Huge summit meeting today in Brossard

That, and the fact that he went home on the metro, with the match ball!

CF Montreal avoided the worst by not conceding a win against one of the best teams in the MLS circuit, but the team still finds itself 11 points out of a playoff spot.

As for the Rocket, they managed to squeeze out a5-4 victory over the mighty Americans in Rochester. Devon Levi, who had allowed only two goals in three games against the Crunch (previous round), allowed no less than five just last night. Hats off to the Rocket’s offensive elements, who found the gaps to beat a goalie as hot as Levi.

Cayden Primeau allowed four goals on 27 shots. He has an efficiency percentage of .865 since the start of the playoffs. It’s as if his short stint in Montreal was enough to make him lose all the confidence he (re)gained under Marco Marciano in Laval.

The next starter should be Jacob Fowler, tomorrow.

Where were Kent Hughes and Jeff Gorton?
The Canadiens’ players have been on vacation for the past ten days. Several were seen at the Bell Centre for UFC 315 last Saturday, while others took off to relax under the palm trees.

But the organization’s executives are not on vacation. Not yet, that is!

Kent Hughes and Jeff Gorton are used to watching all Rocket playoff games in person, whether they’re played in Laval or on the road.

Except that yesterday, the two men weren’t in Rochester. Why weren’t they? According to Luc Gélinas, it’s because the club is currently holding an important meeting in Brossard, a meeting used to collate and weigh the information of each member of management and recruitment in preparation for the next draft, which will take place in just over a month’s time.

Jeff Gorton, Kent Hughes, Martin Lapointe, Nick Bobrov, Vincent Lecavalier, members of the analytics department (Christopher Boucher? Philippe Desaulniers?), amateur scouts (Christer Rockstrom? Serge Boisvert ? Hannu Laine ? Ben Shutron ? Donald Audette ? Albie O’Connel ? Tommy Lehman ? Michal Krupa ? Yannick St-Pierre ? Joey Tenute ? Billy Ryan ? Mark Muller?) have scheduled several days of meetings at the CN Bell Complex to draw up their list for the draft, as well as discuss strategy for moving up or down with their selections.

The Canadiens have 12 selections (seven rounds), including seven in the first three rounds.

I’ll bedamned if I’ll be interested to see where the Canadiens decide to place Caleb Desnoyers and Justin Carbonneau on their list..

Overtime

– After Synchuk, Duke, Campbell and Iankov, it’s Fabian Herbers’ turn to get injured.

– Can the Maple Leafs take it to the next level?

– The goalie is not expected to make the trip to Florida.