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January 2, 2007: Game Forty
Bell Center Montreal, Quebec
TV: Sun Sports
Radio: 620 WDAE
Season Series: 1-2-0
Montreal
22-11-5 49 Points
2nd in the Northeast
Tampa Bay
18-19-2 38 Points
4th in the Southeast
Montreal
Points: Saku Koivu-33
Goals: Saku Koivu-15
Assist: Saku Koivu/Andrei Markov-22
+/-: Alexander Perezhogin - +13
Penalty Minutes: Alexei Kovalev-56
Special Teams
Power play %- 22.7 (1st)
Penalty Kill %- 87.9 (2nd)
Tampa Bay
Points: Vincent Lecavalier/Martin St. Louis-49 (T-7th in the league)
Goals: Martin St. Louis-25 (T-1st in the league)
Assist: Vincent Lecavalier-28
+/-: Nikita Alexeev - +10
Penalty Minutes: Cory Sarich-39
Why exactly did Sun leave out like 10 games this season? Every single game was televised last season (granted it was the defending cup season), but it seems like an awful lot of games to not televise?
Why exactly did Sun leave out like 10 games this season? Every single game was televised last season (granted it was the defending cup season), but it seems like an awful lot of games to not televise?
Last season was the only time that they broadcast every game. It was probably due to the lock-out and the post-Cup euphoria (which has been tarnished considerably).
As for the game tonight, I'm hoping it's a repeat performance, for both teams, from Saturday night.
As bad as he's been, I kinda feel for Marc Denis. He's brought in to be the goaltending fix for the Lightning, plays himself out of a #1 spot, and at times strugges to even get more than 2-3 consecutive starts. Gotta be tough on your confidence. Although he's making 2+ million dollars to sit on the bench, so I can't feel too bad for him.
I just hope they can get out of there without making total ***** of themselves tonight. The Habs are going to be fired up. Normally I would go with the Lightning tonight because this is the Habs first game back from a road trip but I think the opposite will occur tonight. This could turn out to be a very brutal roadtrip for the Bolts. 2 points tonight would be nice but I wouldn't bet on it.
As bad as he's been, I kinda feel for Marc Denis. He's brought in to be the goaltending fix for the Lightning, plays himself out of a #1 spot, and at times strugges to even get more than 2-3 consecutive starts. Gotta be tough on your confidence. Although he's making 2+ million dollars to sit on the bench, so I can't feel too bad for him.
I don't think it's been all his fault either. I think the coaching staff has ****ed with goaltenders minds since the cup year and the only guy who could handle it was Khabby. I wonder how any #1 would feel if after a loss he sits for the next few games until the #2 plays so bad that he has no other choice but to put the (clears throat) #1 back in. I swear if Torts could get away with carrying 4 goalies, he would.
I honestly think if he would have gone to Marc and said "You're my guy" then he wouldn't be so bad this year. I've seen the guy play alot and this year is in no way indicative of the type of goalie he is. Torts ruins goalies, I'm convinced of it.
Coaches like Torts can be successful, but it has a limited shelf life. I think the second most important factor in how this team is playing right now is the coaching staff.
A move needs to be made. His style of coaching isn't working anymore, and regardless of the system they want to use, if the coach himself isn't getting it done, you need to make a change
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Ugh.. these commercials they are airing during the commercials remind me what I hate about Mishkin.. whenever something big happens, he sounds like he has rabies.
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