What did the Montreal Canadiens need to do to change the scope on their team from last season? Play hard, play fast, score more, and stop the puck. Those four things sum up what the Habs didn’t do and what led them to lose more often than they won. Stopping the puck fell more at the hands of Carey Price though than Antti Niemi or Charlie Lindgren (in the event that he was up with the team).
It’s been beaten to death, but the 31-year-old didn’t play his best last year and has looked like his old self early on.