People really don't understand why the Canadiens have a hard time with terrible teams. I can tell you why, though. These teams are so bad and have almost no system that it's almost impossible to read, so they seem unable to work against them. At least, that's how I see it. I guess the guys could use some motivation for the Capitals on Saturday though, since the only goal came from Breezer off the powerplay. Shocking, I know.
I'll be brief because I'm half asleep:
- I'm guessing traffic held up our anthem singer, since they brought out the old Forum tapes. Yes I know the old lyrics to our anthem!
- Vince is still the same asshole in game as when i knew him.
- Stamkos is learning how to be a similar asshole from Vince.
- A few guys just below my seat were chanting his name as "LE CAAAAVE!" (which is basically French for asshole).
- Refs missed 15 rather bad penalties, including two puck over the glass that we always get called for but I guess refs had the Lightning with a pity vote.
- Melrose hoped they never won another game and to me that meant they were going to win tonight.
- Breezer scored, but couldn't hold a blue line to save himself.
- Breezer has the odd tendency to shoot a forward pass right into an opposing player.
- O'Byrne was smarter than Breezer.
- Sergei Kostitsyn needs finishers on his line because his beautiful setups are going to waste.
- Latendresse was rather invisible but I saw he wanted to score.
- Watching a guy bounce of Gui! in an attempt to check him off the puck, though, was hilarious. Gui! didn't move, guy went flying though.
- Kovalev wins faceoffs!
- Not that it mattered to win faceoffs since it would be lost soon after or waved off.
- Koivu injured?! FARK!
- Downie is now back to his regular douchebaggery, and even run our goalie.
- Apparently Vince is untouchable despite his spearing one of our guys while right in front of the ref in between plays. Yet the dive on Sergei and they send the kid off for "tripping".
- Juggling is not goaltending, Jaro.
- REBOUNDS! They go BOING!
- No challenge on that breakaway shorthanded goal. The crowd was chanting for Price to come in.
- Now knows how Price feels after being run into 5 times.
- Markov appears to have forgotten how to work the powerplay.
- SHOOT DA PUCK but not that high.
- Fourth line hussle was unable to score, but did cause much havoc.
- Teams triangle quickly on Kovy. YOU'RE invading his personal space.
- Suddenly getting physical in the 3rd period gave me something to look at as the bodies were flying everywhere. If they had started like that, it would have been a different game.
- Third Period Bonanza (tm) didn't work.
- Thankfully the Lightning can't hit an empty net.
- Kolzig mentored Price during those Tri-City days and were hanging out together by the red line in practice. He was also cheered for when they gave him his 2nd star of the night.
- They booed Vince a lot. Booed him loud when he got his 3rd star
- They cheered for mini St-Louis though, especially when he got his 1st star.
- Should call up our mini player Desharnais. He could give us the same hussle.
- I never saw a drunk thrown out of the Bell Centre from the Kids Zone.
Conclusion: mailed.