I just love the hockey playoffs!
By John Amato Saturday Apr 18, 2009 2:00pmIt's hockey time and I'm really into the race for the Stanley Cup. The players smash everything in sight and every shift is played to the max. I'm rooting for the NY Rangers, but Ovechkin is a freak of nature. In the East, Pittsburgh has really come on strong since the late season trades and might be playing at a higher level than they did last year. Tim Thomas of the Bruins and the man, Martin Brodeur will have something to say about that. Jeff Carter can score with the best of them and Mike Richards is a rock. Oh, and Carolina never loses at home.
I haven't watched a lot of hockey in the West, but San Jose had a tremendous year. Anaheim is one of those deadly #8 seeds and is going to take them to the mat. And what can you say about the Red Wings? It all falls on the shoulders of Chris Osgood and his goaltending because offensively they are as deadly as ever and now have Hossa. It's good to see Chicago back in too and you can't count out the Canucks.
Anyway, who are you rooting for and why will your team win?
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I love ice hockey!
I'm rooting for the St. Louis Blues because I'm from St. Louis! Had season tickets at the old Checkerdome for 10 years, 2 rows off the ice.....until the tickets jumped from $40 to $120! (Plus, I moved to Chicago when that happened.....but never became a Blackhawk fan....hate them!!!!)
Canucks will probably beat St. Louis, though...so I'll have to root for someone else!
(Robin Williams as) William F. Buckley: Uh, uh, I see. Ah, ah, ah, so what you’re saying here, what you’re saying here, in the 1960’s, the catchphrase was, uh, “black is beautiful,” where the catchphrase for the 1980s is, uh, “Black is flammable.” Uh, uh, I, forgive me, but this whole thing smacks as a left-wing conspiracy of paranoia, if you catch my drift.
(Eddie Murphy as) Dr. Philip Holder: The government doesn’t want to start a panic amongst blacks. I mean, the black population will be staying in the house, and then, you know, America’ll be boring, you know. There won’t be nothin’, no baseball, no basketball, no football, no nothin’, just... hockey.
William F. Buckley: Uh, I see. I see, um.
http://www.myspace.com/evettechevette ... with fans like this, those Canucks are going to be high-sticking boys bent on destruction as they plow onward into the crease... and the hockey team is pretty awesome, too
because they're the best! Rah-Rah!
because the Thrashers sure didn't make it this year.
like John said, if Osgood keeps his game tight. There's not a team out there that can match them line for line, so yeah, it's all on Ozzy.
I have been a faithful Flyers fan since the opening game of 1967. We've lived through some awful times and some great times, but I'm afraid this year the quest is going to end in the first round. For whatever reason, they just can't get themselves ready to play until the middle of the second period.
My prediction: Conference finals... Boston vs Pittsburgh / San Jose vs Detroit
Finals: Boston vs. San Jose
Cup winner: Boston. They've just got way too much of everything at every position.
There is simply NO sport that even comes close to NHL hockey, and NO playoffs with more excitement than the NHL's.
You can say that, again.....NO sport even comes close!
Probably the most exciting game I ever went to was the "Monday Night Miracle" game in May 1986...St. Louis Blues against the Calgary Flames in the old Checkerdome. It was the 6th game of the playoffs. The Blues were losing 5 to 2 with 12 minutes left in the 3rd period.
Then Brian Sutter scored, making it 5 to 3. With about 8 minutes left, the Blues scored once again. With a little over a minute left to play in regulation, Greg Paslawski put the puck in the net to tie it up for the Blues. The place went wild. I'd never heard the place so loud in my life.
I didn't think it could get any louder, but it did....when Doug Wickenheiser won it in overtime for the Blues at the 7 minute, 30 second mark. Unbelieveable.....have not seen or heard anything that loud at a sporting event since! Unfortunately, Calgary beat St. Louis in the 7th and final game of that series!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yodTX7a-Fc
Although I generally agree that NHL hockey is the most exciting, I did see a Peoria Rivermen game (think in Kansas City) many years ago....never seen so much blood in my life at a hockey game due to the fights!
And, one other extremely exciting game I went to was the Gold/Silver game at the 1994 Lillehammer winter Olympics....Canada vs. Sweden. This one also went into overtime, with a shootout. Peter Forsberg put one in the net for Sweden; Paul Kariya of Canada missed his shot, so Sweden won the Gold....pretty amazing/exciting hockey game!
Just love hockey....I don't have a ticket for tomorrow's Blues/Canucks game....but I might just have to try to get one instead of watching it on TV!
Pavel Datsyuk is my favorite player. He's the NHL's best skater, and he's scored some spectacular goals. He's also smart as heck. Gotta love a hockey player who's latest book read is "The Master and Margarita" by Mikhail Bulgakov.
The Wings are just phenomenal, period.
Anaheim are just a bunch of slobbering goons. I hope the Sharks shut them out the next 4 straight games.
Bulgakov is amazing, especially The Master and Margarita.
Pavel Datsyuk was nominated for the Hart trophy (Most Valuable Player, MVP, in the NHL) as one of the three best players in the NHL and absolutely deserves it. Let's see if they can get to the finals again this year!
Georges Elliots, http://www.best-culinary-arts-colleges.com, college student
I have no particular favorites, but I loooove NHL overtime, the best OT in all of sports.
Sudden death is exactly what it is: somebody scores, the game is over and the losing team feels like they have been shot. And most of the games that go to three or more overtimes end up being legendary, the goals scored tending to be the least controversial.
I especially remember Keith Primeau's goal from 2000 to end the (then) fifth longest ever game: a beautiful wrist shot from the boards that beat Ron Tugnutt cleanly over the shoulder. What a gorgeous goal that was, no controversy at all.
http://www.flyershistory.com/cgi-bin/hm.cgi?0...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHGMqXQEfw4
Me and my friends still talk about that Flyers/ Pittsburgh overtime game. I can't stand the Flyers, but that game was epic. When I watched it, I remember falling asleep on the couch during the second overtime, waking up more than an hour later and was confused when I still saw the game on. For a minute I thought it was a re-broadcast. Absolutely crazy.
I stayed up to watch that one - and occasionally, they'd show some kid in the audience who had fallen asleep.
I'm a native Detroiter relocated to the Washington, DC, area, so I'm rooting for my hometown heroes, the Red Wings, and the Caps. Mike Green and Ovechkin put on a fantastic hockey game.
If, by some stroke of I-don't-even-know they play each other, I'd root for the Wings.
This has been a great start to the series so far! Looking forward to endless hockey for the next few weeks.
There is no certainty in the West in the last 20 years other than that the Red Wings will prevail...I see no reason to doubt this today. As for the East...they will eat their own as usual in the early rounds and end up as fodder for the Red Wings.
what, are u a moron? teams beat the Red Wings every season. dumbass
Game 2
Detroit - 4
Columbus - 0
ThankUDriveThru
let's go sabres...
...oh wait
Jackie Chan said today, "If I need to buy a TV, I'll definitely buy a Japanese TV. A Chinese TV might explode." remarking on Chinese Quality.
these days. ;-)
Chan also said today that the Chinese "need to be controlled" by the PRC goverment, and free speech be limited.
What a moron. He's obviously taken one too many blows to the head.
This is a great year for the nhl playoffs. In almost every series (except Detroit/Columbus) the teams are fairly matched up and its almost entirely up for grabs. I find myself watching every game of every series this year, something I normally don't do (I usually only watch the series that I think are going to be good games).
As far as Ovechkin goes, I think they the caps need to have someone else carry the puck into the zone instead of Ovie. He has a good eye for setting up plays, but he is much more dangerous in the slot. But I'm a Rangers fan, so I'm enjoying seeing him as unproductive as possible.
Go Rangers!!!
Henrik! Henrik!
The NHL is never never never displayed in lower case. You're obviously a pseudo fan
Go pseudo's go. Yea. Huh!
Flyers were my ace team when I was young and didn't have anything else better to do but watch sports. Hee hee hee hee
there are some sports I like to participate in that don't involve balls.
Hockey's a puck forgot
I am rooting for 'Citizens United'
since having missing teeth is a status symbol out there.
Pittsburgh PA
"And what can you say about the Red Wings?"
Well since you asked, fantastic!
Oh, and what Van said.
Datsyuk would surpass Gretzky if enforcers were still allowed.
And gazing into my crystal ball...
I see Detroit over Boston in seven.
Let's hear it for the Penguins!
Watched a lot of Bruins games this year and they have a bunch of young guys that came into their own a lot sooner than expected. Krejci, Kessel, Wheeler, Lucic are all under 25 and have very good skills. Lucic has a reputation for being physical and he does hit everything that moves but he really rises to the occasion in big games and he submitted two beautiful plays in Game 1 v. Montreal, assists that showed patience and great presence of mind. They're going to be tough to beat if they stick to they stay healthy and the kids don't succumb to the pressure of playoff hockey. 4 solid lines.
San Jose and Washington scare me more than anybody (though the Rangers seem to have their number) as Ovechkin is a magician and Joe Thornton would like nothing more than to beat the Bruins team that gave up on him...I'm sure.
that's why their playing like that. And jacked up on weird energy cocktails.
before each match.
Thanx
The Dallas Stars are my team, but...well...they're not in the playoffs this year. So I have to cheer for my new home team, the Blackhawks. They've had a really impressive season, and the fans are awesome.
in local leagues here. I've seen what a flying puck can do if it connects with an unprotected face. Not pretty.
I took one in the mouth while officiating about 12 yrs ago. Lost a tooth and a half and had 17 stitches in my upper lip. Still to this day the most painful thing I've ever experienced was getting those stitches out! No Novocain for some bizarre reason. Ouch!
I am a masochist. I root for the Rangers. They may not go far, but they are up 2-0 over Ovechkin.
their washed up
The local Sports network (NESN) showed a sneak peek of the runway before the Bruins took the ice last game and the guys were passing around what appeared to be smelling salts. Never seen that before unless they were trying to revive a semi-conscious football player or boxer...?
Inhaling nitrites causes an immediate increase in heart rate and blood flow throughout the body, producing a sensation of heat and excitement.
but definitively immoral.
Odd the Bruins players feel confident to use drugs in front of the TV cameras.
They are going to get suspended for this.
http://www.cces.ca/forms/index.cfm?dsp=templa...
http://proicehockey.about.com/cs/junior/a/lup...
I was a die hard Canucks fan for 30 years or so. Every year was finally going to be THEIR year to shine. Last season was my last though. I finally gave up and said to hell with them. I just don't care anymore. I've had my heart broken one too many times.
I have been a junior hockey fan since the early 70's as well. My first love in the junior ranks was the New Westminster Bruins. They're pretty well legendary in the junior ranks. I had season tickets during their "dynasty" years. 4 straight league championships and 2 Memorial Cup championships. The Memorial Cup is the junior equivalent of the Stanley Cup. My Bruins could play the game any way you wanted, skating or fighting. This was in the mid 70's so there A LOT of fighting going on.
The juniors tend to play every game as if it's their last. There's very little taking it easy and coasting like I've seen so many times in the NHL. The further down in rank you go the more frantic the games seem to get. My "team" is the Vancouver Giants. In their brief nine year existence they'll already won their league championship and the Memorial Cup. The Canucks on the other hand have won nothing. The Giants are just about to start in the second round against Kelowna Rockets. When they reach the finals, they'll probably be up against the Calgary Hitman. Go Giants Go.
In the NHL, I guess I'd be cheering on the Boston Bruins. Milan Lucic (Loo cheech) is a former Giant who's gone on to stardom and adoration in Boston. He's looked at there as the next coming of Cam Neely or Terry O'reilly.
n/c
That's all we need to know.
(:O)
effective longterm wealth management tactic given that they like golf more than hockey.
Leafs were the only original six team to miss the playoffs this year. Fourth year in a row. They are pretty fair golfers though. Maybe next year.
I hear they're talking to Lanny and Darryl. Let's hope.
Never watch the regular season anymore; refs don't let them play until the playoffs and so far so good. Now the NFL, is something I can watch every minute of every game. This year Pittsburg Steelers/Pittsburg Peguins.
We be comin on strong dis year! :)
WOOOOOOoooooPEEEEEeeeeeeeeee!
if we suck again, don't hold it against me.ok ;)
Pittsburgh PA
MGA1619, having watched the Bruins since the 70's I had a chance to see O'Reilly and Neely and I'd say this about the comparisons. O'Reilly was obviously a tough guy and a leader but he had nowhere near the talent of either of your B.C. natives. Neely abandoned his fighting ways and blossomed into a great goal scorer but he best at staking out space around the net and feeding on rebounds, tipping shots, etc. Lucic (granted I base it on a small sample of 2 seasons) is a better skater and a more skillful puck handler. Both thrilling to watch. Game starts in 20 minutes..can't wait.
Check out this clip from the Memorial Cup championship game a couple of years ago. Truly a classic.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5OJ1O25r_8
It's so easy to see how this young man became a star.
the Boston Bruins.
A Bruins/Canucks final. Bruins in six.
How can you be so right and so wrong at the same time?
I went to a fight and a hockey game broke out. It's like watching three sports in one, boxing, figure skating and baseball.
As a Caps fan, I'm not thrilled about their uncanny ability over the years to choke in the playoffs. I hope they come back and win the series here. I haven't gotten to see that much of any playoff games yet, unfortunately.
...I am afraid they might not make it past the first round. I am not a fair-weather fan but our first rounds lately have been brutal! And Detroit, the Bruins and San Jose look formidable. Either way, hockey and sunshine means it is the best time of year!
I agree, the Flames seem doomed already ... *sigh*
They should have won in OT Thursday night.
Aaarrggghhhhh!
Oh, I'll add that I'm glad Chicago is back in the hunt.
They fill baby rattles with hockey players teeth.
in the 80's. Trotts was the most underrated player I ever saw.
The Canadians v Boston is going to be a nasty one tonight.
Also glad to see Chicago back in it. When my dog is out of the hunt always cheer for whoever remains of the Original Six. Have a good evening you all, going to go and turn on the Canadians/Bruins game now as I can hear the national anthems.
Also don't forget F1 tomorrow.
cheers
:)
It is amazing how civil the discourse is on our favorite teams.
The real a**h*** in this is NBC. The Penguin fans used to sit outside the arena and watch the game on a jumbotron. No longer, these 800 fans are causing NBC's ratings to drop. Last year to boost enthusiasm during the broadcast these folks would be part of the show. I think it is time for the FCC to remind these corporate jerks just who owns the airwaves. Turn NBC into a cable channel if you can't learn to play with other kids.
Coming home from seeing the unwigged and unplugged show [the spinal tap guys going acoustic, if they are coming to your town go they put on an great show] the fans were streaming out of GM place past the theatre horns a honking our as beloved Canucks had racked up a 3 nothing win. I thought as we made our way through the mob of happy fans, Luongo is on his game many teams will not be happy about this. The Canucks are going to go deeper into the playoffs than I thought if he keeps slamming the door as he has the last several games. There is nothing like being in a hockey mad town during the playoffs, you'd have thought they'd won the whole thing the way this town partied last night but please no repeats of the 94 riots ok. Boston we will see you in the final I think Luu may have a little somethin' for ya when you get there.
which is proven by you dumbasses,
look, the canucks will finish the blues in four, easy as turkey dinner.
why? becuase they hit and fight for the puck. take mothereffers out of the play.
a canadian team may not win the stanley, but we'll be there in the final. and always remember, the team that wins was made up of canadian payers.
bunch of pussies you americans and europeans for that matter.
suck our stick, suckers
Forget what I said, there's one in every crowd. Do you feel like a bigger man now penc** dic*?
i'll have to assume u called me a "pencil dick", only because u got edited, so i can't tell. i did not use swear words, i did not debase anyone, i just simply pointed out the fact that americans know nothing about hockey.
prove me otherwise, without getting edited.
A bunch of pussies is not a swear word, OK. It is the intent. No one in the previous 60 - 80 post had a bad word for anyone.
The shift key is on both sides of the keyboard. Punctuation and caps are not evil. Stay in Canada for God's sake.
The Windsor Red Wings?
no, i appreciate the american contribution to ice hockey. but real hockey is played on the ice, by men that don't mind taking one for the team.
if you're a real fan, you don't call it 'ice hockey'.
Yeah, the Canucks will finish the Blues....but I'll betcha the Blues will win Sunday's game.
While hockey is dominated by Canadians, some of us Americans know plenty about hockey....and love it. As for me, I love it not only because of the game itself; I love it because it has many Canadians and Europeans playing the sport....I like the diversity.
By the way, here in St. Louis, we had one of the best NHL broadcasters ever to call the game....Dan Kelly....I know he was a Canadian, but he called Blues games for probably 20 years....and lived in the St. Louis area until his death.
Friday night's game between the Canucks and Blues was a treat. What an intense, hard fought, fun to watch playoff game. Even though the Canucks are up by two, I am still nervous. St. Louis has proven over the last two games to be absolutely worthy opponents -- hard working, skilled, fast. If the Canucks are fortunate enough to emerge from this series, they will certainly be battle tested. Luongo is playing out of his mind right now. Barring major injuries, Vancouver is hopefully peaking at just the right time.
I've been a Bruins fan since the mid fifties. I spent the Orr years in Alaska where any headline with the name Bruins referred to UCLA.
Tim Thomas, Phil Kessel, Zdeno Chara, Marc Savard, Dave Krejci, Dennis Wideman, PJ et al will go very deep if not all the way.
Thank God Chiarelli doesn't listen to a certain Boston Globe writer like Mike O'Connell did. Kessel would have been traded for a bag of used pucks and a three month rental.
Woah, an obnoxious Canadian...practically an oxymoron.
i don't know you, but i know i can take you down. c'mon simeon trash-talker. you have no idea what the sport of hockey is about. you've never played it, you've never eaten ice, or taken a puck to the teeth.
you are pathetic.
it's called trash talk
Your area code wouldn't be 416 or 905, would it?
Duh Edit: you're - your.
This calls for more beer.
Definition Trash Talk: Talk that comes from......
Everyone knows all the " real " Canadians live in the 519 area code anyways. j/k
Proportionately about the same as every other country. For some reason they gather at hockey games.
Go Blueshirts! I really didn't think we had much of a shot but going back home up 2 zip is pretty cool. And if anyone had said we'd win today 1-0 I'd of cried BS!! With all that fire power the Caps have this is a long way from over but the rangers performance today was pretty impressive. They've been a different team since the last 3 regular season games.
Lundqvist was great and the Caps didn't seem able to get any momentum going.
Hope the Rangers keep it up, makes things interesting, eh.
true that - I couldn't keep count of all the shot and pass blocks. Most everything was from the perimeter w/o many 2nd chance opportunities. Other than putting a few more biscuits in the basket they couldn't have played any better.
the canucks will win the west. look they've done it before, their only problem is not winning the cup. (the ducks will beat the sharks) god i hope the habs beat the bruins, but 'wow' that's a great series to watch. anyways, the bruins should prevail in the east. so, the (as sad as it makes me) bruins in the cup final over the canucks.
I'm a Philly native living 90 min. north of San Jose so my loyalty is torn. San Jose is having a ridiculous year and their goaltending is rock solid, they're going deep. Philly can score in bunches, but their goaltending is a perennial weak spot, and they chase people around taking stupid penalties (still, how can you not like a team whose fans would smash into the penalty box to assault Tie Domi). If Kyle McLaren passed the Flyer's physical at the trade deadline their defense would be improved, but christ, we've still got Derrian Hatcher on the roster (absorbing cap space) and his knees are like eggshells.
West - San Jose or Detroit
East - Boston/New York (if they do, it will be because Lundqvist is incredible, which he is)/New Jersey (anytime they're in they're a threat. Brodeur is still the best in the game, and I've seen them score on the Flyers for the win in the last three minutes of so many games, I've lost count.)
P.S. it was fun watching my home crowd pwn Sarah Palin earlier this year. I love you Philly.
americans can't take a bit of ribbing,
look every team is probably made up of 50% canadians, we're bread that way. (hell, i'm no athlete, but even i played hockey until i was 12, and i was a pretty good goalie.) i'm sorry to offend you guys. i just wish that Ice Hockey were taken as a serious team sport, cause it's a mofo to play, for real. skate your ass off for 1:20, then sit til your next shift. forget about it, boston will come out of the east. i do think vancouver will prevail in the west (cause there's nothing special about san jose, who will lose to anaheim in the first round anyways). trust me, i know hockey.
you are embarrassing a whole country. I'm guessing that career ending injury when you were twelve explains it. You should have worn that helmet when you were on the ice instead of only wearing it on the bus.
The only reason I can even name two Canucks is because the Sedins are twins.
Vancouver will fail.
Aren't you tired of coming across as an ass? The Sedins' are, at the end of the season, within the top 20 for scoring (goals/assists) each. Yeah they are twins, very good moron 'shadowpoodle' (what does that mean by the by, that you shed no more shadow than a poodle?).
Check out the current stats for playoffs. The "twins: are tops for plus/minus (and Daniel is second for points.)
The Canucks will be in the Stanley Cup final. Shadowpoodle, I have $500 that says so.
Do you take this bet?
Actually, I never get tired of coming across as an ass. I'm American, that's how we roll.
suquese, no comprende,
As far as I can tell, as an American you roll because you come across as an ass, C'est vrai?
Wow. It only took you six or seven tries to find the shift key. Must be hard to type with an old hockey gripped in your cold lifeless hands.
Team Canada is going to destroy everything that moves in the Winter Olympics.
Thank you for your opinion shadowpoodle, I hope your dream comes true.
I've been on strike since he traded Chelios to the Wings.
Winter Classic was tits this year.
What a great idea.
I remember once watching him (on tv) sitting on the bench, holding the stick as the players do, and someone ran an opposing player into the boards right at the bench. Cheli looks left and right, and then sticks the guy in the face from the bench! Ha ha.
Now, that's hockey!
God, the Canadiens suck. So much for their "100th Anniversary" Stanley Cup....
The only things that will derail the Wings is sub-par goaltending or the refs swallowing their whistles. Same as it ever was.
Huge 2nd period for the Hawks!!!
Bobby louuuuuuuuuuuuu!
can you say 'ouch babe', ...... Pissberg has been puttin' a
beatin' on my boys, if they don't win Sunday's home game, there will
be no joy in Muddville.....
Playoff hockey is just outstanding, .... hockey is one of the
last remaining sports with no jive ass bullshit by it's players....
This might sound weird, but as a musician who plays jazz,
hockey to me is like jazz sports...... a lot of organization but
a good dose of improvised moment to moment play.....
and all the heavy hitting and mayhem is like doing a gig with a really lame
drummer and bass player ...........
;-P
That's what makes hockey great ... the lightning speed, physical strength, strategy, cunning and improvization that is needed to win.
Hockey = jazz on ice. Way cool!
It's etched into my brain. I was in Grade 12 and we all watched it in class. I will never forget the emotions I felt and how proud I was to be Canadian.
Paul Henderson, legendary canuck!
I have it on DVD, you can borrow it anytime!
Expect a phone call!
:)
Do you still live near the old childrens hospital? I'm assuming you're that Rabbler I met one night a few years back.
that's me :)
If I were a betting man, I would put my money on the Sharks this year, even though it means the evil Claude Lemieux will have his grubby hands on the cup again.
Go Canes!!
I picked SJ, Detroit, Vancouver, Chicago, Boston, New York, New Jersey and Pittsburgh to make it to round 2. It looks pretty good so far, as only SJ is down. As always, goaltending is everything. I'm picking a Canucks/Bruins final, with Boston winning it all.
Anaheim barely squeaked into the playoffs, but they're the one team who could pull an upset - they've had goaltending issues all year with Giguere, but Hiller looks pretty solid and you can never count out Pronger/Niedermayer. SJ seems to have lost their scoring touch, but might be able to ride Nabokov for the short term. Chicago's a little green, but they may be the fastest team in the playoffs, and have a very strong defence. Vancouver now have some scoring depth with Kesler/Burrows/Sundin/Wellwood, and can ride Luongo deep. But Boston has the best blue line of any playoff team, a great goalie, and excellent scoring depth. Washington has all the talent in the world, but they're a team built for the regular season - they haven't shown that they can win ugly. The Rangers have the goalkeeping, but not enough of anything else to get past round 2. Montreal is far too soft, Calgary is too slow and sloppy, Columbus is simply outclassed and St. Louis needs another year or two of seasoning. Philly and Pittsburgh both have so-so defences, but the Pens D is better suited for a hard-nosed style, and a better goalie. The hardest series to read is the Carolina/NJ series. Both teams have solid scoring depth, a mediocre blue line, and goaltending capable of going on a hot streak. Brodeur's just a bit more reliable, but it's going to be a tough series for both teams.
I was at that Cannucks game... it was embarrassing.
I'm with the Red Wings. Best to the others teams. No matter what, I want ice shaving hard playing. Lets see which succeeds, finese or might? Or who's balance of such.
I'm a huge hockey fan and I'm from Montreal. I could probably end my post like that but I need to vent.
This series with Boston has been painful to watch. What was a great series last year has turned into a complete massacre this year. The habs so far have no answer for Boston and are simply not the team they were a year ago.
Boston fans have a lot to cheer about. Chara, Kessel, Savard, Bergeron, Thomas, Lucic (damn that Lucic), and probably most importantly -- Julien have put together a great team.
Hopefully the habs make a series of it yet but it doesn't look good.
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