Boston Herald (Steve Conroy):
April 21st, 2008 at 11:35 am
Montreal presser
Montreal coach Guy Carbonneau just finished his morning press briefing in which he said that Bruins will be facing a different kind of pressure.
Before, when they were down 3-1, they had nothing to lose,” said Carbonneau. “Now they have a chance to win. We’ll see how they react to that.”
Carbonneau said this series personal matchup against Bruins coach Claude Julien has been a challenge.
“This is my first playoff as a coach. I’m having fun and I’m going to learn from it. No matter what happens, I’m going to learn from it,” said Carbonneau.
It doesn’t appear there’ll be any Montreal lineup changes.
Habster:
I’m sure my All Habs counterpart, Rocket will like Carbonneau’s self evaluation as a coach in this series. I would have to agree somewhat with Rocket’s assessment that Claude Julien has done the better job coaching his team and preparing them for the playoffs. He has the Bruins playing a consistent playoff style of hockey which has completely shutdown the Habs powerplay and has shutdown the KPK line’s production.
Julien and his coaching staff have game planned better than Guy Carbonneau and his staff. They have also made the better on ice and personnel adjustments through most of this series.
As Carbonneau stated:
“I’m having fun and I’m going to learn from it. No matter what happens, I’m going to learn from it,”
I just hope the learning process will continue beyond tonight’s game otherwise the players won’t be the only ones feeling the heat from the media and fans.