It may be early, but it also might be time to stop the debate on whether the Montreal Canadiens made the right move in shipping Jaroslav Halak off to the St. Louis Blues.
Carey Price has been lights out for the Canadiens lately, and Tuesday night turned aside 41 Philadelphia shots for a shutout. It appears he may have finally regained the confidence he exhibited just a few seasons ago, but had seen it slip away last season.
While Price will continue to be the dominant goaltender in Montreal, the role which Thunder Bay's Alex Auld has as his back-up is also important. In Auld the Habs have a dependable player to spell off Price every once in a while, a goaltender who knows what is role is, and isn't going to upset the overall team chemistry.
I'm hoping to see the Canadiens against Buffalo next Saturday night when I travel with the Lakehead Thunderwolves (7-4-1) to Montreal for a two-game series against Concordia. It will be our final broadcast for 2010 on Rock 94. The road season will resume in mid-January with a trip to London against Western.
Last weekend the Thunderwolves two-game sweep saw the scoring spread around. It was a solid effort to win the overtime game on Friday, and they followed that up with an impressive performance on Saturday night. With four games left in the first half of the conference season -- including two at home this weekend against surprising Nipissing -- Lakehead is well-poised to perhaps hold down second spot in the division.
