The 18-year-old Finn, who has 11 goals and 21 assists, played two shifts in the frame while his team trailed by two goals.
With the Canadiens’ net empty, with just under three minutes to play, it wasn’t 17-goal scorer Andrew Shaw anchoring the team’s 6-on-5 unit. It wasn’t Paul Byron, who has 13 goals in 49 games but has scored 20 in each of the last two seasons. No, they were sitting next to Kotkaniemi, watching five-goal man Jordan Weal complete the last of his shifts as Montreal’s second-most used forward in the game.
If you're not going to have Phil Danault take a faceoff on his strong side on the PP, what's he doing out there? He has zero power play goals in 257 career games.Perplexing? Completely. And Canadiens coach Claude Julien stood at the podium of the team’s press room afterwards wondering aloud about whether or not the pressure of the playoff race had disabled his group from turning any one of their 48 shots on net into goals in the 2-0 loss.
Conceded on that point. The Canadiens fell to three points behind the Columbus Blue Jackets for the final playoff spot available in the Eastern Conference. They’re now four points behind the Carolina Hurricanes and six behind the Pittsburgh Penguins, and they’ve got 10 games left in the season to make up ground.
Source: The AI Report (theaireport.net)
EricEngels The coach was simply out coached, and he won’t admit that, places blame on players instead of trying to get offensive players going with offensive players...it’s not hard.
EricEngels Figure what out? A higher draft pick? It’s over. No way they’re making up 4 points in 10 games with their schedule.
EricEngels If they play 10 games like last night they have a good chance to sneak in. Won't lose very often with 48 shots on net.
Too late
EricEngels It's called BAD COACHING, Claude! Believe it.
EricEngels Tank for a higher draft pick
EricEngels Excellent read as usual Eric. This is starting to look like a tank in disguise. Give the fans enough hope but in the end screw’em. Your article makes good sense and shouldn’t be too difficult for a veteran bench boss to see, unless it’s being done for a reason.
EricEngels The game has passed Julien by in terms of strategy and player usage. Need to promote Ducharme, young coach, success at every level, implemented system that was so successful for 3/4 of the season.
EricEngels Excellent post game analysis article Eric Engels!! EricEngels makes perfect sense on why the Habs lost 2-0 to the Blackhawks when they should of won!!! GoHabsGo
EricEngels Geoff Molson has saved a lot of money over the past 2 seasons,habs are 1 of richest teams in NHL $9-10 million cap space last 2 years to me that’s not expectable,MB continues to bring in 4th line players at TD is mind boggling.Joel Quenville
EricEngels Curious decisions for sure. More hockey head coach BS based on misguided head games with players
EricEngels Julien has done a good job until the deadline. Folin Thompson weal all made this team worse. Relying on Lehkonen over drouin is a massive mistake. Wonder why they got shutout
EricEngels Habs going down. Down down down🏒
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