For the second night running we were offered a three-part serial on The Trap starring the Devils and the Canadiens. On this night the Habs came out on top and in the process came to a rest at equal footing with those same Devils. It was a continuation o

Not a whole lot to say about this one except that we skated with the Devils very well. We trapped as well as they did, attacked as well as they did, and our special teams were as good as theirs were. That tells me we’re going to do just fine in the play

Take this one to the bank: the Montreal Canadiens are for real. That system, which so many at the beginning of the season hated, felt was useless, and were dead-set against, once again served us well in a win against the might Colorado Avalanche. When y

To borrow from Bob Cole: Whoa baby!

Now that was playoff hockey! If you didn’t enjoy that game, then you’re either in a come or you have something genetically wrong with you. And I aim that comment at Leafs fans who might read this as well, beca

Unsurprisingly, the Habs were just not ready for the start of this one, and in the end it cost them as they fell to a vastly inferior team, and one that had lost two of it’s better offensive talents. While they had more spunk than I would have expected t

Well, here we are post-deadline and we’ve got a couple of new faces, a little more confidence, and our future in our own hands. As we head down the stretch we have to start looking at who we’ll face in The Show (assuming no locker room brawl or injury gl

There have been times during the season, and in particular during this rather incredible stretch of eight wins in their last nine games, when the Habs have looked less like a playoff or winning club than one would care to admit. However, and this is key,

There was a definite tilt to the ice surface tonight and we definitely stole two points. The refs definitely didn’t show up for much of the time, but despite all that Garon definitely stole the show. This is one tired team that’s heading to Anaheim, and

Despite a great start to the game, the Habs fell into bad habits and complacency against a team they probably thought wouldn’t offer much resistance. When Dags, Ward, and Begin started the game with a bang, or more literally a BANG BANG BANG, it looked l

Nerves, excitement, anxiousness – whatever it was that cause the Habs to play a game with that little intensity after their strong performance against the Devils cost them a victory tonight. There seemed, at times, little cohesion in the play, a lack of