So much talk about Smith and Bennett, with a little Neal thrown in that no one noticed that Peters is putting the kids back together on the third pairing. This makes me happy. Stone wasn't bad last game, but he's worse at the transition game than either guy, and they seem to be developing chemistry which I want to continue. Pretty sure as well that, despite people's talk about Andersson's skating at the beginning of the season, he's still quicker than Stone and the Habs are a skating team when they are on their game (and not overly large).
It's too bad Dube isn't ready because he'd do well in this game. I guess he must have shown some rust. A skating, less physical game will also help Czarnik.
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