Montreal Canadiens: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

October 10th, 2010 by Rosalyn Roy Leave a reply »
Two games does not constitute a trend, of course, but after watching the Habs split their road openers against the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Pittsburgh Penguins, several things have already caught my eye about this year’s team.

Let’s start with the good.


Goaltending

I was one of the fans who disliked the Jaroslav Halak/Lars Eller trade. It’s not that I preferred one goaltender over the other; I mostly disliked the return and the instant mega-load it dropped on the shoulders of Carey Price.

There were other intangibles that bothered me about the trade, too, but I’d rather not rehash history. It’s done, and now I’m happy to see that it seems my fears about Price’s confidence issues have been proven unfounded.

Price was solid versus both Toronto and Pittsburgh, and more than anything I like his focus and his ability to remain unruffled after each goal goes in. If the Habs can offer up a bit more goal support this year, they’re going to help their netminder make the naysayers eat some large helpings of crow.

I like mine well-done.


The Rookie

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