J.T.'s wrap-up:
She's not happy"
-Will nothing make this team mad? What the hell does it take to get them inspired?
-The PK is brutal. It might be that the Habs are taking so very many penalties, but even so...three PP goals for Toronto? Lovely.
-If anyone thinks this team...if this is the best they can do...is going to win the Cup this year, they need either psychological or drug counselling.
-There hasn't been an attack this disorganized since Napoleon tried to take Russia.
-Getting owned by the leafs...I feel like the bully who ends up in prison, only to find the kid he used to beat up is his now-much-bigger shower mate.
-The Canadiens need defence. Whatever Bob has to do to get some, he must do now. It's great to have it in the pipeline, but the pipeline isn't winning any games this year. Or, likely, next.
-Toskala almost fell asleep because that DVD he was watching while the play was in the other end was kind of dull.
-When did the leafs get big and fast? Or, maybe I should ask when the Habs developed an unfortunate sense of entitlement and stopped giving a crap?
-Even Carbo's magical line-shifting didn't help.
-Every single loose puck had a blue shirt on it first. That's unforgivable. I hope HIO doesn't post any audio tomorrow, because I don't want to hear any of the crap the team is going to spew to explain this disaster. This is the worst game they've played all year. I hate this. Have the Habs EVER won a Hall of Fame game? I don't remember one.
-The Habs fragile bubble has burst. Now what?
-I REALLY, REALLY, REALLY despise the leafs. And I'm not too fond of the Habs at this moment either.
3P 00:00:
Just embarrassing
3P 1:30:
ooh, that's going to be a quiet flight home
3P 2:00:
Shots 40-20. And the Na-na-na song
3P 2:56:
I can't blame Sergei on that. At least he's pissed off about this.
3P 3:27:
Embarrassing
Ponikarovski
6-3
3P Break:
Lapierre will never score in this league. 10 a year would be a revelation.
3P 5:50:
Finally, a bit of pressure .. but much too little and way too late
3P 6:48:
Higgins finally gets one ... and it doesn't count.
3P 8:40:
Oh, let it just be over!
3P Break:
Andrei Kostitsyn actually had a shot on goal!
3P 10:28:
Luke Schenn is a keeper, but the rest of that D should be under more pressure than the Canadiens have managed
3P 12:00:
Lang, Laraque and Gui!
3P Break:
Good passing by Sergei and Tanguay. We have to take solace in very small pleasures. What a pathetic effort!
3P 13:00:
White hit the post. That was the sixth goal.
3P 14:00:
AK46 on the PK?
3P 15:00:
Lapierre, Tanguay and Sergei. And another bad Tanguay penalty
3P 16:00:
Koivu, Higgins and Laraque?
3P 17:15:
Grabovski wins another faceoff
3P 18:00:
We want Marc Denis!
3P 18:47:
Tic-tac-toe
Kubina
5-3
That should do it
3P 19:00:
Oh man, even Markov is taking bad penalties. What a night!
3P 20:00:
I wonder what Carbo is saying?
Robert Lang:
1-6 on faceoffs
Between periods:
How do you give the Toronto Maple Leafs 32 shots in 40 minutes? How? Is Roman Hamrlik the MVP of the Montreal Canadiens? This is brutal. The Leafs are cruising through the Canadiens' end, whacking Price around. Their speed is undressing our supposedly fast team.
J.T. on the second period:
-OT, but LOVE that Bobby Orr commercial, outlining the knee scars. I'm actually surprised he agreed to do that one.
-Why are all the seats behind the benches empty seven minutes into the period? Oh yeah...it's Toronto.
-NOW is anyone regretting letting Grabovsky go? Apparently, not the Habs, since they're deliberately nailing him every chance they get.
-Markov's laying on the body like a painter lays the primer.
-PP looks like someone has charged the paddles and hit it. Finally.
-Biggest disappointment so far this year: AKost. I know he was hurt, but he wasn't doing anything before the hit and he's done less since.
-Tanguay: 7 goals on 19 shots. Higgins: 1 goal on 500 shots.
-That's the best haircut Carbo's had in a while. But the yellow tie?
-Price has been knocked from one end of the rink to the other. Why do the Habs have Laraque again?
-My boy Pleky. He had to find his rhythm...but now he's beating like a strongman's heart.
-Another illustration of the importance of faceoffs: the leafs third goal.
-Has anyone noticed Latendresse in the last, oh...seven...games?
-Kovalev is really annoying when he's not scoring. The giveaways are as enjoyable as lice. And the cross-ice pass interceptions go down like a dose of salts.
-What the hell is wrong with Komisarek? Whacking at the puck with the stick instead of taking the man with the body? He's at 3-million per on my running tally for his new contract.
-Funny how everyone craps on Halak when he allows four against Anaheim and Price is still god when he does it against the leafs.
-I REALLY hate the leafs.
Joël Bouchard:
Brilliant with replay analysis
2P 00:00:
That PP can drive a person nuts
2P 2:50:
30 SoG allowed already ... to the Leafs!
2P 3:35:
Did you ever see such a mess?
Pathetic.
Antropov
4-3
2P 5:00:
Wow, did Grabovksi scoot around Gorges!
2P Break:
Luke Schenn, 19, strips Kovalev
2P 7:11:
Koivu picks the top corner off great forechecking by Higgins
3-3
2P 8:20:
That didn't take long
Kubina, with Hagman screening
2P Break:
A Koivu hook, yes?
2P Break:
A Koivu hook, yes?
2P 9:00:
game is opening up
2P 10:01:
Sergei is back!
What a passing play: Kovy to SK to Plekanec
2-2
2P 10:40:
Wild sequence. Kovalev brings the PP to life, but then the Leafs get a 3-on-1, crash Price and take a penalty. BGL has to straighten someone out.
2P My mistake (not the last!):
Leafs penalty
2P Break:
Another penalty, after a brutal defensive shift by Pleks line. The team just can't get any momentum going.
2P 14:00:
Good. Gorges smacked Grabovski
2P 15:28:
Yes! Tanguay knows how to make plays.
Lang
2-1
2P 15:53:
Gotta score here
2P 17:00:
Higgins is killing me
2P 18:14:
Grabovski is shoving an umbrella up the butt of Bob Gainey ... and opening it
2-0
My man JG:
Always a good interview
2P 20:00:
Penalties, pealties, penalties in game after game. The PK is great, but it plays havoc with the lines, tires out the D and the goalie.
J.T. on the first:
-Closeup on Price during the HOF player intros...you really do forget how very young he is. Closeup on Koivu, smiling at Cournoyer's name. Yeah...the Captain loves his team.
-I wouldn't trade Lang to make room for Sundin. Or, at least I wouldn't have until the last few games. Now...I'm thinking less of class and more of big, scary and aggressive down the middle.
-My dirty-old-man neighbour makes more successful passes than the Habs tonight.
-Good to see Miss Higgins is on his usual form. I wonder how Saku copes with the ignoble death of so many brilliantly-conceived chances? Although, I'm one of those who thinks people should expect less of Higgins.
-Anyone regretting keeping Dandy instead of Grabs?
-TK loves the team, but that was one dumbass penalty. Lack of discipline is going to kill a very good team this year.
-I'm tired of Kovalev on the Plekanec line. I'm ready for the Belorussian Brothers with Plekanec.
-So, the Habs have to be better in the second, right? Hard to think they could be worse.
-I hate the leafs.
1P 00:00:
All things considered ...
1P 00:50:
Koivu is deadly on faceoffs
1P 1:40:
What, Grabovski crashes Price?
1P 2:56:
Shots are 9-2. ouch!
1P Break:
Interesting combo: Max, Larauqe and AK46
1P 4:53:
Higgins can't finish
1P 5:20:
Kovy and those f-ing cross-ice passes
1P 6:00:
Canadiens getting some rhythm
1P 7:40:
Good thing Mayers can't score
1P 8:50:
Close White dinged the post. bu a great PK
1P 9:13:
Blake. Idiot. I hate Blake.
1P 10:00:
More good work by Gorges on PK
1P 11:46:
Helluva play by Grabovski, feeding Hagman. And they're still on the PP
1P 12:41:
Two for roughing, five for boarding and a game. Wow!
1P Break:
Looks like Kostopoulos got tossed. That was a dirty hit. But then he kind of looked like "What was I supposed to do?"
1P 13:30:
Very few whistles. Good game so far
1P 15:00:
Komisarek lays one on Tlusty
1P 16:00:
Higgins can't cash a great Koivu set-up
1P 16:30:
Why are line changes so laborious?
1P 18:50:
RDS guys say O'Byrne looks nervous. It's all Toronto so far
1P 19:11:
fat rebound off Price and a scrum ensues. Nearly a goal
1P 19:27:
Tanguay: a treat to watch in the o-zone
1P 19:59:
Saku talking to Fraser already
"To you with failing hands ...":
It's on the wall of the Canadiens' room
Veterans:
Nice salute. Very classy.
Peter Stastny:
An all-time Habs killer
Murray Costello?:
Woo-hoo! Let's party
Pre-game ceremony:
Grab abeer, it's gonna be a long one
1P 20:00:
This is going to be very tough without Hamrlik. O'B has to come up huge.
Winning, but ...:
Four straight one-goal games. Bouchard says Canadiens have to impose their style in a game.
Carbo's tie:
Ouf! Demers is pushing him for the Hall of Fame
Ray Scapinello:
Class act, yes?
Fourth line:
More praise from Michel Bergeron and Dave Morissette
Derick Brasard:
RDS showed the shootout goal again. Five dekes. A beauty!
Glenn Anderson:
Figure he dyes his hair? Igor Larionov wasn't too shabby, eh?
Cancer kids:
In the Canadiens' room. Heartwarming stuff
The Flying Canadiens:
Roy MacGregor has a nice piece in the Globe and Mail today.
Uh-oh!:
Hamrlik is iffy. More ice time for Breeze, against a young, skating team.
Mikhail Grabovski:
Can't play D. Canadiens didn't need another small centre. End of story.
Kovy:
Tells Elliotte Freedman he wants to play 10 more years
Joël Bouchard:
says Tomas Plekanec has been the best Canadien for the last two games
Carey Price:
Jacques Demers says they're talking him up for 2010. 4-1 vs. Toronto last season.
48 per cent:
Of RDS respondents say Halak was the main reason the Canadiens lost in Columbus.
Uncle George's other toy:
Liverpool 3 West Brom 0 And Man U lost to Arsenal
Choice of networks:
HNIC? RDS? Hughson is good, so I might give my mother tongue a chance
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