Habs 3, Jets 0: The Price is Right, Bitches!

 While TSN is still popping champagne over the Leafs easy win against a Wild team that sucks/played yesterday/played their shitty 3rd string rookie goalie, Habs were having fun in Winnipeg. Well about as much fun one can have in Winnipeg. Which means BEATING THE JETS.

- J! E ! T! S! JETS! JETS! JETS!
- All the same to me.
- Prust opens the scoring, Desharnais had a fantastic view of it, RDS popped the champagne. Brolieu helped out!
- I'm reasonable. Desharnais did well tonight. Well enough.
- PK Subban scored another goal for Team Canada. Unless they really do want Hamhuis to score for the other team.
- Pacioretty got tangled up with two players in the slot and did the splits. Didn't return.
- Fuck you hockey gods.
- I figured once the Habs were up 2-0 the Jets would start a fight. Didn't think Tangradi would go with Ryan White though. Didn't last too long. Actually looked more like a glomp than a fight. (Lucky for Tangradi).
- Habs missed so many gifted empty nets...
- Jets pretty much took over the rest of the game, but Price was there.
- Price was so huge he willed the puck off Andrew Ladd's stick and off harmlessly to the corner WITH HIS MIND!
- Price also one-upped on Tuukka and blockerd some guy who was skating right for him. Tim Peel was unimpressed.
- Tim Peel is a dumbo.
- Diaz's best game ever. I'm serious.
- Byfuglien was probably the most invisible giant man ever tonight.
- PK Subban and Brolieu went the whole length of the ice a few times. I'm in love, guys.
- PK was probably the only other awesome part of this game after Price. A 2-on-1? No problem.
- TSN probably still thinks Suckmeester would fit better on Team Canada. PK would make us look too good.
- I wanted the Habs to draft Trouba but he was gone by then. Imagine PK, Brolieu, and Trouba on one team?
- Tim Peel hates Evander Kane more than PK Subban.
- Blake Wheeler delivered a headshot on Plekanec. Doubt he'll get a call.
- Just as I was yelling at how annoying and useless Briere has been, and was fucking around with the puck, turnovers and all, he finally gets out and hits the empty net.
- How about you score on a goalie now, Briere? I'm not asking much. I'm just asking more than one play a game and less killing of plays...

Successful roadtrip West! Minus the injury to Pacioretty... That could hurt if it's bad.

Habs 4, Jets 3: Find a way and win

Remember that clusterfuck of a game in Edmonton with the millions of stupid calls and Yakupov's heroics saving the game? We just got a taste of that. But no sliding across the ice to land in prayer on a game tying goal. Instead, the Gallys took over the game and saved this team from what would have surely been a loss last season.

Four in a row.
- I do not, will not, ever not give a fuck about Perry Pearn. Good bye.
- Habs/Jets (Threshers) games tend to be weird. Tonight was weird and wonky. Could have easily gone 7-8.
- Dear PK, you have no idea how much the PK is missing you. Also every D outside of Markov/Emelin ae starting to show their warts, and Gorges could really use you next to him. Can't get back soon enough.
- Price had a better 3rd than the first two periods. Especially with the zero clean up in front. Good thing for him, he's not playing tomorrow.
- Good thing for him Gorges is a pretty good goalie too.
- DD is still sucking. Tonight they tried Prust, Gally, Galchy, Moen, Youppi. Seriously, you're running out of options. Apparently Patches doesn't need you (though we know this already) but rather the other way around. And even then nothing is working.
- Am I the only one who thinks Gallagher looks like a micro Channing Tatum?
- Off the schneid: Bourque finally didn't shot for orbital sattelites! And Erik Cole collected a gift from the Gallys.
- Honestly, I thought they were playing Lacrosse half the game...
- Did you know 27+73=100?

By the way, RDS math.

- Prust says he was hit from behind and fell down. Apparently that's now a penalty.
- Though you have to admit, it was funny seeing everyone go after Antropov. Like, don't piss off the dwarves!
- That call, however, made my dog vomit.
- Markov and the powerplay = Norris, Masterton, Hart. All the accolades!
- Ron Hainsey scored a goal for the Habs.
- Gally had a goal and assist with the least amount of ice time on the whole team (about 9:22). He knows how to compensate.
- Emelin says привет! Kane does not approve. Boohoo.
- The last 30 minutes killed me.

Taking 8 of 10 points so far? Excellent. Keeping the Gallys? Excellent. Best players on the ice. We'd be lost without those crazy kids. Onwards to Ottawa!

Habs 3, Jets 0: Reverse

In an interview with Elliotte Friedman, Price was asked to describe the Habs season in one word. Without hesitation, he quickly wondered if he could use "roller coaster" as one word. I'd have asked to use "Dr. Jekyll, Mr. Hyde"... You just never know what you'll get with this team. I mean, there are trends. They perform better against certain teams, and just don't show up at all against others. Even then, you still don't know what you'll get.

Ultimate tease. One thing though when they have a good game, it's a damn good game.

However they didn't start this game so great. In the back-to-back early starts after a disappointing shutout loss yesterday, they looked extremely sloppy. If not for Price holding the fort, calming them down, we'd be signing a different tune after 60 minutes. Basically, to me, the result of this game felt like a big FUCK YOU to the asswipes on the radio, both callers and mediots, who suggest to trade Price or that he's one of the problems this year. (Quote of the day was from Rookie, "Habs have 99 problems. Carey Price ain't one"). For instance, did you know the Habs are pretty much the only team in the League who didn't yank either of their goalies mid-game all season? A goalie who does his job is one who gives you that chance to win every night, and he's done that. The only puck that got by him was long after the ref blew the whistle 5 times because the Jets fucked up their change on a delayed penalty. (Though why it wasn't too many men, I'll never know).

On today's menu:
- A 23-save shutout with some spectacular moves by Price. His 15th career.
- Patches' 19th goal of the year.
- Palushaj's first assist!
- Emelin's second goal of the year, shorthanded off Pleky's patented Czech Sausage.
- Emelin's first interview after a real game.
- Pleky got booed when it was announced to be his goal instead of Gomez. WE REALLY JUST WANT GOMEZ TO SCORE A GOAL!!!
- PK had a hell of a game and scored an ippon on Wheeler who was upset his breakaway was foiled. Frankly he should have thanked PK who was ready to send him first class into the reds but let up.
- Emelin had 5 hits. Quintuple BOOM!
- Adorable kids line is born: Palushaj-Eller-Leblanc (who switch between playing center every now and then).
- Darche missed 5 wide open nets.
- Pleky hit the post twice on the empty netter (blind shot and then was tripped on the second try).
- No really, how many Habs does it take to hit an empty net?
- Someone surely could take Campoli for a draft pick...
- Habs shots on goal 11-11-1. Still ended up equal with the Jets overall (23).
- Claude Noel probably not answering to reporters any more enthusiastically than the last Jets game.

Only shame, with the empty netter available, Gomez didn't get on the ice. I know you want to keep your game plan set, and they were on the penalty kill, but c'mon...give the man a break! Of course, knowing Gomez, he'd probably give the puck to Price to get HIM a goal. That's just how he is.

How do you say "BOOM!" in Russian?