Confirmed with Link: Slafkovsky, Guhle, Harris and Xhekaj made the team!!

[Adam Michaels]

 

[Captain97]

So you expect MTL to carry only 6 defenceman? Because if the are sending Xhekaj or Harris once Matheson come back, it will make the squad at 6 players only, right?

No we claimed kovacevic,

With Matheson healthy I'd send Harris down and we'd have the following 7

Matheson - Eddy
Guhle - Savard
AX - Kovacevic
Wideman

 

[Goal Caufield50]

So you expect MTL to carry only 6 defenceman? Because if the are sending Xhekaj or Harris once Matheson come back, it will make the squad at 6 players only, right?

Matheson takes the count to 7 and Edmundson as 8. When eddy returns someone has to go given the forward situation as per cap friendly stat’s

 

[EveryDay]

No we claimed kovacevic,

With Matheson healthy I'd send Harris down and we'd have the following 7

Matheson - Eddy
Guhle - Savard
AX - Kovacevic
Wideman

I know about Kovacevic, Edmundston tho is not healthy and not even close to return.

 

[Goal Caufield50]

No we claimed kovacevic,

With Matheson healthy I'd send Harris down and we'd have the following 7

Matheson - Eddy
Guhle - Savard
AX - Kovacevic
Wideman

I don’t think it will be Harris

 

[Kennerback]

I know about Kovacevic, Edmundston tho is not healthy and not even close to return.

Do we have Edmunston’s ETA?

 

[BLONG7]

There are forwards we could waive when the Dmen get healthy....

 

[Captain97]

I know about Kovacevic, Edmundston tho is not healthy and not even close to return.

Sorry meant Eddy, Matheson is almost ready to go. He is day to day.

Slept in and am just now drinking my coffee.

Until Eddy is Back

Matheson - Kovacevic
Guhle - Savard
AX - Harris
Wideman

Matheson is expected to play as soon as Wednesday

 

[The Great Weal]

Kind of surprised about Harris making the team, he wasn’t good enough. I’m hoping he’s just a placeholder.

 

[Adam Michaels]

So Matheson will start on Wednesday. Cap friendly has him as a scratch not injured reserve.

Matheson is listed day-to-day, so that could mean he gets cleared for Wednesday or he won't and could be cleared for the next game.

Right now, because he's injured, a spot opens up for one of the young guys. Once he's back, expect one of the young guys to be sent to Laval.

 

[Goal Caufield50]

Matheson is listed day-to-day, so that could mean he gets cleared for Wednesday or he won't and could be cleared for the next game.

Right now, because he's injured, a spot opens up for one of the young guys. Once he's back, expect one of the young guys to be sent to Laval.

Do you realize your math has 6 defensemen? i believe the team will have 7 D. Someone will go down when Eddy returns

 

[Frankenheimer]

Excellent news.

 

[Habano]

From our young D hopefuls at camp, this is the order I saw:
1- Guhle
2- Xman
3- Harris
4- Barron
HM- Trudeau, he really surprised me.

Ceilings are probably higher for #s 1,3 and 4 but Xman absolutely earned his spot for now. Can't wait for Mailloux, Hutson and hopefully Struble to be in the mix down the line.

 

[Pacciosoftie]

Let's get real, Slaf is a 1st overall pick and was going to start in Montreal even if had a shit camp.
It would be interesting how he does. Hopefully MSL puts him in a great position.

Hopefully he gets good linemates and decent TOI with PP time, if not he’s better suited in AHL.

 

[Kudo Shinichi]

Armia is out 1-2 weeks, so Slaf is probably staying on the roster till then

 

[ChesterNimitz]

Kind of surprised about Harris making the team, he wasn’t good enough. I’m hoping he’s just a placeholder.

He was solid not flashy. Kid will have a long career in the NHL.

 

[calder candidate]

No doubt this D will suck. But I find it hard to say that Xhekaj didn't earn a roster spot with his play. Who would you have rather kept?

He might has earn a spot especially with the injuries but it isn't just about keeping the best player because regarless who we keep as #6 it shouldn't really have any impact, it should be about doing what is best for Xhekaj and his long term futur... I don't think playing 3rd pairing on a tire fire Defense where every mistake will result in a goal and replayed on loop everywhere is good and worst he will also be expected and relied upon to drop the glove because we don't realy has anyone else...

Some of these move might also be to maximize our cap situation and have nothing to do with hockey...

 

[GobigorGohome]

Sad Wideman did not make the Laval squad.

 

[Matthew McConaughay]

So happy for Arby, his hard work paid off.

 

[Adam Michaels]

Do you realize your math has 6 defensemen? i believe the team will have 7 D. Someone will go down when Eddy returns

Without Matheson, the young guys will play more minutes and bigger roles. Once Matheson returns, their ice time and roles will change. So Habs will prefer having at least one of them in Laval to play the minutes and bigger role.

If they go for 7D, they could call up Schueneman to play that smaller role.

 

[Goal Caufield50]

Armia is out 1-2 weeks, so Slaf is probably staying on the roster till then

I think Hieneman will go first, likely to sweden

 

[The Great Weal]

He was solid not flashy. Kid will have a long career in the NHL.

I disagree about him being solid. Hopefully he heads to Laval when we are healthy.

 

[Beer and Chips]

He was decent - ok. Those other players just suck.

There were a few occasions where you could see Xhekaj had no idea what to do, went out of position and made a sequence of terrible passes.

A shit team like this with no depth you'll see him and the whole d squad exposed numerous times per night unless they can magically get it together, play a defensive 1st, 2nd and 3rd system and play it to a T

The forwards have to help more than they have been.

 

[Kennerback]

Cool that Guhle, Xhekaj and Slafkovsky hung other together in August-September and find out together they make the team. Only Robin is missing. It’s good for team-building.

 

[Goal Caufield50]

Without Matheson, the young guys will play more minutes and bigger roles. Once Matheson returns, their ice time and roles will change. So Habs will prefer having at least one of them in Laval to play the minutes and bigger role.

If they go for 7D, they could call up Schueneman to play that smaller role.

If they go with 7 D? What team in the 32 team league does not carry 7d? When you are in a hole, as the saying goes, is to stop digging