Take Two of the Habs Off-Season Video 

Marchessault will be a key piece of Montreals future goalie core😂😂😂😂😂

We need outtakes and blooper reel!

Twelve takes? You absolute mad lad. The hardest working man in hockey, right here on this channel.

An intelligent educated and fair minded Boston Bruin fan? Wow I didn't think people like you existed. Learn something new every day 😅🤣 Btw, great video. As a diehard Habs fan the only thing missing here is giving proper credit to Captain Suzuki who has led the team in scoring every year for last 3 years including the playoffs in 2021. Slafkovsky's season turned around after he was put on the 1st line with Slick Nick. Also RHP Scored 14 goals in half a season after he was put on the 1st line with Suzuki -due to injuries. He's been a bust ever since. Nick Suzuki just makes everyone who plays with him better but never gets proper credit. PPG Player

I didn’t mind seeing Marchessault as a 6th skater on the Canadiens, but Primeau as the #1 uncontested goalie ? That was scary AF.

Things happen, Shannon. Nobody’s perfect.

Things happen! Fantastic video as always. Nice objective view away from my sometimes biased eyes hahaha. Thanks Shannon!

not a habs fan but they are a team i like to see do well. i like the rebuild that gm hughes has done so far. this team is still 2-3 years away from a p-off spot. but there's a lot of positives. blueline is stacked with young talent. my favorites are guhle and arber. as the team gets better, montreal should look at using some surplus draft capital and d-men to take advantage of assets from teams against the cap. i liked the draft with demidov and hage. ivan demidov is considered to be "the whole package" and the talk is he's coming to MTL in a year's time from the KHL. i think for this year, if they can slice down the league-leading # of 1-goal loss games (24) from last year, and flip half of those into wins, that would help the team's confidence. coach MSL has done a good job thus far, with getting the best he can out of guys and having them work hard in games. wishing MTL all the best, except when they play tampa. 😉

So happy to see my Habs rising. Go Habs Go

The Habs' points total is misleading. It was an incremental improvement over the previous season, but they had A TON of overtime losses. That means a lot of those games could have gone the other way and the Habs would have been on the doorstep of a playoff spot. High hopes for the coming year.

I know you’ve never been to Montreal, Shannon, but I’m sure you would have no shortage of friends willing to show you and your family around if ever you did take a trip here. Imagine going to a Habs VS B’s game at the Bell Center? Thanks for the video as always, was looking forward to it ✌️👍

I agree, outtakes/bloopers would be fun..! Habs fan here, keep up the great work, HockeyGuy! Even though you’re a B’s fan, your analysis of the Habs is always fair and balanced… 👍

It always amazes me how you do all these videos in one fluid take. I don’t blame you for making a mistake every 100 videos or so haha

Let’s Go Habs! Love your honesty THG, great video.

Thanks for the amazing videos as always THG, we're blessed to have you give it your all and remaking videos. GOAT 🐐🐐🐐🐐

"people having an attention span of 3 minutes when it comes to prospects". TheHockeyGuy, 2024.

Technically, Price played 5 games in 2021-22 towards the end of the season, but it only confirmed he would never play again.

No worries Shannon, we are all human.

As a Habs fan, I love your videos and appreciate your inputs. Hopefully like you said, Habs will be good enough soon so we can relive the rivalry with the Bruins.

Great vid. I think that if Mailloux and Reinbacher outperformed at the training camp, Barron is in serious trouble. I also believe there will be a trade to ship a couple of our dmen until next fall.

Habs first line is incredible and keeps them dangerous even while rebuilding. Like their goaltending. Rest of the team will come along and I trust Kent Hughes and Martin St. Louis to pull the trigger to push for a return to the playoffs at the right time, which sounds like it could be as soon as 2025-26. Fans need to wait one more year before getting even a little impatient.

Lmao Marchessault. It’s cool to see the original vod and this one to see the differences

Price played his last game April 29, 2022 in the 10-2 win against The Panthers. 3rd take?

Is there any chance you could cut out the part of the deleted video, where you realize that you wrote Marchessault instead of montembault, and turn it into a short for us to enjoy?

Montreal does absolutely nothing … me: I’m so excited 😅😂

Thanks Shannon! Keep up the great work! A Habs fan!

Hab to Hab. We need to wait. If only to make a Boston-Montreal series a bad match-up for Boston.

Harvey Pinard is the kind of guy that could be looked at as a guy who had one good season and never quit got there again or as a guy like marchand that could possibly climb up a roster throught pure work ethic

This is the team in the East that most are sleeping on in my opinion. Towards the end of the season they were starting to show signs of being difficult to play against. If their defense starts to gel and the goaltending holds up when March rolls around I would not be surprised if they are still hanging in contention. Beware Le Canadien.😊

Slafkovski-Suzuki-Demidov Roy-Dach-Caufield Newhook-Beck-Hage HarveyPinard-Evans-Gallagher Matheson-Guhle Hutson-Reinbacher Xhekaj-Mailloux Fowler Volokhin

I still think Montreal trades some defence for a forward

Good that you mention Harvey-Pinard, unfortunately he got injured and this prevented him to build his momentum on his last season, I would see him has a 3rd line winger but can be put on the 2nd line if injury occurs because of his work ethic and offensive touch, he showed his offensive skills playing with Suzuki when everybody was injured 2 years ago ! If Montreal has to move another defense, I would trade Barron before Struble or Harris !

In knit picking here but price has played since the cup run, he came back and played a few games at the end of there next season, he hasn’t played since then but he did play after the cup run

I would watch all of the other video anyway hahaha

With everyone talking about Marchessault I thought I missed some news today

Shane wright was shoved so far down everyone's throat. Not everyone even knew slaf. People were wearing wright jerseys at the draft.

The beloved Canadiens goaltender Marchesbeault

Gally in the top6 is hilarious. If anything, I'd see Armia then Anderson before Gally on the 2nd line.

GO HABS GO! Allez Montréal! ❤

Bloopers for members would be pretty cool and for sure funny 😂

You just wanted to wear TWO Habs jerseys today. Admit it! They really are nice. Looking forward to things settling down enough that we know who is even going to show up in camp for Philly to see that video. Kolosov homesick. Michkov could still be unveiled as the kidnapper of the Lindbergh baby. Konecny traded to Washington due to the Kuznetsov money clearing up. What a mess. At least Gritty loves me.

Habs probably have the best defense prospects group in the league. If they can find a couple more top 6 forwards, they'll be laughing. Demidov potential wise should definitely slot in there. Newhook, Dach, etc. I don't think those are guys you'd want to be in your top 6 on a contending team. I'm sure within the next couple of years, though, they'll be able to find some better top 6 options. Kent Hughes has gotta be looking at cashing in on Matheson at the deadline this year. A contending team will pay handsomely for him, and they have in house options to replace him.

Shannon needs a Vacay ! get this man a hot tub and a Scotch 🎉

As a lifetime Habs fan I think there is a lot to be hopeful for. Dach of course is a cause for concern and perhaps Xhekai as well. They both have shown themselves to be injury prone. I know it's a bit early to predict what will happen this coming season: Improvements yes, playoffs no. My thinking is they'll hang around until February maybe even early March but they will fade from a playoff spot. As was said improvement will be incremental.........unless they overacheive. Will want to see them be better at turning leads into wins especially in regulation.

Montreal has a ton of potential, I still think they surprise a lot of people by being competitive for the wild-card for most of the year, I'm hoping to just be playing meaningful games come March and April, and not just playing spoiler for Detroit again. I don't think Roy or Gallagher gets the 2nd line role, I could see it being Armia given he had a very respectable season last year, as well I think they want to work Newhook to the 2LW given he looked a bit uncomfortable at Center last year, and seemed to play better during that very brief time we saw him with Dach at the start of the year. As for the blue-line I still think Harris is getting traded, it's been basically known since last year's trade deadline that we were trying to move him given we have such a logjam there. I think Reinbacher and Mailloux are sent down to get top 2 AHL ice time, Hutson I see being on the 2nd pair with Savard to pair up his explosive offence with someone who has a much more defensive game. Barron I'm iffy on if he gets sent down or is used as a 7th D like Kovacevic was last year. I believe the top line of Caufield-Suzuki-Slafkovsky is going to explode offensively this year for at least 80 points each they all look so natural with each other. I believe Demidov comes up next year and gets the 2nd line spot immediately, but I wouldn't be surprised if we start him 3rd line just to break him in the way we did Slafkovsky 2 seasons back.

You said Price didn't play since 21 finals but he played something like 5 games the next year. He would have been eligible for HoF this year like Weber but he will wait until next year 😅

Can't wait for the Marchy vs Monty war for the Habs net

Thanks Shannon!

We all have one of those days...it's ok Shannon

Merci! Excellent travail.

I think there should be another take, as there is a grammatical error on the board. Technically it's; *in rounds 1 through 4! 😂

I knew Marchessault was an amazing player, but... He'd look odd with pads.

Montreal wants to keep Dach at centre. The guy is big and has great hands so if he can stay injury free then he will be there. He had great chemistry with Slafkovsky in the beginning of the season before his injury so I wouldn't mind seeing that again.

You guys have such a bright future! That being said… go leafs go

Thanks for the video!

I was so nervous you were going to need to redo this one.

Dach 2C and Newhook on the wing over the opposite IMO.

8:14 Don’t forget Engström for next year.

i think your top 6 is more likely than you give yourself credit for! I know they liked the Newhook Gallagher Armia line, so I think to start the year they might start with that as their 3rd line and play Roy and Anderson on Dachs wings but I hope not!

Dach is probably the C on Newhook’s line btw. I guess they both play both positions, but I feel like Dach is seen as the stronger C and will probably play primarily there. Maybe if they’re on the same line they just switch based on which side the faceoff is taken from though

Matheson - Guhle Xhekaj - Barron Hutson - Savard Harris

Habs fan here. THG calls it well this time - no argument from me whatsoever. It's a slim possibility that Montreal would take enough of a leap forward to vie for a WC spot toward the end of the season. They are in a tough division but so are Ottawa and Buffalo. Last year no other team in the league had a worse record against divisional rivals. Montreal was 5-13-8 vs the rest of the teams in the Atlantic. If their young players develop enough that they find a way to win more games against Ottawa, Detroit, etc. , then yeah, they should improve in the standings. All other things being equal - which, of course, they rarely are.

Once Montreal can trade/release/buyout either Gallagher or Anderson that is when they will be able to go to the next phase of the rebuild. I’m guessing this year if Dach can stay healthy they will finish around 20-25 overall. Between Dvorak savard Evans and armia contract leaving. Next summer they will have a lot of cash to spend and demidov should be coming. So season 25-26 they should start thinking about the playoffs

5:36 Dach will and is the 2nd line center.

2 things I don't understand with injury contracts. Who pay the 10,000,000$ salary of Carey Price, is-it the NHL? And Shea Weber, why Arizona took is contract, what was their interest? And the same question, who pay the Weber salary and Why Montréal did not trade the contract of Carey like they did with Shea?

Roy! Agree!

Getting the wrlcome mat ready for Demidov. Say, you guys wouldn't happen to need a right shot defenseman now, would you?

A Stanley Cup is in our future very soon!

Do you think they find a way to move on from their 2 bad contracts in Gallagher (6.5 AAV) and Anderson (5.5 AAV)? Absolutely brutal price to pay for 20 pts at most

Honestly want him to re release the other video, I just want to see it

i'm sure montebualt will be a good back up in nashville

Montreal's rebuild has been unusual. Typically, at the beginning, a team has a bunch of declining or simply mediocre players on contracts for too much money and too many years. On the way down, they trade those players for draft picks and prospects. Montreal has had all three at the same time. They've been at the top of the list of team salaries and at the bottom of the NHL standings. Was Marc Bergevin trading out his previous bad contracts while simultaneously signing new bad contracts? Perhaps you could update your Bergevin video from 2017?

9:06 No, Monty was the best and played against better teams than Primeau.

Dach is viewed as the 2nd line center, not Newhook. well, unless Dach breaks again.

Actually they didn’t bought out the price and weber contract weber have been traded to arizona end price is like a forever ltir

If you want to wear a Price jersey, you have to do exactly 31 takes.

So Im new to the sport and I have to ask: why are Montreal called the Habs? Where does the origin come from? Thanks for the insight.

i think when you have multiple takes to do like that you should mentally see it as if youre a teacher having many groups to go through :P

If dach/ghule doesnt get injure most of the season mtl gonne be real close of a wild card

Even though I’m from QC, I like when Mtl remains outside of the playoff picture. The fans get high off the arena poutine gravy and when the team does well all hell breaks loose.

"lose Price and Weber to injury, neither has played an NHL game since..." Correction: Price did play 5 games at the end of the following season (though he was clearly not at 100%). However, he never played in the NHL after that.

Honestly, MTL has a lot of picks in the next draft in the first 3 rounds, so I would prefer that if they have another year at the bottom of the league, would rather it be this one. Would be nice to have some improvement, but top picks in the first three rounds have much value.

Habs need another top six forward otherwise they are pretty decent and a good bet to make the playoffs. Daniel Sprong would be a good option for 2 years. Habs open the year with.. Caufield- Suzuki- Slafkovsky Newhook- Dach- Sprong Roy- Beck- Gallagher Armia- Evans- Anderson Dvorak, Pezzetta, Harris Mathenson- Guhlie Savard- Hutson Wifi- Mailloux Montembeault Primeau

Barron won't be sent down. Waivers

Jonathan Marchessault future star goalie

lol I was wondering why the comments weren’t working on the previous video

I think montreals defense for next season is Matheson savard Hutson guhle Xhekaj barron

I was so early it said "this video has been removed by the uploader"😂

Primeau somwtimes let's in softies but i think its the right tandem for the short term, enough to keep in games for entertainment but respectfully loses enough for high draft pick

What would happen if I bet 100$ on every team in the league though? Guaranteed win (don’t look at the losses)

Hutson and Reinbacher should start in laval until chrismas after that we'll see. Mailloux must outshine the competition and i think he can if not laval too. Gallagher can not be top 6 the legs can't follow any more, if Armia (a big if) continues to play like he did at the end of last year could be a fit on the top 6, but Roy should grab that spot if he's ready

So if I bet 5$ on the Cup to the Habs in 2025, I would win 1,000$ 🤔 hmmm

Les Habituales

Maybe it's just my bias but I really don't see this team as being bad next season. Primeau is a lot better goalie than people give him credit for and I think a lot of the young players are ready for the NHL.

24-25 will be the habs 3rd year of the rebuild, they are nowhere ready to make a push and this is fine. people need to relax with trading matheson and Anderson. Kent Hughes's plan is in the cap : Anderson and Galhager contracts ends in 2027. so 27-28 is where they make their push to the top.

Something I find interesting is that so much of the hockey world is trade talking with Marner, but I never hear anyone talk about trade proposals to the Habs. As a Habs fan, I'm not sure how I would feel about him on the team, but Montreal seems to fit all of the boxes for a Marner trade: - Needs more forward production offensively, Marner has that - Has the cap space to spend on him - Toronto needs blue liners and draft picks, Montreal has tons of blue liners and draft picks to trade - Age wise, fits their rebuild window pretty well

Montreal is going to have a problem 😅. To many players, they cheap when they start... They aren't after tho, we love the team now. But when all the sacrifices arrive, they'll piss fans every time someone leaves 🤣

0 chance Gallagher plays in the top 6. lol

Habs will finish 15th in the east

You got it right, gallagher is not top 6 I like josh anderson more than Gally Suzuki, Caufield, slafzilla, dach, newhook No question top 5, then that 6th spot... Roy sure