Like Evans is in the top 10 reasons this team is playing like poop....
- Mashadar

not at all, but see previous post

I'm not underevaluate at all. you can have that type of player on the 3rd line if you have 2 studs on the top 6. PIT, WPG, EDM... these teams could afford a defensive center on the 3rd. not the Habs. Montreal need production from all 3 lines, and Evans on the 3rd won't provide any. you can wait another 10-20 games if you want, you come back to me then.
- fidopro

"it's not that our 3rd line center isn't good, but our 1st 2 centers are miscast so it falls on him"

It's been brutal lately
- Darksyde

I mean, it's one thing to keep the same formula without ever adding new functionalities, but is it that hard to have a website that doesn't go 504 every two minutes? really looks like they just don't give a (frank).

not at all, but see previous post
- fidopro

Not Evans fault MB can't do his job.

I am fine with Evans on the 3rd line.... but I'd be happy if he was on the 4th line, especially if that would put the Perrault / Paquette era to bed.

I really feel bad for Leks right now.

"it's not that our 3rd line center isn't good, but our 1st 2 centers are miscast so it falls on him"
- mr.peanut

yep, they're all playing 1 spot too high

Not Evans fault MB can't do his job.

I am fine with Evans on the 3rd line.... but I'd be happy if he was on the 4th line, especially if that would put the Perrault / Paquette era to bed.

I really feel bad for Leks right now.
- Mashadar

of course, the kid can't give what he doesn't have.

yep, they're all playing 1 spot too high
- fidopro

If the guy signed for the next 9 years played like a guy you want for the next 9 years then where evans is playing doesn't matter

yep, they're all playing 1 spot too high
- fidopro

.... for the last 30 years.

If the guy signed for the next 9 years played like a guy you want for the next 9 years then where evans is playing doesn't matter
- mr.peanut

in part true, but I still believe he can't produce enough offense to feed wingers like Hoffman and Gallagher. time will tell, we have all winter to see this unfold.

If the guy signed for the next 9 years played like a guy you want for the next 9 years then where evans is playing doesn't matter
- mr.peanut

That line needs a big left winger with some scoring touch type player the Habs just do not have.... all they can do right now is throw Armia at it and hope for the best.

I suspect Suzuki and CC will be split up fairly soon.

I'm not underevaluate at all. you can have that type of player on the 3rd line if you have 2 studs on the top 6. PIT, WPG, EDM... these teams could afford a defensive center on the 3rd. not the Habs. Montreal need production from all 3 lines, and Evans on the 3rd won't provide any. you can wait another 10-20 games if you want, you come back to me then.
- fidopro

bah, the way I see it is he may not be among the league's top 10 third centers, but he has the hockey smarts to adapt his game, time will tell but I think he'll be totally fine. anyway offensively speaking the whole frickin' lineup needs a sparkplug right now, holy.

bah, the way I see it is he may not be among the league's top 10 third centers, but he has the hockey smarts to adapt his game, time will tell but I think he'll be totally fine. anyway offensively speaking the whole frickin' lineup needs a sparkplug right now, holy.
- Pat1993

Again, Evans in the 3c or 4c won't really change the dynamic of the team when nothin else is really working.

bah, the way I see it is he may not be among the league's top 10 third centers, but he has the hockey smarts to adapt his game, time will tell but I think he'll be totally fine. anyway offensively speaking the whole frickin' lineup needs a sparkplug right now, holy.
- Pat1993

and his name is Bobby Ryan

and his name is Bobby Ryan
- mr.peanut

They need a Claude Lemieux clone.

Again, Evans in the 3c or 4c won't really change the dynamic of the team when nothin else is really working.
- Mashadar

Like complaining that the seats are uncomfortable when the car won't start.

and his name is Bobby Ryan
- mr.peanut

yeah, like we need another winger

That line needs a big left winger with some scoring touch type player the Habs just do not have.... all they can do right now is throw Armia at it and hope for the best.

I suspect Suzuki and CC will be split up fairly soon.
- Mashadar

as much as I don't want to split the Dvorak line, the Anderson-Suzuki-Caufield combination did have some success if I recall correctly, could be on a temporary basis just so that the kids get their mojo back.

They need a Claude Lemieux clone.
- Mashadar

they need a #1C, like since before FaceBook was invented

they need a #1C, like since before FaceBook was invented
- fidopro

Last one was Pierre Turgeon…

they need a #1C, like since before FaceBook was invented
- fidopro

well to be fair Suzuki obviously isn't playing his best game right now, just like everybody else on the team. of course you'd want a superstar #1C so that he can potentially become one of the best 2nd line centers in the league, but unfortunately I don't think a guy like Eichel is coming to MTL anytime soon.

Last one was Pierre Turgeon…
- TheInformer697041

that is pretty (frank)ing depressing lol

well to be fair Suzuki obviously isn't playing his best game right now, just like everybody else on the team. of course you'd want a superstar #1C so that he can potentially become one of the best 2nd line centers in the league, but unfortunately I don't think a guy like Eichel is coming to MTL anytime soon.
- Pat1993

you see Pat, to me that's how you build a team. find your #1C, whatever the cost. I don't care who he is. find it. build your center line with Suzuki on the 2nd, Dvorak on the 3rd... then you fill the holes on the wings. until then, more of the same. Koivu, Plek, DD, Danault... all decent centers who payed #1 when they should have been #2.
and Suzuki could be the next one on that list. we don't know yet.

that is pretty (frank)ing depressing lol
- Pat1993

indeed. cheers!

you see Pat, to me that's how you build a team. find your #1C, whatever the cost. I don't care who he is. find it. build your center line with Suzuki on the 2nd, Dvorak on the 3rd... then you fill the holes on the wings. until then, more of the same. Koivu, Plek, DD, Danault... all decent centers who payed #1 when they should have been #2.
and Suzuki could be the next one on that list. we don't know yet.
- fidopro

he might not reach "superstar" status but I think Suzuki has everything it takes to be a legit #1C.

and yeah the center position in MTL is kinda like the goalie situation in Philly (up until recently at least lol). it's been an issue on this team for way too (frank)ing long.

indeed. cheers!
- fidopro