Habs vs. Thrashers - Need the Two Edition

Notes on the third and OT:

-Starting the fourth line in the third period of a close game against a team that's been outplaying you might not have been the swiftest of coaching decisions, there, Jacques.

-Way to go Gorges. I think he's up to about nine goals against directly caused by him knocking down or falling on his own goalie.

-It looks like Hedberg's got Spongebob on his mask.

-Metro versus the entire Thrashers PP was like watching one of those war movies where the guy in the pillbox holds off half the German army.

-Watching this team is so bloody frustrating. It's a never-ending loop of giveaway/penalty/giveaway/failed rush/giveaway/failure to clear. It's enough to make you stomach sick. Oushot 48-22 in regulation by the Thrashers is humiliating and disgraceful.

-Christmas has come early for Marc-Andre Bergeron. He'll thrive on the PP with Markov dishing up goals like that. I hope he's not badly hurt. Same for Mara and Moen. When will the stinkin' injuries ever stop?

-And speaking of presents for MAB, how about Pleks with the Czech sausage? What a night for him!

-I think it's safe to say Halak stole that one?

-The Habs really, really needed the two points.


Notes on the second:

-Spacek looks really tired. His body language is saying, "Come on, will someone race back for the puck and help me out here? I'm old!"

-Plekanec has a beautiful shot when he chooses not to pass instead.

-Andrei Kostitsyn traditionally wakes from his long winter's nap in December. I wonder why we forget that every year and make up trade rumours instead of just waiting for him?

-Gomez can certainly burn through the neutral zone with the puck. He's got jets. Costs as much as one too.

-Well, apparently while I wasn't looking, the Habs have quietly crept into eighth in the league on the PP, with a 21.8% success rate. They're also seventh in the league on the PK, at 84%.

-It'd be nice to win a draw once in a while.

-The Habs' D trying to contain Afinogenov's speed is like trying to hold up a brick with a soggy paper towel.

-Halak is not only standing on his head, he's breakdancing on it. His craptacular team is on pace for giving up 54 shots.

-If the Habs don't smarten up in the third period, they're going to see the Thrashers come back to take these two points.


Notes on the first:

-The Habs breakout is still terrible, even with Markov. It's like watching a dumb kid doing calculus.

-I wonder how they calculate faceoff wins/losses on the ones that just sort of lie there with nobody in control?

-Bogosian is going to be a really good defenceman. Too bad Habs' first-rounders don't turn out like that.

-The best thing about Gionta's return will be the banishment of Lapierre forever to the fourth line and Laraque to the veggie buffet in the press gallery.

-Wasn't it Valabik who Crosby nailed in the 'nads repeatedly while the guy's back was turned and he was fighting someone else? That was so classy!

-Habs look as stalled as the Chunnel train tonight.

-Well, it seems our guys are well on their way to being outshot and overly penalized again. I wonder why Halak actually wants to play MORE of these games?

-Welcome to the Habs' PP: Land of a thousand passes.

-How many times has Andrei Kostitsyn fanned on a perfect setup? I'm thinking more than twelve and slightly less than infinity.

-I think Markov's shot is heavier than it used to be before he got hurt. Must be all that rehab time in the weight room. Or my imagination.

-Nothing worse than a goal with less than a minute to go. But when the shots are 18-3, it's just a matter of time. Not much Halak could do when the puck was kicked in like that.

-There'd better be some life in the Habs next period, or this is going to be a very ugly game. We can add it to the collection.