Hats off to the Habs
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A win tonight will put the Canadiens into 1st in the Conference and force the Penguins to win tomorrow.
Depending how the chips fall into place over the last weekend of the regular season,
it looks as though the Canadiens will play the Senators, Bruins or Flyers in the first round.The Maple Leafs may look to spoil the party and go out with a bang like they did against the Senators, injuring 2 key players.
Regardless of how it all ends, the Canadiens have surprised and impressed, exceeded any and all expectations, and find themselves with a very legitimate shot at winning it all.
Go Habs Go!
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April 5th, 2008 at 4:22 pm
Cant wait to see stewart drop the gloves. GO HABS GO
April 5th, 2008 at 6:51 pm
Yep ,that’s going to be great,lol…go habs go
April 5th, 2008 at 7:45 pm
Stewart looks more like a skater than a fighter, I will pass to you guys judgement but if he has that kind of speed I would hope that eventually he becomes a goal scorer.
April 5th, 2008 at 7:47 pm
This is a typical leaf/habs game fast, hitting and wide open. I would like to see us with a stronger forecheck.
April 5th, 2008 at 7:53 pm
I don’t think the habs save their worst games for the leafs. they just always seem to make the leafs look good.
April 5th, 2008 at 8:02 pm
The Leafs look good?
April 5th, 2008 at 8:10 pm
I don’t think it has anything to do with making anyone look good, this rivalry has been going on for decades and there have been very few games that were not good contest. Lets face it the Leafs always get up for the habs and probably play there best hockey. If the leafs played the same against every other team in the league they would probably be in the playoff this year. They always raise their level of play against us. I think the attitude of the habs tonight is to play well but there does not seem to be too much sacrifice yet tonight, it is almost like they are trying not to get hurt.
April 5th, 2008 at 8:16 pm
The one thing that has worried me from way back in January when we first started talking about trades, it is our lack of winning faceoffs. Tonight we must be less than 30%
April 5th, 2008 at 8:38 pm
The more I see this Stewart the more I like the looks of him. He works hard he could have had four points with a little luck. If he keeps working heis going to get goal tonight.
April 5th, 2008 at 8:38 pm
The Leaf’s would look great with hockey sticks up thier arses,lol
April 5th, 2008 at 8:44 pm
Did everyone desert me tonight??? I can’t believe that there is no one out there watching the game.
April 5th, 2008 at 8:53 pm
If Boston loses tonight, and they’re down 2-0, we play them, unless the flyers get 1 only point tomorrow, and then we would play the flyers.
April 5th, 2008 at 9:19 pm
Latendresse is a POWER FOWARD BOY’S !!!!!!
April 5th, 2008 at 9:22 pm
Hablifer, good to have you here, I think you are right about Boston, of course if Philly wins tomorrow then it could change everything, Boston could end up 8th or 7th or 6th if they win.
April 5th, 2008 at 9:26 pm
Boston lost 0-3.
April 5th, 2008 at 9:28 pm
So that temporarily moves Ottawa to 6th Boston 7th and Philly 8th. If Philly loses tomorrow, then we play Boston. This eliminates any chance of us playing Ottawa.
April 5th, 2008 at 9:30 pm
Washington DIVISION CHAMPS..look out!
Congratulation’s HABs~!
talk to ya later..yesssssss Carolina out!!!!!!!!!
April 5th, 2008 at 9:32 pm
I like that Stewart kid ,he’s gonna be a keeper my Hab Bro’s
April 5th, 2008 at 9:38 pm
ohhhhh yeahhhhhhh
April 5th, 2008 at 9:39 pm
I cannot think of any combination that does not put us against Boston. Pitts could still end up playing either Ottawa or Philly depending on who wins the Pitts/Philly game tomorrow.
April 5th, 2008 at 9:43 pm
We were right boyz,Carbo made the move,,Stewart is the MAN!!!!
Whats the matchchup boyz?..the worlds our oyster, take on all comers, the boyz are Healing…its PLAYOFF TIME!!!, ILL see you guyz in the playoffs..it was good to meet all ya too..seeya!
April 5th, 2008 at 9:44 pm
Well here is hoping the Philly and Pitts kill each other tomorrow. Unfortunately if Philly beats Pitts they get Ottawa in the first round, should be an easy touch for them especially if effy and Fish are out?
April 5th, 2008 at 9:44 pm
Can you imagine Ottawa playing the caps? Sens, 4 and out!
Ok. Bring on the bruins! 12-0 habs over the bruins this year?
April 5th, 2008 at 9:53 pm
How awesome was that? Congratulations, Habs!
Just a couple of observations…
Everyone knows that this Habs team is skilled, but please, stop with the fancy plays in front of the net and shoot the puck every now and again. This game easily could have been a massacre.
Also, Tucker’s and McCabe’s actions tonight speak volumes about the organization that is the Toronto Maple Leafs. Quite pathetic. They’re like a bunch of bratty children who didn’t get what they wanted for Christmas. Well, no Long silver trophies for you this year, Leafs, but how about a nice blue, white and red c*** lodged up your collective arses instead? It fits you.
April 5th, 2008 at 9:53 pm
You know guyz, despite any of the outcomes toward the cup, Iam glad Oveckin, and his Rookie partner, all the rookies the Habs have “blossomed’ all the players this year are where they are and deserve to be there, this is going to be a great playoff year, no chippy “Brindimour’ and whining T.O and Tampon bay..its great!
April 5th, 2008 at 9:53 pm
Yeah, I could imagine the Sens lighting up Huet. They have some practice at that.
April 5th, 2008 at 9:54 pm
Cherry thinks that Boston may be due, they have lost 11 straight to Montreal. Hope he is wrong. Boston you just do not know which team is going to show up. Hopefully our speed will be too much for them.
April 5th, 2008 at 9:55 pm
My next fantasy?..to see Chris Pronger leave on a stretcher!..just a “lower body” injury, not serious,,LOL
April 5th, 2008 at 9:55 pm
Huet wins 9 in a row…yikees!
April 5th, 2008 at 9:56 pm
Federov is serious business with big ‘O”..i cant see the Sens beating them…
April 5th, 2008 at 9:57 pm
I have said all along that I did not want to see Washington in the playoff because they are one team that scares me. If Habs win first round and Washington wins first round I think that puts us against them in the second round.
April 5th, 2008 at 9:59 pm
If that’s what Cherry thinks,we just beat Boston ,lol
April 5th, 2008 at 10:03 pm
No offense, but you guys should really take a night off from the predictions and over analysis, and just enjoy what your team has accomplished so far this season.
Just some friendly advice.;-)
April 5th, 2008 at 10:04 pm
I doubt if Ottawa can beat Wash. especially if Effy and Fish are out and of course the way they have been playing. There goal tending is questionable as well. One way to beat Washington is to have Huet handle the puck as much as possible.
April 5th, 2008 at 10:08 pm
I want to congratulate our Montreal Canadiens and thier fans,the whole classy lot of you should be crazy glued permanently in first place! And now to get our cup BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!
April 5th, 2008 at 10:09 pm
Hi Joseph I guess that is just what hockey people do. You can never rest on your laurals. I am happy we won tonight it at least makes Pitts / Philly game important for both teams tomorrow.
As far as Washington is concerned I think we can beat them but it is never good to have to face your former goalie in the playoffs.
April 5th, 2008 at 10:09 pm
Montreal plays Boston in the first round.
April 5th, 2008 at 10:11 pm
That’s true, Senet 1, but I prefer to look at it this way: It is never good to be a goaltender having to face your former team in the playoffs.
April 5th, 2008 at 10:12 pm
habs also finish as the highest scoring team this year. 1 more goal than Ottawa. 1st in PP, 1st in scoring.1st overall in the east. next-the Stanley Cup!
April 5th, 2008 at 10:14 pm
Already a year with celebrating. The Cup would just be the icing on the cake.
April 5th, 2008 at 10:14 pm
*worth, not with
April 5th, 2008 at 10:50 pm
Joseph good point, see you can teach us something once in a while !! I guess I was stating the negative rather than the positive. Thanks for the listen in positive thinking. I guess I was just trying to make a point that I have made before that
April 5th, 2008 at 10:53 pm
Now one game and one series at a time. Lets take care of Boston before we worry about Washington or anyone else.
Does anyont know if Washington carries the third seed all the way through the conference playoffs?
April 5th, 2008 at 10:58 pm
“Cherry thinks that Boston may be due…”
Of course he does. He has a history with them, which makes him pro-Bruins, anti-Habs for life.
Boston still should not be taken lightly however.
I wish I could shed some light on the match-ups throughout the playoffs, but I’m not clear on how it works myself. I had always thought that the highest seeded team would play the remaining lowest seeded teams as the layoffs progress, and so on. I have a feeling that this is incorrect though.
April 5th, 2008 at 11:10 pm
Just FYI, all the talk recently has been about Washington, and rightly so as they went from non-contenders to contenders over the course of a late season surge. (I won’t mention 3rd seed becasue I believe the seeding system to be flawed in this regard - they only have as many points as the 6th, 7th and 8th seeded teams do.) However, your beloved Habs, at 8-1-1 over their last 10 games, have been nearly as hot as the Capitals, at 9-1-0 over their last 10 games.
We should probably stop underestimating our team.
April 5th, 2008 at 11:26 pm
The Habs played really good tonight, not their best best, but It would be good enough to beat the bruins. I do not believe that the habs will sweep the bruins, I think It will be maybe a game 6 or 5.
April 6th, 2008 at 12:28 am
habs in 5.
April 6th, 2008 at 12:35 am
I don’t know if anyone watched the Calgary-Vancouver game, but Linden and Iginla… class acts! That’s the way hockey should be.
April 6th, 2008 at 12:38 am
Hey, here’s a new can of worms, Senet 1…
I’d take Iginla on my team long before I’d take Crosby.
April 6th, 2008 at 8:53 am
Well, Komisarek looks like he’s going to be back, that’s great news. Carey Price is tied for 5th in Save Percentage. .920 and the first place goalie had .924
April 6th, 2008 at 10:46 am
Well gentlemen, I must confess that for today I’m a Philly!?? fan… uh, way too long… OK. From
3 - 6 I’ll be a fan!! No that’s not it either. OK F!@K them - but I do hope they pull off a win
today, then our team can go ahead and crush them in the playoffs.
CHEERS TO A GREAT SEASON.
April 6th, 2008 at 10:50 am
IT DOESN’T MATTER WHAT DONNA CHERRY THINKS……………
April 6th, 2008 at 11:04 am
Ice Man,I also woke up today thinking what a f@cking Archie Bunker sore loser wanabe but never will, REDNECK with a low IQ NEVER MADE IT AS A COACH OR A PLAYER and always lost to the Habs when it counted, Don Cherry is and will alway’s be.Al Gore just classified Don Cherry’s mouth as the worlds biggest contributor to noxious emissions ,lol….” some one should shove a catalytic converter in that idiot’s mouth!!!”
April 6th, 2008 at 12:06 pm
Don cherry and the rest of the world never can give us any credit. Many said we would not make the playoffs. We have finnished first in the east even if pittsburg wins today we still have the same points as far as i am concerned.What more do we have to do to prove that we are a great team?. Havent we already proved enough? Playoffs are different i know but i think its safe to say the the days of not making the playoffs are long behind us now. Lets stop all the hate and trash talk on here boys and just enjoy a team we all love. We have waited to long for this and its time once again for our boys to pull off some magic in 2008 GO HABS GO
April 6th, 2008 at 1:16 pm
If we face Boston look for them to play a cheap brand of hockey. They simply can’t
contend with our speed/skill… and another thing… Tim Thomas…. PAH -LEASE!
April 6th, 2008 at 1:21 pm
Archie Bunker? Bahaha! Does that make Ron MacLean Edith?
April 6th, 2008 at 2:19 pm
No, that makes Ron Maclean “MeatHead”.
April 6th, 2008 at 2:38 pm
Forget about 11 wins over Boston; forget about regular season wins.
It’s playoff!!!
April 6th, 2008 at 4:24 pm
Yes do not take any one as an easy pick, playoff hockey is a whole new season, we should be fine as long as we play our style of game and keep things simple and fast… we have as good a chance as anyone else in the east… its a whole new season folks let the games begin!!!!
April 6th, 2008 at 4:41 pm
Flyers up 1-0 after two, and they’ve had SEVEN short-handed chances against the lifeless Penguins. I don’t think that Pittsburgh wants to play Philadelphia in the first round.
April 6th, 2008 at 5:06 pm
Xtrahabsfan; I agree Brother.
“Cry Baby Sid” a No Show today in a game to win 1st in the East.
What a JOKE of a Captain he is.
April 6th, 2008 at 5:27 pm
WE ARE #1
April 6th, 2008 at 5:29 pm
Yep, Habs win the East!
April 6th, 2008 at 5:32 pm
First in the east baby!!!!! Go Habs
April 6th, 2008 at 5:34 pm
They are gutless makes me sick ….
April 6th, 2008 at 5:34 pm
What a classy team the Pens are. They threw the game Sunday, not to play Philly. At least Montreal played Kovy……….
April 6th, 2008 at 5:39 pm
Throwing games is a bad idea. They’ll pay for it too.
April 6th, 2008 at 5:42 pm
Such a shame for Crosby to miss the welcome mat that the fans had out for him in Philadelphia too.
April 6th, 2008 at 5:42 pm
Congratulations Habs, season well done,salute!
My fresh ,crisp “center ice” jersey just came back from the cleaners!
YEAAAEHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Im gonna drink now…or i mean more!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
April 6th, 2008 at 5:43 pm
Hey Joseph I would love to have Iginla on my team, and based on the way Malkin played today I would definitely like him over Malkin. I still take Crosby first but you know, it all depends on what you need which of the three players you are going to select. Emough said.
April 6th, 2008 at 5:46 pm
Crosby is a cry baby .. dont want him thanks , I will take Iginla, or big Joe Thor , Vinnie … there are plenty of class acts out there with guts and honor .
April 6th, 2008 at 5:48 pm
Well, I wouldn’t use anything that happened in today’s game as any indication of what kind of player Malkin is. The Penguins didn’t show up for this game, collectively, and the suggestion that it was on purpose is becoming less difficult to believe.
That being said, Crosby is a whining *****, and I cannot stand him.
April 6th, 2008 at 5:50 pm
Well I have to agree, if Pitts actually tried to lose this game then I have no respect for them. Crobsy came back too soon from his injury, the type of injury he had is worse than a break and many players who have this injury continue to have trouble with it for years.
Having said that Pitts seems to play without Crosby for quite some time and successfully so it should not have mattered whether he was in the line up or not. they are definitely a better team with Crosby in the lineup but Malkin’s team did not show up today and from what I saw there was just no effort there at all, which means this team has no pride. Pitts owed Boston and Ottawa there best game and they did not give it. They also owed their fans their best effort to finish first, and they DID NOT GIVE IT. I lost my respect for this organization today.
April 6th, 2008 at 5:55 pm
I lost my respect for them a while ago. Typical Pittsburgh mentality: they refuse to change with the times. (Trust me, I know what I’m talking about.) They think that they can run and gun their way to Stanley Cups by loading up with superstar talent. Well, that approach doesn’t work anyumore, sadly.
Pittsburgh is like an 85-year old physician who keeps wanting to throw first generation penicillin at everything that has evolved to resist it.
April 6th, 2008 at 5:57 pm
As far as having Vinni or Thornton I really like both of these guys and if I am looking for a centreman to build a team around give me big Joe. I have always like him. I would take Vinni too because he is a good fit in Montreal. But like Gretzky Crosby will have people who do not like him. I for one would not turn him down if I had chance to get him on my team. There are a lot of very good players in the League. I am parcial to Canadian boys though because to me they have more passion for what the Stanley Cup really means.
April 6th, 2008 at 5:59 pm
I’m right there with you with regard to Canadian players, Senet 1. I’m just a little more picky about which Canadians I’d want.
History has shown: no Canadians = no Cup
April 6th, 2008 at 6:01 pm
Joseph, good point. Today reminded me of Detroit a few years ago, all they had to do was tie or beat Chicago and Montreal was in the playoffs, stead they brought up their AHL goalie and sat out all their best players and got beat. It was obvious they did not want the Habs in the Playoffs that year.
April 6th, 2008 at 6:03 pm
habs are mostly a euro team. Does that mean no cup for us?
April 6th, 2008 at 6:04 pm
104 points, 262 goals, 24.2% powerplay efficiency, Division winners, Eastern Conference winners!
Woooooooooooo-hooooooooooooo!
April 6th, 2008 at 6:05 pm
“habs are mostly a euro team. Does that mean no cup for us?”
Sadly, yes. But that won’t stop me from believing!
April 6th, 2008 at 6:06 pm
Question: Has any European Captain ever lead his respective team to a Stanley Cup?
Answer: No.
April 6th, 2008 at 6:08 pm
Well give me a whole team of Canadian boys and with a few decent superstar players and my team will be there every year. You should be picking and if you were the general manager and did not like Crosby then you should not take him. I know that if he were on my team especially had say the Canadiens drafted him he would have a different attitude than he has, he became too important tot he Pittsburg team too soon. If he were on my team we would not have been team captain until he stopped his wining.
April 6th, 2008 at 6:09 pm
We have enough Canadian content on our team, I am not against non canadian players I am just saying if I had my choice I would pick a canadian boy.
April 6th, 2008 at 6:10 pm
I don’t know… 19 years of whining is difficult to undo, good coaching or not. These guys aren’t military drill sergeants.
April 6th, 2008 at 6:11 pm
I concur, Senet 1. Nothing wrong with a healthy mix. The Canadian factor just must be present, and preferably in a leadership role.
April 6th, 2008 at 6:12 pm
I am not sure if a non Canadian Captain has ever won the SC. What about Dallas. Who was their captain?
April 6th, 2008 at 6:13 pm
Modano.
April 6th, 2008 at 6:13 pm
Yank.
April 6th, 2008 at 6:15 pm
Well we have a Canadian Boy leading the way in Goal, Our defence is mostly Canadian although I have to admit that Markov is so far a good leader back there. Up front, Kovy seems to be our leader this year. The one thing I see in Kovy this year he seems to want to prove something and even though he is not our Captain most of the time he has been our team leader all year.
April 6th, 2008 at 6:16 pm
Thats what I was thinking that Modano was the captain I knew he was a Yank.
April 6th, 2008 at 6:18 pm
I think that the Habs, being the Habs, can make anything happen. I truly do. They could write the book on pioneerism in the NHL. So anything is possible with this group.
April 6th, 2008 at 6:19 pm
On an unrelated note, Marcus Naslund played on he fourth line in Pittsburgh in the early nineties. How scary was that team?
April 6th, 2008 at 6:24 pm
It is your senior players that take these rookies aside and tell them they are embassing their teammates. That is were the leadership role comes in, as a rookie you better toe the line or else. Crosby came into Pittsburg and basically was the star of the team overnight and soon to be captain as well. There was no mentorship there at all.
April 6th, 2008 at 6:26 pm
On the other hand, you can’t polish a ****. In this case, the **** being his personality (because everyone knows that he has tremedous skill). I suspect that he played with girls a lot growing up. And when I say ‘played’, I mean with doll houses.
April 6th, 2008 at 6:26 pm
I just pictured young Stewart saying “You want to go?”to Chara,this is going to be to much fun !!!!Ole Ole Ole….
April 6th, 2008 at 6:29 pm
It is more like: “You want to go you Ugly *** Bigfoot”…
April 6th, 2008 at 6:31 pm
Zdeno ‘The Giant’ Chara has a future in the WWF after hockey. Another fine product of Pittsburgh, PA.