Game Over: NHL

The Montreal Canadiens drop their second-straight game in embarrassing fashion to the lottery-contending Buffalo Sabres. The loss against the Maple Leafs was expected, but this one is going to make things tense in Montreal very quickly.

Andrew Berkshire is joined by former pro hockey player and current advocate for changing hockey culture to embrace LGBTQ+ people; Brock McGillis, and cohost of the 2 Goalies 1 Mic podcast; Duane Steinel.

Kyle Okoposo had his best game in years, is he finally back to the high level power forward Buffalo thought they were getting?

Don Granato has his team playing skilled, aggressive hockey that's fun to watch, and they anticipated the Canadiens' style to perfection. Could the Sabres be much better than advertised?

A familiar pattern is already setting in for the Canadiens, which has been around for multiple seasons, is there any way to fix it?

Speaking of problems lasting multiple seasons, the Canadiens have among the worst special teams play in the league over the last several seasons, the powerplay is the most ugly, but the penalty kill isn't special either, what's the plan? What are the hallmarks of successful teams in those areas?

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The Montreal Canadiens have lost their first game of the 2021-22 NHL season, with the Toronto Maple Leafs taking a small bit of revenge for their first round elimination in last season's first round of the playoffs.

Andrew Berkshire is joined by former Toronto Marlies and McGill Martlets assistant coach Jack Han and host of The Chris Johnston Show on SDPN, and Athletic columnist Julian McKenzie for the debut episode of Game Over: Montreal.

The Canadiens' powerplay or lack thereof is the biggest story of the night, and the panel debates whether the issue is personnel or organizational philosophy, since this dates back years.

Jake Allen and Jack Campbell gave us a solid goalie battle in a highly tactical first game of the season, how confident should the Habs be in Allen while Price is out?

Jonathan Drouin busts a 27-game goal slump dating back to last season.

Pierre Engvall made his presence felt from the opening moments of the game, what should be expected of him for the Leafs this season?

Check out Julian on the Chris Johnston Show with Julian McKenzie: https://www.sdpn.ca/thechrisjohnstonshow, the Hockey Inside/Out Show, in The Athletic, and Zone Time on Yahoo! Sports.

Check out Jack Han on his substack; https://jhanhky.substack.com/about and you can buy Jack books on modern and historical hockey tactics at https://jhanhky.gumroad.com/. Use promo code gameovermtl for $5 off your purchase.

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Welcome to Game Over: Montreal. After every Montreal Canadiens game, Andrew Berkshire will be live on YouTube.com/sdpn giving you instant reaction and analysis with his rotating cast of guests.

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