In the quarter of the season, Martin St-Louis’ board began to take shape and the Montreal Canadiens strategist had to execute with the troops he had on hand. It now appears that some skaters from the old regime fit less well with his strategy.
Contrast that the host described Monday as “the famous” clash “” by targeting in particular a veteran during his “Season ticket”.
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“Joel Edmundson in the lead. Edmundson’s style is much more modeled on that of Shea Weber, at the time, than on that of Cale Makar, let’s say. It is less well suited to the concept that coach St-Louis is asking for.
“Does he want to make Edmundson look bad, who is having a hard time figuring it out? It is not a question of synchronism to be found. If he had that bad back, he wouldn’t play. The Canadian is not badly taken.
In 14 games this season, Edmundson has two points, 19 penalty minutes and a -6 record. His usefulness is not to be overlooked in one aspect of the game and that is that he leads the CH with 10.06 blocked shots on average per 60 minutes.
Joel Edmundson is ejected from the game –
However, he also leads in three-period turnovers with an average of 5.14.
According to Jean-Charles Lajoie, Edmundson’s problem is quite simply that he does not find himself “in the diagrams requested, versus what the veteran is used to offering”.
“There are still ‘coaches’ elsewhere in the National League who want a Joel Edmundson. Less and less, but there are still some. Kent Hughes needs to reach their GMs, and fast, because Edmundson’s value is going down.
At the expense of the 4 recruits
Meanwhile, four Habs rookies have had to jump more often since Mike Matheson started his season.
For how long will rotations continue for Arber Xhekaj and Jordan Harris?
“Edmundson is depriving a kid of a game of league experience every night. An invaluable and providential gift for a team that wants to find the windows of opportunity. Ideally before Christmas of (the year) 2123!”
For Lajoie, Chris Wideman and Edmundson are “irritants” for young fullbacks. Maxim Lapierre shares this point of view.
Harris gets his first of the season –
“I want to see the ‘kids’ every night too. I think that by putting them in the stands, we lost the flame. The guys believed in them and they gained 100% confidence. Yes, they made mistakes, but they always found a way to impact a game,” he argued in a “The Show” segment.
“We lost a bit of that spark. Since the beginning of the year, we keep saying that things are going well. We’re 21st… and it went well. Let the youngsters play.”
Guillaume Latendresse takes nothing away from Matheson, but he prefers to see the next generation win on the blue line.
“I like him a lot, he has good speed, but I like seeing Harris better. I think we have destabilized the defense.