2) Carey Price: He was terrific in Game 6 holding down the fort for the
win and although he allowed 4 goals the next night, he did everything he could
to give the Habs a chance to get it to overtime.
(Previous: 3  Playoffs:
2.00  Season:
2.73)

3) P.K. Subban: He did make a mistake which led to the winner in Game 7
but on the other hand, without his shot, there wouldn’t have been an overtime. 
All in all, a very good postseason.
(Previous: 4  Playoffs:
3.00  Season:
7.46)

4) Brian Gionta: His presence was felt in both games, especially on the
powerplay where he collected both of his points.  With the offence
struggling at times, it was hard to argue with the amount of times he was trying
to shoot the puck.
(Previous: 10  Playoffs:
5.67  Season:
6.38)

5) Tomas Plekanec: Yes, he was awful in the faceoff dot in Game 7 but
aside from that, he played quite well in both games.  He managed to
outscore all of the Bruins on their powerplays, now there’s a stat
to be proud of.
(Previous: 6  Playoffs:
5.33  Season:
6.04)

6) Yannick Weber: He saw limited minutes in both games but he certainly
made a positive impact.  Add that to the fact he played both defence and
the wing and it turned out to be a solid week for the Swiss blueliner who has
joined his country for the Worlds though some reports now suggest otherwise.
(Previous: N/A  Playoffs:
7.50  Season:
16.12)

7) Hal Gill: From hearing some of the comments after elimination, I
quickly got the sense that he had just as strong of a locker room impact as he
did an on-ice one.  It wasn’t as strong of a playoff as last year for Gill
but it still was a good one.
(Previous: 9  Playoffs:
10.33  Season:
14.92)

8) Lars Eller: He played through a dislocated shoulder suffered in
Game 6 and still was an effective, dangerous player at both ends of the rink. 
Lots of optimism moving forward with him.
(Previous: 8  Playoffs:
8.67  Season:
13.60)

9) Jeff Halpern: He did exactly what he was brought in to do, win
faceoffs and play strong defence.  He even had some offensive chances too
so it’s hard to ask for more from the veteran.
(Previous: N/A  Playoffs:
7.00  Season:
12.08) 

10) Scott Gomez: He wasn’t able to get his 100th career playoff point
before the end of the series as it was an up-and-down couple of games for him;
there were some really good moments mixed with some bad giveaways.
(Previous: 10  Playoffs:
9.33  Season:
10.27)

11) Andrei Kostitsyn: He certainly wasn’t as good as he was at the
beginning of the round but I question how healthy he is, even though he already
is playing for Belarus.
(Previous: 2  Playoffs:
8.33  Season:
10.46)

12) James Wisniewski: Considering he clearly wasn’t 100% for Game 7, he
looked pretty good.  But without his shot, he certainly isn’t the same
player as he was effectively neutralized for the entire series.
(Previous: 13  Playoffs:
12.67  Season:
6.86)

13) Roman Hamrlik: Him staying down on the one Boston goal didn’t look
good but aside from that, the last two games were improvements over the rest of
the series.  Yes, he didn’t play well overall but considering how much he
played during the year and his age, it’s understandable.
(Previous: 17  Playoffs:
15.33  Season:
8.76)

14) Tom Pyatt: He didn’t have quite the impact as in previous weeks but a
lot of that had to do with reduced playing time.  His line had a game
turning shift in Game 6 though that seemed to stabilize the team.
(Previous: 16  Playoffs:
12.67  Season:
16.84)

15) Ryan White: Re-read Pyatt’s note as it also applies to White. 
His biggest impact came in his return to the Hamilton lineup, more on the
Bulldogs later.
(Previous: 11  Playoffs:
15.00  Season:
15.70)

16) Brent Sopel: Unlike Hamrlik earlier, his best games were at the
beginning and not these last two games.  He was useful at times as a
penalty killer but that’s about where his effectiveness ended.
(Previous: 15  Playoffs:
14.00  Season:
16.33)

17) Paul Mara: He brought a physical element to Game 6, something that
would’ve been nice to have all series. Surprisingly, he didn’t play a whole lot
which is why he sits as low as he does.
(Previous: N/A  Playoffs:
17.00  Season:
12.13)

18) Mathieu Darche: He was the weak link of the 3rd trio in these games. 
More or less, he just went cold at the wrong time, showing why he can’t seem to
become a regular in the Habs’ top-six forwards.
(Previous: 14  Playoffs:
15.33  Season:
12.95)

19) Travis Moen: He showed in this postseason what we knew all along: He
can’t play in the top-six, period.  Unfortunately, he didn’t make too much
of an impact on the physical side of things; even though the hit total was
there, few were notable.
(Previous: 18  Playoffs:
18.00  Season:
14.92)

– The World Championships are now underway.  5 players are representing the
Habs, you can follow their progress in the
HW
StatTracker.  There are conflicting reports concerning Yannick Weber
though.  Renaud Lavoie is reporting Weber now will not go though the
tournament’s website has claimed that although Weber will not play in Round 1
(including against Canada on Tuesday), he will join the Swiss team for the 2nd
round.