In actuality, there are two methods of taking a look at it. You would say that the Habs aren’t enjoying persistently sufficient, and that it’s typically exhausting to look at the video games…
Or you possibly can say that the Habs are 10th from bottom on Tankathon, which is best than final 12 months’s fifth-place end. If my math instructor had been Eric Girard, he may inform me that mathematically, the Habs are twice pretty much as good as final 12 months.
Anyway, the purpose is that this. All that to say that, in the intervening time, the Habs aren’t low within the standings, however that may be defined by the truth that the Sabres, Lightning and Crimson Wings absolutely aspired to extra.
To assist them get again on observe, the Canadiens will likely be relying on a number of house video games over the following few weeks. It’s at all times good, on paper, to win video games. On paper…
Tonight’s sport received’t be simple. The blokes (apart from Cayden Primeau, who left Columbus yesterday morning) arrived on the town final evening, they usually’re prone to be wanting legs towards the massive, highly effective Panthers.
The #Panthers are 13-7-2 even with Ekblad, Montour and Bennett lacking 3-4 weeks every.
And regardless that the staff misplaced within the Stanley Cup Remaining #hangover… https://t. co/lRuPqhKfnT– Raphaël Doucet (@raphdoucet) November 30, 2023
What’s subsequent? Six of the primary seven video games of December will likely be at house. The Crimson Wings (December 2, as in 1995), Kraken (4), Nordiques Kings (7), Predators (10), Penguins (13) and Islanders (16) will all be on the Bell Centre shortly.
What it’s essential know, nevertheless, is that even when the opponents aren’t probably the most formidable on paper, the CH continues to be struggling at house this season.
The membership has a 5-6 report on the Bell Centre this 12 months… and regardless that some large names have come to city, it’s nonetheless not a really perfect report.
They do – however 4 of these losses got here to Boston, Vegas, Vancouver and Tampa. This homestand isn’t going to be fairly as daunting with the likes of Seattle, Nashville, Pittsburgh and the Islanders.
– Grant McCagg (@grantmccagg) November 30, 2023
On the highway, it’s a 5-4-2 report, which is best.
It’s vital to notice that for the reason that Stanley Cup Remaining in 2021, the CH hasn’t dominated on the Bell Centre. It didn’t play for .500 final 12 months at house (good staff or not, that’s one thing) and in 2021-2022, the membership was higher on the highway.
- 2021-2022: 11-26-4 at house, 11-23-7 on the highway
- 2022-2023: 17-21-3 at house, 14-24-3 on the highway
It’s vital to win video games at house as a result of followers pay large cash to see the membership play. It’s not proper that different groups aren’t afraid to play on the Bell Centre.
However on this explicit case, the CH will even must bounce again, as Martin St-Louis’ males face lengthy weeks away from the Bell Centre. #HolidayTradition
- December 18: Winnipeg (7:30 p.m.)
- December 21: Minnesota (8pm)
- December 22: Chicago (8:30 p.m.)
- December 28: Carolina
- December 30: Florida
- December 31: Tampa Bay
- January 2, 2024: Dallas (8pm)
- Again house afterwards
This sequence, interspersed with Christmas, received’t be simple. Some good groups are on the menu, and lots of aircraft journeys are additionally deliberate for the Habs, who received’t be wanting legs.
In a gust
– Robust shot.
Sheldon Keefe says Mark Giordano has a damaged finger and is week-to-week. pic.twitter.com/2PHtYECGCc
– Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) November 30, 2023
– 80 M earlier than enjoying within the Majors.
That is the biggest contract ever signed by a participant who has but to make his MLB debut. https://t.co/nQMtPXf9fH
– Ardour MLB (@passion_mlb) November 30, 2023
– What to recollect in regards to the journey?
Free Puck | 5 observations on the CH journey https://t.co/oQwL2p8FCM
– La Presse Sports activities (@LaPresse_Sports) November 30, 2023
– Ah, the songs of the Bell Centre…[98.5 FM]
– Certainly.
Get out of your consolation zone!
https://t.co/QU8BXkrTyR– TVA Sports activities (@TVASports) November 30, 2023