Around the League - Offseason 2018

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Edmonton does not have the cap space for it.

[TheCountofMonteCristo]

Just saw on twitter that the Air Canada Centre roof is now leaking.

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Just saw on twitter that the Air Canada Centre roof is now leaking.

ice fell of CN tower and broke a hole in the roof

[TheCountofMonteCristo]

ice fell of CN tower and broke a hole in the roof

that is Rogers Centre I believe, not sure if it fell on this rink too

[Rolex]

Plekanec with more ice time than Matthews......

I guess Therrien-Julien were on to something.....

[CH1]

Plekanec with more ice time than Matthews......

I guess Therrien-Julien were on to something.....

I think AM was ahead until the last 7-8 mins when Leafs were protecting the lead.

[Habs53]

I think AM was ahead until the last 7-8 mins when Leafs were protecting the lead.

No one ever doubted he was great defensively. His offense has completely dried up

[LeafGm]

Plekanec with more ice time than Matthews......

I guess Therrien-Julien were on to something.....

He was great tonight.

I mean, at no point was he ever a threat to score. But the Bergeron line couldn't get anything going against him whenever he was on the ice with them. Which on its own seems like a Christmas miracle after the first two games.

I was also pleasantly surprised at how hard he went after them physically.

[Fred the Man]

and they still missed the playoffs like we did, and they have one playoff appearance since 2006 despite all the high draft picks.

Take those players all you want, they still failed just like us.

That would end the whining about the Habs needing a number 1 centre and number 2 centre.

[east coast]

He was great tonight.

I mean, at no point was he ever a threat to score. But the Bergeron line couldn't get anything going against him whenever he was on the ice with them. Which on its own seems like a Christmas miracle after the first two games.

I was also pleasantly surprised at how hard he went after them physically.

Yes, you wrap it up nicely. Maybe he just needed more ice time, which is what he was used to here. Unfortunately, he isn't good enough anymore over the longer haul to get big ice time on a regular basis and needs to adjust to being effective when seeing less ice. Nice to see a good game from him, he was a pretty decent player for a long time, used properly. And of course we had idiots in Montreal the last few years who tried to create an unsuitable role for him.

[Habspatrol]

He can still be an effective shut down centre. Of course you're never going to completely stop the Bergeron line... but if you can limit them it's a success.

[DonKay]

He was great tonight.

I mean, at no point was he ever a threat to score. But the Bergeron line couldn't get anything going against him whenever he was on the ice with them. Which on its own seems like a Christmas miracle after the first two games.

I was also pleasantly surprised at how hard he went after them physically.

Fancy stats people will say he got beat in every metric last night by that line.

That Bergeron line maybe didn't produce but they did dominate them.

[GEEMAN]

Fancy stats people will say he got beat in every metric last night by that line.

That Bergeron line maybe didn't produce but they did dominate them.

All that matters is the score ...didnt we win the Corsi war this year most nights ?

[CaptainBolduke]

No one ever doubted he was great defensively. His offense has completely dried up

He can be doubted defensively. He's no where near the player he was 5 or 6 years ago.

[CaptainBolduke]

All that matters is the score ...didnt we win the Corsi war this year most nights ?

Nope.

[DonKay]

All that matters is the score ...didnt we win the Corsi war this year most nights ?

You're preaching to the choir...I put some merit in advanced stats but not to the degree some do.

And I believe the last couple of times we got beat in the palyoffs we also dominated the advanced stats

[GEEMAN]

You're preaching to the choir...I put some merit in advanced stats but not to the degree some do.

And I believe the last couple of times we got beat in the palyoffs we also dominated the advanced stats

Unfortunately averaging 1.5 goals a game requires a .960 SV% to win

I blame 31 for not having 4 shutouts

[CaptainBolduke]

We didn't do well in Corsi.

[Sal_Butera]

We didn't do well in Corsi.

Define not doing well?

Habs were tied with Leafs & Ana for 49.2 CF% 2/10ths of a point behind TBay & CBJ for this past season.

Wings had the best CF% in the league at 53.2% followed by Hawks & Kings at 52.5%. Winter-peg had amongst the leagues worst CF% at 48.9%

[CaptainBolduke]

Yeah. Not good.