H_T_L Posted October 20, 2021 Report Share Posted October 20, 2021 Time to turn this puppy around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
habsisme Posted October 20, 2021 Report Share Posted October 20, 2021 God if we lose and KK scores... I mean this has to be rock bottom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HabsAlways Posted October 20, 2021 Report Share Posted October 20, 2021 20 minutes ago, habsisme said: God if we lose and KK scores... I mean this has to be rock bottom I suspect we lose and KK gets a multi-point night playing alongside Aho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HabsAlways Posted October 20, 2021 Report Share Posted October 20, 2021 Just now, HabsAlways said: I suspect we lose and KK gets a multi-point night playing alongside Aho. Forgot to add ... and we lose somebody really important to injury Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maas_art Posted October 20, 2021 Report Share Posted October 20, 2021 I actually could care less if JK scores. I liked him as a player and a person. I dont blame him for signing that contract. At his age, who of us wouldnt have? He's a hurricane now, MB made his decision & I wish JK good luck. As for us, im torn. Ideally we should tank. Start trading away anyone over say, 27 or 28 and start stockpiling 1st rounders. This should be a very very deep draft. But on the other hand we just handed out long contracts to guys like Petry and Gallagher. Will either of them make it through a rebuild? Will we even consider moving them? Rebuilds are never easy, and timing them is the hardest part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigTed3 Posted October 20, 2021 Report Share Posted October 20, 2021 Starting a tank at Game 5 is too long for me. I mean in general, the best strategy for long-term success is to either be really really good or really really bad. The worst-case scenario is to end up in no man's land and have the 15th overall pick every year. But for now, I'm not interested in seeing an 82-game slide. In this case, as well, we have to remember that we also benefit if the Canes do really really badly (if they end up with a top 10 lottery pick, we keep that one and then we're free to not tank and give up pick 32 instead!). My guess is that the team will be at least a little bit motivated to stick it to Kotkaniemi and to the Canes organization for the offer sheet... also has to be a bit concerning for Ducharme. I know we just went to the Cup finals, but if Bergevin is really considering leaving after this season, he may not be patient. We have a big Western road trip coming up and long road trips are a great time to fire a coach and come home with a new one. If we're 2-8 or 1-9 coming home in a couple of weeks, that could be the end of Ducharme (and probably should be). So there's got to be motivation all over the place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graeme-1 Posted October 21, 2021 Report Share Posted October 21, 2021 8 hours ago, HabsAlways said: I suspect we lose and KK gets a multi-point night playing alongside Aho. KK getting more points than the entire Habs team combined would sound about right at this point Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graeme-1 Posted October 21, 2021 Report Share Posted October 21, 2021 6 hours ago, BigTed3 said: My guess is that the team will be at least a little bit motivated to stick it to Kotkaniemi and to the Canes organization for the offer sheet... also has to be a bit concerning for Ducharme. I know we just went to the Cup finals, but if Bergevin is really considering leaving after this season, he may not be patient. We have a big Western road trip coming up and long road trips are a great time to fire a coach and come home with a new one. If we're 2-8 or 1-9 coming home in a couple of weeks, that could be the end of Ducharme (and probably should be). So there's got to be motivation all over the place. I agree, Ducharme has a fairly long leash (new hire, took team to cup finals, GMs handpicked choice, etc), but the GM can only make so many excuses until a coach firing becomes inevitable, even if embarrassing for the GM. So there is a point where he'd get fired IMO, but I don't think we'll reach it. This team has holes, but I don't think it's as fundamentally broken as it looks like now. My hope is this is mostly a case of bad luck and everyone slumping together rather than a deeper problem (unfortunately when it happens at the start of the season it's a lot more noticeable than a mid-season slump). Even with the lack of depth at defense and center, we have too many good forwards for this to continue much longer. I'm going to predict a win here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jennifer_rocket Posted October 21, 2021 Report Share Posted October 21, 2021 I suspect the 2-0-0 Hurricanes who have looked pretty impressive over the last few seasons are going 3-0-0 after tonight. Would be lovely for Montreal to get headed in the right direction, but... I just see another loss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tony5775 Posted October 21, 2021 Report Share Posted October 21, 2021 1 minute ago, jennifer_rocket said: I suspect the 2-0-0 Hurricanes who have looked pretty impressive over the last few seasons are going 3-0-0 after tonight. Would be lovely for Montreal to get headed in the right direction, but... I just see another loss. New lines tonight, so new results. We get a win tonight. No doubt in my mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maas_art Posted October 21, 2021 Report Share Posted October 21, 2021 Evans confirmed back tonight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinot-2 Posted October 21, 2021 Report Share Posted October 21, 2021 68 - Mike Hoffman14 - Nick Suzuki11 - Brendan Gallagher 92 - Jonathan Drouin28 - Christian Dvorak17 - Josh Anderson 73 - Tyler Toffoli85 - Mathieu Perreault22 - Cole Caufield 62 - Artturi Lehkonen71 - Jake Evans40 - Joel Armia 24 - Adam Brooks13 - Cedric Paquette LDRDG 77 - Brett Kulak26 - Jeff Petry34 - 8 - Ben Chiarot20 - Chris Wideman35 - 27 - Alexander Romanov58 - David Savard 15 - Sami Niku Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maas_art Posted October 21, 2021 Report Share Posted October 21, 2021 6 minutes ago, kinot-2 said: 77 - Brett Kulak26 - Jeff Petry34 - Jake Allen 8 - Ben Chiarot20 - Chris Wideman35 - Sam Montembeault 27 - Alexander Romanov58 - David Savard 15 - Sami Niku I like the idea of playing a goalie on the top 2 defensive pairs... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinot-2 Posted October 21, 2021 Report Share Posted October 21, 2021 9 minutes ago, maas_art said: I like the idea of playing a goalie on the top 2 defensive pairs... Fixed,,,,,,,,,,,,, just for you. 16 minutes ago, kinot-2 said: 68 - Mike Hoffman14 - Nick Suzuki11 - Brendan Gallagher 92 - Jonathan Drouin28 - Christian Dvorak17 - Josh Anderson 73 - Tyler Toffoli85 - Mathieu Perreault22 - Cole Caufield 62 - Artturi Lehkonen71 - Jake Evans40 - Joel Armia 24 - Adam Brooks13 - Cedric Paquette LDRDG 77 - Brett Kulak26 - Jeff Petry34 - 8 - Ben Chiarot20 - Chris Wideman35 - 27 - Alexander Romanov58 - David Savard 15 - Sami Niku Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
habs1952 Posted October 21, 2021 Report Share Posted October 21, 2021 I picked tanking in the poll. We need a GM who recognizes our important needs and does something about them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HabsAlways Posted October 21, 2021 Report Share Posted October 21, 2021 2 hours ago, habs1952 said: I picked tanking in the poll. We need a GM who recognizes our important needs and does something about them. Danger of Tanking while MB is still GM is if he truly is not coming back he may just do something stupid to try and build his "value" up to sign somewhere else Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramcharger440 Posted October 21, 2021 Report Share Posted October 21, 2021 8 minutes ago, HabsAlways said: Danger of Tanking while MB is still GM is if he truly is not coming back he may just do something stupid to try and build his "value" up to sign somewhere else Yep! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maas_art Posted October 21, 2021 Report Share Posted October 21, 2021 9 minutes ago, HabsAlways said: Danger of Tanking while MB is still GM is if he truly is not coming back he may just do something stupid to try and build his "value" up to sign somewhere else If the reports are true - and guys like montreal media know that MB wont resign - then you have to think that a) Molson knows it too and b) has already got some candidates in mind. Now, its possible that the person they have in mind is currently employed with another team but if he's not, I think there's a decent chance Molson fires MB before he can make those moves. At the very least you would hope they've told bergevin he has to clear all moves with upper management. Molson may not know tons about hockey but he has to know that you dont, say, trade Caufield for a 30 year old 2nd line centre or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HabsAlways Posted October 21, 2021 Report Share Posted October 21, 2021 1 hour ago, maas_art said: If the reports are true - and guys like montreal media know that MB wont resign - then you have to think that a) Molson knows it too and b) has already got some candidates in mind. Now, its possible that the person they have in mind is currently employed with another team but if he's not, I think there's a decent chance Molson fires MB before he can make those moves. At the very least you would hope they've told bergevin he has to clear all moves with upper management. Molson may not know tons about hockey but he has to know that you dont, say, trade Caufield for a 30 year old 2nd line centre or something. That would be the hope ... but you gotta ask yourself about Molson's commitment to the team when he's left MB in as long as he has Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maas_art Posted October 21, 2021 Report Share Posted October 21, 2021 4 minutes ago, HabsAlways said: That would be the hope ... but you gotta ask yourself about Molson's commitment to the team when he's left MB in as long as he has I believe that Geoff Molson LOVES this team. I think his commitment is 100%. You can absolutely question his decision making - and, as you've said, he's left MB in despite the fact he really did very little for a very long time - but i am certain his commitment to the team is absolute. This is not some biilionaire who owns a hockey team in the midwest because he thinks its a good investment or something. Molson wants to win, of that I have no doubt... he just drank MB's koolaid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archey Posted October 21, 2021 Report Share Posted October 21, 2021 5 hours ago, habs1952 said: I picked tanking in the poll. We need a GM who recognizes our important needs and does something about them. Honest to God I do not see how a team can get to the Finals and have people say at the same time that there isn't something else going on with the team wayyyyyyyyy out of reach of the GM, but I'm not taking people to mean persons so...It's just time for me to say it or lose my self respect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiLla Posted October 21, 2021 Report Share Posted October 21, 2021 Yeah, I'm a sucker for drama and can't miss KK's return to Montreal. I'm gonna hate myself for this later at the office but there's no way I'm not going to watch at least the first period Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinot-2 Posted October 21, 2021 Report Share Posted October 21, 2021 3 minutes ago, ChiLla said: Yeah, I'm a sucker for drama and can't miss KK's return to Montreal. I'm gonna hate myself for this later at the office but there's no way I'm not going to watch at least the first period Glad to have you. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archey Posted October 21, 2021 Report Share Posted October 21, 2021 So shot one..Nah hit the net better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiLla Posted October 21, 2021 Report Share Posted October 21, 2021 So close Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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