It is possible that they didn't know serious it was, or maybe they felt that it would be something he could heal over night.. which is why he practiced today..
But as a pro team IMO you don't take that chance, it's happened already player comes up and if he isn't needed he sits in the press box and goes back down
You're on your own tonight. Subban was one of our better Dman tonight. He and Gorges played well.
Weber had his worst game this year. I don't blame him though, being switched from forward to defense throughout a game can't be easy.
PK had one of his better games, you have no reason to criticize him tonight.
I respect your opinion, you know that. Maybe I'll give the game another go later, although it might just make me mad that Khabby is so good and I dropped him in my fantasy pool.
I was at the game and the three reasons we lost were:
Martin.
Martin
Gauthier.
This is the first time I've ever seen a team give up 13 total shots (plus the empty netter) and felt they overwhelmingly deserved to lose. This team has no fire, no compete, no heart, no soul, no grit and no hope. Their first period was a PERFECT example of how to take the crowd out of a game. Delivered to you, habs fans, at hundreds of dollars a seat, by YOUR Montreal Canadiens.
We allowed fourteen shots against and still looked like the worse team. Think about that. That's ****ing pathetic.
Welcome back. Lets see who else of the "tankers of 6" will appear if we lose again.
Yes because you think theses players are entering their prime ?
You're the one who seems new to this team. I'll agree that Patch can become a 30goal scorer but that's about it.
Gionta will only decline from now on, he's 32/33 y/o.
Same deal with Cole. You think theses guys will reach 30 consistently at this age when they never did back in their prime?
the point that i'm making and your not getting is that when you name all of these players that have the potential to score 30, is that your looking at it as a horrible thing. Gionta declining?..maybe but he had 29 goals last yr and I bet he will be around there again this yr. AK is looking like a 25-30 goal scorer, and who knows Eller could even do it someday. Anyway this is a useless argument, its all baseless and fueled by hate by you. ...go make a tanking thread
What else would you do though? You cant call anyone up. Your only option is to have Emelin as a forward or Weber. Weber has more experience up front, so it's easier to do that because you know what to expect.
Habs already called Palushaj because somebody was a question mark. AKost was a question mark yesterday. And then even if you don't call anybody, you double shift your best forward and you play Blunden once in a while. I'd take a double shift of MaxPac/Cole/Cammy than a shift of Weber up front. And I'd take a Weber on D more often than a rusty Emelin.
I was at the game and the three reasons we lost were:
Martin.
Martin
Gauthier.
This is the first time I've ever seen a team give up 13 total shots (plus the empty netter) and felt they overwhelmingly deserved to lose. This team has no fire, no compete, no heart, no soul, no grit and no hope. Their first period was a PERFECT example of how to take the crowd out of a game. Delivered to you, habs fans, at hundreds of dollars a seat, by YOUR Montreal Canadiens.
We allowed fourteen shots against and still looked like the worse team. Think about that. That's ****ing pathetic.
The Habs are just an extension of their boring emotionless coach.. Watching JM on the bench and you wouldn't know if the Habs were up by 3 goals or down by 3 goals..
I'll be very surprised if JM survives the season and maybe even PG going with him.
I think Weber has had two bad games this season. Last game, he wasn't very good. Tonight, he also wasn't very good.
Although, it sucks for him that he's flip-flopped from forward to defense so much. Can't help his confidence at all. The guy has been playing good defense this year and a few games ago, I couldn't remember him screwing up. He screwed up quite a few times tonight, even after getting switch back to defense. Martin needs to leave him alone. Give him a position and stick too it.
I know the injury to Kostitsyn was unfortunate, but the fact that we aren't carrying an extra forward is very suspect to me.
Welcome back. Lets see who else of the "tankers of 6" will appear if we lose again.
To be fair we're a fifth or so into the season now and second last in the East. It's going to be a real big issue if we go on another 7 game lose streak. It will make the playoffs a near impossible goal.
First off, Gionta scored at a 30G+ pace 3 times in his career. Last year he scored 29. Not sure how you grade your goal scorers, but that's one in my book.
AK is a safe bet for 20-25G, that is a very good depth scorer.
MaxPac is young, saying he scored 14G is pretty ignorant. I'm not saying he will score 40G, but so far, this year, he had proven capable of finishing and scoring.
Cole, as AK, is a great complimentary scorer.
BTW, AK scoring at least 20G in each of his season (or scoring at that pace in an injury season) makes him a consistent goal scorer. People don't even know what consistent is anymore. They think scoring regularly throughout a season, 30-40G, is what it is. That's just wrong.
We don't need to have a 50G scorer on the team, or a consistent 40G one, in order to score and finish our plays. We have a good group of scorers that can do the job.
Khabibulin has allowed more than 1G only twice this year, facing teams like Washington, Vancouver, Pittsburgh, LA...They all have goal scorers, great ones, and weren't able to score much more than us.
Did we have problem scoring versus Philly? Jets? Boston?...
Let's stop with the reactionary posts, it's pathetic.
This. If there was a like button on here I would have liked it x100
First off, Gionta scored at a 30G+ pace 3 times in his career. Last year he scored 29. Not sure how you grade your goal scorers, but that's one in my book.
AK is a safe bet for 20-25G, that is a very good depth scorer.
MaxPac is young, saying he scored 14G is pretty ignorant. I'm not saying he will score 40G, but so far, this year, he had proven capable of finishing and scoring.
Cole, as AK, is a great complimentary scorer.
BTW, AK scoring at least 20G in each of his season (or scoring at that pace in an injury season) makes him a consistent goal scorer. People don't even know what consistent is anymore. They think scoring regularly throughout a season, 30-40G, is what it is. That's just wrong.
We don't need to have a 50G scorer on the team, or a consistent 40G one, in order to score and finish our plays. We have a good group of scorers that can do the job.
Khabibulin has allowed more than 1G only twice this year, facing teams like Washington, Vancouver, Pittsburgh, LA...They all have goal scorers, great ones, and weren't able to score much more than us.
Did we have problem scoring versus Philly? Jets? Boston?...
Let's stop with the reactionary posts, it's pathetic.
I know full well what consistent means thank you. Can you read? I said players that can score 30 goals consistently and yes so far we have none. We can only hope MaxPac becomes one.
You can dream all you want and talk about potential and all, facts remain facts. You think that Gionta at 33, Cole at the same age, AK that never hit more than 26 will improve ? They are on the decline if we take age into account, or at the very least they'll stay the same but surely not improve.
You never wondered why alot of goalies seem godly against us ? Markstorm, Miller, the Wall tonight, etc ? No one goes at the net and our small sized forwards get knocked off the puck with ease. The only real threat tonight was Cole who consistently led rushes into the offensive zone because he's big and can keep the god damn puck. Watch DD and you'll understand what I mean.
well Montreal's 25th ranked PP in which he refuses to change is playing a huge factor in these losses. You cant just absolve him of blame either.
this is one of the worst teams in the league. Everyone is to blame.
Yes, I can absolve the blame from Martin, and the whole team. There is nobody to BLAME for the loss other than Khabibulin.
Some guys had a tougher night, like Weber, but still, we had plenty of chances to score, gave little opportunity to the opponent.
Our PP looked bad, but Edmonton has a great PK as well.
Nobody is to blame, we played well. Khabi stole the game for the Oilers. It happens. Breathe, and move on.
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During his press conference. He specifically said it's having difficulties because they have a lot of young players, and that Plekanec on the point is a good option for him and he likes his work there.
Yes, we have a lot of youngsters on the PP, and they rush the play a lot. He's right.
But hey, don't let that get in the way of your vent.
We're second to last in the standings with almost 20% of the season done. We need to chill out! The bottom seeded team still has 2 games in hand. The 2nd overall pick isn't out of reach yet. Chill out guys!
Since Columbus is expected to pick Yakupov, pick #2 will do. In this new era of parity we don't need to do that much to suck and the difference between the 2nd overall pick and a playoff spot is not that much anymore.
i was at the game i left after the second period.. habs no emotion crowd was blah we can't do anything on the power play sigh
anyways just 1 game I'm sure we will bounce back
Yes I know that but he was also supposed to be ready from the season opener but it wasn't the case and like I said how can you predict him playing 60 games without getting hurt once he comes back? It's been 3 years now he has had season ending injuries
I just think it's clear he will be back soon. My bet is late in November
I know it suck that he was hurt 3 times for a long time. But the first injury was a cut . I think the reason that Markov is not back yet it's because they want to be sure his knee is 100% ready .
Gauthier is not a moron he signed him for 3 years because he's sure he will be back 100% healthy.
Yes, I can absolve the blame from Martin, and the whole team. There is nobody to BLAME for the loss other than Khabibulin.
Some guys had a tougher night, like Weber, but still, we had plenty of chances to score, gave little opportunity to the opponent.
Our PP looked bad, but Edmonton has a great PK as well.
Nobody is to blame, we played well. Khabi stole the game for the Oilers. It happens. Breathe, and move on.
Yes, we have a lot of youngsters on the PP, and they rush the play a lot. He's right.
But hey, don't let that get in the way of your vent.
I agree with this 99.9%. Although I do think Martin needs some of the blame. He needs to re-adjust the PP. It's not working, it hasn't be working. Either tell Randy what needs to be done or do it yourself.
The Habs are just an extension of their boring emotionless coach.. Watching JM on the bench and you wouldn't know if the Habs were up by 3 goals or down by 3 goals..
I'll be very surprised if JM survives the season and maybe even PG going with him.
give me a ****ing break. You just agreed that we have no heart and passion. Did you watch any of the past 2 games and did you see the 4 game winning streak we had?..Give me a ****ing break
Yes, I can absolve the blame from Martin, and the whole team. There is nobody to BLAME for the loss other than Khabibulin.
Some guys had a tougher night, like Weber, but still, we had plenty of chances to score, gave little opportunity to the opponent.
Our PP looked bad, but Edmonton has a great PK as well.
Nobody is to blame, we played well. Khabi stole the game for the Oilers. It happens. Breathe, and move on.
Yes, we have a lot of youngsters on the PP, and they rush the play a lot. He's right.
But hey, don't let that get in the way of your vent.
This. Price did the same thing to many other teams all season last year.
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...go make a tanking thread
