It wasn't all bad!

AB Habman · Guru

It wasn't all bad!

MC Girl · Guru

I think we are matched / "Even Steven" when we play the Sabres. They too are a small, yet fast team. At least that's what I keep tellin' myself lol... we blew a 2 goal lead twice last night.... & that sucked

I got home & watched part of the game & laughed @ what I was hearin' ... the announcers on RDS called Buffalo Giant Skatin' Banana's on a few occations. (when they are dressed in their "away" uni's that is )

Muller93 · Guru

ninny looked bad

Kovalev looked asleep.

Koivu,,,is the man

Higgins,,,awsome

Huet....solid

Plek...not yet a second line center...this is the "real" problem on the habs. At least watching last night anyway, Maybe that will change.

Souray,,,can't handle speed.

Komi...looked confident and solid.

plouf · Guru

After two games:

Clearly Higgins-Koivu are carrying the chemistry over from last season. That is a pairing that works, and Ryder is a perfect finisher to have with those two.

Plekanec does not look half bad, really, but he's probably going to get a lot of blame for the lack of chemistry right now between Kovy and Samsonov. So far this line is a minus, but I don't think breaking it up is the ideal thing to do just yet.

Third line: pretty good game against Toronto: mucking from Bonk, Perez dangerous at times, Johnson got his goal.

Fourth line: surprisingly not playing that well early on. Not sure why....except Begin of course, but even he's not up to his usual standard. Where is Latendresse? I can't even recall noticing him, really.

Defense:
Markov, Komisarek, Rivet seem fine to me. Jury is out on the other 3.

Goaltending:
good in both games. YES!

Coaching:
Hard to evaluate at this point. We've shown a bit of everything, positive and negative. I don't like the fact that we are not playing our 3rd and 4th lines enough, but I understand the importance of a good start.
I was a bit worried about that in preseason, when both were shaky.

wright · Veteran Member

plouf wrote:

After two games:

Clearly Higgins-Koivu are carrying the chemistry over from last season. That is a pairing that works, and Ryder is a perfect finisher to have with those two.

Plekanec does not look half bad, really, but he's probably going to get a lot of blame for the lack of chemistry right now between Kovy and Samsonov. So far this line is a minus, but I don't think breaking it up is the ideal thing to do just yet.

Third line: pretty good game against Toronto: mucking from Bonk, Perez dangerous at times, Johnson got his goal.

Fourth line: surprisingly not playing that well early on. Not sure why....except Begin of course, but even he's not up to his usual standard. Where is Latendresse? I can't even recall noticing him, really.

Defense:
Markov, Komisarek, Rivet seem fine to me. Jury is out on the other 3.

Goaltending:
good in both games. YES!

Coaching:
Hard to evaluate at this point. We've shown a bit of everything, positive and negative. I don't like the fact that we are not playing our 3rd and 4th lines enough, but I understand the importance of a good start.
I was a bit worried about that in preseason, when both were shaky.

Plouf, I think your evaluation is spot on! Still probably too early to do some significant changes to the Pleck's line, particularly since the Koviu line is really in synch, and Johnson,Perez seem to have a little bit of chemistry going. I agree hard to figure why the fourth line does not seem to have anything going. Would like to see Lats seem some powerplay time, if only to see how his offensive talents could be better utilized playing with the top teir talent of the team.

plouf · Guru

Yes. Stick Latendresse out in front of the net on the PP. It could create some havoc. First time in a while we've had this kind of player. We should use him.