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HF Habs: Out of Town Thread: 2024-2025 season

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salbutera said:
This is why Habs need a strong week, to stay within 5 pts of wild card… NHL parity has kicked in
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Montreal's Post-Christmas/January schedule is pretty brutal, though. I expect more kick in the teeth nights. We have 4 sets of back-to-backs before the 4 Nations break. Florida/Tampa and Washington/Dallas is going to be really problematic with Primeau playing so poorly.

Then there's Chicago/Colorado and SJS/LAK. I assume Primeau will get the weaker club.
 
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MarkovsKnee said:
Montreal's Post-Christmas/January schedule is pretty brutal, though. I expect more kick in the teeth nights. We have 4 sets of back-to-backs before the 4 Nations break. Florida/Tampa and Washington/Dallas is going to be really problematic with Primeau playing so poorly.

Then there's Chicago/Colorado and SJS/LAK. I assume Primeau will get the weaker club.
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Primeau to me isn’t something to really be worried about. It’s a lost season anyway and he’s disposable.

Dach and the RD is a different story. We need help there and it’s going to take some work. I’d be more than fine with moving on from Matheson. It’s past due on that front.
 
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salbutera said:
Laviolette has a track record of 2-3 season shelf life w every team he’s coached - he’s a flaming as*hole, this generation of player especially will not tolerate it & simply tune him out
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Yes. Peter has a history of crashing down hard but this tenure is a bit strange because he only got hired in 2023. He typically still gets mileage out of his teams at this point.
 
JianYang said:
Yes. Peter has a history of crashing down hard but this tenure is a bit strange because he only got hired in 2023. He typically still gets mileage out of his teams at this point.
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The Rangers started the season very well, so I think it's more Drury then the coach. Drury turned on his players after a few bumps. Then started to use threats to force a trade and went to the media to say everyone was available.

Laviolette will probably end up the scapegoat or will get sweep along if Drury gets fired...but Drury is 100% acting like a guy on the ejection seat with his boss having his hand over the red button.
 
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morhilane said:
The Rangers started the season very well, so I think it's more Drury then the coach. Drury turned on his players after a few bumps. Then started to use threats to force a trade and went to the media to say everyone was available.

Laviolette will probably end up the scapegoat or will get sweep along if Drury gets fired...but Drury is 100% acting like a guy on the ejection seat with his boss having his hand over the red button.
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I mean, he should. He is in his 4th year as a head honcho of the hockey ops with a team that was already rebuilt when he succeeded Gorton/Davidson. The team has been treading water for years and is now in a tail spin.

I won't be surprised if James Dolan nuke Drury+Laviolette by the end of the season.
 
MarkovsKnee said:
Montreal's Post-Christmas/January schedule is pretty brutal, though. I expect more kick in the teeth nights. We have 4 sets of back-to-backs before the 4 Nations break. Florida/Tampa and Washington/Dallas is going to be really problematic with Primeau playing so poorly.

Then there's Chicago/Colorado and SJS/LAK. I assume Primeau will get the weaker club.
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If we take off our Habs fan glasses for a minute and look at how the teams performed since Nov 11; IMO there’s a positive trend being formed, so I’m not as concerned with the Jan schedule because I don’t think many of those teams are dominant powerhouses as they’ve been in years past.

However, I agree lack of NHL level backup G will crush the positive momentum that’s been built over last 5-weeks.
 
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salbutera said:
If we take off our Habs fan glasses for a minute and look at how the teams performed since Nov 11; IMO there’s a positive trend being formed, so I’m not as concerned with the Jan schedule because I don’t think many of those teams are dominant powerhouses as they’ve been in years past.

However, I agree lack of NHL level backup G will crush the positive momentum that’s been built over last 5-weeks.
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From now unto Jan 31st habs will play 21 games:

- 10 of which will be against 10 teams we've already faced (Buf, Clb, Vgs, Was, Uta, Tor, NYR, NJ, Min, Win) and our record so far Is 4-9-1 (,321) against them as a whole (including 2 wins vs Columbus). Also to note, we've lossed those games both before and after nov 10th

- the other 11 games will be versus 7 teams we haven't faced so far and will go like this:
(Records from last season)
Det x3 (1-0-3)
Dal x2 (1-1-0)
TB x2 (0-3-1)
Flo x1 (1-2-1)
Col x1 (2-0-0)
Van x1 (0-2-0)
Chi x1 (2-0-0)

I don't see the Habs get more than 8 wins in those 21 games.
 
vokiel said:
Oh hey Caps Vs Stars tonight is going to be rockin'
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Finals rematch on Prime

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Grate n Colorful Oz said:
From now unto Jan 31st habs will play 21 games:

- 10 of which will be against 10 teams we've already faced (Buf, Clb, Vgs, Was, Uta, Tor, NYR, NJ, Min, Win) and our record so far Is 4-9-1 (,321) against them as a whole (including 2 wins vs Columbus). Also to note, we've lossed those games both before and after nov 10th

- the other 11 games will be versus 7 teams we haven't faced so far and will go like this:
(Records from last season)
Det x3 (1-0-3)
Dal x2 (1-1-0)
TB x2 (0-3-1)
Flo x1 (1-2-1)
Col x1 (2-0-0)
Van x1 (0-2-0)
Chi x1 (2-0-0)

I don't see the Habs get more than 8 wins in those 21 games.
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Jan schedule is tough, they will entrench their spot in the lottery that month. They played ok at best and other than the oiler win they beat fellow dweller partners (current stretch)

Every good or at least average team they faced they lost.
 
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