The fears that Montreal Canadians lose their energy before the four nations rupture were well founded. Montreal had five consecutive defeats before their competition in San Jose on Tuesday evening.
The Canadians went from the last point of Joker to almost prosecution in less than two weeks. They absolutely had to have a victory against the Sharks, and they obtained 4-3.
Wilde horses
The Canadians’ goal at the start of the second period was massive for confidence in many ways. First of all, it was a power of power. The game with the extra-man was recently abyssal, and one of the reasons why the club had trouble.
The players who were on goal needed a great moment. Cole Caufield scored his first power goal since the end of November. It was his 26th goal of the season. Caufield is in rhythm for 41 goals.
Nick Suzuki collected one of the assists. He now has 52 points in 53 games. Suzuki is trying to be a point player per game for the first time in his career.
The most important player to participate in the goal was probably Lane Hutson. He scored his first point in six games. Hutson recently hit a wall. This is what we have expected that he has already played more matches than his university season in Boston last year.
Canadians increased 2-1 shortly after. The second line was mixed by the head coach for this competition. Patrik Laine was moved to Jake Evans’ line. Josh Anderson moved with Kirby Dach.
It was Alex Newhook who took the blow to give Montreal the advance on an excellent pass from Alexandre Carrier. Newhook obtained a decisive pass while the second power game unit collected at the start of the third period with a well orchestrated marker.
Dach played a decisive role on the goal because he made the intelligent and quick pass to Brendan Gallagher for a turmoil. Dach arrives very offensively, but he has not yet found any success on the defensive level as a center. It is the deficiency now more than any accumulation of points recently. Dach has seven points in his last 11 games, but he is also the worst more / less player from the whole league.
Owen Beck played her fourth NHL match and looked considerably better than her first three. Beck was strongly showing the future he has in the league when he is comfortable. Beck hit the post in the second period because he almost had his first NHL goal. Beck also made some excellent passes in the first period.
During the third period, Canadians experienced a strong change with the bicycle offense. Beck was the catalyst as he dominated on the prefabricated to track down the defense of the Sharks until they feel.
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If this last third of the season consists in improving the long -term club with brilliant prospects, then it was a strong match for reconstruction due to Beck’s game because in addition to the strong offense, it also showed that he could play the game defensively.
Beck is an exhilarating player. He may not return to Laval for a while. Beck’s performance made the attempts by Rafael Harvey-Pinard and Michael Pezzetta to stay in programming as a 12th in a low front in comparison.
He was 3-3 late, and he looked bad for Canadians when Jayden Struble took a “washer” penalty. This is when the Jake Evans-Joel Armia connection returned. These two were a revelation killing penalties.
Evans perfectly managed the 2 against 1, in the meantime, then puts a soft pass in Armia to finish the upper platform. Evans is an exceptional player on Odd-Man Rushs. He makes the right game almost every time. Armia’s count was the winner – a winner that Canadians must have had.
Wilde goats
After five consecutive defeats, the Canadians put two important points at the bank. There have been a lot of goats recently, and there will be many goats to come. No need to focus on the negative when Montreal finally won a match.
Wilde cards
The recent Canadians who lose Skid probably withdrew them from the playoff race this season, but the excellent race they have known for two months has created a new attitude to explore. The consensus around the League is that Montreal being the best team of the League on a 15 -game section gave management that management could now accelerate the reconstruction process in a constructive manner.
The initiates report that Canadians are active and are looking for veterans around the age of 25 who have a term on their contracts, and who can have an immediate impact in programming. There are two needs. The club must become stronger in defense where only one injury has changed too much makeup.
Kaiden Guhle left for the season with a bruise of thigh. His injury revealed that they don’t have enough NHL depth. This is perhaps a problem next year also when the best hopes David Reinbacher, Logan Mailoux and Adam Engstrom could all need more seasoning in minors.
Look for an agreement that recalls the trade in Alexander’s carrier. Montreal will seek a defender of three or four deep ready to abandon a choice of recovery from the second or third round to conclude the agreement.
The second need is at the center where the feeling is that management is ready to say that they cannot enter the next season with Kirby Dach as the second line center. Thought is that it is not a question of the health of the knee of dach to play more effectively. This is his ability to think that the defensive game in the center.
The first line of Canadians is 14th in the NHL in goals for. The third line is 16th in the league. The fourth line is second in the league in goals scored behind the Caroline only. However, the second line is 23rd in the league.
This statistic is charitable at this second line, because it is calculated not only taking genes of 5 against 5, but, also, power game objectives. Take Patrik Laine’s power game markers and this line is even worse than the 23rd.
Next season seems better. The best prospect that is not in the NHL today Ivan Demidov joins the club of Russia. He organizes the best season of under 20 years in KHL’s history. However, given that wool is not a solid 5 against 5, this line needs a solid center of 200 feet to help wingers playing good defensive hockey.
The second line center cannot also be a defensively passive. This is why Canadians are looking for a player who could make all the difference in the second line. If this 23rd second line could be in the top-dix, the club would be rejuvenated. Michael Hage may be the answer in the end, but not from next season.
Management knows that they are always looking for a defense excellence and the center, so don’t expect them to exchange their first -round choices. Nine times out of 10 in the NHL, a star player was chosen in the first round. Montreal has both their own first round choice and the first Tour of Calgary in June. They hope to find a future star with these choices.
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