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Maverick426h
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@ Montreal: No passion, constantly out-hustled and lost puck battles all over the ice with only one very lucky goal offensively. The end result was a 1-4 loss that should've been more like 0-8. Our boys basically never left NJ after that crushing loss. We weren't even ready to play a game that night. The score did not indicate this, but it was one of the worst showings by our team that I remember seeing quite possibly since I started watching hockey around 18 years ago.
@ NYI: Passion, effort and then some, out-worked the opponent all over the ice, constant pressure everywhere. G and Briere finally get it going offensively and everyone else follows suit. Bryz remains strong, but was heavily supported. The end result was a 7-0 victory that could've been 10-0. It was the most complete 60 minute game that we've played for as long as I can remember. Again, the score doesn't quite show it, but it was even a far better performance than the 7-1 win over Florida.
We've literally seen The Best and The Worst of our team in just the last two games. I don't think it has a lot to do with the opponents. The Islanders were coming off two huge wins over NJ and NYR, plus Nabokov generally plays well against us and Tavares was scorching hot. Yes, Montreal may be a better team than the NYI, but if we had played the way we did monday afternoon, we would've beaten even the Habs soundly.
If we see more of The Best, this is still a team that can compete for the division title and make a deep playoff run.
@ NYI: Passion, effort and then some, out-worked the opponent all over the ice, constant pressure everywhere. G and Briere finally get it going offensively and everyone else follows suit. Bryz remains strong, but was heavily supported. The end result was a 7-0 victory that could've been 10-0. It was the most complete 60 minute game that we've played for as long as I can remember. Again, the score doesn't quite show it, but it was even a far better performance than the 7-1 win over Florida.
We've literally seen The Best and The Worst of our team in just the last two games. I don't think it has a lot to do with the opponents. The Islanders were coming off two huge wins over NJ and NYR, plus Nabokov generally plays well against us and Tavares was scorching hot. Yes, Montreal may be a better team than the NYI, but if we had played the way we did monday afternoon, we would've beaten even the Habs soundly.
If we see more of The Best, this is still a team that can compete for the division title and make a deep playoff run.
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