Post-Game Talk: Habs

[80s Kid]

I anyone else getting tired of watching Chytil try to stick handle through all 5 players when he carries the puck up the ice to only turn it over at the blue line and cause the play to go the other way. He rarely passes the puck and on every odd man rush he is always shooting the puck even when it’s a low percentage play. He needs the dump the puck in and go after it on the forecheck. It’s exhausting watching him turn it over all night

Krieder also has no business being out 3 on 3.

So many other players should be out there over him

He definitely has some ugly moments but I'm generally okay with it because the rest of the team is pretty much incapable of moving the puck on their own.

It's nice seeing someone not trying to just pass the puck when there's more than enough room to take it up the ice yourself.

Edit: This is also why I wanted to see Jones play more...he could move the puck on his own.

 

[NYR2007]

He definitely has some ugly moments but I'm generally okay with it because the rest of the team is pretty much incapable of moving the puck on their own.

It's nice seeing someone not trying to just pass the puck when there's more than enough room to take it up the ice yourself.

I agree with you about him taking it up the ice. But he needs to know when to dump the puck in because he is not going to be able to stick handle through all 5 players. He loses the puck off his stick every rush.

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

I think people are conflating a very good ceiling or a very good player at his best with a very good player. Igor at his best rivals Hank. His consistency is just not good. That's why 11.5M is ridiculous.

he's also not clutch. He can have a 45 game amazing performance but give up a soft GWG. No the whole game is not his fault but i'd prefer him to make the big important saves

 

[80s Kid]

I agree with you about him taking it up the ice. But he needs to know when to dump the puck in because he is not going to be able to stick handle through all 5 players. He loses the puck off his stick every rush.

Also, this is one of the main issues I'm seeing with Laf this season. Last year, especially in the playoffs, he just seemed to have the confidence to take the puck himself and try and make a play to score or draw a penalty. This year he just seems to want to pass it all the time.

He has the ability to skate with the puck and make people miss but for whatever reason he's just not doing it.

 

[SnowblindNYR]

Last year we scored 166 goals in 82 games 5v5 (natural stat trick) at 2.02 gpg, good for a tie of 19th in the league
So far this year we are 92 in 46, so exactly 2 gpg and tied for 15th

So despite going through a complete meltdown for a month and a half we are no worse than last year on offense 5 on 5?

 

[SnowblindNYR]

he's also not clutch. He can have a 45 game amazing performance but give up a soft GWG. No the whole game is not his fault but i'd prefer him to make the big important saves

I've been making this point since the Tampa series. It was very weird to see the guy go from unbeatable in 55 minutes to forgetting to play hockey on some weak goal with 5 minutes to go. There was more than just one game in that series like that but the one that jumps out was game 6 when we tied it late, a game that had no business being tied. He was heroic that game and then next shift gives up a goal where you just think someone else was in his body.

That said he has a lot fewer downright stinker games in the playoffs than Hank. Somehow he HAS upped his game mostly in the playoffs and in some ways has been more consistent than Hank in the playoffs who frankly was up and down and worse in the playoffs than the regular season. But given his inconsistency in the regular season and his absolute anti-clutchness in the playoffs I wonder if it's not just a sample size issue.

 

[80shockeywasbuns]

I am slightly alarmed that Fox seems to be turning a bit stupid like all of the talented players that play for this team. Something seriously smells here.

But I would definitely hang onto him.

The inconveniences of forcing your best player to carry around a sack of bricks for years

 

[80shockeywasbuns]

So despite going through a complete meltdown for a month and a half we are no worse than last year on offense 5 on 5?

The first half of the season they used Bonino (often in the top 9) who was probably the worst forward in the league and made any offense impossible. The combo of him and Goodrow was a war crime

 

[The S5]

Quick with the Dunham like rebound is the reason they lost. I don't care how much they got outplayed that was f***ing atrocious.

Meh, I would look to Borgen making a nice tape to tape to Suzuki for the assist.

 

[leetch99]

We got a loser point on the road...I'm good with it and don't feel the need to lay blame in this one . Move on and win the next one......Habs have a good young club that can skate and they are not crease scared like we always usually are .

 

[Slaydagnar]

Strap Laf back with Chytil and he will play faster again, but that's never going to happen.

Laf is horrific defensively. Watch the replays on last nights Montreal goals.

He is one lazy motherfvcker
Why do people on this board incessantly make excuses for this mowp

 

[leetch99]

Lavi makes head scratching moves. Why Chytil in 3v3 OT? He rarely plays 3v3. Didn't seem to know the routes and specificities of 3v3 play.

I start by making Lavi the first change....well....unless you lose Drury first...get Quennville . This is no good .

 

[duhmetreE]

Strap Laf back with Chytil and he will play faster again, but that's never going to happen.

Yeah the lines need some changing.

Bring back berard too

Cuylle Chytil Laffy
Panarin Tro Berard
Best Bros and smith

 

[LaffyTaffy13]

Miller is atrocious - just trade him. Hes never figuring it out

This. We cannot re-sign him. Hes awful

 

[94leetch]

That Habs team got tougher to play against.
Please can we do the same ?

 

[TGWL]

Quick made some good saves, but I also think he was having a rough night with his positioning, even before potentially being hurt. He was sliding in no-mans land way too much. Much like Igor the other night.

Rangers can try to play fast all they want, but they can't attack with any speed. When it becomes 1 on 1, or 2 on 2, it's just a slow down for them.

And It took about half the game for Borgen to settle down. Entertaining that it was back and forth hockey with lots lots of goals scored but way too many mistakes, horrible gap control and failed attempts at puck separation. Just too easy for another team is keep the puck on their sticks and do what they want.

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

Yeah the lines need some changing.

Bring back berard too

Cuylle Chytil Laffy
Panarin Tro Berard
Best Bros and smith

I have to disagree with the third line....as much as I hate to admit it, Mika has actually improved since separated from the Tip-In-Maestro.

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

Laf is horrific defensively. Watch the replays on last nights Montreal goals.

He is one lazy motherfvcker
Why do people on this board incessantly make excuses for this mowp

"mowp" -- never heard of that before.....by any chance did you mean "mope"?

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

Also, this is one of the main issues I'm seeing with Laf this season. Last year, especially in the playoffs, he just seemed to have the confidence to take the puck himself and try and make a play to score or draw a penalty. This year he just seems to want to pass it all the time.

He has the ability to skate with the puck and make people miss but for whatever reason he's just not doing it.

Too much Panarin.

 

[UnparalledPark]

Fox passed Brad Park tonight for 4th on the all time Rangers d-men list with his 60th multi assist game...but yeah,let's trade the bum

Well, the idiots traded Park.

 

[Boris Zubov]

I have to disagree with the third line....as much as I hate to admit it, Mika has actually improved since separated from the Tip-In-Maestro.

He looked serviceable for 5-6 games after the break, but he's been back to his terrible self the past 3. But I do agree he should be kept away from his BFF for good.

 

[Bruner4329]

Yeah the lines need some changing.

Bring back berard too

Cuylle Chytil Laffy
Panarin Tro Berard
Best Bros and smith

Laf on Chytil on the same line is good for a minus 2 every game. They are both horrible defensively. Look at this game Laf was brutal and on the winning goal Chytil's ole defense allowed the guy to skate right past him to feed the puck to the slot.

 

[Ail]

They suck, fun game though.

 

[GlasgowNewYorkRanger]

It's borderline hilarious and another classic Ranger troll - we wait for years to have a bottom 6 that doesn't look like compete ass whilst having more top 6 skill than we have had in years - then most of the top 6 veterans decide to do their best impression of an AHL roster on a regular basis.

 

[Natey]

Quick is and has been a sieve

I'm not a Rangers fan, but Quick was awesome last night. Not sure how he's been for most of the year, but he made multiple fantastic saves. Really great performance, despite what the stats say.

Win or lose, that was a fun hockey game to watch. Wild chances, fast breaks, quick pace, gritty play... that was hockey like I remember as a kid.