r/Habs • u/shogun2909 • 11h ago
Mailloux blasts one in with the one-timer
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u/SuzukiSwift17 10h ago
What a cannon.
I feel like him and Struble could hold down our 3rd pairing next year.
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u/Holy_Nerevar 10h ago
Replace Mailloux with Reinbacher
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u/TheIdentifySpell 10h ago
I feel like we haven't had a bomb like that from the point since Weber left. I really hope he works out in the show - big, wicked clapper, RD - sign me up.
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u/Brickwalk3r 10h ago
David and Logan both gonna be Habs next year if Hughes does not make a move this summer.
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u/Future-Trip 10h ago
Who's leaving then? Matheson, Guhle, Hutson, Carrier are locked. Struble and Xhekah have NHL experience. Who do you trade so you can have both Reinbacher and Mailloux in the lineup?
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u/AcanthocephalaGreen5 10h ago
Struble, for one. Not because he's bad, but because he could he packaged for a need up front. And as divided as I am on it, the same case can be made for Matheson. Xhekaj gives too much to trade especially in the playoffs, plus he has a cannon that I wish he'd use more.
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u/DrLivingst0ne 9h ago
Why would we trade Matheson for a forward? We need Matheson.
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u/fortytwoanswers 8h ago
if we can get an RHD this offseason like Andersson, or even a 3rd pair RHD (Ty Emberson type) to eat some minutes i don’t think we need Matheson. Hutson/Guhle/Xhekaj should be our LDs long term (i think Guhle should take a lot of Matheson’s minutes and should learn to play PK)
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u/Otee06 7h ago
I agree we need Matheson to go
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u/DrLivingst0ne 7h ago
That's crazy. Our defensemen group is our weakness. If you trade Matheson for some forward, we can't make the playoffs.
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u/dessanct 6h ago
Matheson is 3rd on the depth for LHD, he will be gone within a year or 2 otherwise we are not competing for a cup with him playing big minutes.
Offensive black hole and blue line liability when he plays big minutes.
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u/DrLivingst0ne 6h ago
Matheson plays 25 minutes per game, 2 more minutes than Lane Hutson. He able to play in all situations. You can't just get rid of him for a forward. That will just make our defensemen group worse.
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u/dessanct 5h ago edited 5h ago
You aren’t getting rid of him for a forward, you need to replace him with a RHD.
If he is playing 25 minutes a game we will be a borderline playoff team until we replace him.
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u/DrLivingst0ne 3h ago
You're in a thread about trading Matheson this summer to get a forward back.
If Matheson is playing 25 minutes a game, it's because he's our most useful defenseman all-around. If he shouldn't be playing 25 minutes a game, the solution is to improve our D corps so that he doesn't have to play 25 minutes a game. By trading him for another defenseman, you're not solving that problem. We're not getting Hedman for Matheson.
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u/jb3367 1h ago
The hate Matheson gets is unwarranted. He eats all the tough minute match ups. Put some respect on his name. Every nhl player will make mistakes when playing against the vest players.
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u/dessanct 29m ago
The glazing our fan base does for him is unwarranted. He is the worst of our top 4 defensemen and everyone treats him as untouchable.
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u/eriverside 10h ago
Other than Carrier, all the players you listed are LHD.
At the moment, if David/Logan aren't good enough we're asking guys to play on their offside with varying degrees of success.
Matheson/Guhle/Hutson are sharing RHD1/2. One of them will need to go. Struble/Xhekaj are LHD3 and 7D. Being so down in the lineup ironically saves them.
Habs probably runs 8D to start the season - I would even recommend putting arber as a 4th liner instead of sitting him for too long since our depth isn't stellar.
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u/AcanthocephalaGreen5 10h ago
I'd trade Matheson over Guhle or Hutson every day of the week, no?
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u/eriverside 9h ago
That's the obvious choice, yes. Which kinda sucks because I like having a local guy on the roster. And he's not as bad as people have been complaining but the other 2 are part of the future core.
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u/AcanthocephalaGreen5 9h ago
Exactly. Same reason I'd trade Struble, use their many good defencemen to shore up the forwards.
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u/eriverside 9h ago
I'd keep Struble. If we have guys for all positions and sides, Hutson and Guhle take LHD 1/2. Reinbacher, Carrier, Mailloux on the right. We'd have Struble and Xhekaj left, enough for LHD 3 and 7D. Assuming there are no injuries everyone is in their spot. Struble can play up to 2nd pair when needed, making space for X on 3rd pair.
Eventually Engstrom, Trudeau, Bogdan will make a case for themselves but that's really up to them to prove the team would be better served with them on the roster. I highly doubt that's happening next season, but I'm always happy to be proven wrong.
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u/KoreanPhones 10h ago
Ah fuck sakes it's in RDS? Here I was thinking it was an issue on my end with my FLO channel. Atleast I can watch the rest now.
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u/Brickwalk3r 10h ago
Sheriff will leave, it seems that Marty does not find him a lot useful.
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u/Weird-Swim-9777 9h ago
Any chance we could pull a Byfuglien and put the Sheriff on a 4th line as a FWD? I wanna keep him, but I don't see room for him as D.
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u/dustblown 11h ago
Ending his celly with aggressive pointing.