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

[Habs Halifax]

With a win tonight we'd officially be in the 2nd wildcard spot

The Blue Jackets and Pens play tomorrow though so one of them would be guaranteed to overtake us lol.

A playoff spot almost half way through the season and after being near the bottom a month ago. Who would have thought?

Very curious to see how long they can keep this team D/goaltending going.

 

[morhilane]

Very curious to see how long they can keep this team D/goaltending going.

If they survive the rest of January, the 2 weeks off in February should re-energize them for the rest of the season. January is their most brutal part of the season, both in frequency of games and team caliber.

 

[Lafleurs Guy]

We just beat the last 4 Stanley cup Champions in their own arenas.

That’s actually really cool.

 

[Lafleurs Guy]

It's just fun for now. I don't expect playoffs so I'm just enjoying the ride while the games are still meaningful... and hoping that I'm wrong at the same time.

This is how I feel. And it’s how I felt this year would go before the season began. I thought we’d be fighting for a spot but ultimately lose out at somewhere around 85 points. Then we got off to that terrible start…

Things are finally starting to really click. With Dach coming back and the addition of Carrière things are definitely looking a lot better.

 

[WeThreeKings]

This is how I feel. And it’s how I felt this year would go before the season began. I thought we’d be fighting for a spot but ultimately lose out at somewhere around 85 points. Then we got off to that terrible start…

Things are finally starting to really click. With Dach coming back and the addition of Carrière things are definitely looking a lot better.

Still room for Dach's game to round out.. and then of course, we know Newhook can do more than he is doing and Slaf is the other one that has massive room for improvement.

My theory on Slaf is this:

He got injured year 1 so he didn't really have a rookie season in full.
Year 2 was a normal rookie year, learn the league struggle and then find your game second half.
This year is his sophomore slump.
People know what he did last year that made him successful, bought his hype a bit, now he's gotta figure out how to expand his game and adapt.

 

[Lafleurs Guy]

Still room for Dach's game to round out.. and then of course, we know Newhook can do more than he is doing and Slaf is the other one that has massive room for improvement.

My theory on Slaf is this:

He got injured year 1 so he didn't really have a rookie season in full.
Year 2 was a normal rookie year, learn the league struggle and then find your game second half.
This year is his sophomore slump.
People know what he did last year that made him successful, bought his hype a bit, now he's gotta figure out how to expand his game and adapt.

Newhook’s season has been so strange. Terrible at the beginning and then improved a lot but not rewarded for it. He should have a lot more points than he does.

Slaf I feel is a little complacent. Needs to fire up his game but I’m not worried about him in the slightest.

Right around February was when I would’ve expected RB to join the team. It’s a shame he can’t.

 

[Jurivan Demidovsky]

A win against Vancouver tonight puts us into the 2nd wild card spot!

Let's f***ing go!!!!!

 

[Adam Michaels]

A win against Vancouver tonight puts us into the 2nd wild card spot!

Let's f***ing go!!!!!

They do really need to win tonight. Because tomorrow, it's OTT vs. DET and CBJ vs. PIT. So the 4 teams directly in competition with the Habs are facing each other. The priority is that those games end in regulation and they don't become 3-point games.

 

[Frankenheimer]

Am I the only one not following the other teams yet? The Habs still have 43 games to play this season. Still over half to go.

Just worry about winning games yourself and developing the young players and prospects.

I'm with you, but whatever gets people excited.

 

[HuGort]

Canadiens have best bottom 6 in league

 

[Frankenheimer]

Canadiens have best bottom 6 in league

Possibly. But probably among most expensive.

In any case, there's been talk about rolling four productive lines for ages. We're finally seeing what that could look like. Maybe it will be beginning of new model and we'll finally be ahead of the curve instead of chasing latest trends (like when Bergs decided getting huge was the answer).

 

[Jurivan Demidovsky]

 

[Guy Larose]

Kill the stupid tank thread!

 

[Frankenheimer]

The power of positivity.

 

[Jurivan Demidovsky]

Kill the stupid tank thread!

This team is sick!! Most exciting Habs team in the last 30 years lol

 

[HuGo Burner Acc]

Like I said back in the summer, if a bum team like Detroit can be an inch from the playoffs last year, Habs can definitely do it. They finally have a good 2nd and 3rd pairing as well as a star no.1. And the forwards are doing their thing

 

[JoelWarlord]

LMFAO in a playoff spot this rocks

 

[WeThreeKings]

We don't want no stank

Give us that DRANK

 

[the valiant effort]

Playoff spot clinched

Now, we take the East

 

[Boyon90]

 

[Goalfield13]

I just want to point out a few things:
1. Hutson is top of rookie scoring
2. Hutson is top 10 in D scoring
3. Caufield is top 10 in goal scoring
4. Suzuki is close to being top 10 in assists

 

[salbutera]

My oh my, how sentiments have changed …

#bandwagontime

 

[The Great Weal]

Carey Price better start getting back to game shape. We're gonna cap circumcise the league so hard in the playoffs. Oh and Demidov too.

 

[Jabba11]

Carey Price better start getting back to game shape. We're gonna cap circumcise the league so hard in the playoffs. Oh and Demidov too.

I think Carey is ready to take over for the playoffs. But I feel like it's gonna be le Printemps de Dobes all over again!

 

[SpeedyPotato]

I think Carey is ready to take over for the playoffs. But I feel like it's gonna be le Printemps de Dobes all over again!

Oh man I’m just sad thinking about Carey never really had a team able to score in front of him. Just imagine prime Price with the team we’ll have next year…