Bolts was an important game for the habs, and they showed they can hang with
the best teams in their conference
I won't go in to all the details of the game, but I will say the canadiens
played a sound game defensively and took advantage of their opportunities.
Gomez finally played at his full potential for the whole game. The canadiens
need all their players to be at full speed for the rest of the year and go into
the playoffs with momentum. Tampa bay is not 3rd in the eastern conference for
nothing, they have a lot of punch on offence with some of the top players in
the league, yes they allowed 30 more goals then the habs this season but they also
scored 29 more goals than the canadiens. But like they say; offence wins you
games but defence wins you championships. And the canadiens have a very good
defence maybe one of the best in the league when they stick to the game plan and
the coach's system is applied.
A lot of people are saying the canadiens will go as far as Price brings
them; well no kidding any team will go as far as their goalie will bring them,
but I think defence is the key. If the canadiens continue to follow the system
and play defensively sound it will make Price's job so much easier, and then he
can bring us far.
The habs Saturday allowed their first goal on the penalty kill since Sopel's
arrival and if I am not mistaken they allowed 1 goal in 16 chances since the
trade. A lot of people criticized Gauthier work in February as to trades, but I
always thought Sopel was a great acquisition, and after all Gauthier is the
general manager for a reason and he knows what he is doing.
I love the way Kostitsyn is playing recently. I was one of the guys to jump
on his case, because I knew he can play so much better that he was before this
point streak. We need all the lines to produce, and recently they all are. And
that is a good sign going into the playoffs, but there is still a lot of hockey
to be played until then, and they have to continue to perform like they are
right now.
Tomorrow is the date I had circled on my calendar on February 9 after the
last time the Habs played the Bruins.
But don't expect to have a lot of fights and intimidation in tomorrow's game
cause the bruins are fighting to finish as high as possible in the eastern
conference standings, but it still will be an intense fought battle. I think it
will be a low scoring game with good chances on both sides
With both the young guns and the veterans producing well, the sky is the
limit for the canadiens.
Read tomorrow's blog for an in-depth preview of the Habs-Bruins game the
game we've all been waiting for has arrived, let's enjoy it.
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