Montreal blows another 3rd period lead and loses in regulation. Four losses in a row now.... coming back to the pack?
I wonder how much of that is a result of playing more conservatively with much weaker goaltending. Then again, it never made any sense that a team with Thomas freaking Plekanic as the #1 center could be that good offensively.I'm sure a lot of people will talk about how losing Price is hurting Montreal, but I did a quick little read of their last 10 games (I included the game before the 2-6-1 stretch for the sake of round numbers and to prove there had been signs of this coming. Their GF in that time frame: 2,2,2,2,2,1,2,3,1,0. It's not entirely the gap between Price and Condon/Tokarski, it's also that their offense has returned to last year's levels.
The offense has returned to last year's levels, but not in the way you'd think. For most of the last few years, the Habs have given up a decent-to-bad number of shots, not shot very much, and essentially asked Price to carry them and hoped for some power play goals or junk in front of the net to get a W.I'm sure a lot of people will talk about how losing Price is hurting Montreal, but I did a quick little read of their last 10 games (I included the game before the 2-6-1 stretch for the sake of round numbers and to prove there had been signs of this coming. Their GF in that time frame: 2,2,2,2,2,1,2,3,1,0. It's not entirely the gap between Price and Condon/Tokarski, it's also that their offense has returned to last year's levels.
*Baker Doctor Who Smile Gif goes here*5-1 final. I can fap to that.