Canadian 2 – Flame 5 | Those who break

At the end of March, as the Canadian came out of his week of vacation forced by COVID-19, Philip Danault made a bold, if not risky, prediction to conjure the 25-game race in 43 days that had been awaiting his team: see those who break and who keep pushing. ”

Posted on April 24, 2021 at 10:07 pm


Updated April 25, 2021 12:10 am

The Canadian Ducharme insisted that he “did not give up”, especially narrowing the gap at the end of the second half. But in the 3–1 match, it was unfortunately apparent to many that the miracle of the comeback would not happen.

And the rest?

With 9 defeats in the last 13 games, the CH coach has often been asked what solutions he has been thinking about.

There was a lot of talk about holding videoconferencing, avoiding mistakes, and explaining implementation.

Where we can see the growing frustration with Ducharme’s psyche, it is in the face of his inability to change his workforce. The Canadian salary setting, along with the limited number of refunds after the deal deadline – there is only one left with 10 games to play – makes it nearly impossible for him.

That explains why we’ve relied on 7 defenders and 11 forwards for the last two matches – a pattern the coaches don’t care about, with some exceptions. It also explains why the team that has scored only 18 goals in the last 10 matches has not played for Cole Caufield, who is already known as the organization’s best defect even before playing a match in the NHL.

Ducharme realistically agreed, saying, “He is not perfect.” Without Byron or Darwin, “We tried to have 12 forwards,” but the only way immediately possible was to settle for 11 forwards.

With 10 games played this season, the Habs isn’t much excited anymore. Especially with Flames who blow his neck in the standings – they are only four points behind CH, with them trailing a match. And even more so with the Vancouver Canucks, which, although much delayed, has several games to play.

These final ten kicks off Monday against the same flame, for the ninth and final time of the season. The players had already indicated that 5 matches in 13 days between the two teams were approached as a series of three out of five. With three losses on the clock, Al Kindy has already lost this chain.

So what needs to be achieved? Tyler Toffoli said clearly: “We need to win.”

“We have to make sure that we are at our best,” Ducharme added. Get back together, bring back the things we did well, and be persistent. ”

He agreed with “20 men in uniform.”

But which one? Nothing is less clear.

in detail

Strife Gustafson

Where would Eric Gustafson occupy in a healthy confinement? Read here: When are six defenders in uniform instead of seven? It’s hard to say. His playing in his region wasn’t particularly inspiring to confidence – seeing him totally flustered after a failed slip up against Dillon Dubey in his second period, it was easy to understand why he had watched 10 of his last 11 matches for the Philadelphia Flyers from situations. However, his hold on disc control as well as his contribution to power play was clearly highlighted by Peloton on Saturday, within a defensive brigade currently struggling to support its attackers. On target Toffoli, he subtly finds Corey Berry who has been dispatched at the mouth of the grid. And on Suzuki, he was the one who sent the disc to the network. Geoff Petrie said, “He’s a guy with good vision with a pinch and a good ability to play, and we’ve seen him so well tonight.”

Painful to Primio

Caiden Primo electrified Bell when he made his National Hockey League debut last season. But his third match in his career, which took place on Saturday, was not celebratory. A great shot from Johnny Godrow – Dominic Ducharme repeated the word “perfect” twice -, the puck making its way through heavy traffic after a losing match, two coups-plus numbers … Despite the score, the young goalkeeper didn’t look bad at all, even He did some great balls. Primo is usually very conservative, and he does not expand on the evening after the meeting. He said, “I was frenzied before the match, and I felt really good … It was a bit loose at first, but it was replaced.” When asked about Godreo’s shot – perfect, remember – he said he “would like to review the four goals” of the flame. We will forgive him for wanting to keep analysis to a strict minimum.

Common mistake

We will not spend the day on the first goal of Flames, but Dominique Ducharme has analyzed the sequence in a complete way so that it deserves our attention. In response to a question about the lack of experience of some of his players, he indicated Alexander Romanov’s adherence to this goal. In support of the attack, the Russian defender did what his coach “wanted” to, namely go down into the opponent’s area to follow the winger – in this case Johnny Godrow. But the latter “leaned” on the Romanov, then took off, leaving no opportunity for his bishop to catch up with him. On the other hand, Ducharme added that John Merrill “would have shut down [l’espace] Hurry up to give it a tougher angle of fire. ”In short,“ defenders could have done a better job on it. ”Romanov is not immune to the rookie’s“ youth mistakes ”inherent in the up-and-coming player. Ducharme warned that“ this will happen. ”

They said

Height

Jake Evans

Despite his supportive role and the constant rotation of his three classmates, he has stood out on numerous occasions. He deserves better than the reserve team.

In decline

Alexander Romanov

He fell into the opponent’s area at Johnny Godroe’s first goal, then guilty of a rejected clearance that led to Milan Lucic’s goal early in the second. Suppose it is not an easy night.

Match number

-4

This is Corrie Berry’s difference in this game. That doesn’t make him guilty of goals conceded by CH – that includes his last goal in the empty net – but it still puts him at -7 in his last 5 matches.

With Richard Lappe, Journalism