Welcome back to PuckTalk MTL, the go-to spot for Montreal Canadiens fans, NHL fans, and passionate hockey followers looking for honest breakdowns and high-energy analysis.
In tonight’s episode, Kosta disects the Canadiens’ rough night in Denver, where the Habs were completely outclassed by the Colorado Avalanche—affectionately referred to here as the “Nordiques” for a little extra rivalry spice.
We break down what went wrong for Montreal, from defensive breakdowns to failed coverages to struggling matchups against Colorado’s elite speed and firepower. This post-game analysis looks at defensive coverage lapses, special teams issues, lineup choices, and which Habs players fought through the adversity despite the difficult result.
If you’re a Colorado Avalanche fan, this video also highlights why the Avs remain one of the most dangerous teams in the NHL—and how they overwhelmed Montreal in every key area.
Whether you’re a Montreal Canadiens fan, NHL fan, Colorado Avalanche fan, or just a hockey addict who loves honest analysis, this episode brings all the insight you’re looking for.
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0:00 – Show Start
2:00 – Game Highlights – The Avalanche Were Just That Good!
8:21 – Game Analysis – Hab started well, but couldn’t maintain it
19:06 – My Hatred For the Quebec Nordiques
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In every episode, Kosta Papoulias takes a deep dive into the latest Montreal Canadiens news involving Ivan Demidov, Patrik Laine, Juraj Slafkovsky, Josh Anderson, Cole Caufield, Nick Suzuki, Kirby Dach, Joe Veleno, Jake Evans, Zach Bolduc, Brendan Gallagher, Alex Newhook, Oliver Kapanen, Habs Defencemen, Arber Xhekaj, Kaiden Guhle, Sam Montembeault, Lane Hutson, Jayden Struble, Alex Carrier, Mike Matheson, Noah Dobson, Jakub Dobes, Jacob Fowler, Kent Hughes, Martin St Louis.
Dans chaque épisode, Kosta Papoulias analyse en profondeur les dernières nouvelles des Canadiens de Montréal concernant Ivan Demidov, Patrik Laine, Juraj Slafkovsky, Josh Anderson, Cole Caufield, Nick Suzuki, Kirby Dach, Joe Veleno, Jake Evans, Zach Bolduc, Brendan Gallagher, Alex Newhook, Oliver Kapanen, Habs Defencemen, Arber Xhekaj, Kaiden Guhle, Sam Montembeault, Lane Hutson, Jayden Struble, Alex Carrier, Mike Matheson, Noah Dobson, Jakub Dobes, Jacob Fowler, Kent Hughes et Martin St Louis.
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33 Comments
Carrier’s decision-making has slipped, and is till too small. Please give Engström and Amber more minutes. Shop Carrier, and Struble. Reinbacher will be an exciting addition F/T next season. Gallagher is done.
Great analysis……everyone and their brother knew Montreal had little chance to beat the Avs.
That second goal (rugby style) that Colorado scored is probably the Karma from Henri Richard's goal that completed the comeback in the 3rd period to actually be the difference in winning the Cup in the early 70's.
Outcoached.
4 out of 6 points is more than I expected on this trip.
Ottawa always play hard against the Habs and will test all of Monty's weaknesses especially that glove….
Till Tuesday
There are only 2 Divisions in the NHL. Colorado and the other 31 teams. 😊
Coach, are you noticing a familiar trend? Short term and log term does it seem Hughes is following the proud tradition of MB of chasing after and signing pluggers?
In one week Tixier and Blais longer term Veleno?
Coach how long will the Canadiens massage or manage Montembeault's schedule to shield him from contending teams? They did it when they had 3 G and worked hard at making Jake Allen look bad while Montembeault faced league dormats.
Costa, was that a slip of the tongue? Why would you say something like ' not that i have a disdain for the province of quebec ' ? The last time i checked, Montréal is also in the province , and I believe you are a die hard habs fan .
Evans was particularly brutal.
Salut coach,
Here is my thoughts for the game. I only watch the 2 first periods. My kids wanted to watch LOTR. 🙂
— Suzuki is my favorite player, probably the smartest player of the habs but he is not the same anymore. It's like he didn't want the puck at all !! I'll bet my house that he has an utter incomfort when he skates !! Could he take a week or two off in order to heal ??
— Could MSL plays a little less Gally, especially in PK ? But in 5v5 and PP, he's still one of the few habs going in the crease… hard to pass by.
— Because of the MSL's one on one strategy, it seems that poor skaters pay the price with the team. So in order to fit the club, I truly hope that KH don't get a player in decline. Let's wait or pay a little more to get a player that will fit the team speed.
Someone will have to go between Guhle, Engstrom and Strubble. I don't think Carrier will be resign.
Aves are too good for current Habs. No mystery.
Aves showed class honouring Nordic
Aves are best team in the league maybe the Stanley cup champs..Habs are a young, inexperireiamed poorly coached team..
i didn’t watch much of the game but what i did watch is msl not starting the warm goalie ,hockey 101 ?? & what i did watch is our defense not playing well again!! yes carrier but also our dynamic duel $14.5 million for the next 5 years defenders… the boys up front just want someone to help them on the back end. & put a piece of plywood in the net. at least they will know what there getting..
And you know what’s the worst is that he got more time on ice then Dobson and Hutson. You should see his stats from before Montreal and they’re not to impressive. His PK isn’t the best either lately.
The Avs are the best team in the sport at the “current time”. Things change…
Carrier needs to be a healthy scratch!!
Garrett Rank sucks
Stu Cowen doesn’t understand why Matheson was disliked by many fans.
The response is simple: Matheson is a blunder machine
Matheson was responsible for two goals against Colorado
Good analysis… btw… Carrier played over 20 min… Arber something vs like 14… hmmm interesting… even though Arber gets blamed for the teams failures by St L… maybe someone will see it’s not all Arber’s fault…
Marc Tardif wasn't a bad hockey player.
Successful road trip. Avs set the bar this year and now Montreal knows where they need to be. Hopefully it put a bee in their collective bonnets and they take it to Ottawa on Tuesday. Year 4 of a 5 year rebuild…we are on track.
Why doesn't William Trudeau ever get called up to the Habs?
Great video!
I think several extremely bad calls got the Habs off their game. And the Avs are not the team to have that happen with.
On the second goal, if you look carefully, Landeskog contacts Anderson's left leg, which causes him to fall. But then, as you correctly called it, Landeskog continues on the path he himself chose and contacts Dobes. That's an insanely bad call, because if the call on the ice stood, it was because the refs don't know the rulebook.
Carrier got rocked by 3 headshots early in the season. His play reminds me of Nathan Beaulieu from the 2012-13 season. An unaddressed concussion that led to really bizarre on-ice decisions.
Carrier needs to sit a few games. Now is the time to heal because we'll need him in the playoffs.
The guy behind the bench is outclassed
The fact of the matter is this team had no interest in playing that game today it was a mail in job right from the start. They were uninterested and hung their goalie out to dry. Hopefully this will be a learning experience for them and they will never play like this again.
Aves got way more experience and two of the top five player in the league if anything they showing the boys what they have to work up to 😅
Anderson contacted dobes
If it wasn’t for Anderson , Landeskog wouldn’t have even touched Dobes. He was literally braking when Anderson’s sloppy skating brought him into the net. You need thicker glasses dude.
I see Struble and Carrier getting moved in the near future
Reinbacher is NHL ready Guhle will return
Engstrom doing good
The goal credited to Landeskog was clearly legitimate. Anderson was covering Landeskog, but they both have just as much of a right to skate to a space as the other. What happened is Landeskog beat him to the front of the crease and Anderson did not slow down, causing the crash that led to the (admittedly weird) goal. Anderson's interference directly caused the net to dislodge and the goalie to be interfered with.
No there isn't. You're blind landy got pushed from behind. Typical habs making excuses for their team! 😭
Avs have fewest goals against for a reason. Goaltending is good, but it's easy for the goalies when the defense forces most shots from
not high dangeropportunities.Only way to beat the Avs right now starts with defense and keeping it close.
Great video, worth a hype. Avs fan here. Keep rolling boys.
Bad reffing was irrelevant to that game .