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Well as a fan of a team looking to lift the Octocup, I think it’s pretty nice to be on top of the standings while it lasts.
When we do well in October, opposition fans tell us that October games are not important.
And then when we are meh in October, youse guys tell us we should panic.
Leafs fans just can’t win (yeah, go ahead, I just teed it up for you).
You know what Wedgie old pal, I’m gonna show restraint and respect here and not send that ball out of the park.
I’m no Springer after all.
are the jays also playing man-to-man defense..??
damn it!!
I’d probably watch more baseball if Bender was reffing every game.
It would probably involve more blackjacks and hookers too.
I expected more heat on the Leafs for their lackluster beginning of the season. Guess everyone’s watching baseball?
osti de refs à marde. they can all lose their job I won’t cry
Bring in the robots!!!!
I think the whole process has been fun to watch. You look at young players, make projections, watch them grow together…
The only season that was absolutely unwatchable was the Dominic Ducharme year in 2021-2022. The man managed to use Caufield in a way that had him score ONE goal in half a season. ONE!
You go with the hot goalie, right?
If Monty was on a heater, you’d stick with him (unless it is B2B).
Dobes playing well is just a really good thing for the Habs – he game looks a lot better than last year, not as panicked, not out of position as often, using his size.
I did not expect to see this level of improvement this quick.
Dobes does look calmer in his net while maintaining his high compete level and intensity, which is great to see. And it makes sense that he’d be more prepared after a first taste of NHL hockey last season.
He’s also 24 years old, which means he’s slowly coming into his best years as a goaltender. I really am psyched to see how good he can become moving forward.
damn, that would be a long time without playing though for Monty, they only have 2 games this week.
Yes and of course Montembeault, as a competitor, most likely wants another shot as soon as possible…. but right now I’m going with the goaltender playing at an elite level because every point you can get is important.
If if was up to me, he sure as hell would. And if he plays well, he’d start next saturday as well.
I know we haven’t been used to this in Montreal but having two goaltenders playing tandem usually implies riding the hot hand that will most likely change over the course of the season.
I’m sorry Mash, but I agree that being sometimes good and sometimes bad is pretty much the definition of an average NHL goalie. The consistantly good ones are amongst the best there are.
Montembeault needs to be better, he can be better (he showed it in the past despite playing for defensively challenged teams) and we’ll need him to be better during the season.
Until then, I’ll be cheering for our boy “Dobby” to keep dominating. If he ends up getting the most starts because he plays better, I see this as an absolute win for Montreal because we’ll have two young goaltenders we can rely on moving forward with Dobes and Fowler.
Monty is likely gone once his contract expires if everything goes perfectly.
Won’t blame him for the tips, but goals 5 and 6 looked weak.
He is not good positionally at times and playing too far back in his net, like he is too worried to let a goal in / trying to play it safe.
I did not watch past the 1st period, but from the highlights, he did not look confident at all.
End of the day, the numbers speak for themselves.
5 games, 2 wins, 3.82GAA, 0.842 Save %.
Oh he needs to be better, absolutely.
Good thing Dobes is playing incredibly well until Monty finds his game. It gives us time.
Still a frustrating loss and if anyone were an absolute disaster yesterday, it was the refs. Holy.
Who is the #1 goalie again?
What an absolute disaster.
Fall behind 3-1, come back to make it 5-3, then get blasted out of the water 6-5.
Dobes better get the next start.
While I agree (as written in the blog) that Dobes needs to be the guy until proven otherwise at this point, I can’t think of one bad goal Montembeault allowed against the Oilers.
Could he have been better? Yes. Was he “an absolute disaster”? No.
Refs gave the Oilers that game on a silver platter but Montreal needed to at least find a way to get a point there imho.
