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Habs win! Detroit looks like a mess and it’s a great day!
man, they were horrible, getting booed like that during their home opener… the habs definitely didn’t look like the team that had played the night before, jebus.
great blog as usual, Hugo! 👍
I wasn’t so sure about the idea of basically having three third lines out there, which is a direct result of not having a bona fide 2nd line centre to round out the top six, and after watching that game… I’m still not entirely convinced.
while I don’t necessarily disagree with you, what different approach would you have? I guess they’ll manage to figure out which guys have the best potential chemistry playing with Demidov as the season goes, and that line will de facto become the official 2nd line…
Hi Pat,
I honestly don’t know what I would do. I think the idea of a balanced lineup works but some of these lines will also need an identity at some point. Last season Anderson-Dvorak-Gallagher was a very effective line that you would give defensive zone starts to (because Dvorak would win the faceoff) and their job was to get the puck deep and cycle it until they might get a scoring chance. That’s an identity.
Currently, the Suzuki line is a scoring (pretty dominating too) line.
The Demidov-Kapanen-Newhook line’s identity is speed and so far, it seems to work. Even if Demidov obviously needs to learn the defensive system as he tends to leave a guy completely open.
I don’t dislike the Bolduc-Dach-Gallagher line, even if they do seem a bit lost defensively… seems like Bolduc is carrying it more than anything at this point and I’m not sure they have an identity yet.
The Evans line right now, in my opinion, is a mess…. in huge part because of Laine that doesn’t really belong there… That’s a line that I don’t really feel has any real “role” on a team and might need to be changed at some point.Good morning USA and Habs fans.
Habs win! Detroit looks like a mess and it’s a great day!
hello, friend.
it’s an okay day. meateater guy is taking the phillies thing much better than last year. i didn’t have the heart to tell him i wasn’t even watching because i cared more about the eagles game (which also sucked! 🤣)
Why would he pick number 76?..
PETE! 😀 😀
good game for Mtl, happy for Bolduc and Kapanen, Dobes is ready, all is good.
great start for our top pairing Doboson and Matheson. won’t be easy to play againts them.
poor DET, they won’t win too many games this season.
now lets win in CHI.
GO HABS GO!good game for Mtl, happy for Bolduc and Kapanen, Dobes is ready, all is good.
great start for our top pairing Doboson and Matheson. won’t be easy to play againts them.
poor DET, they won’t win too many games this season.
now lets win in CHI.
GO HABS GO!LOVE that pairing so far. They are mobile, move the puck extremely well and are almost never in trouble.
It might be hard but I hope we can find a way to keep Matheson around…. Think he’d accept the same deal Edmonton gave Walman? 7×7? Term wouldn’t be great as it would bring him to 38 years old but I feel that’s what he’ll be able to get somewhere…
Habs win! Detroit looks like a mess and it’s a great day!
Kids look good, Bolduc, Demidov and Kapenen.
Slaf has impressed as well, using size, getting into shooting position, lots of shots on net already, PP goal.
Hopefully we get our first Fill Year of Slaf!
Heh.
Cannot edit posts anymore?
i noticed it yesterday. it’s weird.
all quotes are final! no returns, no exchanges!
i’m sure they’ll fix it eventually. but it’s a weird feature to up and disappear like that.
you can still edit your last post. but only your last post.
The Evans line right now, in my opinion, is a mess…. in huge part because of Laine that doesn’t really belong there… That’s a line that I don’t really feel has any real “role” on a team and might need to be changed at some point.
I know a way to fix 3 problems in 1 move! like said a few weeks ago,
scratch Laine (1), move Dach to wing (2), and play Veleno at center bringing back Gally with Evans & Anderson (3)!I know a way to fix 3 problems in 1 move! like said a few weeks ago,
scratch Laine (1), move Dach to wing (2), and play Veleno at center bringing back Gally with Evans & Anderson (3)!It might come to that. Not right now, but at some point if things go badly… yes.
I did like what I’ve seen from Veleno at camp… He also could help with our faceoffs problem.
If Laine doesn’t play on the first powerplay wave, it’s easy to question his actual utility/role on this team.
I wrote before the season I wanted to believe in him. That he’d show more speed and more intensity…. I think he has…. but in a very small way.
Maybe he’s the kind of guy that gets traded with salary retained to a team that needs a powerplay specialist in return for whatever we feel we might need during the season.
all quotes are final! no returns, no exchanges!
I can edit, but only once
i noticed it yesterday. it’s weird.
all quotes are final! no returns, no exchanges!
i’m sure they’ll fix it eventually. but it’s a weird feature to up and disappear like that.
you can still edit your last post. but only your last post.
I also think it is limited in time til you can edit.
I cannot edit any of my previous posts, but when I submit, I can edit the last one for a little bit of time.
EDIT: I edited this to test.
EDIT #2: Test.
Gally with Evans & Anderson
I think this will be a line at some point.
In a good way, Kapenen mixed everything up with the way he plays with Demidov (and Newhook).
The Laine problem will be a problem all season, is my guess.
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