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Tigger said:
Maybe but we have no shortage of heavy-hitters either, some of how we fare in this will be how well they can colour within the lines of the new rules.
Game 1 - Habs @ Leafs - Thursday Oct 6th 2011 - 19:00 EST - 2-0 Win
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Maybe but we have no shortage of heavy-hitters either, some of how we fare in this will be how well they can colour within the lines of the new rules.
Tigger said:
I felt like we would've really clobbered them. Our forwards are bigger, and outside of the first line, we usually play a bigger game. Montreal really doesn't have many hitters to be feared.
In general: I don't know actually! I think it could swing either way.
Good start, Reimer picking up the show where he left off is a great boost.
Opening night jitters in first. Also, it's obvious they have so many new bodies and so much shuffling, that's why they looked so disorganized.
Shekel was huge in more ways than one. Besides all the face-off hype, he handles the puck decently for a big guy, skates okay, doesn't have hands of stone and takes the man, not slamming guys but rubbing them out effectively. He also blocked shots and has great reach for killing penalties. I'm impressed.
Frattin continues to play smart. I think his scoring will eventually come.
Bozak plays better without Phil. Everyone is dissing Connolly, but I think they will be eating their words before long.
Gunner looked the coolest in the crazy first amongst the d-men. Nice to see Dion get off to a good start. Kessel showed some nice playmaking on that.
One thing I did notice about the Habs though, while small, they always had guys going to the front the net, screening. How Reimer stopped some of those shots was amazing.
Opening night jitters in first. Also, it's obvious they have so many new bodies and so much shuffling, that's why they looked so disorganized.
Shekel was huge in more ways than one. Besides all the face-off hype, he handles the puck decently for a big guy, skates okay, doesn't have hands of stone and takes the man, not slamming guys but rubbing them out effectively. He also blocked shots and has great reach for killing penalties. I'm impressed.
Frattin continues to play smart. I think his scoring will eventually come.
Bozak plays better without Phil. Everyone is dissing Connolly, but I think they will be eating their words before long.
Gunner looked the coolest in the crazy first amongst the d-men. Nice to see Dion get off to a good start. Kessel showed some nice playmaking on that.
One thing I did notice about the Habs though, while small, they always had guys going to the front the net, screening. How Reimer stopped some of those shots was amazing.
I loved how the Leafs were really aggressive on defence, getting right on their man and barely giving the Habs any time to do anything.
They had a tough time getting the puck off the boards on the powerplay, but they had a lot more movement. The PK was solid. Very aggressive and guys were actually blocking shots.
They never really had any sustained pressure 5-on-5 so it's hard to say much about how the forwards played. I noticed a lot of back-checking particularly from Kessel and Grabovski. Frattin also had a nice back check in the 2nd period.
Reimer was solid and was VERY good with his rebound control. Aside from that one scary moment in the 1st where the puck slid under his arm, he pretty much gave them no second chances.
A very good start to the season. Keep it going on Saturday boys!
They had a tough time getting the puck off the boards on the powerplay, but they had a lot more movement. The PK was solid. Very aggressive and guys were actually blocking shots.
They never really had any sustained pressure 5-on-5 so it's hard to say much about how the forwards played. I noticed a lot of back-checking particularly from Kessel and Grabovski. Frattin also had a nice back check in the 2nd period.
Reimer was solid and was VERY good with his rebound control. Aside from that one scary moment in the 1st where the puck slid under his arm, he pretty much gave them no second chances.
A very good start to the season. Keep it going on Saturday boys!
Seymore Pucks
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The refs also made some good calls and let the game play itself out.
anton girdeaux
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Classy move to boo your own player.
Credit where credit is due - Komisarek played great. He lead all players with 6(!) hits in the game. Next closest was Steckel with 3 - he also had a great game, 17 for 25 = 72% on the draw and led the forwards in PK time at 4:12. Komi also blocked 4 shots, Liles and Schenn also had 4 blocks each.
All in all, a great team effort - outside of a shaky first.
All in all, a great team effort - outside of a shaky first.
bustaheims
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