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Habs Season Thread: Offseason 2025

Habsy said:
Even a 0.910 sv% has us comfortably in the playoffs.
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There is like 9 goalies in the league with >= 0.910%

Interestingly, he's pretty close to Shesterkin numbers this year. Same GAA, Igor has higher save%, but Monty has higher GSAx. Both are #1 and #2 in xGA.
 
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We picked Monty up on waivers. He has improved his game since we got him. I have no issues with his game. Yes he lets in some "muffins" but all goalies do even the greats. Reading the posts on here in regards to some of the goals scored on him leaves me scratching my head. ie: the point shot he let in against Vancouver, I was sitting centre ice just above penalty box and had a clear view of that shot, Monty never saw it leave the stick.. hard to pick up a shot when you don't see it leave the stick. Monty is not our future goaltender. but he is our present one and I have no issues with that, he is here until Dobes or Fowler take the reins.. Monty has come a long way since his first game as a hab.
 
legoalie said:
We picked Monty up on waivers. He has improved his game since we got him. I have no issues with his game. Yes he lets in some "muffins" but all goalies do even the greats. Reading the posts on here in regards to some of the goals scored on him leaves me scratching my head. ie: the point shot he let in against Vancouver, I was sitting centre ice just above penalty box and had a clear view of that shot, Monty never saw it leave the stick.. hard to pick up a shot when you don't see it leave the stick. Monty is not our future goaltender. but he is our present one and I have no issues with that, he is here until Dobes or Fowler take the reins.. Monty has come a long way since his first game as a hab.
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Agreed.

Habs fans have been spoiled with elite goaltending so expectations are too high.
 
legoalie said:
We picked Monty up on waivers. He has improved his game since we got him. I have no issues with his game. Yes he lets in some "muffins" but all goalies do even the greats. Reading the posts on here in regards to some of the goals scored on him leaves me scratching my head. ie: the point shot he let in against Vancouver, I was sitting centre ice just above penalty box and had a clear view of that shot, Monty never saw it leave the stick.. hard to pick up a shot when you don't see it leave the stick. Monty is not our future goaltender. but he is our present one and I have no issues with that, he is here until Dobes or Fowler take the reins.. Monty has come a long way since his first game as a hab.
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It’s why Dryden said Price was the greatest Habs goalie he ever saw - never had anywhere near a dominant team in front of him.
 
legoalie said:
We picked Monty up on waivers. He has improved his game since we got him. I have no issues with his game. Yes he lets in some "muffins" but all goalies do even the greats. Reading the posts on here in regards to some of the goals scored on him leaves me scratching my head. ie: the point shot he let in against Vancouver, I was sitting centre ice just above penalty box and had a clear view of that shot, Monty never saw it leave the stick.. hard to pick up a shot when you don't see it leave the stick. Monty is not our future goaltender. but he is our present one and I have no issues with that, he is here until Dobes or Fowler take the reins.. Monty has come a long way since his first game as a hab.
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Agree. And people underestimate how much shots have improved in the past few years. Beating a goalie clean with a wrist shot from the faceoffs circles is now a common occurrence in the league, shots are precise and hard. It either hits the goalie or he has to guess correctly, but shooters are good at deception too. The days of having the luxury to react to a shot from those distance are gone.

Is he an elite goaltender? No. Is he a starter in this league? Yes. Is he our goalie of the future? No. But we don't have to spend assets or try to make a big splash for a goalie either, plus his salary is more than reasonable.
 
GrandWazoo said:
Agree. And people underestimate how much shots have improved in the past few years. Beating a goalie clean with a wrist shot from the faceoffs circles is now a common occurrence in the league, shots are precise and hard. It either hits the goalie or he has to guess correctly, but shooters are good at deception too. The days of having the luxury to react to a shot from those distance are gone.

Is he an elite goaltender? No. Is he a starter in this league? Yes. Is he our goalie of the future? No. But we don't have to spend assets or try to make a big splash for a goalie either, plus his salary is more than reasonable.
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Our goalie tandem is paid peanuts , nothing to complain about
 
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