GDT: Preseason Game 3 - Laval Rocket+ vs Leafs 7PM EST Sportsnet & RDS

[ThaDevilGirl]

It's pre-season for the Habs but HF is already in mid-season firm. Never change, HF Habs.

 

[Boss Man Hughes]

Yeah but there's more to it than that. Pietrangelo had great puck skills and poise, Reinbacher has been handling it like a live grenade thus far. He's not as bad as he's been so far, but he's also not anywhere near as good as Pietrangelo was at the same age.

Pieternagelo was nothing at 19.

 

[xX SEYF Xx]

Why y'all pissed out? Laval is playing not that bad against a supposedly contender this year on a different league, Go Rocket

 

[neopreneur]

Yeah but there's more to it than that. Pietrangelo had great puck skills and poise, Reinbacher has been handling it like a live grenade thus far. He's not as bad as he's been so far, but he's also not anywhere near as good as Pietrangelo was at the same age.

Pietrangelo had better puck skills in NHL pre-season at the same age?

 

[Bouboumaster]

All the forwards suck , If Laine was playing at least him and Lane could two man show it

Kapanen and Roy were solid in the first game, but even them are ASS tonight
Same with Newhook

 

[Redux91]

that 67 fella for the leafs looks like the worst captain in habs history

It's weird, I was getting that same vibe from that random player as well

 

[HabsWhiteKnightLOL]

At least the goalies have been pretty good this preseason

 

[Blame the referee]

Is Dobes Waiver eligible?

 

[Habs]

Shame on you we could have used Leonard

It wa as joke I hate Reinbacher lol

 

[austin316]

Clearly we still need to find a top RD moving forward as we continue to build our team.

On another note, what’s the point of dressing an entire AHL lineup when we have so many areas our team needs to work on? Not sure this accomplishes anything having our prospects get dominated by an NHL team.

 

[Tyson]

Don't sleep on Dobes. He's better than Primeau already, imo.

Let's see how we play next two periods. Got the omg we are playing a full, NHL team without many of our established NHLers period over with.

If you look at Dobes, you see an impressive athlete whose NCAA numbers were very impressive. Folks who think Fowler is the future may have those views altered soon by Dobes. Habs have some impressive goalie prospects

 

[Gustave]

I DO HOPE that they thought the world out of him. That they REALLY see him, with time, a top 2 D. That's what a top 5 pick should be. Not 3 or 4. Top 2. 'Cause a top 5 pick up front is most like not only top 6...but maybe even top 3.

Watch the draft video, they loved him. Saw in him great offensive prowess. They were describing something huge. We’ll see if they had it right, unless it was all for show…

 

[Rapala]

Decent period for Barron he's crumpling players along the wall and clearing the zone effectively.
Tough go for Reinbacher and I found Kapanen struggling a bit against bigger stronger players.

 

[sampollock]

It wa as joke I hate Reinbacher lol

I thought so

Willie Nelly's out but nostrils looks ready to go

 

[austin316]

Dobes is much more efficient in his movement than both Monty and Primeau.

 

[Estimated_Prophet]

Another embarrassing GDT with all of the ridiculous comments.

 

[Tyson]

You've got a good preview of that in this very thread already

Sad isn't it? Some cant even show an ounce of patience with some of the most raw young players.

 

[le_sean]

It's pre-season for the Habs but HF is already in mid-season firm. Never change, HF Habs.

Just surprising that it’s veteran posters that should know better than to jump off a cliff this quick into someone’s career. I mean our very own 1st overall pick looked worse than that. Here we are judging a known project in his first game against top NHLers.

 

[Whitesnake]

I'll end this Reinbacher thing now....but let just be real here...if any of the teams we hated, Boston, Ottawa, Toronto would have had the top 5 pick and would have picked Rein...imagine how we would have laughed at them. Be real. Nobody would have thought this as a good pick....and we would have laughed at the pick.

NOW, today...he's ours. We all know what we thought and still think of the pick. We have NO CHOICE but to wait and hope for a progression. Right now, the pick wasn't good. What will save the pick is not the pick itself, it's his development.

So in Laval.....slowly learn the calendar and the smaller ice surface....and come here in 2 years. I would leave him there 2 years UNLESS it's a dramatic development this year. I don't expect it. But been wrong before...(hello Kapanen...)

 

[Rapala]

If you look at Dobes, you see an impressive athlete whose NCAA numbers were very impressive. Folks who think Fowler is the future may have those views altered soon by Dobes. Habs have some impressive goalie prospects

He is a real Gem. If he can remain quiet in his crease he will jump one and maybe two goaltenders. I'm convinced of it.

 

[Boss Man Hughes]

Clearly we still need to find a top RD moving forward as we continue to build our team.

On another note, what’s the point of dressing an entire AHL lineup when we have so many areas our team needs to work on? Not sure this accomplishes anything having our prospects get dominated by an NHL team.

No one sends veterans to away games.

 

[SannywithoutCompy]

Pietrangelo had better puck skills in NHL pre-season at the same age?

Pietrangelo had better puck skills in general at the same age.

 

[Sagikev]

Decent period for Barron he's crumpling players along the wall and clearing the zone effectively.
Tough go for Reinbacher and I found Kapanen struggling a bit against bigger stronger players.

Like most kids Kapanen needs to get stronger, because everything else is NHL ready or really close. Good skating, good hands, quick thinking, IQ, vision, it's all there

 

[Vachon23]

Making a final evaluation of big 19th years old Dmen who almost never played in NA after 1 period in the preseason…

Pathetic…

 

[sampollock]

Stick with the rebuild send the guys down and need more seasoning this team will be all right