Canadiens: Same Tired Recipe, Same Result
The Montreal Canadiens went out on a whimper, but they can be proud to have made it that far, that early in their rebuild.
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Rod Brind'Amour's style and Rod Brind'Amour hockey, and how up until this year, it, it didn't get the job done.
They would fall short.
So why this year is it potentially I mean, they're on the precipice of it working.
They get to the final.
What's different?
Is, I- is there something that stands out to you?
There's a couple of things that stand out.
One is the scoring is a lot more balanced than it has been in the past.
Okay.
And w- well, I should, should, should say there's more scoring than there has been in the past, but you know, that Taylor Hall, Logan Stankoven, Jackson Blake line has been humongous for them.
And it has allowed Sebastian Aho and Andrei Svechnikov and Seth Jarvis to get some time to get going, right?
Mm-hmm.
You know, Svechnikov had the empty netter the other night.
also the defense corps has always been really good, but I mean, you look at in particular the Keandric Miller, Sean Walker pairing.
Mm-hmm.
And again, it's like you already have Jacob Slavin, you know, you have this great mix of like long guys and like puck movers.
Mm-hmm.
And that Miller-Walker pairing has been fantastic.
So it just feels like, you know, a couple of little changes has meant the world to them, where they're not depending on somebody to step up and score a goal.
Like, they're not asking who's going to score, because they already have that track record of different guys putting the puck in the net, and I think that's really, really been huge for them.
