Julien's motivation to stick to Gainey is being transferred to his players. Carbo also gave them plenty of arrogant motivation in some of his post game comments through out the series. Kovalev is giving us the other side of the coin. The Beezer nostalgia has worn out as well. Ryder's played better at the end of the year and his effort over the last few years was part of the Hab's feel good story and motivation. To not have him out there with Koivu tonight was bad judgement in my opinion. Price can not be blamed but we should all realize that goaltending is hot and cold everwhere. Brodeur got schooled by Sean Avery?? while Theodore the Hab reject is once again the top flight goalie the Habs hope to have in Price. I thought Higgins showed that he is the real deal tonight and the type of player you need to win cups. I'm not so sure about some of the others - if country of origin doesn't matter, I think we can say size most definately does. Is there any chance we could get Saku's little brother, who was great in a losing cause.