Post-Game Talk: Habs lose to Isles in Shootout

[tazsub3]

Well I saw a lot of good in this game . Sending the kids to shoot . How Hutson continued to look dominant even through the mistakes . Mailloux looked good. And especially the coach playing both together .
while some want wins this year, the kwy is how those Young key guys develop abd to develop you need to play.
on tbe negative side , barron, when ghule js back , hebwont play. and struble way better then wifi

 

[BergevinBurner]

True.

Definitely need to change it up Marty.

Maybe one of the two rookies on that line.
Maybe Dach on the wing.
Definitely Armia to the 4th line.

I'm all for Dach on the wing, his best hockey for us was played there.

I think Kapanen is very mature for a rookie and NHL ready. I'd give him a shot at 2nd line center with Newhook and Dach on his wings. It couldn't be worse than Dach at C winning 0.002% of his faceoffs and Armia on the wing acting as a pylon.

 

[The Nightman]

Justin Barron can f*** right off

 

[Next Best Thing]

So right off the bat I will say that Evans got as many minutes as Suzuki this game and while I love his hustle, this should be adressed imo.

Other than not a bad game, but some questionable toi distribution among our f group.

Gallagher needs to be bumped as well as Heinneman. Those guys efforts are getting wasted.

 

[CharleyHorse]

Disgraceful effort from everyone except Primeau and CC.

Evans played well. He didn't score, so to most people his play sucked, but most people aside, he played well.

 

[the]

Cawliss la saison va être longue. We Need our Laine Back!!

 

[Gaylord Q Tinkledink]

Meh.

 

[morhilane]

The 2nd half of the first, everyone looked like they were putting in a 200 feet efforts outside of Suzuki. and Primeau looked shaky.

No idea what the 2nd period looked like (I was in my car).

But the 3rd was the same lazy bums who are content to stand and look around. Primeau looked way more stable thought, so that's a positive.

Why are we playing Slaf if he's too hurt to shoot? Seriously limits what the top line can do.

Going by how Suzuki is playing, well gliding more like, Slaf's shoulder injury isn't what is limiting the top line right now...

 

[sheed36]

Therrien would've used Dach in the SO to try and get him going like he use to do with his boy Desharnais.

 

[le_sean]

Justin Barron can f*** right off

Watch out, his army will come after you

 

[Riggins]

One game closer to never seeing Dvorak and Armia again

 

[The Gr8 Dane]

Evans looks good to the eye test because he's the only person who can reliably play Center outside of Suzuki on this team right now , it's rough. Dach looks slow

 

[The Great Weal]

MSL sending out Dvo in OT in case Suzuki got tossed was hilarious considering how bad he’s been in faceoffs.

 

[Hannibal]

We suck boy.

We let a putrid offence play like the globetrotter around us. 3min 50 seconds in our zone lol! Never saw that.

No structure, no identity. We are in the mix for the lottery.

Would have like to see the Pezz dispenser in the shootout.

Another tiger williams

 

[Monsieur Miz]

One game closer to never seeing Dvorak and Armia again

These two play the game like it's a 9 to 5 government cubicle job.

 

[EXPOS123]

In the mix for James Hagens.

We suck. We definitely need a real 1st line center. Suzuki is a 2nd line center, Dach is not even playing like a center, Hage will push him to the wing quite easily in due time.

I would bench Dvorak who is an absolute passager night in night out. I would try Kapanen down the middle, move Armia down the line-up and try Heineman with Dach and Newhook.

People are finally waking up to what I’ve been saying for years - Suzuki is not a #1 center

And I’m staring to question his captaincy - too vanilla and didn’t seem the kind to rally the team

This team will never win until they find an elite center with size and grit

Hage is a potential hope but he’s years away and we can’t wait that long

 

[Tyson]

I watched the 1st period after not watching the 1st 5 games...now I know why I stopped. The more things change the more they stay the same. 30 years of mediocre hockey continues.

 

[MarkovsKnee]

Primeau was terrific in this one. Kid played well.

Hutson is fun to watch.

Heineman has a hell of a shot. Damn he wired that puck in the shootout. We need to get a look at him on a scoring line.

Slafkovsky definitely has a bad shoulder. He was wincing after his shot in shoot-out. Guy should be resting and getting physio.

Caufield only guy scoring, but at least he is.

Defense is incredibly young & mistake prone. It's too often just complete chaos in our zone. PK was outstanding tonight, though, as was Jake Evans.

We host the undefeated Rangers on Tuesday (4-0-1).

 

[The Great Weal]

Blaming the refs when the Isles spent 90% of the game in our zone is quite the statement

 

[Kennerback]

Watch out, his army will come after you

A group of courageous posters. Barron’s not helping them much lately.

 

[JianYang]

Lol that ot face off, I was praying that dvorak would skate to the bench after winning the face off.

And then it was like oh shit.... he's staying.... then he gets the puck and wasted a vanilla muffin on varlamov, then the penalty by dach and 3 on 3 was effectively over for the night.

Vanilla play by dvorak, and to me, that useless shot was just as good as a turnover.

 

[Habs7631]

I’m adding that GIF/meme to my collection, thank you!

 

[Erika]

I laugh at this post.

Why lol, because it's mostly true and hard to accept right?!

 

[The Nightman]

That shot from Heineman in the SO was a bullet. Kapanen's was pretty damn nice as well.

Who woulda thought lifting the puck would be a good idea

 

[RationalExpectations]

Hard to win when only one team gets called for infractions and it's you. Gutsy effort to get the point.

Hopefully the looks for Kapanen/Heineman on L2 continue since those two shifts were better than any shifts with Armia.

Can t blame it on the refs when you get outshot 36 to 24…. They can t get the puck back and when they have it they don t have a proper transition game in place. Look at the third NYI goal, passive forecheck of your first line doing nothing… this team has a lot of issues. They are lucky their goalies have saved them several times and they have had puck luck (e.g. CC) because they could be 1-5-0 easily…
This team does not care to win or even play hockey at this stage.