Post-Game Talk: Habs lose to BJs in Columbus

[Jee]

No Laine no gain

 

[morhilane]

I think the Habs are never winning more than 3 games in a row as long as Matheson is on the line-up.

 

[Lafleurs Guy]

Just once I'd like a team that is capable of bullying the other team rather than having one of our players be bullied due to "the code."

I want our players to be able to say whatever the f*** they want without reprisal. Remember when Kucherov made fun of us and all we could do about it was whine because our team is always a bunch of wussy wuss-faces?

Separate issue.

 

[beowulf]

Guess getting a 4th win in a row was just too hard for them. This is why I am not a fan of Montembeault, he is just not consistent enough to be a #1 to rely on. Nice to see Hutson within 1 point of rookie scoring lead.

 

[sandviper]

Guess getting a 4th win in a row was just too hard for them. This is why I am not a fan of Montembeault, he is just not consistent enough to be a #1 to rely on. Nice to see Hutson within 1 point of rookie scoring lead.

While i do think consistency is an issue with Monty, this was his 3 game in 4 nights and with travel.

 

[MarkovsKnee]

Since all of Philadelphia, NYR, NYI lost last night that means Columbus jumped all 3 teams with their win last night.

They're now 10th in Eastern Conference. 4 pts back of Ottawa for WC2. Sens have a game in hand.

Ottawa has 2 more games against Pens, and 3 games against Columbus. They haven't played CBJ yet and don't til March 29th.

They also have a home & home series with them April 6th & 8th.

 

[salbutera]

Guess getting a 4th win in a row was just too hard for them. This is why I am not a fan of Montembeault, he is just not consistent enough to be a #1 to rely on. Nice to see Hutson within 1 point of rookie scoring lead.

Habs fans took Carey Price era for granted, and that’s become the recency bias benchmark for Habs G

I’d be surprised if Dobes isn’t called up for post Xmas road trip & get at least two GP over next 2-weeks

 

[OldCraig71]

We should have won that one, Dach and Caufield could have put it away but failed.

Monty didn't give us a save when we needed it. He's burned out and needs a rest.

Matheson was his usual self.

Hutson continues to impress. He blows my mind. How good will he be at 23-25 years old?

It was a good stretch of games with some tough opponents on the horizon.

The GDT was legendary which made my night, cheers all.

 

[HabsCode]

Guess getting a 4th win in a row was just too hard for them. This is why I am not a fan of Montembeault, he is just not consistent enough to be a #1 to rely on. Nice to see Hutson within 1 point of rookie scoring lead.

Even Carey Price had blunter, no goaltender is perfect. Since mid november (around 15 games) he is #7 for NHL goalies in Sv%. Samuel is playing like a #1 pretty consistently lately.

 

[BLONG7]

We should have won that one, Dach and Caufield could have put it away but failed.

Monty didn't give us a save when we needed it. He's burned out and needs a rest.

Matheson was his usual self.

Hutson continues to impress. He blows my mind. How good will he be at 23-25 years old?

It was a good stretch of games with some tough opponents on the horizon.

The GDT was legendary which made my night, cheers all.

Monty with the 844 sv%
He can't handle 4-5-6 games in a tight timeline.......................we need something to happen after the break to get us a backup who can help Monty carry the load.

 

[OldCraig71]

Monty with the 844 sv%
He can't handle 4-5-6 games in a tight timeline.......................we need something to happen after the break to get us a backup who can help Monty carry the load.

Yeah, he needs some help but I think that a second line center is the most pressing need, Dach isn't that but they may just leave things as they are for this season and deal with it in the summer.

 

[nhlfan9191]

We should have won that one, Dach and Caufield could have put it away but failed.

Monty didn't give us a save when we needed it. He's burned out and needs a rest.

Matheson was his usual self.

Hutson continues to impress. He blows my mind. How good will he be at 23-25 years old?

It was a good stretch of games with some tough opponents on the horizon.

The GDT was legendary which made my night, cheers all.

I don’t understand this new era of goaltending. Goalies used to be pissed off when you didn’t play them close to every night. Sure, from an analytic stand point it may be better to lighten their work load but starting 5+ games shouldn’t “burn out” a goalie mentally.

 

[morhilane]

I don’t understand this new era of goaltending. Goalies used to be pissed off when you didn’t play them close to every night. Sure, from an analytic stand point it may be better to lighten their work load but starting 5+ games shouldn’t “burn out” a goalie mentally.

Monty wasn't burned out mentally, he had no legs playing 3 games in 4 days (and starting 10 games in a row).

 

[nhlfan9191]

Monty wasn't burned out mentally, he had no legs playing 3 games in 4 days (and starting 10 games in a row).

I’ll be honest, I didn’t realize he was already up to 10 consecutive starts. Lol

 

[JianYang]

I’ll be honest, I didn’t realize he was already up to 10 consecutive starts. Lol

Yeah 10 straight starts is high in this era. And it would have been high in the 90s too.

They were testing their luck playing him 10 straight (and 3 in 4 with all travel).

It's pretty telling what they think of primeau.

 

[morhilane]

I’ll be honest, I didn’t realize he was already up to 10 consecutive starts. Lol

It's even worst once you look at Primeau's playing, he played more games (including coming in in relief) in October, then in the next two months together. The coaching staff has been playing with fire there.

 

[Rapala]

Yeah 10 straight starts is high in this era. And it would have been high in the 90s too.

They were testing their luck playing him 10 straight (and 3 in 4 with all travel).

It's pretty telling what they think of primeau.

Marty isn't subtle when he dislikes a player.

 

[Leon Lucius Black]

Am i the only one who doesnt understand the Matheson and Hutson pairing?

I cant be the only one lol

Because they want Hutson to play big minutes and Matheson is basically the only option with what is currently on our roster.

Ideally Savard would've been Hutson's partner giving him a reliable steady guy to play with, however he's shown he can't be effective when playing more than 17-18 minutes a game.

 

[BLONG7]

I don’t understand this new era of goaltending. Goalies used to be pissed off when you didn’t play them close to every night. Sure, from an analytic stand point it may be better to lighten their work load but starting 5+ games shouldn’t “burn out” a goalie mentally.

Monty doesn't seem to be able to handle the load..........others maybe, but history tells us Monty hasn't been able to show he can.

 

[BLONG7]

Because they want Hutson to play big minutes and Matheson is basically the only option with what is currently on our roster.

Ideally Savard would've been Hutson's partner giving him a reliable steady guy to play with, however he's shown he can't be effective when playing more than 17-18 minutes a game.

Matheson has been a mess recently...................he should not be paired with Hutson, he would be better with another guy. Matheson and Hutson are pretty much the same guys, puck moving Dmen who would in this case for Matheson be better away from Hutson, since there is only one puck.

 

[JianYang]

Monty doesn't seem to be able to handle the load..........others maybe, but history tells us Monty hasn't been able to show he can.

Nobody has played more games than Montembeault. If anything, I'd say he is passing the test as far as workload goes. His numbers haven't ballooned this year despite the large increase in workload.

 

[Grate n Colorful Oz]

I think Hughes loves some of his Quartexx players too much.

 

[SwiftyHab]

Can we reverse time and re-sign Monahan last summer?

 

[Team_Spirit]

It was obvious Snacks would run out of gas and Pezz would have helped in the energy department.

Can we reverse time and re-sign Monahan last summer?

No he wanted to link up with Gaudreau

 

[teamfirst]

Blaming Monty is pretty funny coming from peoples who are supposively following the Habs, the guy played in 22 of the last 23 games we played.