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With the win Buffalo moves 4 pts up on Montreal, no games in hand. CBJ stay 6 pts back with a game in hand.

I didn't know this, but according to the Columbus PBP crew, Buffalo has been the NHL's best defensive team since January 1st. It's a bit too late for them. Overall, they rank 25th defensively. They were absolutely awful in the 1st half of season.
 
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Rapala said:
Not to mention Xhekaj's re-emergence clearly shows he has more upside.
He's definitely going too be a better more valuable Dman than Struble.
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I think poise is hard to teach and Struble's got it in spades. I think that's what people are seeing when the pencil him in over others. But his skills are not top tier, at least he hasn't shown them to be yet. Struble's hard to read, he could be a safe bottom pairing guy or he could explode and become like Nate Schmidt was in his prime. More physical of course.

I see a lot more upside with pretty much the rest of our D. I think Struble more stole a spot from Harris since he's basically a muscular Harris with slightly worse skating. The injuries in the past two years really robbed some of our guys from progressing in Laval with bigger minutes.
 
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MarkovsKnee said:
With the win Buffalo moves 4 pts up on Montreal, no games in hand. CBJ stay 6 pts back with a game in hand.

I didn't know this, but according to the Columbus PBP crew, Buffalo has been the NHL's best defensive team since January 1st. It's a bit too late for them. Overall, they rank 25th defensively. They were absolutely awful in the 1st half of season.
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That's what they do, they finish the season strong and we are all led to believe they will be "the team to watch" next season until they fail again..
 
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Ezpz said:
I think poise is hard to teach and Struble's got it in spades. I think that's what people are seeing when the pencil him in over others. But his skills are not top tier, at least he hasn't shown them to be yet. Struble's hard to read, he could be a safe bottom pairing guy or he could explode and become like Nate Schmidt was in his prime. More physical of course.

I see a lot more upside with pretty much the rest of our D. I think Struble more stole a spot from Harris since he's basically a muscular Harris with slightly worse skating. The injuries in the past two years really robbed some of our guys from progressing in Laval with bigger minutes.
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Struble started struggling a couple of weeks ago. I think we are discovering he's better suited as a 3rd pairing guy.
I love Arber's game when he doesn't try to do too much. Takes the ice he's given and keep his gap control and timing where it's been the past couple of games.
Wingers are uncomfortable going up against him when he does.
 
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MarkovsKnee said:
With the win Buffalo moves 4 pts up on Montreal, no games in hand. CBJ stay 6 pts back with a game in hand.

I didn't know this, but according to the Columbus PBP crew, Buffalo has been the NHL's best defensive team since January 1st. It's a bit too late for them. Overall, they rank 25th defensively. They were absolutely awful in the 1st half of season.
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UPL has been awesome for them
 
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RationalExpectations said:
1OA 2022,
5OA 2023,
soon 3-5OA 2024

I hope this is the last tank season, don t want MTL to lose for 5 more years.
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Provided we get a regular amount of injuries vs the insane amount we have usually gotten, it should be the transition year next year.

Still some dead weight from MB to get rid of, will be the slow introduction of more youth in the NHL/AHL and expect more trades and FA moves to improve the team.

Should pick between 9-13 and miss the playoffs but will be in the thick of it until late in the year.
 
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WeThreeKings said:
Provided we get a regular amount of injuries vs the insane amount we have usually gotten, it should be the transition year next year.

Still some dead weight from MB to get rid of, will be the slow introduction of more youth in the NHL/AHL and expect more trades and FA moves to improve the team.

Should pick between 9-13 and miss the playoffs but will be in the thick of it until late in the year.
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I don t know about that MTL is dropping like a stone right now :D The question is whether the amount of injuries Habs got is really bad luck or if they have injury prone players
 
I'm not normally this negative, but in my heart of hearts I honestly believe this team is a long way from success. I've stopped considering Dach as a long term solution for our team. Dude can barely play half a season, let alone prove he's in any way better than Suzuki over a period of more than 5-10 healthy games. In terms of projecting the team, he's a permanent band-aid boy and I wouldn't be banking the future on him.

I used to be a Guhle fan but blegh. He's regressed this season and I've mentally given him every excuse I can find from his linemates to his deployment. Dude gets sent on his arse more times a game then the fake concern trolls were pretending Slaf did in the entirety of last year. Also, he's a bit of a band-aid boy too.

Caufield is unfortunately turning into what his likely worst NHL projectable self could be. 25-30 goal scorer and 60-70 points. If he projected as less of a scorer, his career would likely go the way of Drouin, because he provides absolutely 0 in terms of NHL hockey outside of scoring opportunities. Can't wait to see him spin around desperate to avoid any semblance of contact when pressured on the boards by a player 5+ feet away and lose the puck for the 5th time a game. He's basically 35+ year old Ovi. Caufield provides basically nothing in all zones apart from a scoring threat that occasionally passes, but he can barely score and has all of 3 more goals in 5 more games than Ovi this year whom everyone was speculating was done.

Goaltending is a an absolute void and anyone pretending Montemblow, Primeau, or some untested 2nd round+ nobody is our future are also kidding themselves.

All this said, let's pray to the hockey gods that Reinbacher, Hutson, or this year's pick don't see a serious development altering injury, which has happened before.

Even if all the above players work out 100%, Montreal still won't be a yearly favourite for the cup imo. In all honesty, at this point I'm just enjoying the process and ignoring the blaring alarms.
 
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