Heres my weekly picks

davidb · Guru

Heres my weekly picks

Habhead · Veteran Member

Would be nice to have a 7 game winning streak, but I just can't see it happening. The Habs have a very competitive team, but they aren't that good.

I honestly can see them going 1-1-1 over the next three. Which actually would still give them a very good 12-4-2 record . . . going into a stretch of 4 games in which I definitely think the Habs can win sweep, Panthers/Devils/Capitals/Thrashers with 3 of those 4 being at home.

davidb · Guru

I dont know the Panthers can be tricky just like Larry Robinsons Devils

Habhead · Veteran Member

With our record of 11-3-1 and having 5 of the next 7 at home against "beatable" opponents, it should be a very very interesting next 2 1/2 weeks.

davidb · Guru

Yes, we need to start a strong home stand. I would like to see us start to play better at home. I know we have won lately. Maybe its the pressure of winning at home, but I still think we can do better at the Center Bell

Habhead · Veteran Member

Oh so do I, I still actually don't think we've seen the best the Habs can be, in all facets, including PP and goaltending. What we have to start doing soon though, is burying our "great" chances to score. Too many super chances are being squandered which could easily lead to 1 goal losses instead of 1 goal wins.

habsforeverfan · Veteran Member

davidb wrote:

Yes, we need to start a strong home stand. I would like to see us start to play better at home. I know we have won lately. Maybe its the pressure of winning at home, but I still think we can do better at the Center Bell

It would be nice to have the ghosts of the Forum make their way back to the Bell Centre. Our play at home hasn't really been spectacular since the move.

I remember past seasons at the Forum when the Habs would go all season with less than 5 losses. A terrifying place for the visiting team, that was for sure.

But the way we have been on the road it seems as though the ghosts prefer traveling with the team.

Go Habs!!!

hockeyman · Senior Member

These one goal games are always nail biters. I'm getting an uneasy feeling that we are going to start being on the short end of a few of those games.

NorthwindNS · Veteran Member

Habhead wrote:

Oh so do I, I still actually don't think we've seen the best the Habs can be, in all facets, including PP and goaltending. What we have to start doing soon though, is burying our "great" chances to score. Too many super chances are being squandered which could easily lead to 1 goal losses instead of 1 goal wins.

Very well said. Souray is one of the best defensemen, we just need him to get back into the game. He is getting more into the game; last night's game against Buffalo, from what I saw in the last 15 minutes of the game, he made some good plays. We need to improve on the powerplay. We should be getting more in.

Every game we have the shots on goal. I believe most of the time we shoot the puck more then our opponent, and we win most of the faceoffs.

I believe some better defense will make this team even better. It seems like... SOMETIMES... we let a forward walk right in. I know this happens every once and a while, but it shouldn't be happening every game. I realize the Habs are not perfect... BUT THEY ARE GREAT!

I'm looking forward to this week.

NICK

ray · Senior Member

Would love to win all three games but will be hard to do. I think Tampa will be really hard, especially after losing to the maple laffs, and with all the local boys on their team they seem to play alot better especially with their families in the crowd,Pittsburgh will be a win for us. but the game I really want to win is against the laffs. Winning that will make the week unbelievable, not just win kill them. With Sundin back i'm a little worried. Too me that is the most important game i look forward too, especially when i live in 'Laff land'. Im going to buffalo to see the laffs and sabres friday night so hopefully Buffalo runs them out of steam.