With the announcement Monday afternoon that Guy Boucher had turned down the Columbus coaching offer (after numerous reports to the contrary), there was jubilation amongst Hab fans – the “next one” is staying put!

With the Habs’ year now complete, it’s time to sit back and reflect on the season (and playoffs) that was. Today, the second part of HabsWorld’s 2009-10 wrap-up with the player grades for Montreal’s forwards.

With the Habs’ year now complete, it’s time to sit back and reflect on the season (and playoffs) that was.

The memorable season is now over for both the Habs and Bulldogs as they both lost their respective conference finals this past week.

They fought hard at the end, but the Habs were unable to overcome an early deficit, falling 4-2 to the Flyers in the game and 4-1 in the series.

For the 3rd time in less than a month, the Habs find themselves facing elimination as they now trail the Flyers 3 games to 1.

The Habs played a rare afternoon game on Saturday but unfortunately, someone forgot to remind the Habs of the start time as they stumbled to a 3-0 loss at the hands of the Flyers, placing them once again in all too familiar territory.

The Habs wanted to send a message to say they’re not dead – message received.

The Habs came out with a better effort on Tuesday night but were once against stymied as the Flyers blanked the Canadiens 3-0.