wiseguy1
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But soon even MB will have to admit Weber is done.
Habs Season Thread: 2024-25 Regular Season
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wiseguy1
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Wow Subban looks so skinny now, almost unrecognizable
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Just watched some of the Ottawa game before tiring of it.
I am having a hard time watching a full Habs game anymore, because I get bored and distracted by whatever else is going on. This has been taking place, for ,oh maybe 3-4 years, since PKs departure anyway. A period, doesn't matter which one, is about all I can take. At first I figured it was me, maybe age, cynicism whatever. . But when I catch parts of other games, featuring combinations of teams in the East like Wash/Phil/NYR/NYI/ Pitt/Bos sometimes they suck me in and I can watch for long stretches. I have generally enjoyed the playoffs the last few years too, though no vested interest in any team.
So I don't think after watching the game since 1962 I suddenly lost my interest in hockey.Its a lack of interest in the Habs. Hard to believe..I was as diehard a fan as there was, used to get butterflies before games..... loved every minute of it for decades. .
I am having a hard time watching a full Habs game anymore, because I get bored and distracted by whatever else is going on. This has been taking place, for ,oh maybe 3-4 years, since PKs departure anyway. A period, doesn't matter which one, is about all I can take. At first I figured it was me, maybe age, cynicism whatever. . But when I catch parts of other games, featuring combinations of teams in the East like Wash/Phil/NYR/NYI/ Pitt/Bos sometimes they suck me in and I can watch for long stretches. I have generally enjoyed the playoffs the last few years too, though no vested interest in any team.
So I don't think after watching the game since 1962 I suddenly lost my interest in hockey.Its a lack of interest in the Habs. Hard to believe..I was as diehard a fan as there was, used to get butterflies before games..... loved every minute of it for decades. .
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lecoqsportif
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Hudson and Rex is more exciting , at least that dog is proficient and earns his treats
Sal_Butera
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11GP in 19-days
3 in 4
2 in less than 24 hours.
The old guys being leaned on, need a breather and the team looks tired in general - also stuck w minimal options w only 1-recall remaining till end of the season.
The Byron waiver moves (3x recalls) to buy cap space are hurting the ability to call up the Hobbit, Evans & Poehling to inject youthful energy
CH1
The Artist Formerly Known as chiggins.
except MB went out and got Staal to replace Evans (as if 71 was the problem)...so he has nobody else to blame for the current callup and financial handcuffs
the real problem is that we last played Vancouver a month ago...every other divisional opponent has proven to be a coin flip matchup at best
it doesn't mean we can't get hot all of a sudden...CC may provide a boost...but the team is what it's record says it is
Rolex
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Bergy's initial vision/system based on character/leadership players cannot be undone until Weber-Price players are gone.
Gainey did the same thing when Koivu-Kovalev-Souray-Tanguay (and friends) all walked.....but the replacements didn't do better.
Also, Bergy has nobody more knowledgeable in the organization to report to. The GM in Colorado reports to Sakic....Sakic knows hockey......Bergy reports to Geoff.....Geoff doesn't know hockey.
Gainey did the same thing when Koivu-Kovalev-Souray-Tanguay (and friends) all walked.....but the replacements didn't do better.
Also, Bergy has nobody more knowledgeable in the organization to report to. The GM in Colorado reports to Sakic....Sakic knows hockey......Bergy reports to Geoff.....Geoff doesn't know hockey.
Sal_Butera
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Hope so, since Sakic is the GM
BTW - that Presidents role is a BS role and is only viable when a team is part of a larger conglomerate such as MLSE with multiple sporting teams, same w MSG.
Stevie Y, Brisebois, Jim Nill, Zito etc. do not report to a President of Hockey Ops
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Rolex
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but Sakic wasn't the GM at the beginning....remember
Sal_Butera
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Sakic was the de facto GM when brought aboard by Sam Walton’s son-in-law...when he first came on board w St.Patrick they shared the GM role - Greg Sherman who had the title of GM served as an advisor to Sakic & Roy.
It was understood from the beginning there would be a transition phase to get Sakic & Roy comfortable after being out of the game or as Bobby Mac said all parties understand Sherman is GM in title only
Sal_Butera
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Does Byron account for half our call ups , and if yes why didn’t we just leave leave it on the taxi squad if Nero wanted him gone
Difference is under Gainey those players were all UFA’s and left . How this regime navigates 2 aging vets on big contracts is anyone’s guess .
It’s going to get worse , with many free agents this summer and overpaying more patch work players like Dano just keeps the can kicking down the road
Sal_Butera
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Post trade deadline a team is allowed 4-regular recalls until AHL season is done. A team is allowed an infinite number of emergency recalls.
MB used 3-of his-4 recalls on deadline day, now have 1-left to add to the roster (presumably Evans or Caufield). After the use of that last regular recall, would only be able to recall someone in case of injury.
So it’s down to one of Caufield or Evans...
Why wasn’t Mete put on waivers prior to deadline day, did MB decide last minute on Monday?
Not saying the Hobbit will save this team, but if Habs miss the playoffs due to administrative error keeping them from using taxi squad support....forget all the other MB debatable errors, this classifies 100% as pure incompetency.
Staal off the pace so far in Montreal - TSN.ca
Eric Staal is off to a slow start offensively, with a goal and no assists in eight games for the Montreal Canadiens. More concerning is the time Montreal is spending defending the run of play with Staal on the ice, Travis Yost writes.
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Glad I wasn't the only one that noticed. Seems like Staal's line is always stuck in our end. Bring Evans back in
Staal off the pace so far in Montreal - TSN.ca
Eric Staal is off to a slow start offensively, with a goal and no assists in eight games for the Montreal Canadiens. More concerning is the time Montreal is spending defending the run of play with Staal on the ice, Travis Yost writes.
Glad I wasn't the only one that noticed. Seems like Staal's line is always stuck in our end. Bring Evans back in
Should change his name to CRAWL