I’m quite sure that fans in Carolina, Tampa, Toronto, Edmonton, etc are feeling the same feelings with regard to their respective teams’ inconsistencies.

That being said, it does grow tiresome watching a team fall short year after year. But hey, at least us Habs fans haven’t been waiting for 40 years or more for our team to do something worthy of celebration. Not yet anyway. It could be a lot worse. When you think about it, 1993 can be considered recent in the scheme of things.

Also, let’s see how the admirable blue and white soldiers do against the Crosby, Malkin and Staal show tonight… co-starring Roberts and Fleury.

Secondly, what an emotional rollercoaster ride this ongoing commentary makes. My goodness. I’m frustrated that the Habs have been a bipolar team this season, yes. I’m also disappointed in their seemingly care free attitude toward success at times, yes. But it’s certainly to going to ruin my life in any way, or to a less extreme, send me jumping off the bandwagon. Some fans need to relax and enjoy this ride down the final stretch, in my opinion.

Incidentally, I wonder how the comments will read if the Habs beat Buffalo tonight… a team they’ve played quite well against, and have suffered a couple of unnecessary losses to due entirely to shaky goaltending.

If so, that’s what makes me a Maple Leaf fan!!!

Garbage is garbage, and this version of the Habs has displayed this throughout the seond 2/3 mark of the season. When there’s a win we celebrate but when you do it because of luck or poor play by the other team…that win is simply hiding the wreckless play that eventually’s going to bite you. Here in this saga there are way too many faults that no one can pick one area and only one area for improvement. There are just so many holes….

The biggest problem is energy and putting in the effort!!! This is a gimme or it should be. When we don’t get it, guess what we deserve better! Especially our glorified jersey, it commands that discipline with the expectation to win. No where is just being average acceptable. That is Toronto Maple Leaf syndrome.

You can stomach when you see players dump in and not chase, you see a team mate get hammered and you skate away. You let your goalie fend off two players while you stride in after the play or you bend over because you’re shit. Or you take stupid penalty after stupid penalty and expect to get high fives. You have control of the puck and you blanketly spray the puck to no where specificly only to get picked by the other team’s players or better yet you hand it right to an opponent. Hey now that’s a winner! Let’s sign him up please. what’re we waiting for!!!

No way smuck…That’s a Leaf for you. And the great “Wait till next year mantra” from the Maple Leaf fans. No thanks!!! When the Canadiens start with these Habits it’s time for big changes. Find the core that’s willing to put in the effort on every shift and the morons that don’t need to sit out. Or be moved on. Bring up whomever is going to put in that effort. Being loyal has it rewards, we cheer and celebrate all our wins and losses too but when the effort’s there otherwise you may as well be wearing Blue and white.

Let’s get the spirited bunch of guys that want to win…I’ll wish the team take on the Cinderella story for 2006-07 but that means they have to be willing to put forth that extra effort. Come on, just four more games…and then, just maybe, we go to the dance!!! Go Habs Go!!

Ziman