The Great Weal
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Heineman used to be good but injuries have been too much. It's hard to overcome that.
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The Nightman
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It is disappointing that he wasn't able to take a big step forward this year... Even with the injury.
He's fast approaching make it or break it territory. Needs to figure out how to drive way more impact than we are currently seeing from him.
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You sold a dead bird to a blind kid????
Whitesnake
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Talk to me about sitting on their hands all game long with no pushback, no rhythm and no forechecking. Let's wait for them at the red line. And let's hope for Dobes miracles. Everything our ex stupid NHL coaches have done for the past oh so many years. Rely on the goalie. Play not to lose.
Lineup wasn't fantastic....but we are not playing the Soviet Union.
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Let's see what Sedgwick can do. Wasn't a fan of the two trades he made right after he was appointed, then again, they weren't meant to be earth-shattering.
Estimated_Prophet
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It is no different than primitive man assigning causality to bad weather in the form of angry deities. I think we know who they want to sacrifice in this situation lol.
The Real Timo
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ISn't he another player Hughes went out of his way to get?
I've been saying that for 8 years
Schooner Guy
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It has to mention something about a bounty for Sokolov. LOL!Now no one will feel like starting tomorrow's GDT.
Simarino
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Ive watched alot of games this year and this team plays some ugly hockey. .I don’t know what the system is but its some bad hockey, theirs absolutely no flow to the games, generating f***all offensively game after game. You have probably the best dcore in the league tonight and every zone exit is a lob to center ice or shot on the glass. Its some unwatchable hockey and i hope that Hughes doesn’t want the prospects to play that kind of hockey in Laval
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Ezpz
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The team didn't take Laval's success seriously this season. Struble didn't need to play 50+ NHL games on the bottom pairing. Nor did Xhekaj need to be called up only to rejoin the "rotation". Gignac being pulled away at his peak may have cost them the season too. They only missed by a few games. It would have been good playing time for a bunch of prospects to make the playoffs but I guess we'll just sit out for the seemingly tenth year in a row.
Estimated_Prophet
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What does that even mean? Every transaction that Hughes or any G.M. makes, they "go out of their way".
Clearly an attempt to sprinkle some hyperbole and bias into a narrative that is uninteresting at best.
MarkovsKnee
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Team didn't play well. Dobes saved their asses. Didn't like their lack of passion especially at forward. Defense just too many stupid errors. Trudeau and his highsticks. Mailloux and his dump in from his own blueline late when we had no forwards on the forecheck. That's just a pass to the other team.
Ultimately, there's just no offense on this team at forward. Hopefully, Beck, Mesar, Tuch, Farrell can start to resolve that next year. We need better vets, period. Heineman was a big disappointment this year, too. We missed Simoneau.
Bourque is done & shouldn't be brought back. Maillet sucks & Andersson should just move back to Sweden.
I don't hate Houle, but it's time to move on.
Some positive notes, Reinbacher played well. Tuch can really skate. Dobes should have a great year next year. Kidney stepped up. FloXhekaj looks like he'll be a pro next year. He didn't look out of place at all.
Maybe Laval can bring back someone like Laurent Dauphin?
Ultimately, there's just no offense on this team at forward. Hopefully, Beck, Mesar, Tuch, Farrell can start to resolve that next year. We need better vets, period. Heineman was a big disappointment this year, too. We missed Simoneau.
Bourque is done & shouldn't be brought back. Maillet sucks & Andersson should just move back to Sweden.
I don't hate Houle, but it's time to move on.
Some positive notes, Reinbacher played well. Tuch can really skate. Dobes should have a great year next year. Kidney stepped up. FloXhekaj looks like he'll be a pro next year. He didn't look out of place at all.
Maybe Laval can bring back someone like Laurent Dauphin?
Estimated_Prophet
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WTF?!?!?!?!
LAVAL IS A DEVELOPMENTAL TEAM!
The Montreal Canadiens success is the only matter of importance
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He was had in the Toffoli deal as you'll recall but what fans liked was the combo of size and speed but he's not been a difference-maker. His ELC ends in 24-25 ... I wonder how long more they'll hold on to him.
The Real Timo
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Not really. I just remember some comments about how Hughes really wanted him and insisted he was involved in the Toffoli trade.
Maybe he needs to go through Michael Therrien's better people program. It made so many players better .
Estimated_Prophet
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That would be true of most players in most trades, not every trade can be a winner.
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Go Habs Go
salbutera
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Why is that so difficult to comprehend - the job of the AHL team is to develop & graduate players to mothership Habs.
They did that this year - Struble & Roy and righting the ship w Xhekaj and getting Mailloux a taste of NHL
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Brunet with his coke-bottle glasses, saying that the 3-goalie set up with the Habs sunk the Rocket as there ought to have been a vet backing up Dobes in Laval, esp. in those early games when he was struggling and adapting.
I don't get it, could they not have secured a vet goalie for the minors, anyway?
I don't get it, could they not have secured a vet goalie for the minors, anyway?
Catanddogguitarrr
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Did he once scored a goal on the road for the Habs in Miami?
Dauphin ,,, Miami, some connection there.
Gaylord Q Tinkledink
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Estimated_Prophet
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Man, I have to bow out of this thread as it is like the minor league of objective analysis thread.
It is like the Flat Earthers have taken control at a Geology conference.
It is like the Flat Earthers have taken control at a Geology conference.
Ezpz
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Neither struble, Xhekaj or gignac contributed to the Habs success this season. Xhekaj and struble were literally put in development situations in Montreal. This wasn't keeping PK Subban in the minors circa 2010. Gignac was literally just a reward contract and few games, at an inopportune time I might add.
