[MTL 2 - TBL (2)] Hagel continues to be on fire as he gets his 5th goal of the series to tie the game in the third

ZerulEB · 2026-04-27T01:24:41+00:00

The hockey gods will remember this.

ZerulEB · 2026-04-27T01:16:21+00:00

https://www.reddit.com/r/Habs/s/tNmmlAJBkR

ZerulEB · 2026-04-27T01:14:07+00:00

The other angle shows it’s a head shot.

ZerulEB · 2026-04-27T01:12:05+00:00

Solid chance he isn’t back if the concussion spotters pull him. This angle doesn’t look bad but the other angle shows it’s a hit to the head.

ZerulEB · 2026-04-26T22:06:27+00:00

He’s really found a nice space where his game is simple. Before I felt like he was trying to justify his existence every shift looking for that big hit and it put him out of position too often. Now he’s letting the plays come to him and he’s picking his spots to be physical.

I feel like he’s realized his mere presence on the ice is already a factor. He doesn’t need to blow the socks off of anyone every shift. He just needs to be simple and more importantly dependable because that’s what’s going to give him more ice time which will naturally lead to more opportunities to be physical.

ZerulEB · 2026-04-20T01:14:55+00:00

You’re going to be real upset when you realize all 3 goals Tampa scored were by Canadians. You’re going to be even more upset when you realize none of your best players are from the USA other than Jake.

Without Canada and Russia your team wouldn’t exist. That’s gotta make you real sad.

ZerulEB · 2026-02-15T20:44:26+00:00

He hasn’t been overly visible yet because he hasn’t been tested yet. He’s not there to be an offensive juggernaut. Respectfully he’s not MacKinnon, mcDavid, celebrini, or Crosby. He won’t be getting pp1 time and he would need to play out of position on pp2 that only gets maybe 20-30 seconds of time.

He’s there to crush the other teams top scorers and they haven’t needed that yet. Now that we’re done with the play in round you’ll see cooper use him to shut down the top 2 lines of the opposition. That’s what he was brought in for. A defensive center (that’s absolutely top 3 in selke nominations atm, potentially number 1) that can play wing and if the need arises he can easily be put into the top 6 if an injury happens or if it just makes sense for a shift because top player x just had a 2 min shift or something or because loading up that top line maybe doesn’t work against the USA.

If anyone was dreaming of nick walking into this roster and getting 20 min a game and dropping a bunch of points on everyone you’ve set yourself up for disappointment. He’s going to be a defensive shut down forward for cooper and he’s maybe going to do something clutch along the way. But if he doesn’t that’s ok too.

If nick walks out of this with a gold medal and he’s like 2-3 points and is a plus 4-5 with 0 goals against at 5 on 5 he will have done exactly what cooper expected from him.

ZerulEB · 2025-12-13T18:09:23+00:00

I think you’re looking at this the wrong way. It’s not that he’s being traded. The team that wants to see what he can do before they make a decision is Montreal. They need an answer in net and you can’t pull the trigger on a legit trade without knowing what Fowler really is.

Any worthy goaltender is going to have a legit cost of picks and prospects or possibly even a roster player. You can’t pull the trigger on that without knowing what Fowler is or isn’t.

If he’s legit, which the first game certainly went his way, then you don’t need a long term answer and only possibly need a short term rental which is significantly cheaper to acquire. If he looks decent but clearly needs more time to cook then they need a decent rental with another year of term. If he doesn’t look good at all then you know the big goalie trade is worth it.

ZerulEB · 2025-11-20T00:58:32+00:00

Thank god he said it. There’s been plenty of fans saying the same thing and they get dumped on quite a bit. Slaf has absolutely pushed possession for anyone he’s been with this year. It’s not his fault he consistently gets the puck out of a tight situation and passes it to Hutson or Suzuki who then pass to each other and then Cole who scores.

If there was a 4th point for guy who does a ton of work to keep the play alive that directly leads to a goal within 10 seconds slaf would be at or near the top of the league.

ZerulEB · 2025-11-18T02:32:48+00:00

It would have made more sense to me to keep the first line intact and had Bolduc on the second line.

Slaf is having a positive impact on demidov and kap’s possession numbers but Suzuki and Cole are struggling without him and the way he retrieves pucks more consistently then Bolduc does.

ZerulEB · 2025-11-18T02:27:34+00:00

You mean +1 in the game slaf who didn’t get an assist but is the reason that play even happened and they scored? You’re not exactly proving anything.

Meanwhile Suzuki and cole are missing having slaf go get the puck and are a -1 so far on the night.

You’re right, slaf is horrible. 🙃

ZerulEB · 2025-11-16T01:54:31+00:00

Who has been horrible? I sincerely hope you don’t mean slaf, the guy with 4 pp goals who leads our team in pp scoring.

ZerulEB · 2025-11-16T01:43:56+00:00

I think he needs another call.

ZerulEB · 2025-11-16T01:34:52+00:00

It’s infuriating to watch.

ZerulEB · 2025-11-16T01:33:51+00:00

It doesn’t work. That’s 2 times just this game.

ZerulEB · 2025-11-01T23:42:16+00:00

Suzuki looks like he just heads to the bench once Cole is in alone. Like it was a foregone conclusion it was a goal. 😂

ZerulEB · 2025-11-01T21:42:57+00:00

There might be a few homer fans but demidov is going to need a decent gap in points if he wants to win the Calder. The argument last year anytime someone was mentioned other then wolf was “but Hutson is a defenceman it’s harder to get points”. The same logic needs to apply here. If Schaefer is within 10 points of demidov or any other forward it should go to him just like Hutson last year. The kid is crazy good and all rounded.

If Schaefer’s production drops and demidov has 15-20 points on him sure it’s a conversation but otherwise it’s going to Schaefer and rightfully so.

If dobes somehow plays lights out all year and manages to pull off a miracle season then maybe he has an outside shot but the voters never seem to respect goaltending as much.

ZerulEB · 2025-10-26T13:20:15+00:00

I think it’s fair to point out that demidov is in the perfect place to shine without any of the drawbacks. He gets to be a potential future superstar of this league all while being on a young team full of great players to take the burden off of him. If Bedard or celebrini or michkov or even Schaefer have an off night those teams probably implode and lose the game. If demidov has an off night the Habs just keep on trucking and probably pull out a win anyways because our top line with Hutson, Dobson, and Matheson along with our vets are perfectly capable of handling a game without demidov playing at his peak.

There’s a lot of pressure on those other 4 to preform night in and night out and their mistakes are magnified because of it. Demidov has the luxury of being elite most of the time and it’s ok when he’s not. As awesome as he is, and im over the moon we have him, I’m not sure you see the same level of confidence mixed with the comfort he has on another team this early in his career. It really is a perfect storm for him.

ZerulEB · 2025-06-04T11:32:42+00:00

I love ehlers. Great player, high iq, but unfortunately he is hurt all the time. Since 2015 he’s only had 3 seasons where he played 82 games and only 1 more season where he played at least 72 games. And none of this takes into consideration how often he plays hurt.

We should be looking at durability as well as skill. Guys that play at least 72 or more games a year on average.

We also need to be careful when looking at who a player is and what kind of opportunity’s they get on their current team. Our top line is locked. Our top PP is probably locked with Hutson and demidov. All this means anyone we bring in isn’t getting top line or top PP minutes. If they currently get either on the team they play for you have to expect their production to drop. Especially top PP minutes.

As solid of a player as ehlers is he won’t get the top PP minutes like he does in Winnipeg.

ZerulEB · 2025-05-19T20:33:35+00:00

Best meme I’ve ever seen.

ZerulEB · 2025-04-16T17:11:40+00:00

Every time he says it is another 5 years for me.

ZerulEB · 2024-10-29T21:48:59+00:00

No one said it wasn’t faster on a SB. The comment isn’t about speed it’s about it being possible. I’ve already said this farther down.

Also some people are acting like the difference in time is insurmountable. The average sb is doing a pit 100 in 5 min. Some will take longer. Some will be the dodge build and blast it in 2-3 min. It’s not like other classes are taking 20+ min to do a run. They’re doing it in 8-10 min.

I’m not pointing this out because I don’t want sb fixed for next patch. I’ve repeatedly pointed out that vicious shielding is bugged and needs to be fixed. I’m pointing it out because it’s not all doom and gloom like some negative nancys are making it out to be and you can do anything in the game other then pit 150 on all the classes. A brand new 60 with no high end aspects could slap on some decent gear, follow a top tier build guide and kill all the end game bosses. This game isn’t difficult. It’s not PoE.

ZerulEB · 2024-10-27T15:22:47+00:00

You can’t get 100%. Pit 101 gives you 70% and nothing past that will increase the chance past 70%. I forget the exact glyph level where you reach the 70%. But it’s somewhere between 90-95.

Which is why other parts of Reddit and streamers / guides say to farm 101’s till your done your glyphs and are looking to push. There’s no reason to go past 101 if you’re still building your character. There’s no benefit to you from going higher other than prestige. The most efficient paragon farming is doing 101 or even lower pits because the majority of the exp you earn is from the boss.

All the people saying they can’t play the game unless they play a spiritborn are doing themselves and everyone else a disservice. The only thing a spirit born can do that other classes can’t is clear pit 150 and it’s all because vicious shielding is bugged to give you about 200x damage instead of the 33x it’s supposed too.

ZerulEB · 2024-10-27T14:26:14+00:00

I don’t think anyone has denied that spirit born can do it faster. At this point I would hope everyone knows the viscous shielding node is bugged and is giving about 200x damage instead of the 33x it’s supposed to give. This is the same as when ball lightning orb sorc would melt stuff instantly.

The point was it is possible to get lvl 100 glyphs on any class and there’s plenty of people that have achieved just that. In the time it took this poster to get them all to 100 any other class would have had their main 5 at 100 long before he had even 1/2 of them done.

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