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Post by Joe Burrow on Apr 24, 2023 5:10:49 GMT -4
Let’s be honest, is it really an upset if Halifax wins? This isnt the leafs vs habs a few years ago
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Post by sliderz on Apr 24, 2023 6:36:26 GMT -4
Loved his commentary but I believe he’s back in Massachusetts. Well shit, bring him back. I know there could be work visa implications. He's going to school at BU. |
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Post by coleminer on Apr 24, 2023 6:43:08 GMT -4
Well shit, bring him back. I know there could be work visa implications. He's going to school at BU. Perhaps he isn’t taking spring/summer classes. But he could very well be. |
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Post by howitzer on Apr 24, 2023 7:09:48 GMT -4
Sherbrooke in 7.
Finally the playoffs start lol. Two very talented teams. I'm going Phoenix because they're an older, more experienced team. It will come down to who makes the most/fewest mistakes. I'll go with the older team to make the fewest.
Halifax has some advantages. I certainly want them to make win, and wouldn't be surprised if they did. But they've had stretches of very sloppy play in the playoffs. They've been like that all year really, they've just outscored teams, or capitalized on opponents mistakes/turnovers. I'm not sure that recipe will work against a team like Sherbrooke. Halifax can't all of a sudden change their identity.
Gonna be a hell of a series, but Sherbrooke by a hair.
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Post by yesisaiditfirst on Apr 24, 2023 8:32:55 GMT -4
Sherbrooke in 7. Finally the playoffs start lol. Two very talented teams. I'm going Phoenix because they're an older, more experienced team. It will come down to who makes the most/fewest mistakes. I'll go with the older team to make the fewest. Halifax has some advantages. I certainly want them to make win, and wouldn't be surprised if they did. But they've had stretches of very sloppy play in the playoffs. They've been like that all year really, they've just outscored teams, or capitalized on opponents mistakes/turnovers. I'm not sure that recipe will work against a team like Sherbrooke. Halifax can't all of a sudden change their identity. Gonna be a hell of a series, but Sherbrooke by a hair. "But they've had stretches of very sloppy play in the playoffs" (referring to Halifax) ------ I haven't watched all Sherbrooke playoff games but maybe saw 2 periods vs Drummondville. Their Blainville games were a joke. Nothing like the push back Halifax faced with Cape Breton. I did watch some of Sherbrooke games down the stretch and found they had some close ones with victo and Gatineau and even a tired loss to Gatineau. They also have outscored some opponents. But have had moments of sloppy play too. I thinks it's all focus. Actually of all teams I have seen Gatineau just annihilate opponents and look to be clicking on all cylinders, but they lost to SJ one game, and Quebec has won every playoff game but they had a relatively sloppy game in Rimouski but got by despite the refs. Unless you watch all these teams all the time it's hard to pinpoint their mindset in these games. Enough to make a comparison based on their play in playoffs. One thing Halifax has done is dial up the energy against strong teams. Their schedule hasn't given them many chances to strut their stuff. I think 6 games won this year versus teams in top 5 win % in league (at time they played them). But their record against those type of teams is 80% win pct. As for the playoffs and weak division - I think Halifax may have had the tougher 2 opponents in the first 2 rounds and lost as many games as Gatineau in playoffs. I wonder what we would be saying if Halifax had Blainville & Drummondville --- Moncton was better than all those teams. The biggest scare is how Gatineau shut down Rouyn. (Smothered them...Rouyn was pretty good!) Regardless of their mysterious loss at SJ I wouldn't put a dime on Quebec upsetting them. |
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Post by Reesor on Apr 24, 2023 8:59:05 GMT -4
Sherbrooke in 7. Finally the playoffs start lol. Two very talented teams. I'm going Phoenix because they're an older, more experienced team. It will come down to who makes the most/fewest mistakes. I'll go with the older team to make the fewest. Halifax has some advantages. I certainly want them to make win, and wouldn't be surprised if they did. But they've had stretches of very sloppy play in the playoffs. They've been like that all year really, they've just outscored teams, or capitalized on opponents mistakes/turnovers. I'm not sure that recipe will work against a team like Sherbrooke. Halifax can't all of a sudden change their identity. Gonna be a hell of a series, but Sherbrooke by a hair. "But they've had stretches of very sloppy play in the playoffs" (referring to Halifax) ------ I haven't watched all Sherbrooke playoff games but maybe saw 2 periods vs Drummondville. Their Blainville games were a joke. Nothing like the push back Halifax faced with Cape Breton. I did watch some of Sherbrooke games down the stretch and found they had some close ones with victo and Gatineau and even a tired loss to Gatineau. They also have outscored some opponents. But have had moments of sloppy play too. I thinks it's all focus. Actually of all teams I have seen Gatineau just annihilate opponents and look to be clicking on all cylinders, but they lost to SJ one game, and Quebec has won every playoff game but they had a relatively sloppy game in Rimouski but got by despite the refs. Unless you watch all these teams all the time it's hard to pinpoint their mindset in these games. Enough to make a comparison based on their play in playoffs. One thing Halifax has done is dial up the energy against strong teams. Their schedule hasn't given them many chances to strut their stuff. I think 6 games won this year versus teams in top 5 win % in league (at time they played them). But their record against those type of teams is 80% win pct. As for the playoffs and weak division - I think Halifax may have had the tougher 2 opponents in the first 2 rounds and lost as many games as Gatineau in playoffs. I wonder what we would be saying if Halifax had Blainville & Drummondville --- Moncton was better than all those teams. The biggest scare is how Gatineau shut down Rouyn. (Smothered them...Rouyn was pretty good!) Regardless of their mysterious loss at SJ I wouldn't put a dime on Quebec upsetting them. I honestly think Moncton's performance against Halifax in the second round was the strongest of the playoffs so far. Considering how much hockey they've played, how many injuries they've had, and who they were playing, they played incredibly well. Halifax didn't play horrible. There were stretches that Halifax didn't play well, sure. But Moncton deserves a ton of credit for getting the absolute maximum from their team. Gatineau has been scary in the 2nd half. Sounds like Rouyn-Noranda were dealing with injury/sickness issues that prevented them from being themselves in that series. But take nothing away from Gatineau... that was a good team they dismantled. Rimouski and Moncton are pretty similar. Quebec did well against them. I think they're ready for Gatineau. I'm looking forward to that series almost as much as Halifax's. I like underdog stories, but I'd much rather see the best teams battle it out for the championship. |
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Post by yesisaiditfirst on Apr 24, 2023 9:04:59 GMT -4
I also believe Gatineau had sickness go through their team the week before playing Rouyn.
They skipped a couple practices.
Then Rouyn had the sick players...and actually Halifax is missing Moravec with flu since game 3.
Whynot now has some legs getting back after a month. And he and Moravec have yet to be on ice at same time healthy in playoffs.
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Post by Jacques Strap on Apr 24, 2023 10:11:21 GMT -4
I would think it would be more beneficial that the Mooseheads basically had more of a challenge in its first two series as opposed to Sherbrooke who walked through their first 2 series. Now Sherbrooke has to actual play a competitive team. I think the Mooseheads are better prepared for this series. IMO.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 24, 2023 10:15:05 GMT -4
I would think it would be more beneficial that the Mooseheads basically had more of a challenge in its first two series as opposed to Sherbrooke who walked through their first 2 series. Now Sherbrooke has to actual play a competitive team. I think the Mooseheads are better prepared for this series. IMO. True and Sherbrooke has 10 days off too. |
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Post by Herd Fan on Apr 24, 2023 10:30:30 GMT -4
I tend to agree with you, but only for game 1. Similar to Moncton coming off a hard fought battle with BC, they were in battle mode coming into our first game with Halifax slightly caught off guard. Hoping this is the case when Sherbrooke sets foot on our ice.
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Post by bois on Apr 24, 2023 10:49:32 GMT -4
Why haven't they kept Stephen Davis on as a colour commentator for the remainder of the playoffs? he's dining with friends |
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Post by hfxfan09 on Apr 24, 2023 18:20:14 GMT -4
I'm going Halifax in 7 because I'm being optimistic and we know if we get offence, Rousseau can steal games plus Sat night we'll be a little fresher than She.
I'm sure Halifax doesn't mind being the underdogs in this series.
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Post by moosemania on Apr 25, 2023 11:50:15 GMT -4
This series is going 7 in my eyes. Going to be a battle.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 25, 2023 13:06:07 GMT -4
Personally I believe Mathis Rousseau is the better goalie over Olivier Adam however you can argue Adam was stuck in a mess with the Drakkar and Armada.
Halifax has a 2-1-0 record against Adam recording 10 goals on him.
Sherbrooke has a real good D Core though, with two of them coming from the 2023 World Juniors. Tyson Hinds (Canada) & David Spacek (Czechia) they also have Joshua Roy (Canada) & Jakub Brabenec (Czechia) but the real dangerous player to look out for in this series is going to be Nova Scotia boy Jacob Melanson, he’s going to be a machine. He really changed his game after leaving the Remparts and got closer to home in Bathurst. Not to mention they also acquired Signed St Louis Prospect Marc-Andre Gaudet.
I’d definitely take Halifax as the underdog in this series with a much younger team but I’d argue they also have the more experienced team in this series, this players also dealt with rebuilds and more adversity then Sherbrooke has. We know we have our strengths, our Center Core of Lawrence, Vidicek, Cataford can fight just as hard as Gill, Brabenec, Roelins can. Our first line was built to dominate, our second line was build to relieve, and our third line was built to frustrate. And we should have a full healthy core back when Moravec returns from his flu.
I expect everyone to be at their 110% in this game, I feel like we haven’t seen Dumais full potential yet, he looked great in Game 5 vs Moncton that was his best game. Doucet has looked off at nights he’s giving about 80%, and I think Boucher can find his groove and be a real beast out there. Only thing that needs improvement is the Drop-Passes (blind-passes) looks like it has been a little abused out there and Sherbrooke will counter on that if they aren’t careful.
Good luck boys, got my tickets for Games 1 and 2! Go Moose Go!!
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Post by Jacques Strap on Apr 25, 2023 13:27:53 GMT -4
Yes I noticed they were being too fancy with the behind the back or other cute passes and alot of those passes didn't hit their mark. Schultz also has to be a bit careful doing that spinorama too much. They are going to start reading that. Imo.
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