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 4, Bruins 1: Yay! You did it again!

Though really. Habs beating Bruins. Water wet. Sky blue. (Well most of the time).

I will declare the Habs played a perfect game. Probably their most perfect since that game against Chicago. And you know why? Because they SKATED the Bruins out of the rink.

So stick with your preferred narrative all you want at how the Bruins didn't play well. Nope. The Habs made them play poorly. Of course if the Bruins had gotten a goal first, might have been a different story. But they didn't. Habs skate with the puck and passed it around with authority.

That's how you hockey, Habs. Not that shit we've seen for two months. So maybe Therrien finally got it. Brolieu with Murray in limited minutes. Eller still at center. Bournival still with Pleky and Gionta. And Emelin. The GOOD Emelin has returned! And this team is just so much better thanks to that.

One more week of hockey til the Olympic break. Don't blow these good feelings, Habs.

PS. Marchand shall officially be known as "Shitbag".