Montreal Canadiens

[ericdaoust]

DSP is out with an injury so Carr will play his first NHL game tonight.

[Zorro]

I thought D.Carr was QB for the Raiders, this guy some major talent if he can play two sports!!

[ericdaoust]

I thought D.Carr was QB for the Raiders, this guy some major talent if he can play two sports!!

They are both the same person. Carr received a bunch of coaching before the game about how hand-passes are illegal in hockey.

[ericdaoust]

Tokarski and Tinordi recalled, Fucale sent down. Tokarski will likely play in one of the B2B games this week (WED/THU).

[LeTrefle]

Today's lines at practice (probably for tomorrow's game too)

Pacioretty-Galchenyuk-Andrighetto
Fleischmann-Desharnais-Weise
Eller-Plekanec-Byron
Thomas-Flynn-Carr

Condon vs BOS
Tokarski vs DET
Confirmed by Therrien

[ericdaoust]

Back to picking names from a hat...

[ericdaoust]

Tokarski will start on Thursday.

[ericdaoust]

Charles Hudon has been called up.

[Bass56]

Did Condon finally come back down to earth or is he just having a bad stretch? Do you think the Habs may look for a veteran that can help them until Price comes back and maybe for the rest of the year (i.e. playoffs)? I think Khudobin would most likely be that guy as Anaheim is in a jam with their 3-headed monster and I doubt they want to move him (or Andersen) to a Western Conference team.

Then again, the Habs are close to the cap and would most likely prefer to add firepower closer to the deadline for the final stretch...

What do you guys think?

[ericdaoust]

Did Condon finally come back down to earth or is he just having a bad stretch? Do you think the Habs may look for a veteran that can help them until Price comes back and maybe for the rest of the year (i.e. playoffs)? I think Khudobin would most likely be that guy as Anaheim is in a jam with their 3-headed monster and I doubt they want to move him (or Andersen) to a Western Conference team.

Then again, the Habs are close to the cap and would most likely prefer to add firepower closer to the deadline for the final stretch...

What do you guys think?

We'll know by the end of the week. I really don't see three consecutive losses as a big deal. It happens to everyone.

If they do seek out a vet I doubt it will be one that costs a lot.

[evans334]

I think Condon's been back down to earth for the past five games now.

I still don't think there is a need to make a move for a goalie though.

Condon should be able to hold the fort, he just needs the goal support.

The injuries up front is what is really causing the issues and the line shuffling.

[JagrBomb]

The injuries up front is what is really causing the issues and the line shuffling.

i'd say the injury in net is what is really causing the issues lol.

anyone know the habs record as of price's latest injury? curious to see how they are doing without price. looks like they might need to trade for a better backup, can't afford to waste another year if price goes down in the playoffs again.

[newfcollins]

Did Condon finally come back down to earth or is he just having a bad stretch? Do you think the Habs may look for a veteran that can help them until Price comes back and maybe for the rest of the year (i.e. playoffs)? I think Khudobin would most likely be that guy as Anaheim is in a jam with their 3-headed monster and I doubt they want to move him (or Andersen) to a Western Conference team.

Then again, the Habs are close to the cap and would most likely prefer to add firepower closer to the deadline for the final stretch...

What do you guys think?

Problem is that if the Habs trade Khodobin, they create their own three-headed monster once Price comes back.

Condon wasn't bad last night. The Habs should have buried more chances. They had a lot of shots and pressure, but not a lot of grade A scoring chances.

The only way the Habs were winning last night was if the Habs goalie shut out the Bruins. So it doesn't really matter who was in net. You're not going to win a lot of games if the goalie needs a shutout.

The Habs have scored two or fewer goals in each of their last five games. Got to get the offence going again to have a shot at winning.

[ericdaoust]

Last 6 games:

Rask 32/33 (.970)
Ward 36/38 (.947)
Holtby 33/35 (.943)
Bobrovsky 24/26 (.923)
Schneider 30/32 (.938)
Schneider 25/27 (.926)

Opposition goaltending has been excellent.

[evans334]

Last 6 games:

Rask 32/33 (.970)
Ward 36/38 (.947)
Holtby 33/35 (.943)
Bobrovsky 24/26 (.923)
Schneider 30/32 (.938)
Schneider 25/27 (.926)

Opposition goaltending has been excellent.

Great point!

In most of those games we really dictated the play too.