What to Say?

Screw you Mikhail Grabovski. If the Habs miss the playoffs, you think you're hated by us now? You ain't seen nothin yet chief. Your "questionable" hit on Markov, came at a point in a game being broadcast on national TV which featured your Leafs being bent over to the hands of the almighty Habs. It was unecessary, and exactly the type of play that is not needed in hockey.

Now, you Mr. (and I use this title loosely) Grabovski, are not responsible for the Habs laying an egg against the dismal Ottawa Senators or the playoff-hungry New York Rangers. You are responsible for causing us to be without our leading scorer, quarterback on the powerplay, oh and just possibly our most defensively-stable defenseman. Name me some NHL teams who could afford to lose that player. Get back to me on that.

And for the morons who feel the need to blame Carey Price for every loss, go take some lessons in hockey. I fail to see how Price is solely to blame on the game winner tonight where he bumped into Komisarek behind his net. Some will say "the goalie shouldn't leave his crease". That shows a level of hockey ineptitude which blows my mind. The goaltender HAS to leave his crease, to prevent the dump-in attempt from ringing around the boards to a winger, setting up an easy one-time play to the slot. Now, what is supposed to happen is someone calls for the puck. It's quite similar to a centre fielder waving off a fellow outfielder on a fly ball.

This little, but crucial, bit of communication obviously had a breakdown. Who is to blame? Without hearing both players' microphones on the play, it's impossible to know. But the Montreal media will instantly go to blame Price, because he's a talented goalie not hailing from the province of Quebec. That's right, I went there.

Bottom line, this team is going to make the playoffs whether they win another game this year or not. Are we going to do well against Boston? I think the Habs will do fine, and I'll be here to say I told you so the whole time. If not, well at least I'm not a bandwagon-jumper.

Enjoy the game Thursday, Boston - you suck.