It’s Martin St-Louis who will take care of the numerical advantage this season.
He replaces Alex Burrows, since the latter will not be back behind the bench of the Montreal Canadiens.
How’s it going so far with the one-man advantage in preseason games, then? The answer is simple: the club is not capable of scoring and we saw it again last night against the Leafs (0 in 7).
Obviously, the matches do not matter in the standings… But it is still relevant to note that CH has had 20 power play opportunities since the start of the preseason, and it has not taken advantage of a single one times.
Not one.
0 for 20 on the power play, whether during the season or during training camp, we agree that it is not ideal.
It is sure that the time is perfect right now to try certain things, but there must still be results to move things forward.
Martin St-Louis must find solutions…
Speaking of solutions, could one involve Lane Hutson?
You know where I’m going with this…
I ask the question because in yesterday’s game, the 2nd wave of the power play (with Hutson as QB) was really better than the first.
That said, Hutson looks so comfortable on the ice in such a situation that in my eyes he could dislodge Matheson from PP1. It doesn’t cost anything to try it and if it doesn’t work, it doesn’t work.
Because the problem is that the Canadian must score on the power play if he wants to win more games this season. Patrik Laine’s injury could hurt at this level, but St-Louis will have to live with it and he will have to create a system that works on the ice.
There may be talent between Matheson, Suzuki, Caufield, Dach and Slaf… But it just doesn’t seem like it’s clicking.
In burst
– The portrait of the waiver today:
– Hello, boys !
– Ouain.
