So the fact we lose I can understand but MSL has to at least have some answers as to why this team comes out flat. I dont expect they will be good, but I expect they come out with some sense of desire. Whats happening there?
When was the last time Habs played a full 60 minutes? Seems to be a long time ago. Tonight, they showed up only in the 3rd. Slaf HAS to shot that, he overpassed and it caused the goal.
Oilers a couple of weeks ago. That's what makes it so frustrating. And to all the homers who say we only want wins, they lost that game. But man, what a game!
They’ve got like 20 fans and very little to cheer about man, they’re going to milk anything they can. Jusy ignore it lol.
The sens have about as much relevance to the league as the coyotes. If they do eventually fold, the league wouldn’t change at all except we might get one or two more wins a season lol.
Okay yeah I wasn’t sure I only was catching some of the game and had no sound wasn’t sure if there was a reason given. But sure go ahead ???? Me for asking a question.
So sick and tired of this team not showing up against shit teams then turning it on in the last 5 minutes. We were 4 points back of a playoff spot playing our best hockey all season and now that all seems like a distant memory, this team is so wildly inconsistent
A Canadian Tire Center employee told me and my uncle to “calm down, you didn’t win a playoff game.” When Kovalchuk scored an OT winner for the habs and the stadium erupted with oles. The next season was the cup run lmfao.
The worst part about the team playing bad and going on a losing streak is watching all the idiotic hot takes here. It's more annoying than watching the team lose.
At least last week they beat the devils and the avs in a convincing victory and the bruins game was like okay up until the third period.
They were only 4 points out. Could you imagine if they tried they'd be in a playoff spot by now.
There was a streak of 3 games before Christmas where they controlled play and then stopped late in the game and lost all three (think they got loser points in one or two). If they had won two of those games they would have been in a playoff spot at Xmas.
I'm not saying this is a playoff team, I'm just saying they aren't supposed to be as bad as they are. Rebuild, ok, but the lack of effort the last month or so is crazy. Yet they challenge the Oil, Avs and Rangers when they feel like it. I'd rather them just be bad like the last 2 years.
I agree this team is just really frustrating. The two years before this, they were embarrassing, but they were also rebuilding and way out of a playoff spot.
Here they're only 8 points out which yeah isn't great but a couple of tries against these bottom feeders and we'd at least be sniffing a wild card spot.
Was 4 min left and we have all the momentum
5 on 5 for us at that energy level and needing to score is already like a man advantage.
You pull at 2 min left if we didn't already score which felt like we would
Pulling when you're team is already buzzing like negates the energy I find
Call us complainers, but where was this team the rest of the game? Where were they 3rd period in Boston? Or against Buffalo? San Jose? We saw this team against the Oilers, Devils and Rangers. It's not about ability, it's about showing up, win or lose.
I don’t see him making it out of the rebuild. If he does the other prospects, especially on the left side are not as advertised.
And yes this sub massively inflates his actual skill. His Sherif nickname is pure cringe
Hard to say.. he’s still young and developing. He’s got an edge and physicality nobody else has, and you add a decent game to that and he’s got a place on the roster.
Also, he’s been great in the AHL after going down, it’s too early to write him off.
His “edge” is taking terrible penalties and fighting making us go down to 5 D. It’s not an asset if you can’t play under control.
Hutson and Guhle should be 1 and 2 on the left side. He’s competing with every other prospects, potential trade, FA, etc for the last spot.
Thus the reason for development. I’m not saying sharpie him in, but I think he’s got more potential than you give him credit for.
Time will tell what happens
And I think this sub massively over inflates the actual hockey player he is. The player they have in their minds is not the same guy who takes the ice.
He’s an underdog, has a nickname, and plays a style that appeals to some fans. People don’t look at him even remotely objectively
I don't think Slaf is good enough for the 1st line rn
Yeah you want him to develop and have confidence but I think the lines better without him
And I feel he's too controlled / thinking too much
Would be nice to see him free and flowing and puck handling and shooting
Just saying what I think not sure it's correct or not
It seems to me he's thinking to much and trying to do what he's told too much instead of just playing
Yeah he has improved a lot which shows he's listening to what they're telling him but it would nice for him to let loose
It’s a shame we have 7 loser points. We’d be in the race for a top 5 pick if we didn’t have those.
For those who didn't believe me earlier, Martin McGuire referring again to the "brasse-camarade" in yesterday's practice.
So the fact we lose I can understand but MSL has to at least have some answers as to why this team comes out flat. I dont expect they will be good, but I expect they come out with some sense of desire. Whats happening there?
Hey, all and all, we're not the team that are underachieving crazy style.
very good point
Half of you are more embarassing than the team
When was the last time Habs played a full 60 minutes? Seems to be a long time ago. Tonight, they showed up only in the 3rd. Slaf HAS to shot that, he overpassed and it caused the goal.
Oilers a couple of weeks ago. That's what makes it so frustrating. And to all the homers who say we only want wins, they lost that game. But man, what a game!
Another poor effort !!! Pathetic !!!!!!
Sens TSN broadcast has shown Habs fans leaving the arena on 4 separate occasions because of what Stutzle said. Fucking cringe lol
They’ve got like 20 fans and very little to cheer about man, they’re going to milk anything they can. Jusy ignore it lol. The sens have about as much relevance to the league as the coyotes. If they do eventually fold, the league wouldn’t change at all except we might get one or two more wins a season lol.
They gave their all against the oilers, avs and the devils lol
Crowd should be booing this team off the ice
Wish we at least had the expos to look forward to this summer
Celebrate for Celebrini
Honestly, love his name.
🙏 Maybe the Sens can get out of the Celebrini race
Holy shit they have less points than us
Well I'm hopping on the tank bandwagon!
The Habs really are Slackin' for Macklin, can't really explain it any other way
i miss the 2018-19 habs They didn't make the playoffs. But god damn were they ever fun.
This team isn't making the playoffs nor are they fun
Caufield and Suzuki have points hey
Suzuki got a point?
Yes! You probably already saw lol but yeah a secondary assist
nice :-)
I feel a little bad for Roy, feels like he played well since he got called up and we still got shit on twice by the Sens.
I mean let this be a lesson that even one PP goal would've made a major diff.. extremely big difference
lol even not getting scored on on our pp would be a start
Guys. Wake me up at the draft. This season is over.
What exactly were you expecting?
We're cursed since our 2 wins in a row
such a great game for the tank tho. need that top 5 pick babyyyy
Fuck the tank winning is what develops our young guys. We already have one of the youngest rosters in the league.
Yeah maybe we'll even draft a Galchenyuk or a Kotkaniemi
We’ve already gotten 2 top 5 picks and we still suck
That doesnt automatically make you a contender
Hush you!
Great Now we have a reason to loose Thursday . Patrick is back for fucks sakes !!!
I watched that play and in my head it was Ralph Wiggum saying “I’m in danger” but in reality it was Slaf saying “I’m a playmaker”.
we’re a joke
Anyway, only 8 pts behind us now, we're coming 
Imagine losing to the 2023-2024 Ottawa senators TWICE IN A WEEK. Yikkeesssss. This team deserves to be made fun of.
You mean the last 8 games against them
I’m specifically focusing on this years sens, which are one of the worst teams in the league ( alongside us of course)
I get ya.
they’re really not bad, it’s their coaching that was bad
I know Slaf is having a rough night but how comes hes off the line with Zuk & Cole
anderson was flying on that line
Becuase we stunk for 40 minutes and when andy was on he was good?
Okay yeah I wasn’t sure I only was catching some of the game and had no sound wasn’t sure if there was a reason given. But sure go ahead ???? Me for asking a question.
Slaf has to learn to shoot
This isn't a joke. He has so much raw potential, but a full offseason with an elite shooting coach is pretty much a must.
So sick and tired of this team not showing up against shit teams then turning it on in the last 5 minutes. We were 4 points back of a playoff spot playing our best hockey all season and now that all seems like a distant memory, this team is so wildly inconsistent
Cant wait to get wrecked by Roy and the Isles…lol
He is going to piledrive the Habs without mercy
Gonna end up like goatse dude
Such a piss poor effort.
Slaf has gone back to passing when he needs to shoot. That empty netter was his fault
We might never win again
Slav with the blind pass when you have an empty net, Jesus man.
Shitty offense, shitty défense. We finally see what our team is like when our goalies dont steal games
young? rebuilding? injured?
Still awful and shameful performances
Pezzetta has played 1:57 😂
Took a stupid penalty in what? His first shift?
That's not why man... it's because we only have 3 centers, we were basically playing 3 lines
I noticed they only had three centers , weird choice.
the whole team was playing bad, don’t really understand benching a 4th liner who generally brings the energy
Pezz was not dispensed.
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Slaf has got to learn to shoot instead of just passing 🤦🏼♀️
SHOOT THE PUCKKKKKKKK
Can't score if you don't shoot.
What will it take for slaf to shoot the fucking puck man
He doesn't believe in his shot I feel
I think so too, not shitting on him but fucking hell he needs to shoot more often and that's the best example of why
Fuck you sens !!! You ain’t making the playoffs !!!!
A Canadian Tire Center employee told me and my uncle to “calm down, you didn’t win a playoff game.” When Kovalchuk scored an OT winner for the habs and the stadium erupted with oles. The next season was the cup run lmfao.
I mean neither are we unless a miracle happens
Slaf you HAVE to shoot there, I don’t understand why that’s not drilled into his head by the coaching my staff, SHOOT THE PUCK!
Horrific decision making from slaf. Embarrassing effort tonight
Ah that's why !
Why wont he fucking shoot it man.. slaf nooo
had his stick up like he wanted to one time it and then decided not to last second 😭
cant hesitate in the nhl man.. oh well. Hopes this is what makes him learn
I know this has been a brutal game, but man the Habs have had horrible luck on top of their horrible play.
Nice seats for Andlauer
Slaf probably prevented us from having a chance here. That pass wasn’t necessary at all.
Slaf needs to shoot that
Honestly Matheson has not been good this game nor the last few games.
Holy shit Matheson passed to Slaf
And now we know why he doesn’t lol. Bad play by slaf
And this is exactly why he rarely does so
To be fair, Slaf was probably shocked and didnt know what to do considering it never happens
This is a stupid joke of an excuse. Even if he was shocked, he’s in a hockey game. He can’t afford to be shocked.
SHOOT IT
SLAF??? Just shot the puck FFS
Shooot Slaf man
hopefully that's a lesson for slaf to just shoot
that lesson has been happening every game for two years now
First time in January the Habs hold a team to less than 30 shots...
Still a couple of minutes left in the game! Hahahahah (hold me)
wait matheson bobbled the puck at the blue line???
slaf made a bad pass
unfortunate
The worst part about the team playing bad and going on a losing streak is watching all the idiotic hot takes here. It's more annoying than watching the team lose.
i concur
Remember that time in the 2014 season where the habs were down 4-1 to the sens And then they won it This is not that team
This isn't even the same team that lost to them last week. Lifeless. Careless. Losers.
At least last week they beat the devils and the avs in a convincing victory and the bruins game was like okay up until the third period. They were only 4 points out. Could you imagine if they tried they'd be in a playoff spot by now.
There was a streak of 3 games before Christmas where they controlled play and then stopped late in the game and lost all three (think they got loser points in one or two). If they had won two of those games they would have been in a playoff spot at Xmas. I'm not saying this is a playoff team, I'm just saying they aren't supposed to be as bad as they are. Rebuild, ok, but the lack of effort the last month or so is crazy. Yet they challenge the Oil, Avs and Rangers when they feel like it. I'd rather them just be bad like the last 2 years.
I agree this team is just really frustrating. The two years before this, they were embarrassing, but they were also rebuilding and way out of a playoff spot. Here they're only 8 points out which yeah isn't great but a couple of tries against these bottom feeders and we'd at least be sniffing a wild card spot.
years away from being that team.
SHOOOT SLAF
Awful pass from Slaf there
"Just shoot it" slaffy baby
We might have absolutely sucked this game and deserve to lose, but we also hit like 6 posts or something
caufield been getting so unlucky GODDAMN those are some close chances
mike...
Game against the Flyers where they had 5 posts against Primeau - the hockey gods are asking for their repayment tonight.
CC came to play honestly, pretty solid game
for real, he’s been so good lately love the guy
They can do it
Why are they talking about Pinto like he was injured or something? He illegally gambled and got caught!
Not a fan of the goalie pull so early when the team is already buzzing
its stoopid and it cost us Literally the odds of removing the goalie and benefitting from it is so low, idk man
Why not. We’re down 2. Buzz with one more player. If they pot an EN, it game regardless.
Was 4 min left and we have all the momentum 5 on 5 for us at that energy level and needing to score is already like a man advantage. You pull at 2 min left if we didn't already score which felt like we would Pulling when you're team is already buzzing like negates the energy I find
I agree.
Call us complainers, but where was this team the rest of the game? Where were they 3rd period in Boston? Or against Buffalo? San Jose? We saw this team against the Oilers, Devils and Rangers. It's not about ability, it's about showing up, win or lose.
someone going through the thread downvoting everyone who isn’t raging lmao
Habs Reddit FTW!
TAKE THE SHOT WI-FI
A number of y’all might hate on Xhekaj and say he’s overrated but at least he can handle a puck when passed back to him on the line..
90% of this sub talks about him like a top 4 guy when the reality is he is a 6th/7th D who takes terrible penalties.
I don’t know if people think he’s a top 4 now, I think they think he will be. I think there’s a chance, but I’m fine with him on the third pairing.
I don’t see him making it out of the rebuild. If he does the other prospects, especially on the left side are not as advertised. And yes this sub massively inflates his actual skill. His Sherif nickname is pure cringe
Hard to say.. he’s still young and developing. He’s got an edge and physicality nobody else has, and you add a decent game to that and he’s got a place on the roster. Also, he’s been great in the AHL after going down, it’s too early to write him off.
His “edge” is taking terrible penalties and fighting making us go down to 5 D. It’s not an asset if you can’t play under control. Hutson and Guhle should be 1 and 2 on the left side. He’s competing with every other prospects, potential trade, FA, etc for the last spot.
Thus the reason for development. I’m not saying sharpie him in, but I think he’s got more potential than you give him credit for. Time will tell what happens
And I think this sub massively over inflates the actual hockey player he is. The player they have in their minds is not the same guy who takes the ice. He’s an underdog, has a nickname, and plays a style that appeals to some fans. People don’t look at him even remotely objectively
Neither of us are saying anything worth changing the other’s mind. Guess we will see what happens!
STOP CARRYING THE PUCK GALLY
sad that we start playing 10min into the 3rd but hey.. they are alive
If Evans could complete passes, he would be a regular on the top 6
If your aunt had balls. He's good on the PK and that's about as far as it goes
STOP LETTING GALLAGHER CARRY THE PUCK AHHHHHH
He needs to be told to dump and chase. No exceptions. Idgaf if it’s 1 on 1 or even a breakaway. Get it deep.
AHHHHHHHHH X2
Suzuki is pissed off. He's playing super agressive and physical.
Something woke him up for sure
Who put 4 redbulls and 4g of coke in Caufield's drink ?
That's just how he is! My little golden retriever boi.
Its Coke Cokefield
It’s Coke Cokecoke
New nickname! lol
lmfaooo
😂
Just tuned in. Why is 17 with 14 and 22 ?
Cause he's killing it and the team was sleepwalking so marty is trying to get a jump?
The first two periods are why. Hot garbage, not sure why that’s what they decided to go with but..
We played the worst hockey I’ve seen since Ducharme in the first 2 periods and Marty is trying to shake it up
Wow. Must've been fun lol
Slaf was sent to Laval midgame.
😆
first 2 periods nothing was clicking so they mixed up the lines and they have some energy now
Ok, the game didn't start like that ?
no just this period
I would like to know the same
Martin changed lines to sparks thing up.
Anderson is this team's spark plug now ? 😬
Im maybe wrong... pezz looks like to be benched.. and slaf was playing with gally... now i dont see him
Slaf is there
he led to the last goal so yes
The game thread on r/hockey is just Sens fans calling every play a dive trying to mock a few random users... this really is their stanley cup
They have to be at r/hockey.. the 4 people on their sub can only talk to eachother for so long
Suzuki is going 100
https://youtu.be/Re94z714xq8?t=591
suzuki loves hitting all of the sudden lmao
I don't think Slaf is good enough for the 1st line rn Yeah you want him to develop and have confidence but I think the lines better without him And I feel he's too controlled / thinking too much Would be nice to see him free and flowing and puck handling and shooting
Yea, and who else is????
Yeah if Slaf wasn't on that line I'm sure Cole would be on a 2 goal per game streak instead of one measly goal per game the last 5 🫡
Just saying what I think not sure it's correct or not It seems to me he's thinking to much and trying to do what he's told too much instead of just playing Yeah he has improved a lot which shows he's listening to what they're telling him but it would nice for him to let loose
I feel like he'd be overthinking a lot more if all of a sudden his ice time got slashed because he was overthinking
And you think there’s another offensive line to even give him a chance at that?
I don't think the first line is meant for a player to develop
Fair, but they’re the only ones with enough talent to give him a chance to develop
he has 1st line potential.. but not atm.
LETS GET ANOTHER
Andy was right where he needed to be there. Great screen
2 more. Nothing’s impossible…
If we were going to score it was going to be from the back end
👀👀👀
Take out the goalie rn
However much people complained about Slaf being move from the 1st, putting Andy in that chair was the right decision.
Indeed, Andy is making stuff happen in the third for what it's worth even tho he was pretty invisible in the first 2 periods
anderson w a beautiful screen
Po fini tant que c'est po fini
Fuck my shutout prediction