Montreal Canadiens

[ericdaoust]

Just a heads up that due to the Bondon curse whichever goalie the Habs put in on the front side of the B2B in Edmonton is a bad option to start in your fantasy league.

[ericdaoust]

Tokarski is in tonight. Poor guy.

[ericdaoust]

Sorry for not posting this here on time but Beaulieu is in for Tinordi.

[ericdaoust]

How have the Oilers not taken care of the cameras being on the wrong side yet??? That alone makes me want them to lose.

[newfcollins]

How have the Oilers not taken care of the cameras being on the wrong side yet??? That alone makes me want them to lose.

I've always wondered why they did that. My best theory is that it's a leftover from the WHA days.

[ericdaoust]

I've always wondered why they did that. My best theory is that it's a leftover from the WHA days.

Until they fix it they deserve to lose.

[ericdaoust]

The only thing worse than a late game is a late game where the Habs are sloppy.

[jcairns]

The only thing worse than a late game is a late game where the Habs are sloppy.

Yep. This has not been great. With that said, I've learnt to never count the Habs out as they usually tend to be pretty good bets for 3rd period comebacks. Hopefully they come out flying to start the 3rd.

Oh yeah, and Galchenyuk continues with his slick hands.

[ericdaoust]

Yep. This has not been great. With that said, I've learnt to never count the Habs out as they usually tend to be pretty good bets for 3rd period comebacks. Hopefully they come out flying to start the 3rd.

Oh yeah, and Galchenyuk continues with his slick hands.

They're still in the game but it doesn't make the viewing experience any better when they play like this.

[ericdaoust]

This was one of the worst efforts I've seen from the Habs in ages. Sloppy is an understatement.

[ericdaoust]

To add to what I wrote, the possession time was very good against the Oilers and there were certainly chances to score. I just can't remember seeing so many easy passes missed, good passes mishandled, guys out of place for outlet passes, blind passes, attempted passes through multiple defenders and predictable Subban slapshots. The Oilers did well paying the price to defend and took advantage of their chances. They deserved to win. Hopefully the lesson is learned quickly and the team can get back on track tonight.

[doulos]

The Habs could have had a few more powerplays as well. I don't think they played that badly to be honest. Sometimes you'll lose the odd game like that.

[mister_mcgoo]

This was one of the worst efforts I've seen from the Habs in ages. Sloppy is an understatement.

Yeah they played poorly on both sides of the puck. The Oilers played a good game but we didn't show up last night. The Habs last night looked like a team that was taking it's opposition for granted and already looking forward to the next game and the results were predictable.

[doulos]

Yeah they played poorly on both sides of the puck. The Oilers played a good game but we didn't show up last night. The Habs last night looked like a team that was taking it's opposition for granted and already looking forward to the next game and the results were predictable.

I'm fairly certain that's been the theme the last several games. Tampa Bay, Washington, and Montreal all seemed to figure they can cash in the extra 2 points against the Oilers, and to be honest, they generally could the past several seasons.

[ericdaoust]

The Habs could have had a few more powerplays as well. I don't think they played that badly to be honest. Sometimes you'll lose the odd game like that.

I'm just not convinced more powerplays would have made much of a difference. Not the way they were moving the puck. Like I said their puck possession time was very good but they were not sharp mentally and several players basically took the night off. Oilers were very willing combatants and did well making their chances count.

Hopefully this ends up being a mulligan game and not the start of a trend.