We won! #gohabsgo !

Now, a story: when I was in high school I taught myself how to play chess because I was babysitting, child was in bed, nothing on TV and there was a "How to Play Chess" book on the shelf in the living room.

I was not good at chess. I still...
...don't play well. But when I played against my brother-in-law, who was a much better player, I won. He told my sister I was the most frustrating person he'd ever played against, because while knowing almost nothing except the basic moves and doing everything else "wrong"...
...I inadvertently destroyed all of his careful openings and elegant plays and found a way to win. He should have beaten me easily, and with enough games he would've.

I tell this story because I don't think a loss follows by a tough win against the Sens proves...
... anything bad about the #Habs. We do have known weakness: young centers, poor F/O stats, a power play that needs to be tossed into a volcano and replaced by something that works, etc. And those weaknesses show up the most against a young rough 'n ready style team who...
... throw everything onto the ice and hope something sticks (much like my chaotic chess games). Our strengths work better against other opponents, as we've seen. But against a team whose only mode of play is "Clog up the neutral zone, grab the puck, and race...
...to the O zone even if you have nothing planned but to throw shots on net with no clear strategy" our speed and other strengths lead to frustrations.

But the #Habs did better today than Thursday, by a lot. Next time we face the Sens it will be even better. #GoHabsGo !
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