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Monday, February 14, 2011

Canadiens's young guns part 2

On this beautiful St. Valentines day I felt compelled to write a follow up on my article on the Habs's young players.Cause once again on saturday's game against the Leafs it was the young players that showed they can carry this team on any given night, i have to add Plekanec and Gionta to that list thought, cause those two have showed heart and show up every night to play.
    Let's start with one of my favorites, he is David Desharnais and this guy has alot of heart and a great vision of the game, I can comfortably say he has been one of the best players on the team since Jaques Martin benched him at the end of the Habs- devils game, using his own words, he is starting to feel comfortable and having confidence on the ice. He is also forcing the hand of the coach by playing the way he is. On saturday he might of played his best game since his arrival in the nhl, he is also starting to show that he likes making plays out of the "office",(behind the net) his pass to pouliot from behind the net threw traffic in the slot was a great one and not many players would be able to do that. Thanks to Guy Carboneau for reffering David to Gainey 3 years ago as an undrafted player.
     I couldn't write an article on the young guns without mentioning Max Pacioretty. He is the kind of forward the habs have been longing for a while. His character and hard work has been paying off, he goes to the net and is not intimadated by anyone and everytime he is challenged or bullied he answers back with a great play and sometimes with a goal. His confidence is building every game and he will be an important factor in the playoffs.
    Next will be Benoit Pouliot, this 4th overall pick in the draft has shown what alot of scouts had seen in him. Of coarse playing witrh Desharnais helps alot and when Cammy comes back from his shoulder injury i would like to see Coach Martin put him alongside Desharnais and pouliot, and im pretty sure the habs would finally have 2 productive lines producing at the same time. And please don't get me wrong with this cause i love Gionta, but Pouliot has played 120 mins less on the power play and 230 less 5 on 5, gionta has 21 goals and 31 points while pouliot has 12 goals and  23 points.
      Now for P.K Subban, this guy is so good he is getting under the skin of alot of players around the league. Players don't like him cause he's a rookie playing 25 minutes a game and shutting down the best lines on opposing teams. This story with Lupol is such a story of a player whinning cause he couldn't do anything on the ice when Subban was checking him. Both players started taking off their visors when Lupol advanced towards Subban and like my father told me when i was young, it's not good to fight but if you have to, make sure your the first one to hit. What did Lupol expect Subban to do, wait till he punched him first. Everbody knows how good Subban his, and the good things he does on the ice so i don't have to say much more!
      A little deserved mention goes to Yannick Weber, he is impoving every game and is showing he can play in the NHL.
      I also would like to ask coach martin why AK46 played 16:20 mins and pouliot only played 12:30 mins against the leafs?
And now for Colin Cambell after the suspensions given out after the Pens vs Islanders game and the comments he made to justify the suspensions, i would like to know where was he after the assault the bruins made on montreal's players last wednesday, What a joke the NHL is when it comes to discipline on big U.S hockey markets that bring the league alot of ratings and money like boston.
      To finish, the habs look good for the future and have promise in the comming years with players like Leblanc, Tinordi, Gallagher and Mikael Bornival. We should have some interesting hockey in the years to come! Go Habs Go!

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