Galchenyuk traded for Domi
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Altair
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Every time I mention Galchenyuk is doing well in Arizona you feel the need to say that Domi is the better player.
Which I don't dispute. My point is more towards those who seemed to think chucky was crap.
Habs53
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He is crap
Altair
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His recent production says otherwise.
His PPG is better than the following habs
Gallagher
Kotkaniemi
Danault
lehkonen
Weber
Perry
Byron
Armia.
Going off pure point production, if chucky is crap a lot of the Canadiens are crap as well.
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Altair
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My take as well.
Altair
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No, OK glad we got domi, not displeased at his season, even with the slump. But ibthink the analysis of both guys being about the same pointwise might be true. Domi does bring more away from the puck though, while galchenyuk helps on the powerplay
What I like most is we acquired a 23 year old offensive minded center.
For a team that was starving for talented centers its nice to see that we have him and JK who are both young
Fixed.
worm
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we could really use chuck on the PP
He wouldn't fix anything....the problem with the PP is that we don't have a QB to manage zone entries and handle the puck at the point.
Sal_Butera
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Absolutely but at what price? I can’t recall a Habs team in at least 20-years that was league average (let alone above it) 5-on-5.
Galchenyuk’s strength is the Habs weakness is how it’s starting to look to me - this team scores on fast transition but once the pace is slowed down (as it is on the PP) they become ineffective. Galchenyuk on the other hand excels at unstructured pond hockey situations - open ice (3-on-3) & situational slow down in play.
I’ll take 5-on-5 since penalties reduce considerably in the playoffs. Having said that I’m curious how effective 5-on-5 play will be in the second half - I expect a drop off since offense decreases in general with teams tightening up, but how much of a drop off will it be.
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Sal_Butera
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Habs PP at the end of last year was pretty good, they didn’t have a QB and still ended up 20% approx IIRC? It was driven by Galchenyuk’s shot - this years team lacks a QB and that high end sniper shot for the PP.
worm
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For this team to take the next step (in the next year or two) they are going to have to find a way to score many different ways. Off the rush, off the cycle, on the PP, etc.
PP at the end of last year was driven by Drouin playing the half wall and he finished strong.
Drouin is being used at the point this year which is not working
don't you remember all those bemoaning his leaving for Carolina?