I must say that I was pretty happy with the overall performance of the boys last night. Minus of course Tim Thomas who showed his true ability when he muffed the first Montreal shot of the game putting his team down one, and then the back breaker with 1.2 seconds left, which I still can not understand how he did not save, as he was practically on top of the Montreal player who shot it under his arm.
The power play was nothing to write home about, however they did score (1-8 on the night) they did have good movement but seemed to move the puck to much last night instead of shooting.
Both Chara and Kessel scored, Chara's goal was a nice shot, and Kessel's goal was a direct result of his hard work in the offensive zone. It was nice to see him using the body.
The inconsistantcies in the refs could absorb as much blame for the loss as the weak defense and short on talent goalie. How the ref did not call a slash on Montreal when the players stick was clearly parallel to the ice (as the rule states) and the Boston play (PJ Axelson) buckled over like he just got kicked in the nuts point blank, is beyond me. Then for the ref to follow up with a non call on a 1 0n 1 between Kessel and a Montreal defenseman when Kessel put the puck through the defensmans legs and went to step around he was clearly grabbed and pushed down to the ice, no call. Then less than a minute later, our D (lashoff) does the same thing, minus pulling the player down and he gets called. It is sad, but the inconsistancy in calls is going to kill our sport. either call them all or don't call them at all. It will ruin our game if the ref is allowed to give it away as he seemed to do lastnight. I hope the league reviews the play and assess the so called fines they have for referee's who do not make calls they are suppose to. This would be a prime case to use in a training video. It is simple guys just make the call.
Next game Saturday..... Hope we see Hannu and his new dooo in the net.
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this is getting really old. I was worried at the tie in the 3rd..knowing the shootout was looming and an emminent loss....
Well.. if you take away the first 2 minutes and the last two minutes..we get a win!
I, personally, couldn't watch beyond MTL's first shot of the game, I knew it would be downhill from there.
CB.. nice of you to blame the refs too.. love it! PJ's a pussy.. and it BOS v. MTL.. duh.. hello.. calls do NOT go Boston's way in that situation.. even in our own house.
Now now B... I now the refs never blow a game, but the sure can help. Yeah I agree with the Bos v mtl aspect of not getting a call. I also think that it has something to do with rookie againset seasoned vet which is also BS.
PJ is a pussy, but he did take a nice crack to the hand.
Hannu goes Saturday, with his old mask and pads (dam goalies and their rituals.)
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