OffThePost.org

As far as I understand the Petry thing, she enjoyed Montreal enough until COVID and then hated it after because she couldn’t see her family in the US. I get it.

And I don’t think she’s got so much pull that she could sway the Larkins if he had any inkling to waive here. But the truth is he doesn’t ...

Besides the Carolina game the Habs have dominated at 5v5 this season, but the goaltending has been uneven and they take bad penalties. Hence the record.

I think Bowness is married to the game. Dude could’ve retired a decade ago and he’s still at it.

Three disallowed goals for the Habs in a 1-0 shootout win over the Wings. Just a garbage game to watch.

The “we want Larkin” chants were funny at least.

Struble to Nashville for a 2nd. Had to happen. Just couldn’t have Struble and Xhekaj on the same D-corps. Engstrom is already better than both and Reinbacher probably is too.

Thanks! Gobble gobble

Habs look like shit in the early going. Really sloppy, no D and goaltending.

Dominated Nashville at 5v5 and then gave up two PP goals on terrible penalties.

Poor Romanov. Dude just can’t catch a break.

Habs win the opener 3-2 against the Maplechenkos.

Dobes in midseason form. Rest of the team took a minute. Not sure Kreider will be the answer on the first line even for this season, but it’s early and the season is long. Too long. 84? Fuck off.

Lends credence to the rumours Knies was about to be dealt around the deadline. Did he want out or was Treliving trying to push him out, and new management couldn’t mend that fence? Very weird.

At the time, the chatter was that the team was worried about his injuries being long term ones.

Got stuck with Hellebuyck but otherwise don’t hate my team. Might park him for a bit and see what happens.

I’d imagine behind the scenes this is one disgruntled player for another with a bunch of underwater deals thrown in.

Marchenko is really good. I think a lot better than Knies.

But we’ll see. I could be wrong.

Nah Marchenko is a boss. This is huge.

Florian makes the cut. Engstrom picked over Reinbacher. Monty the backup.

Not sure why Stanley languished so long on the open market. Defencemen of that calibre were gobbled up quickly this offseason.

Florian Xhekaj and David Reinbacher look NHL-ready, but they’ve already got a full lineup of 13 forwards and 7 defence.

Are any actual jobs up for grabs? This feels like the most inconsequential preseason ever.

Horcoff interim GM. No one wanted the job.

MSL extended. Has a year left on his previous deal so now it’s four years locked up.

Now with Derek Lalonde bringing experience to the bench and helping more on defence and PK, I think the coaching will take another step forward.

Lineup heading into camp:

Caufield-Suzuki-Slafkovsky
Kreider-Newhook/Kapanen/Dach-Demidov
Texier-Evans-Bolduc
N/K/D-Danault-Anderson

Hutson-Dobson
Matheson-Guhle
Xhekaj/Struble-Carrier

Dobefowlbeault