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Florian Xhekaj today:
“I was taking my pregame nap before the game in Laval…I got a few calls but I was tired, I was trying to sleep so I was ignoring them. Then I looked and it was my coach. He called me and said: ‘You’re going up and playing your first game against the Leafs at the Bell Centre…’”
“I was taking my pregame nap before the game in Laval…I got a few calls but I was tired, I was trying to sleep so I was ignoring them. Then I looked and it was my coach. He called me and said: ‘You’re going up and playing your first game against the Leafs at the Bell Centre…’”
November 22, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Florian Xhekaj today:
“I was taking my pregame nap before the game in Laval…I got a few calls but I was tired, I was trying to sleep so I was ignoring them. Then I looked and it was my coach. He called me and said: ‘You’re going up and playing your first game against the Leafs at the Bell Centre…’”
“I was taking my pregame nap before the game in Laval…I got a few calls but I was tired, I was trying to sleep so I was ignoring them. Then I looked and it was my coach. He called me and said: ‘You’re going up and playing your first game against the Leafs at the Bell Centre…’”
Who would have ever thought that we would be pining to get Jake Allen back?
November 22, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Who would have ever thought that we would be pining to get Jake Allen back?
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November 22, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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David Reinbacher with a snipe for his first goal of the season
2-1 Rocket!
2-1 Rocket!
November 22, 2025 at 1:20 AM
David Reinbacher with a snipe for his first goal of the season
2-1 Rocket!
2-1 Rocket!
I have no idea, but I can tell you that watching tape of the Habs power play is certainly not the answer.
November 22, 2025 at 1:17 AM
I have no idea, but I can tell you that watching tape of the Habs power play is certainly not the answer.
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Montreal Canadiens recall Florian Xhekaj, send down Joshua Roy
Montreal Canadiens recall Florian Xhekaj, send down Joshua Roy
The Montreal Canadiens made a personnel swap on Friday evening, recalling Florian Xhekaj from the Laval Rocket and sending down Joshua Roy. This is Xhekaj’s first recall into the NHL. He didn’t have…
www.habseyesontheprize.com
November 21, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Montreal Canadiens recall Florian Xhekaj, send down Joshua Roy
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Imagine, however bad things are going with the #Habs, they are still ahead of the #Leafs. 🤣
Let that sink in... #GoHabsGo
Let that sink in... #GoHabsGo
a man with a beard wears a grey shirt with a pocket
Alt: a man with a beard wears a grey shirt with a pocket
media.tenor.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Brian hits the nail on the head again. When you're playing from behind you have to start taking more chances and inevitably you become more loose defensively. If a goalie keeps you in the game early and you're not having to play from behind you play completely differently (in theory).
Canadiens were loose defensively at end last night but that’s what happens when you have to chase the score line.
Gonna take you back to Natural Stat Trick HDCA - high danger scoring chances allowed.
Canadiens are 8th best in the league. That’s pretty good.
It’s not D. It’s G. .850 last 30 days.
Gonna take you back to Natural Stat Trick HDCA - high danger scoring chances allowed.
Canadiens are 8th best in the league. That’s pretty good.
It’s not D. It’s G. .850 last 30 days.
November 21, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Brian hits the nail on the head again. When you're playing from behind you have to start taking more chances and inevitably you become more loose defensively. If a goalie keeps you in the game early and you're not having to play from behind you play completely differently (in theory).
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Canadiens were loose defensively at end last night but that’s what happens when you have to chase the score line.
Gonna take you back to Natural Stat Trick HDCA - high danger scoring chances allowed.
Canadiens are 8th best in the league. That’s pretty good.
It’s not D. It’s G. .850 last 30 days.
Gonna take you back to Natural Stat Trick HDCA - high danger scoring chances allowed.
Canadiens are 8th best in the league. That’s pretty good.
It’s not D. It’s G. .850 last 30 days.
November 21, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Canadiens were loose defensively at end last night but that’s what happens when you have to chase the score line.
Gonna take you back to Natural Stat Trick HDCA - high danger scoring chances allowed.
Canadiens are 8th best in the league. That’s pretty good.
It’s not D. It’s G. .850 last 30 days.
Gonna take you back to Natural Stat Trick HDCA - high danger scoring chances allowed.
Canadiens are 8th best in the league. That’s pretty good.
It’s not D. It’s G. .850 last 30 days.
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The only thing more damaging to a hockey team than having a goaltender who can’t stop the puck is having two goaltenders who can’t stop the puck.
On the undeniable problem the Canadiens need resolved immediately👇🏻
www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article/... www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article/...
On the undeniable problem the Canadiens need resolved immediately👇🏻
www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article/... www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article/...
Canadiens' goaltending an undeniable problem further exposed in blowout loss
The only thing more damaging to a hockey team than having a goaltender who can’t stop the puck is having two goaltenders who can’t stop the puck.
www.sportsnet.ca
November 21, 2025 at 5:54 AM
The only thing more damaging to a hockey team than having a goaltender who can’t stop the puck is having two goaltenders who can’t stop the puck.
On the undeniable problem the Canadiens need resolved immediately👇🏻
www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article/... www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article/...
On the undeniable problem the Canadiens need resolved immediately👇🏻
www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article/... www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article/...
In goals saved above expected, Montembeault is in 74th place out of 75 goalies. Dobes is 26th and is rapidly declining (he was top 10 not too long ago). There are lots of issues with the team right now, but a team simply cannot win games if a goalie doesn't make the saves he's supposed to.
You might want to invent a dozen reasons to chat about why the Canadiens are losing.
You’d be wrong.
They haven’t had a better than 870 goalie performance since Utah game.
Tonight, 6 allowed on 30. .800.
800 gives you no chance to win.
You’d be wrong.
They haven’t had a better than 870 goalie performance since Utah game.
Tonight, 6 allowed on 30. .800.
800 gives you no chance to win.
November 21, 2025 at 4:48 AM
In goals saved above expected, Montembeault is in 74th place out of 75 goalies. Dobes is 26th and is rapidly declining (he was top 10 not too long ago). There are lots of issues with the team right now, but a team simply cannot win games if a goalie doesn't make the saves he's supposed to.
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On Nov. 1st, Jakub Dobes was named the NHL 3rd star of the month after going 6-0-0 with a 1.97 GAA & .930 sv% in October.
MSL then started Sam Montembeault the next two games.
Dobes didn’t play another game until Nov. 6th and he hasn’t won a game since Oct. 28th.
MSL then started Sam Montembeault the next two games.
Dobes didn’t play another game until Nov. 6th and he hasn’t won a game since Oct. 28th.
November 21, 2025 at 4:22 AM
On Nov. 1st, Jakub Dobes was named the NHL 3rd star of the month after going 6-0-0 with a 1.97 GAA & .930 sv% in October.
MSL then started Sam Montembeault the next two games.
Dobes didn’t play another game until Nov. 6th and he hasn’t won a game since Oct. 28th.
MSL then started Sam Montembeault the next two games.
Dobes didn’t play another game until Nov. 6th and he hasn’t won a game since Oct. 28th.
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When you get goaltending like that, things are wonderfully simple.
If you can't stop a puck, you lose.
If you can't stop a puck, you lose.
November 21, 2025 at 2:54 AM
When you get goaltending like that, things are wonderfully simple.
If you can't stop a puck, you lose.
If you can't stop a puck, you lose.
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November 21, 2025 at 4:01 AM
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This tracks. We can criticize turnovers and breakdowns but when it comes to the shots themselves, the numbers say that 5 of them had no business going in on NHL goal tenders
November 21, 2025 at 4:09 AM
This tracks. We can criticize turnovers and breakdowns but when it comes to the shots themselves, the numbers say that 5 of them had no business going in on NHL goal tenders
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The Call Of The Wilde for Global Montreal is me trying to figure out what the hell is going on with the goalies.
The Wilde Cards an update on Laval and I’m not particularly pleased with that either.
globalnews.ca/news/1153550...
The Wilde Cards an update on Laval and I’m not particularly pleased with that either.
globalnews.ca/news/1153550...
Call of the Wilde: Canadiens’ goaltending flounders with 8-4 loss to Capitals - Montreal | Globalnews.ca
It's not possible to win an NHL game with an .800 save percentage. Brian Wilde explains what that means for the Montreal Canadiens.
globalnews.ca
November 21, 2025 at 3:21 AM
The Call Of The Wilde for Global Montreal is me trying to figure out what the hell is going on with the goalies.
The Wilde Cards an update on Laval and I’m not particularly pleased with that either.
globalnews.ca/news/1153550...
The Wilde Cards an update on Laval and I’m not particularly pleased with that either.
globalnews.ca/news/1153550...
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Just talked to a guy from Florida that knows Fowler here at McLeans’s that had a BC Fowler jersey on and he was at the Hab game tonight and said….and I stress!!
Trade Monty and bring up Fowler. He’s ready.
Trade Monty and bring up Fowler. He’s ready.
November 21, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Just talked to a guy from Florida that knows Fowler here at McLeans’s that had a BC Fowler jersey on and he was at the Hab game tonight and said….and I stress!!
Trade Monty and bring up Fowler. He’s ready.
Trade Monty and bring up Fowler. He’s ready.
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You might want to invent a dozen reasons to chat about why the Canadiens are losing.
You’d be wrong.
They haven’t had a better than 870 goalie performance since Utah game.
Tonight, 6 allowed on 30. .800.
800 gives you no chance to win.
You’d be wrong.
They haven’t had a better than 870 goalie performance since Utah game.
Tonight, 6 allowed on 30. .800.
800 gives you no chance to win.
November 21, 2025 at 2:42 AM
You might want to invent a dozen reasons to chat about why the Canadiens are losing.
You’d be wrong.
They haven’t had a better than 870 goalie performance since Utah game.
Tonight, 6 allowed on 30. .800.
800 gives you no chance to win.
You’d be wrong.
They haven’t had a better than 870 goalie performance since Utah game.
Tonight, 6 allowed on 30. .800.
800 gives you no chance to win.
I remember those days when the Habs had a goalie with a .900 save percentage. Good times.
November 21, 2025 at 2:56 AM
I remember those days when the Habs had a goalie with a .900 save percentage. Good times.
Missing tonight's game. I see that Monty has allowed 3 goals on 11 shots though 😔
November 21, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Missing tonight's game. I see that Monty has allowed 3 goals on 11 shots though 😔
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The mistake was going back to Montembeault when Dobes was hot.
I personally feel they were trying to keep Monty in the Olympic chatter but should have been thinking team first.
We all know Fowler is the future and Monty is a stop gap and that in mind play the hot hand.
It ended up hurting both.
I personally feel they were trying to keep Monty in the Olympic chatter but should have been thinking team first.
We all know Fowler is the future and Monty is a stop gap and that in mind play the hot hand.
It ended up hurting both.
November 21, 2025 at 12:26 AM
The mistake was going back to Montembeault when Dobes was hot.
I personally feel they were trying to keep Monty in the Olympic chatter but should have been thinking team first.
We all know Fowler is the future and Monty is a stop gap and that in mind play the hot hand.
It ended up hurting both.
I personally feel they were trying to keep Monty in the Olympic chatter but should have been thinking team first.
We all know Fowler is the future and Monty is a stop gap and that in mind play the hot hand.
It ended up hurting both.
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After starting the season with 3 goals in his first 3 games, Zack Bolduc has scored only 2 points in his last 16 games.
He’s now on the Habs 1st line with Nick & Cole, and he’s back on PP1.
He’s gonna get his chance, it’s now up to him to take advantage of the opportunities.
He’s now on the Habs 1st line with Nick & Cole, and he’s back on PP1.
He’s gonna get his chance, it’s now up to him to take advantage of the opportunities.
November 20, 2025 at 11:24 PM
After starting the season with 3 goals in his first 3 games, Zack Bolduc has scored only 2 points in his last 16 games.
He’s now on the Habs 1st line with Nick & Cole, and he’s back on PP1.
He’s gonna get his chance, it’s now up to him to take advantage of the opportunities.
He’s now on the Habs 1st line with Nick & Cole, and he’s back on PP1.
He’s gonna get his chance, it’s now up to him to take advantage of the opportunities.
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Habs coach Marty St. Louis today on bouncing ideas:
“As a coach you have to convince your players, but sometimes your players can convince you also…I think as a coach to not listen to players who have so much experience in what it feels like out there, I think you’re missing out.”
“As a coach you have to convince your players, but sometimes your players can convince you also…I think as a coach to not listen to players who have so much experience in what it feels like out there, I think you’re missing out.”
November 20, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Habs coach Marty St. Louis today on bouncing ideas:
“As a coach you have to convince your players, but sometimes your players can convince you also…I think as a coach to not listen to players who have so much experience in what it feels like out there, I think you’re missing out.”
“As a coach you have to convince your players, but sometimes your players can convince you also…I think as a coach to not listen to players who have so much experience in what it feels like out there, I think you’re missing out.”