Athletique_Canadien
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All I can say is - thank you Carolina. We dump the bed but so do the B's. Makes this a little easier to stomach.
I'm moving on.
I'm moving on.
Never as high as the Leafs fans are right now.
While I don't disagree with your premise, picking the playoffs for their luck to turn seems pretty arbitrary.
Down-time between the season and the play-offs. Plus, the play-offs are a different animal. Habs were supposed to steam roll the Bruins in the play-offs when they won the conference and beat them handedly in the season series but it took Carey Price heroics in game 7 period 1 for us to defeat them.
Down-time between the season and the play-offs. Plus, the play-offs are a different animal. Habs were supposed to steam roll the Bruins in the play-offs when they won the conference and beat them handedly in the season series but it took Carey Price heroics in game 7 period 1 for us to defeat them.
Down-time between the season and the play-offs. Plus, the play-offs are a different animal. Habs were supposed to steam roll the Bruins in the play-offs when they won the conference and beat them handedly in the season series but it took Carey Price heroics in game 7 period 1 for us to defeat them.
And there are other occasions when playoffs was just the continuity than the regular seson. See 08-09 with Boston. And I just checked that year 'cause I wanted to see how we did in the regular season, remembering really well being beaten in 4 in the playoffs. We ended up losing 5 out of 6 games. With 1 blowout. Problem with the leafs games is that the 2 blowouts has to play in the guys' heads. And then you add the winning series they had, and it will have to count for something. Will agree though that it's not done yet. We could beat them. Could be tighter than Leafs fans would love to see. Just saying, that we can't just totally disregard what had happened.
I think we all need to cheer up a bit, so I'm just gonna leave this here:
Didn't you hear? Poor old Rusty died of a heart attack after the 5th goal last night
What the hell is up with Price?
Hope he shows up in the playoffs..
Unfortunately for the Habs any team with speed, size and grit will likely decimate them in a playoff series this year.
Probably true. Habs can match speed with anyone but a team like Toronto is just as fast and possess a much grittier team.
All I can say is - thank you Carolina. We dump the bed but so do the B's. Makes this a little easier to stomach.
I'm moving on.
Failing to create separation between us and the Bruins is a major negative in my books. Could be worse, but at this rate, sticking to #2 might be the difference between going far and being bounced in the 1st round.
Probably true. Habs can match speed with anyone but a team like Toronto is just as fast and possess a much grittier team.
I'm not sure if you're kidding or not. It amazes me how some people inflate the importance of a single game. We played a worse game last week against Philly and it was forgotten a day later; the only difference with Toronto is we hear the buzzing coming from their fan anthill. 99% of it is noise, not analysis.
We killed them head-to-head the previous game. We're capable of doing that again and again. Last night's game wasn't decided on grit, size or speed. It was decided and done after four goals in five shots. Having ten Lucics and Charas wouldn't have helped. However, having one goalie would have.
My guess?
Bad habits have crept into his game. Due to the condensed schedule, he is not getting as much time 1-on-1 with the goalie coach to fix these little deficiencies in his game that are starting to cost us goals.
Last night was just a clear lack of focus. His mental game was not engaged.
huh? We did? We dominated that game and they got three lucky bounces off skates. We still scored and looked like we could win the game. At 3-0 against the leafs, how much time was left? A LOT! But we failed to accomplish much even with the D pinching (leading to their 5th goal).
I was at the previous game at the ACC. Completely different. Guess who was in that game? Emelin and I noticed him all night. All I'm talking about is how we played after 3-0, which is not like a team that should be down 3-0, but not like a team that could score 3 goals in a game either. The leafs contained us as much as we attacked constantly. They knew what they were doing. Does anyone remember a tough save for Reimer?