DEFENCE!
Both the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Montréal Canadiens need to get some if they're to have any hope of making the playoffs, let alone winning Lord Stanley's silverware this year.
Vesa the Finished Finn played not too badly in Leafs' 5-2 loss to the Pens. That's if you consider allowing 5 goals "not too badly". True, he stayed on the goal line or behind it, like a frightened turtle, but he could sue his defencemen for non-support. Jeff "Fickle" Finger and François Beauchemin deserve dishonourable mention.
Leafs allowed 3 goals on 4 Pittsburgh powerplays. They bid fair (foul, surely? ed.) to have the worst PK in the league again this year.
Meanwhile, at Edmonton, Les Pas-Très-Glorieux made two mistakes that cost two goals, according to Jacques Martin, so lost a close one, 3-2, even though they outshot the Oilers 35-19.
Don't blame Carey Price. He appears still a bit shell-shocked, being probably the most shot-upon (did you mean to put an "a" there? ed) goalie in the NHL. That's because the Habs have a woefully inept collection of kids and hasbeens on the blueline.
What was Bob Gainey thinking when he acquired Hal Gill? Look up "slow" in the dictionary and you'll see his picture! His lack of speed makes him simply an obstacle, like a tree, to be skated around by opposing forwards.
And then there's Georges "Token" Laraque, he of the Afrobraids. His role is resident goon but he's a gentle giant, rather like Lenny in Of Mice and Men. What the Canadiens need is someone just plain mean.
It's not too early for both teams to start thinking trade, trade and trade some more! But who have they got that anyone else would want? Walt's solution: trade with each other!
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