2023-11-19 04:31:10
BOSTON | Martin St-Louis summarized in a few words his appreciation of his group’s outing once morest the Bruins.
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“I didn’t like much,” he said, at the end of this 5-2 setback.
The Canadian head coach assured that he was not once morest the work of his troops, but once morest the way in which they worked.
“We respected them too much. Whether it was one-on-one fights, body checks, battles with sticks over the puck, we were soft,” he said.
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In terms of exaggerated respect, Johnathan Kovacevic was in perfect agreement with his coach. He felt that he and his teammates gave the blue line far too easily to the Bruins forwards.
An error which allowed the Bostonians to install and deploy their stunning attack.
“There’s a fine line between playing it safe and being a little more aggressive. You have to know how to choose the right moment. I think this evening, we were too passive on their zone entries,” analyzed the defender.
“We made life much too easy for them,” said Mike Matheson on the same subject. They had the puck far too often. »
Adjust the thermostat correctly
In the morning, St-Louis, who was expecting an emotional evening, indicated that it would be essential to find the balance between emotion and the level of competition, in order to remain disciplined while putting the pedal to the metal.
“We must be thermostats, not thermometers. We have to sort things out,” said the Canadian pilot in an analogy of which he alone has the secret.
The Canadian offered five power plays to the Bruins. Apart from the two minor penalties received by Kovacevic in the same sequence, we cannot say that the Habs mismanaged their emotions. And when was he at competition level? Was the adjustment on point?
“We worked hard, but sometimes it’s not enough. You have to work intelligently,” said Matheson.
Slow starts
This is the second time in a row that the Canadian has been taught a lesson by one of the powers of the NHL. Thursday, the score of 6 to 5 in favor of the Vegas Golden Knights in no way reflected the shape of the match. One might have expected a better response in Boston.
“We knew it hadn’t been a great home match. We wanted to get back together tonight, but it took us half the match before we changed the dynamic a little,” underlined Nick Suzuki.
“You can’t take that long to get going. We have to find a way to get off to a better start,” he continued.
The Canadian captain is hitting the nail on the head. The goals from Charlie McAvoy and Trent Frederic (his first of the evening) were the 17th and 18th allowed by the Habs in the first period. For his part, he only scored 10.
Sooner or later, we will have to see regarding it.
On Sunday off, the Canadian will train Monday morning before flying to California to face the Ducks, Sharks and Kings. In the first two cases, we are talking regarding teams within the Canadian’s reach.
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