Montreal Canadiens v. Tampa Bay Lightning Series Preview | The Steve Dangle Podcast

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1. Steve in a Habs jersey is back . Let the chaos begin 🙌

2. I’m a Hab guy, love the makeup of their ‘core’ stars that are about to hit their primes. However, the goalie equation, no Dobson, no second line centre….It’s a lot to overcome. I gotta say Tampa in 7.

   Next year is when the Habs truly arrive IMO.

3. These guys don’t know what they are talking about. I watch every habs game. Phil Danault has been contributing offensively since he came over? He has 12 points in like 45 since coming over.

   Matheson and Hutson taking shots from the point to score from distance? Matheson gets more shots blocked than anyone I’ve ever seen and Lane Hutson never shoots the puck.

   I hate when people have an opinion when they clearly don’t watch the games. I never comment on anything but this is silly

4. Habs defense is weak. Only at the end of the season did we see them give less than 3 goals per match enough times to raise the expectation but the reality of it was that only Dobes really improved. Imho the outcome will rest very much on his shoulders, lets hope he ll do a Halak of himself. I still say habs in 6.

5. Tampa is good but think many are overrating their forwards. They don't have guys like Stamkos, Richards, LeCavalier nor St.Louis anymore. Kucharov and Caufield even out. This series comes down to how Suzuki, Slaf and Demigod perform vs Vasy.

6. Habs match skill, they don’t match pedigree and the level of bastard and physicality the bolts bring.

   Wilson single handedly bullied them last year. What do you think is gonna happen when Tampa wants their blood 😭

7. Im going to my first game in 10 years with game 1. GO BOLTS BABY

8. Let's go Bolts!!!

9. I love you guys, but hedman had been awful this year when hes been in. And he isnt coming back for game 1 as far as we know

10. It’s pretty much cliched now, but in this case it is true. The series comes down to goaltending. Both have huge question marks in net and whichever netminder can overcome them, wins the series.
    My faith is in Ullmark to actually pull through. Sens in 6.

11. Dobes with an empty goal prediction

12. Alex Newhook did win the cup with Colorado as well.

13. Honestly I think it’ll come down to an overtime in game 7. To be honest either one could take it, it’s going to be an incredibly close series.

14. Always appreciate the thoughtful insights from sdpn, and appreciate the belief in the Habs and what they are cooking. This team will be very dangerous very soon, and they start knocking on the door this year…. I believe Habs in 6 over Tampa, and they get to the Conference Finals, before losing in 7 in a heartbreaker. Will be solid progress, with better things in upcoming seasons! 🙂

15. Habs in 6 Dobson or not! We hage arrived

16. Let's go !!!

17. Imagine the points the Habs would have piled up if they never played Monty at all. He always belonged in Laval.

18. Without Dobson, they don't have a chance. Also, down the middle, they get heavily outmatched. Ciralli , Paul, Gourde vs Newhook, Kapanen, Danault. Not even close.

19. You know what's weird is being a neurodivergent person whose interests often are influenced by the people I love. My eldest son is a leaf's fan. I'm a lifelong habs fan. The Habs used to billet with my grandparents in Nova Scotia when they had training camp there back in the eons ago. My last name is Simard, for god sakes.

    And yet, because I am neurodivergence and because my son is one of my special interests, I now find myself with a great deal of admiration for the Leafs. I am the moon to his sun.

    But I agree with some of the other habs fans in here, it is really lovely to hear you all speak warmly of them. It's weird, and I'm okay with it.

20. Montreal actually has more depth in offense and that wasn’t something I expected to be saying as a Habs fan. We’ve got people like Kapanen, Evans, Gallagher playing 3rd/4rth line with clutch scoring potential.

    If the habs can manage penalties and powerplays well then we will win. When we played our last season game against Tampa we wasted every PP they gave us and then got scored on the few PPs they had. If that’s the trend we will lose the series.

21. As a habs fan, and them being young, I don’t think they could win a game 7. If they win, it’s in 6.

22. Montreal canadiens five games

23. Montreal in 4

24. As a Bolts fan, I'd prefer that Hedman doesnt return. I think Cooper ends up going 11/7 just to keep Hedman placated but ease him in, and use him symbolically. Moser and Raddysh are top pair, McDonough and Cernak 2nd pair, D'Astous and one of Hedman/Lileberg are 3rd pair. At this point, Hedman is a liability, especially given how much time he's missed, and no recent play.

25. Literally everything they said about Hedman other than that he's a legend is incorrect.

    He's not even skating with the team yet, and he has not been good at all this year. TB's top pair is Moser-Raddysh, even when Hedman's playing.

26. Only thing I'm lokoing forward to in this series, is Arber putting his hands on Perry.

    Besides that, Tampa should have the edge, but ONLY because of Vasilevsky. Habs match them throughout the roster, just not in net.

27. Steve is streaming the series? Game 7 collapse for The Habs incoming.

28. Montreal maintain super team play to compete with strong Tampa team

29. tampa in 6

30. Your you boys now habs fans

31. If Tampa plays THEIR game, and don't begin to just try to be tough for the sake of it, I have them winning this series (and I'm a Habs fan). But if they play frustrated, trying to act all mighty, like the last two games against the Habs, they'll lose. It's Tampa's series to lose, honestly. Habs just need to stick to their gameplan, and make them pay for their mistakes.

32. the bolts will lose to the oilers in stanley cup finals

    perry curse is real 😂

33. Habs in 6

34. If Montreal can get the goaltending then yes

35. Loss of Dobson in first round is a serious problem for MTL.

36. If Dobson is heathy, and they get goaltending they have a good chance . 😊

37. Kuch isn’t winning heart

38. Next 2 years when Demidov and slavkoski become point a game players, Montreal might just have the best offence in game…

39. you guys are misinformed. Hedman is not confirmed back for game 1, and he is also not elite anymore lol. this is coming from a lightning fan too

40. I think if Mtl wins it will be on Dobes's performance. With Hedman out and Dobson, it's kind of a wash, and for the offense, I would give the edge to TB because of their center line, so it will fall on the goaltending, and if you get the late-season Dobes, TB might be in trouble.

41. We talking about two teams that have the same point in season.
    1 team is topped out in term of progression (TB can only go down from here)
    1 team is nowhere near full potential (CH can only go up)

42. How do you have an entire conversation based on the premise of “Hedman is in so their defense is better” when hedman isnt in

43. Iv seen 20 picks, 18/20 have picked the Canadians, why is everyone acting so damn surprised when someone takes THE Canadians LMAO, there’s a huge narrative going around that if u pick Montreal your special, your quite literally the opposite.

44. The difference will be can the 2nd line defence of Montreal can handle the 2nd line in Tampa

    Hagel cirelli guetzel

45. Thanks SDPN always fun 😊

46. Dobson is out. That matters. Montreal depth not good enough

47. I personally think vasi is the better shooter than dobes.

48. Bolts in 5.

49. Back in october 2025, how many leaf fans saw the team missing the playoffs?

50. Go Habs Go

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