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

[Lafleurs Guy]

Shouldn't we know by now? Barron has been trying to crack the NHL since 2021, and trying to crack one of the league's worst blueline for 3 years with no luck. Is he going to magically turn into something special? He looks like 5-6 bottom pairing dman who can't be trusted in his own zone, isn't phsycial, and not much else. Do we need to develop this or can't we just sign a guy?

Must be frustrating for management as well

This is a make or break year for him. He’s had some nice moments, I understand why they want to be patient. The last thing you want is to dump him and then he blossoms elsewhere.

 

[morhilane]

Marty thinks Habs are helping other teams...

https://www.tsn.ca/nhl/video/st_-louis-on-lopsided-losses-we-got-to-stop-helping-the-other-te~3020996

MSL is not wrong. Actually, I find that after he got to rewatch the games, he pretty much have the same takes that we have in here after a game. Which means he's totally aware his vets are trash...and that he's stuck with them.

8 players without a hit last night including Matheson.
How does a Dman not get at least 1 hit in a game like any game?
Washington will force us to the boards and off the puck.

There is a single player on the Habs who hit less per 60 than Matheson: Kapanen.
Matheson has 3 hits in the entire season so far (tied with...Dvorak).

 

[Rapala]

MSL is not wrong. Actually, I find that after he got to rewatch the games, he pretty much have the same takes that we have in here after a game. Which means he's totally aware his vets are trash...and that he's stuck with them.


There is a single player on the Habs who hit less per 60 than Matheson: Kapanen.
Matheson has 3 hits in the entire season so far (tied with...Dvorak).

Dmen can have games with no hits but usually it's because the puck is at the other end of the rink.
The facility in which we give up our line coupled with the uncontested carousel in our D zone is frustrating to watch.

 

[Trabdy2]

This game is gonna be scary to watch, very fitting for Halloween.

 

[morhilane]

Dmen can have games with no hits but usually it's because the puck is at the other end of the rink.
The facility in which we give up our line coupled with the uncontested carousel in our D zone is frustrating to watch.

This season the puck has mostly been in the dzone and Matheson has 3 hits in 10 games as a top 2 most played D. Hutson plays more physical than Matheson.

And Matheson stopped hitting last season. He was hitting more in the 2022-2023 season. So he is either pulling an Anderson or he's been hiding an upper body injury for 2 years now.

 

[HabsMD97]

This is NOT the Caps team from last year. They are legitimately good. Will be another rough night

 

[eklund the clown]

Can't be as scary as last night's game

 

[Boss Man Hughes]

This is NOT the Caps team from last year. They are legitimately good. Will be another rough night

They are playing well. Other than McMichael producing they are not any different than the average to mediocre team of last season.

 

[Rapala]

Can't be as scary as last night's game

The projected line up looks scary to me.
I like Heineman but what is he going to bring to that first line in terms of play making?
I watched Seattle last night and they made it a point to shadow Nick very closely.
I think our first line is now a dud.

 

[Habs]

He is 22. Defensemen can take years to mature. They need to decide if his decision making can improve or he just lacks the hockey IQ to be a decent defenseman.

I think you either have it or you don't, but that's just me. Whatever, he's here for now , by bitching isn't going to change anything... right???

 

[habbubba]

Rangers are a very good team and the Caps outshot them and won last night 45-19, could get ugly, again.

 

[habbubba]

Changing up the lines

https://x.com/i/web/status/1851650169810342314

Who says coaching is a problem? look at that,trying something different, what a genius! How about trying different shit in pre-season to see how it goes?

 

[morhilane]

The projected line up looks scary to me.
I like Heineman but what is he going to bring to that first line in terms of play making?
I watched Seattle last night and they made it a point to shadow Nick very closely.
I think our first line is now a dud.

Caufield will have to re-learn that he's not just a shooter.

It's not like the team has many playmakers to slot in there.

 

[The Real Timo]

The projected line up looks scary to me.
I like Heineman but what is he going to bring to that first line in terms of play making?
I watched Seattle last night and they made it a point to shadow Nick very closely.
I think our first line is now a dud.

Yeah, I agree. At least with Slaf or Dach we had one decent line. Now, i am not sure. Seriously... 3 years. Isn't it time to start seeing some improvements?