Post-Game Talk: Habs shut out the Stanley Cup finalists

[The Real Timo]

Just finished watching rest of the game. f*** me! I was impressed. The first game this season I was impressed how they played as a team. Team D was super tight. On the attack - pucks deep, chase, dig, hunt, repeat. Excellent game!

The 4th line was excellent. Heineman with at least 3 very hard hits. But the entire line was a threat all night long. Slaf was a beast too. Caufield with some excellent passing again and much more active legs. Guhle with a sweet goal as a result. They only player that still disappointed again was Dach.

Of course, Yoel was the best on both teams. Hands down!

 

[The Real Timo]

Btw, I am sold on Amazon. f*** it's a nice picture quality and talking heads are ok.

I'm going to read Oilers forum for a bit.

 

[Nicko999]

Best game of the year.

Goaltending was solid when it needed to be (first period especially).
Defense was good. Kept McDavid and Draisaitl on the perimeter.
Offense was average but that's the talent level of the forward core so hard to ask for more.

 

[Runner77]

Btw, I am sold on Amazon. f*** it's a nice picture quality and talking heads are ok.

I'm going to read Oilers forum for a bit.

I went over there, read 4 pages and found the tone too nice for my liking, despite their displeasure. It wasn’t Leaf-level hyperbolic, which has the highest entertainment value. Maybe you can’t foster a high degree of animosity with a fan base whose team plays so few games vs the Habs in the regular season.

Only one post in those 4 pages called the Habs a garbage team. A significant number of posts were Google translations into French.

 

[HabsAddict]

A few thoughts on the game and a few players I posted elsewhere....

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They played man/man and then on the 5 on 6 zone.

I'm starting to think they have enough processing power to switch back and forth. If they can accomplish that at will, it's a big deal. Although when they played m/m, they were run around on purpose and they lost coverage. Looked like headless chickens.

I'm going to fall off my extra high toddler chair if the guys show that much discipline switching coverage type with a much better team. If they did it with the Wild as an example.

X is coming around. Not happy with his zone exits and losing possession. I don't know where to find the numbers but not thrilled seeing the puck sail down the zone. He seems to fear carrying it and he should be. Not exactly fleet of foot nor particulry great at beating m/m coverage. 17.10 has been the longest ice time in forever. Third highest this season and 3 minutes short of his longest at 20.34.

I'm pissed at the lack of shooting. Is he that wild and hard that the guys in front fear for their bones? He's not even calling for the puck, although he fails to put himself in the open or move himself to a shooting lane. So it may be more of his fault for not reading the ice to get into a shooting lane. There were a few instances where he was the best passing option to shoot yet he was not passed to. If it was me with 107mph canon, i would give him an earful but it seems perfectly normal. Or at least from our limited perspective. OR maybe he's afraid of a bad bounce and a breakaway on him. That where the words "shooting lane" comes in. Chicken and egg problem... at 107mph.

Dach...this is NOT the Dach of last season. WTH is going on with him? We are closing in on quarter of the season and he's still the Chicago Dach. I wonder if he going to wake up when Laine comes back. Laine is going to be a pretty statue in a line of pretty statues if Dach can't be his playmaker. Laine was a ppg with a good center...but not a Chicago Dach.

We are living in interesting Habs times...

 

[HabsAddict]

Only one post in those 4 pages called the Habs a garbage team. A significant number of posts were Google translations into French.

I went there too and read the "garbage" comment. Must be an IQ shortage to call another team garbage when you just got beaten. Makes their team into what? Sub-garbage level?

 

[RationalExpectations]

I went there too and read the "garbage" comment. Must be an IQ shortage to call another team garbage when you just got beaten. Makes their team into what? Sub-garbage level?

You can have a bad game from time to time. COL could lose to SJS and that would not mean COL would be a worse team than SJS.