Juraj Slafkovsky: the only good thing to come out of the Bruins game – Canada Boosts

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Precisely one week after the Montreal Canadiens’ beautiful victory over the Boston Bruins, the CH is again on its ft, and never just a bit.

If final Saturday’s victory over the Bruins had actually impressed followers and given hope that the Tricolore may ship that sort of efficiency evening after evening, effectively, the final week, and particularly final evening’s recreation, has simply dashed all that positivism across the staff.

Final evening was the end result of a really troublesome week for the CH, with three consecutive losses.

Yesterday’s 5-2 loss, nonetheless, clearly earns the Golden Palm for worst recreation of the week.

It’s not sophisticated: the Habs simply didn’t appear to be in the identical league because the Boston Bruins.

The whole lot was going too quick for the CH, whereas the Bruins have been executing the whole lot completely in all three zones.
It was irritating to see how the Tricolore gamers may do completely nothing, chasing the puck more often than not, solely to have it shortly and simply taken away by the Bruins.

Briefly, there was nothing optimistic to remove from Saturday evening’s recreation.

Really, there was ONE optimistic level to remove from this recreation, and that was the efficiency of Juraj Slafkovsky, who received two factors (a aim and an help) in an NHL recreation for the primary time in his profession.

The Slovakian winger scored his second aim of the season with a superb shot on aim in opposition to top-of-the-line, if not the perfect, goaltender within the league proper now, Jeremy Swayman.

It’s nice to see Slaf on the rating sheet, as a result of much more so just lately, he actually deserves to be racking up factors at a greater fee.

He performs good hockey, and his efficiency yesterday proves it as soon as once more.
Nonetheless, we nonetheless count on extra from him, particularly for a primary general choose.

Let’s hope that persistence will repay someday in his case.

What else can I take away from this painful recreation between the Boston Bruins and a storage staff?

1. The trio modifications didn’t supply any new chemistry.

Martin St-Louis modified all these trios for the match in opposition to the Bruins, and this gave us some very fascinating combos on paper.

Sadly, as was the case all through the sport, we didn’t get a lot from every of those new trios.

None of them actually stood out, and Slafkovsky received his two factors when he wasn’t even together with his assigned trio-mates, Sean Monahan and Jesse Ylönen.

Briefly, it stays to be seen whether or not St-Louis will swap trios but, or give every of them a second likelihood.

2. Cole Caufield has me anxious.

The CH’s quantity 22 was as soon as once more greater than invisible final evening.

He doesn’t stand out as a lot as he used to, and he by no means appears to have the ability to give himself good scoring possibilities, particularly at five-on-five, as he did final yr.

Is he merely enjoying with a insecurity, or has the NHL recreation tightened up on him, making him extra carefully watched?

I don’t know the reply, however what is for certain is that one aim in his final ten video games is not at all sufficient or regular for Cole Caufield.

He have to be the primary to be in a little bit of panic mode.

3. Why isn’t the CH as aggressive on the ability play because the Bruins are?

Did you discover yesterday how there’s a obtrusive distinction between the 2 groups’ energy performs?

The Bruins don’t give the CH any area or time to breathe, whereas there’s continually a participant placing stress on the participant on the level, or the gamers on the sting of the boards.

That is very efficient, because the Tricolore gamers find yourself panicking and making a mistake.

On the CH aspect, it’s simply the alternative, as we’re VERY passive and let our opponents play as they please.

We look forward to them to get a scoring alternative or make a mistake, slightly than making an attempt to impress an error within the opposition.

It’s irritating to observe this obtrusive distinction between the 2 groups, and I significantly marvel why the CH isn’t impressed by the Bruins by being extra aggressive.

Briefly, these are the weather I retain from this irritating recreation during which the Habs actually struggled.
By the way, the CH is the only team without a regulation-time win in November.

The CH’s subsequent recreation is Wednesday evening at 10 p.m., when the Tricolore travels to Anaheim to tackle the Geese.

Just a few days off awaits the staff.

Let’s see if this may assist the gamers get their act collectively.

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– To not be missed as we speak.

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