Joseph,if the Habs pull it of and win the next 3 games,they could beat Pittsburgh in the next series.

I’ll say one thing, Senet 1…

If Carbonneau goes with Halak again in Game 5, then I think we can all agree that he’ll be a finalist for the John Paddock Trophy.

Xtrahabsfan and Senet 1:

When it come to offense, the Habs are lacking six things that the Penguins aren’t:
- Crosby
- Malkin
- Staal
- Sykora
- Malone
- Gonchar

I don’t know about that match-up, but let’s not get ahead of ourselves.

Having said everything that I’ve said about the Penguins and Flyers, the Penguins deserve to lose for that reason alone. Throwing games in unacceptable behaviour.

Did Lemieux learn that tactic from Eddie Johnston? Throwing games? Johnston did just that to get Lemieux in the draft.

When it come to offense, the Habs are lacking six things that the Penguins aren’t:
- Crosby
- Malkin
- Staal
- Sykora
- Malone
- Gonchar

I don’t know about that match-up, but let’s not get ahead of ourselves.

I was not getting ahead of myself, I will give you malone although we have the malones and sykora and Gonchars on our team, they may be masked in a different look but you have to realize that Malkin and Crosby make all these players better players. Without Crosby and Malkin these guys are no better than the Kiovu’s, Higgins and Kovalev’s. Gonchar is a good defenceman but so is Komy and Markov although I have been someone disappointed with Markov this series. We did not get to first place with a bunch of nobody players, it is just that when you have superstars they make even the ordinary players much better.

Back in the early Edmonton days Gretzky had a player on this line that scored 50 goals one season, and he was traded away the next year, someone said why was he not able to score 30+ goals the next year and the answer was even a goal post could have scored 50 goals if he was on Gretzky’s line. I see the same things with Malkin and Crosby.

I’m aware of that, Senet 1. Mario Lemieux made Robbie Brown a 40+ goal scorer, Kevin Stevens a 50+ goal scorer. In fact, it was said that a can of tomato paste could have scored 30+ goals playing on Lemieux’s line. I think that one might have.

But the reason that I added those players to your list is because you were talking about goal finishers… something that all three have proven to be in these playoffs. Regardless of who is setting them up, they’re finishing the set-ups. To further my point, I’ll use the examples of Kovalev and Koivu. Both have distributed some bow-wrapped passes to their respective linemates on many occasions in these playoffs, and those linemates have failed to finish more often than not.

# 261 Senet 1
Posted on May 2nd, 2008 at 10:44 pm. About ‘Habs / Flyers: Game 4′.

One final comment before I head to bed, our team did score the most goals this year. The difference is in the playoff you need the game breakers when the team is struggling and Kovalev is suppose to be our game breaker and the only thing he is breaking is a lot of habs fans hearts.

Agreed. Despite some clutch goals, Kovalev has returned to his less desirable form on many regards in these playoffs. My favourites are his telegraphed passes which land right on the blades of defensemen’s sticks, who then clear the zone or carry the puck up ice on an odd man rush.

You know, I wouldn’t mind watching the Habs lose to the Flyers in a hard fought, tightly contested, seven-game series. It just leaves a bad taste in my mouth entertaining the possiblity that they’ll go down like a bunch of non-contenders in 5 games.

Fight, play, score! Make it worth watching! Make the fans proud!

GO Habs! They will win in 7!!!! Sorry Flyer Fans it’s the Philly Way!
When he was young youd not find him doing well in school,
His mind would turn unto the waters.
Always the focus of adolescent ridicule,
He has no time for farmers daughters.
Alienated from the clique society,
A lonely boy finds peace in fishing.
His mother says john this is not the way lifes supposed to be.
Dont you see the life that you are missing?
And he says…
When I grow up I want to be,
One of the harvesters of the sea.
I think before my days are done,
I want to be a fisherman.

Now years gone by we find man that rules the sea.
He sets out on a dark may morning .
To bring his catch back to this small community.
He doesnt see the danger dawning.
Four hours up, oh the ocean swelled and swelled,
The fog rolled in it started raining.
The starboard bow. oh my God were going down!
The do not hear his frantic mayday.
And he says
When I grow up I want to be,
One of the harvesters of the sea.
I think before my days are done,
I want to be a fisherman.
Ill live and die a fisherman.
Calling john the fisherman.

Did anyone watch Dallas get robbed of a series winner last night? It’s disatisfying watching the league and its officiating decide the outcomes of hockey games.

The Habs need a Brendan Morrow type player.

Well, despite this team’s highly successful regular season, it’s once again time for the Habs to show what they’re truly made of. The Habs are officially facing elmination, as they were in Game 7 against Boston. Will they find within themsleves the kind of performance that they put on in last series’ Game 7, or will they continue to be frustrated by Biron and go down unexpectedly in five games.

The Habs have undeniably taken the play to the Flyers for most of this series, and it can be said that Biron is responsible for the Flyers being up 3-1. However, the Habs have more than the play of Marty Biron to blame for their current predicament. Their inability to finish when Biron has been down and out has been of great concern. They’ll need someone to step up and score on Biron, preferrably early. Also, we all know that the recent play of Price has left something to be desired. I believe him to be a phenomenal young talent, but I also think that the Habs are going to need him to return to the form that he showed in much of the Boston series if they hope to win Game 5 – they cannot afford to see the Flyers mount another 2-0 lead. The Habs will need to score first if they’ve any hopes of returning to Philadephia for Game 6.

The Habs come back??!!!!??? I truely hope so but they are lacking confidence BIG TIMe.

The odds of the Habs coming back to win this series are not good, obviously. But I think that a win tonight (and possibly tomorrow night as well) will go a long way for next season.

As to grit, it’s something that I’ve been preaching on this blog for over a month now. It’s great to have the Kostitsins, but players like that cannot be the core of this team. Rather they need to be a complement to a solid core of grit and leadership.

If montreal wins tonight and tomorrow, montreal will take it. game 7 will already be secure. Montreal has been pissed off all series. since game 1 because of hitting sooo many posts and getting almost 50 shots when philly gets 12 and they win! If Montreal started to feel good no one can beat them. Habs will win this one tonight, but tomorrow could be a different story. Most my predictions are wrong though, but if u wish to listen go ahead lol. Go Habs go!!!

Rula love, Go habs go…
This is going to be a great game everyone, enjoy!

It’s been a good series guys, really…the Canadiens gave one hell of a fight. They owned quite a bit of the offensive zone in the 5 games played. With the Rangers winning tonight, I’m not sure who we’ll face next, just hope you guys wish us luck the same way I would you.