Playing one of the top NHL teams this season, and on the road, the Montreal Canadiens made it competitive but wound up losing to the Winnipeg Jets.
A big disappointment for Habs fans Thursday night as the Montreal Canadiens fell to the Pittsburgh Penguins 9-2. Global News hockey analyst Brian Wilde joins Global News Morning’s host Laura Casella to break down the game.The Winnipeg Jets recently beat the Boston Bruins 8-1. The Montreal Canadiens just lost to the Pittsburgh Penguins 9-2. On paper, this one looked frightening. However, the Canadiens, even though they lost, competed well falling 4-2.
There is no question that Xhekaj has leapt past Justin Barron and Jayden Struble on the depth chart. There is a spot for many years to come on the third pair for Xhekaj. He’s been that good this season. The game is still too fast for him. The dumb passes are made this season because he doesn’t feel like has time. His mind is rushed, so he tries what is not there.
Call it what you will. Progressions. Decisions. Patterns. Hockey sense. Whatever you want to call it, Slafkovsky needs to get better at it. Plenty of seasons to figure it out still for a young man, but improvement in this area soon would be optimal.There is a mighty wind blowing that the Canadiens need another right side defender. The argument is that David Reinbacher and Logan Mailloux will both not be ready next season.
The organization is relying on Michael Hage to be a saviour at centre. He may be, but he is a lot father along the curve than Mailloux and Reinbacher on defence, or Ivan Demidov on the wing. Defence next season with Mike Matheson, Lane Hutson, Jayden Struble, Arber Xhekaj, Kaiden Guhle, Justin Barron already putting in NHL minutes, Mailloux in his third pro season, and Reinbcher, the top defender taken in the draft, is a healthy stable of talent.
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