BOSTON | It is normal that the Habs still have some defects. Rome wasn’t built in a day. However, neither is the Olympic Stadium. However, if Martin St-Louis’ troops want to move closer to the Italian capital, they must quickly regain control of their territory.
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Like the Maple Leafs the day before, the Bruins players, both forwards and backs, stormed the slot, leaving Cayden Primeau’s teammates dizzy.
“We didn’t cover that area very well,” admitted Nick Suzuki. From here it is possible to create very dangerous scoring chances with the quality of their shooters…”
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Given the quality of their shooters, that doesn’t give the goalkeeper much of a chance. Primeau had some trouble following the puck with his eyes, mostly because of the traffic, which added to the first level of difficulty.
“There was a lot of movement on their part, which confused us at times,” analyzed the Canadian captain. All teams play like that, so we have to be better in that area.”
“We shot ourselves in the foot” – Nick Suzuki –
Less lace is needed
To improve this aspect of the game, greater communication is required. The goal scored by David Pastrnak is a good example of this. Alex Barré-Boulet and Brendan Gallagher seemed to be wondering which of them should cover the Bruins forward. A hesitation of less than a second was enough for the top scorer.
“We were maybe a little disconnected [dans notre territoire]said Gallagher, still the author of two goals. We know what we have to do, what our tasks are. But tonight we made mistakes. You do that against good players, it doesn’t take much for them to benefit from it.”
“We’ll continue to work on that,” St-Louis agreed. As far as throws go, it was pretty even [29-25 en faveur des Bruins]. But they protected the enclave better than we did. We still had good chances.”
“It wasn’t our best game” – Martin St-Louis –
St. Louis has a point. Four goals, three of them at even strength, and a few missed chances, that’s positive. However, Kaiden Guhle believes that the Canadian would have been even more effective if he hadn’t tried too hard up front.
“The first two periods we tried too hard to hit the home run. It got us into trouble, it caused us to lose the ball on the blue lines. If we want to get better, we definitely have to correct this.”
The good news is that the season is only two games old.
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