Pre-Game Talk: Habs vs Caps in Washington on Halloween

Do the Habs get the victory in Washington?

  • yes

    Votes: 14 22.2%
  • no

    Votes: 26 41.3%
  • I'm still too stunned from the Kraken loss to even think...

    Votes: 23 36.5%

  • Total voters
    63

morhilane

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Feb 28, 2021
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Kapanen is getting the Galchenyuk treatment?
MSL said Kapanen looked better at center, but he refuse to play him at center.
Kappy is even better at faceoffs than both Dach and Newhook.

Remember the 1st game of last year where they played together and....were fire?
Small sample of course.

That was last season, when Dach looked like a legit 1st line center and Newhook had a brain.
 

Milhouse40

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Aug 19, 2010
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That was last season, when Dach looked like a legit 1st line center and Newhook had a brain.

Yep they both looked like that when they played together with Slaf.....not a bad idea to try it out again. Changing lines don't need 36 forms and 6 approvals and weeks of preparation. Can be done in one second.

Let's try that and if it's not working, we can try something else.

why is Dvorak still in the line up? He's absolutely done nothing this season so far!

Cause we have one of the best PK in the NHL and he's the 2nd most used forward on the PK after Evans.
 
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vokiel

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Jan 31, 2007
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MSL said Kapanen looked better at center, but he refuse to play him at center.
Kappy is even better at faceoffs than both Dach and Newhook.
I'd send Kapanen back to the SHL before game 20 if he can't develop at center here. It looks like we need to insulate some players from another brain dead coach.
 

Kosseca

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Feb 23, 2020
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I'd send Kapanen back to the SHL before game 20 if he can't develop at center here. It looks like we need to insulate some players from another brain dead coach.
Kapanen need to adjust to NA hockey. if you keep him intil dec, you can send hit to Laval.
 

PavelBrendl

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Jul 9, 2013
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Heineman's big opportunity. Love to see it. Kid's got game.
Dach back on the 2nd line, but still on the wing. They giving up on the big C dream?
 

Yep

Lighthearted
Sep 12, 2009
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Why so gloomy guys? It will be interesting to see Kapanen and Heineman in offensive roles. I know, I'll we be cheering for them!

Go Habs go!

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Kosseca

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MSL as stated the line blender. I'm disappointed that Kapanen didn't stay on the 2nd, but I think that MSL is sending messages to some player and he want to see if they respond (thinking of Newhook here).
 

Kosseca

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Feb 23, 2020
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You can't, it's in his deal. He's either developing in the NHL or in the SHL. So I'm electing the SHL if he gets the Galchenyuk treatment here.
There is a loophole in the IIHF rule. this was discussed before. But to qualify, Kapanen needs to stay in MTL until Dec-ish
 
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morhilane

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You can't, it's in his deal. He's either developing in the NHL or in the SHL. So I'm electing the SHL if he gets the Galchenyuk treatment here.
No, if he doesn't miss games for injuries, by December the Habs can send Kapanen to the AHL. That's how the SHL transfere agreement works.
 
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vokiel

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There is a loophole in the IIHF rule. this was discussed before. But to qualify, Kapanen needs to stay in MTL until Dec-ish
Even if that's true, it's massively dumb. If he's not getting play time at center now, it'll take till March for him to do so. He should be in the SHL.
 

morhilane

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Feb 28, 2021
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Yep they both looked like that when they played together with Slaf.....not a bad idea to try it out again. Changing lines don't need 36 forms and 6 approvals and weeks of preparation. Can be done in one second.

Let's try that and if it's not working, we can try something else.
It's not going to work.

Newhook is not going to regain his brain, he will just be an anchor who can't win faceoffs.
 

OnTheRun

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May 17, 2014
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why is Dvorak still in the line up? He's absolutely done nothing this season so far!

Because he hasn't been traded/waived yet.

You can't, it's in his deal. He's either developing in the NHL or in the SHL. So I'm electing the SHL if he gets the Galchenyuk treatment here.

He need to spend 60 days on the NHL roster (right now that land somewhere in December) before the Habs are allowed to send him in the AHL (without the consent of his SHL team).
 

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