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Serge Savard: Caps target Carrier because he’s CH’s most complete defenseman
Marc-Olivier Cook
Serge Savard: Caps target Carrier because he’s CH’s most complete defenseman
Credit: Tom Wilson was at it again last night. Talk about Alexandre Carrier… who was hit solidly by the Capitals forward. Was the check legal? Whether the answer is yes or no, it doesn’t change the fact that the contact was really solid. And it was the CH player who paid the price: The main angle […]

Tom Wilson was at it again last night. Talk about Alexandre Carrier… who was hit solidly by the Capitals forward.

Was the check legal? Whether the answer is yes or no, it doesn’t change the fact that the contact was really solid.

And it was the CH player who paid the price:

But even before last night’s game, Carrier had also been targeted since the start of the playoffs.

Capitals players are constantly targeting him to annoy him, and Serge Savard knows why.

If that’s the case… it’s because Carrier is the CH’s most complete defenseman (according to Serge Savard) :

It was easy to see that Capitals players were targeting Carrier. And why?

Because he’s the Habs’ most complete defenseman. – Serge Savard

Serge Savard is right.

In the playoffs, a team’s good players are targeted by the opposition because they contribute to their respective formation’s success.

That said, Alexandre Carrier is perhaps the most important piece of the Habs’ defensive brigade right now, because he does everything on the ice.

He’s more than effective defensively, he’s a good rebounder, he’s capable of being physical… and on top of that, the CH defenseman (two points in four games) can produce offensively when needed.

And I’m not taking anything away from Lane Hutson or Mike Matheson – who are good offensively – but it’s true that Carrier is more complete because he’s so good in his zone.

For example, news flash: the Capitals won’t stop hitting Habs players because they feel sorry for them.

And that’s whythe CH is no match for the Caps right now.

The Montreal club doesn’t have what it takes to compete at this level, and it showed in the first four games of the series. And if Carrier is unable to continue the series, the Habs will have to work hard (extremely hard) to win in the Quebecer’s absence.


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