The Montreal Canadiens took advantage like never before of the contribution of their “big guys” in attack on Tuesday evening when they defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning.
Joel Armia, Josh Anderson, Kirby Dach, Juraj Slafkovsky. They are strong players who possess a series of qualities, but they are also players who tend to disappear certain evenings. To the great dismay of the team’s supporters and undoubtedly its decision-makers too.
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But Tuesday night, against Tampa, it was something else. Anderson and Armia, in particular, made a big play on the game-winning goal, scored by Jake Evans at the end of the third period.
“They were imposing, they were solid, they gave body checks and the Lightning had a hard time with them,” columnist Tony Marinaro aptly observed on Wednesday at JiC.
“They played great hockey,” he then summed up.
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Anderson, Dach and Slafkovsky still have a few seasons left on their contracts with the Habs. Armia, on the other hand, will be without a contract at the end of this season. Should the Habs try to retain his services in order to keep their very good fourth trio intact? And what about Evans, also without a contract at the end of the season? On this subject, Michel Bergeron mentioned to JiC that the duo has become essential to the CH.
The imposing players of CH… impose themselves, according to Michel Bergeron –
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