Well. What can you say? (Like and Subscribe maybe 👍🔔) Some bright spots in this one 🌟 and probably one that shines brighter than the others ✨ but this was a good game to analyze for positives. Hope you enjoyed the game 🏒, it was a good game of hockey you have to admit - some mistakes here and there ❌ but solid 💪. Hope you're having a good night 🌙 and don't forget to check out the poll tomorrow! 📊
As predicted a wrist shot goal, the guy has the best pass I've ever seen on a Habs teams, and I've been watching since 1987. Amazing pass = amazing wrist shot use it.
Felt so good to see Hutson get his first one . He is very talented but he also shows a lot of heart and works his butt off as well . No wonder the fans love him . I get when people get in their feelings when they see Michkov producing but having a shortage of right handed d-men is a major part of the problems the habs are having this year . Lets at least wait to see what Reinbacher can do before passing judgment on that draft choice . If he pans out i think him and Hutson could become a crazy good duo . Didn’t mind the loss , they could have gotten a W or at least gotten to overtime with a bit more luck. As for offday topics how bout ranking the best hockey related movies/shows ?
Agreed! Man I hope Reinbacher can rise to the occasion. Who was the right handed D that recently got a trade? Not Trouba obviously… Jiricek! I thought they should have figured out a way to get him. Justin Barron is really getting the opportunity to rise to the occasion but he’s making some mistakes - maybe it’ll take him getting some solid time and finding his game to demonstrate he’s capable.
@ I’m not sure about Baron , he makes a lot of bad decisions but some young d-men do take more time to develop and reach their full potential . Maybe they should of kept Kovacevic ? Hopefuly , if Mailloux and Reinbacher are able to live up to expectations we will have a pretty solid d-squad for years to come . ( Guhle , Xhekaj , Mailloux , Rheinbacher , Hutson ) . Jiricek would have been another Baron youngster project type player , he doesn’t have much NHL experience .
Jets fan here. Just found your channel. Don't tell anyone, but the Habs are one of my "other" teams. Really miss Laine's interviews. Him and Paul Maurice were interview gold.
What in the heck! Read two Jets fans comments basically back to back. I guess UA-cam is pushing my video out to Jets fans now 😂. Laine has been fun! In a way I wish he had worked out in Winnipeg, I was really rooting for him in the rookie race. I think he still carries the flame for the team but I hope the Montreal market suits him.
i love your videos) what makes me laugh is that we actually play well when we play with the leaders. so, a few words about the game, i sincerely liked it. i hoped that we could win, but no matter how many times this season we pulled the goalie to score, it never worked out, i'm waiting for us to do it. so, from the good: - hutson's goal, we've been waiting for this for a long time - finally the first line is what it should be. and they looked insanely good, i don't even have any questions about slaf's game, he was good, but can better - i always say this, but anderson is on fire, oh my god - xhekaj gets better with every game, i really like him in the latest games - they didn't give up, and fought to the end, which is what they lack in every other game, and this, i think, is worthy of praise from the minuses: - mathison - dach - referees i think that evans should be put on 2с, because dach doesn't win faceoffs and doesn't create a single attack that's all for me.
I too am mystified why Evans is not promoted to the second line. While I don't think Dach will ever be the player he was projected to be, if you want to give him more time, centering the third line would allow him to play with veterans that have some scoring potential.
@ I am neutral towards dach, I understand everything perfectly, a serious injury, it is very hard for him, yes, but he objectively ruins the whole game. He is the center - he should lead the line, but he is zero. They put him in the first line to raise his confidence - it did not help, they lowered him to the 4th line - it did not help, I do not know what will help him anymore. And I am puzzled by why evans is on the 4th line, it is unfair, he is the most underrated player, and also one of the most reliable.
Evans is still killing it, he puts it all on the line so often and rarely is punished for it. Man there’s really some heroes sticking out on the team this season. Didn’t like seeing Gally take that late penalty last night, not characteristic of how he’s been playing lately.
One way this game could have been better is if Scheifele got away from the official to dance with Arbor. He was carrying on like a chihuahua with a Pitbull on the other side of a fence.
Despite the loss I really thought we played a great game. The Hutson goal was sweet and I’m continually impressed with the deadly accuracy of Laine’s shot. Rarely does he seemed to let fly on a one-timer that misses the net and goes around the backboard to our end of the ice. I love the mental games with Hellebuyck. I feel like they all were enjoying the good natured ribbing.
Hellebuyck needs to be reminded of his playoff performances. 😂 Did you ever see him pregame though - I think he goes into some sort of a trance. He may be impenetrable.
I'm an out-of-market fan (Devils are my #1), so I loved your opening here. This might not work for your core fanbase, but I'd definitely be interested in hearing details about Habs fandom, and how different the French and Anglo markets are in MTL.
Man me too lol… This might be a controversial video idea. It really makes you realize how contentious the Habs fans can be about the team, its traditions and its history.
Excitement and enthusiasm and entertainment. This is what I want to see from Habs this year. The best is yet to come. I always cheer for a win but I can except that the team is still developing. 🎉
It’s so true! I specifically remember a fews years ago when they were really good they’d consistently lose to the Sabres who were the worst at that point.
Those get clicks but I find they’re so dishonest and frankly condescending to the audience. Don’t get me wrong when someone like Friedman is talking about a trade, I might do a video on it, I may do a video of who I would like to see HuGo go for but I’m not going to make a video about Trevor Zegras finally coming to Montreal every 3 weeks like I see some creators do… While I say that, but off topic a little bit, can we please just stop with Zegras. Please.
Love my Habs, happy for Hudson, but I’m starting to get a little frustrated. Yes, they’re in the middle of a rebuild but they can’t even nail down the basics. The coverage breakdowns, the stupid penalties, the horrendous passing…come on. These are highly paid professionals who can’t even pass a puck properly. You need to get the basics down first before you can progress forward. Marty needs to fix this soon.
Maybe in honor of Anderson's new goal celebration you can do a video on your favorite goal celebrations, and include a bit where you do one of those Fortnite dances.
Doesn't matter which top team or whichever superstar netminder they're facing, not scoring at 5 on 3 with your supposedly best PP players on the ice is still pretty shameful. It's even more frustrating when you know how improved the PP overall is from last season. But well, shows there's still some length of work remaining to be tweaked. Anyway very happy for Lane, I'm sure it's only the 1st of many. It's so cool his first came at 5 on 5 against such a strong team and such a masterful goalie. Michkov better keep scoring, the Lane Hutson Calder Train has now disengaged all brakes.
Yes but I think it was 5 on 3 for 30-40 seconds or something like that and the puck was cleared off of face off so like 18 seconds or something like that? So they had one opportunity.
Hey Whiskey, my Habs have lost so much this season, we’re basically irrelevant. Hockey is my only outlet and my only hobby. What should I do with the rest of the season? And maybe, maybe you can find a path where we’re still in the mix this year? I see that the next 4 games are winnable, but only if you see Primeau down & call up doobes ! He so good. He calm cool and collected. Monty and the team need a good back up
Season isn’t over yet - it doesn’t look good for how things will end up but you have to look for the small wins and support the team honestly, criticize them constructively and go from there.
Really happy for both these guys. Anderson (and obviously Hutson) has been working his butt off playing an incredibly aggressive and physical offensive game.
This is my problem with the habs this year we see they can play great against the best team in the league but also let in 9 goals against Pittsburgh.no consitantncy at all
Pretty much exactly this. If theyre capable of good results they need to be producing them as consistently as possible. I know it gets thrown around a lot that they’re a young emotional team but these are professional athletes. Put your big boy pants on and play like professionals.
Great video, Whiskeylung, you are fast becoming one of my favorite Habs-related channels! I only have one disagreement, and it's a minor one. Talking about the greatest goalie of all time, and showing Price? Price is up there, for sure, but I think you are a bit mistaken. Right team, wrong player. The GOAT for goalies is definitely a Hab, but it's not Price, it's Dryden. Dryden played less than a decade (admittedly on the best team hockey has ever put out, those seventies Habs, no matter what the Bruins say, who got the record for most points in a season in a league with no ties and two more games played every year!). He won six cups, a Calder, a Smythe, and five Vezinas, and that was with sitting out the 73-74 season in a contract dispute with the Habs. The only guy who could have challenged him was Tretialk, the Soviet goalie, but he only played against NHL talent a few times in his career, so we will never know how good he would have been. If goalie runner Kreider hadn't destroyed his knees, I'm sure Price would have had at least one cup by now, but no one in the league can touch Dryden!
5 on 3 and no goal! It would be interesting to see the league's stats on that. Anyway, very happy for Hutson's goal, as beautiful as Laine or Caufield's ones.
I wish poddies would stop Michkov and Reino, it's not a comparison that can be made, this isn't TV, it's life, there is no rewind, let the guy get on his skates at least - c'mon, declare a moratorium on the subject or compare MM to ID. Like the show, just sick of that topic and I'm old and grouchy! lol thx bro
You’re 1000000% correct, it’s some real Eeyore behaviour to call Reinbacher a bust before he even gets a real crack at it. I see a lot of people gas Mailloux, and I do also, but the coaching staff still (might) see something bigger in Reinbacher than they do in Mailloux otherwise they wouldn’t have boosted him to the level of Mailloux’s development. If he’s comes in and silences the haters it could he my favorite storyline of the current era, more so than Hutson, more so than Demidov if he comes out with star status.
Jets fan here, very neutral breakdown, didn't let any bias run wild within your takes, which I really appreciate... This is the first video I've seen on your channel, but the only critique I really have, is maybe shorten up the length of your light hearted "begging for subscribers" bit... You did the whole Wings "Let 'em in" song chorus lol, and it's just a turn off for me personally, and I'm fairly positive I'm not alone on that... Most people don't mind if you quickly ask for them to subscribe and like the video and all that... But dragging it out like that is the faux pas... No Ill will when saying this either btw... Just a personal thing, I'm sure a lot of people don't have any issues with it at all...
Wow great comment, thanks for taking the time! I gotta watch this video again, I honestly take NO precaution to be unbiased, this might have been just a down the middle video for me but I’m sure I show my bias more in other videos. Still… glad I came off that way because honestly while the Habs are my favorite team I like a lot of teams and only dislike a few. Regarding the subscriber thing, I might have gone long in this one - actually I think I’ve been going long with it lately. I think I’m kidding myself into thinking that part is funny or entertaining, you may have sobered me up. Anyway - thanks again, hope you had a good weekend and take care!
Video ideas... keep doing what you are with the Habs, but do the same thing for all other games and news of the week. Keep it up, you'll be at 10k before Valentine's day. 50k before 2026.
Dach has been getting a lot of criticism lately and I usually back him up saying he is doing great and works hard. Sadly, yesterday was not the case, stupid penalties, low effort and I saw him slack twice while returning to the bench for a line change. That is my limit, if you are slow getting off the ice during a line change while play is going, you suck! YOU NEED TO GET OFF QUICKLY ... EVERYTIME. He might need to spend some time off the roster to learn that we need him at 100% ... all the time.
Mitchkov is a big mistake but it’s also an opportunity to rethink how the team drafts and what the strategy should be going forward. Wayyy too many duds in the past years. Let’s just be honest to begin with ansdadmit it’s a mistake.
I look at it like this: At least they don’t make the biggest mistakes year after year like some times, they make like the 3rd or 4th biggest mistakes… I’ve gotten a lot better at analyzing the drafts and I’m excited to see how this year plays out but we haven’t even seen how last year went. How good will Demidov be? If he’s a bust… man I’m going to be so disappointed. Jeeze.
i just hope Reinbacher end in a better place than Noah Juulsen(Not injury related/Mean end a better D man) BTW newly Sub here, looking forward for more video!
I don't know but I completely disagre. It wasn't so bad as against pens, but still horrible game. Too many penalties. Inefectivity in PPs even 5on3. If Monty wouldn't performed like he did, the score could have been much worse. 1st line don't have their old grit. They need time to find chemistry again. Second line is useless cuz Patty is there alone. Dach still plays underwhelmingly, Newhook is definitely not top 6 player, he has such a low impact on the game. Evans played great again, he wins so many 1on1 battles, but nobody noticing. He should play second centre. I know Marty likes 3rd,4th line as is, but is it worth it when you have bad second line? Evans could create much more chances for Patty than Dach or Newhook. Even dvorak would fit in better with him than Dach who should play 3/4 line wing with his current form. Savard played great, Xhekaj was good, Ghule too, Hutson great, Matheson mid/ok. Marty shouldn't be a head coach, maybe assistant. Im becoming alergic to MTL management and leadership. They're doing so many mistakes (like Slafs future salary) and one or two trades won't fix it. This season is screwed and the next won't be much better.
please speak louder about evans!!! i always say that evans is the most underrated player and he should be 2c because that's the only good option we have. i loved the gally-evans-anderson line so much
Definitely some good in this game. It was very close, closer than the jets will ever admit lol im still seeing some issues tho and they’re hard to ignore… dach is getting like zero faceoff wins for second line and they just don’t seem very dangerous with him currently. Defensive coverage still breaking down at times. Penalty calls…. Nuff said there. Slaf is still bothering me a bit - he got that caufield feed shot but he looked stiff and stunned! He had the time and space to push to the front but instead just flicked a weak shot for 5 hole, but at least he shot i guess. I dunno, its hard to be excited lol good for Hudson tho!
Losing is losing whether by 1 or 10, saying the Habs had a good game but lost is just wrong. Losing teaches you how to lose. Especially this year when a playoff spot in the Atlantic is there for the taking, the Canadiens not being able to put together any momentum is frustrating. As the season progresses, I hope Hughes fixes the holes in our centre position and finds a backup goaltender. I don't think it is fair for Montembeault and Primeau to be in the positions they are in. Great to see Hutson get a goal. He will attract a lot more Calder attention if he starts potting a few more and keeps up his assist pace.
Yeah no fan should be happy that they lost, it’s more or less a relief to see they’re not putting up a poor fight especially when it comes to the team with the 2nd best record in the league. There’s an interesting conversation to have about creating a losing mentality, that’s more a conversation for the Buffalo Sabres who are just absolutely in the biggest rut I think that’s existing in the NHL.
Yes, of course, losing always sucks, but we are in the middle, maybe starting the end, of a rebuild. I'm not sure who it was, maybe Legorocks, another great hockey UA-camr, a couple of months ago talked about Colorado's rebuild, specifically after they got MacKinnion. It was ten years between when they drafted MacKinnion to when they won the Cup, and then stunk for a good portion of that decade. Montreal is getting there. Look at what we already have. Hutson is way wiser than his years, 20 points before the half way mark of the season for a rookie? And not just a rookie, a rookie defenseman? Slaf is progressing well, Suzuki is fast becoming one of the best captains in the league, Caufield is always an offensive threat, Dach and Anderson seem to be coming to life, and across the pond, Demidov is still blowing everyone away. The Habs will get there. This rebuild is not even five years old.
#1 These habs are pissing off #2 I would like to be able to pause and unpause time as my superpower #3 I see you have a guitar in the background, do you play any? #4 you should ask hockey junkie to promote your channel ✌️🤟
1. I know… let’s keep trying to be patient. 😔 2. That sounds like another superpower we might need to keep our eye on. 😂 3. Love playing guitar, played in a few bands but we never “made it”, furthest I’ve ever gotten is to the East coast music awards playing in the rock band showcase. 🎸 4. I wouldn’t want to impose something like that on him, he’s been such a big help to me that he’s already done more than I could ever ask from him. He’s a great guy for helping out a smaller channel just out of no where and if he ever feels like he wants to shout me out - that’s amazing, otherwise, he’s already done more than anyone could ask for as a community leader in this space.
1) Jake Evans should have had his head up! this is what happens when you are looking at the puck, not the play. it's hockey 101!! Literally the first thing taught (even before learning to skate) 2) you conveniently left out the footage of Savard hooking, tripping and then punching Sheifele in the back of the head... you left in partial footage of the punch. (this is why Sheifele was on the ice, getting up to retaliate, not instigate. Jets should not have had the only penalty in that play. cheap AF! 3) Montreal didn't pay the refs enough to win this one
Well. What can you say? (Like and Subscribe maybe 👍🔔)
Some bright spots in this one 🌟 and probably one that shines brighter than the others ✨ but this was a good game to analyze for positives. Hope you enjoyed the game 🏒, it was a good game of hockey you have to admit - some mistakes here and there ❌ but solid 💪.
Hope you're having a good night 🌙 and don't forget to check out the poll tomorrow! 📊
As predicted a wrist shot goal, the guy has the best pass I've ever seen on a Habs teams, and I've been watching since 1987. Amazing pass = amazing wrist shot use it.
As a Jets fan I am kinda disappointed that Laine didn't score, but that save Helle made was insane.
Felt so good to see Hutson get his first one . He is very talented but he also shows a lot of heart and works his butt off as well . No wonder the fans love him .
I get when people get in their feelings when they see Michkov producing but having a shortage of right handed d-men is a major part of the problems the habs are having this year . Lets at least wait to see what Reinbacher can do before passing judgment on that draft choice . If he pans out i think him and Hutson could become a crazy good duo .
Didn’t mind the loss , they could have gotten a W or at least gotten to overtime with a bit more luck.
As for offday topics how bout ranking the best hockey related movies/shows ?
Agreed!
Man I hope Reinbacher can rise to the occasion. Who was the right handed D that recently got a trade? Not Trouba obviously…
Jiricek! I thought they should have figured out a way to get him. Justin Barron is really getting the opportunity to rise to the occasion but he’s making some mistakes - maybe it’ll take him getting some solid time and finding his game to demonstrate he’s capable.
@ I’m not sure about Baron , he makes a lot of bad decisions but some young d-men do take more time to develop and reach their full potential . Maybe they should of kept Kovacevic ?
Hopefuly , if Mailloux and Reinbacher are able to live up to expectations we will have a pretty solid d-squad for years to come . ( Guhle , Xhekaj , Mailloux , Rheinbacher , Hutson ) .
Jiricek would have been another Baron youngster project type player , he doesn’t have much NHL experience .
Jets fan here. Just found your channel. Don't tell anyone, but the Habs are one of my "other" teams. Really miss Laine's interviews. Him and Paul Maurice were interview gold.
What in the heck! Read two Jets fans comments basically back to back. I guess UA-cam is pushing my video out to Jets fans now 😂.
Laine has been fun! In a way I wish he had worked out in Winnipeg, I was really rooting for him in the rookie race. I think he still carries the flame for the team but I hope the Montreal market suits him.
i love your videos) what makes me laugh is that we actually play well when we play with the leaders. so, a few words about the game, i sincerely liked it. i hoped that we could win, but no matter how many times this season we pulled the goalie to score, it never worked out, i'm waiting for us to do it. so, from the good:
- hutson's goal, we've been waiting for this for a long time
- finally the first line is what it should be. and they looked insanely good, i don't even have any questions about slaf's game, he was good, but can better
- i always say this, but anderson is on fire, oh my god
- xhekaj gets better with every game, i really like him in the latest games
- they didn't give up, and fought to the end, which is what they lack in every other game, and this, i think, is worthy of praise
from the minuses:
- mathison
- dach
- referees
i think that evans should be put on 2с, because dach doesn't win faceoffs and doesn't create a single attack
that's all for me.
I too am mystified why Evans is not promoted to the second line. While I don't think Dach will ever be the player he was projected to be, if you want to give him more time, centering the third line would allow him to play with veterans that have some scoring potential.
@ I am neutral towards dach, I understand everything perfectly, a serious injury, it is very hard for him, yes, but he objectively ruins the whole game. He is the center - he should lead the line, but he is zero. They put him in the first line to raise his confidence - it did not help, they lowered him to the 4th line - it did not help, I do not know what will help him anymore. And I am puzzled by why evans is on the 4th line, it is unfair, he is the most underrated player, and also one of the most reliable.
Evans is still killing it, he puts it all on the line so often and rarely is punished for it.
Man there’s really some heroes sticking out on the team this season. Didn’t like seeing Gally take that late penalty last night, not characteristic of how he’s been playing lately.
One way this game could have been better is if Scheifele got away from the official to dance with Arbor. He was carrying on like a chihuahua with a Pitbull on the other side of a fence.
Despite the loss I really thought we played a great game. The Hutson goal was sweet and I’m continually impressed with the deadly accuracy of Laine’s shot. Rarely does he seemed to let fly on a one-timer that misses the net and goes around the backboard to our end of the ice. I love the mental games with Hellebuyck. I feel like they all were enjoying the good natured ribbing.
Hellebuyck needs to be reminded of his playoff performances. 😂
Did you ever see him pregame though - I think he goes into some sort of a trance. He may be impenetrable.
@ Yeah he seems like he’s possessed. What a force. You have to be a little nuts to be a goalie.
I'm an out-of-market fan (Devils are my #1), so I loved your opening here. This might not work for your core fanbase, but I'd definitely be interested in hearing details about Habs fandom, and how different the French and Anglo markets are in MTL.
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Man me too lol…
This might be a controversial video idea. It really makes you realize how contentious the Habs fans can be about the team, its traditions and its history.
Excitement and enthusiasm and entertainment. This is what I want to see from Habs this year. The best is yet to come. I always cheer for a win but I can except that the team is still developing. 🎉
You gotta root for these kids, yeah - sometimes it can get aggravating 😆 but when you see the moments of brilliance it’s a great pay off.
Not a bad effort against the might of the Jets. Need a win and a Laine goal or 3 next, though.
Montreal has a long history of playing horribley against sub-par teams, and super close games against top teams. It's really weird.
I remember last season thinking: “Oh man, Colorado… this is going to be brutal.”
And the Habs absolutely handled them, it was heartening.
It’s so true! I specifically remember a fews years ago when they were really good they’d consistently lose to the Sabres who were the worst at that point.
Best Habs channel ever, my brother! #gohabsgo
Thank you bud!!!! Much appreciated!
You’re doing a good job and love that your Chanel isn’t going "trader Rumor" crazy like most sports pages
Those get clicks but I find they’re so dishonest and frankly condescending to the audience. Don’t get me wrong when someone like Friedman is talking about a trade, I might do a video on it, I may do a video of who I would like to see HuGo go for but I’m not going to make a video about Trevor Zegras finally coming to Montreal every 3 weeks like I see some creators do…
While I say that, but off topic a little bit, can we please just stop with Zegras. Please.
@ zegras wouldn’t even fit with the plan..love the videos, keep it up it’s a more honest take which is needed on the Tube
Love my Habs, happy for Hudson, but I’m starting to get a little frustrated. Yes, they’re in the middle of a rebuild but they can’t even nail down the basics. The coverage breakdowns, the stupid penalties, the horrendous passing…come on. These are highly paid professionals who can’t even pass a puck properly. You need to get the basics down first before you can progress forward. Marty needs to fix this soon.
I hear you man… try to have patience, I know it’s rough and I don’t think there’s a silver bullet… maybe Demidov.
Maybe in honor of Anderson's new goal celebration you can do a video on your favorite goal celebrations, and include a bit where you do one of those Fortnite dances.
😂 are we thinking that Anderson’s new celly is the tongue thing? God I hope not, that was bizarre.
The Wilensky Special is always served with mustard.
Doesn't matter which top team or whichever superstar netminder they're facing, not scoring at 5 on 3 with your supposedly best PP players on the ice is still pretty shameful. It's even more frustrating when you know how improved the PP overall is from last season. But well, shows there's still some length of work remaining to be tweaked.
Anyway very happy for Lane, I'm sure it's only the 1st of many. It's so cool his first came at 5 on 5 against such a strong team and such a masterful goalie. Michkov better keep scoring, the Lane Hutson Calder Train has now disengaged all brakes.
Yes but I think it was 5 on 3 for 30-40 seconds or something like that and the puck was cleared off of face off so like 18 seconds or something like that? So they had one opportunity.
Hey Whiskey, my Habs have lost so much this season, we’re basically irrelevant. Hockey is my only outlet and my only hobby. What should I do with the rest of the season? And maybe, maybe you can find a path where we’re still in the mix this year?
I see that the next 4 games are winnable, but only if you see Primeau down & call up doobes !
He so good. He calm cool and collected. Monty and the team need a good back up
I feel bad for Primeau but something needs to be done with the backup situation.
Season isn’t over yet - it doesn’t look good for how things will end up but you have to look for the small wins and support the team honestly, criticize them constructively and go from there.
Nice to see Hutson score
Anderson is playing well
Really happy for both these guys. Anderson (and obviously Hutson) has been working his butt off playing an incredibly aggressive and physical offensive game.
I wonder why MSL hasn't put Laine on line 1, with Zukes and CC. Laine needs playmakers and Dach and Newhook aren't providing.
This is my problem with the habs this year we see they can play great against the best team in the league but also let in 9 goals against Pittsburgh.no consitantncy at all
Pretty much exactly this.
If theyre capable of good results they need to be producing them as consistently as possible. I know it gets thrown around a lot that they’re a young emotional team but these are professional athletes. Put your big boy pants on and play like professionals.
Great video, Whiskeylung, you are fast becoming one of my favorite Habs-related channels! I only have one disagreement, and it's a minor one. Talking about the greatest goalie of all time, and showing Price? Price is up there, for sure, but I think you are a bit mistaken. Right team, wrong player. The GOAT for goalies is definitely a Hab, but it's not Price, it's Dryden. Dryden played less than a decade (admittedly on the best team hockey has ever put out, those seventies Habs, no matter what the Bruins say, who got the record for most points in a season in a league with no ties and two more games played every year!). He won six cups, a Calder, a Smythe, and five Vezinas, and that was with sitting out the 73-74 season in a contract dispute with the Habs. The only guy who could have challenged him was Tretialk, the Soviet goalie, but he only played against NHL talent a few times in his career, so we will never know how good he would have been. If goalie runner Kreider hadn't destroyed his knees, I'm sure Price would have had at least one cup by now, but no one in the league can touch Dryden!
Price had one good year that the Habs are still paying for...
How about the best poutine pole?
I want to but all these food polls are going to destroy my impulse control to buy a bunch of unhealthy food!
Try some focuses on top prospects, especially in Laval.
5 on 3 and no goal! It would be interesting to see the league's stats on that. Anyway, very happy for Hutson's goal, as beautiful as Laine or Caufield's ones.
I wish poddies would stop Michkov and Reino, it's not a comparison that can be made, this isn't TV, it's life, there is no rewind, let the guy get on his skates at least - c'mon, declare a moratorium on the subject or compare MM to ID. Like the show, just sick of that topic and I'm old and grouchy! lol thx bro
You’re 1000000% correct, it’s some real Eeyore behaviour to call Reinbacher a bust before he even gets a real crack at it. I see a lot of people gas Mailloux, and I do also, but the coaching staff still (might) see something bigger in Reinbacher than they do in Mailloux otherwise they wouldn’t have boosted him to the level of Mailloux’s development.
If he’s comes in and silences the haters it could he my favorite storyline of the current era, more so than Hutson, more so than Demidov if he comes out with star status.
Jets fan here, very neutral breakdown, didn't let any bias run wild within your takes, which I really appreciate...
This is the first video I've seen on your channel, but the only critique I really have, is maybe shorten up the length of your light hearted "begging for subscribers" bit... You did the whole Wings "Let 'em in" song chorus lol, and it's just a turn off for me personally, and I'm fairly positive I'm not alone on that...
Most people don't mind if you quickly ask for them to subscribe and like the video and all that... But dragging it out like that is the faux pas...
No Ill will when saying this either btw... Just a personal thing, I'm sure a lot of people don't have any issues with it at all...
Wow great comment, thanks for taking the time!
I gotta watch this video again, I honestly take NO precaution to be unbiased, this might have been just a down the middle video for me but I’m sure I show my bias more in other videos. Still… glad I came off that way because honestly while the Habs are my favorite team I like a lot of teams and only dislike a few.
Regarding the subscriber thing, I might have gone long in this one - actually I think I’ve been going long with it lately. I think I’m kidding myself into thinking that part is funny or entertaining, you may have sobered me up.
Anyway - thanks again, hope you had a good weekend and take care!
Video ideas... keep doing what you are with the Habs, but do the same thing for all other games and news of the week. Keep it up, you'll be at 10k before Valentine's day. 50k before 2026.
Will Primeau play vs Detroit or doobes
You know our expectations are low when we are like “well at least it wasn’t a touchdown score difference”.
Dach has been getting a lot of criticism lately and I usually back him up saying he is doing great and works hard.
Sadly, yesterday was not the case, stupid penalties, low effort and I saw him slack twice while returning to the bench for a line change.
That is my limit, if you are slow getting off the ice during a line change while play is going, you suck!
YOU NEED TO GET OFF QUICKLY ... EVERYTIME. He might need to spend some time off the roster to learn that we need him at 100% ... all the time.
Mitchkov is a big mistake but it’s also an opportunity to rethink how the team drafts and what the strategy should be going forward. Wayyy too many duds in the past years. Let’s just be honest to begin with ansdadmit it’s a mistake.
I look at it like this: At least they don’t make the biggest mistakes year after year like some times, they make like the 3rd or 4th biggest mistakes…
I’ve gotten a lot better at analyzing the drafts and I’m excited to see how this year plays out but we haven’t even seen how last year went. How good will Demidov be? If he’s a bust… man I’m going to be so disappointed. Jeeze.
@@whiskeylung Demidov is an home run for almost certain. Can
Keep it up
Where in Montreal can you get the best steamies? could be a good poll.
My comments are making me hungry these days… yikes.
The one super power I would want, is to be a super Saiyan, a walking nuclear bomb.
is cereal a soup?
Love this one lmao - I heard someone debate that not all cereal is soup but the ones that contain nuts and berries are. I think that’s where I land. 😂
Because it’s made with milk I’d say it’s more of a chowder! 😂
i just hope Reinbacher end in a better place than Noah Juulsen(Not injury related/Mean end a better D man)
BTW newly Sub here, looking forward for more video!
What about " lead up " (?) videos by team or division on who you think may be in or deserve all star game nods?
Love that idea! 💡
on that sandwich topic you should go to wilensky(clark and fairmount.)....a montreal staple for close to 100 years
You’re the 3rd person so far that I’ve read this from.
@@whiskeylung Or maybe go for homemade sandwiches. Those are the best. 😂
I don't know but I completely disagre. It wasn't so bad as against pens, but still horrible game. Too many penalties. Inefectivity in PPs even 5on3. If Monty wouldn't performed like he did, the score could have been much worse. 1st line don't have their old grit. They need time to find chemistry again. Second line is useless cuz Patty is there alone. Dach still plays underwhelmingly, Newhook is definitely not top 6 player, he has such a low impact on the game. Evans played great again, he wins so many 1on1 battles, but nobody noticing. He should play second centre. I know Marty likes 3rd,4th line as is, but is it worth it when you have bad second line? Evans could create much more chances for Patty than Dach or Newhook. Even dvorak would fit in better with him than Dach who should play 3/4 line wing with his current form. Savard played great, Xhekaj was good, Ghule too, Hutson great, Matheson mid/ok. Marty shouldn't be a head coach, maybe assistant. Im becoming alergic to MTL management and leadership. They're doing so many mistakes (like Slafs future salary) and one or two trades won't fix it. This season is screwed and the next won't be much better.
please speak louder about evans!!!
i always say that evans is the most underrated player and he should be 2c because that's the only good option we have. i loved the gally-evans-anderson line so much
@@kkkkkkkkkkIllllllll bro, they want to trade him cuz hE iS ToO oLD.
@@dominik_9619 Who said Montreal management has brains?
Poutine reviews on days off
There’s no way my doctor will allow that.
algo bump
Appreciated lol - do this on the latest video that is DYING .
Definitely some good in this game. It was very close, closer than the jets will ever admit lol im still seeing some issues tho and they’re hard to ignore… dach is getting like zero faceoff wins for second line and they just don’t seem very dangerous with him currently. Defensive coverage still breaking down at times. Penalty calls…. Nuff said there. Slaf is still bothering me a bit - he got that caufield feed shot but he looked stiff and stunned! He had the time and space to push to the front but instead just flicked a weak shot for 5 hole, but at least he shot i guess. I dunno, its hard to be excited lol good for Hudson tho!
Yes, the tongue movement was so unnecessary!
What was up with that!?!
Maybe he's a fan of Deadman On Campus. The one guy, Cliff O'Malley would flick his tongue like that @@whiskeylung
Losing is losing whether by 1 or 10, saying the Habs had a good game but lost is just wrong. Losing teaches you how to lose. Especially this year when a playoff spot in the Atlantic is there for the taking, the Canadiens not being able to put together any momentum is frustrating.
As the season progresses, I hope Hughes fixes the holes in our centre position and finds a backup goaltender. I don't think it is fair for Montembeault and Primeau to be in the positions they are in.
Great to see Hutson get a goal. He will attract a lot more Calder attention if he starts potting a few more and keeps up his assist pace.
Yeah no fan should be happy that they lost, it’s more or less a relief to see they’re not putting up a poor fight especially when it comes to the team with the 2nd best record in the league. There’s an interesting conversation to have about creating a losing mentality, that’s more a conversation for the Buffalo Sabres who are just absolutely in the biggest rut I think that’s existing in the NHL.
Yes, of course, losing always sucks, but we are in the middle, maybe starting the end, of a rebuild. I'm not sure who it was, maybe Legorocks, another great hockey UA-camr, a couple of months ago talked about Colorado's rebuild, specifically after they got MacKinnion. It was ten years between when they drafted MacKinnion to when they won the Cup, and then stunk for a good portion of that decade. Montreal is getting there. Look at what we already have. Hutson is way wiser than his years, 20 points before the half way mark of the season for a rookie? And not just a rookie, a rookie defenseman? Slaf is progressing well, Suzuki is fast becoming one of the best captains in the league, Caufield is always an offensive threat, Dach and Anderson seem to be coming to life, and across the pond, Demidov is still blowing everyone away. The Habs will get there. This rebuild is not even five years old.
Relax dude, they are miles away from being good. Losing = getting better players and hopefully win. Unlike Buffalo.
This video is the equivalent of a mother telling her child that his shitty drawing is great
#1 These habs are pissing off
#2 I would like to be able to pause and unpause time as my superpower
#3 I see you have a guitar in the background, do you play any?
#4 you should ask hockey junkie to promote your channel
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1. I know… let’s keep trying to be patient. 😔
2. That sounds like another superpower we might need to keep our eye on. 😂
3. Love playing guitar, played in a few bands but we never “made it”, furthest I’ve ever gotten is to the East coast music awards playing in the rock band showcase. 🎸
4. I wouldn’t want to impose something like that on him, he’s been such a big help to me that he’s already done more than I could ever ask from him. He’s a great guy for helping out a smaller channel just out of no where and if he ever feels like he wants to shout me out - that’s amazing, otherwise, he’s already done more than anyone could ask for as a community leader in this space.
1) Jake Evans should have had his head up! this is what happens when you are looking at the puck, not the play. it's hockey 101!! Literally the first thing taught (even before learning to skate)
2) you conveniently left out the footage of Savard hooking, tripping and then punching Sheifele in the back of the head... you left in partial footage of the punch. (this is why Sheifele was on the ice, getting up to retaliate, not instigate. Jets should not have had the only penalty in that play. cheap AF!
3) Montreal didn't pay the refs enough to win this one