GDT: Last Preseason Game - Habs B squad vs Sens Goons - 7pm EST

[Durvann]

Was Anderson even playing.. He's more terrible to watch than Hoffman, Dadonov and Diaz combined.

 

[EveryDay]

Xhekaj was great tonight.

Now the cut(4):

Dobes
Engstrom
Mailloux
Heineman/Roy

 

[Runner77]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1842734504789561607

 

[morhilane]

Agreed, Evans is providing more at both end of the ice but Dvorak still produce 2G in his 3-4 preseason games.

Both of Dvorak's goal was him just coming in late to catch a lose puck in front of the net. He just let everyone else work hard and then show up for the finish. If he has to work hard, he can't keep the puck and/or get outskated.

 

[Hullois]

I didn't get St Louis' plan for this pre season. They haven't practiced the PP at all, I didn't notice any improvement elsewhere, and he didn't ice anything close to the full lineup once.

I'm honestly scared they're gonna have a real slow start to the season

 

[Bobby Holik agent]

Good old tank games,
Hey man 1 kid looked real nice.
Oh yeah? Nice!

 

[Hannibal]

I didn't get St Louis' plan for this pre season. They haven't practiced the PP at all, I didn't notice any improvement elsewhere, and he didn't ice anything close to the full lineup once.

I'm honestly scared they're gonna have a real slow start to the season

Seems to be one of our worst training camp.

 

[morhilane]

Was Anderson even playing.. He's more terrible to watch than Hoffman, Dadonov and Diaz combined.

Hoffman/Dadonov were lazy, Andy is just not whatever he's trying to be...

 

[Skip Bayless]

Man wtf was this training camp?

 

[Agalloch]

There's no way Kapanen is sent back to Europe. But he will not play until there's injury on a centerman.

 

[ahmedou]

 

[EveryDay]

There's no way Kapanen is sent back to Europe. But he will not play until there's injury on a centerman.

He's going to push Dvorak out of the lineup imo.

 

[Andrei79]

Just one comment on this game.

Some Sens fans think Xhekaj was scared to fight Tkachuk.

He just brutalized MacEwen like he was a child. He would do worst to Tkachuk.

Is this the worst preseason ever? It might be hyperbole, but it feels like it. I know we went winless a few years ago, but it was only results. This year, results are pretty bad, but on top of it there are the injuries, the complete lack of focus and the lack of readiness to start the season.

Last game of preseason and we still have all those guys up with the main team? Mailloux, Engstrom and Trudeau. That's half the defensive lineup that will/should be in the AHL when the season starts.

Not even close to being the worst preseason. The 2021-2022 preseason was absolute trash. This time, it was pretty disorganized in terms of roster decisions, but there were positives in terms of play considering the rosters they sent.

 

[Trembz]

Man wtf was this training camp?

Many men, many many many many men, don't give a sh*t

 

[Agalloch]

He's going to push Dvorak out of the lineup imo.

At one point, Evans ''could'' be our 3rd line center and Kapanen on the 4th.

Dvorak will most likely be injured this year or traded. Kapanen will stay for now because of our center depth.

 

[RandR]

I didn't get St Louis' plan for this pre season. They haven't practiced the PP at all, I didn't notice any improvement elsewhere, and he didn't ice anything close to the full lineup once.

I'm honestly scared they're gonna have a real slow start to the season

I think teams normally ice something very close to their starting lineup in their last pre-season game. I have a suspicion that the Habs planned to do that, but after the last couple of games they just wanted to completely avoid the possibility of another pre-season injury to one of their top skaters. I think the Sens did the same… they didn’t play their top skaters last night at Detroit and would normally have played them in their last pre-season game, especially at home, but keep them out of the lineup too.

The result for Montreal is as you say, which doesn’t look good going into the regular season.

 

[The Last Red]

Just one comment on this game.

Some Sens fans think Xhekaj was scared to fight Tkachuk.

He just brutalized MacEwen like he was a child. He would do worst to Tkachuk.

Do we actually care what care about what fans of one of the most irrelevant and obscure sports franchises in North America think?

 

[austin316]

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Really wish we would bring back this numbering for our white jerseys.

 

[The Last Red]

I think teams normally ice something very close to their starting lineup in their last pre-season game. I have a suspicion that the Habs planned to do that, but after the last couple of games they just wanted to completely avoid the possibility of another pre-season injury to one of their top skaters. I think the Sens did the same… they didn’t play their top skaters last night at Detroit and would normally have played them in their last pre-season game, especially at home, but keep them out of the lineup too.

The result for Montreal is as you say, which doesn’t look good going into the regular season.

It’s preseason. Completely irrelevant, every minute of it.

 

[HabzSauce]

Do we actually care what care about what fans of one of the most irrelevant and obscure sports franchises in North America think?

Most delusional fan base of all time. I have more respect for the leafs

 

[Tyson]

If Kapanen isn't in the top 12 to start the year then management doesn't have a clue.

 

[Catanddogguitarrr]

At least there were no injury. X played a real D game, not just fight, Ghule played a solid game and shows he's ready and reach a next step. Kapanen might make the team, or 10 games. We'll draft #5 again next year. Mailloux and some others will progress playing ahl and ready for call-up later this year.

 

[Tyson]

Worst preseason I can remember

Didn't they lose every game a few pre seasons ago? I agree though that for many reasons this camp has been bad.

 

[Naslundforever]

Didn't they lose every game a few pre seasons ago? I agree though that for many reasons this camp has been bad.

At least some die hards got 3 minutes of Demidov earlier.

 

[Catanddogguitarrr]

Didn't they lose every game a few pre seasons ago? I agree though that for many reasons this camp has been bad.

We didn't progressed as expected.