Habs 2026 Playoff thread

[worm]

Anything of note from the press conferences?

Anybody ask hagel why he is POS?

 

[east coast]

Go to bed, old man

Still coming down from the high of winning a game we stole.....need a little more time to sleep. Anybody else we can bitch about?

 

[Sal_Butera]

View: https://x.com/buffalosabres/status/2050978980899995651?s=46

 

[east coast]

Seems weird. Playing Buffalo in a playoff round.....anyone playing Buffalo, for that matter.

 

[hairnova]

Round 1:

Krebs (2G, 4A) – Thompson (2G, 5A) – Tuch (4G, 3A)
Zucker (0G, 1A) – McLeod (0G, 1A) – Quinn (0G, 3A)
Benson (2G, 1A) – Norris (1G, 0A) – Doan (1G, 2A)
Greenway (0G, 1A) – Kozak (0G, 1A) – Malenstyn (1G, 1A)
[Ostlund (1G, 1A) – Dunne (0G, 0A)]

Samuelsson (2G, 0A) – Dahlin (1G, 3A)
Power (0G, 4A) – Byram (3G, 2A)
Stanley (0G, 0A) – Timmins (0G, 0A)
[Kesselring (0G, 0A)]

Lyon (3-1, 1.44 GAA, .955 SV%)
Luukkonen (1-1, 4.19 GAA, .825 SV%)

 

[Krustchev]

Coopee's "one more" about to become an all-time meme.

 

[lecoqsportif]

Top line feasted on Boston. Can Peyton Krebs, of all people, keep it going?

 

[hairnova]

View: https://x.com/i/status/2051114803318366322

 

[Rolex]

Habs completely flipped the script in the playoffs compared to regular season.

Regular season: great offense, so-so defense, bad goaltending

Playoffs: no offense, amazing defense (and this without Dobson), elite goaltending

 

[CH1]

View: https://x.com/scotiancanadien/status/2051121181315490301?s=46&t=ZFoeJpONFeL00lgZvCrr2Q

 

[Krustchev]

Habs completely flipped the script in the playoffs compared to regular season.

Regular season: great offense, so-so defense, bad goaltending

Playoffs: no offense, amazing defense (and this without Dobson), elite goaltending

They were also playing Tampa and Vasi. They will have more offense against Buffalo, that's almost certain.

 

[Rolex]

They were also playing Tampa and Vasi. They will have more offense against Buffalo, that's almost certain.

where was this stellar defense scheme all season-long....this wasn't only Dobes.....players zoned Tampa out of the box, and blocked so many shots....

 

[lecoqsportif]

Yah, Buffalo doesn’t have the equivalent of the Cirelli line.

 

[worm]

where was this stellar defense scheme all season-long....this wasn't only Dobes.....players zoned Tampa out of the box, and blocked so many shots....

It was frustrating at times watching Tampa control the puck on our zone with the habs never pressing. But keeping Tampa and their pop gun offense to the outside worked

 

[worm]

Yah, Buffalo doesn’t have the equivalent of the Cirelli line.

I assume their PK isn't as good either?

 

[lecoqsportif]

I assume their PK isn't as good either?

Dunno. Likely not.

They probably have a better D group and they’re big and fast.

 

[worm]

Dunno. Likely not.

They probably have a better D group and they’re big and fast.

In the regular season it was just as good as bolts

 

[lecoqsportif]

Yeah. But it seems series against Boston was kinda loose.

 

[wiseguy1]

First time of the playoffs facing elimination, might see more desperation.

no desperation, but a win , what a weird team

 

[wiseguy1]

If the 1st game against Buffalo was Tuesday, I would start Fowler. However, with two days rest, back with Dobes. But I fear at this rate Dobes will burn out, I think Habs should try to sneak Fowler into a game.