Things just picked up REAL quick...

Things are picking up pretty quick for the Montreal Canadiens, not only in the standings, but also on the trade front, as there have been some wild talks recently from Chris Johnson and some other places, not only leading the Habs once again to Larkin, which seems insane that we're saying it, but also all of this, plus the performance of Jacob Fowler, is very much forcing Kent Hughes' hand as to what to do with the goalie situation. Yeah, we're talking trade. We're going to dive into all of that, plus a little note on the leadership of Cole Caulfield and how some recent events that have transpired just shows how good of a position Montreal is in. Hey, even when Nick Suzuki has to take a seat for a couple weeks, you know, the leadership still has to be there for Montreal. There have been a lot of guys stepping up. Jake Evans wearing the A, which was a huge theme of yesterday's video after his, one of the best games of his career, might I say. But a big thing, too, is Cole Caulfield stepping up. We've seen him with the A on his chest on occasion as well, but he called out Jack Ion Dovesh recently for their penalties, and we remember this. We saw him say, hey, you know, like, it wasn't a direct, wow they were horrible but you know there was a few quotes we'll show a few here you know shoot ourselves in the foot no need for any of those penalties it's on us it's our mistakes and then you go here he said well we were playing well and stupid penalties things we don't need to do and then talking even about Arbour Jack I don't think anybody wanted to fight him on that team which is good um but in general Jesse there was a lot of talk after the game like is this an okay thing to say is this not but I love what Stu Cowan a fantastic writer of course check out the article what he had to say about it there are a few quotes will flash up on screen but the main thing no problem with Caulfield calling them out they ended up costing the Habs the game he speaks truth and you need that for leadership they built a strong team culture and Caulfield's a respected voice how do you think this has been sort of an underrated storyline as we've developed year over year he's a silly guy but clearly the guys respect his voice yeah it's not a problem but it's a little bit surprising because we haven't really heard this very often in Habs land we know the culture is amazing but we're getting to that next level where there's absolutely a place for this with the leader like Cole Caulfield saying so and again there's not a coincidence right Josh between like obviously Cole Caulfield saying this and then the Montreal Canadiens playing a much more mature third period with the two goal lead and then getting the victory so there's one thing of saying this and then again like it really resonating with the team and then getting the all-important two points the results at the end of the day because of it and this is important at the same time right like not just obviously maybe just saying those words but who's saying it because we know there's a little bit of a history with Martin Satherwick and Arbor Jacky yeah and in fact this criticism's come from Martin Satherwick it's maybe coming across a little bit harsh Dollbache is a young guy he wears his heart on the sleeve it's nice it's nice when guys like Cole Caulfield can be the go-between and right now with injuries to guys like Nick Suzuki we know it we truly need leaders like Cole Caulfield to step for step up for this team which i really believe that he's gonna do here and i just love Josh like how he's understanding he's saying like Dollbache like he just wants to win we we know this about him but at the same time this is about also knowing that the Montreal Canadiens are a very good team and this is about limiting those unforced errors exactly that and it's been a theme for the past few years and hey every year it has gotten better and now what we're noticing is that like Jack I was very disciplined in general in that game and Dovish yeah he's a bit crazy but we know he's gonna do stuff the thing is like now it's a bit of an anomaly if they do do something like this yeah there's still a little immature place here and there but this was something that maybe we could have expected a bit more in the past few years now still holding on to those 3-1 leads is very important and we did that again against Chicago which was great but yeah i love that he called them out and i love that quote that you alluded to that we showed on the screen maybe the message from a teammate will get through if it doesn't come from the coach so cool stuff on coffee let us know your thoughts on that down below because he is getting ready for another hopefully 50 plus goal season but we gotta dive into some other talks right now and i think we're gonna start by just kind of prefacing this we'll get into some more like lark and stuff a bit later but i think as we're talking about trades like who could leave Montreal there were a lot of different names floating up the kirby dock whatever but with Jacob Fowler shining so much again especially in that win yesterday i mean you guys know what happened but he was so so solid some people even saying he was the Habs best player in the third period like Nicolas Cloutier did I don't think it's crazy right and then the Habs goalies are just like we know Kent Hughes has said that he does not want to run with three goalies we even have comments from some people old Habs there should be no difficulty picking the goalie for Sunday's game Fowler won so he starts if he lost it'd be Doves' turn the talk about Fowler is so consistent Jesse which means to me that Samuel Montembeault is getting squeezed out so before we dive into specific like trade packages who the Habs are going after like we are not running a three goalie situation like that's just it's something that we know Hughes does not want to do none of us want that again however if it comes to the decision to sit one of these guys to me in my mind there's no choice but Samuel Montembeault and it kind of sucks but I would be honestly kind of shocked if a trade did not work itself out pronto for the Habs right now and we see why Kent Hughes is sometimes keeping the cards close to his chest injuries happen and again this was for Montembeault but again having just a couple uh extra cards up your sleeve is never really hurtful but as now Fowler's claim the net we've seen what Dobesh can do this just gives increased certainty for Kent Hughes to really go out and make that move and we know again the return's not going to be massive here for for really for Samuel Montembeault but there is really the value again of just clearing the crease for two young goalies i think just need a little bit less noise around them how does that potentially impact Dobesh's game in a little bit of a positive way as well here we need to keep in mind with Samuel Montembeault yes he had a down year last year but the two previous years he had a save percentage of above 901 so again that does mean something in this league there are teams like the New York Rangers that had a really good start to the season they lost Igor Shesterkin and they're potentially looking to improve and feeling if they got a good of a team where they want to add so that could potentially be a dancing partner here for Kent Hughes for Samuel Montembeau but it's really about clearing some space for the young guys to grow as they should exactly that and we want to hear your guys thoughts on this down below what should the Habs do with Montembeault? it's actually a picture of an empty net which is kind of funny should they trade him in a package maybe around for Larkin to trade him you know for a pick now just alone or keep three goalies let us know a b or c because we want to go back to this Larkin stuff and I feel like it's crazy that we're even saying this but like there might like legit be I don't know I don't know what to say because it feels like whoops I'll get that off screen okay but like it feels like every day that goes by we're like well this isn't gonna happen his trade list doesn't have Montreal but every day there is someone or something happening that makes you rethink it and it's which is crazy to me and again not just specifically Larkin because as you can see here Chris Johnson said the Habs have been looking for help in their top six they've been pretty aggressive they also have a number of pieces be it picks prospects or even young players to make a trade of this type indicating you know a top six trade Larkin has just been you know one of the he's been the top center on the market there's no doubt about it and we thought yeah there's no way right but then you get this again like Chris Johnston talking about Larkin and the Canadians I'm getting some optimism around that not that he's going to wait for Montreal tomorrow but I don't think it's a hard no I don't think we can say it's 100% no for Canadian teams for Larkin not on the no-trade list this still hasn't happened yet at least he's out there playing for the Wings but like i mean i don't know what to think about this at this point regardless Montreal clearly well positioned for a move like this i i like want to lean on the side of you know the original reports are right he probably doesn't want to but the fact that we're getting some optimism just shows how impressive Montreal has been to other players might i say in that NHL sphere and that is awesome and speaking of the NHL sphere there's been scouts um actually from the Detroit Red Wings at Montreal Canadiens games keeping in mind if Larkin changes his mind they want to be ready absolutely now it kind of feels for lack of a better analogy of like a girl you were interested she wasn't interested by the time she is interested you've just completely moved on and you're good with your life um you know so again but there are other opportunities here because again we're in the toughest division in hockey and again not not to be too doom and gloom but Nick Suzuki could be out realistically for for one month um so again Kent Hughes was looking to improve this team regardless of the injury to Nick Suzuki is obviously our general general manager going to do a panic move absolutely not there's one thing we can know about him but at the same time there is that sweet spot with certain players like we have mentioned with Ryan O'Reilly which has again low-key surfaced up in the rumor mill where there could be an opening there it's a lot easier than getting Zaka over in Boston right um but for obviously a guy that's just 4.5 million AAV one year left on your deal produces so well seven points in nine games this season has won a Stanley Cup just hits so many bases really right now uh for the Montreal Canadiens again this team is showing that they're deserving of more talent to join them it's gonna come it just comes down to which players it's gonna be exactly I like that shot for Ryan O'Reilly it's it's not impossible and like we are aggressive like what like I I want to know what these conversations with Kent Hughes are like like I want to I want to just have a bug in his room that just listens because I I imagine this dude's calling like yeah 50 times like asking every GM are you at 2 a.m. 2:30 a.m. he's out he's in that 50 plus apartment building with him and Jeff Gorton and Marty San Luis at the bar hey hey Sam Bowman are you awake you know like stuff like that anyway but we'll have to wait and see we even got a lot of comments about stuff like this old Hab again actually Middle sap make a great trade chip hey not a bad idea to get a power forward does Hage score starting to think trading Hage for Larkin would do more for the Habs look there are I don't know if I agree I think Michael Hage is definitely a part of this team's future but again like we're gonna have to start thinking about parting with some kind of A-level prospect maybe Hage maybe Swarovski maybe someone else so leave your thoughts your comments as you can see we do read them down below that'll do it though for this episode some wild updates here for the Montreal Canadiens and hey we got the Heritage Classic tomorrow we're very excited hope you guys are too and if you enjoyed make sure you subscribe on the way out we're trying to hit 30 000 by the end of the year thank you all for watching i'm josh Gossman Coast Jesse Poirier we'll catch y'all