HF Habs: Road trip ahead

[Grate n Colorful Oz]

Xmas road trip

7 away games in 16 days

Dec 19th @ Arizona

Dec 21st @ Colorado

Dec 23rd @ Dallas

Dec 28th @ Tampa Bay

Dec 29th @ Sunrise

Dec 31st @ Washington

Jan 3rd @ Nashville


How many points? Turning point to a tank?

Discuss!

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[Fatbiggie]

I said 4pts. I expect a pretty mediocre road trip

 

[SwiftyHab]

I hope we lose 4 points that we already have

 

[the valiant effort]

3-3-1 unfortunately

 

[dinodebino]

On va en manger des tabarnacs.

 

[Rapala]

Logically we get 4 but there is nothing logical about this team.

 

[ReimanSum1908]

Man, if we can lose to Nashville and Arizona, we'll be golden. Here's hoping for 0 points, but I expect 6.

 

[sheed36]

I'll go with 1-5-1 for 3 points. Less than 3 points would be 100% fine as well.

 

[Monsieur Miz]

We beat Arizona and that's it.

 

[MarkovsKnee]

I think 5 pts.

Either

2-4-1 or 1-3-3

TB, Dallas & Washington are guaranteed losses.

But, Colorado is banged up. We could fluke out a win here.

Nashville & Florida are mediocre. Think it's 60/40 in their favour that they win, but you never know. A good goaltending performance, and some Suzuki/Caufield magic could turn the tide in our favour.

A win in Arizona seems most likely, but even that is 50/50. Coyotes have only played 8 home games this year. Their 4-3-1.

 

[Milhouse40]

I called Dec. 21st, the beginning of a reality check for the Habs......I don't think we'll be talking about Habs slim chances of making the PO after the holidays.

5 points would be the best case scenario!

 

[Redux91]

I'm gonna go with 4 points.
Ehhh actually make it.. 3 points

 

[HuGo Burner Acc]

I said 4pts. I expect a pretty mediocre road trip

4 pts in 7 games is far from mediocre. That's a 47 pt pace

 

[Skip Bayless]

Ls across the board.

 

[McGees]

3-3-1 unfortunately

My vote as well.

 

[the valiant effort]

My vote as well.

Holiday games are often sloppy snoozefests since almost everyone’s mind is elsewhere, so I def expect the Habs kids to steal a couple.

 

[zx81]

I voted 3 points but to be honest this team is playing better on the road and may surprise us with 4 points instead

 

[Rapala]

I called Dec. 21st, the beginning of a reality check for the Habs......I don't think we'll be talking about Habs slim chances of making the PO after the holidays.

5 points would be the best case scenario!

Were people talking about that?

 

[HuGo Burner Acc]

I called Dec. 21st, the beginning of a reality check for the Habs......I don't think we'll be talking about Habs slim chances of making the PO after the holidays.

5 points would be the best case scenario!

Yeah when they were almost in a playoff spot, I saw the difficulty of the schedule and told someone freaking out about the potential botched tank not to worry and that the Habs would be 25th or lower by mid December. Wasn't too far off.

My next prediction is 27th my mid January lol

 

[Milhouse40]

Were people talking about that?

Well, some believe we would finish too close of the PO for the tank, and some over optimist fans did think they had a chance.

 

[OldCraig71]

I voted 8 points but don’t ask me why.

 

[ReHabs]

Taking a short break from here since tensions have gotten high.

Keep in mind we wanted the Habs to endure this year and then never losing this much again… MSL has nothing good to work with, our rookies and youngsters are over-performing and will surely slow down (this might be happening already), while our vets are either useless or underperforming and might wake up (but it’s unlikely). The criticism of MSL has started but it’s important to keep a perspective: the Habs don’t have an NHL-worthy roster. The results therefore will be random, or worse.

I don’t think MSL is a master coach but I do think he has the right approach to hockey and will be successful as a coach once the Habs have an adequate or better roster.

Unfortunately the Habs can easily go 4-3 in their next span, or 3-4. But it won’t be the disaster slide the tank needed. Why? Because the results will be random. We have and enjoy great impetus from MSL and we know Coal Caufield can break any game… but we also have horrific and bad depth, and many players in bad form.

 

[ArtPeur]

Country roads, take me home... to the place I belong...

.. bottom of the standings.

 

[HabsForHire]

We beat Arizona and that's it.

Same, 2 points is what I'm calling

 

[sj315]

We beat Arizona and that's it.

Nah, we beat Florida and that's it