In this episode (RECORDED BEFORE GAME VS ST-LOUIS), we discuss...

The Montreal Canadiens defensive woes and the rumor that Kent Hughes is making call for a top 4 right-handed defenseman. Also, we discuss Martin St. Louis' press conference and what he said about Arber Xhekaj.

Kirby Dach is definitely rusty and not playing to his potential, but at the moment, there are some other concerns about his game. Is it time to be worried about him as a 2nd line center? Or is he just shaking off some of the rust off his game?

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Chapters

0:00 - Intro

0:50 - Habs Defensive woes

17:18 - Habs looking for a top 4 defenseman

25:12 - MSL words about Xhekaj during presser

35:18 - Time to worry about Kirby Dach?

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In this episode, we discuss...

Our thoughts and feelings of the Canadiens start to the season. Any noteworthy moments?

Should we start being concerned about Cayden Primeau at the NHL level? While he hasn't had many starts yet, he has yet to seize his opportunities and show that he belongs at the NHL level. He has good moments, but he seems to struggle with consistency as the games go on.

Everyone is talking about Lane Hutson. Right now, does he deserve the praise and "flowers" he is getting? Or is it too much, too soon?

We play a little game where Matt asks us to pick one or the other. For this game, Matt asks Vito and Dave to pick one from the following list:

1. PK Subban OR Lane Hutson
2. Saku Koivu OR Nick Suzuki
3. Juraj Slafkovsky OR Alex Kovalev
4. Patrick Roy OR Carey Price
5. Randy Cunneyworth OR Domenic Ducharme

We invite you to play the game with us. Please pick one or the other by providing your responses under the comments sections of the episode on YouTube

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Chapters

0:00 - Intro

0:20 - Our thoughts of the Habs start to the season

5:43 - Cayden Primeau

10:30 - Lane Hutson, everyone talking about him

22:18 - Pick one or the other (GAME)

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In this episode, we discuss...

The Montreal Canadiens pre-season is FINALLY over. Were there any standouts? Who did well, surprised us the most, and should they make the team.

Arber Xhekaj had a very interesting pre-season. He was physical, took a lot of penalty minutes, defended his teammates, and was the "sheriff" the whole time. The question is, has the aspects of his game evolved enough to cement his position on the bottom pairing, over Jayden Struble?

Well, the Habs powerplay continued where it left off last season. It's been terrible. Are we going to see more of the same or is it just that Martin St. Louis has not had enough time to work on the powerplay?

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Question of the week (Reply in comments on YouTube): Is Xhekaj getting too many penalties for your liking? or are you ok with what he is doing?

Chapters:

0:01 - Intro

0:08 - Habs pre-season is over, any standouts

8:37 - Has Arber Xhekaj played himself out of his spot in the lineup

25:24 - The Habs powerplay is concerning and still garbage so far

33:42 - Final thoughts - Adam Engstrom

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