Karine Hains: In Hainsight: Getting Ready for the First Back-to-Back of the Season The Canadiens kick off a busy week with the first game of a back-to-back in Buffalo tonight.

Karine
Hains: In Hainsight: Getting Ready for the First Back-to-Back of the Season
The Canadiens kick off a busy week with the first game of a back-to-back in Buffalo tonight.
- Karine Hains

4 games this week, all 3 goalies will see some action.

4 games this week, all 3 goalies will see some action.

Is that a good thing?

4 games this week, all 3 goalies will see some action.

Is that a good thing?
- Fredo

Yes!

But also no!

I gave up trying to understand their goalie management.
le bordel total.

I gave up trying to understand their goalie management.
le bordel total.
- fidopro

Really? It's rather simple.

You played well? You're staying.

You lost and weren't amazing? Next guy up!

We're playing 4 games in 5 nights? Primeau! You're up for one!

I gave up trying to understand their goalie management.
le bordel total.
- fidopro

meh, you were gonna whine about it no matter who's in net.

Really? It's rather simple.

You played well? You're staying.

You lost and weren't amazing? Next guy up!

We're playing 4 games in 5 nights? Primeau! You're up for one!
- Scabeh

Just put the kid on waivers, let him play somewhere

Just put the kid on waivers, let him play somewhere
- Fredo

We had a spot in our beer league but our goaltender is back from injury so he'd have to be our #2.

meh, you were gonna whine about it no matter who's in net.
- Pat1993

this

Allen was the most logical choice as well

this

Allen was the most logical choice as well
- deadpoulet

do any of them have colorful gear this year?

this

Allen was the most logical choice as well
- deadpoulet

arguments could be made to play any of the 3, but I don't disagree with going with Allen tonight.

do any of them have colorful gear this year?
- kicksave856

that would be Dobes, gonna have to watch some Rocket games to see him for now.

do any of them have colorful gear this year?
- kicksave856

did not pay attention

that would be Dobes, gonna have to watch some Rocket games to see him for now.
- Pat1993

give him games!

did not pay attention
- deadpoulet

i guess™

give him games!
- kicksave856

you can start by posting about how St. Louis makes turrible decisions, surely that will help.

you can start by posting about how St. Louis makes turrible decisions, surely that will help.
- Pat1993

i'm aware coaches and GMs know what they're doing more than i do.

arguments could be made to play any of the 3, but I don't disagree with going with Allen tonight.
- Pat1993

Si Primeau ne joue aucune game sur les 4 de cette semaine, je vais me poser des questions, mais on est pas encore là

anyway, c'est toujours la même histoire

même si le CH avait une fiche de 10-0-0 les fans du CH trouveraient des façons de critiquer Armia ou je sais pas quoi.

Oh non, Celibrini!

Si Primeau ne joue aucune game sur les 4 de cette semaine, je vais me poser des questions, mais on est pas encore là

anyway, c'est toujours la même histoire

même si le CH avait une fiche de 10-0-0 les fans du CH trouveraient des façons de critiquer Armia ou je sais pas quoi.

Oh non, Celibrini!
- deadpoulet

c'est vraiment pas l'idéal pour lui, mais c'était le compromis pour le garder avec le CH... j'espère pour lui qu'il va connaitre un bon match quand on va lui en donner un, pas évident de se préparer et être prêt quand tu joue presque pas.

Si Primeau ne joue aucune game sur les 4 de cette semaine, je vais me poser des questions, mais on est pas encore là

anyway, c'est toujours la même histoire

même si le CH avait une fiche de 10-0-0 les fans du CH trouveraient des façons de critiquer Armia ou je sais pas quoi.

Oh non, Celibrini!
- deadpoulet

We're off to a 2-1-1 start despite losing Kirby Dach after the first game.

It's not perfect, but that team will be fun to watch all season.


#RoadToAlmostMakingThePlayoffs

We're off to a 2-1-1 start despite losing Kirby Dach after the first game.

It's not perfect, but that team will be fun to watch all season.


#RoadToAlmostMakingThePlayoffs
- Scabeh

yes sir!

let me ask you this.
in a season where we all know they won't make the playoffs, that the important thing is kid's development (HuGo said so)...

what's the point of playing your backup as the #1G?

Allen is a back up. a good one, but a backup none the less. playing him as a #1 (like giving him the net again tonight, or giving him game 1 in TOR...) and eventually his numbers will decrease and he will get injured. we know that, we've seen that movie before.
add to that that he is not part of the future of this team, unlike Monty and Primeau who maybe could be. IF WE GIVE THEM THE NET!!!!

yes sir!

let me ask you this.
in a season where we all know they won't make the playoffs, that the important thing is kid's development (HuGo said so)...

what's the point of playing your backup as the #1G?

Allen is a back up. a good one, but a backup none the less. playing him as a #1 (like giving him the net again tonight, or giving him game 1 in TOR...) and eventually his numbers will decrease and he will get injured. we know that, we've seen that movie before.
add to that that he is not part of the future of this team, unlike Monty and Primeau who maybe could be. IF WE GIVE THEM THE NET!!!!
- fidopro

you can be as stubborn as you want about it, but there is no clear #1 goalie for the habs right now, and no real backup either, perhaps you should accept that fact.

you can be as stubborn as you want about it, but there is no clear #1 goalie for the habs right now, and no real backup either, perhaps you should accept that fact.
- Pat1993

the only fact here is that Allen never once in his NHL career was a #1. that is a fact.
why try to turn him into one at 32 y/o?!?

why not go with the other 2 who could be our future? there's only one way to know, it's to try it, to play them. and to keep Allen for what he is, a good back up.

call me stubborn all you want, they're losing time and opportunities.

the only fact here is that Allen never once in his NHL career was a #1. that is a fact.
why try to turn him into one at 32 y/o?!?

why not go with the other 2 who could be our future? there's only one way to know, it's to try it, to play them. and to keep Allen for what he is, a good back up.

call me stubborn all you want, they're losing time and opportunities.
- fidopro

but you don't give the net to a guy just because the other one has always been a backup throughout his career, it doesn't work that way, you still have to go by merit. not sure what's so frickin' hard to understand about this but oh well.