Post-Game Talk: Playoffs? Habs clinch playoff berth.

[Spearmint Rhino]

Backdoor Bergevin strikes again

Now anyting can appen!!

 

[angusyoung]

I TOLD yall Habs were going to make the playoffs. Bergie is here to stay baby!

 

[angusyoung]

I get the team is tired and missing some key players in Price, Weber, Gallagher and Deouin, but the reality is only Gallagher was useful.

Jake Evans deserve more ice time. Guy is stepping up big time.

Did the team not care once they got to ot ?

Imagine what Evans could do with 2 quality wingers

 

[FrankMTL]

These are pretty much the equivalent of how the Habs managed to clinch the playoffs.

 

[slybel]

What does Tatar do again?

Same thing as Chariot and Merrill...

 

[McGuires Corndog]

These are pretty much the equivalent of how the Habs managed to clinch the playoffs.

Not sure whether to laugh or cry. Lol

 

[WeThreeKings]

Not sure whether to laugh or cry. Lol

Don't be negative or Brian Wilde and John Lu will cry about it. You're supposed to be excited for the progress under Bergevin.

 

[BLONG7]

Great game by the Lehkonen-Evans-Byron line. They are the reason the Habs got a point.

Great night by those three guys!! Sometimes the blender works!!

Tatar in OT??? WTF?

 

[Film Noir]

That must be a very rare feat :

Team fires coach A

Coach B manages to have a worst record than coach A

Team makes playoffs

Happened twice under Bergevin.

 

[Roadhouse]

Man this feels good for Lehkonen. Hard working, sometimes-ace-shootin' SOB.

He promised us a spot in the playoffs this one time a few years ago while being interviewed on ice being the 1st star... it backfired. The Canes made the playoffs and he had egg on his face.

Then he scores at crunch time last year against the Pens and "gets us into the playoffs" vs. Philly. Game-winner.

Again last night, he "gets us into the playoffs" with a huh... tie-winner playoff enabler goal.

Redemption.

 

[dinodebino]

Reading what Ducharme said, I think that line stays for the playoffs.

KK and Kiddo will be riding the pine to start, unless Danault doesn't recover.

Ducharme will go with an all out experienced squad. And TBH, looking at it from a cool head perspective, I would to the same. At least to start. You got those vets for that precise moment.

And everybody will be well rested. The last time they held a meaningful tactical practice was in...February. Think about that. And after the Covid break, I think they went 3-0, then wheels fell off and the schedule went stupid.

They won't beat the Figs, but they will be more of a challenge that even the Figs are expecting.

 

[WeThreeKings]

Reading what Ducharme said, I think that line stays for the playoffs.

KK and Kiddo will be riding the pine to start, unless Danault doesn't recover.

Ducharme will go with an all out experienced squad. And TBH, looking at it from a cool head perspective, I would to the same. At least to start. You got those vets for that precise moment.

And everybody will be well rested. The last time they held a meaningful tactical practice was in...February. Think about that.

They aren't winning shit.. they should be using this as an opportunity to give more valuable play-off experience to the young players who will still be here when Danault, Tatar, Weber, Price, Armia and Drouin are all gone over the next couple of seasons.

 

[dinodebino]

They aren't winning shit.. they should be using this as an opportunity to give more valuable play-off experience to the young players who will still be here when Danault, Tatar, Weber, Price, Armia and Drouin are all gone over the next couple of seasons.

It will not happen at the start of the playoffs. No GM or coach in the playoffs would do such a thing...unless you're Serge Savard and Jacques Lemaire.

 

[dinodebino]

They aren't winning shit.. they should be using this as an opportunity to give more valuable play-off experience to the young players who will still be here when Danault, Tatar, Weber, Price, Armia and Drouin are all gone over the next couple of seasons.

And if they do decide to play all of the kids, then I'll applaud both of them.

But I doubt it. At least, from the get go.

 

[Habs Halifax]

You remember the movie "Usual Suspects"? Well, the Habs are limping into the playoffs but don't be fooled. We are pulling a Keyser Soze! lol

 

[Roadhouse]

April 2019 Cursed Declaration.

It's okay Lehky, you guys are in now. 4 pts in 6 games against the Rangers four years ago. Let's GO.


Canadiens notch important wins but still battling for a playoff spot

In an interview on the ice with RDS analyst Marc Denis after scoring the winning goal against the Lightning, forward Artturi Lehkonen brashly declared the Canadiens would win their last two games and make the playoffs.

Later in the dressing room, Lehkonen was more cautious. "I did not know what to say," he said. "We have two games left. We are just going to focus on our part and see what happens."

 

[morhilane]

It will not happen at the start of the playoffs. No GM or coach in the playoffs would do such a thing...unless you're Serge Savard and Jacques Lemaire.

They will only lose faster by thinking washed-out Staal is going to help them.

Which is fine by me!

 

[CaptainKirk]

You remember the movie "Usual Suspects"? Well, the Habs are limping into the playoffs but don't be fooled. We are pulling a Keyser Soze! lol

In our case it'll be Keyser Snoozé.

 

[salbutera]

Reading what Ducharme said, I think that line stays for the playoffs.

KK and Kiddo will be riding the pine to start, unless Danault doesn't recover.

Ducharme will go with an all out experienced squad. And TBH, looking at it from a cool head perspective, I would to the same. At least to start. You got those vets for that precise moment.

And everybody will be well rested. The last time they held a meaningful tactical practice was in...February. Think about that. And after the Covid break, I think they went 3-0, then wheels fell off and the schedule went stupid.

They won't beat the Figs, but they will be more of a challenge that even the Figs are expecting.

From
Arpon Basu’s article in The Athletic this morning:

“We have one game left, we’ll look at the situation for Wednesday, but we should have some time afterwards to recharge the batteries and have consecutive days of practice, which hasn’t happened since Feb. 25,” Ducharme said. “It hasn’t happened once. So we’re going to take advantage of that, for sure. And our players will be coming back. So we’ll be ready when it starts.”

Feb. 25 was Ducharme’s first game as coach of the Canadiens, a 6-3 loss to the Winnipeg Jets. He will have what amounts to a mini-training camp to get this team prepared for the playoffs. He will have healthy bodies. He will have room to breathe. He will have the ability to shape his lineup as he sees fit with no salary cap or recall restrictions to handcuff him.

He will have time and flexibility, something he has not had since landing that dream job as Canadiens coach.

IMHO - With a healthy Price, Weber and Gallagher I expect Habs will take the Leafs rather easily.

 

[Habs Halifax]

In our case it'll be Keyser Snoozé.

lol. Hope not. If I'm right and we knock out the Leafs, that GIF will go viral for the Habs. Would be sweet. I expect the Habs to be better, just don't know how much better. They have to realize they have nothing to loose and play a little loose

 

[durojean]

This is how you replace Danault when he prices himself out:

Isn't it a little sad that the team does not seem that much worst without our first line center ? I mean, would Danault really have made a difference in the 2 lost that we got without him ?

 

[Deebs]

Man this feels good for Lehkonen. Hard working, sometimes-ace-shootin' SOB.

He promised us a spot in the playoffs this one time a few years ago while being interviewed on ice being the 1st star... it backfired. The Canes made the playoffs and he had egg on his face.

Then he scores at crunch time last year against the Pens and "gets us into the playoffs" vs. Philly. Game-winner.

Again last night, he "gets us into the playoffs" with a huh... tie-winner playoff enabler goal.

Redemption.

He's such an underrated player and will be dynamite in the playoffs again. Works his sack off every game

 

[Saundies]

Isn't it kind of telling that the three guys who's jobs were in jeopardy work their balls off and get us the point that clinches the playoffs? All three guys sat at one point and came back better.

 

[Pacciosoftie]

Happened twice under Bergevin.

It’s all part of da plan. Like he said, anyting can happen.

 

[sandviper]

Man this feels good for Lehkonen. Hard working, sometimes-ace-shootin' SOB.

He promised us a spot in the playoffs this one time a few years ago while being interviewed on ice being the 1st star... it backfired. The Canes made the playoffs and he had egg on his face.

Then he scores at crunch time last year against the Pens and "gets us into the playoffs" vs. Philly. Game-winner.

Again last night, he "gets us into the playoffs" with a huh... tie-winner playoff enabler goal.

Redemption.

Lehkonen gets so much hate and I never understood why. Sure, he isn’t a top-6 winger, but he’s a solid bottom-6 option that works his ass off, isn’t soft and shows up in the playoffs. A few years ago, when the Rangers eliminated us, other than Radulov, Lehkonen was great in that series.