HF Habs: Out of Town Thread: 2024 Playoff Edition

[Non Player Canadiens]

Lafreniere is a good player, but not generational.

If Laffy is generational, that word has no meaning at all

 

[sampollock]

no wonder why NYR did not try to trade Laff. good on them keeping him

 

[Lafleurs Guy]

I love Kreider , love the way he plays , great hockey player

I wish him nothing but misfortune

 

[Gaylord Q Tinkledink]

Feels like the finals might suck. Not as bad as the almost Senators vs Predators final we almost had, but it's going to be bad

 

[BLONG7]

Rangers were never in the same league as the Panthers.

Panthers have been the better team for 5 games now.

 

[hvac412]

Kako is caca

For real, can never cheer for that scumbag. Hopefully the Cats close out the series at home.

Double like

 

[The Great Weal]

Can't help but respect how the Panthers are on the verge of making the finals back to back playing this style of hockey. A major excuse for us going from Finalists to dead last in the league was having to deal with a long playoff run, but that hasn't been the case for them.

 

[Lafleurs Guy]

Can't help but respect how the Panthers are on the verge of making the finals back to back playing this style of hockey. A major excuse for us going from Finalists to dead last in the league was having to deal with a long playoff run, but that hasn't been the case for them.

I think the excuse for our team going from finalists to dead last was that our team sucked.

 

[Hannibal]

Can't help but respect how the Panthers are on the verge of making the finals back to back playing this style of hockey. A major excuse for us going from Finalists to dead last in the league was having to deal with a long playoff run, but that hasn't been the case for them.

Tough as nails hockey teams will always be better than all skills.

They have no superskill players, but everyone of them are tough on pucks and physical.

 

[Lafleurs Guy]

If Laffy is generational, that word has no meaning at all

I’m very happy for Laf. I expected good things from him - and it didn’t happen forever, I actually gave up on him - and I’m glad he appears to be finding himself again. I think the Rangers badly mismanaged him but he seems to have come through it.

That being said, he’s nowhere near generational. I’m sure the Rangers would be more than happy if he became a point per game player- though he has the upside to do better than that.

 

[Lafleurs Guy]

Tough as nails hockey teams will always be better than all skills.

I’ll take both.

 

[Hannibal]

I’ll take both.

All skills are not succesfull in playoffs, sonhard pass for me. Don’t want to be the next leafs

 

[Lafleurs Guy]

All skills are not succesfull in playoffs, sonhard pass for me. Don’t want to be the next leafs

For every Matthews, Tavares and Marner there’s a Crosby, Malkin, Kessel.

Some guys produce in the playoffs and some don’t. Go look at cup winners there’s almost always great skilled players. Best thing you can do is a good mix. Lightning are a good example.

 

[Hannibal]

For every Matthews, Tavares and Marner there’s a Crosby, Malkin, Kessel.

Some guys produce in the playoffs and some don’t. Go look at cup winners there’s almost always great skilled players. Best thing you can do is a good mix. Lightning are a good example.

You have to find the skill player that will show up in playoffs. What i mean, is you don’t need to have a top 10-15 player in the league in points. Look at Dallas, Florida.

 

[Paddyjack]

I think the excuse for our team going from finalists to dead last was that our team sucked.

True, but then, we lost Weber, Price and Danault right after too.

 

[Non Player Canadiens]

these semis have been pretty good so far.

 

[sampollock]

Tough as nails hockey teams will always be better than all skills.

They have no superskill players, but everyone of them are tough on pucks and physical.

yup
the habs need more grit on the 3rd and 4th lines. if not 1 guy with heavy work ethic and a tough in the corner guy on the 2nd line.

 

[Lafleurs Guy]

You have to find the skill player that will show up in playoffs. What i mean, is you don’t need to have a top 10-15 player in the league in points. Look at Dallas, Florida.

Most cup winning teams have great scorers. Not all - but it greatly helps. Pens, Hawks, Lightning… all multi cup winners. Skill matters a lot.

Guys like Marner are an exception. Some skilled guys are better than others but he’s brutal and nobody should extrapolate anything from him and present him as being the rule. He’s the exception in that he’s exceptionally bad.

 

[Lafleurs Guy]

True, but then, we lost Weber, Price and Danault right after too.

Yep. That’s why we sucked.

 

[morhilane]

Can't help but respect how the Panthers are on the verge of making the finals back to back playing this style of hockey. A major excuse for us going from Finalists to dead last in the league was having to deal with a long playoff run, but that hasn't been the case for them.

They didn't lose their Weber, Price and Danault in a single off-season.

The long playoffs run was Gallagher's excuse for sucking (at an individual level) the follow seasons thought.

 

[The Great Weal]

They didn't lose their Weber, Price and Danault in a single off-season.

The long playoffs run was Gallagher's excuse for sucking (at an individual level) the follow seasons thought.

Yes I'm aware, but most importantly, they are a much better team than our team at the time. I just found this excuse in particular to be funny.

 

[MarkovsKnee]

I think the excuse for our team going from finalists to dead last was that our team sucked.

Well, that and no Price.

 

[HuGort]

The panel is gushing over Bennett's power and physical play. I remember when he couldn't do a chin up at the draft combine.

Bennett was steal of trade for Florida

 

[LaP]

Bennett was steal of trade for Florida

Reinhart was also a steal. Mountour was a great trade too. Forsling a great signing.

 

[Schooner Guy]

Reinhart was also a steal. Mountour was a great trade too. Forsling a great signing.

Forsling's so freaking good! Great at both ends. I wonder if he'll get more PP time next year when Montour's likely gone because of cap situation. Forsling's already a 40 point per season dman with very little PP time.