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Rochester scores 2-1

What should be a "easy victory', seems the Bulldogs are determined to let Rochester hang around

Should be a good 3rd period.

kudos to Crawford, awesome save.

did he save thar?

Bench him!

Habs are winning faceoffs

1-1 game

Bourque outworked by smaller player for puck.

Sweet hit by Yemelin, great to see

seems a one sided game, 18-8 in shots, but Bulldogs cant extend lead.

1 shot, 1 block and 4 hits in 5minutes is good for Emelin

Mayer in net. #2 with PP goal

Rochester is missing 10 regulars and has 7 ECHLers in lineup, surely if Hamilton just stay out of penalty box, they should be able to generate some good offense? Holland has been very quiet for awhile and he, Thomas or Andrighetto should be due to score a goal or two.

I agree the best argument I can think of is that he gets a chance to get back in and play a game without likely having to fight. The 7 Dman experiment didn't work anyway.. so why not do this. Special teams gotta be good tonight just for us to stay in it.. players have just a little more motivation as their GM likely wants this one a little more vs. former employer, and conversely might be just a little more upset if they don't show up for this one. 7 d-man didn't work because #74 still is very shaky, DD didn't cover his man on 1st goal and got caught up ice tired, instead of changing, on another goal and just a listless effort from 1/2 the team. But I think they will show up and am expecting an entertaining game and doubt it will end up 1-0. (Go Seahawks Go, I am jumping on bandwagon)

agree last paragraph and sentence, not sure that Subban will ask Therrien to be at his Hall of Fame induction, but who knows what future holds?

didn't watch a lot but saw, just a dumb penalty trying to get a guy to fight, shaky with puck and lumbering around, but I give him a pass till end of next season, before I start guessing which semi-pro league he will goon it up in.

So your saying Hawks are way overdue to light up Price. I think should be an entertaining game and an energetic Hab roster will show up; but, Hawks already one-up the Habs with coolest jersey in sports.

Sure puts a smile on my face, I even pull for Bruins to win when they match-up!

Not that I place a lot of importance of sizes (can be an issue on the backend), but was wondering where to find this list, thanks. Tampa is one of biggest teams but are basically performing equal to smallest team in Habs. As I thought is no real trend stands out to me. Chicago is middle of road for size and simply has several all-star forwards, couple all-star defenders and vets/solid depth filling in key roles and should do well. Whereas Habs have 1 All-Star forward, 3 all-star defenders (79-76-31); but also have two 2nd year #4 - #5 d-men (in Diaz (125 NHL games) and Yemelin (129games) who simply sucks at the moment). So size really isn't issue, it is lack of skill/performance up front combined with a thin/weakish top-4 d.

Torkarski soild again. Beaulieu seems to be more involved in last few games firing the puck, but still hear "Beaulieu knocked off puck/puck taken away from Beaulieu in corner", or "deaked out of jockstrap"...etc, a bit too often. And I would guess that he simply needs more strength and another summer of conditioning before he could ever hold a regular NHL spot? Wonder if maybe his defense will always be along the lines of a Karlsson/Mike Green and the offensive part of game offsets the MAB-like defense (Nygren as well). But cant put cart before horse, he just turned 21 (with eventful summer just past) and d-men can take a long time to develop, with much more to learn than a young forward needs to, like defending a Toews-Kane 2 on 1.

At least with Galchenyuk's injury, he should be able to skate lots and do some kind of training for 6 weeks.

Scurrilous...that's a word not used alot?

Go Caps Go! Poor hapless Leafs, losing streak continues!

I know it must be some kooky #, but PK unit did well a weakened opponent and not a masterpiece of a game, but 6 in a row is great for confidence etc.