The Canadiens Yzerplante the Red Wings

Seeing the Québécois play with Gallagher, an energetic and energetic player at the start of the season, is good for the man who scored once or twice yesterday.i don’t know if the NHL will change Alexandre Carrier’s goal today and give it to Zachary Bolduc.

But we also have to talk about the fact that Oliver Kapanen found a way to score in a second straight game. Lane Hutson, Ivan Demidov and Alex Newhook set the table for his goal. #GrantMcCaggForPresident Kapanen has an excellent feel for the game and knows how to set up well, so with these two youngsters added from last year (Kapanen played games, but he wasn’t there full-time… and he certainly wasn’t as dominant) and with Ivan Demidov and Noah Dobson in town, the Habs are better. Dobson had a good game yesterday. It’s clear that he has his flaws, but that he’s really capable of stabilizing the Canadiens’ blue line, raising the bar for the club’s defensive ceiling and reigniting the attack. If he continues to play to his strengths, he’ll be a big help to his new club. Steve Yzerman needs to take notes: that’s how you move a rebuilding process forward. His Yzerplan is flawed and by no means as effective as it was in Tampa Bay. #Taxes?

But hey. It wasn’t just the newcomers who made a difference in yesterday’s game in Detroit. What do I remember from yesterday’s game?

1. Jakub Dobes didn’t give away a goal on the heels of the preparatory duels. And yesterday, he went for the W, giving away just one goal on 31 shots. He’s getting better and better on the ice. Good for the Habs. 2. Mike Matheson (who plays with Noah Dobson) is an excellent hockey player. And not surprisingly, he benefits from playing a few minutes less per game: he’s fresher and more available. 20:22 is perfect for him. He looked really good – and I’m not just saying that because he found the back of the net.

3. The fact that the score was so high in favor of the Habs allowed Martin St-Louis to roll his bench better. Nick Suzuki (15:46) played nine seconds more than Arber Xhekaj alone… and he was the third most-used forward. But by almost two minutes (12:04 to Patrik Laine’s 13:45), Ivan Demidov was the player least used by coach Martin Rotenberg St-Louis. That said, it must be said that everyone played roughly the same number of minutes and that Ivan Demidov, who isn’t on the first powerplay wave, doesn’t play short-handed. And yesterday, there were seven penalties in the game, so we’ll trust the Habs to manage the young Russian’s playing time and his adjustment to the NHL. But eventually, they’ll have to give him a little more ice time. 4. We expected Juraj Slafkovsky to try and have a good start to the season, and that’s what we got. And I’m not just saying that because he scored –a Slaf who’s involved and remembers he’s big makes a difference.

’prolongation’

The Canadiens will enjoy a day off today before facing the Blackhawks on the road tomorrow. After that, the club will return to Montreal and prepare to face the Kraken in their home opener on Tuesday.