Post-Game Talk: Habs win in Philly by the skin of their teeth

[Max2]

No points for Michkov and Cole leading the league, bitches.

i think the little Swiss Miss has 9 now with a few games in hand

 

[DAChampion]

Imagine this lineup with Laine, Slafkovsky, Hage and Demidov

Reinbacher?

 

[le_sean]

Anderson’s a big part of the #3 best PK in the league and that Evan’s-Gally-Anderson line has outplayed its opposition every game this season … again tonight

Yeah Anderson has been good on the PK. Unfortunately $5.5m per year is too much for a PK specialist. He’s literally bringing nothing else.

 

[MarkovsKnee]

Suzuki had to save Dvorak's ass three times on that last shift .

Why was Dvorak out there & not Evans?! Dvo sucks! And never f***ing clears the puck or wins faceoffs.

 

[Max2]

Reinbacher?

I was just focusing on forwards but yes Reinbacher as well

 

[salbutera]

Yeah Anderson has been good on the PK. Unfortunately $5.5m per year is too much for a PK specialist. He’s literally bringing nothing else.

How exactly are Andersons & Gallagher’s cap hits hamstringing the Habs.

Gallagher was leading the team in most 5-on-5 analytics categories

The expectation is each line should be able to out duel their opposition - #3 line has done so about every game this season

 

[Kennerback]

I'm hard on Matheson, but I know we absolutely need him right now. He helps the team more than he hurts it. But when he does something really stupid I need to be intellectually honest and bring it up.

 

[rahad]

We will need a better second goalie in the future.

 

[Habs]

wow we almost blew a 3 goal lead with 3 to go lol.

 

[Runner77]

Flyers are ugly

Did anyone here actually spend time in Philly? Anything good outside of the Rocky statue and dueling cheesesteak joints?

 

[GrandBison]

Primeau is not a closer

 

[Hannibal]

Arber’s lack of progression is disappointing

Two major shoulder surgery in back to back years. Patience.

 

[MarkovsKnee]

Reinbacher?

He's a D. He listed forwards.

 

[le_sean]

How exactly are Andersons & Gallagher’s cap hits hamstringing the Habs.

Gallagher was leading the team in most 5-on-5 analytics categories

They are against the cap. Only reason they are compliant is because Price is on LTIR. They can’t accumulate cap space to utilize later.

Regardless, Anderson is garbage. Even if he made $3m he’d be overpaid. Why do we want useless lazy veterans?

 

[Grate n Colorful Oz]

Miche *cough*

Un pete?

 

[Runner77]

Matheson has shit for brains sometimes.

 

[salbutera]

Two major shoulder surgery in back to back years. Patience.

Did those surgeries somehow impact his brain because his lack of hockey IQ / reading the play is what’s killing him

 

[Walksss]

Two major shoulder surgery in back to back years. Patience.

Did he have surgery on his decision making, cause he's really bad.

Did those surgeries somehow impact his brain because his hockey IQ is what’s killing him

Beat me to it.

 

[Tyson]

Yes Xhekaj hasn't progressed as many would have hoped. He has had major season ending surgery two seasons in a row. We preached patience with Caufield after his shoulder surgery and are doing the same with Dach. Maybe Xhekaj has peaked and he won't get better or maybe we should allow the kid to truly develop. 102 NHL games for a very raw player isn't a whole lot.

 

[Walksss]

Delete

 

[JustAHabFan]

The Habs always make life harder for themselves. You should never go to the defensive for a whole period. You need to push back when the Flyers get some momentum.

 

[Lafleurs Guy]

Solid game for us. A crappy ending doesn’t change anything. We are where I expected us to be - better on offense and bad on defence. It’s going to be an exciting season, not always in a good way but this is the kind of thing you can expect.

 

[morhilane]

Why was Dvorak out there & not Evans?! Dvo sucks! And never f***ing clears the puck or wins faceoffs.

I think MSL is trying to get something out of Dvorak since it's still early in the season and Dvorak has played much better then this. But at some point MSL needs to apply his "there will be more accountability this season" on vets too.

Or HuGo should deal with it themselves. MSL isn't the one who can waive players.

 

[Walksss]

They are against the cap. Only reason they are compliant is because Price is on LTIR. They can’t accumulate cap space to utilize later.

Regardless, Anderson is garbage. Even if he made $3m he’d be overpaid. Why do we want useless lazy veterans?

Cause we don't want to pay assets to ditch them obviously.

 

[Habano]

He could've had 5 tonight

I predicted a hattrick and he could've easily had it