When things go badly, you have to try things, and that’s exactly what Dominique Ducharme is going to do tonight.
Faced with the urgency of the situation, the Canadiens coach announced that his club will play Saturday night at the Bell Center with a formation of 11 forwards and 7 defenders, a first this season. Chris Wideman will be the added defender and Michael Pezzetta will be the entrenched striker.
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Michael pezzetta
“We have to change things,” replied Ducharme on Saturday morning in Brossard. We think about what Wideman can give us in the power play, and also the different combinations it can give us in defense and attack. ”
These changes will be made for the very purpose of changing things. It must be said that the Canadian, with only 4 wins in 19 games this season, and with a 29e place in the overall NHL standings, is in urgent need of change, even more after this embarrassing 6-0 loss suffered against the Penguins on Thursday night at the Bell Center.
“We have to put aside the game against Pittsburgh and think about what we did well in the previous game; we played well against the Rangers, replied Jonathan Drouin. It’s up to us to continue to build on what we were doing.
It’s hard to stay positive right now… but you can’t be negative and just look at the leaderboard. It’s a cliché, but you have to go one game at a time. We must continue to see the positive side in what we do.
Jonathan drouin
In the good news department, there is Joel Edmundson, who skated Saturday morning in Brossard. The veteran defender won’t be back in action on Saturday night, but everything indicates he is doing better and will be back shortly.
Carey Price? We didn’t see him on Saturday morning, and we won’t see him next week either. According to Ducharme, the star goalkeeper is still not able to train with the rest of the squad. “He has steps to follow and he is not there yet,” added the coach.
So Samuel Montembeault will face the Nashville Predators on Saturday night at the Bell Center.