Ahead of their series with Sidney Crosby and Co., the CanadiensMTL get their first test tonight with an exhibition tilt against the MapleLeafs. EricEngels breaks down what exactly Claude Julien will be looking for in his club's return to game action:
Is there anything more important to the Canadiens than seeing their system executed the way it’s been designed?“Obviously, we’re looking to hopefully bring the stuff that we’ve been working on for the last two weeks to the game and to the table and, you know, I want to see us try and execute those kind of things,” he said on Monday. “Pay attention to the details here because, like anything else, I don’t expect perfection.
That means we’re looking for clean zone exits and entries, completed passes and scoring chances generated and denied. They run a system that depends on swarming the puck in the defensive zone. One that focuses on disrupting offensive flow as quickly as possible and recovering loose pucks to break out through the middle of the ice in order to take advantage of the speed that’s coursing through their lineup.
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