Playoffs Positivity Thread .......... Re-Poll, option to change your vote is open as of Jan 7

[ahmedou]

105 HFHabs members think that the Habs will make the playoffs. 38%!

169 HFHabs members think that the Habs will not make the playoffs! 62%!

 

[Grate n Colorful Oz]

Close this thread already

 

[expy]

105 HFHabs members think that the Habs will make the playoffs. 38%!

169 HFHabs members think that the Habs will not make the playoffs! 62%!

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I know "fan" is an abbreviation of "fanatic"... But some people take it way too seriously.

Mods: Do we know who or how many changed their votes from "No" to "Yes"?

 

[Rapala]

I know "fan" is an abbreviation of "fanatic"... But some people take it way too seriously.

Mods: Do we know who or how many changed their votes from "No" to "Yes"?

An option to change a vote is a joke to begin with...

Seriously I didn't mean to vote for TRUMP.

 

[DAChampion]

Why did the offense disappear?

 

[WinterLion]

As an all year tanker, I suggest we keep this thread. It works WAY better than the Tank thread.

 

[RationalExpectations]

Why did the offense disappear?

It s more why did it appear during 15 games ? Luck can t last a whole season.

 

[HabsCowboysOwn]

 

[RationalExpectations]

As an all year tanker, I suggest we keep this thread. It works WAY better than the Tank thread.

I don t understand the Tank mentality at this stage it s been three years of being super bad, why would some people want more of this ?

 

[habamillions]

As an all year tanker, I suggest we keep this thread. It works WAY better than the Tank thread.

Was just about to say its time to bring the tank thread back. But this jinx threas is working fine.

 

[Lshap]

Mods: Do we know who or how many changed their votes from "No" to "Yes"?

Changed votes don't appear onscreen, however all voters will get a visit from HF Security Enforcement after the poll closes, inquiring whether or not your vote was changed.

I strongly suggest answering honestly. A few people didn't. We miss them.

 

[morhilane]

Why did the offense disappear?

It's more "where is the defense?": 4 goals against in each of their last 4 games/losses, Habs defense let in way too many high danger chances again.

The oppositions has adapted to the Habs dzone play and a few too many vets are giving in a weaker effort or playing too much/are too tired. That impact both the Habs defense and offense.

And it seems that losing Heineman had a bigger impact than expected, but losing a guy playing 11-10 minutes shouldn't be... And now Guhle is injured, that one means more Matheson and Habs won't win anyting with more Matheson.

 

[WeThreeKings]

Why did the offense disappear?

Our offense was firing when all 4 lines were able to contribute. Losing Heineman was the first step in things falling apart. Suddenly you have only 3 lines with the 2nd line that only shows up some nights and rarely with all 3 playing a good game at the same time.

Then the powerplays have started to dry up and when they got the PPs, two things happened:
1. MSL started taking the first unit off after 1 minute, which means you are only geting half a PP.
2. Teams are taking away Laine, and there isn't an answer so far for what they want to do without that shot being there. Slaf found Caufield in the bumper last night which is a good start, but Slaf also needs to shoot and take it to the net which he doesn't want to do.

 

[DAChampion]

Our offense was firing when all 4 lines were able to contribute. Losing Heineman was the first step in things falling apart. Suddenly you have only 3 lines with the 2nd line that only shows up some nights and rarely with all 3 playing a good game at the same time.

Then the powerplays have started to dry up and when they got the PPs, two things happened:
1. MSL started taking the first unit off after 1 minute, which means you are only geting half a PP.
2. Teams are taking away Laine, and there isn't an answer so far for what they want to do without that shot being there. Slaf found Caufield in the bumper last night which is a good start, but Slaf also needs to shoot and take it to the net which he doesn't want to do.

But shouldn't teams taking away Laine's space on the PP actually help by opening up space for the other players?

 

[WeThreeKings]

But shouldn't teams taking away Laine's space on the PP actually help by opening up space for the other players?

It should but it's in my message that they haven't adapted, they started with Caufield in the bumper but you can't only have two looks, and effectively 1 if they're gonna just take Laine away.

 

[Chili]

Made a comparison of East teams at the 50 games mark, last year to this season.

-​	Points after 50 games​	Points after 50 games​	+/-​
Team	2023-24​	2024-25​
Toronto	60​	62​	+2​
Florida	66​	61​	-5​
Tampa Bay	59​	57​	-2​
Ottawa	46​	56​	+10​
Boston	71​	54​	-17​
Detroit	58​	53​	-5​
Montreal	50​	53​	+3​
Buffalo	48​	43​	-5​
Atlantic​	458​	439​	-19​
Washington	53​	73​	+20​
Carolina	63​	64​	+1​
New Jersey	54​	60​	+6​
Columbus	42​	55​	+13​
NYI	54​	53​	-1​
NYR	65​	52​	-13​
Philadelphia	56​	50​	-6​
Pittsburgh	53​	48​	-5​
Metro​	440​	455​	+15​

Big time jump for the Caps, nice step forward for Columbus. Bruins & Rangers, ouch! Almost all of the teams who were in a playoff spot at this point last season went on to the post season (main exception was the Flyers although they were only 3 points up on the Caps).

 

[Rapala]

If we can spoil both Boston and Ottawa that would be good by me.

 

[rahad]

Habs lost to top tier team like Minnesota and Winnipeg. The next 3 teams should be ''easier'' for us with Anaheim, San Jose and LA King.