Guest habsfan#08 Posted February 8, 2007 Report Share Posted February 8, 2007 He's gone back to producing nothing. Put him back with Lapierre and Streit. Where he could score. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHice24 Posted February 9, 2007 Report Share Posted February 9, 2007 nice goal on the penalty shot, other than that did nothing and guy is playing him too much Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roy_133 Posted February 9, 2007 Report Share Posted February 9, 2007 He's too slow to be playing the key minutes he is, he's dragging that line down 5 on 5 imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crognalsen Posted February 9, 2007 Report Share Posted February 9, 2007 I like Lats on the second line. I think hes fitting in pretty well there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HabsAddict78 Posted February 9, 2007 Report Share Posted February 9, 2007 i think he's one of the few who's actually still showing a consistently good effort, and i don't mind the minutes he's getting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ComeBackStanley Posted February 9, 2007 Report Share Posted February 9, 2007 i agree with the last post. though latendresse wasn't my favorite, i repect him greatly in that he's actually trying to play, there's just not much he can do without a team backing him up. If he can get a couple good breakaways and shoot (an possibly score) that's great but other than that there's not much he can do alone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainCouragous21 Posted February 9, 2007 Report Share Posted February 9, 2007 i think he's one of the few who's actually still showing a consistently good effort, and i don't mind the minutes he's getting. Im sorry but Lats has done absolotely nothing the last month or so. He is not ready for constant 1st or 2nd line duty. Hes better suited for the 4th line right now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dham Posted February 9, 2007 Report Share Posted February 9, 2007 He made a couple hits but he should be right on top, tieing up his matchup on the faceoffs. He stands about 3 feet away and being slow he'll never win a footrace for the puck if it comes to his side. He's excellent at holding the puck along the boards though, too bad no one gets in and helps him. On a couple occasions he held the puck too long and stead of getting it on net. One I can think of he turned towards the blueline instead of flipping it towards the net where Kovy was all alone. They gotta communicate! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubbya Posted February 9, 2007 Report Share Posted February 9, 2007 Well you can't really fault Gui for holding on to the puck to for a long time, he's young and he's learning. So when youre on a line with Kovy, thats the message you're sending to him. If the habs want gui to move the puck more, they should make kovalev lead by example Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roy_133 Posted February 9, 2007 Report Share Posted February 9, 2007 I disagree, we can't make a key player like Kovalev less effective simply to teach Gui a lesson, Kovalev is great at handling the puck when he's on, and should be doing so... As for Gui, if he's picking up bad habits from playing with Kovalev, simple solution, put him back on the 4th line... If he isn't mature enough to play his game and stick to what got him here he's not ready for top 6 duty anyways... Infact, either way, I'd put him back on the 4th line, he is too slow right now and it's dragging that line down 5 on 5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dham Posted February 9, 2007 Report Share Posted February 9, 2007 I disagree, we can't make a key player like Kovalev less effective simply to teach Gui a lesson, Kovalev is great at handling the puck when he's on, and should be doing so...As for Gui, if he's picking up bad habits from playing with Kovalev, simple solution, put him back on the 4th line... If he isn't mature enough to play his game and stick to what got him here he's not ready for top 6 duty anyways... Infact, either way, I'd put him back on the 4th line, he is too slow right now and it's dragging that line down 5 on 5. Exaclty. you've got three players on a line. Guy's job (as I would believe) is to play tough on the boards, dish the puck, and screen the goalie. The first one he's doing, the second could be better and as for screening the goalie. I dont think I saw his 220-230 pounds in front of Emery once last night. they put him with Koivu and he naturally got a few goals through hard work and now he seems to think he's a finesse goal scorer and not the down low, get dirty player that he was when he got here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest NDSuto Posted February 10, 2007 Report Share Posted February 10, 2007 I disagree, we can't make a key player like Kovalev less effective simply to teach Gui a lesson, Kovalev is great at handling the puck when he's on, and should be doing so...As for Gui, if he's picking up bad habits from playing with Kovalev, simple solution, put him back on the 4th line... If he isn't mature enough to play his game and stick to what got him here he's not ready for top 6 duty anyways... Infact, either way, I'd put him back on the 4th line, he is too slow right now and it's dragging that line down 5 on 5. I agree, I would like to see him play with Lapierre once again...Lapierre and Latendresse showed great chemistry when they played together and I think that both of them could help the other one. I realised that Latendresse is to slow to play with Kovalev. On the fourth line, he could be fast enough to help his teammates and he would help Lapierre to score a couple more goals. We could also have a "French connexion" with Begin's return...that would be a great energetic line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubbya Posted February 10, 2007 Report Share Posted February 10, 2007 I agree, I would like to see him play with Lapierre once again...Lapierre and Latendresse showed great chemistry when they played together and I think that both of them could help the other one. I realised that Latendresse is to slow to play with Kovalev. On the fourth line, he could be fast enough to help his teammates and he would help Lapierre to score a couple more goals.We could also have a "French connexion" with Begin's return...that would be a great energetic line. I like that line, when laps first came, he had 4 goals while on a line with Gui, that sounds like a good setup to me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest KOIVU#11 Posted February 12, 2007 Report Share Posted February 12, 2007 Beauty goal on the penalty shot the other night. I don't know whether Id put him in the shoot-out or not. If i had the choice I'd do what they do in the world juniors and make Kovalev go three times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TheFly Posted February 12, 2007 Report Share Posted February 12, 2007 he's good, not as good as RDS makes him out to be, he like any other rookie we have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest nextgretz Posted February 12, 2007 Report Share Posted February 12, 2007 i just had a thought!... does latendresse not remind u of a young gagne? they had reasonably the same numbers... when gange broke into the league, on his first year: 1999-2000, 80gp: 20g, 28a, 48p. in latendresse's first year he is on pace for: 2006-2007, 81gp: 16g, 19a, 35p. once forsberg joined the team, gange jumped from 45 points to 79 points. so mabye bringing in forsberg and putting him with latendresse would help out his career? after relizing this, i sorta hope that gainey will get him... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest NDSuto Posted February 12, 2007 Report Share Posted February 12, 2007 Having Forsberg would help anyone's career Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest detritus Posted February 12, 2007 Report Share Posted February 12, 2007 i just had a thought!...does latendresse not remind u of a young gagne? they had reasonably the same numbers... when gange broke into the league, on his first year: 1999-2000, 80gp: 20g, 28a, 48p. in latendresse's first year he is on pace for: 2006-2007, 81gp: 16g, 19a, 35p. once forsberg joined the team, gange jumped from 45 points to 79 points. so mabye bringing in forsberg and putting him with latendresse would help out his career? after relizing this, i sorta hope that gainey will get him... If we were able to bring Forsberg in, we should surround him with ALL the talent we can get, natural 20-30 goal scorers, not a possible, future, 20-30 goal scorer. Just imagine, if Ryder can net 30 goals playing with Ribz... what he could do with Foppa! By default tho, if we were to get Foppa, Lats would end up having a good center, so he would have nothing to complain about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Miltie01 Posted February 12, 2007 Report Share Posted February 12, 2007 i just had a thought!...does latendresse not remind u of a young gagne? they had reasonably the same numbers... when gange broke into the league, on his first year: 1999-2000, 80gp: 20g, 28a, 48p. in latendresse's first year he is on pace for: 2006-2007, 81gp: 16g, 19a, 35p. once forsberg joined the team, gange jumped from 45 points to 79 points. so mabye bringing in forsberg and putting him with latendresse would help out his career? after relizing this, i sorta hope that gainey will get him... Gagne definately skates better !!!! Let Gui develop to be what he can be, He has enough expectation thrusted upon him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amp73 Posted February 12, 2007 Report Share Posted February 12, 2007 Maybe it's time Gui sits out a few games and Montreal ices guys who are more experienced . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmash Posted February 12, 2007 Report Share Posted February 12, 2007 I was starting to think I was wrong about wanting him back in juniors, but now I don't regret what I thought, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TheFly Posted February 12, 2007 Report Share Posted February 12, 2007 I was starting to think I was wrong about wanting him back in juniors, but now I don't regret what I thought, For some reason i still believe that Latendresse wasn;t carbo's decision but managements to keep on the team because they new they would have made profits off of him with t-shirts and jerseys. Honestly we have so many better rookies than this kid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest stevesaku Posted February 12, 2007 Report Share Posted February 12, 2007 If we were able to bring Forsberg in, we should surround him with ALL the talent we can get, natural 20-30 goal scorers, not a possible, future, 20-30 goal scorer. Just imagine, if Ryder can net 30 goals playing with Ribz... what he could do with Foppa! By default tho, if we were to get Foppa, Lats would end up having a good center, so he would have nothing to complain about. ryder got 30 goals playing with koivu.. well he played most of the season with koivu..ribs was with bulis and kovy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmash Posted February 12, 2007 Report Share Posted February 12, 2007 For some reason i still believe that Latendresse wasn;t carbo's decision but managements to keep on the team because they new they would have made profits off of him with t-shirts and jerseys.Honestly we have so many better rookies than this kid. Thats an interesting point. I honestly don't think this was what Gainey wanted. Its unlike Gainey because he usually prefers to develop players slowly, and it also doesn't seem like him to keep him considernig that 7 years till UFA thing. I was thinking it was due to Carbo wanting the guy on his team, he convinced Gainey to sign him. But its possible the orders came from above Gainey's head. Gillete and Boivin don't seem like the type to directly get involved with the team, but we also know Gilette likes his money (which I think was proven when Montreal voted against changing the schedule back to the old format) Either way, I understand he brings a physical dimension we don't really have, but I still think the team would be just as well off with Kostitsyn. I'm not saying the move was a mistake, but I've questioned it since it happened, and I still do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest nextgretz Posted February 12, 2007 Report Share Posted February 12, 2007 Thats an interesting point. I honestly don't think this was what Gainey wanted. Its unlike Gainey because he usually prefers to develop players slowly, and it also doesn't seem like him to keep him considernig that 7 years till UFA thing. I was thinking it was due to Carbo wanting the guy on his team, he convinced Gainey to sign him. But its possible the orders came from above Gainey's head. Gillete and Boivin don't seem like the type to directly get involved with the team, but we also know Gilette likes his money (which I think was proven when Montreal voted against changing the schedule back to the old format)Either way, I understand he brings a physical dimension we don't really have, but I still think the team would be just as well off with Kostitsyn. I'm not saying the move was a mistake, but I've questioned it since it happened, and I still do. i think gainey seen sumthin in this kid, and i think it was more about the home town boy coming in, we have to many euro's on this team already, time to go back to our heritage...la habiton! also if kostitsyn was that good don't u think he'd be up here instead of lapierre:S Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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