Something's Gotta Give!

Come on! What else do you want? Too many chances, not enough finishing. It's a 2-1 loss that SHOULD have gone our way.

Tanguay has started this trend of hitting the post. I counted 2 post-hits last night and a puck shot over a wide-open net. He scores 1 of the 3 chances, it's a a whole new ball game. Who else missed obvious opportunities? Hamrlik missed an open net, Maxwell shot wide at just about every shot he had and temporary captain in Koivu's absence, Kovy, couldn't find anything but a post. I thought for sure that with Koivu out and Kovalev wearing a C, it was going to be his night. He came close, but came out with nothing.

Washington managed to put 2 garbage goals past Halak, who made his 3rd consecutive start. He's got to work on rebounds though, the first goal was because of just that. He played a solid game though, no complaints for the night.

It's official everyone, our powerplay has officially disappeared. In his own words, Carbo said "You can write whatever you want, right now our power play is non-existent because we get outworked by the opposition, we have an advantage and we don't take advantage of that." I couldn't have said it better myself. Montreal went 0-8 with the man advantage and looked awful every time. Carbo once again went with the fourth line on the PP, and in all fairness they looked more convincing than anyone else. It's starting to get real embarrassing hearing the fans boo the team while on the PP. Unlike last year, I don't get excited when the other gets a penalty anymore...

The reality of it is, Montreal had the number 1 powerplay in the league for the past 2 seasons. Going into last night's game, they're 28th. It's simple, we depended on our PP fo

r goals every year. Now that we don't have that going for us, what do we turn to? The

Habs have always been an average 5-5 team. So there's no alternative. Jarvis bett

er think of something, because sending out the Begin-Lapierre-Kostopoulos line won't get much for you in the end.

To put it into one sentence, the night was blown away because of a lack of finishing. On the homestand, Montreal went 4-2-1. If you look at the losses, Tampa and Washington, those are a wasted 4 points. New Jersey's loss is one I can take, but once again, we need to be winning these points if we want to contending team. Right now, the Habs don't look like that kind of team...

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