Habs Season Thread: 2024-25 Regular Season

[CH1]

It’s good to see the numbers back up the eye test (at least to my eyes) that Gallagher is still very useful (can’t do anything about his contract now)

From the Athletic

>>Back in the day, Brendan Gallagher was one of the original analytics darlings. A million years later, that hasn’t changed. This season, Gallagher’s impact on expected goal differential is plus-0.74 per 60, a career high and a top-five mark in hockey.

That doesn’t mean he’s a secret star or anything as he’s lost the scoring touch that once made him special. But it does mean he’s doing a fantastic job in Montreal’s bottom six. By Net Rating, Gallagher’s plus-1.5 is actually one of the best marks on the team this year. Montreal’s OG still rocks.

 

[worm]

Best playoff sv % amongst G from 2014-2021 w 20GP+ says otherwise

I was mocking

 

[legoalie]

Agree. And people underestimate how much shots have improved in the past few years. Beating a goalie clean with a wrist shot from the faceoffs circles is now a common occurrence in the league, shots are precise and hard. It either hits the goalie or he has to guess correctly, but shooters are good at deception too. The days of having the luxury to react to a shot from those distance are gone.

Is he an elite goaltender? No. Is he a starter in this league? Yes. Is he our goalie of the future? No. But we don't have to spend assets or try to make a big splash for a goalie either, plus his salary is more than reasonable.

I take him over many starters in the league. ie: Skinner. Monty won gold and was a good reason that team won gold at the WC.

 

[TheCountofMonteCristo]

It’s good to see the numbers back up the eye test (at least to my eyes) that Gallagher is still very useful (can’t do anything about his contract now)

From the Athletic

>>Back in the day, Brendan Gallagher was one of the original analytics darlings. A million years later, that hasn’t changed. This season, Gallagher’s impact on expected goal differential is plus-0.74 per 60, a career high and a top-five mark in hockey.

That doesn’t mean he’s a secret star or anything as he’s lost the scoring touch that once made him special. But it does mean he’s doing a fantastic job in Montreal’s bottom six. By Net Rating, Gallagher’s plus-1.5 is actually one of the best marks on the team this year. Montreal’s OG still rocks.

yet in the two games I saw, he was pretty useless, still tries hard, works hard, but he just can't do anything anymore

 

[Habspatrol]

yet in the two games I saw, he was pretty useless, still tries hard, works hard, but he just can't do anything anymore

That's the point of the analytics. Even though he's not producing, the numbers show that he's working hard and producing in ways that don't show up in traditional statistics.

 

[Habsy]

Agreed.

Habs fans have been spoiled with elite goaltending so expectations are too high.

Elite goalie expectations?

No..

Monty is average. He always has been and always will be. Nobody thinks otherwise. The give the guy a break thing won't change it either.

Also nobody complained about Monty against Vancouver.

 

[Habsy]

yet in the two games I saw, he was pretty useless, still tries hard, works hard, but he just can't do anything anymore

Gallagher plays the game correctly and honestly and that shows up in the numbers

 

[Habsy]

Our goalie tandem is paid peanuts , nothing to complain about

There's a reason for that, I'm not deluded.

 

[WeHaveMoreCupsThanYou]

yet in the two games I saw, he was pretty useless, still tries hard, works hard, but he just can't do anything anymore

Yeah, he had a couple of opportunities against the Oilers but he just doesn't have the wheels. On 2 occasions he was overtaken by a defender and what in previous years might have been a scoring chance cane to nothing.

 

[WeHaveMoreCupsThanYou]

Elite goalie expectations?

No..

Monty is average. He always has been and always will be. Nobody thinks otherwise. The give the guy a break thing won't change it either.

Also nobody complained about Monty against Vancouver.

I just wish he'd see an optometrist.

 

[GEEMAN]

yet in the two games I saw, he was pretty useless, still tries hard, works hard, but he just can't do anything anymore

He would win the NHL award for work ethic every year but he has been in decline 4 years in a row