The Montreal Canadiens lose another game to Anaheim as a whole lot is called into question with the loss coming despite Jacob Fowler’s best efforts. Josh Gosse and Jesse Poirier chat about all of it on this episode of Habs Digest.
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0:00 Montreal Canadiens vs Anaheim Ducks
8:09 This is a serious shift
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This is a serious shift for Montreal
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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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Logan maileux now getting top pairing minutes
Calm down guys, nobody expected to make playoffs easily! Keep fighting GO HABS GO🏒
You can’t win with a defense core who are mostly puck movers, don’t hit and too small to clear the front of the net! Gotta balance out somehow! Need some
Bigger stay at
Home
Guys who are strong !!!!
Should have been Dobson/Hutson
Bring up Reinbacher or Engstrom and shake things up on the back end! Show them their jobs aren’t safe!
Great for hockey ! Years ago it was already sealed for many teams! Now it will go down to the last drop !
Go Habs Go ! Let the kids play!!
Actually today’s game was decided by bad bounces (two goals for Ducks) and two goal post hit by Habs
Mabe call up David Reinbacher
Yes habs need laser laine back on the pp. also switch up the pp always keeping same guys doing same thing. Slaf better on second line. Texier should be on first line. Dach weak generational player consistently hurt. He doesnt play with heads up he turns his back on opposing players gets hit etc. look how small caufield is but always plays with head up doesnt get hit or hurt.
St. Louis is a shit coach, they are where they are despite his coaching. He refuses to change his crappy hybrid man to man system even when he sees he doesn't have the right players to play it, to proud to admit that it doesn't work for this team. Power play is in a rut, refuses to switch it up a bit, send another player in the first unit to see if you can change the chemistry a little bit. Playing his top line against the other teams top line and refusing to put his more defensive line against them when his top line is being dominated against their top line: Celebrini, 7 points in 2 games against the Suzuki line. Being way to patient with Montenbeault all season long when Dobes was way better. Not sitting out old man Gallagher sooner when he obviously can't follow the pace they're playing with. Slow ass Daneault out there on the ice in overtime just to take face-offs like Suzuki is incapable of winning face-offs at all. Let's Carrier and Guhle and Matheson off the hook when they make douzaines off mistakes per game but will punish Xhekaj for a single little mistake, you can see he plays scared because he knows he'll be benched or miss games if he commits the a single mistake. Imagine if the Habs had a half decent coach like Quenneville how better they would be.
Our goalies have zero shutouts.
Majority of coaching staff in the NHL have an average of 3 assistant coaches (some with 4). Habs are one of 5 teams running with 2 assistant coaches. The other 4 teams (Canes, Avs, Red Wings, Blues) all have an assistant coach with combined 10+ years experience as an assistant coach/head coach in the NHL. This makes the Habs badly understaffed and lacking sufficient experience (and it's showing with constant defense blunders, 2nd period faulting, and these "too many men" penalties). With Grillo away and unable to provide coaching consultation, they need a highly experienced assistant coach. Robidas is supposed to handle the defense coordination and there is none. Letowski is a little better, but the on-ice communications seem lacking at times.
I said before the weekend that if we don't get at least 2 points vs SJ and Anaheim I don't see us making the playoffs.
We're 50% now. Like Jesse said, all is not lost. But like you guys also say, our defense sucks. To think that all we got from the Lehkonen trade is Carrier…OUCH…and what we gave Kovasevic away for…and how badly we overpaid for Dobson…AAARRGGHHHH!!!
This teams defence is way to offensive minded. It is also too damn small, would be nice to have a guy that can throw a man to the boards and pin him there. Ridiculous how soft we are at the back end.
Last 15 Games Summary
• Games with 3+ goals: 12 out of 15
• Wins: 9 out of 15
= poor defense
If the Habs lose their next 2 games, then they can look to next year to make the playoffs. 😮
The Habs play a speed game but when they play another team that plays a similar game, their D gets exposed. That, and a non-functioning PP. Where did that awesome and lethal PP go? Thanks guys.
P>P> choked! Now ZERO thats 0 for 11 recently at yer Bell Centre….
&& can"t blame MONTY can ya; eh?
Vs Sharks should of been 3 3 ref called play to fast, need t owait one second. Both games were winnable but the D sucks. They don't allow much shots but when they do… No one in front of the net on 3rd goal, Ghulie and Lane on boards, this man to man is brutal, just keep on D in front of the net…They do. They might be out of the playoffs by next weekend, big games now Detroit, Boston and Ils, all theams 1 to 2 points back. I feel columbus are gona make the playoffs and Sens might make it in, their the only teams that can knock out one of the teams in the playoffs right now.
Patrick Laine on the pp….
Montreal is paying for a premium power play scorer but won't dress him….
MSL hasn't had a winning season as a coach until this season…. and he's doing his best to make this season a loser as well….
Hey fans stop lynching the coach and team which has been just great in tough competition. Last season ended with 0.55 and 91points after 82games now with less 16games is 9 points behind!! There are some flaws surely defensively but whole team doesnt deserve such critic! Dont overreact as always!