Pre-Game Talk: Monahan-less Habs vs Caps

[Essenege]

Sorry but Roy isn't ready and needs to work his craft in Laval.

Strong disagree. Most games he was extremely noticeable offensively, smart in the neutral and not a liability defensively.

Small sample size but we’re 59% of expected goals when he’s on the ice.

Ready for top6? No. Ready for 3rd line with PP time? Hell yeah.

 

[Runner77]

Habs likely going with an 11-7 lineup. Gignac playing C.

Caufield-Suzuki-Slaf
Pearson-Evans-Ylonen
Condotta-Gignac-Anderson
RHP-Pezzetta (extra?)-Armia

Matheson-Guhle
Struble-Savard
Harris-Kovacevic
Xhekaj

Montembeault

 

[Ozmodiar]

Habs likely going with an 11-7 lineup. Gignac playing C.

Caufield-Suzuki-Slaf
Pearson-Evans-Ylonen
Condotta-Gignac-Anderson
RHP-Pezzetta (extra?)-Armia

Matheson-Guhle
Struble-Savard
Harris-Kovacevic
Xhekaj

Montembeault

Id like to offer my congratulations to the 4th line on working their way up to the 2nd line!
Dreams really do come true.

 

[Team_Spirit]

Habs likely going with an 11-7 lineup. Gignac playing C.

Caufield-Suzuki-Slaf
Pearson-Evans-Ylonen
Condotta-Gignac-Anderson
RHP-Pezzetta (extra?)-Armia

Matheson-Guhle
Struble-Savard
Harris-Kovacevic

 

[Kudo Shinichi]

I think Monahan PP production would be partially replacable, if they would call up Roy, who’d be a great bumper on our PP1

Newhook should be able to replace Monahan's pp production

 

[Runner77]

Gignac on the 2nd PP wave.

Can already envision @dinodebino chiming in with his « Fernand » and « donnez-moi des roses » monikers.



Interesting to see Xhekaj being used on the 2nd PP wave during practice but not Ghule.

 

[knuck]

Suzuki
Evans
Gignac
Pezzetta


Somehow this is the worse center line I've ever seen and I've been a fan for 30 years.

I think I'm team tank, now
lol

 

[Team_Spirit]

I mean do we want Evans and his 2 goals on the PP?

Guy needed 2 gifts to make it happen too.

Tankers say yes.

 

[The Real Timo]

Gignac on the 2nd PP wave.

Can already envision @dinodebino chiming in with his « Fernand » and « donnez-moi des roses » monikers.



Interesting to see Xhekaj being used on the 2nd PP wave during practice but not Ghule.

So Caufield is going to wreck havoc in front of the net? I can see that.

 

[The Great Weal]

Gignac from an AHL contract last week to the 2nd unit PP in the NHL next week. I really don't understand the obsession with the 4 forwards 1 dman on both PP units when the forwards outside of the top line suck offensively.

 

[abo9]

No offense but that’s a freaking sad lineup

No need to spare offense.

Its a terrible, garbage lineup.
But its been a terrible, garbage lineup for a while.

And you see it in fans grasping at any sort of performance. It was Pitlick a few seasons ago, RHP last year, idk who this year. We had the pleasure of watching Jordan Weal on the PP.

At one point Paul freaking Byron was one of our best scorers. Gallagher is actually our best scorer over his tenure I think. Stuff of nightmares really.

And I got nothing against those players. They just cant be in your top 6 (well beside Gallagher, but he should really not be your top scorer over such a long period of time)

 

[Skip Bayless]

Habs likely going with an 11-7 lineup. Gignac playing C.

Caufield-Suzuki-Slaf
Pearson-Evans-Ylonen
Condotta-Gignac-Anderson
RHP-Pezzetta (extra?)-Armia

Matheson-Guhle
Struble-Savard
Harris-Kovacevic
Xhekaj

Montembeault

Holy f***ing molly that’s bad.

Bottom 5 here we come.

 

[1909]

In the interview Monahan said that "all you want as a player is a chance to play in the playoffs". Hmm... is he implying that if he stayed with the Habs he wouldn't have a chance to play in da playoffs? that's kinda rude.

The guy can't wait 3 more seasons.... It's not rude, It is reality. And he accepted a 2M $ contract with the assurance from Hughes he would finf him a contending team THIS SEASON if the Habs were nowhere close of a Playoffs spot. Monahan was in a winning chair , and Hughes, by getting a 1st rounder for him (actually 2), is also in a winning chair. Of course, it could have a depressing effect on the other players.

 

[ChesterNimitz]

It's gonna be brutal 0-3

Other than the deletion of Monahan from our line up what else is the predicator for such gloom? Was Monahan that pivotal to the team’s success?

I think some are overreacting. The sky is not falling. Well, at least, not yet.

 

[HabbyGuy]

Other than the deletion of Monahan from our line up what else is the predicator for such gloom? Was Monahan that pivotal to the team’s success?

I think some are overreacting. The sky is not falling. Well, at least, not yet.

Overreacting???!!!

This roster clearly illustrates how far out of his depth MSL really is, peewee wannabe. This is a team that should be fighting for a playoff spot minimum. When can we get a coach that will be held to accountabilty??

Throw him in the hot seat!

 

[HabsAddict]

I'm not sure the league is going to allow a tyrannosaurus to play on the 4th line...

BTW...i got TrX trsdemarked!

 

[GrandBison]

So we're getting hockey back? What a waste of week for those who are forced to be there and those who watch.

 

[Bouboumaster]

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Full steam

 

[Gaylord Q Tinkledink]

Suzuki
Evans
Gignac
Pezzetta


Somehow this is the worse center line I've ever seen and I've been a fan for 30 years.

I think I'm team tank, now
lol

Whatever the Habs had before Suzuki I felt like sucked ass.

 

[Sasha Orlov]

We can maybe end up bottom 5 with this roster

We have to believe

 

[ChesterNimitz]

Overreacting???!!!

This roster clearly illustrates how far out of his depth MSL really is, peewee wannabe. This is a team that should be fighting for a playoff spot minimum. When can we get a coach that will be held to accountabilty??

Throw him in the hot seat!

I don’t quite understand your argument. Are you stating that our roster is strong enough to make the playoffs but that MSL is the impediment to that success? Or that MSL is the reason for this lamentable roster?

In either case, I would respectfully suggest that you are wrong. Through years of incompetence in team building and a string of untimely injuries we have a team that Toe Blake couldn’t coax into the playoffs. The fact that MSL has them playing at a near 50% clip is frankly unbelievable.

As for fighting for a playoff spot, one good week of results and you may well have your wish.

 

[Tyson]

Weird but I think the Habs will play better than most expect. They will be more competitive than we think.

 

[Boris Le Tigre]

Going to be harder to watch for a few weeks.

Wake me up for the Hutson, Reinbacher cups of coffee etc.

 

[HabbyGuy]

I don’t quite understand your argument. Are you stating that our roster is strong enough to make the playoffs but that MSL is the impediment to that success? Or that MSL is the reason for this lamentable roster?

In either case, I would respectfully suggest that you are wrong. Through years of incompetence in team building and a string of untimely injuries we have a team that Toe Blake couldn’t coax into the playoffs. The fact that MSL has them playing at a near 50% clip is frankly unbelievable.

As for fighting for a playoff spot, one good week of results and you may well have your wish.

Sorry, I thought it was evident sarcasm, I was making fun of some takes that MSL has been doing a poor job with a terrible roster.

 

[Runner77]

Weird but I think the Habs will play better than most expect. They will be more competitive than we think.

I fully expect any AHLer called to over perform just like RHP did last season.