Canadiens' Game 1 loss exposes problem Montreal faces without Petry - Sportsnet.ca

Think back to the trade deadline, when Marc Bergevin seemed somewhat frustrated with the outcome of the day — the acquisition of Erik Gustafsson a pittance for what he had really hoped to accomplish.

“I think we’re all aware I won’t publicly comment on players belonging to other teams, but I can confirm I spoke with pretty much every team on the players who were available,” Bergevin said after Gustafsson was the last player to join the Canadiens, on April 12. “There were some that the media suggested were available who weren’t in the end, and there were others who were.”

Had Bergevin landed Jamie Oleksiak — the six-foot-seven, left-shooting-but-capable-on-the-right-side defenceman who was retained by the Dallas Stars for a race to the playoffs they fell short of winning — we might not have seen the Golden Knights find their way to Carey Price’s crease more often than either the Winnipeg Jets or Toronto Maple Leafs were able to at any point with Petry filling out the top-four through all but one game of the first two rounds of the playoffs.

Shea Theodore’s 100.8-m.p.h. blast through Gustafsson’s screen to break Montreal’s run of 447:08 without surrendering a lead in these playoffs was the second play to expose Petry’s absence. The game was sealed on Nick Holden’s shot at 10:06 in the third, making it the seventh point the Golden Knights defence had contributed. It came with Chiarot and Shea Weber sucking wind after a long shift, after they had each already skated more than 22 minutes in the game.

“He’s a key piece to our team,” said Edmundson. “He was our best defenceman all year and he’s obviously huge on the power play, too. We’re definitely missing him out there, but I think he’s right around the corner. So, hopefully he’ll get back soon.”

EricEngels Lol you make it sound like Petry plays 60 minutes a game. Would it be nice to have him in the line up...yes. Would having him in the line up solve all the problems last night....no. Am I worried about the team going forward...no.

EricEngels Gonna be over quick. Habs are a joke

EricEngels Not worried about Vegas. Habs should they could hang especially if Price is playing like that. Montreal in 7

EricEngels Canadiens fans are a temperamental, and extremely hard to follow after a loss. Me. I have zero expectation this series. I said over a month ago when Knights were playing the AVs in the reg sns that we were watching a Stanley Cup Winner......I was actually thinking Avs though.

EricEngels Petry needs to be back ASAP or this will be over fast GoHabsGo

EricEngels Hopefully back for game 2. Kulak and gustafson are very much out of their element.

EricEngels Boo Hoo

EricEngels No lineup they can put together will make a difference. They are playing with the big-boys now.

EricEngels We’re not in Kansas anymore. gohabs

EricEngels Wait, I thought missing a player was just excuse?

EricEngels Love how they blame the loss as they’re missing one player

EricEngels One player can make that much difference? Interesting!

EricEngels ERIC: 'There WAS enough of them to show...' is incorrect. Should be 'There WERE enough of them to show...'. Pretty sure you were taught that in ELEMENTARY SCHOOL!

EricEngels With or with out done . Can't score again . Over

EricEngels Leafs missed 91Tavares, jets missed Scheifele, that's life...deal with it Habs!!

EricEngels Agree…

EricEngels So do the Oilers

EricEngels 🧹

EricEngels How to win in the nhl in 2021, defense drives offense, Mtl is lucky to be where they are, Mtl defense is built for 1995

EricEngels They’re gonna need a lot more than Petry if they want to have any shot at winning one game vs Vegas😭

EricEngels Just get one game in Las Vegas. Go get game 2.

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