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Yeah I guess we can called it a hockey alley-oop! That play from Suzuki was all-world and the way Caufield is able to find the free space is just unmatched, it is safe to say that they’re gonna be one of the best 1-2 punch in the league if they are not already.Observe the pass on this goal from Suzuki to Caulfield. It's an excellent pass by Suzuki who spotted Caulfield rushing to the net and threaded the needle to him:
In basketball this would be called movement without the ball where a shooting guard runs off a screen and into the corner where he is open and needs to be passed to- if someone is looking for him.Moving without the ball in basketball is itself a denoted skill as some guys can run endlessly and/or run their defenders into screens.Caufield's second goal of game | Montréal Canadiens
MTL@STL: Caufield puts Suzuki's pass home for PPG
I think in hockey Caulfield has a similar type of skill, moving without the puck and putting oneself into position to score. It's nice to have a guy like Suzuki to feed you dinner when the meal served is goals.
That's a good analogy, the actions involved in that play between Suzuki and Caulfield required very good coordination and visually communicating between 2 teammates. Suzuki knew exactly what Caulfield was doing and where he was going and that pass was right on the money. In basketball alley oop plays its very important for the pass to be on the money as it has to hit the players hands at the apex of his leap. Certain players who have extraordinary leaping ability like Vince Carter or Michael Jordan could collect and dunk alley oop passes that were a little off target because they can stay in the air longer, for other players the pass needs to be threaded. In this case with Suzuki he really had to thread that pass through traffic to the streaking Caulfield who was rushing the net and he put it right on his stick. It was perfect. Suzuki should have gotten 2 assists for that pass.
et même un bon potentiel 2ème trio avec HOFFMAN qui nous étonne....bon jeu d'ensemble...et des défenseurs....qui ne cesse de m'épater et qui a sa propre philosophie..''le martinisme''...lol.....et ça porte fruit....
They look like they could be a .500/middle of the pack team for the season. Which of course means no Conor Bedard, no Matthew Wood, and no lottery pick. This means that for the Habs to get better as in elite/Stanley Cup sip-worthy, they will need to sign top free agents. That's a problem because top free agents do not wish to share half their income or more with the Quebec taxing authorities. So they sign with American teams a la Johnny Gaudreau, or force trades to them like Matt Tkachuk. So Hab fans have to be careful what they wish for. The best way to get better fast is the tanking model in which you stockpile draft picks after sucking for a number of years. When the sucking stops, so does the stockpiling of higher draft picks.
I’d rather have a winner mindset and attitude than quote on quote tanking especially in November. I don’t really get what your asking for, do you want the coaches to tell the players to skate slower and make bad passes…
I am not asking for anything. I am just stating the big time REALITY of how to build a Stanley Cup winning team. History has taught these lessons over and over and over again. Either you study history and learn from it or you are doomed to repeat past lessons not learned.
I really think the management and coaches are doing a great job at building a winning franchise.
Oilers, Sens, Sabres have been tanking for years where's their cup?
i understand what your saying but we got caufield 14th or 15th if i remember well
They didn’t purposely tank. They were simply bad organizations especially at the management level who made bad personnel decisions. The Oilers were a prime example of how not to run a franchise. And drafting Nail Yakupov, one of the worst first overall draft picks in NHL history, was a step back for the organization. I’d like to say they’re on their way to being a contender but they’ve still failed to address their defence issue. Same thing with goaltending. And giving all that money & especially term to players like Jack Campbell & Zack Hyman will end up hurting the organization.
There is no doubt that the current management and coaches have done a great job. My concern is that the team will get to a certain level in the next couple years where they are maybe one or two veteran free agent signings away from legit Cup contention, but then can't get those guys because of the taxation of income issues. I personally believe that a Tax Adjustment should be made to the NHL salary cap to in order to level the UFA/RFA playing field for Montreal and the Canadian teams (in other words, only count net salary after taxes against the cap, or allow the teams to spend over the cap in order to compensate for the income tax payments). However, I have been told that the American NHL teams will never allow that to happen and will stop Bettman from ever doing such a thing. So it will be partly for political and tax reasons that the Habs will never be able to get that "veteran missing piece who puts them over the top".
That stat can often be misleading as is the case here. Second-string goaltenders will often have similar or even better numbers than the team’s #1 goalie because teams will often play them when they face a weaker opponen, which is usually the case with the Habs. The #1 goalie will also not only face stronger opponents but he’ll also play more which means he’ll often get tired over the long season which usually means it’ll negatively affect his stats & increase his chances of injury.
