Marty gonna get a loss in St Louis with his goalie choice.
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Marty gonna get a loss in St Louis with his goalie choice.
Goalfield22
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I am glad someone agrees with me. Game 53 for Monty already. Is something going on with Dobes, or is the book out on him already?
Naw I think they see what needs to be worked on, and they'd rather put him in when he's ready then throwing him in the deep end. Can't risk hurting his confidence and turning him into Primeau.
How many B2Bs do we have
Goalfield22
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We have three B2Bs left, including one this week. We haven't seen Dobes since March 12th. Monty has played four straight, and tomorrow will be his 5th. Then we have a B2B Thur/Fri.
See, this is why I wanted us to trade for a vet backup like Mrazek. I had to eat crow when Dobes came in and played so well, but now everything I said was true.
Oh come on man, that's pure revisionist history.
I can see him facing the flyers this week
No, it seems like Marty saw that people called for Monty to get some rest and decided to let his ego run the ship and run Monty further into the ground.
His comments didn't speak anything about not wanting to expose Dobes to high pressure games or anything, it was all about how now isn't the time to 'send messages' and we 'wouldn't be here without Montembeault' as if either of those things make any sense when talking about playing your back-up goalie.
Goalfield22
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Yeah, he is going to have to play one of the B2B games. It isn't revisionist. I said way back then that we should get a vet backup and specifically named Mrazek to have insurance just in case. We could always play Dobes, Monty AND Mrazek, with Mrazek there if Dobes isn't ready. It's called being risk-averse.
Goalfield22
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Maybe. The fact is, Dobes isn't playing for whatever reason and we are running Monty into the ground. We are playing him like he is Brodeur or something. I don't like it. I like Monty a lot as a goalie, but this is too much workload. HE IS TOP 5 IN GPs!!!!!
I get why you'd advocate for that but you wouldn't be right unless we tanked our playoff chances, which we didn't.
It's like how many of us felt Suzuki should've been on team Canada but in the end we can't say we were right technically
Goalfield22
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The season is not done yet, and we are risking injury. Monty goes down, we are done. He has played 52 games. Compare that to Vasilevsky with 55, Hellebuyck with 54 and Shesterkin with 53. Monty isn't that guy. We were doing well when Dobes has more of the load. This could all turn out fine, but it is quite reckless, don't you think?
Remains to be seen IMO. Monty also got a break during 4 Nations while getting to practice against top talent. I agree Monty could wear down but this year has context that makes me understand why they're riding him. And his numbers have been good. I would also like Dobes playing more, but so far MSL has made good calls as evidenced by our record post 4 Nations
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Gaylord Q Tinkledink
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Play Monty against the flyers, Dobes against the Canes and whatever happens, happens.
So, played Saturday 2 days off, game, 1 day off, game, 2 days off, game.
Sorry to Calgary fans, but I'm hoping for OT.
So, played Saturday 2 days off, game, 1 day off, game, 2 days off, game.
Sorry to Calgary fans, but I'm hoping for OT.
Again, just going off of what Marty is saying.. this is more about him wanting to 'ride' Monty than anything to do with Dobes. If we get into a situation where he plays Monty in back to backs, then we can reasonably assume he has lost confidence in Dobes.
In that case, they should just call up Connor Hughes to eat hot dogs and watch Monty give up bananas.
Goalfield22
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I hope it all works out. Five straight games with no Dobes is just super weird. It's not like he has been bad. Not as good as before, but still providing solid backup goaltending.
Mark my words they will remove Xhekaj, St-Louis has no love for him. Struble has been playing well. The odd man out if was picking is Savard he's old, tired and replaceable.
Matheson is a liability defensively and he's already been replaced by Hutson and now with Ghule coming back shortly his role is further diminished on the offensive side. My 6 and 7's are Savard and Matheson with Ghule back
Ghule Hutson
Struble Carrier
Xhekaj Matheson
Savard
Next year I would NOT resign Savard and trade Matheson along with Mailloux and a pick to solidify a number 2 C.
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Two hottest teams since the 4 Nations in their barn. Yet another big game.
They're all big now though.
They're all big now though.
The narrative that MSL hates X is baseless
We've had three consecutive Montembeault games with BAD goals let's go for four.
Is Dobes sucking the bag and flopping all over the place in practice?
I never in a million years thought we would be playing Montembeault like a Carey Price.
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It's not weird at all... Down the stretch, teams with a #1 tend to lean heavier on them. Just about every team battling for a playoff spot is playing their #1 goalie just as heavily.
For the remainder of the season (until we clinch or are eliminated) I bet Dobes will only play 2-3 of the last 13 games... 1 of each of the upcoming back to backs and maybe 1 or max 2 other games unless Monty falters big time.
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