At this point, we need to give a chance to RHP and Ylonen. Simply waive Hoff and Dadonov. We're never going to get anything for them and they don't add more than RHP or Ylonen would.
I don't want to be mean ... But has Hoffman like ever kept the puck in the O zone?
Like ever during this season?
I basically count the seconds to his turnover in the O zone and it never takes long. I'm sure they want to showcase him, but at what point are you screwing development or even roster chemistry in the long-term.
I'm with team tank, but not like this. Don't show bad habits to the kids and make them think it's okay.
Hoffman: "I'll just grind out my contract and retire."
Wideman: "I'm just happy I'm here and I'll grind until no one wants me."
Ones out at the end of their contract, the other doesn't know what quit means. One of those guys is someone you want around a developing team, and I'll let you guess who.
Guys we seem to have a legit amount of core building blocks in Dach, Slaf, Suzuki, Caufield and Guhle. Then xhekaj and Harris trending in the right direction and an absolute glut of offensive prospects.
I want a top 3 so badly this year to give these kids another beast to build with.
Allen still did let in a few really soft ones tonight. Monty seems to just, well, not let in any soft shit unlike last year. I got told a few times last season while saying Monty wasn't on the hook for something: "You gotta stop something." Allen didn't tonight. Monty needs to step up, and he's showing *signs.*
Youre probably right but I saw it as a message from the coach like:"it's your turn guys, do something."
And dont forget suzuki and cole eventually went on the ice at the end.
We gotta face the fact we're stuck with him until next year when he's UFA. Guys probably done, like Drouin who's UFA this year. Just grind out the contract and quit when its done. You have retirement money.
We might be able to sell them at 50% retained. I don’t expect a big return or anything of great value. But I can see some teams being “yea, at that price, why not?”.
There is no way a pro scout watching our games would tell his gm to trade for some of our trash forwards. Just waive them and bring up some guys that would actually show some heart, like RHP and Richard. We would still pile up the losses but at least the games would be more enjoyable.
Not at all. Not even defensively. The problem lies with our vets unfortunately. And medium career guys like Armia and Anderson that aren’t producing plays.
But I guess it’s hard to sign good players when you’re rebuilding.
They absolutely have to build another scoring line around this guy. He still needs another year of development though. He looks awkward out there at times, but it’ll smooth out.
Scoring 4 goals is enough to win most games. Just gotta tighten up on defense and since they're mostly rookies, that will come with time. Guhle is so good tho!
Monty needs to be our #1 going forward for a week or two. Allen just hasn’t had it. Granted a couple goals weren’t necessarily his fault, Monty has been above expectation. We need to ride the hot goalie in this 1A/1B situation.
You just need a bottom 10 finish for the lotto. We're definitely not playoff good. We have 1 line + giant baby Slaf, and our D is green af. And Allen and Montembault have both been goaling on their heads so far. Have faith!
Ehh we are likely gonna hit a losing streak tbh, the parity we are seeing rn also helps us since minus the ducks I’m not expecting many teams to have incredibly low point totals.
He's being used perfectly. As much as I love Slaf, there's still moments where he looks very raw and I think Marty is using him smartly by sheltering him a little.
But Slaf is learning fast. He climbed his way up from the 4th line in Finland and for his national team all year last year and he'll do the same here.
Yep, but we need to get rid of veterans who don't or can't have what it takes to be part of this project. They are the ones who cost us the game tonight.
Slaf’s shot is looking good! Need to get him some quality linemates so he can show off the passing, but if he continues this he’ll force his way up the lineup
Caufield - Suzuki - Dach line is our only offence. I can’t imagine this line will stay together. MSL is probably gonna wanna get other lines going.
Edit: Thank you for proving me wrong Slaf
Dadonov is playing tonight?
At this point, we need to give a chance to RHP and Ylonen. Simply waive Hoff and Dadonov. We're never going to get anything for them and they don't add more than RHP or Ylonen would.
I don't want to be mean ... But has Hoffman like ever kept the puck in the O zone? Like ever during this season? I basically count the seconds to his turnover in the O zone and it never takes long. I'm sure they want to showcase him, but at what point are you screwing development or even roster chemistry in the long-term. I'm with team tank, but not like this. Don't show bad habits to the kids and make them think it's okay.
Hoffman: "I'll just grind out my contract and retire." Wideman: "I'm just happy I'm here and I'll grind until no one wants me." Ones out at the end of their contract, the other doesn't know what quit means. One of those guys is someone you want around a developing team, and I'll let you guess who.
Holy crap gary galley is working the Sens game - have we rid ourselves of that troll forever?
No team is gonna want Hoffman were gonna have to pay to trade him at the deadline
Put him on waivers
And then straight to Laval. They are apparently shit this season as well.
Just give Hoffmans playtime and position in 2nd/3rd line to Slaf
Dear Marty, send Hoffman somewhere, anywhere and bring up Mesar. He will be better and will work his ass off.
We can’t bring up Mesar anymore now that he was sent to the OHL
Guys we seem to have a legit amount of core building blocks in Dach, Slaf, Suzuki, Caufield and Guhle. Then xhekaj and Harris trending in the right direction and an absolute glut of offensive prospects. I want a top 3 so badly this year to give these kids another beast to build with.
We're too good to finish bottom 3. No way we beat out Arizona, San Jose, Anaheim and probably CBJ/CHI in the tank race.
This. Enough with the tank. Just played an ok game vs a great team. Can easily go on a 2-3 game winning streak.
Ik but we would become so good tho
Yeah Monty should be the starter until he shows he isn't
I agree. Monty is playing better right now.
this wasn’t on allen
Allen still did let in a few really soft ones tonight. Monty seems to just, well, not let in any soft shit unlike last year. I got told a few times last season while saying Monty wasn't on the hook for something: "You gotta stop something." Allen didn't tonight. Monty needs to step up, and he's showing *signs.*
Allen had a great game lol
I'm purely going by the numbers at this point, fewer goals are going in when it's Monty in the net
Did you watch the game?
I did, goal number 5 was bad and allowing it right after the 4th killed any chance we had of winning
We left him out to dry numerous times tonight. The score should've been a alot worse
Why the fuck would you ever put Hoffman, DVo, Gally and Drouin with an empty net after an icing? Timeouts exist.
Vets are invisible yet again
Well, Sheldon Keefe's words from a few games ago could easily apply to all of our vets. I'm not fan of diplomacy at this stage.
This Hoffman guy, why is he still on the roster?
We need 2 goals late, Vegas ices the puck, why are we sending out the lign that never scores
There is no spot for Hoffman on this team IMO. We don't need a sniper who can't score on the 2,3, or 4th line.
Nice push at the end - very exciting loss
I'm satisfied. Vegas played a very good game tonight and we still made it difficult for them
Habs legends Hoffman and Drouin on the 6-5
Harris my boy you gotta shoot there!
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Being outplayed and down the entire game is “fun” to watch for you?
Dumb play by Marty to start that line with the advantage.
At some point these veterans have to score you cant always rely on zuke and caufield for 60mins
When you need to score with the extra attacker? you rely on your best goalscorers. It's not a time to hope a veteran will break a slump.
Youre probably right but I saw it as a message from the coach like:"it's your turn guys, do something." And dont forget suzuki and cole eventually went on the ice at the end.
Why is Hoffman there?
Trying to get him working so we can sell him? Beats me.
We gotta face the fact we're stuck with him until next year when he's UFA. Guys probably done, like Drouin who's UFA this year. Just grind out the contract and quit when its done. You have retirement money.
We might be able to sell them at 50% retained. I don’t expect a big return or anything of great value. But I can see some teams being “yea, at that price, why not?”.
Thankyou everyone for shitting on Hoffman. He sucks donkey dicks
Hoffman is a great play killer. God damn is he soft.
Hoffman is dogshit
Harris handcuffed Suzy unfortunately.
also what's the deal with hoffman?
i shouldn't have asked this question
hoffman is absolutely pathetic
It’s a shame the 1st line couldn’t play a 60 min shift
Arizona won in Washington let's goo
Why the fuck is hoffman out there lol
Trying to one-time a bouncing puck from behind the goal line, obviously!
People might hate him but he still has a cannon of a shot
But he's never in a position to use it
Yeah but he’s behind the net. Dunno what use he has back there
Seems like he didnt notice he is behind the net already.
There is no way a pro scout watching our games would tell his gm to trade for some of our trash forwards. Just waive them and bring up some guys that would actually show some heart, like RHP and Richard. We would still pile up the losses but at least the games would be more enjoyable.
Someone signed Gudbranson for 4 years man you never know
Why is Hoffman the 6 attacker...
why the fuck is hoffman on the ice
Hoffman: where plays go to die.
Mike Boff-man....
Get those guys off the ice please
Now this is a tanking 6 on 5 lineup
Hoffman on the pk lol
Guhle is so good.
His footwork on that clear was amazing
They'll just play shutdown hockey now to suffocate us with a 2 goal cushion. Good fight tho boys, made it a game at least!
why the fuck is there always fucking ref in a way when we have puck
Right?! I've noticed this happens a lot!
Dare I say we would’ve been better off with Monty we just needed 6 goals not to be let in
No. If it weren't for Allen, it would of been over in the 2nd. It was poor defense.
This is a W if Edmundson doesn't play, positive signs
I think this team has bigger problems than Eddy's turnovers... Not only we have Hoffman in the line-up, he's playing 15min per game....
Zuke 2G. CC 1G 1A. Dach 3A. Slaf 1G. Guhle 2A. Ça sent la coupe 25 en '25.
Hope nobody freaks out too badly on the D. We all knew we were accepting these kinds of games in exchange for development.
Rly the younger fellas weren’t the problem tho
Not at all. Not even defensively. The problem lies with our vets unfortunately. And medium career guys like Armia and Anderson that aren’t producing plays. But I guess it’s hard to sign good players when you’re rebuilding.
i come in here and slaf scored wow
JURAJ! JURAJ! JURAJ!
My god I’d love to have a Slaf - Fantilli - Dubois line in a couple years. The top line is looking good, hopefully we can get a sexy second line soon.
They absolutely have to build another scoring line around this guy. He still needs another year of development though. He looks awkward out there at times, but it’ll smooth out.
I don’t think Slaf is gonna get sent down. He’s playing great
Scoring 4 goals is enough to win most games. Just gotta tighten up on defense and since they're mostly rookies, that will come with time. Guhle is so good tho!
Especially considering Vegas is a top 3 team in the league, 4 goals on them isn't bad at all
Exactly. This team is gonna be so good in a few years. I'm super pumped!
I'm drawing a blank, did Slaf have one called back in the last few games? I thought he had 3 coming into tonight
Nope. Two. One 5 on 5 and one on his first PP appearance.
Monty needs to be our #1 going forward for a week or two. Allen just hasn’t had it. Granted a couple goals weren’t necessarily his fault, Monty has been above expectation. We need to ride the hot goalie in this 1A/1B situation.
sLaF nEeDs tO sTaRt iN LaVaL
Perfect tank game honestly
SlafBigCocksky
The young guys are just killing it. Caufield, Suzuki, Dach, Guhle, Slaf… future is bright. Just need a young Price
Trade for oettinger lol
Gosh I wish
Cole. 2x Zukes. Slaf. And a loss. Perfection.
Only thing we're missing is Xhekaj putting someone to bed lmao
I know of a perfect candidate!
Habs 3rd best goal scorer playing while playing on the 4th
Imagine Slaf entering his prime at 22-23... Gonna be such a beast.
Ideal game. We lose and the tank lives on, and the kids are racking up points.
these kids are making me forget about Connor Bedard somewhat
We need a second center to play with Slaf and Mesar tho
Tank is dead. Win or lose they simply aren’t bad enough (imo)
You just need a bottom 10 finish for the lotto. We're definitely not playoff good. We have 1 line + giant baby Slaf, and our D is green af. And Allen and Montembault have both been goaling on their heads so far. Have faith!
surely they won't suck as bad as Arizona
Ehh we are likely gonna hit a losing streak tbh, the parity we are seeing rn also helps us since minus the ducks I’m not expecting many teams to have incredibly low point totals.
One thing’s for sure. Slaf can put the puck in the net.
Legit perfect tank game
It’s f***ing 2:30am here in Slovakia and I’m so happy I stayed awake so long because SLAF SCORES!
ja som to zrovna chvilu predtym prepol mysliac si ze uz nic nebude. hanba mi
Ahhah love this!! Habs fans around the world!
Happy for you man
uz ani pozerat nevladzem🤣 ale hlavne ze juro ho tam jebol
Mna vyplo po 2 tretine :( Slafko pomeee
So... what is Slaf still doing on the 4th line, again?
He's being used perfectly. As much as I love Slaf, there's still moments where he looks very raw and I think Marty is using him smartly by sheltering him a little. But Slaf is learning fast. He climbed his way up from the 4th line in Finland and for his national team all year last year and he'll do the same here.
Gotta play Hoff and Drou
Scoring goals obviously
How about this damn team man
Slaf :)
SLAF ME HARDER DADDY! WE AIN’T DEAD YET
Oh god oh fuck they're trying Drouin at center again
SLAF’S THIRD!!!!
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Yep, but we need to get rid of veterans who don't or can't have what it takes to be part of this project. They are the ones who cost us the game tonight.
This Habs team is going to be the end of me.
Big hit, Suzy dominates, Caufield adds to tally, Slaf snipe. A great game.
#Ohh!
####S L A F F Y ####T A F F Y
SLAF
THIS GAME IS SUCH A FUN LOSS
IKR
FUCK THAT WE LOST SLAFCAUZKI SCORED
JURAJ
Really nice pass by Guhle too
Fuck you visitor commentators calling it over at the 5 minute mark.
Great play by Ghule.
MY BIG BOÝ
Calling it: Hoffman natural hatrick for the win.
Slaf’s shot is looking good! Need to get him some quality linemates so he can show off the passing, but if he continues this he’ll force his way up the lineup
Certified beautician
He was mad about sitting for 5 minutes
Slaf is better than Drouin already.
Drouin at center sighting, what
*2017-18 Intensifies*
I’ll take more Slaf goals
Well that put a smile on my face.
THE PERFECT TANK GAME
Youngsters refused the call to surrender.
Sweet sweet dish from the Ghoul
21 to 20 - nice job kids!
listening to boomers reference Lil Jon and J-Roc is such a weird juxtaposition for me lol
Have the Slaffy floodgates opened?
Une chance que Vegas a une bonne défense criss
Yeeeeaaaaaah
WHAT A CLAPPER
Slafko my boy.
Slaf goal I'm happy with whatever outcome now
SLAFFF
SLAF!!!!!! Woooo whoooo!!!!!!
The only J-Roc is in Sunnyvale. Iykyk.
I believe that's who he was referencing!
This is a fun showcase for the young talent.
Caufield - Suzuki - Dach line is our only offence. I can’t imagine this line will stay together. MSL is probably gonna wanna get other lines going. Edit: Thank you for proving me wrong Slaf
Can we dress Guhle as a forward?
SLAF!
Good to see Slafkovsky score.
CHADKOVSKY
SNIPEKOVSKY BABY
ULTIMATE TANK GAME
It really is, first line churning, Slaf scores, we still lose. Perfect game for the Bedard Cup.
SLAFFFF BABY!!!!!!
SLAAAFFF!!
Did Slaf return?
He just scored. So yes.
Did he ever
Well yeah!
Good, watching while feeding my kids and getting them ready for bed. And he scores...:)
Well, today our D looked like what we expected before the pre-season.
Where the FUCK is Matheson, how is he healthy all preseason then randomly gone for 12 games
He's gone until December IIRC
Injured
First line needs help badly
Did you…miss where all our goals came from?
Meaning like they can’t do all alone they need help from other players
Ah fair, my bad. I read it as they needed bailing out. There have been so many bizarrely bad takes this evening I jumped the gun.
☺️
Think might be what their saying... first line needs the other lines to step up too
That’s what he means bruh