Last thoughts on tonight's #Habs game: the only conclusions anybody can draw from this game is that this is not the kind of game from which you can draw conclusions. Unusual season, unusual schedule, and unusual circumstances led to a team that played a game...
...that ran from roughly 8 p.m. to 11:30 p.m Van. time, got on a plane around 2 a.m., flew into a slightly different time zone, got settled into their hotel between 3 and 5 a.m. local time (according to Mete) after that, and had a game to play later that day. Why didn't...
...they stay the night in Vancouver and fly out after a decent sleep? Most likely explanation I've heard is Covid testing requirements, though I don't know for sure. In ordinary seasons, a back-to-back game usually has 24 hours between games, and if...
...travel is a factor it's not tied up in testing requirements and other mandatory Covid protocols. Nothing about this season has been ordinary, though, and this condensed schedule version of a pandemic-era b2b has challenges no single player has ever experienced in the...
...NHL, let alone an entire team. In spite of their obvious fatigue, however, the Habs fell to the Flames by only one goal, something that makes me think Saturday's game will be a different story.
• • •
Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to
force a refresh
