Habs News & Notes: 2014-15 Season
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HabsFan1
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Defiantly possible. Lol
BURG
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Bork was at Kelly's Pub in St. John's last night. My cousin got a picture taken with him there.
wiseguy1
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Cool. Not everyday one has a chance to visit NFLD. Make the most of it and Bourque did.
hairnova
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Habs notes from Elliotte Friedman's 30 Thoughts:
4. Entering Thursday's encounter with Boston, Montreal's ice-time distribution on the power play was PK Subban (3:43 per game), Andrei Markov (3:29), Tom Gilbert (0:57) and Nathan Beaulieu (0:45). In Sergei Gonchar's first game, Michel Therrien split up the Markov/Subban duo, going primarily with Gonchar/Markov and Gilbert/Subban. The ice-time went Subban (5:02), Gonchar (4:49), Markov (4:32) and Gilbert (3:55). Subban and Gilbert benefited from a 2:11 shift, which boosted their total. Hard to imagine that cannon regularly being the third option.
5. In Montreal, there is debate now about Gilbert's future. One thing about GM Marc Bergevin: he feels very strongly that you can never have too many defencemen, and, by adding Gonchar, he clearly believes Montreal didn't have enough to begin with. The 40-year-old played 20 minutes in his debut, just his fourth game after missing the first 11 with an ankle injury. He's been pretty durable (out just 17 games the past three years), but, at that age, can you afford to lean on him too heavily?
6. Gilbert, for the record, does not have no-trade protection. There was a lot of interest in him last summer in free agency. One of the pursuers was Detroit, although if Joan of Arc shot right, we'd be linking her to the Red Wings even though she died 600 years ago.
7. Bergevin made two roster changes (Travis Moen and Rene Bourque) almost immediately after word was he wanted to force Jiri Sekac into the lineup. This happens from time-to-time. Most GMs will tell you the coach deserves the right to set the individual game roster. A manager's power is in creating that roster. (I've written before that one GM explained how, a few years ago, he traded two players so his coach would play younger guys. That duo is still together.) Besides, getting Sekac into a regular spot is working for everyone.
4. Entering Thursday's encounter with Boston, Montreal's ice-time distribution on the power play was PK Subban (3:43 per game), Andrei Markov (3:29), Tom Gilbert (0:57) and Nathan Beaulieu (0:45). In Sergei Gonchar's first game, Michel Therrien split up the Markov/Subban duo, going primarily with Gonchar/Markov and Gilbert/Subban. The ice-time went Subban (5:02), Gonchar (4:49), Markov (4:32) and Gilbert (3:55). Subban and Gilbert benefited from a 2:11 shift, which boosted their total. Hard to imagine that cannon regularly being the third option.
5. In Montreal, there is debate now about Gilbert's future. One thing about GM Marc Bergevin: he feels very strongly that you can never have too many defencemen, and, by adding Gonchar, he clearly believes Montreal didn't have enough to begin with. The 40-year-old played 20 minutes in his debut, just his fourth game after missing the first 11 with an ankle injury. He's been pretty durable (out just 17 games the past three years), but, at that age, can you afford to lean on him too heavily?
6. Gilbert, for the record, does not have no-trade protection. There was a lot of interest in him last summer in free agency. One of the pursuers was Detroit, although if Joan of Arc shot right, we'd be linking her to the Red Wings even though she died 600 years ago.
7. Bergevin made two roster changes (Travis Moen and Rene Bourque) almost immediately after word was he wanted to force Jiri Sekac into the lineup. This happens from time-to-time. Most GMs will tell you the coach deserves the right to set the individual game roster. A manager's power is in creating that roster. (I've written before that one GM explained how, a few years ago, he traded two players so his coach would play younger guys. That duo is still together.) Besides, getting Sekac into a regular spot is working for everyone.
Habsy
Not playing around anymore.
The thing I like the most about the Habs this year is the depth. Opposing teams really don't know which line to defend with their top guys because every night is different. You can key on Pacioretty and Chucky/Plekanec kill you. You key on them and Pacioretty kills you. If you have two decent defensive centers and key on those two lines then all of a sudden Eller/Sekac come alive and kill you. Then we have our nuclear option in Dale Weise. Must admit the games are fun to watch when everything is clicking.
Habsy
Not playing around anymore.
Yeah, Gonchar is slow but makes up for it with his experience. The guy just doesn't seem to get rattled and makes smart plays. I'm sure the bonehead play is coming or someone will walk around him soon enough but so far so good. The problem is having to dress 7 D to reduce his minutes.
CH1
The Artist Formerly Known as chiggins.
They're dressing 7 D because they want to keep Beaulieu in the lineup, not because they want to shelter Gonchar's minutes. It's easy to give your bottom pair 13 mins of icetime.
Sal_Butera
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Yup - deal Gilbert to the Wings....since they were desperately after him last summer.
Habs-25
Banned
I think he was pretty good after 10-12th game of season . Not sure if gonchar can play top 4 D minutes and back to back games during long season and playoff .He is playing great because he was well rested .
CH1
The Artist Formerly Known as chiggins.
Moen is cheaper to scratch than Gonchar. And we freed up money for next year.
Sal_Butera
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Oh stop being such a pasty ass...So what is this latest celebration mean...and when will MT shut it down.
