 min is just not much

Both he and Arber needed more ice time but in Guhle's case I think Carrier wasn't up to chewing more minutes tonight.
We still have issues on that right side.

 

[Apoplectic Habs Fan]

Both he and Arber needed more ice time but in Guhle's case I think Carrier wasn't up to chewing more minutes tonight.
We still have issues on that right side.

Even if thats true, and i dont dispute it

No reason Guhle couldnt take 4 min from Matheson

 

[Skip Bayless]

What's that ?

The boom. They brought it.

 

[sheed36]

Would've been nice for the players to go into the break with a win but the 3 game win streak was still fun.

With a much tougher schedule coming up, if the Habs want to still remain competitive they're gonna need much more offensively from the Dachook duo.

You just can't have 2/3's of your supposedly 2nd line not providing much of anything offensively so these 2 are gonna have to find a way to start contributing far more offensively here really soon.