Habs 3, Devils 5: Fuhgeddaboudit

This is how the game should have ended.

Ultimate groundhog day.

And the douche didn't even have the decency to come talk to Cunney who was yelling for his attention, staying on the bench as the team was leaving. He was ready to javelin throw Eller's stick from the bench at Lee after Cole was hooked for the 500th time in the game with no call that lead to an easy backdoor goal for the Devils to go up by 1. And if Cunney wasn't going to kill him, Cole was ready to murder him all game.

And yes, unlike Martin, Cunney ripped the officials in his press conference. They could have avoided it by showing him some respect by coming by to talk to him after the game.

Besides the non-calls on Cole and bullshit calls he received, Elias should have been thrown from the game for his hit from behind on Blunden. While fans of other teams laughed like a bunch of fucking drooling bullies, you'd be screaming bloody murder too if you witnessed the shit these guys went through.

You want bad? How long did it take for them to blow the whistle while Price got his mask knocked off? Waited long enough for him to make a save through traffic on a point shot! Can you imagine if that deflected badly and knocked him out?

Who cares about the ONE bad goal Price gave up. Obviously someone's bringing it up. It wasn't the defining outcome of the game. You just knew once it was 3-1 that Chris Lee would find some way to fuck it all up. Because Cole couldn't get to the puck with Kovalchuk latched on for a ride and because Chris Lee bought whatever Brodeur sold on that "high stick" (which was more of a follow through as he was hooked while trying to smack a puck into the net), THAT'S what defined the outcome of the game. Never mind Larsson being the golden rookie for some reason with a grab and slew foot (HEY HARP ON THAT, TSN) on Leblanc and acting like he's shot every time someone breaks wind on him... Why is it this rookie gets away with everything while PK, Eller, and everyone else on our team gets the bullseye painted directly on them?!

Keep your head up, idiot.
(Not seen in the replay, Larsson giving PK props for knocking him out of Newark)

Yes they could have done more on a shaky Brodeur to put the game away. They could have supported each other better. They could have done a lot more. But when you fight so hard only to get spit in the face every turn, it kills your spirit, it kills momentum. That big rock you were rolling up the hill that you thought was pretty light for a few minutes suddenly turned into the oversized boulder it really is.

Between Chris Lee's constant antics on the ice and that gongshow in LA with the clock last night you're looking like a beer league, NHL.

Whatever. Keep filtering in your PA chants over empty seats, Devils. Enjoy that monetary life support.

Angry Shiba is angry.

But after all this shit, can we hope for a pretty pick in June at least?