Post-Game Talk: Habs lose to Toronto
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The team sucked but the organization wasn’t tanking and encouraging losing. Far from it. The whole city was on Koivu’s back to carry us like he was Sundin.
Suzuki is dealing with a very different situation. It’s hard to look more competitive when the organization is not interested in such things.
The Real Timo
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I agree that as a captain he is in a tough spot. And I remember plenty of games like the one today when Weber was a captain. That being said, I am not sold on Suzuki as the captain. Just a hunch, of course. The team is so rotten not one player, no matter how well endowed, can do much about it. I also think Suzuki is playing injured.
The only way to restart the team at this point is to fire St Louis is bring in a real coach. The type of coach that teams that consistently contend have... like Tampa, Florida, etc.
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Yeah, last year we lost the most one-goal games in NHL, and how many games did we take to OT? At least the games were close & generally competitive, but this is complete capitulation. We're getting rocked in every game.
It 2022 all over again.
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Yeah, he had to deal with unintentional losing.
And that’s part of the reason why we sucked so bad for the better part of thirty years and we wasted his career.
And here we go complaining about the team while tanking but yet wanting to tank. This place can't keep it's story straight, it only likes to complain and create strawmen
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The captain stuff is soooooooooooo overstated anyway.
Suzuki is quite literally the least of our problems. He can’t do more than he’s shown, so I don’t expect more from him. He’s not a topX centreman to carry a roster… he needs a committee of top players around him and he’ll do his part.
If everyone is dragging their feet and squeezing their sticks, there is nothing he can do. Not Weber nor Koivu nor any other captain. They’re there to help keep the rudder aligned, they’re not there to drag the weight of the whole ship (or tank).
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lets just get through the season, dump the dead weight from the roster, and make some painful trades that improve us in the long term
is it just me, or does CC lose every board battle he gets in? I know he's small but damn we can't seem to maintain zone time when the other team strips it right off him when he goes to retrieve a dump in.
is it just me, or does CC lose every board battle he gets in? I know he's small but damn we can't seem to maintain zone time when the other team strips it right off him when he goes to retrieve a dump in.
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George Laraque suggeseting Gerard Gallant to help MSL...why not at this point.
The team had to go through walls to do it and they've lost interest in doing that with the fiasco our camp ended up being.
The only good game this team has played all year is against OTTAWA.
There were obvious reasons they showed up for that one.
The Real Timo
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Que on est une groupe fragile.
It's that kind of wisdom that he gets paid handsomely for. Gold!
Gallant konws less than St Louis.
What the hell do you expect him to say? And who cares since it is all irrelevant. He isn't going to say anything of importance.
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I believe 3 goaltenders worked last season. With the number of quality chances they give up with all the young players, they had a fresh guy in there every game.
Less depth on the blueline. Harris, Kovacevic.
Sean Monahan made a difference, wasn't replaced, he's missed big time in my opinion.
Otherwise believe losing is becoming a habit. They work their backsides off and still lose. This is where management normally does something, will they do anything? We'll see if the team spirals.
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Hannibal
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lmao
this reminds of something I made for some Habs forum back in... 2007? Or maybe it was an avatar for hf? i dunno
I don't remember what the meme was about though
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Has to be this.
What’s the point of working your butt off to win if your coach and his bosses are not working their butts off to win? If the organization seems kinda really okay with backsliding into a tank… the players will feel it too. I figure anyway.
If the roster saw Hughes make some painful trade for the good of the roster, they’d perk up I figure. MSL has to make them believe he’s trying to find solutions too.
As Bieksa pointed out, team is still competing hard for him. Doubt he gets canned unless we see the players quitting...
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The habs need Josh Gorges to visit the dressing room before the next game on Monday for motivation.
"Come on boys,let's go boys come on boys lets go come on boys lets go boys come on boys lets go boys come on"!!!!
"Come on boys,let's go boys come on boys lets go come on boys lets go boys come on boys lets go boys come on"!!!!
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I once heard he was captain in Kelowna.
GlassesJacketShirt
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Only players who had a positive effect on the game: Gallagher, Struble, Xhekaj
A lot of neutrals
A lot of negatives
Then there was Suzuki
A lot of neutrals
A lot of negatives
Then there was Suzuki
