Habs 4, Whalerjerks 1: Go East young men

Start like you look like you're already on vacation. Lose Pacioretty to some douche who can't play defence and shoves him into the goal post. Get down 1-0. Suck around for a bit. Rely on Price to bail you out continuously. Magically pull game out of your asses.

Formula!

Ryan White is hot. Desharnais discovered he can score goals when he's not dishing to Pacioretty. Rene Bourque looked interested. Gionta with the best wrap around on an empty netter I've seen. Another 30+ shots saved. Ho hum.

And it only took an in-game 40 minute warm up.

Alright. Let's get these Olympics on. No worries, Team USA. Pacioretty will be fine in the morning, if not in an hour.

To Russia!

Habs 3, Senaturds 1: For Eller

It made me happy to see them win this game in the manner they did. Hard fought, shot blocking, sacrifice and heart, the way they didn't play the night before. It does not alleviate what happened to Eller. Two games for Gryba is fine and dandy, but Eller is still gone. The feeling made worse by the onslaught of stupidity from the hockey world who just a day earlier were out with the pitchforks after Ference for his usual headshot to Grabovski. Not to mention those attempting to deflect to the "where's the outrage over what Brown did/missed" crap. You know what? How about you ask the Blues fan to fuel the outrage. We'll take care of our own, thanks.

Also all those players did not fall face first unconscious into a pool of their own blood. So shut the fuck up.

And the Habs lost more bodies. As we figured, Gionta was injured. Pacioretty got injured. Tonight Bourque smacked into Armstrong and got up slowly, blinking. It's bad enough to lose all those top players, taking each other out is not what we need.

But then Ryan White went into BAMF mode and kicked everyone's ass. Oh and some crap goalie no one likes was out of his mind. Who needs teeth, eh?

I'm gonna just leave this here, you bug-eyed fat walrus.

Next home game: Ottawa. See you Sunday, you whiny bitches.

Habs 4, Sabres 5 (SO): I got a few things to say

I'm sorry. I can't even be angry with Ryan White.

Oh yes I've heard the "Ott is a master prick and did his job, White should have controlled himself better". All game long Ott was going after Gallagher, after Markov, after Gionta...kind of like that game in Dallas when he went after Kovy and Koivu and Greg Stewart punched him in the face. Only in that game, Price was the goalie and the penalty killers did their job.

Which brings me to this point: Maybe your penalty kill unit should have a guy named PK Subban on it? I don't know why he magically disappeared from the kill tonight. Having PK out there killing penalties for basically 46 seconds does not help your cause, especially in a back-to-back game. And yea Diaz had a good game. But seeing him channel his inner Hal Gill on a 5-on-3, while heroic, is not something you want to see regularly. Guess who was out there killing White's penalty? NOT PK.

It would also help if Budaj knew what a goal line stand was... Or how to close his giant 5-hole. Or use his glove to freeze the puck instead of allowing the puck to fly off him wildly in random directions.

So go ahead. Blame Ryan White for doing what all you fans were crying about, how no one ever stands up when douchnozzles take liberties on our players. Go ahead and ignore the fact that every time the Habs scored, DD's line was put out there and totally zonked out allowing the Sabres to score one right back. Go ahead and ignore the wet noodle attempt to kill the clock with the empty net staring in their face. Because you do not put your faith on Tim Peel to call Steve Ott for pitchforking Budaj into the net to allow Vanek to score. Because Tim Peel is a big twat.

Also would it kill you to win a faceoff? This team's most glaring wart. The other wart being how bad Desharnais and Cole have been. Pacioretty is starting to catch the suck bug.

In the future, Habs should send Galchenyuk out for all three attempts in the shootout. Just switch the jersey every time. My how big you've suddenly grown, Gionta!

Speaking of Gionta, he took a really stupid random penalty in the middle of the 2nd period that I can only describe by this photo....

Meow, bitches!

ATTENTION EVERYONE!

I have an important announcement to make!

Ryan White has re-signed for another year. Hopefully it won't start with a sports hernia nor end with a concussion so that he can re-sign again for more years after this one.

BAMF!

Today's The Good, the Bad, and the WTF?!

The Good: Ryan White!
That's right, everyone! Our favourite BAMF is signed on (finally) for another year to troll the ice, punch out Boychuk, and get lumpy heads that require a bit of ice before his helmet could sufficiently fit back on properly in order to continue playing. And score some goals maybe. Probably on Jose Theodore. I'm also hoping they extend his contract beyond a year.

The Bad: The BB Armada!
I'm not entirely sure Joel Bouchard and his motley crue who have stolen away the Montreal Juniors to fill his goddamn facility on the far end of the old GM plant in Boisbriand have ever driven up highway 15 or highway 13 or the 640 for that matter around 5pm on a weekday. Here's a hint: during the year (ie. hockey season) around rush hour those 3 roads are packed to hell. So good luck getting West Island families and Montrealers (or Laval/BB residents that work in town) out there during the week to see your damn hockey team that was once perfectly located next to a Metro station.

Oh did I mention all these roads are UNDER CONSTRUCTION?

And The WTF?! Brendan Shanahan!
I know this talk was a month old but honestly Shanahan wasted no time at being the new disciplinarian arsehole. I was listening to the Team990 and they were talking to some dude about violence in sports and Shanahan's talk about what Air Canada threatened after the Chara hit on Pacioretty came up. Him saying how while they were pleased with Air Canada's stance on the violent hit and the lack of doing anything by the League to punish the reckless hit that they themselves were equally concerned about it but their concern was for all 30 teams and not just the 1 really pissed me off. I'm guessing Shanny never heard of the saying "the straw that breaks the camel's back"? They really just don't get it. They don't get how the live and incredible violence on a kid by Mark Fucking Messier's Leadership Award Winner Chara that nearly paralyzed him, nay nearly killed him, was not just severely disturbing in the act but the AFTERMATH and how the NHL's leaders actually sat back and mocked the victim, the fans of the team, and it's oldest (you can even say FLAGSHIP) franchise. Especially considering the rules were clear, both new and old, and the action by that manchild captain playing on a team where the League holds an extreme conflict of interest. And then giving Aaron Rome 4 games for bumping Horton into La La Land where the fucking ice did the damage. But lord knows those evil stanchions are far more notorious than the person pushing the player into it.

Congrats on the new job, Shanny. You'll fit right in.

Habs 4, Leafs 1: HamsterPleky is out of hibernation and ready for the playoffs

I came home to a very happy and awake hamster who took a nice run around the "play area" in his ball (he likes to chase me) then a nice nap on my shoulder. Pleky was purring happily. He's such a sweet little rodent.

Highlights of the night in a meaningless game:
- Olé olé olé at the ACC.
- Gio was one goal short of 30. All he needed was a hat trick. All he got was two goals the slacker.
- PK couldn't tie the Guy Lapointe record but hey 14 goals by a rookie D in this League on THIS incarnation of the team is pretty fucking hard to do!
- Oh how I missed those Tomas Plekanec shorthanded breakaways. Suck it, Optimus Reim.
- Cammy one shy of 20 with a twice injured shoulder. Too bad. He had his chances but he just couldn't elevate the puck.
- RYAN WHITE SCORED A GOAL!
- RYAN WHITE HAD A FIGHT!
- Ryan White didn't have another Gordie Howe hat trick but RYAN WHITE DUMPED DION PHANEUF INTO THE BENCH. TEEHEE!
- Also White's head got lumpy and he couldn't put his helmet back on so he had to sit out for a bit. But he was having the time of his life in the penalty box with a giant bag of ice.
- Should have been the 3rd star instead of Kessel but someone was sucking Leafs on that pick.


- Kadri's a douche.
- I would switch Benoit Pouliot with Raphael Pouliot any day. At least he would have buried Kessel at center ice...
- Carey Price is full of win and awesome. At least he got his piece of Habs history. That's win 38 (that's FIRST in the League tied with Luongo who plays for the best team in the League) in his 72nd start! A first in Habs history since Ken Dryden...
- And no that puck didn't cross the line, it was right ON the line. Matrix save!
- Tee time for the Leafs and the Marlies. Bulldogs FIRST in their division even though the Habs have picked them clean of their top players.
- NO ONE WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED THIS TIME!
- Win #600 for Jacques Martin. Price: "(...)We've all enjoyed playing behind Jacques and I think he's done a pretty bang up job." What say you, Laraque?
- Cry more, CBC.

Here's to one hell of a season, boys. I'll have my playoffs stuff up soonish. Bring on the Booins.

Motivational Day for the Habs

After a long overdue Sunday bag skate, Habs got the day off which irked a few M$M loudmouths. Whatever. I think the Habs need a Motivational Day. So here's my Motivational Poster and I want Jacques Martin to hang this in his office. Hint hint: STOP BENCHING RYAN WHITE AND LET HIM RUN RAMPANT ON YOUR ENEMIES, ASSHAT!