tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3435571560723564995.post2379283912470355030..comments2023-06-01T21:15:57.354-11:00Comments on The H Does NOT Stand For Habs: Boston vs. Montreal Game 3J.T.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00012075493503316318noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3435571560723564995.post-37190042698962490992009-04-21T04:23:00.000-11:002009-04-21T04:23:00.000-11:00Like you, J.T., I spent the day hoping that Gainey...Like you, J.T., I spent the day hoping that Gainey's silence meant Markov and/or Lang would be in the lineup. When I heard they wouldn't, and neither would Tanguay and Schneider, I knew we were done. But I knew that when it was announced two weeks ago that Markov would miss three weeks. Without him we can barely compete. That rat Grabovski ended our season.<br /><br />But I can't fault the effort last night. It was an honourable defeat, the team giving it everything they had. It just wasn't enough. Would it have been with stellar goaltending? Not that Price was bad last night; he made some brilliant saves, but I thought the second goal was a bit soft. But that's where Price is at right now. He can't make the crucial game-saving stop that might make the difference. I just hope his problems this year haven't screwed him up long term.<br /><br />It'll be a long summer, but for a while it'll be a relief to stop agonizing.JFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07655817016626239821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3435571560723564995.post-58167839961144312402009-04-20T17:06:00.000-11:002009-04-20T17:06:00.000-11:00I feel strangely at peace. The third was a disappo...I feel strangely at peace. The third was a disappointment, but considering that we were missing our two top scorers, our PP shooter and our top playmaker, as well as one of our top 4 D -- I guess we were just fresh out of miracles. <br /><br />I was amazed to see us take to the body like we did. THEY were supposed to be the ones laying on the body, and here we are giving them a clinic. And I'll have to say that I give the bruins as much respect for conducting themselves honourably as any boston team I've seen (NO, I will not follow that tradition of rooting for the team that beats us). Anyway, simply not enough horses under the hood, tonight, but at least we had a tiger in the tank. <br /><br />Sadly, I hear through a personal grapevine that Gainey is done after this year. He's just such a stand-up guy and I shudder to think about a lesser man (Brian Burke? Mike Milbury?). <br /><br />Finally, the other consolation was don cherry's summation -- he still cannot talk about the Habs. Maclean had to hogtie him in a corner to get him to comment and all he could say was that we had a lot of injuries. What that tells me is that that silly old buffoon will never forget the Habs team that cost him his job and his only shot at a Stanley Cup. His loud clothes don't bother me because the diamonds from all our Stanley Cup rings are shining in my eyes.Silver in 16https://www.blogger.com/profile/17083464397570149663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3435571560723564995.post-24696505179338445012009-04-20T16:57:00.000-11:002009-04-20T16:57:00.000-11:00Well, I watched the game, like I've watched probab...Well, I watched the game, like I've watched probably 90% of the games, here in Montreal. What can I say? The pub agreed that Gorges had a good game; we all felt bad for Captain K during that final minute; several of us defended Price; several of us did not. All of us agreed that the team will likely see big changes next year. And after watching some of the other games with other teams, and witnessing mad blocked shots and other analogous sacrifices, we all agreed that this team requires a big bad heart. May it come before I'm old and grey.Darren Biffordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17400526498613989489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3435571560723564995.post-58803210212113244902009-04-20T16:43:00.000-11:002009-04-20T16:43:00.000-11:00Yup. Proud of my team tonight.Yup. Proud of my team tonight.GKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03561650040126976340noreply@blogger.com