Top Six Minutes

Canadiens vs. Panthers Top Six Minutes: All Scratched Up

The Montreal Canadiens road woes continue, as they drop one to the Florida Panthers.

No Price. No Weber. No Pacioretty. What could possibly go wrong?
Everything. Everything that can go wrong, will go wrong.
And while you are at it, ponder this philosophical question: if the Florida Panthers struggle and there aren’t any computer boys around to blame, are they really struggling at all?/

Charlie Lindgren wears his equipment the wrong way (I know he doesn’t, but it just looks that way).
No matter how many centres they lose to injury, it is clear that the Canadiens will never play Galchenyuk at centre. C’est la vie.
Goal or no goal? Ruling: inconclusive. Why yes, it is the year 2018 and things such as video review do exist. And no, the NHL still can’t definitively determine whether a puck crossed the line or not.
Also, shout out to Roberto Luongo, that sly old fox. The veteran goaltender gave nothing away on that play.
Instead of playing 5-on-4 hockey on the power play, the Habs decided to go 7-on-4. Unfortunately, the refs weren’t having it.
And it immediately bites the Habs in their behinds, as Jonathan Huberdeau scores the first goal of the game on the power play for the litter box cats./

You know the Habs are bad, when the opposing team’s broadcasters keep mentioning Florida’s last game against the Tampa Bay Lightning approximately every five minutes.
Nick Bjugstad sent a puck, and a Brendan Gallagher past Lindgren to make it 2-0 Panthers.
What remains of Montreal’s d-core nearly suffered another blow when Rinat Valiev went down awkwardly. Luckily, he was able to skate it off.
Some dude named...*squints*...Micheal Haley, scored. Yeah, it’s one of those games. He makes it 3-0 for Florida.
One thing is certain, the Montreal Canadiens still can’t count. The team takes it’s second too many men penalty of the night.
Seriously, the Habs need to hire this guy as an assistant coach ASAP./

Florida’s rink is as empty as my heart is when I watch the Canadiens nowadays.
Evgenii Dadonov’s one-timer makes it 4-0 for the bad guys, because when it rains, it pours. Speaking of Russians, remember when the Habs had a bunch of them? Especially some guy who’s name rhymed with Barkov? Yeah, me neither.
Jacob De La Rose’s timely blow to Luongo’s head negates a late Paul Byron goal, because it was goaltender interference or something.
As the third period is trudging along, Jonathan Huberdeau can’t seem to stop giving the Canadiens power play opportunities. It doesn’t matter though, because the Panthers have a Vincent Trocheck. His short-handed marker makes it 5-0 for the home team.
Charlie Lindgren deserves better. Having started for the Laval Rocket, and now this Canadiens squad, the poor guy can’t seem to catch a break.
On the bright side, at least the Habs have gone back to their tanking ways. /

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— puck&bière tablette (@puck_biere) March 9, 2018