2024-01-23 13:54:34
Last night, the Vegas Golden Knights were in Newark to face the Devils, a club that is not meeting expectations this year.
That said, the Knights, who are once again an NHL power, escaped the game by a score of 6-5. The club therefore scored five goals, but they also gave too many to their opponents.
And that didn’t make Bruce Cassidy, the Vegas coach, happy.
We played a beer league game. We thought it was the preparatory schedule, I guess. –Bruce Cassidy
The coach highlighted the offensive effort of a few trios, but he wasn’t exactly happy to see the defensive effort deployed (or not deployed) by his flock. He thinks it was a lack of respect for the game.
The Knights deserved to lose, he said.
“We basically played a beer league game out there. We thought it was preseason, I guess.”
Golden Knights HC, Bruce Cassidy did not hold back after the Knights lost 6-5 in OT to the Devils.????
via @GoldenKnights pic.twitter.com/0WGaCNTJFn
— BarDown (@BarDown) January 23, 2024
Obviously, there is a difference between a performance like this from a club like Vegas, the reigning Stanley Cup champions, and the Canadiens, a club that is rebuilding.
But in both cases, even if Martin St-Louis did not react as strongly after the matches last Thursday and Saturday, we can understand the dissatisfaction of a coach.
That being said, I wonder to what extent Cassidy’s comments were motivated at all by the fact that tonight the club will face the New York Islanders on Long Island.
And when I say the New York Islanders, I mean Patrick Roy’s Islanders.
After all, we know that the new Islanders coach had an impact on Sunday, as New York beat Dallas. The effect of Roy’s arrival will undoubtedly mean that the Islanders will not be “easy to play against” tonight.
And if there’s anyone who knows it, it’s Jonathan Marchessault, who had Roy as a coach in Quebec back in the day.
Jonathan Marchessault is very happy to see Patrick Roy back in the NHL and predicts great success for him.
He had several tasty anecdotes to tell me when I went to meet him yesterday. ????
The two face off tonight on Long Island:
— Mikaël Lalancette (@MikLalancette) January 23, 2024
Remember that this evening, Patrick Roy will coach his second game for the Islanders. Meanwhile, the Senators, a club that would have benefited from hiring Roy, will be in Montreal. And on Thursday, Patrick Roy will be in Montreal.
Cassidy knows that every victory is important… and the Canadian must hope that he will not let Patrick Roy gain even more confidence in view of Thursday evening’s duel in the Temple.
A lot of
– Notice to BPM Sports fans.
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– Corey Perry recharged his batteries for two months.
Perry: Help received in last 2 months made ‘world of difference’
— theScore NHL (@theScoreNHL) January 22, 2024
– No choice.
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– The Dodgers again.
No, the Dodgers are clearly not finished.
— Passion MLB (@passion_mlb) January 23, 2024
– WWE is moving to Netflix in 2025.
Huge news in the wrestling world. Netflix will stream Monday Night Raw every Monday night exclusively. We continue to enter a new era, it goes without saying.
— Anthony Marcotte (@anthonymarcotte) January 23, 2024
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