If Carrier is out for the series, what do you do?

[Victoire HuGo]

Answer the poll

 

[Saundies]

Put Struble in and pray lol.

Don't big brain it.

 

[expy]

Dress Struble. Why would you bring in a cold player from the minors?

 

[Victoire HuGo]

Put Struble in and pray lol.

Don't big brain it.

Hutson is only guy who plays well enough on right side but you put him at risk of putting himself more at risk of getting crushed

 

[Vachon23]

Bring Reinbacher and hope he can give a boost

 

[Victoire HuGo]

Dress Struble. Why would you bring in a cold player from the minors?

Because 5 LHD and 1 RHD on his last legs who can barely play at ES is not a viable option. It's not like Laval has not been practicing.

 

[TheBuriedHab]

I think Carrier will be fine. Principal point of contact was his shoulder/neck, it was a clean hit. But they will call up Reinbacher if they have too.

 

[Andrei79]

Bring Reinbacher and hope he can give a boost

Seeing how they've targeted the injuries of some of our players, that would be a major risk to one of our key pieces going forward.

 

[Vachon23]

Seeing how they've targeted the injuries of some of our players, that would be a major risk to one of our key pieces going forward.

It’s playoff hockey, they need to be use to it

 

[Victoire HuGo]

I think Carrier will be fine. Principal point of contact was his shoulder/neck, it was a clean hit. But they will call up Reinbacher if they have too.

Clean hit doesn't change the fact he got run over and has already been playing through injuries

 

[Andrei79]

It’s playoff hockey, they need to be use to it

That's my point. Reinbacher has a grand total of 0 NHL games and they've followed a strict protocol for his recovery. Washington targeted Laines knees and they'll do the same to Reinbacher. It would be foolish to put that kind of risk and pressure on him. They're not winning the cup this year.

 

[DAChampion]

Struble is the 7th dman so he gets in and it's not a tough choice.

The tough choice is what happens if there's an 8th injury.

 

[Goldenhands]

That's my point. Reinbacher has a grand total of 0 NHL games and they've followed a strict protocol for his recovery. Washington targeted Laines knees and they'll do the same to Reinbacher. It would be foolish to put that kind of risk and pressure on him. They're not winning the cup this year.

Reinbacher is pretty good to handle forecheckers, so I wouldnt be that worried, but I understand the fans who would rather play it safe since that serie has been insanely physical.

 

[Tyson]

Dress Struble. Why would you bring in a cold player from the minors?

Agreed but 5 LD and one RD...

 

[Vachon23]

That's my point. Reinbacher has a grand total of 0 NHL games and they've followed a strict protocol for his recovery. Washington targeted Laines knees and they'll do the same to Reinbacher. It would be foolish to put that kind of risk and pressure on him. They're not winning the cup this year.

Personally I want to see what he has in him and we need a RD. We don’t have many other options either

 

[DemidovSZN]

Reinbacher is pretty good to handle forecheckers, so I wouldnt be that worried, but I understand the fans who would rather play it safe since that serie has been insanely physical.

Hopefully he gets a long playoffs with Laval.

 

[Tyson]

Hopefully he gets a long playoffs with Laval.

Keep him in Laval

 

[Andrei79]

Personally I want to see what he has in him and we need a RD. We don’t have many other options either

Reinbacher is pretty good to handle forecheckers, so I wouldnt be that worried, but I understand the fans who would rather play it safe since that serie has been insanely physical.

He has the talent, but this would be a case of looking at the trees rather than the forest. There's very little to be gained for him and we don't have to guess if Washington will target him and his knees, they will. We know it, because they've been doing it all series and the refs are penalizing Montreal. This isn't the time to risk his health. Some will say the AHL is worse, but its not. Reinbacher's physical and IQ advantage is far greater there. In the playoffs, he'd be like Demidov trying to survive.

 

[Canadienna]

Lots of posters have watched more Laval than me, so I'll admit some ignorance regarding Reinbacher's readiness.

But I saw @montreal suggest bringing him up and that's a pretty good endorsement. If you do bring him up, you should give him a regular shift not 8 minutes as the 7th D.

I don't think the injury concern should factor in. He's either in game shape or not.

 

[TheBuriedHab]

Carrier was playing shutdown role vs top competition. Reinbacher is the only one with that type of level to step into those minutes. I don't understand why people want to keep him in bubble wrap. They were resting him because of soreness swelling which is normal when returning from a knee. He's 100% now.

 

[FLHabs]

The safe play is to dress Struble, but I'd say f*ck it and go with Reinbacher and 6D. My guess is that Hughes had him slotted in the lineup at the beginning of the season. Well, it might come later than he wanted, but now is the time.

I want to see what kind of gamer Reinbacher is. If Subban could do it, I'm sure he can too.

 

[Bombshell11]

I would Call Mailloux

Also PK Subban is in town.... is he avilable?

 

[Miller Time]

They'll play it safe and dress Strubble.

I'd say F-it, call up RB, dress Strubble and either go 7 D or sit X

 

[CrashOut]

Guhle needs to hit the weight room.

Carrier shouldn't be in our top-6 going forward. I don't mind smaller dman if they are offensively gifted,

He is a blackhole offensively and 5"11 on a heck of a good day and 175 pounds. Hope they get rid of him quick.

 

[the]

Meh...I would do a trade to bring my boy Justin Barron back and play him.