I'm counting on you, Andrei!Nothing sucks more than walking into the Metro after work only to hear the chimes of FAILURE. That's right. A massive power failure knocked out the entire thing for like ever. So I had to call my dad to come get me to bring me to my car as I have no idea how to get from the heart of downtown to Namur by bus. At least not by any means that'll take less than a year to complete. FUCKING MONTREAL METRO. (Yea, you hear me Mayor?)
So anyway, Calgary eh? My brother calls the Flames the Calgary Phil Kessels. RDS revelation of the evening: Flames defencemen are point productive. Thank you Captain Obvious. They also enjoy 4 man forechecking.
Meanwhile I'm convinced the Habs plan is to spend a lot of time cycling and board battling in their zone to get the other goalie cold.
Things appear to be coming together. They played a lot better than the first two games and actually managed to outshoot for once. Even when down, there was still no quitting. And haha Pleky outmuscled Phaneuf like every time. It was hilarious. Sweet backhand goal too. Was it like 10 seconds left in the second to tie it up? Watch it now, the Pleky has a fire lit under his arse.
Gui and Gomez also got some pretty awesome goals too. Cammalleri owned Iginla along the boards for a perfect pass to Gomez. Gui's came after mass confusion totally caught Kipper off guard. Badabing, backhand. If he had missed I would have jumped through my TV to slap him. Mara quietly gobbled up two more assists.
Unfortunately Chipper's linemates were totally not helping and he got blamed for the first goal. How?! He was working his guy while his teammate watched, and immediately shifted attention to the shooter while still dealing with the first guy. Dude can't get a break... Though I gotta say, what was Nystrom doing fighting Chipper? No contest... (Never mind Nystrom's hattrick which wasn't a hattrick 'cause the third one actually bounced off Gorges).
And poor Gorges. He was absolutely everywhere, but didn't have an easy time tonight. In the end he got pretty fed up and tried to save the game by himself. We salute your effort Gorges!
And I've no idea what to do with Andrei. He has totally taken over Kovy's ENIGMA nickname. On one hand he's going full steam ahead like the power forward sniper he is, and then misses a pass that would just require a little reach and very little effort to receive. But I'm just going to chalk it up as someone trying to learn a system he has never ever seen or done in his life. So it'll take some time for him... But you don't need to speak Russian to understand the words "SHOOOOOOOT!"
Patches is getting there too. That penalty was fucking weak though. Two minutes for muscling down someone with a shoulder with both players getting their sticks crossed defensively (ie. 2 minutes for playing hockey), while ignoring the trippings by the Flames not long before... Loved when Gionta got dumped randomly at the line, which would usually be called interference, but not to Mike Leggo. And yes I read Gomez's mouth as he yelled to the ref "What the fuck was that?!"
In the end Kipper > Halak tonight, even with the quick whistle near the beginning when the Habs threatened to score. Though what's up with Halak and Calgary? He played both games last year too. OH! New mask for Jaro~!
Got every reason to put a W00T here 'cause it was still entertaining!
- Moen has 3 points in 3 games now!
- Weber did very nicely tonight.
- Oh right MA Bergeron was signed this morning to help on defence (regardless of how he's known more for offense) to a super cheap contract. Currently conditioning in Hamilton. Demographics also fulfilled, RDS seems pleased.
- SERGEI SMILED after he scored on Sanford in Bulldogs practice, so here's hoping he's "getting" it.
- I'm hoping the team has a fire under it's arse for tomorrow
- Don't embarrase Pricey in his homecoming!!!