Here is a summary from another article from Marc De Foy
Looking at the last five games, you’d believe the Montreal Canadiens got themselves season tickets to the penalty box. They had to defend 36 times on penalty killing and allowed 11 goals. It’s way too much.
“It’s complicating our job” said Koivu after the game.
“We had to defend multiple times at 5 on 3 or 4 on 3 in our last games. Half of our team is has to stay on the bench while the other half tries to kill penalties. It kills the tempo.”
Work on Defense
Discipline isn’t the only problem for Saku. He feels the team relies too much on it’s offensive potential.
“We are able to score 2 or 3 goals in one period but we create too many turnovers.”
“We also have to work on our neutral zone and defensive zone”
Short memory
The Canadien allowed 14 goals in their last three games, 4 to the Islanders, 4 to the Blue Jackets and 6 against the Leafs.
“They teach us good things in practice but we don’t use it in our games” said Bouillon.
“We have to go back to basics”
Carbonneau saw a good side to the humiliating games against the Leafs.
“That’s the kind of game you want to forget as soon as possible. The good thing is we don’t have to wait five days to play our next game.”
“We’ll face good teams and we’ll have to play better as a team. We’ll talk on Monday and pick up where we want to be.”
Four games this week
The players were off practice yesterday but went to the
It will be a busy week since they’ll be in