kinot-2 Posted November 5, 2019 Report Share Posted November 5, 2019 TONITE, OUR HABS WELCOME TO THE CONFINES OF THE BELL CENTER 1st game of the season between the 2 teams. Bruins will be playing the 2nd half of a back to back. They played Pens Monday where they won 6-4. In his last 8 games against us Rask is 6-1-1. CJ will be coaching his 1,200th game and Chara will be playing in his 1,500th game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinot-2 Posted November 5, 2019 Author Report Share Posted November 5, 2019 Rask has been the NHL’s best in the early going with a league-best 1.49 GAA and a .949 SP en route to a 7-0-1 record. Carey has a 6-4-1 record and his 2.64 goals-against average ranks 25th in the NHL, while his .915 save percentage is 28th. Poehling will centre the third line with Artturi Lehkonen and Paul Byron, while Nick Suzuki returns to the fourth line with Nate Thompson and Nick Cousins. Brad Marchand and David Pastrnak extended lengthy point streaks Monday. The pesky Marchand had two goals and three assists — he has 10 goals and 18 assists in his run. He’s second in the NHL scoring race with 28 points and has the best plus/minus rating (plus-15). Pastrnak had a goal and an assist Monday and has points in 13 consecutive games with 14 goals and 15 assists. He leads the NHL with 29 points and is the top goal-scorer with 14. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jennifer_rocket Posted November 5, 2019 Report Share Posted November 5, 2019 Yikes! Pastnak and Marchand are rolling at a 2 ppg pace. That's frightening. I hope we don't get beaten TOO badly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HabsRuleForever Posted November 5, 2019 Report Share Posted November 5, 2019 4 minutes ago, jennifer_rocket said: Yikes! Pastnak and Marchand are rolling at a 2 ppg pace. That's frightening. I hope we don't get beaten TOO badly. And two cheap shots per game. Hopefully they will be tired. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maas_art Posted November 5, 2019 Report Share Posted November 5, 2019 27 minutes ago, jennifer_rocket said: Yikes! Pastnak and Marchand are rolling at a 2 ppg pace. That's frightening. I hope we don't get beaten TOO badly. Stop that line & win the game. Its that simple (I know, not simple, they are amazing) but after that line- Pastrnak (29) Marchand (28) Bergeron (15) - they fall off a cliff. Aside from Torey Krug (11) their next leading scorer has 6 points. Id be tempted to play Lehks on the top line tonight (Lehks - Danault - Gallagher) and just try and smother them all night. Tatar is going to have his hands full with Pastrnak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jennifer_rocket Posted November 5, 2019 Report Share Posted November 5, 2019 46 minutes ago, maas_art said: Stop that line & win the game. Its that simple (I know, not simple, they are amazing) but after that line- Pastrnak (29) Marchand (28) Bergeron (15) - they fall off a cliff. Aside from Torey Krug (11) their next leading scorer has 6 points. Id be tempted to play Lehks on the top line tonight (Lehks - Danault - Gallagher) and just try and smother them all night. Tatar is going to have his hands full with Pastrnak. Might be worth considering. But... alas... I don't think swapping Lehkonen for Tatar on that line will make a whole world of difference. Pastrnak and co. will find their way out against less defensively competent competition at some point. Not to mention that none of our defensive pairings will probably be able to capably handle them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maas_art Posted November 5, 2019 Report Share Posted November 5, 2019 23 minutes ago, jennifer_rocket said: Might be worth considering. But... alas... I don't think swapping Lehkonen for Tatar on that line will make a whole world of difference. Pastrnak and co. will find their way out against less defensively competent competition at some point. Not to mention that none of our defensive pairings will probably be able to capably handle them. I actually think we'll do ok. Just a gut feeling but i think we're going to jump out to a lead & never look back. 3-0 Habs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tony5775 Posted November 5, 2019 Report Share Posted November 5, 2019 59 minutes ago, maas_art said: I actually think we'll do ok. Just a gut feeling but i think we're going to jump out to a lead & never look back. 3-0 Habs. I agree, should not be hard to get up for this game. Going to predict that Poehling gets a goal as well. Hope you are correct about him sticking for the season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinot-2 Posted November 5, 2019 Author Report Share Posted November 5, 2019 Our refs for tonight are: Francois St. Laurent (8) - Greenfield Park, QC Marc Joannette (25) - Verdun, QC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinot-2 Posted November 5, 2019 Author Report Share Posted November 5, 2019 Bold prediction: Cale Fleury gets into a fight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
claremont Posted November 5, 2019 Report Share Posted November 5, 2019 Hoping for a solid competitive game and a good test to see where we are - Poehling won’t get pushed around Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinot-2 Posted November 5, 2019 Author Report Share Posted November 5, 2019 Stoopid 7:30 start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinot-2 Posted November 5, 2019 Author Report Share Posted November 5, 2019 I wonder if they plan on honouring chara's 1500th game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramcharger440 Posted November 5, 2019 Report Share Posted November 5, 2019 this will be a good acid test for us either we can play with these guys or we get blown out and all our flaws are revealed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinot-2 Posted November 5, 2019 Author Report Share Posted November 5, 2019 Out of the ruins 52 goals, their top line has 31 of them. They have 12 PPG between them. Either contain or limit their chances and we should win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H_T_L Posted November 5, 2019 Report Share Posted November 5, 2019 1 hour ago, kinot-2 said: Stoopid 7:30 start. And with the time change it feels like a game out West. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinot-2 Posted November 5, 2019 Author Report Share Posted November 5, 2019 Love this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
claremont Posted November 5, 2019 Report Share Posted November 5, 2019 We may need three clones of Claude Provost to shadow each member of their top line - umm you youngins may not get that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinot-2 Posted November 6, 2019 Author Report Share Posted November 6, 2019 3 minutes ago, claremont said: We may need three clones of Claude Provost to shadow each member of their top line - umm you youngins may not get that! Yup, remember him following Hull all over the ice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinot-2 Posted November 6, 2019 Author Report Share Posted November 6, 2019 Weird that TSN 690 went off the air. I can't get them on either of my sources. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
claremont Posted November 6, 2019 Report Share Posted November 6, 2019 12 minutes ago, kinot-2 said: Yup, remember him following Hull all over the ice. Must have been just after your first 10 posts on this forum about 64,500 ago 🤪 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinot-2 Posted November 6, 2019 Author Report Share Posted November 6, 2019 1 minute ago, claremont said: Must have been just after your first 10 posts on this forum about 64,500 ago 🤪 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HabsAlways Posted November 6, 2019 Report Share Posted November 6, 2019 4 minutes ago, claremont said: Must have been just after your first 10 posts on this forum about 64,500 ago 🤪 Back then they just sent carrier pigeons to each other to talk about the Habs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BornToBeAHab Posted November 6, 2019 Report Share Posted November 6, 2019 Not as long ago win Toronto won the cup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinot-2 Posted November 6, 2019 Author Report Share Posted November 6, 2019 1 minute ago, HabsAlways said: Back then they just sent carrier pigeons to each other to talk about the Habs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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