GDT | Game 18 | @ Boston Bruins | Saturday, November 18 | 7PM EST

[Krustchev]

... he says after a season of record injury games lost and Dach goes down for the season.

There's apparently no Dach on the Habs, he said I was dreaming.

 

[Habsy]

There's apparently no Dach on the Habs, he said I was dreaming.

No Dach is why we have so many injuries


I'll see myself out

 

[TheCountofMonteCristo]

There's apparently no Dach on the Habs, he said I was dreaming.

what was your word, ah yes "delusional"

 

[TheCountofMonteCristo]

Toe Blake famously said that once you start listening to what the fans want you soon wind up sitting in the stands with them.

Fuck the fairweather fans who don't get how this works. You don't wave a magic wand and have a Cup winner. It takes years of work, especially when you're trying to rebuild after a decade of incompetence. And with those years of hard work comes pain, suffering and misery. The pain reminds us that we are alive.

but you have told me you have ridiculously high expectations of winning every year or it is a failure. Are you getting soft?

 

[WeHaveMoreCupsThanYou]

but you have told me you have ridiculously high expectations of winning every year or it is a failure. Are you getting soft?

When you are a garbage team that is rebuilding, the way you win is by losing. When we got the first overall pick, we "won". When we missed out on Bedard, we "lost". That's what winning and losing looks like when you're a team in a rebuild.

 

[GrandWazoo]

I've asked this question since the moment we hired Martin St. Louis and I've yet to receive an answer to my question.

What, exactly, makes everyone think Martin St. Louis's a good coach?

Also, since he's apparently decided to keep Slafkovsky on the team as his pet project... What, exactly, does he have that makes him at good talent development? If he's this good at talent development, why aren't Mailloux & Roy on the team to be around him?

St.Louis is not responsible for Slafkovsky’s development, that’s on Hughes.

 

[TheCountofMonteCristo]

When you are a garbage team that is rebuilding, the way you win is by losing. When we got the first overall pick, we "won". When we missed out on Bedard, we "lost". That's what winning and losing looks like when you're a team in a rebuild.

I take it then you will want them to lose the next two we play against the Leafs, the game you go to in January and the Oiler/Flame games in March,,,

 

[WeHaveMoreCupsThanYou]

I take it then you will want them to lose the next two we play against the Leafs, the game you go to in January and the Oiler/Flame games in March,,,

They can't lose em all.

 

[TheCountofMonteCristo]

They can't lose em all.

but you should want them to do so,

 

[WeHaveMoreCupsThanYou]

but you should want them to do so,

Sure, but since they can't actually lose em all I can select a few I'd like to see them win. They can beat the Leafs, Oilers, and Flames and still finish low enough to ensure a top 3 pick.

 

[TheCountofMonteCristo]

Sure, but since they can't actually lose em all I can select a few I'd like to see them win. They can beat the Leafs, Oilers, and Flames and still finish low enough to ensure a top 3 pick.

a very Nimbyesque view of the world...

 

[GGpX]

St.Louis is not responsible for Slafkovsky’s development, that’s on Hughes.

I agree, but if you're putting MSL as coach as a stop gap (or distraction, whatever) and he's personally taken it upon himself to monitor Slafkovsky's development?

I have questions. I find it strange.

 

[GrandWazoo]

I agree, but if you're putting MSL as coach as a stop gap (or distraction, whatever) and he's personally taken it upon himself to monitor Slafkovsky's development?

I have questions. I find it strange.

He’s not a stop gap

 

[Krustchev]

He’s not a stop gap

No, he’s actually a bit of a project himself.