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The Capitals’ plan was to hit the Habs (and the CH wasn’t ready)
Charles-Alexis Brisebois
The Capitals’ plan was to hit the Habs (and the CH wasn’t ready)
Credit: The Canadiens have learned a lot in the last few days. Seeing Ivan Demidov come to town, alongside all the youngsters who have spent the year in Montreal, has allowed the group to progress and learn what it takes to play in the playoffs. As Chris Pronger says, the future is bright in Montreal. #GoHabsGo […]
The Canadiens have learned a lot in the last few days.

Seeing Ivan Demidov come to town, alongside all the youngsters who have spent the year in Montreal, has allowed the group to progress and learn what it takes to play in the playoffs.

As Chris Pronger says, the future is bright in Montreal.

But let’s not forget why the CH lost. And one of the reasons for the Habs’ defeat is that the club really got shaken up during the playoffs.

The team is too small, and it shows. Yesterday, in game #5, the CH wasn’t really in the game.

Of course, it would have helped if Arber Xhekaj had been able to be himself in the games he played. But you know as well as I do that it’s also the heart of the line-up that should be bigger.

Because in Washington, the club is as big as a playoff team, and when the bosses decided the club was going to be tough, there wasn’t much the CH could do to counter the Caps. And that’s even though the Flanelle didn’t look bad overall during the series…

It’s clear, then, that the Habs players need to take notes… but so do the executives.

It’s not the first time we’ve said it, but Jeff Gorton needs to learn from his years in New York, where he notably lost his job after on-ice incidents.

And ironically, it was against Tom Wilson and the Capitals that Gorton saw his club exposed to the fact that it takes more toughness to play when it counts.

The second center the club needs to bring in this summer will have to be a heavyweight.


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– Of note.

– Interesting news.

– The season review will take place tomorrow.

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