Canadiens vs. Blue Jackets Top Six Minutes: Clean slate wanted

For our new readers and members, the Top Six Minutes is a continuation of the discussion in the game thread. We try to keep it light and entertaining. Full recaps are up the morning after every game.

Pre-Game:

• Is it Columbus Day today?

First Period:

• What the fudge?
• A goal?
• A lead?
• “Hey now, you’re an all star. Get your game on, go play.”
• Smash Mouth, man. They knew what they were talking about even before Suz was born.
• Well, it was fun while it lasted. Laine ties it up.
• Ducharme and Richardson continue to field their infamous Swiss Cheese formation on defence.
• That’s not a dig on any specific player. Just the overall lack of defensive organization.
• Yeah, and there’s the second goal as well from Columbus.
• If you want to be an NHL tendy (on a non-tanking team), you need to save those shots, Monty.
• And those shots as well. Geez, this has the potential of becoming another nightmare of a night.
• Montembeault is pulled after letting in three of seven.
• It’s four, and this is getting utterly ridiculous. Four goals in nine shots ffs.
• This team is the Smash Mouth of hockey teams.
• It’s quite obvious this coaching staff is in way over their heads and should be replaced sooner rather than later.

Second Period:

• I’m impressed by the commentators who really do their best to sound like it’s still interesting to comment Habs games.

• There we go. Only two goals back now. Toffoli still has some led in his gloves. And his stick.

Third Period:

• When the opposition are more dangerous than you on your own powerplay, something is not right.
• Well, a lot of things are not right.
• Two can play that game, apparently. The Habs score with a man down!
• Artturi Goddamn Lehkonen. Finnish fury!
• It’s actually looking quite decent on offence now. Could we get a tied game here?
• I think I counted to four or five Grade A-chances for the Habs before one little stick gets in between to end the momentum in offensive zone.
• What happens instead? A two-on-one counter attack with a 5-3-goal as the cherry on top of this Sundae of excrement.
• Cole Sillinger continues his impressive rookie year.
• Born in Columbus, OH is he? Talk about a native son for the Jackets.
• That should(?) make him easier to keep happy in the future, compared to those gnarly imports who’d rather perform their arts and crafts in Florida or New York...
• Just read that his dad (former NHLer Mike Sillinger) actually moved to New York as well shortly after leaving Columbus, so I take back what I said.
• Laine ends it with the empty netter.
• This team is in need of a fresh start. Give it to them, Keff Hughton!

EOTP 3 Stars

3) Good memories

2) It’s just not authentic otherwise

1) Milan Borjan is free for a few weeks after Wednesday. Just putting it out there.