Episode 957 - Montreal Canadiens Three Up, Three Down: Juraj Slafkovsky is heating up edition

Inside today's Locked on Canadiens

The Montreal Canadiens followed up a bad loss to the Vegas Golden Knights with another bad loss, this time to the Boston Bruins on Saturday night. Jake Allen held the fort for as long as he could, much like Cayden Primeau against Vegas, but the defence wasn't able to return the favour in any way. It's a frustrating end to a week where the Habs lost their last four games, after putting together a decent set of wins previously. So, what's going wrong?

Then it's time for Three Up, Three Down!

Despite the losing streak Habs fans have gotten to watch Juraj Slafkovsky begin to grow in a big way over the last week. He recorded two points against Boston, including a great short-side goal, if he can keep this up while the star players get right there is plenty to be excited about. Also, Joshua Roy remains on fire for the Laval Rocket thanks in part to his partnership with Sean Farrell. Can a pair of rookies get the Rocket season back on track? Finally, the Habs did a holiday mug video, and Laura is a huge fan.

On the downside of things the Montreal Canadiens need Cole Caufield to find his old form again as he's struggling to find the back of the net. While he's getting shots on net, he can't seem to get a bounce, how can the Habs get him going? The first part of that is Martin St. Louis has to figure out how he can free up his star players to play to their strengths, while also getting the defence in order. Finally, the NHL put together a very fun and exciting Global Series in Sweden, the downside is they buried it on a single channel and haven't seemed to promote it at all.

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