Hats off to the Habs

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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#1 Ice Man says:
April 6, 2008 at 6:37 pm

Food for thought:

1986, 1989, 1993.

All 3 years the Habs had over 100 points.

All 3 years the Habs went to the Stanley Cup Finnals.

Habs won the Stanley Cup TWO year of the Three years.

Will history repeat.

I think so!!!

#2 Senet 1 says:
April 6, 2008 at 6:44 pm

Yea can you imagine if that team had stayed together.

#3 Senet 1 says:
April 6, 2008 at 6:51 pm

Iceman, I think you could be right on with either Kovy or Kiovu leading the way. To me Kovy has been on a mission all year. He could br the one to change this even if Kiovu ends up playing as the captain.

#4 Ice Man says:
April 6, 2008 at 6:57 pm

This year IS the year. All we have to do is play like we have all year long.

#5 Senet 1 says:
April 6, 2008 at 7:00 pm

Do you guys think that Stewart will start in the playoffs, if so who does he replace in the lineup?

#6 Senet 1 says:
April 6, 2008 at 7:01 pm

I was impressed with his speed and willingness to dook it out if he had to.

#7 Senet 1 says:
April 6, 2008 at 7:03 pm

We seem to have matured one year sooner than the management had expected. As I said earlier in the year management were building this team for their 100th anniversary.

#8 Senet 1 says:
April 6, 2008 at 7:16 pm

The one thing that the former Canadien teams had was a fear of losing. That is what made the so good, the 1993 team also had confidence that they could win in overtime. This team seems to be starting to gain that confidence as well. Some said earlier that he expects Boston to play a goon style of play, if they do our power play should prevail.

#9 STUO11 says:
April 7, 2008 at 6:36 am

Boston will be alot more better. They’re probably looking at videos on how the habs play to get to know their talent. But The Montreal Canadiens will win no matter what. 4-2 I think.

#10 Ice Man says:
April 7, 2008 at 9:58 am

With a playoff rivalry vs Boston being renewed starting this week, here’s a summary of the team’s record against the B’s all-time in the playoffs:

2004 – won 4-3, Eastern Conf. quarterfinals
2002 – won 4-2, Eastern Conf. quarterfinals
1994 – lost 4-3, Eastern Conf. quarterfinals
1992 – lost 4-0, Adams Division finals
1991 – lost 4-3, Adams Division finals
1990 – lost 4-1, Adams Division finals
1989 – won 4-1, Adams Division finals
1988 – lost 4-1, Adams Division finals
1987 – won 4-0, Adams Division semifinals
1986 – won 3-0, Adams Division semifinals
1985 – won 3-2, Adams Division semifinals
1984 – won 3-0, Adams Division semifinals
1979 – won 4-3, semifinals
1978 – won 4-2, Stanley Cup Finals
1977 – won 4-0, Stanley Cup Finals
1971 – won 4-3, quarterfinals
1969 – won 4-2, semifinals
1968 – won 4-0, quarterfinals
1958 – won 4-2, Stanley Cup Finals
1957 – won 4-1, Stanley Cup Finals
1955 – won 4-1, semifinals
1954 – won 4-0, semifinals
1953 – won 4-1, Stanley Cup Finals
1952 – won 4-3, semifinals
1947 – won 4-1, semifinals
1946 – won 4-1, Stanley Cup Finals
1943 – lost 4-1, semifinals
1931 – won 3-2, semifinals
1930 – won 2-0, Stanley Cup Finals
1929 – lost 3-0, quarterfinals

Series record: 23-7

Final Thought

#11 Xtrahabsfan says:
April 7, 2008 at 10:03 am

I say 4 day’s of eating Bear and the perhaps some penguin after that.

#12 Xtrahabsfan says:
April 7, 2008 at 10:08 am

Oh and watch out for Kovalev,the stage has been made for him and I’m sureit’s going to bring out his very best…..can’t wait….Ole Ole Ole…

#13 Ice Man says:
April 7, 2008 at 10:18 am

Bear & Birds are low in fat…………

At least we will be eating Healthy…LOL….

#14 Donnie says:
April 7, 2008 at 10:43 am

Hey guys……everyone just bursting in anticipation of the playoffs like me? Silly question I guess.
First of all….CONGRADULATIONS BOYS ON A TERRIFIC YEAR AND THE CONFERENCE CROWN…alot of people are proud believers again.
Second, everyone except for Saku will apparently be back for game 1.
Third, it amazes me that no one anywhere is talking about the absolute dirt and true cowradice of McCabe’s actions at the end of the game. A brutal slash and a spear with intent to injure in the same play. Nothing said, nothing done. It’s the end of the year so these things don’t matter anymore? Maybe it’s because it was on Steward…or maybe, seeing how the league seems to be pretty snuggly with Toronto, they are letting it go because these pathetic players on a pathetic teams with no signs of anything good coming there way has been through enough. Thats probably closer..but still a fine or suspension is warranted for this classless act from a classless guy from a classless organization.
One last thing to touch on….going back to 1985(before that there were next to no Europeans in the league, making those years redundant). No European captain has ever won a Cup, we all know that..only one captain has ever won a Cup who wasn’t Canadian, Derian Hatcher was that man…not Modano. And as for the playoff MVP…only twice has this ever not gone to a Canadian..them being Lidstrom and Leetch. So the numbers are staggering..in the last 22 seasons (and beyond) 21 times the captain of the winner has been Canadian and 20 of the 22 times the best player in the playoffs has been a canuck.
Not dumping on our boys, just sharing the numbers. GO HABS GO !!!

#15 Ice Man says:
April 7, 2008 at 11:01 am

Mr. Donnie.

This year will be the first year a European Captain wins the Stanley Cup. I bet the House on it. His name is Captain K of the Montreal Canadiens.

Bring on the Big Bad Goon Bruins.

Bring on “Cry Baby Sid”.

HELL YEAH! BRING ON ALL OF THEM !!!!!!

It doesn’t matter who we play. We will whip their CanDy Asses all over Montreal. All over the USA. All the way from Boston to California. Damnit this is our year………

Don’t forget it………….

WHAT YA GOING TO DO WHEN THE HABS RUN WILD ON YOU!!!!!!!!!!

#16 Xtrahabsfan says:
April 7, 2008 at 11:10 am

F@CK McCrab and his joke of a team”laff’s”,besides the chances of lightning striking him on the golf course are at pretty good odds,lol

#17 PACTUM SERVA says:
April 7, 2008 at 11:38 am

LOL the odds of mcabe getting struck by lightning are better than the leafs ever winning a cup lol. GO HABS GO

#18 Ice Man says:
April 7, 2008 at 11:47 am

They have the Cup at home every year………..

#19 Senet 1 says:
April 7, 2008 at 11:06 pm

Donnie thanks for clearing that up about Hatcher and not Modano. I was pretty sure I remember that the captain was not a canadian that is why when the topic came up Dallas came to mind immediately. Thanks for helping with the facts.

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Senet1 : I want the Bruins to win anyway so that we pick ahead of them in the Draft.
Senet1 : Muller you got your wish NYR won game 4. So the Bruins will have to play another game at least.
Senet1 : He may just bring all three of the kids up.
muller93 : MB is forced to go out and get a big D-man. Missing Emelin for almost half the season is the last thing we needed to hear. Now going out and getting a big D-man is a MUST!!!
muller93 : Now for the Fu**en Bruins who have no business even being in the second round are going to get a nice rest. Yes the same goons who took out one of best D-man for 6 more months. There is NO Fu**en justice. Just venting--Ok i feel better now.
muller93 : So pissed to see the Rangers lay down and play like total crap. How did the Rangers beat the Caps? This team is playing with no heart--a must win and can only muster 23 shots...PATHETIC !!!
muller93 : Senet I did see Galchenyuks goal--Made a great move for the game winner. You can see the kid has so much confidence.
goalie : If Rangers get swept I wonder if Tortorella will get his walking papers? Or Glen Sather? They have tons of 'talent' but zero wins in this series.
goalie : It's really too bad we lost to the Sens as we would have played the Rangers and the way NYR are playing we would have beat them too. If only. If only!
Senet1 : Actually I agree it was a good move for them to play a shorter season and get the experience. He could not have played in the minors this year he would have had to play junior or the NHL. However, he now has a year under him and knows what to expect next year and hopefully take a bigger responsibility on the team. Did you see those two goals in the bronze game? Wow.
muller93 : Good move by the Habs not having Galchenyuk play in the minors. Now Galchenyuk has 1 year in the NHL and playoff experience this is going to pay off big time come next year.
Senet1 : Galchenyuk scores to back to back goals in shoot out to help USA win Bronze metal. I did not see the second goal but the first was a beauty.
Senet1 : So we could pick anywhere from 25th to 23rd depending on who wins these quarter final series.
Senet1 : First, is the 14 teams in the lottery. Then there are 12 teams that did not make the semi finals in the order of the seasonal finish, Then there are the four teams in the semi final the first two eliminated pick in the order of the regular season points total and the last two based on who wins and who loses the cup. So as it stand now if say Detroit beats Chicago then Detroit moves up to pick after us. Boston or NYR will move up and pick after us. LA or San Jose will move up and pick after us
Senet1 : Basically, I was wrong about the draft pick situation. There are three groups of drafting teams within the 30 teams.
Senet1 : seriously ready to challenge for the cup. He will us win games but he will not be the difference between winning the cup and not winning the cup. You pick up players like that once you have the team ready to challenge,.
Senet1 : I am looking at the players to draft and there are a lot of big 6'3-6'5 forwards available ion the draft this year. If we could draft 3-4 big young players in the 2nd and 3rd round why would you want to give that up for a roster player who may have 2-3 years at best. If we are going to build a winner to have to build it with bigger players and there are a lot of good big players available this year. So you sign Ott and he is with us for the short run, but probably not when we are seriously re
Senet1 : Boullion is a great mentor for the young D-men
muller93 : Boullion is one of MBs great additions--Boull ion is a definite Keeper.
muller93 : Getting rid of Kaberle frees up a lot of cash. Boullion is small but is reliable and doesn't back down from anyone.
muller93 : Exactly Goalie any thoughts on a punishing D-man?
goalie : They;re showing determination adn skill vs Ducks and Blackhawks.
goalie : REd Wings could turn out to be the surprise team of this year's playoffs!
goalie : WE need to rid our team of Kaberle and Webber. Step two would be to then move Diaz. If we get that big d-man I believe that would push Boullion to # 7 on the chart. We'd then go with Georges, PK,Markov (to continue mentoring Ememlin) Tinordi as our starting six . THEN I'd be excited about our chances. We could then work on getting bigger forwards.
goalie : I too would gladly give up a 3rd round pick for Ott- the type of player we sadly lack. AND if we could get one more rugged, expeienced defenceman it would help immensely.
muller93 : Senet what you are saying makes sense but if we can get Ott for a 3rd round I'll take that all day.
muller93 : MB should be looking at a big D-man first, even though I like our blue line with the addition of Tinordi. We need that insurance just in case one gets injured. Also I'm a firm believer in starting with the goalie first then-defense-for wards-and we already have good goalie. We have all noticed when we have the lead Price is tough to beat.
Senet1 : So sometimes you have to sacrifice for one year or two to build that team in the draft. then add the finishing touches through FA and trades.
Senet1 : Muller, Detroit is another good example. They have been in the hunt every year with good well balanced teams yet only one or two cups to show for it. However, they have built a team that has a chance every years for the last 10+ years. That is what I think we have a chance to do this year with a good draft. It reminds me of the habs teams of the mid 80 and 90's we built a team then with sold draft picks and won the cup twice during that time period. So sometimes you have to sacrifice a one
muller93 : Very true Senet, you do need luck and we haven't had any luck it seems since the habs moved to the Bell Center. We had an incredible run in 2010 with some crazy goal tending from Halak. With Galchenyuk-Tinor di-Gallagher all in 1 year--not too bad, even with an early exit in the playoffs.
Senet1 : Muller I guess we all have our own ideas, but there has never been too many times that were successful when they traded their draft picks away. We have a chance to build this team so we have a shot at winning the cup over the next 10 years. Even as good as Pittsburgh has been they have only won the cup once since Crosby and Malkin have been with the team. That is because you not only need great players but you need luck to win, but one thing about Pittsburgh they have a chance every year. The
muller93 : Good point on Torres, he might be a liability. Torres has to tone it down a bit, but that's his game-very aggressive.
goalie : Though I don't condone what Raffi Torres did - thos shows you how repeat offenders or near offenders are going to be treated. His hit was NOT illegal BUT what the rap sheet adn reputation Torres has he got severly punished. Lesson to be learned by OTHER players because Torres dopesn't learn fromk his mistakes.
muller93 : Senet normally I would agree with you on not trading draft picks but we are not in a rebuilding stage. Sometimes draft picks can be a roll of the dice and it can take up to 3 years to be NHL ready. We have a good team and I agree with Stuo players like Clowe-Torres-Ott -Scott will make a big difference. Somebody has to protect Gallagher, he can't keep getting hit the way does--we need a tough forward so they think twice before going after Gallagher.