GDT: Playoffs Round 1: Montreal vs Tampa Bay - April 16th 2014 7:00 PM - CBC,RDS,CNBC,SUN
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Dagistitsyn
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Nah, I'm going to Montreal
I just meant I probably should have saved my vacation / money for second round if they make it
Bloumeister
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4-1 Tampa.
Then everybody here will go nuts, wanting to fire everybody, wanting to bench everybody, saying Price is chocking again, blablabla.
Then Habs will play a better second game, like they do everytime we think they're done, and tie the series.
Then everybody here will go nuts, wanting to fire everybody, wanting to bench everybody, saying Price is chocking again, blablabla.
Then Habs will play a better second game, like they do everytime we think they're done, and tie the series.
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I would definitely take a split in TB. I have a feeling we won't win till we're back in Montreal though.
Smokey Thompson
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That GDT is the epitome of awesomeness. LOL at Gaston Therrien's post count and Malone's location. Great job.
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Nah, I'm going to Montreal
I just meant I probably should have saved my vacation / money for second round if they make it
Though this series is hard to predict I wouldn't be surprised if the Habs walked through this one
However, I'll say the same thing I said last POs against Ottawa...the biggest leverage that Tampa has right now is coaching. That is the Habs' achilles heel. We saw MT unable to adjust last season, the team reflected the coaches' frustration, especially when Ottawa called a timeout with less than 1 min left in a game they won handily.
If Tampa's system outwork's Montreal's early on, I don't see MT being able to make the adjustments.
Unless Montreal magically find a secondary scoring line, something they haven't found all season long, the difference makers will be behind the bench.
However, I'll say the same thing I said last POs against Ottawa...the biggest leverage that Tampa has right now is coaching. That is the Habs' achilles heel. We saw MT unable to adjust last season, the team reflected the coaches' frustration, especially when Ottawa called a timeout with less than 1 min left in a game they won handily.
If Tampa's system outwork's Montreal's early on, I don't see MT being able to make the adjustments.
Unless Montreal magically find a secondary scoring line, something they haven't found all season long, the difference makers will be behind the bench.
Dagistitsyn
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last year, MT had to deal with an injury-ridden rookie lineup.
Rookies aren't exactly known to handle playoff emergency pressure superbely. There are the occasional exceptions, like Subban, but otherwise they are more likely to breakdown their system and be unable to adjust to instructions.
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Against Tampa, we scored 4 goals... Briere has 2 and he's on the 4th line.
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i don't want to sound over confident or cocky but if we can't beat a Tampa team minus MSL, Lecavalier, Malone and Bishop than we have much bigger problems than we know of.
I know Tampa has been a good team, better than us in fact this season but these injuries and trades have a material impact on this team and we should be able to exploit it enough to get to the 2nd round.
Taking into account the 1st series is normally the hardest fought, I don't expect a quick series but i do expect us to win this and it shouldn't be THAT close.
Habs in 6 starting with a win tonight!
Go Habs Go!!!!
I know Tampa has been a good team, better than us in fact this season but these injuries and trades have a material impact on this team and we should be able to exploit it enough to get to the 2nd round.
Taking into account the 1st series is normally the hardest fought, I don't expect a quick series but i do expect us to win this and it shouldn't be THAT close.
Habs in 6 starting with a win tonight!
Go Habs Go!!!!
I got the Habs winning too in my NHL14 predictions lol.
4-1 vs Tampa
4-3 vs Detroit
4-2 vs Flyers
4-2 vs Kings
Smokey Thompson
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His best forwards in the playoffs were rookies. One of them had the best 2 periods of his career in game 4 when down 2-1 in the series. He was bolted to the bench for the 3rd period as MT went into a defensive cocoon.
The team blew the lead and Carey got injured in the dying minutes of that period.
I don't buy the rookie lineup stuff. The team played it's best game in game 2 when Patches and Gio sat and with Chucky at center despite having a ton of rookies. MT just got outcoached from start to finish.
Dagistitsyn
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It's bad enough he's not in the top 6 for his playoff stats alone, but I didn't realize this was a thing too. Brutal
The team played its best game in Game 1, when we shot 54 times against Anderson. And not simple BB Guns shots either.
It's bad enough he's not in the top 6 for his playoff stats alone, but I didn't realize this was a thing too. Brutal
Don't make me say the magic word again.
It's SPEED <---
Okay. Seriously, tho. We have probably the fastest line of the entire series right there in that 4th line. Briere thrives against weaker opposition, and now that he is given fast-crasher wingers, I suspect he will be able to convert effectively.
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