Pre-season Game 8: Labaume City

Habs ended pre-season with a solid full 60-minute effort in their rematch with the Lightning up in Quebec City. Of course it wouldn't be a win against the Bolts without Ryan Malone being an asshat. After running around the whole night, he finally took a run at Campoli's head. Malone should be ShanaBanned some time this week.

Meanwhile the other douche, Steve Downie, mixed up his Kostitsyns. They had a battle all night but surprisingly he didn't go the absolute douchey road. Except for his pushing Darche into Price which knocked over the net and then looked at the ref with a "they did that on purpose" look.

Stamkos was rather quiet, except for the one shift he found himself facing Spacek. (Do not do that ever again). Vince was the weenie instead.

Hey look! An NHL lineup!
- Bottle this Gomez. Looks to be a fine vintage.
- Diaz is as smooth a talker as he is a player. Sure he tripped a few times, but Streit 2.0 really improved in a short time.
- Which sucks for Weber but I actually like him as a forward. Puts out 3 defensemen, he's pretty good on the boards, and combining with Palushaj they created plenty of chances. Yes his line was on for the Lightning goal, but Engqvist could have helped by picking up the backdoor guy...
- PK! PK! PK!
- Yea having Pleky on the point removes a threat and allows teams to just ignore him, but his vision is second to none. Also I noticed the way the team moves around the box.
- Goals from all over. Gio victimizing MAB (no surprise) for a shorthanded beauty. Gomez with a goal only Gomez could do on the powerplay. Darche tipped in a shot by Spacek, while Cole got a gift from Brett Clark and roofed it.
- Cammy's goal came after the two of them had their way with the Lightning. It was during the play after Malone's douchebaggery. Pleky rounded the circle and the net with a guy shadowing him closely, flipped the puck to Cammy for a one-timer.
- Near the end Price joined the crowd in doing the wave. I need video of this. (Ed. note: VIDEO FOUND!)
- Hey coach? Can we keep Palushaj?

See? Your panic was somewhat premature. This shit starts for real in a few days!