GDT: Preseason Game no. 5: Leafs @ Habs | Deadwood is served! | Mon. Oct. 3rd, 2022, 7 PM ET -- TSN2/4, RDS, ESPN+

[Catanddogguitarrr]

It’s that titanium lubricant they injected in his hips.

You just found the nick name for Monahan : Titanium Hips

 

[Runner77]

I will be honest, i dont have a clue anymore lol

Looking at Saku’s regular season stats, the closest I could find to the numbers in your tagline is 11-18-29. Those were the points he produced in his last NHL season after which he retired.

Only explanation I can come up with on your numbers (10-19-29) is that his stat line must have been adjusted further to a change by an official, upon review.

That’s the best I could come up with. Your tagline will continue to intrigue, in the interim.

 

[Spearmint Rhino]

I don't know how Burrows still has a job.

A Means to an End

 

[Runner77]

I can just picture him now in his lab. The "Mad" meme scientist.

Without you guys, there is no inspiration, nor incentive to try anything new.

 

[admiralcadillac]

The more I think about it, the more I think that a Slafkovsky Dach Caufield line makes more sense than any Suzuki line.

Dach seems like a playmaking beast and with their size, if Slaf really reach his potential, they would make so much space for Caufield.

Yeah Dach seems really good. His passing on the PP is absolutely top notch.

Dach might not score many goals but he’s a good skater, uses his body, good hands, good puck protection, wires his passes.

 

[Runner77]

That player will not get you a bucket of pucks and a Howie Meeker poster let alone a draft pick

Howie Meeker?

“Now you have dated yourself!”

Signed: @Habs Icing

 

[BaseballCoach]

The more I think about it, the more I think that a Slafkovsky Dach Caufield line makes more sense than any Suzuki line.

Dach seems like a playmaking beast and with their size, if Slaf really reach his potential, they would make so much space for Caufield.

Monahan-Suzuki-Anderson
Dadonov-Dvorak-Gallagher
Slafkovsky-Dach-Caufield
Drouin-Evans-Heineman/Mesar/Ylonen
IR: Byron
extras: Pitlick, Pezzetta
waive: Hoffman, Armia

If either Dadonov or Drouin does not put in the effort, replace by Pitlick

 

[SlafySZN]

Monahan-Suzuki-Anderson
Slafkovsky-Dach-Caufield
Dadonov-Dvorak-Gallagher
Drouin-Evans-Heineman/Mesar/Ylonen
IR: Byron
extras: Pitlick, Pezzetta
waive: Hoffman, Armia

Would be OK with this, honestly.

 

[BaseballCoach]

Bowey sucks. I can't believe people were hyping him before the game lol

They all sucked other than Matheson. It's what you get when you are missing your #2, #3, #4, #5 and #6 defencemen.

We played defencemen 7-11 tonight. I guess based on his 3 games so far, Leskinen "earns" #7. Bowey is perhaps #8 by default. Barron is not reading the play well, Xhekaj needs to reduce errors with lots of minutes in Laval, Schueneman is a #4 AHL team rearguard.

 

[calder candidate]

Even if it is a small sample, I’m ok with what I saw from Bowey, I would start the year with him on the right side to buy some time and start Barron in the AHL.

Matheson Savard
Edmondson Wideman
Harris Bowey
Shueneman

Guhle Barron
Xekaj Dello
Fairbrother Tourigny
Norlinder

 

[Habs]

Hoffman and Drouin need to be shot into the sun

Xhekaj is one mean ass mf and has a Star Wars name, how can you not like this guy

he did nothing tonight after Bunting made him look like a punk. Preseason, should have throttled him and made a memorable moment for management.

Even if it is a small sample, I’m ok with what I saw from Bowey, I would start the year with him on the right side to buy some time and start Barron in the AHL.

Matheson Savard
Edmondson Wideman
Harris Bowey
Shueneman

Guhle Barron
Xekaj Dello
Fairbrother Tourigny
Norlinder

Shu and Bowey both stink, Guhle should be on the big club without question and Harris hasn't proved anything yet either.

 

[nhlfan9191]

Hoffman and Drouin need to be shot into the sun

Xhekaj is one mean ass mf and has a Star Wars name, how can you not like this guy

Many goals will be bled with both Hoffman and Drouin on the ice. They’ll serve their purpose.

 

[Kudo Shinichi]

Spoler alert: our actual roster isn't that far from an AHL roster as it is

Among the ones you mentioned, the only 2 relevant ones are Edmundson and Price like I said in my OP but I wasn't using 10 games as a threshold. I'm sure we'll have tons of 10 game injuries again this year like many teams.

Most of our mangames lost game from:
Price and Edmundson (77 and 58)


After that you had
Byron - 27GP (non-factor)
Drouin - 34 GP (non-factor)
Allen - 35 GP (non-factor but helped with the tank)
Toffoli - 37 GP (traded about 15-20 games later?)
Dvorak - 56 GP (non-factor for the most part)
Gallagher - 56 GP (non-factor)
Armia - 60 GP (non-factor)

Among this list, I'll say probably losing Toffoli hurt. Dvorak wasn't good for most of his 56 games prior to the coaching change.

People hoping for a noticeable improvement due to being healthy are in for a rude awakening. This habs team simply is not good while most of the teams in our conference got better.

That's a ridiculous take.

If only 1 of those players was injured, it wouldn't make much of a difference, but when it's almost the entire top 9, 3 of the top 4 D, and the top 2 goalies that are out for a significant amount of time it makes a major difference. Not to mention, it wasn't 1 injured player at a time, but multiple players injured at the same time.

You're arguing that having replaced
Caufield, Hoffman, Dvorak, Toffoli, Anderson, Evans, Petry, Gallagher, Drouin, Savard, Armia, Byron, Edmundson, Price, and Allen
with
Dauphin, Pezzetta, Perreault, Schueneman, Vejdemo, Niku, Ylonen, Clague, Tyler Pitlick, Paquette, Belzile, Primeau, and Montembeault
for nearly 300 games combined made no notable difference.

 

[StCaufield]

So tired of hearing this recycled comment...who are we gaining from our record man games lost? The only one that can make a difference is Edmundson. Everyone else we lost was either a non-factor (Armia, Byron, Gallagher partly, Hoffman, Driuin) or is still out (Price).

I'm hoping for career years too, after we get a top 5 pick in this very deep draft. A year won't kill me and it won't kill you either.

I’m not sure if you seen the carousel of players coming in and out of the lineup last year. Literally could never get any chemistry as yes they obliterated the man games lost it’s just a fact. Yes there has been a lot of turnover but consistency beats the hell out of losing guys and never having any level of confidence along with having the worst coach in the league easily. I think our kids will do much better than multiple patch jobs and actually have an identity with players development which would mean not a top 5 pick other than kids careers being stunted buy getting roasted in Montreal all year. We aren’t getting bedard like most want here and we’ll have a good pick but the shallow fans hope for failure is shameful. What player wants to play for a shitty fan base like that? Your comments are recycled a billion times more. You want the team to turtle and have their D core just devastated to the point where development would again be stunted. This is a volatile young team that needs success. Tanking is essentially what you want. Results for tanking in sports as a whole is truly overrated and hardly ever works there’s multiple articles on it

 

[Manse]

It's not that we are bad that bothers me, its the zero intensity, nobody is mad at anything, just happy to be victims out there. Its as if you forget what got you drafted, you put on the CH and you turn into a total buttercup. The way you lose, is worse than the score, this teams is just emotionless, as if they can just 'turn it on' once the season starts. Little Bunton making a fool out of Xhekaj and lipping him off lol.

That seems to be the norm with all the lines right now, that has to change , you have to compete to take steps foward . Coach as to light a fire under their asses to become a team and management need to get rid off deadwood

 

[Manse]

Most of the defense players tonight (at D or the forwards on the PK) were AHLers or rookies. It's been like that all preseason.

Will be like that all season , lot of the vets will be taking time off lol

 

[HostileCapSpace]

The more I think about it, the more I think that a Slafkovsky Dach Caufield line makes more sense than any Suzuki line.

Dach seems like a playmaking beast and with their size, if Slaf really reach his potential, they would make so much space for Caufield.

Caufield and Suzuki were PPG players down the stretch together and you want to break them up already without even trying again?

 

[hvac412]

It's not that we are bad that bothers me, its the zero intensity, nobody is mad at anything, just happy to be victims out there. Its as if you forget what got you drafted, you put on the CH and you turn into a total buttercup. The way you lose, is worse than the score, this teams is just emotionless, as if they can just 'turn it on' once the season starts. Little Bunton making a fool out of Xhekaj and lipping him off lol.

the coaching inexperience is glaring,the whole big picture thing marty keeps preaching is getting old.

 

[G0bias]

Caufield and Suzuki were PPG players down the stretch together and you want to break them up already without even trying again?

If it leads to Dach and Slaf developing into legitimate top 6ers, that benefits the team far more than Suzuki-CC going PPG this season.

 

[Tyson]

Some folks mentioned on this site that we should maybe trade Anderson. I disagree, all he needs is to finally find some consistency.
And yes, I think he can he a good example for Slafkovsky.

While this is not a playoff team they have some good pieces to build from-
Suzuki
Dach
Caufield
Monahan
Anderson
Evans
Gallagher (yes, Gallagher)
Matheson
Savard
Allen
Edmundson
And several very young players.

 

[Coffee]

Random thought, but it Suzuki payed with Jt Miller and Brock Boeser and Pettersson came here. Suzuki would be considered the superior player to Pettersson…

 

[BaseballCoach]

Even if it is a small sample, I’m ok with what I saw from Bowey, I would start the year with him on the right side to buy some time and start Barron in the AHL.

Matheson Savard
Edmondson Wideman
Harris Bowey
Shueneman

Guhle Barron
Xekaj Dello
Fairbrother Tourigny
Norlinder

Not bad. Guhle is 3 miles ahead of Schueneman and should start in the NHL as the 4th best D, 3rd pair plus PK instead of Wideman. I'd prefer Leskinen to Bowie, with Harris moving to the right, but Bowie needs waivers and Otto does not so I'm ok with trying it this way first.

 

[Tyson]

MSL went out of his way to praise Otto Leskinen after the game. He played on the right side against Toronto's top line.
No one mentions him a whole lot.

 

[BaseballCoach]

Some folks mentioned on this site that we should maybe trade Anderson. I disagree, all he needs is to finally find some consistency.
And yes, I think he can he a good example for Slafkovsky.

While this is not a playoff team they have some good pieces to build from-
Suzuki
Dach
Caufield
Monahan
Anderson
Evans
Gallagher (yes, Gallagher)
Matheson
Savard
Allen
Edmundson
And several very young players.

Not high on Savard but agree with all the rest, and yes Gallahger seems to be able to play on the ice despite being overpaid. I'm also thrilled Monahan was able to step right into a spot and look good. He wasn't drafted 6OA for nothing after all!

But you can't deny Slafkovsky is one the BIG pieces to build from!!

 

[Tyson]

Not high on Savard but agree with all the rest, and yes Gallahger seems to be able to play on the ice despite being overpaid. I'm also thrilled Monahan was able to step right into a spot and look good. He wasn't drafted 6OA for nothing after all!

But you can't deny Slafkovsky is one the BIG pieces to build from!!

Savard at best has always been a 4,5 or 6 D and in that role he is excellent.
He gets in trouble when he is asked to play top pairing minutes.
I see him as more of a mentor for the young D, especially Guhle.