Thursday, April 28, 2011
Sunday, April 17, 2011
What so surprising?
Are you surprised or even shocked by how the Habs managed to own the Bruins so far. Well you should not and I will explain why bellow.
No matter what all the experts say the season do matter when predicting a match-up. Especially if both teams played each other 6 times. Guess what the Habs last season split their series against the Caps and pushed them out in 7 during the playoff. Many so call experts took the Habs two lost game against the Bruins and made their pick on them instead of discarding those two game as being way too anomalous to really matter. Let face it the Habs just did not show up for these two games and it reflected in the scoring. Seriously a 7-0 and 8-6 game for two team that does not score much it so out of range that when looking for trend both game should be discarded in favor of the four game the Habs did win against the Bruins this season. Four low scoring game and four win for the Habs. When Montreal showed up they won and teams usually show up in the playoff. Those who don't get an early exit in the first round.
The special team should have been a dead giveaway, Montreal is one of the only three teams in the league to be top 10 in both PP and PK, Vancouver and Tampa are the other two. Not a bad club to be part of and on the other side the Bruins had atrocious power play all year long. Both team had a very similar season their ranking could have easily been reversed. The Habs are picking up pretty much where they left off after eliminating the Penguins in last year and folding against the Flyers. A team that went this far did not do it in a fluke! One round maybe but not two,
What surprising is that they got Price doing it instead of Halak. Have you ever see a team getting top notch goalkeeping in two season in a row from two different goaltender? And how much of this is due to a defensive system build to take full advantage of this mana from heaven? The Bruins were bad mind you but the Habs made them look worse than they were. The Habs showed up the Bruins have yet to do so, if they don't soon and that a big IF this round will be short.
No matter what all the experts say the season do matter when predicting a match-up. Especially if both teams played each other 6 times. Guess what the Habs last season split their series against the Caps and pushed them out in 7 during the playoff. Many so call experts took the Habs two lost game against the Bruins and made their pick on them instead of discarding those two game as being way too anomalous to really matter. Let face it the Habs just did not show up for these two games and it reflected in the scoring. Seriously a 7-0 and 8-6 game for two team that does not score much it so out of range that when looking for trend both game should be discarded in favor of the four game the Habs did win against the Bruins this season. Four low scoring game and four win for the Habs. When Montreal showed up they won and teams usually show up in the playoff. Those who don't get an early exit in the first round.
The special team should have been a dead giveaway, Montreal is one of the only three teams in the league to be top 10 in both PP and PK, Vancouver and Tampa are the other two. Not a bad club to be part of and on the other side the Bruins had atrocious power play all year long. Both team had a very similar season their ranking could have easily been reversed. The Habs are picking up pretty much where they left off after eliminating the Penguins in last year and folding against the Flyers. A team that went this far did not do it in a fluke! One round maybe but not two,
What surprising is that they got Price doing it instead of Halak. Have you ever see a team getting top notch goalkeeping in two season in a row from two different goaltender? And how much of this is due to a defensive system build to take full advantage of this mana from heaven? The Bruins were bad mind you but the Habs made them look worse than they were. The Habs showed up the Bruins have yet to do so, if they don't soon and that a big IF this round will be short.
Friday, April 15, 2011
Redemption time!
So the Habs have seeded 6 and are meeting the Bruins again in the first round. They won the first game but I come back to this later. This is Redemption time for many Habs players.
Redemption list.
1: Carey Price (Status almost halfway there.) Great season with a team that came very close to fall apart many times. But to totally make peoples forget Halak he need that ring.
2: Scott Gomez (Status badly needed) Crap season need great playoff run badly before Gauthier find an European team to park his ass.
3: Jacques Martin (Status desperate) 600+ wins 20+ years in the NHL but no cup. Martin is not getting younger and with the crop of new coach's earning their stripes in the NHL right now is likely his last coaching job. Nobody want and need that ring more than Martin.
4: Mike Cammalleri (Status high expectation.) After an amazing Rocket Richard like playoff run last year Mike had a somewhat deflated season. He need to go Super Sayan again if the habs have any hope of going deep.
5: Tomas Plekanec (Status reputation on the line.) Slower season than last year plus many critic have been saying fairly or not that Plekanec did a disappearing act in last year playoff.
6: Hal Gill (Status UFA this Summer and not getting any younger.) On a team that could re-sign Hamrlik, Gorges, Markov not to mention Wisniewski and Sopel... USS Hal Gill need to remind the Habs and the rest of the league why he's still worth the big bucks at 36.
7: Hamrlik, Wisniewski and Sopel (Status UFA this Summer) See Hal Gill
9: The rest (Status highly motivated) The Montreal Canadiens are a team in transition with an aging blue line and many prime assets in the minors this team will change a lot in the near future so for many it now or never. The Habs could easily take a major step back and fall under the 8th line next season for the fans and management it would be a less bitter pill to swallow if they were to add a banner! 1 down 15 to go we can always dream!
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