Habs 1, Lightning 2 (SO): So soff

 Dey soff.

Carey Price vs the Lightning. And a few other guys appeared to help.

- Jon Cooper looks like Marty McFly.
- Hey everyone! Let's watch that Stamkos injury some more! In five different angles! And in super slow mo.
- Carey Price.
- Carey Price? Carey Price.
- Did I mention Carey Price? Carey Price.
- Carey. Fucking. Price.
- And PK Subban had almost 30% of the Habs total shots.
- I would have had more shots than the Habs, but I'm out of booze and waiting for my parents to bring me more from Jamaica.
- Bourque dumped the puck, but it never crossed the red line. Instead, he rolled his eyes and went to the bench while the Lightning had a rush beck the other way and hit the post.
- Hey jackasses. You don't know the fucking rules? READ THE FUCKING RULES. Incidental contact means NO FUCKING GOAL. Shut the fuck up you stupid SunSports jokes.
- Cheering for Daniel Briere makes me ill. But if the puck goes in I'll be happy. Scored with his crotch.
- Epic OT penalty kill.
- Ben Bishop is 6'7" with a 5ft five hole. Sure, go glove side. Three. Times.
- Actually Price got the 5 hole by angrily flinging the puck down the ice all the way into Bishop's net. He apologized.
- I order the Habs to watch 500 YouTube videos for inspiration in shootouts. Or next time pick up Linus Omark when he's on waivers. Oilers won't care.

Out worked. Out shot. Out everything. Da fuq are you doing, Habs? Another wasted effort by Carey Price, who probably has the best save percentage coupled with a .500 record in the League.

Habs 3, Flyers 5: Outeverything

Is there really that much to talk about?

Sure why not. Everyone not named Carey Price, stay here while I slap you. We have some rules when facing the Flyers...

Rule 1.
NEVER. EVER. EVER. ENGAGE WILLFULLY IN A FIGHT. Especially you, Moen. You could barely skate to reach a puck, you think you can take Wayne Simmonds? LOLS! For one I can't wait to hear the endless "Flyers took the momentum after those two fights" instead of "Habs stopped skating and deflected pucks into their own net giving the other team life".

Rule 2.
It's Bryzgalov. SHOOT THE FUCKING PUCK. Exhibit A: Desharnais' shot he ducked out on. Once that went in, Habs decided--on the rare occurrence they managed to get over the blue line--to do the fancy cute drop passes instead of stepping on the throats of a down and out team that just lost their momentum after that putrid goal.

Rule 3.
Well you were pretty good on the penalty kill but holy shit fuckballs STOP IT.

Rule 4.
When the Flyers outwork you for what should be an icing (Bouillon) don't back up, don't stand around, pressure the puck, HIT SOMEONE, and never ever EVER stand in front of your goalie facing the wrong way with your ass in the air. Hell if you're not blocking the shot, get the fuck off the ice. And yes, I'm still fucking pissed Bergevin rushed to sign Bouillon up for next season, who's been useless and outplayed by every random rookie and now newcomer Davis Drewiske. He'd be the next Press Box Man if he weren't Therrien's boy...

We leave this game in shame. Yes, shaaaaaaame. I can take loses. I cannot stand games like this where they just stand around and don't even help Price out much. In fact they hindered him because 3 goals went bouncing off skates and one went off the backboards to the backdoor guy no one picked up while he was screened and couldn't get over fast enough. The only reason this wasn't a blow out like that Pens-Rangers game is because we have him instead of Fleury... I'm told Switzerland's Women's team had more shots in the last two periods of their game against Canada, and they lost 13-0! One whole shot in the 3rd. When you throw 4 shots in the 2nd and TWO are goals, you think that would inspire you to fire on all cylinders? And you gave up the empty netter. And to cap off this shit, we lost Pleky to a day-to-day groin injury. And then Patches went down late in the 3rd to an ankle injury.


Just hope that sweater Bryzgalov knitted in the 3rd period is actually nice.

Habs 8, Wild 1: Perfect Sunday

Todd Richards to his team after sucking this weekend

Back on track after a good day's rest. The Wild had done to them what the Habs had Thursday/Friday and were the victim of a real shitty schedule. Only they didn't have to travel, so they basically slept at the rink. Hockey would be more consistent if not for the stupid back-to-back bullshit. Habs have 9 games left and one back-to-back.

I bet Winnipeg was REALLY empty today.
- Thunder Bay too.
- I expected big things from Pouliot today but mostly thought he'd just end up getting the shaft for goalie inteference again. Nope! Ends with 3 assists and the 3rd star.
- You have NO idea how much I love Auld's mask.
- Ryan White. That is all.
- And that was charging by Stoner on Palushaj. Don't know why the League needs to make the rule any clearer. How about getting the refs to call it for a change?
- But who needs refs when you got Ryan White.
- As good as Andrei Markov is, he would never pull the moves PK pulls. I've seen him circle the offensize zone and walk the line like that many times. This time his centering pass went off a skate and in. Couldn't have happened to a better dude.
- And don't you DARE shake you head at PK ever again, Perry Pearn. Talk about a total square. Egads! Spunky creativity! It must be stopped!
- The smile Moen gave Gomez was priceless when he scored.
- One more goal for twenty, Andrei! Suck it haterz.
- Jose Theodore left early and Tomas Jagr wasn't even playing.
- Cammy was. The one legged wait 'til a sprawling Brent Burns slides by you pass to Wiz. Top shelf with a rocket. They were just having fun.
- I still didn't see the hand on the puck thing but whatever. At least it was Koivu.
- Pyatt scores with stereo! The Thunder Bay section cheers!
- I love Cal Clutterbuck but don't you DARE touch Gionta again!
- Too many game pucks needed for today but at the buzzer, PK tossed the one on the ice to crowd. They tossed him hats, he tosses pucks!
- And Moen did a mini triple low-five with him. They cut his tie later. (Bet it was Price with the scissors).

Last time the Habs scored eight goals Alex Auld played for the Bruins and chased him out of the net pretty quick. Good to be on the winning side eh Alex? Speaking of the Hated Bear Tribe of the East. Who's 1 point behind them? Da Habs.

Go Bulldogs!

Habs 4, Sens 1: Wake me up before you go go

You can watch the 1st and fast-forward to the 3rd because that 2nd period was brutal... I don't know what they were doing. Sleepwalking? Squandered a 5-minute boarding powerplay and a double-minor on a high stick... Frankly, maybe Clouston should play the Sens shorthanded the whole game if he wanted them to play better and the Habs to suck more.

Definitely the type of game that needed a extra shot of PK Subban...

And I bet Tony Marinaro will be doing happy cartwheels on the radio tomorrow now that Gomez hurt his back. Unfortunately what he will fail to realize is the powerplay went to poop BECAUSE Gomez couldn't play and PK's watching in the stands. But, never underestimate Pascal Leclaire's ability to be the suckiest goalie that ever forgot he's got arms to go with those legs.

Excuse yourself, Pascal.

Scoring by committee:
- Pleky has 25 points already.
- Though a minute in, passing the puck to Spezza right in front of your own net is probably not a good idea.
- Pleky, Gionta, Kostitsyn, and Cammy all have 9 goals even.
- Halpern and Pouliot have 6 goals and 9 assists even.
- Three Sens assisted on 3 of the 4 goals.
- Price says all he's doing is taking up oxygen out there. And giggling with Hal Gill.
- First intermission facepalm: Darren Pang with the Freudian slip of the year. (He apologized later for the oopsie).
- Though honestly to be fair, I find Pietrangelo's personality to be a block of wood compared to PK's...so screw that.
- Now I know why Picard looked so terrible with the Sens: Kuba and Phillips are absolute crap.
- Hal Gill had Carkner in one hand and Winchester in the other while everyone else was trying to punch with Neil.
- PK looked like he raided the wardrobe from the set of Newsies. Very sharp! But I'd rather see you in uniform, as would the many chanting "PK!PK!PK!" when the powerplay was sucking and the game was boring.
- If there was any truth to Bruce "Malkin to the Kings" Garrioch's bullshit story about Kovy maybe coming back to the Habs, HAHAHAHAHAno.
- Creepy McCreepers can shutup about Lars Eller being traded for Halak. I'm guessing he heard you because that was some mighty fine work to set up Gionta for Hamr's baseball bunt goal.
- For a moment, Maxim Lapierre thought he was Mario Lemieux. Then he woke up and hit the side of the net.
- Uh oh! Coach is cracking jokes while at the press conference! Time to make yourself a healthy scratch because we can't have this thing called "personality" get in the way of your speaking with the media, coach!

I didn't go to work today. While the weather wasn't so bad (it's still snowing) it took us an hour to get from St-John's blvd to Sources, which shouldn't even be a minute normally. Rediculous. I was trapped in the West Island. I mean, I like my job but not that much. Spending the morning with the puppy, then the afternoon sleeping/cleaning, and a Habs win at night. That was my day.

Round 3 Game 1: An orange slap across the face

I wonder if this is how Muller and Martin sit down to decide on the lineup. Make the argument about sticking in Ryan "Rhino" O'Byrne so that we might have a big, hitting defenceman who could maybe toss guys out of our crease without having to worry about 50 stitches in his leg, or the merits of a gritty Sergei Kostitsyn who just wants to be believed in and not benched when he makes one little mistake only to watch Pouliot continue to coast and Bergeron continue to fail.

I could probably say the same argument about a goalie that is, like Leighton, 6'3" and can see around some of the net crashing bodies, but I digress. It doesn't matter anyway since no one scored, but hey people have blamed him for games they were shutout in. It would help if the players in front would not be pylons. And if Gomez would not take stupid penalties.

But seriously guys? You got outskated by a dude with a BROKEN FOOT!

If Adrian Monk were involed in this game, he'd use up a whole box of hand sanitizer wipes.

Round 3 Game 2: When Alex Henry scores, the world gets confused.
Actually Henry is a guy the Habs could use. Big, mean, eager to punch you. Bulldogs take a 2-0 series lead over the Stars, beating them 3-1 this afternoon. Trotter had two assists. Russell scored on the powerplay! And Glumac finished it off. Also the Bulldogs didn't allow a powerplay goal and covered Jamie Benn so well that some ex-Flames dude had to flip the puck off Sanford to score.

Sens 2, Habs whatever: What, already?

Back to the way we were, I suppose.

Disjointed lines. Passes that stay behind. Passes that go more to feet than blades. Blades that go to faces (holy shit, Travis Touchdown, PLEASE BE OK). Powerplay that seems to scream "SOS Mathieu Schneider". Defence that can't make a play to clear the zone. Forwards that think the netting is the net. And luckily for Jaro, the Sens failed on many 2-on-1s and 3-on-1s. Misses and posts and fanned shots, oh my!

However, I feel like I'm repeating myself when I say JARO! STAY IN YOUR NET! Or at least stay on your own two-feet if you leave it...

I think the only things of interest that managed to grab my attention away from cooking, and correcting my father's mislabeled facebook pictures (sigh), was the fact that PRICE ISN'T WEARING THE RED PADS ANYMORE (SADNESS!!!) and Jacques Martin has a very pointy head.

And while I was so sure Kovy would slump bust for 10 points tonight, the fact he didn't means it's worse than we thought. He's sulking bad. Does Bryan Murray take him for a walk by the canal? Does he give Gainey a call for help? Or does SLC run him over with a car?

Frankly I could only think of this:

Take a walk, Kovy.

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Pour one for Travis Touchdown. Apparently 25 55 stitches, no eyes were damage. He doesn't wear a visor because it gets in his way. But hey, Brendan Witt got hit by a truck and played later that day... Those Saskatchewan boys are built tough.

Habs 1, Devils 2: Would be nice to have 5 goalies like them

Want a recap?

1. Travis Touchdown shorthanded backhand through Brodeur's legs. His 7th goal of the year. But TSN will refuse to show it in the recap 'cause that would be fair.

2. 80% of the penalties were bullshit.

3. Devils weren't called for anything save for one shocking hooking call? Meanwhile Rhino was sent headfirst into the boards, but that's ok, Bettman said not to give the Habs powerplays because Bob hates him.

4. Don't blame the Habs for this boring game. The Devils were BORN boring.

5. Devils ran into each other more times than I can count.

6. NOT A BAD PENALTY! Price had no choice but to go into the "zone". Habs took their sweet fucking time to get there. If he had left it, Devils would have been all over his net. And they killed the penalty anyway. You usually defend during the last 2 minutes of a period unless there's a better opportunity, and the Habs had better opportunities while shorthanded.

7. And on that penalty, do you question the ref's eyesight when he looks over to the goalie and says "Montreal number uh thirty-uh...seven". Really?

8. Hey Pleky, gonna try to stop Elias from crashing the net or are you just admiring his rear?

9. The team that looked in control earlier this month looks out of control, except when shorthanded. I think these guys are out of gas completely. Tomorrow will be annoying.

Injured: Hammer. Looks like a knee thing. We're screwed~~~!

Stop blaming Price. Who cares if he let in a banana. I seem to remember one Marc-Andre Fleury putting a puck in his own net with his ass in the Stanley Cup game. What about the other 25 saves, most of them gloved and held to stop the pain in his defensive zone, most of them not very easy ones? And Moen's goal wasn't exactly Ovechkian either. The team still had over 30 or so minutes to do something about it. How many wide open nets did they miss or lost the puck in a sea of feet? In a 2-1 loss where you spend most of the time on the outside chasing, or in the neutral zone sleeping, I can think of 18 other guys not trying hard enough to win a game they had enough of a chance to win if there was more offensive attempts the other way...

And contrary to popular belief, the Devils have 5 goalies on the ice all the time. Habs only have the one. The difference between the traffic in each team's respective zone is rediculous and noticeable. If Brodeur were a Hab, he wouldn't be on Team Canada's list.

If you're going to blame Price, even though they were outshot all night (though not in the 30+ range), then you better start blaming Cammy for never scoring on the road.

Bottom line though:
- Goaltending is not the problem yet everyone seems to just talk about it.
- They weren't shut out. Terry Sawchuck is sitting on Brodeur's shoulder. Glaring.
- Sabres were shut out by the Sens. With Miller in nets. Huh?
- Leafs lost. Badly. In a battle of sloppy hockey teams (Coyotes). Ho ho ho!
- Torts went Torts. Though to answer his question, the Rangers are suffering from the same thing the Habs are suffering from (ie. blitz season). Too bad the colourful angry personality coaches will get fined for swearing tirades. Why? Children don't attend press conferences...
- RDS will hold a parade tomorrow for Gui.

Disappointment thy name is shootout - Habs 3 Sabres 4 (SO)

It's a bum way to end a good game but yet again the Habs turn complacent and passive in the 3rd period and it bites them in the arse. Still Carey Price guaranteed them a point in games they deserved and in games they didn't before his first injury, and since that 2-0 loss in Atlanta (where he only allowed 1) they haven't lost in regulation with him in nets.

Lady luck stayed home?
- First period, Habs were everywhere. They hit anything that moved and shot the puck with fire. And Miller couldn't handle many of the weird bounces, but luck left it's clover at the door and nothing bounced in. Of course, a sneaky tip-in on the end of a lame penalty powerplay gave the Sabres a 1-0 lead...
- As with most goals against for Price, if they're not absolute flukes, it's him staring at 4 red sweaters blocking his view, like the second one after a fanned clear attempt right in the slot. C'mon guys, get to it!
- With his lunchpail and hard hat, Master Higgins wakes them up with an awesome goal. I love the Ninja Line.
- Revenge thy name is Koivu-Kovalev-Tanguay. Capitalizing on the powerplay and the puck bounced off Kovy each time. A sneaky tip-in of his own was just gravy.
- Sergei did some lovely plays tonight, covering for defensive errors, missed a check but managed to get just a piece of the guy to create a turnover, some great aggressive forechecking especially in the 3rd, and came flying in on the left-wing but again no one was following. Poor guy. Hopefully once his brother is healthy, they can have some finish on that line. Still, I love his intensity and really missed it when he was away in Hamilton.
- I love the way Kovy skates like a shark out hunting when he's forechecking. Though I think he could have neutralized that player who passed the puck which lead to the 3rd Sabres sneaky tip in goal after the team couldn't exit the zone again.
- Huuuuuuuge stops by Price, including the Save of the Game with a Sabres player sitting on him.
- I guess the adrenaline got to Fruit Punch's brain because he usually doesn't hit people like that boarding penalty. Though, it's Kaleta so I don't know if you can maybe call it justice? I've seen players get suspended for less, I've seen players not get suspended for worse. But Kaleta didn't get injured either, so...
- Markov is the team MVP.
- Hammer was absolutely out of it tonight.
- Breezer goes back in the trunk...and the car goes off somewhere, I don't care where...
- Dagger didn't have a good game tonight, but gotta give Bob credit. He gave him his chances.
- I order you all to work on faceoffs.
- That said, the refs were being morons on the faceoffs. Drop the fucking puck and shut up please? What the hell were they doing?
- Benoit Brunet: stfu.
- Dandy is totally justifying his contract and totally showing why he's a good asset. Also shows why he's a better forward than defenseman, though I'd rather have him on D than Breezer. If Bob does that, he could always shove Stewie on the Ninja Line.
- Overtime was yakety-sax hockey.
- The shootout was rather lame on the part of the Habs shooters. And with Price being outstanding and Miller being lucky and wonky, they just couldn't get the puck off the ice. The sweet spot on Miller in a shootout is usually over the right shoulder. Pleky got it, but hit the post. Story of our lives eh? But with March being playoff hockey time, maybe the league should just ban shootouts in the final stretch...
- The whole team waited for Price to come to the bench when the shootout was over. Kovy gave him a big pat on the head.
- One thing I also noticed was Bob waits for his team to go first before leaving the rink. Even after those losses.
- Bob knows about the importance of playing a complete 20 minutes in the third. He's addressed this in his Press Conference. Once the Bob addresses something it gets fixed, that's for sure.

Conclusion: perhaps the 1 point gained tonight will serve as a reminder for how terribly important it is to play a solid 3rd period. Lead protection is the key to a playoff series, and any passive complacency leads to the death of a season. Still, I'm confident the guys can make it. This game was intense, the refs were morons, and it was probably the best Saturday night game the guy's have had since the beginning of the season.

Bulldogs and others to report!
- Despite a 2-1 OT loss to the top Manitoba Moose, the Dogs have clinched a playoff spot. They play the Moose again today.
- The Montreal Juniors (STUPID NAME) completely owned the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies 7-0 in a pivotal game 5 for their first playoff series. (And this is all without Angelo Esposito who injured his knee and was done for the season). The Juniors have a chance to put it all away at 4pm today. Oh...and I like that Jeremy Gouchie kid.

Eastern clusterfuck:
- Marty, Marty, Marty! You failed me! Panthers put the smack down on the Stars 6-3. I is so very sad...
- Tough night for goalies named "Marty" as Carolina toys with the Devils 2-1. Been a while since Brodeur faced 48 shots eh?
- Pens takes the Rags 4-3 after trading goals all night. Stundqvist.
- Boston had an easy night with the Leafs despite Manny Fernandez being crap. Though you can say Pogge was crappier. And this was the guy who once upon a time was AHEAD of Price, folks. A 7-5 score though, I know Boston was looking for their swagger back but those goals against should bother them.
- Islanders were having a 2-0 deja vu but then lost to Philly in a shootout. Semi-tough night for that Marty. I gotta ask though, why did the Islanders send out Streit as the 3rd shooter...?
- The Sens really feeling that no-playoffs blues now that Atlanta drop kicked them 6-3. Hedberg is in nets again so I guess Lehtonen did get injured (again) in New York. Goalie made of string and glass...
- I'm currently trapped in bed with a migraine. I hate my life and my brain.

Fear the power of Van Moustache: Habs 5 Caps 4

Muller tries to frame Van Massenhoven's moustache

If that Toronto game was more your stuff then you don't know good hockey. The Capitals, in a way, are a similar breed of firewagon hockey as the Tricolore. Only difference is we don't have a crazy high paid Russian. (Markov and Kovy together equal Ovechkin's salary). We've got Belarusians though! (Two Belorussians equal the salary of Semin). Cap numbers are funny. Our three goalies don't even match Theo's salary. Bob's a genius.

Van Moustache's power usually screws up for one goal for or against
- I'm usually the first to cringe and throw Breezer in the trunk of a car, but let's be fair guys. Not only did Van Moustache's power obstruct the man as he made his way from the crowd with the puck, but Semin slashed Breezer prior to stealing said puck to put behind Halak. But as the Van Moustache was too busy getting out of the way, the penalty wasn't seen and the Breezer looked like a fool. But he's a nice guy so no one can really stay angry at him.
- Ovechkin's crazy. But he's a nice kid. Gave Halak a pat on his back after falling over him into the back of his net.
- He is a nice kid, but I was a little shocked to see him trip his own linemate to get the puck...
- Halak was very impressive in the first period, though got a bit shakey in parts. But I noticed he was being more aggressive and coming out of his net more than staying too deep like he usually does. They did say Rollie was doing something with him.
- May Pacioretty never see Hamilton again. I mean, who else can play on that KovyPleks line? NO ONE. Why? Because the brothers Kostitsyn must not be separated from each other or Lang.
- Heh. Komisaurus driveby check kocked Ovechkin and Backstrom into each other. A mighty wind!
- Woah, wait: TWO MORE POWERPLAY GOALS?! Though seriously, if you give Lang that much time to stare you down there's no way he could miss bouncing a puck off your defenseman like Higgins does. If the net was empty, maybe.
- SuperPleky is back with his 3rd shorthanded goal of the season. The man could make a living off those.
- How epic a finish was it to see Sergei shoot da puck and score da goal while being thrown across the ice with only 30 or so odd seconds left?
- And how cute was it to see him mauled by Lang and his brother, and then whoever else was out there, as he lay flat on the ice in victory with that boyish beaming smile of his?

Conclusion: Caps fans may not like it, but this is how the Habs play. You take the lead and they'll do everything to take it back. But even if the Habs had lost I would have called this an absolute blast of a game. A loss would not have disappointed me, save for missing the two points of course. This win also sends Carbo to the ASG. Its interesting because he was never at the ASG as a player despite the awards he received and the very recognized creator of the term "defensive forward". (He was basically Plekanec). Of course, players like him very rarely get tickets to the ASG no matter how many important goals they score or how much they shut down the flashy forwards. It's also interesting, or maybe awkward, as he will be playing the assistant coach to Claude Julien, the man who was fired prior to Carbo taking the helm. Carbo says he's got no problem with that. But I love hearing his boys being thrilled for giving him this honor. This team is tight as a band of brothers.

Videos to save you from crappy holiday TV programing, Part 1

Yes, because if I see that old stop-motion Rudolf the Red Nosed Raindeer thing one more time I'm going to HURL. Actually I don't think I've ever seen any Hanukkah films for this time of year. Maybe because it would be too violent or something. Hardship overcome? Bah humbug! All I've ever seen is that bloody Ten Commandments film every fucking year for Passover (which I'm absolutely sick of by now). The only thing I really look forward to watching on TV (well, download) is the Doctor Who Christmas Special, which I need to start downloading soon. But until then, I thought I'd fill my page with things I liked from this year so far, courtesy of Nos Glorieux.

Shootouts
It's no secret that I hate how shootouts decide a game's final outcome. They're exciting, yes, but I'd be just as satisfied seeing two teams battle two types of overtime (4-on-4, 3-on-3) until something happens or not. Habs took their games to 8 shootouts, and it seemed like there was one every game when they were struggling. (Which, near the end, I was convinced Price just maybe gave up on winning the shootouts to teach the other guys a lesson, and maybe they got the hint since we haven't seen one since then).

Now I was at the preseason Florida shootout, and that was great stuff. But this preseason game was just electric. Yes, all of you should know, you will not be disappointed by a Habs game in preseason! So I recomend tickets as they might be easier to get than regular season games. This of course was the mirror goals by Pacioretty and Lang. Oh and note to TSN commentators, Habs fans boo every opposing player in a shootout because we try to psyche them out, not because we hate them...

This one is special because it was my first regular season Canadiens game ever. And ho boy was it rowdy in the rafters where I sit! Of course we all remember how the opening night wouldn't have gone to a shootout if not for the broken boards, but c'est la vie!

This one in Ottawa was pretty entertaining. Even Brunet mentioned his distaste for shootous. But that bizarre move by Tango, Markov doing his usual, Spezza showing how he only seems to score when no one else is on the ice...and of course that SICK glove save on Ruutu by Price. (Believe it or not, Ruutu is actually pretty good at shootouts, but I think that's mostly because goalies figure it's because Ruutu is shooting that they end up getting a surprise).

SNOW! Habs 4, Flames1

We can't stop here, this is bat country!

A rare appearance by the Calgary Flames?! Oh yes. But they brought a snowstorm with them. So while the Bell Center looked empty for half the game, the place was sold out by people stuck in traffic thanks to our city being retarded with their snow removal. What's a matter... the contract not start yet? I couldn't even get into my driveway. In fact, I listened to half the first period and the beginning half of the 2nd while inching my way home in the snow/sleet/traffic, passing many a stalled or spun-out car or truck. And people were complaining about the snowtire law... Bunch of wankers. You'd think people would know how to handle winter by now? We only get it every year.

Oh the points!
- The very hairy Czech, Robert Lang, must have heard whispers of an unhairy Swede and responded with a 3 point night that included two very needed and proven goals.
- Shoot da puck, score da goal!
- Kovy's one-handed pass behind the net produces more than just a show. He's so sneaky.
- D'Agostini going nani nani fufu as he blocks a shot and dekes the hell out of Kipper for another unassisted goal in his pocket. Well, looks like he'll be the victim for this years rookie dinner.
- SERGEI IS BACK and looking as pissed off as ever. He was great, especially on the PK.
- Tanguay assisting on those flying pucks and just itching to give his old coach a wave.
- Refs are blind. Very blind.
- Why can't Markov do the same slapshot on the powerplay? But all the thanks should go to Kovy for screening Kipper.
- So Markov makes a play to stop Phaneuf who inadvertedly falls over him by turning to get around him and makes it look like kneeing and the Flames try to beat up on Markov. He eventually comes out of the pile with his sweater around his hands and his armor over his head. Back on the bench, Sergei was laughing at him.
- Iginla trying to bait Breezer into a fight at the end and got nothing but a ribbing from the Habs bench. No respect for your elders!
- The look on Price's face as one injured player after another walked by him was that of "OH MY GOD".
- Dandy broke him arm yet finished his shift, without a stick and parked in position in front of Halak to make a defensive play.
- The last thing Higgins needs is a shoulder injury dammit!
- Flames got plenty of good chances and despite the constant flailing in front of Jaro, the rest of the Habs managed to beat them off the puck.
- Ooooo giveaways!
- Sorry, Flames, but this isn't the Rangers.
- Price messing around with Halak after the win.
- Hey wow, we play these guys again in February.

Conclusion: more games like this and the armchair GMs could maybe STFU. And the guy still hasn't come to clean my driveway...

Mini-Soapbox
Who cares about the All-Star Game. It's a place for the players to just relax and have some fun! But I don't get it when people vote for injured players, especially those who have been injured since the beginning of the season. So...I don't get it. I stopped voting for Brendan Morrow the day he went down and concentrated on some Oilers player to go with my Mikko Koivu. At least write in someone that's playing!