Montreal Canadiens

[rufio.85]

Condon has been pretty solid so far this year. He should hold the fort on the short-term.
The only thing that annoys me with him is that he seems to slide out of position pretty easily.
On east-west plays, it's not rare to see him almost out of the blue paint and struggling to get back.
Just an observation... We'll see how he fares.

[Burgundy]

Noticed that a couple of times in the last game - it looked like he was missing the post with his foot, so instead of being in position to push off the post to the other side of the net he would get caught out of position. Hopefully he fixes that, other teams will be able to take advantage of that quite easily.

[ericdaoust]

He lost his position a few times but it's nothing like Tokarski. On a cross-crease pass there was a danger Tokarski would crash into the boards...

[ericdaoust]

Holy Paul Byron!

[ericdaoust]

Another great outing for Condon. This team moves the puck so quickly up-ice!

[ericdaoust]

Preview for this week's games:

http://canadiens.nhl.com/club/news.h...id=DL|MTL|home

[ericdaoust]

I wouldn't expect to see Semin back in the lineup anytime soon barring injury. Not so much because of him but who the hell do you sit out?

[MarmotKing]

Yeah the team is playing great right now, especially that 4th line.

[ericdaoust]

Yeah the team is playing great right now, especially that 4th line.

Best bottom-six in the league!

[rangerfan2430]

Best bottom-six in the league!

It's crazy how much the bottom six is scoring

[MarmotKing]

It's crazy how much the bottom six is scoring

Makes a difference in the standings too.

[ericdaoust]

So far the only areas of concern are the left and right wings on Galchenyuk's line. Obviously Semin and Eller have not been good enough but part of that is also Galchenyuk learning how to make his wingers better. Work in progress.

[ericdaoust]

Pateryn has been sent to the AHL for conditioning. No surprise here as nobody in the top-six deserves to be replaced. I assume Tinordi will do the same once Pateryn returns.

[newfcollins]

Pateryn has been sent to the AHL for conditioning. No surprise here as nobody in the top-six deserves to be replaced. I assume Tinordi will do the same once Pateryn returns.

Wouldn't Tinordi have to clear waivers?

[ericdaoust]

Wouldn't Tinordi have to clear waivers?

Conditioning stint doesn't require waivers. I think it can be a max of 2 weeks.

BTW Pateryn would have to clear waivers too to be sent down permanently.