The Montreal Canadiens are about to start up playing again with some major lineup changes, and one thing being made painfully obvious. Josh Gosse and Jesse Poirier chat about all of it on this episode of Habs Digest.
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Montreal makes multiple major lineup changes
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Arber Xhekaj,Zach Bolduc,Alex Newhook,Jake Evans,Brendan Gallagher,Mike Matheson,David Reinbacher,Juraj Slafkovsky,Josh Anderson,Cole Caufield,Nick Suzuki,Kirby Dach,Alex CarrierKent Hughes,Martin St Louis,Sam Montembeault,Kaiden Guhle,Owen Beck,Filip Mesar,Jayden Struble,Adam Engstrom,Sean Farrell,Lane Hutson,Ivan Demidov,Patrik Laine,Jakub Dobes
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"too many cooks in the kitchen" is for when there are too many decision makers.
I don’t know how you can say to trade Gallagher after you saw the last few games before the break of that line that shut down line of the veterans
not only Laine maybe no 47 could be traded ? and no 72? all depends for wqho they could be traded for?
Goin to me nice looking forward to it
Bolduc was due for a healthy scratch, mainly for his own good and learn from the pressbox to see things differently. Kapanen barely gets much for powerplay points as he contributes a lot more on the PK. I have very low expectations on any notable acquisitions by the deadline anyway.
I think Dach is marking time. Hage will replace him on the top line.
galaguer could be traded location because of his value in stanley cup series and besides Galy could have the chance to win a cup before he retires? habs could retain 50 % of another 6.5 million?? all depends who they trade for right?
The best paid spectator in the league … Laine
I wouldn’t trade Anderson
Trade Laine asap and keep Andy for the playoffs. Don’t forget the fight on the bench last round against the caps
Texier is a easy mouvable player at 2.5 million .
Caufield-Suzuki-Slafkovsky
Laine-Kapanen-Demidov
Anderson-Danault-Gallager
Texier-Evans_Newhook
Veleno-Bolduc
Matheson-Ghule
Hutson-Dobson
Xhekaj-Pareyko
Struble
Dobes
Binnington
Trade Dach ,Carrier,Montembault for Binnington and Pareyko
Gallagher has NMC so Jesse is wrong about him. Anderson adds size so he is not going anywhere. Love the show guys!
IMO we need to upgrade evans
Everyone can tell that Matrin St.Louis doesn't like Patrick..
Patrick is a really good hockey player and he definitely doesn't belong on the 4th line..
Patrick's been healty and ready to play for the past 3 weeks..
This idea of fifth line depth Bolduc-Veleno-Laine is amazing, and this is not even considering what we have at Laval (esp. Beck as far as forwards go). That said, I still don't think we absolutely need a trade this year, esp. if it means we lose key defense prospects (Reinbacher-R, Engstrom-L, Pickford-R) or Fowler, no way. These three (minus Pickford) should all be Habs next year and will help us! If the trade is for a (preferably gritty) Top 6 wing or center (who can grow with the team, not an old man), I'd be more willing to trade Dach, Hage, Zharovsky in a package with say Laine and Struble.
Anderson yes at 2,5
If Laine is on the IR he can not be healthy enough to play.? Don’t think you can have healthy players listed on IR.
Strange 4th line.
Gallagher is completely washed and ZERO teams would trade for him.
Buy him out.
Anyone that wants to get rid of Gallagher isn’t a real Habs fan. Hes done more for this team than any of you ever could! It’s disgraceful that any of you would even talk about getting rid of Gallagher! I’ve watched him his whole career and anyone else that has would say there is a spot on the fourth line for Gallagher always!
We need the team to be a team. What do Nick, Cole, Ivan and Demi think? Gally was heart and fn Soul in the darkest days.
I am saying it, and Florian is a viable replacement. He can make great plays and punch your face in.
Keep the Xhekajs. Im not being funny. Gally, I think you carried this team on your back for well over a decade…but it's time for you to go to the bench as a coach.
Fuk me, I honestly hate saying that.
Gally needs to sit
Laine needs to go.
Anderson danault Gallagher needs to stay in tact.
Ditch him
Ya if your lazy you don't play
Bro says "Going forward" every episode his famous last words
Anderson would be a mistake to trade
Umm, where is Kapanen on that PP2?
Anderson is exactly the type of hard nosed playoff performer that the habs need another of so trading Anderson doesn’t make a lot of sense right now. Just look at his performances against Washington last year, he’s got to stay
Get rid of Laine and Gallagher pronto. Both of them are too slow. Gallagher is winded after 20 seconds on the ice. Laine is lazy and he has no interest in trying to be good defensively either.
You guys should put more respect to the players and stop putting them all on the trade block out of BS speculation. You guys are usually awesome but keep it real if you want to keep growing.
Dump Laine.
Dump Laine. Trade Struble. If Cayden Gule can stay healthy i would consider trading Adam Engström to get a strong winger, thanks kevin
Office didn’t want Laine in teams activity, but couldn’t make a trade and they HAD to take him to practice as a defender 😂
0:25 Laine miss the net😂 trade scrub
Anderson needs to stay
Laine's shot looks as good as Caufield's. Caufield can also pass the puck to teammates as well. Laine has seemingly lost the ability to complete a pass.
I would replace Texier with Kapanen on PP2. I assume the idea is to determine if Texier is on the team next year.
A surprise trade could be trading Anderson at the deadline. He has the sort of grit in the playoffs valued by teams who believe they are in contention for the Cup. Hughes would potentially be "sacrificing" this year's playoff chances but the haul in return could be considerable. Hughes would have to the overwhelming winner of such a trade.
they should put laine on first line, pray he will score and trade him