Playoffs: clinched. Achievement unlocked. Or rather, achievement backed into.
As you know, what we must all take from this game is that this is exactly how the playoffs are going to go. Everybody freak out.
Birthday shoutout to EOTP regular Teenage Almond…
…and big congratulations to EOTP regular JonPublic.
This game seemed pretty even, not too exciting, not too compelling, a few officiating disasters, an awful hit by Douglas Murray. So not an exciting playoff matchup, but probably the least lopsided one we’ll see, I think. Andrew says he doesn’t feel like there will be much of a rivalry but I think that’s kind of what the NHL is going for with these new divisions. To “create” rivalries where none exist. So, uh, suck it, Stamkos.
Speaking of Steven Stamkos, I am unabashedly obsessed with him. And look at him taking the “C” to heart, and everything.
[Story about Rene Bourque being unhappy with his usage/ice time on the Habs.] [Rene Bourque is played the lowest minutes he has ever been played since he game to Montreal.] [I am sure those two things are unrelated.]
What the fuck, Michel Therrien? Are you trying to win stupid ego battles or are you trying to win fucking hockey games? God, I hate this coach. I hate him I hate him I hate him I hate him I hate him I hate him.
Tweeted this but: I have no idea what 95% of the penalties called on Lars Eller are for. “Oh, here’s that Eller kid, let’s give him an inexplicable penalty.”
Lucky break on that goaltender interference goal.
Friend of the blog DBlye, on Twitter: “could you imagine if Weber, Keith or Doughty had to play major minutes with Bouillon?”
Hopefully Mike Kostka is okay. Pretty much all the Habs fans agreed that was an awful hit by Murray. I wonder if we’d say the same if it were a player that wasn’t such a liability. I’d like to think so. But we probably wouldn’t.
Shorthanded goals on the Habs argh.
What cost the Habs: defensive breakdowns, too many penalties, dumb defense management. So, you know, if they somehow miraculously get deployed properly and keep their heads together, they can beat Tampa.
Honestly we can’t be too bummed about this game because the Habs are going to the playoffs.
EOTP three stars: Carey Price, Carey Price, Carey Price. Honourable mentions to JonPublic for a strong showing in the threads, and Lats with a few zingers. Nepotism: Marc Dumont for timely gifs.
Michel Therrien is a terrible coach and should be fired. Goodnight.
