kinot-1 Posted November 4, 2014 Report Share Posted November 4, 2014 THE CHICAGO BLACK COME TO TOWN FOR A DATE WITH 7:30 PM RDS, SNE, TSN Radio 690 COURTESY OF PAT HICKEY, MONTRAL GAZETTE: Hungry teams: Both teams need a win in this Original Six showdown. The Canadiens are coming off an embarrassing 6-2 loss to the Calgary Flames Sunday night at the Bell Centre. The Canadiens had yet another slow start — they have surrendered the first goal in 10 of their 12 games this season — and they were unable to fashion one of their dramatic comebacks. The Canadiens are 8-3-1 on the season, but 1-2-1 in their last four games. But the Canadiens are in a better position than the Blackhawks, who have a 6-5-1 record and are currently out of a playoff position in the Western Conference. The Blackhawks have lost two in a row and five of their last seven. Changing up on D: If the alignment at Monday morning’s practice in Brossard is any indication, Michaėl Bournival will continue to be a permanent resident in the press box for the Canadiens and Alex Galchenyuk is back to being a full-time left-winger. But coach Michel Therrien did make some changes on defence. He loaded up the No. 1 pair with Andrei Markov and P.K. Subban, while Tom Gilbert was paired with Alexei Emelin. Therrien noted that Subban and Markov have played well together in the past, but the coach wouldn’t speculate on how long the two would be together. Work comes first: After a 6-2 loss to Calgary Sunday night, there might have been a temptation for Therrien to skate his players into the ice Monday morning. But with back-to-back games coming up — the Canadiens are in Buffalo Wednesday night — the emphasis was on individual battles and getting back to basics. Firing blanks in Chicago: You would expect the Blackhawks to be a high-scoring team with Jonathan Toews, Patrick Kane and Patrick Sharp in the lineup, but Chicago has had trouble putting the puck in the net. The Blackhawks scored 15 of their 29 goals in three games against Buffalo, Philadelphia and Ottawa. In their other nine games, they have been shut out twice and have scored 14 goals for an average of 1.55 goals a game. Return of the native: Blackhawks goaltender Corey Crawford, who grew up in Châteauguay, is healthy after missing six games with an upper-body injury. He’s 0-2 since his return, but gave up only three goals in those games and is among the league leaders with a 1.73 goals-against average and a .925 save percentage. Crawford is 2-0 in four lifetime appearances against the Canadiens. We’re No. 2: For the first time since opening night, the Canadiens aren’t in first place in the Atlantic Division. The Canadiens and Tampa Bay Lightning each have 17 points from 12 games, but the Lightning has the edge because it has eight regulation plus overtime wins, while the Canadiens have five. The Lightning also has a wide edge in goal differential at plus-10 to minus-4 for Montreal. Therrien added that he might consider making some lineup changes for Tuesday’s game, meaning Jiri Sekac and Michael Bournival could get into the lineup after being healthy scratches. Here’s how all the lines and defence pairings looked at practice Monday: Max Pacioretty-David Desharnais-Dale WeiseAlex Galchenyuk-Tomas Plekanec-Brendan GallagherRene Bourque-Lars Eller-P.A. ParenteauBrandon Prust-Manny Malhotra-Travis MoenMichael Bournival-Jiri Sekac Andrei Markov-P.K. SubbanAlexei Emelin-Tom GilbertNathan Beaulieu-Mike WeaverJarred Tinordi Carey Price-Dustin Tokarski kinot-1's GDT record 3-1-1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 4, 2014 Report Share Posted November 4, 2014 They're coming to town in a nasty mood after just losing to the Leafs. This could get ugly if we play our B game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinot-1 Posted November 4, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 4, 2014 They're coming to town in a nasty mood after just losing to the Leafs. This could get ugly if we play our B game. Do we have an "A" game? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MergenTatara Posted November 4, 2014 Report Share Posted November 4, 2014 Either a win against an elite team to raise confidence / morale or a brutal roasting on home ice. Hopefully, Habs rise to the occasion playing against BIG names. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marathon.Man Posted November 4, 2014 Report Share Posted November 4, 2014 GO HABS GO!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinot-1 Posted November 4, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 4, 2014 Moen out,,, Bourney in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manatee-X Posted November 4, 2014 Report Share Posted November 4, 2014 Lines as per John Lu: Pacioretty - Desharnais - Weise Galchenyuk - Plekanec - Gallagher Bourque - Eller - Parenteau Bournival - Malhotra - Prust I'm happy to see Bournival in, but I still don't love the look of that top line. The third one hasn't been able to come together at all, either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
habsisme Posted November 4, 2014 Report Share Posted November 4, 2014 Lines as per John Lu: Pacioretty - Desharnais - Weise Galchenyuk - Plekanec - Gallagher Bourque - Eller - Parenteau Bournival - Malhotra - Prust I'm happy to see Bournival in, but I still don't love the look of that top line. The third one hasn't been able to come together at all, either. Flip Weise with Bournival and I'd be happy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jedimaas Posted November 4, 2014 Report Share Posted November 4, 2014 Lines as per John Lu: Pacioretty - Desharnais - Weise Galchenyuk - Plekanec - Gallagher Bourque - Eller - Parenteau Bournival - Malhotra - Prust I'm happy to see Bournival in, but I still don't love the look of that top line. The third one hasn't been able to come together at all, either. Agreed. Something like this (assuming we absolutely cant convince MT to break up DD/Patches) would look a lot better imho: Pacioretty - DD - Parenteau Galchenyuk - Plekanec - Sekac Bournival - Eller - Gallagher Bourque - Malholtra - Weise The RW could change but I think Gallagher/Eller has always worked well, Parenteau would benefit from DD's vision and Sekac - showed good promise with Plekanec. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest archey Posted November 4, 2014 Report Share Posted November 4, 2014 This game, the way it's been described to me by way of living in Chicago. is that we're playing someone's ten year old sister. That is all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinot-1 Posted November 4, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 4, 2014 MT is 51 today. I wonder if the boys will play better to get him a win? Blackhawks have not won in Montreal since Dec. 3, 2001 (0-3-3). PK and Markov are back together. MONTRÉAL Record: 8-3-1 5 ROW 17 pts (.708)(2nd ATL) G/G: 2.33 (24th) GA/G: 2.92 (20th) PP%: 9.1% (27th) PK%: 86.3% (8th) 5-5 F/A: 0.92 (21th) CHICAGO Record: 6-5-1 4 ROW 13 pts (.542)(5th CEN) G/G: 2.25 (26th) GA/G: 1.92 (5th) PP%: 18.4% (17th) PK%: 91.9% (3rd) 5-5 F/A: 0.94 (20th) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest habs1952 Posted November 4, 2014 Report Share Posted November 4, 2014 Lines as per John Lu: Pacioretty - Desharnais - Weise Galchenyuk - Plekanec - Gallagher Bourque - Eller - Parenteau Bournival - Malhotra - Prust I'm happy to see Bournival in, but I still don't love the look of that top line. The third one hasn't been able to come together at all, either. Why waste talent on the first line when it seems DD only looks to feed the puck to Patches? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinot-1 Posted November 4, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 4, 2014 Maybe the reason Moen isn't playing, is that perhaps there's a deal in the works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jennifer_rocket Posted November 4, 2014 Report Share Posted November 4, 2014 Well, my soccer team, Arsenal FC, really blew it today in the Champions League. Hopefully Montreal puts in a good performance to cheer me up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinot-1 Posted November 4, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 4, 2014 Habs have the 3rd best PP record at home . Mind you, they only had 9 PPs, and scored on 3 of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hatethosebruins Posted November 5, 2014 Report Share Posted November 5, 2014 That first line Good grief MT *facepalm* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
habs_93 Posted November 5, 2014 Report Share Posted November 5, 2014 That first line Good grief MT *facepalm* I used up all my smug Therrien pictures last game, sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hatethosebruins Posted November 5, 2014 Report Share Posted November 5, 2014 Probably my first GDT in like 2 years, where'd everyone go I miss you guys I used up all my smug Therrien pictures last game, sorry. its okay theres always this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
habs_93 Posted November 5, 2014 Report Share Posted November 5, 2014 Probably my first GDT in like 2 years, where'd everyone go I miss you guys its okay theres always this Glad to have you back, HTB. Hopefully it's not a painful game. Oh, hey. I found another one! "DD-Weise?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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hatethosebruins Posted November 5, 2014 Report Share Posted November 5, 2014 Glad to have you back, HTB. Hopefully it's not a painful game. Oh, hey. I found another one! "DD-Weise?" ahahaha love it. Any reason as to why i refresh my page im taken to the top of the GDT? kinda annoying but not a huge deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spyVSspy Posted November 5, 2014 Report Share Posted November 5, 2014 Hello fans. Is sekac playing?. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinot-1 Posted November 5, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 5, 2014 ahahaha love it. Any reason as to why i refresh my page im taken to the top of the GDT? kinda annoying but not a huge deal. Sometimes I'm taken to the previous page,,,, deal with it. Hello fans. Is sekac playing?. No, but Bourney is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanahan1024 Posted November 5, 2014 Report Share Posted November 5, 2014 Any other Ontario viewers with RDS who are tired of the habs games not being broadcast or blacked out...Sportsnet buying NHL rights has ruined hockey for me lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vegasrick Posted November 5, 2014 Report Share Posted November 5, 2014 Sometimes I'm taken to the previous page,,,, deal with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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