Habs 2, Pens 5: Silver platter

One game, two points, best served cold.

Isn't that cute? Fleury did the Buffalo Stance after 20 saves and only really working for 10 minutes. Obviously the pose gets praise 'cause he did it. Imitation is the most sincerest form of flattery, but I thought he would be more than capable to get his own damn pose. The League needs more goalie posing! But originality is key. He should also send a thank you card to the Habs and a special extra thank you to Jaro Spacek for the 4 powerplay goals cushion. Brutal penalty kill, brutal penalties, brutal pylons and obviously fatigued. That's what happens when you're behind the play, reaching, and constantly defending...

But for 6 minutes and 30 seconds in the second period, there was a non-stop action sequence with back-and-forth hockey, odd-man rushes (mostly in Price's direction), and just a whole lot of FUN! The guys actually looked awake for the first time all game. I could see Jacques Martin's face flush as the sequence went on. Then, obviously, diarrhea: too many men on the ice.

The moment was dead.

Spacek was on the ice, again, killing a penalty with 10 seconds left.

Spacek, in the corner behind his net, attempts a crap clear TO THE FUCKING SLOT. Perfect pass to Jordan Staal for his first of the year. I swear I saw the #8 on that Habs sweater. The game died right there for the Habs. Jaro Spacek gets the Mike Komisarek Award for the night.

Coach gets the dunce cap because Jaro Spacek and his buddy Hamr were out there on the PK that gave up FOUR GOALS. They did not help, they made everything worse.

Benoit Pouliot went from yay to nay in the span of a day. Three stupid penalties that cost the team (and him a goal even if it was a weak call, you can't poke your stick towards players hands and expect otherwise). Seriously, is there a player more infuriating than Benoit Pouliot?

Lost in the kerfuffle, Mighty Mite David Desharnais scored his first NHL goal. I don't think I have ever seen a man so happy in my life. Nintendo Sixty Four territory. A perfect tip-in on a Subban shot. It was like I was watching the Bulldogs for a few minutes. The smallest man on the ice (yes, he's smaller than Gionta). His head is barely above the boards. His height is definitely listed "on skates". Buffalo Stance that one, Fleury.

BJs 3, Carey Price 0, Habs -10: Now it's serious....

You just handed Mathieu Garon the easiest shutout of his career.

So how many breakaways and 2-on-1s was that? About ten breakaways? About five 2-on-1s per period? Carey Price was the defense for 60 minutes and all you guys did was stand and watch? If Martin wasn't thinking about scratching Spacek AND Hamr, he better be thinking about it now. Any momentum Habs had to try and get some offense going, and those two found themselves on the ice, trapped behind Price's net, stuck along the boards, unable to get the puck out. A couple of giveaways right in front of the net, and Price turned to Hamr with what looked like a "DUDE WTF?!" Even Gill and Gorges were a couple of spinning pylons.

I think the best scoring chance they had all game was after the buzzer in the 2nd period. Actually there was a better one by Spacek earlier only it was in the wrong net. Seriously, WHO DOES THAT?! WHO BATS THE PUCK TOWARDS THEIR NET WHILE ON THE PK?! (For that matter, what in god's name is he doing out there on the PK in the first place)? I half expect Price to pick him up and throw him over the glass if he wasn't so busy kicking more pucks away.

And either they got nothing on the puck or the ice was so bad that it stuttered to a complete stop with every pass. I have never in my life seen anything like that, ever. Even the notoriously shitty Copps Coliseum ice never did that.

Without Price, this game would have ended 10-0.

So coach... What are you going to do now? Continue playing the senior citizens on D? Continue allowing Pouliot to float aimlessly in the neutral zone? How about when the puck comes to him in the corner he can't do anything with it because he's ON HIS BACK. Can you kindly tell someone other than Mathieu Darche to go to the net and hit the rebounds? Going to continue leaving Lars Eller to fend for himself (only guy wearing white who was flying all game)? Keep that powerplay firing blanks? Continue sucking on faceoffs? I'm pretty sure the Habs were shutout more than any other team last year. Will they break that record this year?

And Cammy needs to burn those new sticks he's using because they're absolute crap.

Can't wait for Markov to get back. Wait, what?

Patches, Carle, and Palushaj scored tonight for the Bulldogs. Call them up. And Ryan White. And Yannick Weber for the godforsaken powerplay. We need some compete and some COMPETENCE on this team, stat!