I keep hearing Jake Allen is the future. Well, if he is "the future" then he must not be ready yet. That ugly fact keeps rearing its head, like last night. The first goal was not on him. A deflection that no goalie would have saved. Goals 2,3,4 & 5, however, were all stoppable and were opportunities for him to come up big and save the unorganized, sloppy team in front of him.

Allen was not sharp enough last night but that game was lost with anyone in goal. This team is in a funk right now that is disturbing. Their inability to exit the defensive zone in any fashion that resembles an organized, prepared hockey team is non-existent. They make absolutely idiotic passed through the center of the ice, in their own end and try one cute pass after another. Way too many of those passes end up in odd-man rushes and breakaways against them. The Habs must have had a dozen very high quality scoring chances on turnovers from ill-advised or sloppy passes.

This team has a bit of an issue right now and it seems to have a lot to do with players trying to be too cute or make plays on their own. When this team was rolling it was a true team effort. Now it looks like a bunch of guys, each trying to make that one big play. That rarely breeds success...

Still time to fix it but time is growing shorter and shorter...

Go Blue!!