So as the three alternate captains vie not-so-secretly for the the captaincy, we can watch their performances over the next month and see who's winning. Komisarek took several penalties last night, the most heinous one being an unnecessary elbowing penalty with minutes left in the game, allowing Montreal to tie it. Komisarek had been the focus of the refs all night and should have been may aware of his physical play being under scrutiny. Definitely 15 minutes in penalties is not leading a team to victory. The one thing a team famous for coughing up third period leads could use from it's leader is composure in the dying minutes - Komisarek minus one Captain Token. Beauchemin overextended himself and took unneeded risks pinching all night. I know that the Leafs strategy this year is to crowd the boards with the defense on the forecheck, but a veteran offensive-defenseman should know when to pinch - Beauchemin minus one Captain Token. Tomas Kaberle was wheeling all night and distributed the puck quickly and sharply throughout the game. Kabby accumulated one assist and was the catalyst for Stajan's second goal. Plus one Captain Token. So as far as I can see it, Kaberle's composure under pressure and team play mentality have him in an early season lead for the Captaincy.
Side notes:
Each fight in last night's game ended up giving Montreal momentum and their fourth line dissected the defense and was huge on two goals.
Toronto's face-off percentage was atrocious outside of Wayne Primeau, who had a 78% on the night.
John Mitchell missed the net an estimated 314 times. If he backs through the slot with his legs spread one more time I'm writing an angry letter. Also, he was under 50% in the faceoff circle and a minus 1
Beauchemin and Schenn being a minus 2 is hopefully not a sign of things to come.
Mikhail Grabovski had an assist and was a plus 1 with 20:14 of ice time. Put him with Stalberg for a shift or two, you won't be disappointed. (Or at least get Kulemin back in the line up)
Do we really need Rosehill AND Orr?
3 comments:
grabovski didnt score, poni did. stajan had a good night on the draws as well.
at least the habs left town with icepacks on, and markov is out 2-3 months :)
we still got a point and as far as im concerned its only up from here
Corrected, Thanks!
Great post.
Agree with your captaincy assessment. A captain needs to be the prevailing cooler head, but also needs to be able to light a fire under his teammates. Kaberle was the cooler head, but I think that Beauchemin should end up with the C. He had a bad game, and is usually far better.
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