OT 1:39:
SCHNEIDER!!!
Unreal
4-3
OT 2:09:
great passing on the PP
3P 2:30:
YES! Upshall runs Halak and goes.
3P 3:22:
Richards is just a pleasure to watch.
OT 3:50:
I'm losing count of Komo screw-ups.
OT 4:17:
Man, when the Captain cranks it up. And Higgins, too.
3P 00:00:
Whew! A good point.
3P 00:52:
Where would this team be without Markov?
3P 1:30:
terrible time clearing
3P 2:20:
Canadiens playing for the point? Dangerous
3P Break.:
Laraque has made a huge difference tonight, eh?
3P 4:00:
Not the greatest PP until Pleks gets on.
3P 5:30:
Higgins hustles Carle into a penalty
3P 6:00:
Schneider doesn't panic
3P Break.:
Great game. Canadiens are getting chances off their forecheck
3P 7:50:
Man, that Philadelphia D is brutal
3P 8:30:
They're getting good at this stretch pass to the man leaving the box
3P 9:30:
How did they miss?
3P 10:40:
Richards: what a great player! Check Kovalev, then races up ice to cause a penalty.
3P Break.:
Amazing shift by Metropolit's line. They didn't score, but they wore down a crappy Philadelphia D
3P 12:30:
Canadiens have few guys who can score
3P 14:17:
D'Ag is playing with a lot of zip
3P 15:30:
D'Ag takes BGL's place with Metropolit and Stewart. To good effect
3P 16:00:
Ross comes awfully close
3P 17;20:
D'Ag tries on the forecheck. I wish he were bigger
3P 18:14:
Flyers overplaying Kovy on the PP, just like they did in the playoffs
3P 19:00:
Komo got away with one
3P 20:00:
Please: no more Philadelphia PPs. Because they won't go 0-for-Friday on home ice
JT on the second:
-Damn, Carbo and the purple tie again. I have yet to see them win when he wears the stupid purple tie.
-Halak might be Slovakian, but I think he's got an inkling of what the leaders of Ireland's Easter Rising felt like when they stood in front of the firing squad.
-Heroes of the five-on-three again tonight. A good thing too, because the Koivu call wasn't justified.
-But...taking a ton of penalties is going to cost them. Loss of discipline loses games.
-St.Jaro of Halak deserves a better D. What the hell was Breezer doing on the tying goal? And what the hell are Komisarek and Hamrlik doing the rest of the time? I know Breeze has his good points, but on plays like that one, he reminds me of Kathy Bates in "Misery." You whack him with the typewriter and you think he's gone...but he suddenly pops up again and scares the crap out of you.
-If the Canadiens pull this off, it'll be despite themselves.
Trade rumour:
Phil Kessel for Pronger. Can you imagine Pronger and Chara in the playoffs?
BGL:
3:59 ToI. Riley Coté: 3:18. And these guys are in the NHL because ...
2P 00:01:
Carter: how idiotic is that?
2P 1;17:
Hamrlik for high-sticking. This is killing me.
2P 2:30:
Houde says Komo is "méconnaissable", unrecognizable.
2P 2:42:
Stupid Stewart. This will cost them
2P 2:45:
Canadiens are totally out of synch. If they can escape this period ...
2P 3:00:
Markov and Schneider are the only reliable pairing
2P 4:55:
Halak is saving their ass ... for now
2P Break:
Komisarek! Wassup with this guy? His game has evaporated
2P 6:00:
Key sequence now. This will determine the game.
2P 6:17:
Brisebois. Every freakin' game.
3-3
2P 6:45:
AK46 has to work harder on the PP. And on the second wave a pass nearly skips past Breeze at the point. wasted PP
2P Break:
Man, that PK is hummin' And now another PP.
2P 10:16:
Flyers PP is sputtering
2P 11:02:
Very bad, Max. They're playing with fire
2P 11:30:
Max-Pac is going to be GREAT!!
3P 12:30:
Kovy has come alive. Checking, playing D, doing it all.
2P 13:05:
Shots are 7-1 and Canadiens just got their first
2P Break:
A too-long shift for Schneider, Markov and the fourth line
2P 15:00:
Pleks line terrifies Flyers D
2P 15:45:
Jaro is getting hot.
1P 16:25:
Kovy great on the 3-5 PK. So's everyone else, especially Halak
2P 18:47:
How can Pleks bitch that call? Clear as day
2P 20:00:
Stevens must have scorched the walls between periods. And now Jaro has to step up
J.T. on the first:
-It's not exactly been an auspicious start for Metropolit. Did Holmgren send a ringer to the Habs' side tonight?
-The gems of the 2003 first round are on display tonight. And Andrei Kostitsyn went in that round too.
-Kovalev has been a pretty effective penalty killer a lot this year.
-Komisarek and Hamrlik are killing the Habs. Hamrlik is sucking harder than a two-year-old with a milkshake and a straw. And whatever GM signs Komisarek to a massive deal this summer is going to be severely disappointed unless he's actually injured right now. If he is, he should sit. If he's not, well, you ask for whom the bell tolls? It tolls for him.
-Carbo's got to stop rolling four lines, if only because two of them roll like bricks.
-How nice to see someone else's goalie look as open as the North Pole Holiday Inn at Christmas for a change.
-Max Pacioretty is a real gem of a budding player. I'm honestly afraid the Canadiens are going to ruin him. You don't want a guy like him to become complacent about losing. They need to win for his sake, if nothing else.
-D'Agostini apparently went to the Chris Higgins school of singing goalposts.
-If only we can get Philly to hold off on Biron for one more period...
Biron?:
I hope so. Can't spell Niiiiiitttttyyyyymaaaaaakiiiiiiiii
1P 00:00:
How did D'Ags miss?
1P 00:40:
That Philly D? Peeeeee-yew!
1P 1:31:
tellme again why Biron didn't start? Kovy
3-2
1P 2:17:
Do you like offensive hockey? This is a barnburner
1P 2:53:
Metropolit is on fire here
Boone knows NOTHING!!!!:
I was sure this was over
1P 3:22:
Wow! Kostopoulos!!
2-2
1P 3:35:
That red-hot PP. Pleks 2-1
1P 3:58:
The PK is effective ... and Coburn takes a stupid penalty on Markov
1P Break:
AHL call-up Jared Ross beats Komisarek along the boards and the Flyers go on the PP again. Man, this is brutal.
1P 6:00:
Is Kovalev dressed for this game?
1P 7;28:
Flyers' forecheck is just killing the Canadiens' D
1P 8:10:
Not a great night for Hamrlik
1P 9:00:
TtB: what a move! No goal, of course
1P Break:
No miracles from Halak so far
1P Break:
So what's on the other channel?
1P 10:00:
Not a great Flyers D
1P 11:46:
The worst play Hamrlik has made this season? Could be
2-0
1P 12:00:
Carter is killing Koivu on draws
1P Break:
No flow to the attack but if they can keep this close ... Would have been something if Metropolit scored
1P 13:00:
Canadiens have settled down
1P 14:25:
Higgins takes a hit to make a good play on the PK. Then Niittymaki robs Metropolit on a breakaway out of the box
1P 16:34:
Metropolit goes for an inadvertent high stick. What a start
1P 17:40:
Good shift by Pleks line
1P 19:00:
Canadiens D moving in slo-mo
1P 19:32:
Oy! What a start.
Lupul 1-0. Metropolit minus-1
1P 20:00:
The old Boone Reverse Jinx: No way, folks.
Bouchard:
Says shots against are worrisome
Schneider:
The power play is 8-for-19 since he got here.
Halak:
He'll see some rubber tonight, eh?
Spring is in the air:
Pierre Houde is wearing a beige suit
Pizza?:
Jeff Carter's training diet
Four-pointer:
If Canadiens lose tonight, they can probably forget about a Top Four seeding
The Q:
is 20 years younger than I.
Norman Flynn on the Flyers:
North-south team with two Euros, one of whom is a goaltender
Bégin:
With all due respect, enough already! I guess RDS has to justify sending Lavoie all the way to Texas ...
Emotional departure:
Bégin fights tears in interview with Renaud Lavoie
Joël Bouchard:
Applauds Bob Gainey for sending Steve Bégin to a place where he'll play. He likes Metropolit's speed. The lingering question: why didn't Guy Carbonneau like Steve Bégin's game?
Biron not starting:
A head-scratcher, given his success against the Canadiens
Salary cap:
Flyers are $1.5 million over
Lucky number?:
Metropolitis the Canadiens' first 15 since Samsonov
Mike Richards:
Arguably the most complete player in the NHL. Chosen 24th overall in the first round of the 2003 draft – 14 spots behind AK46, whom I like ... but not for his completeness.
Bob's shopping list:
Michel Villeneuve on CKAC suggests some names: Brendan Witt (just got suspended five games, Michel Bergeron says he's slow and useless like Jason Smith); Pavel Kubina (Jacques Demers like him: RH top-4 defenceman who played with Hamrlik in Tampa Bay); Nik Antropov (Demers and Bergeron love him and would trade Higgins in a heartbeat); Tim Connolly (too risky, say the coaches, one more concussion and he's done); Olli Jokinen (what kind of head case can't play for Waybe Gretzky); Steve Sullivan (See Tim Connolly), Keith Tkachuk. To which Bergeron would add Jason Spezza, whom he loves.
Metropolit:
Say goodnight, Kyle ... again.
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