Post-Game Talk: Record breaking Slaf and the Habs lose to dirty Rags
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sheed36
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Damn.. This site is really lagging for me. Gifs and pics not showing up and just a pain to navigate the site.
Bell and Rogers must be really pissed about that Rielly 5 game suspension and throttling HF to a crawl.
Bell and Rogers must be really pissed about that Rielly 5 game suspension and throttling HF to a crawl.
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I don't think that's very realistic unless we get very lucky in the lottery but Lindstrom is also possibility. That would be a sick consolation prize.
sheed36
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I think posted that exact same gif or very similar in the GDT after the play but it didn't show due to a very slow HF.
I know, I’m not actually counting on luck, I mean, I am of full mental health… relatively for a poster on this board
But we are bare looking on offense. Glad for the first line but the gap between what we have that’s ready for prime time and what’s available and in the pipeline is way too large. I’ve drumming this beat but we have to step on our egos and LOSE A TRADE to bring in a very good to excellent NHL ready forward that moves the needle.
I’ve said this about MB a lot; he wasn’t willing to lose a trade to bring in a player… when it mattered. I hope we trade a D prospect for a forward this summer. One that has value, not a Harris or a Struble.
MarkovsKnee
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Terrible 2nd period per usual. Damn the team just completely fell apart.
Not a terrible loss though. Caufield 2g, 1a. Slafkovsky 1g, 1a & Suzuki 1a. Top line was excellent again. Caufield is one goal away from 20 goals & definitely has the potential to hit 30 goals this year. Slafkovsky is 8 goals from 20. I really hope he gets there.
The rest of the forwards pretty much suck particularly the 3 amigos: Pearson, Gallagher & Anderson. They are just awful.
Newhook is not a good center. He's just way better on the wing.
Tough night for the D & Montembeault, who finished with a .774 save percentage.
Not a terrible loss though. Caufield 2g, 1a. Slafkovsky 1g, 1a & Suzuki 1a. Top line was excellent again. Caufield is one goal away from 20 goals & definitely has the potential to hit 30 goals this year. Slafkovsky is 8 goals from 20. I really hope he gets there.
The rest of the forwards pretty much suck particularly the 3 amigos: Pearson, Gallagher & Anderson. They are just awful.
Newhook is not a good center. He's just way better on the wing.
Tough night for the D & Montembeault, who finished with a .774 save percentage.
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Lolonegoal
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I really just want us to trade Winnipeg and Calgary's first + a prospect for him, so we man say we got him for Monahan+
NewDef
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Indeed, forgot about him. I used to really like him, he seems to have somewhat stalled lately. I wish he had a development curve a bit steeper. He may surprise at camp. I wish we had more roster spot freed for camp surprises.Emil Heinnemann??
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I do the same thing after bedding the ladies!
donghabs98
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Between Anderson and Gally, Habs have both term and money locked up in 2 ineffective wingers. At some point, at least one of them will need to go if we're to start building a competitive team.
donghabs98
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Our veteran forwards are truly a let down. With the exception of Monahan, we've see so many veteran forwards with questionable efforts or just a lack of skill to contribute. Its disappointing because their role is to guide and set an example for the younger forwards but its just not the case. If Anderson isnt gonna score, be physical. If Gally is past his prime, just drive to the net and play hard (but not dumb).
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Gallagher can be bought out without too much inconvenience at some point as he’ll be untradeable.
As for Anderson, his contract will look more and more affordable as the cap goes up — should be moveable next season.
He's taking up a roster spot that he hasn't deserved this season. Its one thing not to score but to stop playing defense and stop hitting is infuriating. What happens if Heinemann out-plays him at camp?
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Put your best in the best position to shine.
Of course, vets who don’t pull their own weight are normally afforded too much rope which makes the idea of a meritocracy a pipe dream.
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MarkovsKnee
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Pearson we're done with this summer thank god. I don't think Montreal will be able to trade him at all at TD.
Gallagher we have to buyout summer of 2025. There's just no reason not to. Gorton used buyouts in New York to reset that roster. He'll need to do it with Gallagher.
Hopefully Anderson can be traded summer of 2025. He'll have 2 years left. We might be able to trade him with $1m to $1.5m of retention.
Evans, Allen, Armia & Savard's contracts are done after next season too.
It's tough, but one more year then we should be finally rid of Bergevin's awful team.
We have a #1 line. Dach should be a play driver on the 2nd unit if he can stay healthy. Newhook should be good to go as one of his wingers (he's not center). We need another top 6 forward.
And, we definitely need to fill out the bottom 6. We have some prospective prospects there: Beck, Kapanen, Roy, Mesar, Tuch, Xhekaj Jr., but we could use more. We need a lot more forward prospects.
I stopped watching early and missed all our 1st-line's heroics, but yeah baby – another multi-pointer for the teenager and Caufield is moving towards 30! I can live with that.
Of course, this'll become a lot tougher when we're rooting for the team and not just individual stats...
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I thought for the most part this talent challenged team played as well as could be expected against a strong opponent.
After playing probably our best road period of the season in the first period, we made the mistake of starting to trade scoring chances with a superiorly talented opponent . The Rangers scored at a higher rate on their chances than we did. That’s what better teams usually do. But the team never gave up and continued to push back back and compete until the final whistle. With this team, we can ask for no more.
Some of our players were exposed. No more so than Kovacevic, who the Rangers repeatedly went around and through all game long. We have too many players who aren’t ready, will never be ready or are no longer ready to play at a high NHL level. And last night, Montembeault wasn’t able to mask that all telling fact as he has so often done this season.
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Schooner Guy
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I think that's what he tried to do when he traded Sergachev for Drouin after we were 1st in the Eastern Conference and had one of the best records in the NHL. Unfortunately he didn't keep Radulov and Markov and we all know what happened with Drouin/Sergachev.I know, I’m not actually counting on luck, I mean, I am of full mental health… relatively for a poster on this board
But we are bare looking on offense. Glad for the first line but the gap between what we have that’s ready for prime time and what’s available and in the pipeline is way too large. I’ve drumming this beat but we have to step on our egos and LOSE A TRADE to bring in a very good to excellent NHL ready forward that moves the needle.
I’ve said this about MB a lot; he wasn’t willing to lose a trade to bring in a player… when it mattered. I hope we trade a D prospect for a forward this summer. One that has value, not a Harris or a Struble.
But I get your point and agree that at some point it will probably be wise to overpay for a top line forward.
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BLONG7
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I like what you are thinking here!!
Man the vets on this team for the most part have been...................................brutal.
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