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  1. A stat from TSN about this game: This was the first time in 46 years that the Habs lost to Boston (in regular season play) when they held the lead through 2 periods.
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  2. I think the lesson from last night can be just as easily read as positive. Not only can we play with the Bruins, we can outplay them (which we did for substantial stretches of that game). It often happens that a newly good team will outplay a seasoned Champion or a highly-talented club and still lose - it's part of the learning process. They have to develop the confidence to know that they can beat those guys, the merciless killer instinct that puts away chances when you get 'em, and the ruthless knowledge that ANY letdown against a top team can kill them. The game actually reminded me a bit of Game Two against Washington in 2010. We were the better team on balance but still lost due to a brief outburst by the Caps. The 'easy' takeaway was that we were hopelessly overmatched; the truth of the matter was just the opposite.
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  3. Rask played well, but we blew WAY too many chances. Lack of finish tonight really hurt, more so, because it was the friggin chowderheads. I still haven't got the image of plek's breakaway out of my mind.
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  4. Was I watching a different game? The Habs looked great for most of that game. Rask was amazing tonight. If the boys play like that every game I will be happy. A better executed game than many of their wins were.
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  5. We're kind of straying off topic here but I wanted to touch on this point. I completely agree with most of what you said which is why I only selected this segment to discuss but I'm not sure it's as clear cut as you are portraying it. In the past 2 years I completely agree that having Koivu on the squad would have been better than Gomez, if not only for the inspirational leadership he provides, especially to the Canadiens. With that being said, I have always been a firm believer that the acquisition of Gomez led to us signing a handful of other solid veterans and playoff performers, one of which became the captain of the team. After we traded for Gomez, we signed players like Gill, Moen, Gionta and Cammalleri. Considering how big of a fan I am, this is an unfortunate reality but the playoff run to the conference finals after acquiring these players is probably the best playoff memory that I have had... far better than any season in the Koivu era. It's possible that I am in the minority here but I actually don't view Gainey's rebuild as a failure at all. In addition, I'm not able to look at Gomez's acquisition without looking at the bigger picture and the other players who signed as a consequence. My point is that comparing Koivu against Gomez leads to a fairly straightforward answer but it's not realistic to look at things that way. Gainey went for a culture change and I'm not convinced that it would have been as successful without parting ways with Saku. It's sad that things turned out the way they did with Cammy and Gomez but one cannot always control unforeseeable events.
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  6. Great start but sad finish for the Toronto Habs Viewroom experience. Next game ! ( + respect Trent McCleary, just be cause
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  7. Perfect road game by the bruins... Hang in and then win the third period.
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  8. Really excited to see how the Habs match up with the Bruins. I think this could be the most exciting game of the season thus far.
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  9. Okay, let me first state that I have never been a fan of Ryan O'Byrne. However, I never tire of explaining why he wasn't an asset to Montreal. Ryan O'Byrne is really tall. You know who else is really tall? Jamie Oleksiak. I bet you haven't heard of him. He's a defenceman for Dallas at 6'7". But you have heard of Ryan O'Byrne and that's because he played for Montreal, even though they are pretty much the same hockey player. But O'Byrne seems to be this name many Canadiens fans cry over losing? Why? Because he's tall. That's it. Was O'Byrne skilled? Not really. He made errors in his own zone all of the time. More errors in fact than Mike Komisarek, yet very few bring up bringing him back into the fold (because he was overrated and got paid for being overrated. O'Byrne doesn't even have that notoriety). No, O'Byrne is known for scoring a goal on Montreal when playing the Islanders. A feat he repeated in Colorado against the Florida Panthers. "But O'Byrne once rocked Chara and he fights!" O'Byrne is also the fifth defenceman on the Avalanche, who balance their defenceman's minutes and are known to having one of the worst D units in the league. Despite not seeing as much ice time as Erik Johnson he has the same amount of giveaways with eight. Last season, Jan Hejda and Ryan O'Byrne were scored on the most when playing PK for the Avalanche. In other words, O'Byrne plays what appears to be good minutes but he plays it against the softest competition. On any other team, the coach would use O'Byrne more sparingly. This is the cause for most "big dumb strong" players. Nobody was afraid of O'Byrne. He isn't much of a fighter, he shakes the opponent more than anything and he's too slow to swing. He had several inches on Brad Stuart and in a retaliation/instigator after a clean hit on Landeskog, O'Byrne had to tussle him down as his retribution. Did it send a message? Not really. O'Byrne sat in the box the same way Ryan White did, watching San Jose score two goals on his penalty. No lesson taught. But Ryan O'Byrne is big. And Canadiens fans have an inferiority complex. So how dare they trade their biggest player for Bournival.
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