Post-Game Talk: Habs lose to the Kings who played back-to-back

[Beendair Donedat]

Feels like the chorus of a song but:

The negatives:

We are too small up front, we don’t have any secondary scoring, our veterans are somehow usually our worst players, and we get run out of our rink. Our top line is awful and our other lines are worse. Our tough guy has been emasculated again because we have nothing up front to help him, and our breakouts and offensive zone plays look like they’re designed for Peewee hockey teams.

The positives:

Montembeault played well. Lane Hutson is playing half an hour a game already. Needs to really work on his shot though because teams are cheating on him to pass. Thought Heineman played solid, while he works on adjusting to the NHL. Justin Barron continues to play well and scored a nice goal. That’s about it.

 

[Apoplectic Habs Fan]

I dont know how they let MSL run wild on that bench without an experienced assistant coach. He's getting exposed.

Hey

hey

hey

I have idea

Lets put Dvorak out for a 4th time to lose a faceoff and give up a goal

 

[gusfring]

I don't even care.

Can't wait for the draft. (where we will have another high pick)

To pick another Reinbacher?

 

[River Meadow]

That was awful. Against Ottawa I was somewhat surprised that Lane Hutson was already the best player on ice in his fifth match, now it's just sad how much this team relies on him. First period was decent but from there on it was an absolute ass for a performance. At the moment Habs is a one line team and if that line plays subpar or badly, there's very little they can do. No one expected this season to be easy or Canadiens being above bottom third but this Kings team wasn't very good at all. They just whiffed last two periods.

True,

It's shocking.

And come contract time Kent is gonna get bent over.

 

[atrud66]

Made a little week long trip to Montreal and went to the Pens game and the Kings game.

Either I’m the tank commander or we suck. I’m pretty sure we suck

 

[Sasha Orlov]

We need to draft another big defensive RH D.

Agreed but we have to make sure he’s injury prone first

 

[SwiftyHab]

Is it possible that Hutson played the whole game? Cause he’s all I saw on my screen.

He played great. Problem is the rest of the team all of a sudden can’t do anytging.

 

[Habs13]

Before the comments of us looking unorganized and soft, please remember that we have 3 rookies out there - I'm not trying to make excuses but there's a reason why you don't see any top teams with that many rookies out there

How many rookies did we have in '86 when we won the cup!?

 

[Kennerback]

Secondary scoring my goodness…
From Laine-Dach-Newhook to Out-Out-Newhook

 

[Fatbiggie]

This has to stop. There’s no f***ing excuse for that type of performance.

The year went off the rails the moment Laine was hurt. So deflating

 

[River Meadow]

Agreed but we have to make sure he’s injury prone first

Agreed

Preferably with a bum knee

 

[FLHabs]

Could it be the whole "in the mix" mentality is putting a pressure on this group that they haven't felt before?

I was thinking that last year, they learned how to be competitive, and that this year, they would learn how to win games., but it's like they went back to the drawing board or something.

Hopefully this is a simple case of taking 1 step back to take 2 steps forward.

At least Hutson is really fun to watch

 

[durojean]

Cole Caufield is supposed to be some kind of offensive dynamo. He's the reason michkov wasn't drafted, he's paid 8 millions, he gets every opportunities, he gets all the support, he gets praise everywhere, but I haven't seen him be dynamic since 2021.

It may be time to move on.

And he's also the reason why you draft BPA.

He was our best forward tonight… at least he tried.

 

[Habano]

Nobody played well. That was hard to watch. I really don't think MSL can motivate this sack of shit team.

 

[Rapala]

That's my point. I love Cole if he's gonna score 40 a year. I don't love Cole if he's gonna score 23 a year.

He is not a first line player end of f***ing story.
He's an exploitationist not a head to head match up guy.
It's as f***ing plain as the nose on my face.

 

[gusfring]

Season will be done and dusted by December.

 

[Canadiens98]

How many rookies did we have in '86 when we won the cup!?

How many years ago was that?

 

[Baksfamous112]

If I’m being totally honest I expected way more from this team. Since the start of the season;

- Slaf is super soft, gets pushed around and doesn’t win any puck battles
- Suzuki is nearly invisible. It’s as if he doesn’t want to touch the puck anymore
- Dach is a giveaway machine. Forces plays, bad passes and constantly loses puck battles
- Newhook is also invisible. Bad camp & bad start to the year

Without those 4 generating chances and spending time in the OZ, Montreal will not win hockey games. It’s that simple

 

[Rapala]

Caufield has 4 goals this year. I mean, he's there to score and he does. He had a off game tonight, yes.

Big f***ing deal he's also coughed up the puck a gazillion times.

 

[Lshap]

Sitting on the Metro on the way back from the game. That was frustrating.... we couldn't string two clean passes together. Our players were unable to protect the puck along the boards. Habs looked inexperienced and panicky.

 

[Kennerback]

We can’t go spread our skills on the bottom 2 lines. Stock up the 3rd line and get a grinder line that doesn’t score but doesn’t get scored on. As for Anderson, he doesn’t look like he can score another goal in his career.

 

[zx81]

Our system in our zone is painful to watch. Opponents could cycle for 2 hours if they wanted. Oh yeah we box them out but we don't have possession either. By the time we get the puck it's time to change the line.

 

[Sasha Orlov]

Sitting on the Metro on the way back from the game. That was frustrating.... we couldn't string two clean passes together. Our players were unable to protect the puck along the boards. Habs looked inexperienced and panicky.

I’m sorry that you paid to see that

 

[River Meadow]

If I’m being totally honest I expected way more from this team. Since the start of the season;

- Slaf is super soft, gets pushed around and doesn’t win any puck battles
- Suzuki is nearly invisible. It’s as if he doesn’t want to touch the puck anymore
- Dach is a giveaway machine. Forces plays, bad passes and constantly loses puck battles
- Newhook is also invisible. Bad camp & bad start to the year

Without those 4 generating chances and spending time in the OZ, Montreal will not win hockey games. It’s that simple

Ouch.

Honesty hurts the most.

 

[Spring in Fialta]

We're straight trash.