tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-885109449780622333.post8872862176469505617..comments2023-07-27T11:30:08.579-04:00Comments on Lions in Winter: Boston-Monrreal Game #4: FiguresTophamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14157334079663330151noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-885109449780622333.post-50111565699409296582014-05-09T15:34:48.649-04:002014-05-09T15:34:48.649-04:00Montreal did well in Boston partly because Therrie...Montreal did well in Boston partly because Therrien just put out the players he wanted and didn't thik too much more about it. Julien will then have to be the one deciding whether he wants to expose his weakness against Eller or Desharnais. <br /><br />This was another good aspect of last night's game: the rookie B's Dmen were in some part victimized. Julien will be analyzing and thinking on this.<br /><br />Subban had a good game with mistakes. It's different than an off game, really. I am never worried about him showing up or not.<br /><br />As for Patches, let's be honest, it seems to take him a long time to learn the ropes. Playoff hockey is different and last night was his 12th ever game. Remember he was demoted from the Habs in thei year of their big run to find himself in the AHL. It took him more than that spring to do it and he was a dud in the Bulldogs playoffs too. Maybe I'm grasping at straws, but I thought I saw a glimmer. it was the first time he has cornered like that in the series, or the playoffs and his shot so very nearly opened the scoring. Tell the boy to do whatever was told to him that Fall of 2010, when his career turned around. I think it amounted to something like: "Shoot you fool!"Tophamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14157334079663330151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-885109449780622333.post-79285182437374260022014-05-09T13:45:17.499-04:002014-05-09T13:45:17.499-04:00The great thing about subban having an "off&q...The great thing about subban having an "off" game (by his standards) is that you can be damn sure that he's going to bring it on Saturday. We expect much from him, and he expects even more of himself. <br /><br />I get the feeling that paccioretty also expects much of himself, but have come to understand that he's of a different personality than subban, and doesn't seem to handle that type of pressure (external or internal) as well.<br /><br />Line-matching should make things a bit more difficult in boston for paccioretty, but who knows whether julien will decide to switch matchups? Can't say i expect him to give paccioretty a window, but one never knows. Failing that, it's up to secondary scoring to pot some. <br /><br />gHg!rstynoreply@blogger.com