Canadiens Capped
The Canadiens fell behind 3-1 in the third period and refused to give up, which we’ve come to expect from them. They scratched and clawed until the final siren and it was almost another miraculous...
View ArticleGame Day, With The Caps In Town
It’s game number 45 tonight for the Canadiens, with the Washington Capitals paying a visit to the Bell Centre, and of course the team needs to continue to build off their decent if unspectacular...
View ArticleThat Kadri Person
I agree with Brendan Gallagher when he says Nazem Kadri is a twit. “He sits on the bench yapping his mouth, he gets on the ice and all of a sudden he’s scared,” says Gallagher. So the game plan (in my...
View ArticleStatement Sent In Fine Fashion
My heart is soaring like a Black-bellied Whistling-Duck. 4-1 Habs over that despicable team in Toronto. A statement sent that says speed, skill, and hard work prevail, and just because his team is...
View ArticleOttawa Goalie Beats Habs
And now we wait. We wait to see how Lars Eller is after being being leveled by Eric Gryba. We wait until Friday night to see if the Canadiens can come out of this with a split before moving up the...
View ArticlePrust Is A True Leader
Brandon Prust calling Senators coach Paul MacLean a bug-eyed fat walrus isn’t called for. I feel it’s a slap in the face to the walrus. Yes, walrus’ are overweight and have whiskers, but they’re not...
View ArticleGionta Finished
Brian Gionta has a torn bicep muscle, will undergo surgery on Friday, and that’s it for him. So Kevin Weekes was dead-on when he said recently on HNIC that this would happen. It’s the same sort of...
View ArticleThe Curtain Falls
That’s that. Habs gone after five games, losing 6-1 to the Ottawa Senators, and now what are we supposed to do? Cheer for another team? It’s a game of inches, and if Colby Armstrong had hit the back of...
View ArticleIt’s Good To Be A Habs Fan
The Habs are gone, and for now……… No more P.K. Subban wheeling around and rushing like a man possessed, or blasting a missile from the point, or sailing across the ice, fired up, in the moment, to...
View ArticleAlmost Not Small
Marc Bergevin says the the team is too small. Tomas Plekanec says it isn’t. I’ll settle this. They’re too small. But almost not. There are only two small guys on the Habs – Brian Gionta and David...
View ArticleBall Daddy
Team Canada has opened up their Olympic orientation camp in Calgary by playing only ball hockey because of the insurance costs. Maybe they should make it so any player helping out with the insurance...
View ArticleCanadiens Fall Short In Shootout
They kept grabbing the lead and losing it, and when all was said and down, the Canadiens lose 5-4 to Buffalo in the shootout. And that’s fine. It was prospects night, a lineup laced with guys fully...
View ArticleWhite Scores Winner!
How often do you see that title? Ryan White scores the winner as the Habs squeak out a 3-2 win over the Devils at the Bell. Actually the heading should be “Max Scores Two In Habs Win” but the White...
View ArticleC’mon Tuesday
Just can’t wait for Tuesday when the Habs kick off their 2013-14 campaign. I fully expect them to do well. But that’s just me. I expect it every year. And it sucks when it doesn’t end up that way. Of...
View ArticleHabs Rebound At Rexall
The Canadiens may have sucked in Calgary Wednesday night, but apparently, Thursday in Edmonton they didn’t. A nice and tidy 4-1 win over the Edmonton Oilers. With a goal and an assist from both Brendan...
View ArticleSaturday Night Stinker
Daniel Briere said after the first period that the boys found themselves on their heels because of early penalties. Unfortunately, they decided to stay on their heels for the entire game. The amazing...
View ArticlePrust Joins Walking Wounded
Boy, are is the team ever going to be nice and rested come spring when the going gets tough. Brandon Prust is gone for four weeks with a shoulder injury after slamming into the boards the other night...
View ArticleIt Happened Like This
It was May when Brandon Prust called Senators coach Paul MacLean a “bug-eyed fat walrus”, not long before the Canadiens bowed out to the Sens in five games. What does that mean? Nothing. I’m just...
View ArticleYou Probably Already Know
Big game tonight, and Brandon Prust will be back after finally recovering from his shoulder injury he suffered on Oct.19th against Nashville. And apparently Alexei Emelin (pronounced YeMELin) will be...
View ArticleA Tired Team Triumphs
They were a tired bunch that skated out for the third period, leading by a goal but with the gas gauge way below empty. They’d played the night before, and two nights before that. The other team hadn’t...
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