Chris Lee: ruiner of lives

Chris Lee has no intent to blow, he just blows. And it's not the first time he's screwed us in a game.

Crosby claims Fleury was covering it anyway. Not likely when the puck is behind you.

Another one of his glorious moments in the game: puts his hand up to call a delayed penalty with 3 seconds on the clock while the Habs have the goalie already pulled.

Blows a negated icing.

Doesn't know what icing is altogether.

Doesn't recognize the Penguins system of interference for defence. Something the Pens fans themselves complained about to no end when playing Detroit in the playoffs.

Offside and high sticks on clears.

And if you dare complain about him in public for the blind prick he is, the League will fine you.

You can say the Habs can't hang their loss on one bad call after being outplayed and outshot. One moment in 60 minutes. At the same time, it's that one moment in 60 minutes that can finally turn a game around. It's the Catch 22 of the sport. Like calling Marty McSorley's illegal stick to turn a playoff series around, one blown call was the difference between the possiblity of earning a point in a game the Habs did a great job at playing with the arse lucky Penguins.

The only solace Habs fans can have is Wikipedia Revenge.

Funny how in the last Pens/Habs game Price had the puck in his pad and was squeezing for a good 5 seconds without a whistle when Guerin walks up to him and pokes it the net for a goal. Tonight, it's a good foot in front of Fleury and TWEET gotta stop those Habs from scoring!

Jokes.

It's too bad Cammy lost his angle on that now-patented 2-on-1, hitting the side of the net instead of the net. Then this one moment in the game wouldn't have hurt so much.

How cute was Hammer's goal celebration? Give the man a marching band.

At least Price got a star for his efforts. I point and laugh at the idiot who called CJAD to blast and blame the kid, and I cheer for Murray Wilson who blasted the idiot live on air. Best call he's done all year.

And the PK is still hot. The powerplay too. When we get a powerplay...

I'm off to Toronto for the weekend now. Bar Mitzvah in enemy territory. I can't believe my little cousin is already 13... My brother and I got him a red Habs jersey with Price 31 on the back. Thinking about it now, maybe Cammy's #13 would have been more fitting just for the #13. But you can't fail with Carey. He's already got a Price t-shirt. So while I wine and dine, the Habs will be down in Atlanta. All I have to say is GO HABS GO and a pox on Chris Lee.

Habs 1, Crosby 3, Some other guys 3: Call Patrick Jane, we've found Red John

He is Maaaaaar...io?

Oooo suspense.

Don't know much about the credibility of the dying words of some douchebag dead in a bathtub...

SO ANYWAY, can we stop riding the "hot hand" and get back to a schedule here boss? Reason why I hate that is it puts the emphasis on the wrong syllable where such an emphasis is not needed. A mailed in Thrashers team, a tired (crappy) Islanders team, a sucky Lundqvist who randomly steals games, and the Islanders fully awake again... These were tools of practice. But you're not going to walk into Pittsburgh with a flu-ridden team and hope to win on the efforts of Kyle Chipchura alone. Though he did come close, just Guimauve is fucking useless...CALL UP RUSSELL OR WHITE! GIVE CHIPPER LINEMATES! I mean notice how a line of Chips/Patches/Dagger buzz? Yea, where is that? If anything we can only hope Gomez breathed on a few of them and left a parting gift.

BLARGH!
- I missed you Pricey!
- Check out the stickhandling. On his knees, after a tricky bouncy dump in that would have gone in if your name was Pavelec. Sees a Pen coming for him. So whilst off balanced and holding his stick high close the black he quickly flicks the puck to the glass and out of harm's way. Skills.
- Check out the other guy's stickhandling sending it right to a DoG penalty. Pleky scores! Merci MAF!
- Crosby tried to make his third a highlight reel but lost the puck in his feet. Showoff. Instead the third was a garbage goal that needed to be reviewed in case he kicked it in.
- Pleky vs Guerin? I laughed.
- Gionta looked a little drunk.
- Gorges was the only defenceman with a hit. You know you're sick when...?
- I guess Coach don't know to put Lapierre against Crosby. He's only been in his face all his life.
- Finally people realize Chipper isn't as slow as you think he is. And woo he's winning faceoffs now!
- That net knocking off penalty was total fucking bogus. And no goalie in the world would be able to stop that shot (unless it was just the two of them out there, but I digress).
- Jaro too small to cover corners. This is the sad fact :(
- Jaro almost pulled a Biron when he ran to the top of the circle to get to the puck first. My heart stopped.
- They really looked sick out there. Well most of them. Metro still looked ready to puke. Fanned on two shots in a row. I would have been happier if someone had thrown up.
- Since the game was out of reach I was hoping Moen would score a hat trick in 5 minutes. That or Price gets a goal, assist, and a fighting major. Gotta watch it when you touch a goalie's head and knock off their masks. They bite!
- RDS highlight of the night: they called McKee "McCabe". Ouch.
- To Chicago!

Tweetup Montreal - Game 1, 4-2 loss in an emty netter

Yes, that's Lucic in voodoo doll form, feeling the wrath of Habs fans after a loss.

Habs played a good game tonight. In fact, if they play well like this and still lose the series I won't complain. If they take it to seven hard earned games and still lose I'll be sad but won't complain. Same if they get sweeped in 4 but still play well enough to actually have won. People were thinking the Habs were going to get blown out. I never doubted the boys. All the games, save for one, were pretty close games that could have gone either way (no, not the one with the puck bouncing off that broken board--that was just crap luck). That's how the game was, except the Bruins have a better finish while the Habs face 5 goalies and pretty much no net to shoot at. I swear Tim Thomas sees maybe 30% of the play. But the shots and the faceoff wins were pretty equal. Maybe they can slowly whittle them down by bouncing pucks off their legs. Price played a good game but got shafted by the ref on his side holding his whistle for 5 minutes unlike on the other side. (That first goal was a fucking joke. Whacked it right out of his glove. Price doesn't get angry unless there's a reason). If the refs don't like being criticize for their deficiencies then they should change leagues. Gainey had the right to criticize them last time, since not only is he GM of the team, but they were a bunch of shakey morons. Whatever.

- Kovy's goal... Anyone clock that? I swear it broke the sound barrier. My brother afterwards: "It was on fire. I'm surprised it didn't go through the net".
- Higgins and Metro = love
- Kovy, Gorges, and Kostitsyn made my night by knocking Lucic on his ass.
- Breezer needs to go switch places with Weber. At least Weber could maybe hit the net. At least Weber would have an excuse for making rookie errors. Breezer played like a guy who didn't want the puck so he could avoid injury. I guess that's how he made it to 1000 games.
- Komisaurus didn't really make an major screw ups!
- Chara should really...not...use...a yellow mouth guard... Guh.
- Speaking of yellow. Yellow towels? Really, Boston?

In other news: I got my tickets for Monday! Wooo! Now... what should I write on my brick... Unfortunately "Go you Fucking Habs!" is not appropriate...

We need Markov cloned: Habs 2 Sens 3

I put this loss on you, Maple Leafs. And when our guy accidentaly breaks your porcelain defenseman, we hear it and see it on every sports channel and page known to man and Kostopoulos is turned into something he is not and suspended a few games. But the little turd runs our star ironman with definite intent in a late moment of a game well out of hand and puts him out for three weeks, we hear nothing of it. Confuckingratulations.

Whatever.
- Gorges to Grabovski: I suggest you think about the KHL next season. Komisaurus is also waiting to plaster you into the wall.
- It's Monday and raining. Bad day for a game. But at least the crowd was by their side. Loud and proud, yo. I watched the Canucks game yesterday and it was dead silent... until they started booing as they slowly lost to the Avalanche.
- Breezer finally gets his silver stick and crystal thingy for his 1000th game. The stick was presented to him by the Pocket Rocket.
- Tanguay hitting the crossbar while standing in front of the net on a perfect Kovy-fake out...was vintage Robert Lang.
- Oh Higgy, a wide open net and you can't bank it in... It's that hesitation and sluggish reaction that will be the death of you.
- Kovy vs Ruutu all night. Ruutu didn't really work out though as Kovy got a goal that only Kovy can do.
- No Markov, No Schneider, No power play...
- Refs were absolute garbage. Don't get the high stick on Komisaurus but you sure get the one dealt by O'Byrne. Don't get the two head shots on Koivu or the tripping of Lapierre right in front of your eyes, but you sure love to pick on O'Byrne and a dive by Neil. And my idea of a cross check isn't a guy falling on another guy in a net scrum. It takes a lot to make Bob Gainey angry at you, so congratulations on managing that.
- Don't even get me started on that blown icing call that Gui! touched first a full 2 feet ahead...
- Speaking of Gui! it was fun watching players bounce off him.
- Anyone else on that team other than Heatley? No? Didn't think so.
- Tanguay, please stop with the drop passes unless you're sure someone on your team is there. And also please stop trying to Kovy your way into the zone. It really rarely works for you...
- Janik didn't do so bad actually. The sheer volume of the crowd could make him shit his shorts. He plays a bit like Hammer actually.
- Speaking of Hammer... Nice goal when they needed it but you really let guys walk in too much.
- If Jaro's legs were just a bit longer that second goal would have never happened. Maybe he could get flippers.
- Insert random swear words here.
- Can we maybe call over Yemelin or Korneev?

Conclusion: No more injuries. Please. For the love of all things great and small... At least the flu seems to have subsided. Still in seventh though. Yey.

A League of Bollocks

As if I weren't pissed off already, because how the fuck did April showers get into my February... And as if Plekanec wasn't having a bad enough year to begin with.

Double-U Tee Eff, mate!

Since when do players get suspended from that, considering it:
- Wasn't an icing chase down slew foot.
- Was two players locked and ready to slide towards the boards to get the puck in what we've all seen countless times.
- Borderline tripping call considering Grebeshkov was leaning way too far back in his attempt to halt Plekanec on the play.
- It's the little girl, Plekanec!

So now according to the league, players get suspended for accidents that happen during a rather physical game where an injury occures? Do they make this up as they go along?

If Plekanec were Ovechkin you'd hear nothing of it.

Bollocks NHL.

Guess we'll also hear how Plekanec is "evil" from Don Cherry on Saturday too.

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The boys had a big practice and nearly added to their own woes. Koivu and Begin nearly broke Price's face after colliding with him. Kovy whacked Markov in the face with his stick. Kostopoulos also took a stick to the head. I guess high altitude does that.

CJAD had a "how would you fix the Habs" question, regarding trades or weathering the storm with patiences. First to call in was a "trade Koivu, he's done nothing!" rant. Another guy with a bit more brains said "stop line juggling, they're not robots, they're people and can't possibly get used to each other like that" though... you should just be able to react and play and not care who's on your line. Another idiot had "trade 4 Russians and 2 defensemen for Bouwmeester". And who plays? Sorry, but Bou doesn't make a complete team.

My suggestion: clone Pacioretty.

Remember the Bollocks: Habs 2, Divers 3 (OT)

No matter how hard a team tries, the outcome is usually the same with the Whalicanes. And the Habs deserve their point at least, because they played the game as careful as they could and as hard as they would be allowed considering every breath on a Whalicane results in a penalty or a no-goal. My brother observed it as it was in the early part of the game and into the middle of the second period: that the guys were too afraid to battle on the boards early on because every time they did they knew they would be called for something. (Caught a few times in later board battles a few 'Canes trying to pretend something that wasn't happening). Of what I did see, Pleky and Max's penalties were accurate. I know the one early on with Komo was a total dive, though.

Once upon a time, Mike Van Ryn said when he was in Florida that apparently if you brush up along side Brind'Amour, you'll get called for something. But every tripping they do is "accidental" and how a team's goal is waved off on a delayed penalty I don't know, because how does one put the puck in the net on a rebound off the goalie when they are not in control of said puck? And in overtime as Markov is trying to work while his stick is being held for a good 10 seconds with no call on it, only to have the Whalicanes later jump on Price and the loose puck that trickled behind him to the post a few moments later. Habs should have been on a powerplay there. Weaker calls were given yesterday in overtime, but this was absolutely blatant and in full view of the ref and where the puck was. I'm glad the crowd threw their cups and various trash on the rink after the game was over. The camera showed a nice shot of flying beer.

If any good came from this:
- D'Agostini!
- Tanguay the gentleman on D'Agostini's goal.
- Lang. Yes, screw you Mats.
- Price, like fine wine, will get better with age and got better as the game rolled on. I mean, not a bad showing for a guy who just came back from a long few weeks off. And (from the sound of it) I totally know the kind of injury he had as I've done the same to myself a few times just standing around my room and turning around too fast while the rest of me doesnt turn. (My dad has a problem with answering phones right away). Needless to say, it was hard to walk for a day or two, and then a little strained for a bit more.
- The hussle and awesomness of Lapierre's line when he's got Latendresse and Kostopoulos around him.
- Laraque the Rock and his big body, an absolutely immovable object.
- Kovy and his magic and how well Sergei is playing with him. And how hard he tried to help Pleky snap his zombie complex. (A little tap on the legs after a golden chance that completely failed, among other constant attempts to get him something, anything).
- Maxwell has pretty good hussle too, and seems to just be concentrating on his defensive game right now.
- WE NEVER HAVE TO SEE THESE DROOGS AGAIN UNTIL NEXT SEASON!



And to all of you, this one point could have been worse, so happy holidays. Keep healthy, keep safe, keep warm, and GO HABS GO!

Does this warrant a title or do I need to check the rulebook first?

On this historic day, everyone's favourite defenseman, Josh Gorges, scored his first goal in a Montreal Canadiens sweater. It was his 2nd NHL goal in total, ever. Goalie Carey Price gave number 26 a big hug during intermission and the crowd went wild.

Too bad Chris Lee and Ryan O'Byrne pissed on your parade. FUCK-N-A!

Oh yea, and it was a good game, Habs were all over the Islanders, fixing each others mistakes, fighting hard in overtime (Kovy gave up waiting for his linemates I think). Scoring from Lapierre and Begin. It was a good game, other than those two...things.