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@CanadianWriter_ @paultanasi Do you know what their xGF% was during the season was by any chance?

@Habsolutely3 @paultanasi At 5v5 last night, the Struble-Hutson pairing got absolutely caved in a brutal 31.4% xGF% and 34.2% Corsi. They spent 70% of their time pinned in their own zone. Dobeš completely bailed them out. Xhekaj hasn't even been given a real look with Hutson to make a comparison. 🤣

MSL won’t play Xhekaj who has been very decent in the playoffs but he trusts Struble 🫪 I don’t get it Marty…..I just don’t.

@benchestnut Maybe you brainiacs can figure out a way to make large scale desalination feasible instead of focusing on making more ai slop.

Earth only holds 370 quintillion gallons! Regulate granola now!

@bscholl Can we eat data?

Very concerned about Big Almond

@DavidCBets Bruh they didn't get a shot until like 18 minutes into the 3rd. Also, Carolina's whole schtick is taking low quality shots, while Montreal is the opposite... They're very selective.

Canes dominated that last 50 minutes of the game. Especially the final 30. Rusty start. Rest of series will look much more like that 2nd period. Watch.

@Antarius1750 @HabsOnReddit Then they got totally shut down in the 3rd...

@HabsOnReddit I seem to remember a lot of people saying whomever won the mtl/tampa series will get to the Finals. You can say the canes had rust but only for the 1st period. Canes outplayed mtl rather handily in the 2nd.

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@dstaples We followed the trial and can have our own opinion on it, regardless of what the verdict was. These guys each had a high powered lawyer working for them.

I'll repeat this again because the misinformation about Carter Hart around this trial is both appalling and slanderous. Lots to hate about the Vegas franchise. But giving a second chance to Carter Hart isn't one of them. The judge in the case didn't just find no guilt, she exonerated the accused, finding as a matter of fact there was no sexual assault, that the sex was consensual. If you're curious to know the facts of the Hart and his Hockey Canada teammates case, here is summary of the 11 key findings of fact in judge Maria Carroccia's ruling: 1. That Carroccia found the complainant, E.M., to be both unreliable and not credible in her testimony about the events of the night in question, June. 18, 2018 in London, Ontario. More than that, Carroccia found that E.M. had given her consent to the sex acts with the men that night. The Hockey Canada Five were always presumed innocent until found guilty under our system, but Carroccia’s finding does more than find them not guilty. It essentially exonerates them, though we will all likely agree that they acted in poor and immature fashion that night and needed to do more to treat E.M. with care. 2. The judge also found that the notion “believe all women” is a political slogan, but goes against fundamental Canadian values that work to ensure that no innocent person is found guilty without a fair trial. 3. That key video evidence from Jack’s Bar where E.M. met Michael McLeod and other Hockey Canada players that night forcefully and completely contradicts what E.M. said about the players initiating overt sexual contact on the dance flooor, and that E.M., in fact, put her hand on McLeod’s crotch area on the dance floor. 4. That key video evidence from the bar that night forcefully and completely contradicts what E.M. claimed about getting plied with drinks from the players. In fact, E.M. bought almost all of her own drinks. 5. That key video evidence contradicts what E.M. claimed about the players trying to separate her from her friends. 6. That key video evidence and E.M’s own testimony contradicts her claim that she was completely out of it that night due to alcohol consumption. 7. That E.M. had reasons to fabricate a false narrative based on numerous factors, including making things right with her own boyfriend. 8. There was repeated and consistent testimony, including from Crown witnesses Tyler Steenbergen and Brett Howden, that E.M. pushed for the players to engage with sex acts with her, and in the end Carroccia accepted this evidence as fact. 9. That there was numerous evidence of E.M.’s testimony been unreliable. 10. That E.M. had several opportunities to get dressed and to leave if she was fearful, but she left the bathroom where her clothes were and walked naked into the room full of players to continue on with their evening. This dynamic started after she had admittedly had consensual sex with McLeod. 11. That the players group chat the following day was not an effort to fabricate a story, but a group decision to simply tell the truth about what had happened with E.M

@HabsOnReddit Yup

Is the Sportsnet audio commentary delayed for anyone else? 🤔

@CanadiensMTL Slaf, buddy. What is that fit?

Le décompte est commencé pour la finale de l'Est! The countdown to the Eastern Conference Final has begun! #GoHabsGo

@nascarfanbw23 @yolo_pinyato @iehedbsksb70405 People can say whatever they want about Matheson but they're in the conference final with him as their most used defender. We saw how they looked without him in game 82 vs the flyers and it was not pretty.

@yolo_pinyato @iehedbsksb70405 Would trading Matheson for “future considerations” be deemed a net positive?

Nick Suzuki has not only faced the hardest average opponent lineups of any remaining center in the playoffs, but the difference in difficulty between him and his 2C is larger than every other 1C and their 4th line center. MTL is literally just 1 piece away from a juggernaut.

@WatchMyReview While there is some truth to what you're saying... Suzuki, Slafkovsky and Hutson all signed a year before their elcs expired, while Marner and Nylander held out as long as possible trying to maximize their value. With Matthews it seemed like they barely even negotiated.

I don't understand in arguments why people don't look up #'s. This is 100% correct. If Suzuki had Mitch Marner's ELC his cap hit is alot higher. That's how it works. Leafs trio had terrific ELCs to get paid. They also made the playoffs every year of the ELC. Nylander had the worst ELC of him, Mitch, Auston, yet STILL had better overall numbers than Mackinnon and Pastrnak.

@thegoldenmuzzy That doesn't make it right

I get people are pissed, but Vegas has every right to do this. This is no different than a non compete clause.

@PatrickMoranTB He didn't tho

If he slides that puck over to Benson as Noah Dobson is starting to slide this series 100% ends. Easy goal for Benson. Tage made up his mind before he was toe dragging that play. This is the hardest to watch replay of anything this game, even the Montreal OT goal that came after

@AdamVingan It gets talked about a lot in the Montreal matket

It doesn’t get discussed much because neither player is a household name, but where does Alexandre Carrier (who assisted on this goal) for Justin Barron rank among the worst NHL trades in recent memory?

@CanadasLeafs "thoroughly out played in both rounds" spoken like someone who watched only the game 7s

Here is the only positive the Habs get from me. They are a franchise with a horseshoe up their collective asses. The exact opposite of the Leafs in this regard. Thoroughly outplayed in both rounds, but PDO off the charts and they get every important call. Deep down, they suck.

@HabsLinks Hrudey has been complimentary towards him for most of the playoffs but that was a weird comment.

@Habsolutely3 I disagree about the team in general, but they clearly have an issue with Dobes.

Why does the HNIC panel dislike Jakub Dobes so much? Would genuinely like to know - it’s bizarre.

@mndamico @HabsNightly Sabres fans are crazy

Clear headshot to Joe Veleno goes uncalled. Buffalo goes back the other way and adds a fourth answered goal. The impact of the officiating in this game has been staggering.

@JesseGranger_ @mndamico Pussy shit

John Tortorella declined to speak with the media after advancing to the Western Conference finals. The Golden Knights also didn’t open the dressing room after the game. They brought 1 player into a side room to speak, along with the two who spoke at the podium. I’ve been covering the NHL for nine years and never seen either of those happen once.

@mndamico Imagine the absolute shitstorm if he tried to pull this in Montreal (or anywhere in Canada, really)

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