Post-Game Talk: Habs lose to Vegas 6-5

[sandviper]

Hoffman will be lapping Anderson soon Just scored his 2nd goal.

Noted Habs legends:

Hoffman
Drouin
Chiarot
Dadonov

All have outscored Anderson.

 

[TennisMenace]

6-5 btw.

Edit: Title fixed.

Anyhow, Gallagher… good job.

Again, too many penalties, especially Gallagher’s killer at the end. Well, at least we lead the league in something….penalties.

 

[morhilane]

Would be a nice way to get your best natural goal scorer going, cutting him from important situations!

Especially since he has the most game winning goals this season.

Caufield haven't scored at 5v5 since the 2nd game of the season. All his gwg were in OT.

 

[TennisMenace]

Ylonen with 7:22 ice time...baffling to me why he doesn't have the trust of this coaching staff.

Primeau was very good. He made several highlight reel saves.

The 4th line should get equal time….they play hard on defense and they obviously can score. Plus, Ylonen should be used in the shoot out.

Caufield haven't scored at 5v5 since the 2nd game of the season. All his gwg were in OT.

Yeah, I’ve noticed that too. So what a 2nd line we now have…no one scores on 5x5.

 

[Tyson]

When the smoke clears this is a bottom 5 team, period.

 

[Skinnyjimmy08]

If I had to guess he hurt something by trying to catch himself.

Sure that was a big hit but that's not good if that hit was enough to potentially seriously hurt Arber.

Teams will know to start playing X harder like that if that hit ends up making him miss some time

 

[Tuggy]

Habs let up so many good chances last night. Vegas could have easily scored 10+ goals. Might have been the worst the defense has looked all season.

 

[BLONG7]

Noted Habs legends:

Hoffman
Drouin
Chiarot
Dadonov

All have outscored Anderson.

That's beyond....................sad eh

 

[BLONG7]

I was kind of hoping we lose. I want the higher pick and force Habs to sell at deadline. I hate thought of hanging just outside playoff spot and staying pat at deadline.

But Habs were in game until final few minutes. Losing by a goal against defending champs. Bad game but some bright spots.

Gallagher should sit out a game. Send a message. I am going to be watching see how Marty handles this?

Caufield been quiet last few games. He's our star, needs to get going. Put him back with Suzuki or with Monahan.

Ylonen with two goals needs to play up in lineup. Give him a long look on top lines. Breakup the surgical line, it has stalled.

I am a fan of MSL................that said, his decisions on who plays together, and how much, right now, absolutely stinks.............
There are changes needed to be made, and they are obvious.

Ylonen with TWO goals, and only plays 7.22 ? And guys like Anderson get 14-15 minutes? And is on the ice at the end of the game when a goal is needed???
WTF Marty?

 

[morhilane]

Someone on Reddit checked the power player stats and Anderson is crap on it of course, but the TOI of all the 1st wave makes me think they play way too much over PP2.

 

[Sasha Orlov]

Caufield haven't scored at 5v5 since the 2nd game of the season. All his gwg were in OT.

He does not look good except in OT tbh

 

[Runner77]

I remember when people were getting all giddy with Anderson in his first season with us, calling him Powerhorse and throwing flowers at the clown's feet.

I remember telling people that a horse wears blinders. Oh I got shut down back then.

The term was a legacy from Tuna, before it became clear that he was only a cemented fly-by donkey.



Now that we know what we know, we probably could have gone for some derivative like Donks McDonks.

 

[Tyson]

Sure that was a big hit but that's not good if that hit was enough to potentially seriously hurt Arber.

Teams will know to start playing X harder like that if that hit ends up making him miss some time

This is what happens when you are stuck in your own end and are playing 2 minutes shifts which makes you vulnerable.

This is the direct result of simply being a bad team.

 

[Don D]

When the smoke clears this is a bottom 5 team, period.

Another early pick in the draft!

 

[Tyson]

Another early pick in the draft!

Hopefully they get it right

 

[Runner77]

Hopefully they get it right

They’re going to go with whoever can carry the mail, while bearing the pressure of a whole country. It’s all about pleasing historians.

 

[NORiculous]

Team should have put Bergy on the Jumbotron so he could get booed out of the f'n building.

No need for being classless like that.

 

[Tuggy]

Hopefully they get it right

First time for everything...

 

[Natey]

17:15 TOI / game
11:23 TOI / game
7:44 TOI / game

2 of these players have scored goals and have 3 points. One of these players has scored 0 goals and has 2 points.

Oh and one of these players also gets 3:51 of PP time per game with our best players...

 

[YukonCornelius 5thOA]

Habs let up so many good chances last night. Vegas could have easily scored 10+ goals. Might have been the worst the defense has looked all season.

I actually thought to myself early in the game that it was like an early 00's game, getting massively outplayed, scoring a couple of lucky goals and the goalie bailing them out.

But reading that back I guess that strategy applies to all Habs success since 1985.

 

[Tyson]

Anderson needs to figure things out soon because his ineffective play is having a ripple effect on the success of this team.

 

[angusyoung]

Another early pick in the draft!

 

[Tyson]

I actually thought to myself early in the game that it was like an early 00's game, getting massively outplayed, scoring a couple of lucky goals and the goalie bailing them out.

But reading that back I guess that strategy applies to all Habs success since after 1985.

Since about 1996 when Tremblay and Foule took over

 

[WeThreeKings]

Anderson needs to figure things out soon because his ineffective play is having a ripple effect on the success of this team.

At the same time, keep it rolling.

As soon as Dach went down, the best thing for this iteration of the team was to not punch above its weight to ensure we draft in the range of the top two tiers of forwards in this draft class.

 

[angusyoung]

He does not look good except in OT tbh

Gimmicky 3 on 3 OT hockey,not true hockey like in the playoffs.