Karine Hains: In Hainsight: Thrilling Roller Coaster of a Game Ends in Defeat If the season’s 82 games look anything like last night’s tilt between the Habs and the Leafs, fans will have a very entertaining year and a better understanding of what Martin St-Louis is trying to build in Montreal.

Money will be moved on the 1st when Dvo comes back.

Gally can't play anymore.. or at least cant follow the play
This teams need a #1 RHD to mova Savard and Kova down a chair. (Didn't like Savard's play on the xmass gift from Allen... a Better D core would've prevented that goal).

Penalties... penalties penalties! Gotta play smarter.

Money will be moved on the 1st when Dvo comes back.

Gally can't play anymore.. or at least cant follow the play
This teams need a #1 RHD to mova Savard and Kova down a chair. (Didn't like Savard's play on the xmass gift from Allen... a Better D core would've prevented that goal).

Penalties... penalties penalties! Gotta play smarter.
- WaterBoy

The fact the Habs outscored the Leafs 4-1 at 5 on 5 yet still lost tells the whole story. Special teams killed them.

The fact the Habs outscored the Leafs 4-1 at 5 on 5 yet still lost tells the whole story. Special teams killed them.

- Scabeh

special teams and momemtum.

Money will be moved on the 1st when Dvo comes back.

Gally can't play anymore.. or at least cant follow the play
This teams need a #1 RHD to mova Savard and Kova down a chair. (Didn't like Savard's play on the xmass gift from Allen... a Better D core would've prevented that goal).

Penalties... penalties penalties! Gotta play smarter.
- WaterBoy

They panic and take penalties, we saw it last year, and the year before that. Some of them seemed weak calls to me, but that does not matter. Very undisciplined, especially the ones taken in the Leaf's end for no reason.

The fact the Habs outscored the Leafs 4-1 at 5 on 5 yet still lost tells the whole story. Special teams killed them.

- Scabeh

One day, the Habs will hire good specialty teams coaches... Other than Luke Richarson, it has been a dead zone for a decade or longer.

They panic and take penalties, we saw it last year, and the year before that. Some of them seemed weak calls to me, but that does not matter. Very undisciplined, especially the ones taken in the Leaf's end for no reason.
- Mashadar

Agreed. And it's a learning process. That's an area they absolutely must improve on this year to move towards a successful rebuild, IMO.

Money will be moved on the 1st when Dvo comes back.

Gally can't play anymore.. or at least cant follow the play
This teams need a #1 RHD to mova Savard and Kova down a chair. (Didn't like Savard's play on the xmass gift from Allen... a Better D core would've prevented that goal).

Penalties... penalties penalties! Gotta play smarter.
- WaterBoy

Agreed, penalties usually happen when we can't clear our zone fast enough.

PS: Good summary Miss K.

Habs need better goaltending right now! Not later! Use some of those picks we have and some of those defensive prospects we are loaded with and go get a proven goalie with a GAA under 2.5! Both our goalies are above GAA of 3! Losing games where we score 5 goals is going to be the norm not just a once in awhile thing!

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Habs need better goaltending right now! Not later! Use some of those picks we have and some of those defensive prospects we are loaded with and go get a proven goalie with a GAA under 2.5! Both our goalies are above GAA of 3! Losing games where we score 5 goals is going to be the norm not just a once in awhile thing!
- Maczmum

Monty will be just fine.
need to give him the net though! allo? coach? la Terre appelle la Lune.
I wouldn't be againts inquiring about Askarov though.

Habs ruined my morning. I crashed laughing to myself with the Leafers losing by 2 goals. How in the Hell do you lose track of Matthews twice with the goalie pulled? The one guy that you need to cover.... I did not want a good start from Toronto and you had them down and out

Habs ruined my morning. I crashed laughing to myself with the Leafers losing by 2 goals. How in the Hell do you lose track of Matthews twice with the goalie pulled? The one guy that you need to cover.... I did not want a good start from Toronto and you had them down and out
- Shynes57

I'm not sure him shooting from a no angle shot from the side of the net was "losing" him but fine.

I'm not sure him shooting from a no angle shot the side of the net was "losing" him but fine.
- Scabeh

Yeah, that was a nice Allen "gift".

canada, good afternoon.

Yeah, that was a nice Allen "gift".
- Garfield512

Leafs tried their best to gift the game to the Habs... While Allen had his moments, 2 really soft goals sank them, then they did not score on the OT PP, Suzuki did not even get a shot off in the shootout, and CC followed-up by hitting the post.

Neither team played well enough to deserve any points, but was still a fun (if at times frustrating) game to watch.

canada, good afternoon.
- kicksave856

Is it?

I will take your word on that.

Karine
Hains: In Hainsight: Thrilling Roller Coaster of a Game Ends in Defeat
If the season’s 82 games look anything like last night’s tilt between the Habs and the Leafs, fans will have a very entertaining year and a better understanding of what Martin St-Louis is trying to build in Montreal.
- Karine Hains

I’ll sum up the loss in one word.

Jake Allen..

I’ll sum up the loss in one word.

Jake Allen..
- pete26

😂🤣😂🤣

I’ll sum up the loss in one word.

Jake Allen..
- pete26

Pete!
you can also blame Reaves for hiding for the rest of the game. never wanted a 2nd chance. he may be smarter than he looks.

I’ll sum up the loss in one word.

Jake Allen..
- pete26

Did you watch that game? It was incredibly lopsided, no?

Leafs made a few dumb mistakes but also completely dominated play, start to finish

And clearly Jake Allen is two words

Pete!
you can also blame Reaves for hiding for the rest of the game. never wanted a 2nd chance. he may be smarter than he looks.
- fidopro

Hiding? What I saw was Xehgokphfsysl shoving Reaves into the net in order to prematurely end the fight. Smart move on his part

Did you watch that game? It was incredibly lopsided, no?

Leafs made a few dumb mistakes but also completely dominated play, start to finish

And clearly Jake Allen is two words
- AxlRose91

Leafs dominated so much they lost 4-1 in goals scored in 5 on 5.

Leafs tried their best to gift the game to the Habs... While Allen had his moments, 2 really soft goals sank them, then they did not score on the OT PP, Suzuki did not even get a shot off in the shootout, and CC followed-up by hitting the post.

Neither team played well enough to deserve any points, but was still a fun (if at times frustrating) game to watch.
- Mashadar

Oh! definitively ... very entertaining game.

There were lots of positives to take from this game:

- Our 2nd line impressed me, nice to finally have 2 lines that can be a threat. Who knew that having decent centermen would make a difference, something the previous GM never understood.

- Dach continued where he left off last year, one of HuGo's best trade to date.
- Slaf had his best game as a Hab, it's only one game but I liked what I saw.
- Our 4th line scored 2 goals, what a nice bonus ... anyone missed Armia?
- Wifi is a (frank)ing beast, I wouldn't want to mess with him.

On the negative side of things:

- Allen was in a generous mood but he did better in OT.

- Our 3rd line was as slow as molasses in January.

- Either the game is faster or he's slowing down but Gally didn't look like he belonged on an NHL roster last night. I really like the guy so I hope he finds his game back.

- We couldn't get out of our zone for long stretches which led to penalties that ultimately cost us the game.