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Montreal Canadiens v. Tampa Bay Lightning Series Preview | The Steve Dangle Podcast



Steve Dangle, Adam Wylde, and Jesse Blake preview the upcoming 1st round matchup between the Montreal Canadiens and the Tampa Bay Lightning

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  1. While I think Tampa would probably beat almost every team not named Colorado Avalanche, I think Montreal is a bad matchup for them. I think Montreal will be too fast and not intimidated by any physical play. Suzuki will show how insanely clutch he is and be best player of the series, and Dobes will out goalie Vasy. (or Tampa in 4 and I'm out of my mind, literally could go either way.)

  2. Tampa has been MTL boogeyman for many years even before that awful 2021 series. Last two games Habs played against Lightning this season had real playoff vibes and Habs won both of them marginally

    I think this will be an extremely tough series, if MTL can manage to get through, I think they can handle any of their opponents in subsequent rounds all the way to the cup

  3. I'd like to see the Habs
    But, I'm thinking Bolts.
    Montreal is going to be a train in the upcoming years.
    Tampa in 6.

  4. TAMPA IN 5

    and as soon as it happens, we will hear non-stop complaints about the playoff format. funny how when the leafs lose, they're chokers but when the habs lose after a 100+ point season, people will blame the format

  5. I thought in the last MTL Tampa game, with all the scrummy stuff, Montreal kinda kicked their ass. Problem is idk if Habs can do that from 4-7, but we know Tampa can

  6. Dobson is a huge loss but you know he's a trooper and will come back as soon as it's remotely possible. So maybe by game 4 or 5? But the real wildcard is whether putting Texier on the opposite wing to Demidov is going to do the work that St Louis thinks it will. The idea is that he can keep plays alive in the O Zone much better than Kapanen, which should unleash Demi to take a big step compared to his already very solid rookie season. And Newhook at C on that line is not your ideal 2C, but he's fast and skilled and experienced (including playoff experience) so it should be fine. I don't think Dach will see more than 1-2 games before he plays himself out of the roster, which should help get Bolduc into the lineup. Ithas been a down season for him, but his profile is good for the playoffs.

  7. One notable injury for the habs down the stretch was Newhook, how came back on the second line.

    You gotta look at their last two meetings of the season. Rough playoff style. Habs took both.

  8. Funny Adam always puts MTL in the 6 seed of the division and they end up being 6th over all in the NHL lol keep up the guessing ADAM

  9. Everybody is good against the Leafs in the playoffs defensively.
    I take the Habs. Little deeper and younger,
    Vaselevski is my fear.
    Is Hedman healthy?

  10. 10:35 either Vasy or Kuemper for the vezina? Kuemper??? Kuemper??? he isnt in the top 10 in any goalie statistical metric this year…

  11. Adam, the Montreal / Washington series was the best first round series last year. It only lasted 5 games, that felt like 8. The intensity. Wilson and Anderson. The goalie injuries to both teams. Ovi scoring the only OT winner of his career. The Bell Centre crowd. You didn't watch it, obviously.

  12. Did bobody see how Montreal manhandled Tampa this season? Anderson is going to be a big problem. $100 say we see Perry turtle and Perry is one of my boys

  13. Couple corrections:

    – Hedman is not going to be in this series
    – Hedman is older now and Hutson definitely has a bigger impact in games
    – Dobson is going to miss 4-6 weeks, so surely not back in the first round
    – Montreal definitely doesn't have the same forward depth as Tampa
    – Dobes is playing better than Vasilevskiy in the past month, but playoffs are different

    Imo, the series will be decided by goaltending and how the PPs perform. The Habs' PP was pretty bad in the last stretch of the season. They need to figure that out or they have no chance to win this series.

    All of this said as a Habs fan!

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