Post-Game Talk: HorriBad Habs lose 6-2 to Knights

[VT]

Slafkovsky should see how Luke Tuch and Kirby Dach play like Owen Beck (that is, if what you claim about him is true). Nice on the bleachers.

 

[Kennerback]

Habs are 32th on shots on goals. Some players are allergic to shoot.

 

[Miller Time]

They had a couple of good shifts. I guess that's good enough now.

Agree. For now. Not indefinitely.

Good teams place value in abiding to the details even when they face adversity. If no one holds one another to those values, no amount of talent saves a team. They play like shit and no one really cares.

I think that's what we saw in the third, and most of the first. Consistency is what great teams do. We are far from that right now. There's a lot of give a shit visible in the group despite what is not a fun stretch of hockey... and not much reason for belief it will get much better anytime soon except what they believe in each other & the process they're on.

If we start seeing tuning out or consistent low compete play, then we're off track. I don't see that.

As in reminding the team there is a hockey game to be played even if you're losing 2-0. How many times they gotten scored on and then stopped playing because it's not fun anymore?

Shell shock happens with young teams.

Deers in the headlights...

bieksa spoke to it. Bad tesms have deep lows in play & consistency. The process of getting good then great is raising that floor... that it looks ugly when your in thise dips is not lost on anyone, least of all MSL

And they've responded like what exactly after bad periods? They haven't won one game after conceding first.

yup. Not much push back right now, not much performance resilience.

It's when effort resilience falls off that big concern lives. Haven't seen that, and, that's not enough to compete with the big boys with any consistency

A lack of talent win now talent, I can accept. However, a lack of accountability not. We are not talking about losing close games, or not winnig. We are talking about getting destroyed on the regular.

I don't see the accountability lack you do.

 

[Habssince89]

It was time like 15 games ago. Back up your words instead of gliding everywhere and turning the puck over.

you're right but at least these guys care. there are number of guys who need to pick up their game, but there were also many who weren't bad. It just happens that the second group was mostly our depth guys.

Laine can't come soon enough. Just put him and CC with Suzuki and let Dach and Slaf work on things on the second line. Throw Newhook, Gallagher, Anderson, and Heineman into the mix and MSL can withhold icetime if needed (either as punishment or insulation).

 

[OnTheRun]

Pezz sits every night while guys keep getting ice time and PP time. Why isn’t Dach sitting?

No accountability at all.

Pez job IS to sit, so everything is fine on that front. Dach needs to start doing his job by not sucking.

 

[Habby4Life]

Pez job IS to sit, so everything is fine on that front. Dach needs to start doing his job by not sucking.

Dach sucks, totally useless.

Guy is lazy and soft. If he isn’t going to work hard, he should watch. I’d rather see someone try than watch some guy float around.

 

[Miller Time]

Actions speak louder than words big guy...

Play like you did in the third, every single shift, every single game, and stay laser focused on the fundamentals in everything you do on & off the ice.

Appreciate the clarity and alignment... now go create havoc out there. Be a bull and go put the puck in the net.

 

[Balthazar]

The Dach and Newhook trades not looking so good so far this season but still lots of hockey left so hopefully both will look better later this season. They can't look much worse right?

These players got traded for a reason

 

[Habs13]

At least Darch and Slackofsky know why they got demoted and recognize the problems.

 

[Rapala]

We won the third period
Good for the morale

-MSL

Yeah another one of those we look good when a team playing three in four take their foot off the gas.

 

[Habssince89]

On a bright note, Guhle looked very good tonight. Everyone talks about who Hutson's partner going to be, but I'm curious who we can pair with Guhle to make an additional top pairing

 

[The Great Weal]

you're right but at least these guys care. there are number of guys who need to pick up their game, but there were also many who weren't bad. It just happens that the second group was mostly our depth guys.

Laine can't come soon enough. Just put him and CC with Suzuki and let Dach and Slaf work on things on the second line. Throw Newhook, Gallagher, Anderson, and Heineman into the mix and MSL can withhold icetime if needed (either as punishment or insulation).

They don’t play like they care. Their words mean nothing if they can’t back it up. Suzuki said he sucked then backed it up immediately.

 

[rahad]

At least Primeau only allowed one goal off of 3 shots. I thought he would somehow allow 4.

Are goalies this season are so bad....

 

[Habssince89]

They don’t play like they care. Their words mean nothing if they can’t back it up. Suzuki said he sucked then backed it up immediately.

they have to say something. And I agree them saying it isn't enough. But I'm not hearing excuses and that's good.

 

[Balthazar]

Dach sucks, totally useless.

Guy is lazy and soft. If he isn’t going to work hard, he should watch.

That was supposed to be Laine. Hopefully he won't be like that as well.

 

[A55P2]

Renaud Lavoie is right, we should bring Roy back up. At least we know the guy has some hockey sense.

 

[red devil]

Good for Anderson to realize right away that the child wouldn't be able to walk on the ice without falling

 

[Kennedys]

Habs are 32th on shots on goals. Some players are allergic to shoot.

Even Caufield don't shoot anymore

 

[A55P2]

Good for Anderson to realize right away that the child wouldn't be able to walk on the ice without falling

Call me negative or whatever, but the whole situation should not happen in the first place. They need to put a carpet, one of the kids almost fell like 3 times and last year it was even much worse. Falling backwards on the ice isn't great, as we all know. And yeah good move from Anderson, but bad for the management team in my book. With all that being said I hope they still had a very nice evening even though we lost.

 

[HabsWhiteKnightLOL]

Cassidy livid at this team for giving up a goal to cut their lead down to 5-2 late in the 3rd.

Our coach down 5-0, sits on his hands and doesn’t give a flying f***. Thinking of his next proverb for the media. "Well losing is like getting lost in the woods. Sometimes you just don’t get out and die"

Sean you made me spit water

Yeah another one of those we look good when a team playing three in four take their foot off the gas.

Hey your breaking the morale of the mood -MSL

 

[Runner77]

 

[Jee]

Criiiiinge en esti c't'équipe lô

 

[teamfirst]

On a bright note, Guhle looked very good tonight. Everyone talks about who Hutson's partner going to be, but I'm curious who we can pair with Guhle to make an additional top pairing

Ghule look good cuz he is playing on his strong side, took them 3 seasons to figure that out

 

[Miller Time]

On a bright note, Guhle looked very good tonight. Everyone talks about who Hutson's partner going to be, but I'm curious who we can pair with Guhle to make an additional top pairing

With luck, by this time next year we'll have reason to be bullish on RB filling one of those RD spits long term... rather than more questions like Dach's play has at immediate future top 6 C.

On the flip side, no one had Hutson penciled on this early or this clearly 12 months ago... RB could give us another big boost if he recovers well and builds on his strong AHL & camp start.

 

[waitin425]

managed to catch the third period tonight, and didn't mind how we played for that period...mind you Vegas took the foot off the gas a bit.

I'm starting to sour on MSL and I wish I wasn't.