The lost of Andre Markov will force Bob Gainey to either trade one of their top two goalies or find another top 4 defense that can fit in and help this big slow defense corp. When you have two players like Paul Mara and Hal Gil on your blue line, you’re allowing the other team’s top speedsters to burn them on the outside and it allows other teams scoring opportunity to rise. Once the word gets out the Canadiens are slow on the back end, get ready for teams to start chipping the puck in and getting on their defenseman quickly to create turnovers. Atlanta is 4-1 on the season, Kovalchuk is playing for a new contract next year and what better place to get face time on ESPN and TSN then playing in the Montreal hotbed of hockey. Players on other teams get jacked up playing in places like Montreal and Toronto, because they know its huge news in those media hot spots and they want to play well.
Keys to selection: When ATLANTA played as a road team - During Last 2 Years - Won Last Game by 2 Goals or More; The OVER is 10-4-0 for the Thrashers in this spot the L2Y.
Ron Raymond 10/20
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