On this beautiful wednesday afternoon, after just watching the habs game once again and breaking it down play by play, I have alot of points I'd like to write about.
First I'd like to point out Pacioretty continuing to do what pays off, in going to the net and picking up loose pucks around the net, and again getting a goal last night in doing so.
Last night Coach Martin finally used Desharnais more than Gomez, even if it was only 2 seconds, I have a feeling he is starting to send a message to his 8 million dollar center, that if he doesn't start working harder and getting results, there is a little 5 foot 7 center just waiting to take his ice time on the powerplay.
Also with all the respect we owe Darche for services rendered since the beginning of the season, I don't think he was ready to come back into the game last night, I would of perfered seeing Eller take that spot on the 4th line. Darche didn't seem himself last night, or at least wasn't doing the good things he was doing before his injury.
On the second goal the canadiens scored last night, I loved Desharnais' vision, play making ability and speed he used to pass between the 2 buffalo defencemen to make a great pass to Pouliot, who had accelerated knowing David was gonna pass him the puck, but notice the way Desharnais' eyes never left the goalie while he made the pass to Pouliot.
From there on, the story of the game was about bad coaching decisions and the lack of heart and determination from two veterans, Gomez and kostitsyn. The first Sabres' goal was a powerplay one and i cant blame too much Picard for leaving his man on that play. As for the second one, it was again Gomez and Kostitsyn on the ice for a 5 on 5 goal ! As for the bad coaching desicions, here they are.With 3 minutes left in the the 3rd period coach Martn tried to shake things up by switching the lines for a shift, but failed in doing so by putting pacioretty and Gionta with Gomez, waste of a shift in my opinion.
The canadiens were 1 for 5 on the powerplay, but still didn't see Desharnais nor Pouliot much on any of them. But that being said i could live with that on 4 of the 5 powerplays, but on the last one that carried on to overtime, you have to put the players that have been giving you results and winning you games recently, and i would've like to have seen Pouliot and Desharnais on that one, especially in overtime with all that space cause of the 4 on 3, Desharnais' vision combined with Pouliot's speed and Pacioretty going to the net, probably would of given results, and anyways, the way Darche played last night he shouldn't of been there for that powerplay.
And after that Powerplay, later in overtime, Desharnais( seems like his name comes up alot) made a great play and saw AK46 coming down the left and makes him a pass on the tape, but with Kostitsyn's lack of heart and determination he gobbles the pass and messes up the play. And anyways, what were Kostitsyn and Gomez doing on the ice with 1 minute and a half left in overtime? Seems like coach Martin didn't want to win the game with his lack of adjusting and making the right decisions on who to put on the ice in important situations.
As for the shootout, it did go ten rounds, and at some point you have to send guys that are not to comfortable with that situation cause you are running out of options. That being said, the only thing Gomez was good for in the shootout was opening the bench door for Gionta when he came back from his missed chanced in the shootout!
The french media continues bringing down Wisniewski every time he cause a turnover and comparing him to Bergeron. There is no comparison to be made, one plays on average 24 minutes a game and the other didn't even make it to 12 and was often used as a 12th forward cause he was such a liability on defence, so please people, and if I'm not mistaken the Wiz has something like 16 points in 18 games with the habs.
Last night Coach Martin paired Weber with newcomer from hamilton, Brendon Nash, that shows the trust Martin is starting to have in weber, he is improving every game he plays, and played a solid 19 minutes yesterday. Also Subban showed again why he is gonna be a superstar in this league by playing 29:22 minutes as a rookie against the best opposing lines. No wonder his name is circulating around the league and guys don't like him, it's cause he is shutting them down!
thanks for reading and hope you enjoyed!
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