No more unneeded bashing. Except for the D-men. They gave NY. 4 goals last night and goals every other night.

BUT……….

Lets pull together and make the playoffs.

If there is any bashing to do, lets bash the other teams.

Well I am a “STINKY-DAWG” now. So a stinky finger would not make much of a differnce..LOL..

NICE ARTICLE. this guy cracks me up…………

If you don’t get the playoffs, you at least have this: A month-long race to the wire. A half-dozen teams involved in a knockdown battle for the final two or even three playoff spots in the Eastern Conference, clubs bouncing up and down in the standings like Tigger on greenies.

And the team upon whose fortunes the mood of this city shifts like the tide, that team came back not once but twice in one week with five goals for improbable victories, including last night’s 6-4 spanking of the New York Rangers. That’s what Glen Sather gets for not making it to town in time to take Red Fisher to dinner.

Playoffs? How do you top this? Pass me the heart pills, Ethel.

One period in, the Canadiens are down two and gasping for air like a beached trout. Then, in less time than it takes to say playoff race, Alex Kovalev and Steve Begin score and a 2-0 deficit is 2-2 and the noise in the Bell Centre is otherworldly, like the big barn is going to levitate, fly a dozen blocks and set down atop the old Forum.

Hello, ghosts. How ya been?

The Rangers went up in the first place because the Canadiens were short two men. Michael Nylander scored and it was 1-0. No problem. But then Paul Mara got one with 45 seconds left in the first period and it looked like the Canadiens were destined for some early April tee times.

Not this bunch. They might have hibernated from Christmas to early March, but Guy Carbonneau’s team has woken up with a vengeance: Five straight wins, seven straight at home, seven of their last eight overall. When the smoke cleared last night, the Canadiens were sitting in eighth place in the Eastern Conference, one point behind the sixth-place Rangers.

And rookie coach Guy Carbonneau is looking as cool as the Chicoutimi Cucumber.

“That 5-on-3 kind of took us out of the game,” Carbonneau said, “put us behind the eight-ball. But we regrouped after the first period. They like to control the puck, but it makes it harder when we’re not moving our feet. In the second period, we decided to go after them a little bit more and it worked.

“It’s a big challenge. The mountain was very high after the first period. It was high before the game, but after the first period, it was really high.”

So what had Carbonneau said to turn the Drummondville Doohickies of the first period into the Mighty Habs of the second?

“The only thing I said was what I saw. We were not moving our feet and looking at what they were doing. Sometimes you try to prepare a game plan, but sometimes you have to play on instinct and emotion, and tonight was one of those nights. You can’t teach that, you have to do it. I said: ‘let’s go out and play like you can play,’ and they did it.”

For reasons best known to the broadcast types who do the choosing, Kovalev did not get one of the game’s three stars last night. Jaroslav Halak did despite the four goals he allowed, as did Andrei Markov, and Saku Koivu. In Koivu’s case, four assists will do that.

They don’t let columnists anywhere near les trois etoiles. If they did, the honour would have gone to Kovalev, who can take over a game the way Paris Hilton takes over a party.

Anyone see Kovalev’s interview on MSG last nite between the 2nd and 3rd periods? He regreted his slow start to the season and looked and sounded like a team player to me

Oh, my.

‘advance reading’? Didn’t you mean to write ‘advanced reading’? Or perhaps you didn’t mean anything at all.

What is it with the internet being a showcase for insecurities far more than being a medium anything useful… ?

Far more importantly, I’ll be thrilled to eat my words if the Habs place in the top eight after their second half season meltdown. I never would hae expected this late season surge from this team, but I guess I should know better than to role hockey’s most storied franchise out of any season’s playoffs.

Nice job, Halak. You’ve instilled confidence in the team in front of you, and as a result, they’ve manged to win five in a row, and six of their last seven. Not bad.

Kovalev’s late season play is no surprise at all. I’ve always supported him, despite his inconsistency - he always shows up when it matters the most.

Guy is a good young coach. Shame on anyone who was quick to send him to the gallows.

And shame on me for stating that the Habs’ season was finished two weeks ago.

Hey THM !!!

Yes, we will see you soon. Friday I do believe.

Tell your Goalie to get ready to be pulled out of the net. We do have that effect on Goaltenders as of late. Your Goalie is just a slasher.

All I can say is “BRING IT”.

There is one thing that you people have that we don’t is PM. Harper & you can keep him..

coutNY_HabsFan:

You said “Senators have not lost Back to Back home games since December
& Montreal has not won a Friday Night game since November and are (1-5-0) for the season”.

THAT WILL ALL CHANGE ON FRIDAY MY FRIEND.

WE ARE THE ALMIGHTY HABS OF MONTREAL. WE WILL NOT GO DOWN WITH OUT A FIGHT. WE WILL NOT BE DENIED……….

So THM. What’s your point? Oh I get it. You are a stinky He-she that smells like fish.

THM I see that your side kick, PAV is here. The fearless dual “Dumb & Dumber”.

CANADIENS-DAWG - you are why most people think that Montreal fans are idiots. You are proving the point here. So please, keep it up.

THM, fish is good. It is brain food. That is why all of us Hab Fans are very smart.

Sure I will have a some fish, only if you Douche though.

For those of you who are making the roadie Fri night, are you blowing another week’s worth of welfare on hiring a stripper to act as your girlfriend?

It won’t cost much. I heard that your momma comes pretty cheap………

Oh man, Gee is here, DC in YOW, THM, Pav…the BoO takes over Habslog. It’s like when I was in high school and we’d cross the bridge into Hull and go to skeezy bars because they served underage people.

Allo? Zee post, she does not work! Au secours!?!

Oh merde, now zhere are two. I have posted my ‘momma’ blague twice. And it wasn’t even funny zee first time.

Someone will ask if zhere ease an echo ian hear. My killer blague, she will not be herd. Zut alors. I feel like a tete-a-claques.

Habs Fan are USEDto handling THEMSELVES!!!!1™

No problemo.

Slow down there buddy. Let’s try and get a handle on two languages (or, come to think of it one) before we tackle three, ok sunshine? Good.

Now go suck on a phallus– er, I mean Pogo.

CANADIENS-DAWG - Can I? I also take it in other places too. I work welll under pressure.

Something very very tiny I assume

I’d rather be in Edmonton.

Why does a DAWG lick himself? BECAUSE HE CAN!!!!1™

Do you NEED to be Rolled in in Flour to FIND the wet spot DAWG?

Your back-up? They are in some church somewhere praying to some god for some sort of a miracle on Friday.

Come back Fiday night around 9:00 pm. When the Habs are kickin your Candy Asses all over the Scotiabank Place…………….. Oh. Don’t forget your cryin towels………..

Why don’t you Ottawa Pansies team up with the Leaf Sissies. Maybe you will make up enough morons to compete against a team of Montreal’s calibre….

I won the battle today.

The Hab’s will win the war Friday………GO HABS GO………

Sorry DAWG. It’s not a win when the other team buries you under comments and leaves because you aren’t replying. It’s the opposite actually.

P.s. I know you were one of the ones criticizing me. How did you like the four assists? Eat it punk.

Sorry Dawg, had to do a estimate. So, lets not forget one thing about idiot Sens fans,they have no idea of what it feels like to win anything with the word Stanley in it.They are soooooo jealous ,it drive’s them crazy,poor fools,all they are is a bunch of corporate welfare bureaucrats and thiefs. Their only profession is lying ,cheating and stealing ,then believing in their own bull-****. So feel embarrassed for them, cause after friday night they will go back under the rock that boar them the stinky losers they are.lol

Sad to see a bunch of non hab fans here. They should go away. Seems the senator fans plan a parade every season, only to find a road block at the parade starting point. This road block is also known as any team in the east. So go to a sens fan site, if there is such a thing, and whine some more about Muckler. Cry about the idea of playing Pittsburgh in the first round. Cringe at the thought of maybe having to play Toronto. And pray hard, cause we’re going to whup you punks this weekend. See ya!

Love the way Halak is playing now. Huet should be back soon, and if he returns to early season form, we’re laughing. Go habs!

hey nigelski

At least we can cry about playing in the playoffs.

Huet who ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

I’m quite proud of myself. I was out numbered about 4 or 5 to one. Those Ottawa Jokers were all around me like a pack of wolves stalking a deer.
This Ole Dawg stood his ground and did not back down. What ever they gave me I gave twice as much back to them. Those ******** ran away with thier tails between thier legs.

Why in the hell did I get no help from my fellow Hab Fans? You guys left me to get eaten by those Ottawa wolves ********………

I got there when I could DAWG,hope you still got all your digits ? Plus you know what happens when a DAWG runs with wolves….puppies.lol

If one Hab can kick 5 Ottawa jokers asses, imagine what a whole team of will do to them..LOL

Yes, we got some help again tonite. It seems like those bottom feeders

And Atlanta only got one point in there SO loss …. man things are starting to shape up just right, Our man #27 with another 2 goals … gotta love the way this season is so close..

I thought the Canes would fade - they haven’t been a very good team all year, and were likely playing over their heads a bit recently to get into the top eight.

Regardless of what other teams are doing, or failing to do, the Habs have to take matters into their own hands. They have now put themselves in a position where their fate is entirely in their own hands. Just win at least three of the five remaining games. I think that’ll do it.

I agree, we have to keep winning if we want to make the playoffs. I think we’ll need more than three wins though. The race is so tight that points may be tied and it could come down to who has more wins for the season, and even who won their series’ this year…

I hope the Laffs don’t make the playoffs… If they do, I’d love to see the Habs shatter their dreams in the conference final though, a la ‘93… That would be sweet!

GO HABS GO!

P.S. The only time I cheered for the Leafs in my lifetime was during their last game against Carolina. Well done!

They can lose all they like now.

there’s no way NYI will make the playoffs. their goaltending without Dipietro, is horrible. TB has bad goaltending too, so I don’t like their chances either.
I think NYR, habs, and leafs are going to get 6th, 7th, and 8th respectively.
I think NYR will finish in 6th, we’ll take 7th, and leafs 8th.
If we win both games on the weekend, we’re on our way. I don’t see TB or Carolina winning more than 3 of their remaining games, and NYI won’t win more than 2 games. So, at least 1 point vs Ottawa, + wins vs Buffalo, Boston, and NYR, should assure us a playoff position. Carolina and TB play twice, and NYR plays both leafs and us.Florida is playing well too, so they are playing the spoiler role; they play Carolina twice, and TB once. Things are looking up for us.If we win all games, 6th place is ours.

The Flyers beat the Canes last night. That was a huge bonus for us. The Canes lost two in a row and had their asses kicked, both games. I think that will eliminate them from the playoffs. Hopefully.

Tonight. Atlanta has to punish and humiliate the Laffs. We cannot afford the Laffs to win tonight.

The Habs record in Friday night games is horrific. They are 0-5-1. Ottawa has lost their last game BUT has not lost back to back games all year at home. SO we have to snap that streak Boys………

GO HABS GO………………

Top 3 overated teams in the NHL:

1) Tampa Bay Lightning
2) Toronto Maple Leafs
3) Calgary Flames

Something that Huet didn’t have was Gorges, he played well under the rookies early in the year. Having Chippy and Grabby, made Huet shine. Unfortunately he is injury prone now, a muscle tear like that, means you are toast, not to **** on Huet, but he is now damaged goods. Look at Orr, I mean tearing a muscle from the bone…even with modern medicine, that is a death knell for any athlete regardless of which sport….

I can’t see why Carbo would play him during a playoff run, honestly, especially when Huet was hot, that is what did Abby in early in the year, Abby lost his confidence when Carbo kept changing the goalies. Its like a vote of no confidence, Carbo might as well stick his middle finger ala Trudeau style!

Gainey is not making any moves to protect any of his goalies. Avery almost tore Halak’s head off, the same with Shanahan. Honestly, if Montreal is to stand a chance of keeping their win streak, they need to bench either Dandenault or Bouilly. When the duo is not playing then Montreal protects its goalie, but as soon as they get on the ice, its the same old same old and Montreal breaks into a cycle of playing like they are short handed all throughout the rest of the game. Honestly.