BigGoalBrad
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Well that was better. Not great, but much better. Still too many sloppy plays and mistakes but night and day from the first game. They skated much better as a whole and just played better.
New guys paying dividends. I told you Kastelic would become a fan fave. Didn't know he'd be our leading goal scorer but there you go, fan fave for sure. We saw a Zadorov hit and one big Swayman save and just about everybody played better. Brazeau makes things happen. He has to stay. Tufte was better than Jones but I see Poitras taking that third line spot when he's able. Koepke is growing on me. He just might be the sleeper pick up. Fourth line looked really good.
In 50 plus years of watching this team I can't remember ever getting good refereeing in a Habs game and tonight was no exception. It's kind of expected.
Room for improvement, but promising signs.
noCan someone try and explain the Marchand penalty?
The 4th line has potential. Keep them together. They skate well and maybe just maybe they can eventually be trusted against another team’s big guns kind of like Kuraly in his prime here .Woo!
Team still needs to get sharper, but it'll come.
Loved what the 4th line brought, for the most part.
Yeah it's a weird one, I'm surprised they called it, but I'm not sure I have ever seen anyone shoot the puck out like that in the offensive zone eitherTo me, the Marchand penalty comes across like a total ref flex. By the rule book, sure. It's at your discretion. Nobody was expecting that call after it went over the glass, even on the Montreal side IMO. It just doesn't happen often enough. If it were a one goal game at that point, I don't think it does happen. That's NHL officiating for you.
game management on both of those . Ridiculous ? yes.Or the Coyle one in the 2nd period?
Yup has Zacha looked good (as has Lindholm). Pasta actually hitting the net with his shots bodes well too. Usually takes him until January to get that dialed-in.Siked to see Grillos on the ice.
Offense looked good. Specifically 1st and 4th lines. Carlo had another rough game. Just too many damn brain farts this season so far. A little worried about what’s going on with him. Zadorov with a few bad give aways as well.
Big fan of Elias Lindholm’s game. He will quietly put up 70+ points this year.
Imo Pavel Zacha has been our best player for both games. He’s winning draws, making plays, winning battles and he looks like a monster out there.
Swayman was just OK.
Seemed like a pretty obvious delay of game to me. Not sure how it’s wrote in the rules but you can’t argue it wasn’t a delay of gameCan someone try and explain the Marchand penalty?