Required Reading:
Late-season surge. Allow only one goal with man advantage in past 36 chances
Price Should Add Another Calder To His Resume
Price named NHL Rookie of the Month
Murphy vs Stewart Mar 21, 2008

I missed the game against ottawa so i'm looking foward at this one.

Great game to watch. always loved the buffalo- montreal games, I just hope that we play better this time.

I'm calling a great game for higgins.

GOOOOOOOOO HABS !!

I love this new "required Reading" section in the game threads. you guys should keep it up!

Does anyone have news on Koivi?
We here alot about Komi but nothing on Sak. I know that Komi is ready to comeback for Game 1 of the playoffs.
what about the prodigal finn (playoff grit)

Probably won't know until the playoffs are about to start - that's likely when he tries to get his foot in a skate.

Great thread.... Let's go boys!

Like Macaskill said, we won't know until the swelling is gone and Saku can get his foot in a skate. My guess is that he'll probably miss the first 2-3 games of the 1st round.

Komisarek and Bouillon willbe back for game 1 of the playoffs!

I reckon they'll order a skate one size bigger and stuff the inside. But I got a bad feeling we'll match up against Ottawa, and see Neil/Lapointe/Commodore take runs at him.

Good news about Komi and Cube too.

Who's that in the photo that says "Ryan Miller - a real goalie". It's not actually him, is it? If so, where's it taken from?

True. I'm hoping to hear some buzz words/phrases, earlier than that, like....swelling gone down, feels better, optimistic, etc. etc...

Another funny/great gamethread guys!

GO HABS GO!!!!

After the Ottawa game, I'm really feeling better. It is nice to see Ottawa's head swelling gone down - must make habs fans optimistic for the playoffs.

TSN says no ligament or muscle damage for Saku and swelling has gone down.
If his foot fits in his glass slipper he will play in the playoffs.

As for tonight I am excited to see Dago play.

great news!

Lets go for first in the EAST! Go Price Go!

Great news on the Koivu front. I'm becoming more and more convinced he will be in the lineup for game 1.

I'm also looking forward to seeing Dago in the lineup, impressed me as a good two way forward with the Storm the few times i made it out there to see him play.

Looks like Ryder is out with an undisclosed injury and Dago is in playing with Higgy and S. Kostits. Good luck to him.

Lots of guys out right now... not too confident on stealing the conference title.. we now need a pitts loss and us to get 3 points in two games...

D'Ago will replace Ryder with Higgins & Lil Tits. Should be interesting. D'Ago and Lil Tits played on the same line in the AHL, they shouldnt have too much trouble gelling.

Stewart is a lefty, that should surprise a few guys he fought, like Keane used to.

Man oh man do we have injuries!

I want the Habs to eliminate Buffalo tonight and I also want Toronto to put a nail in the Sen's coffin.

I'm pumped to see what Stewart can do.

We haven't had a fighter since Garth Murray ... er, Darren Langdon ... wait, no, Sylvain Blouin... maybe Stephane Quintal.

Nope.

Reid Simpson? Gino Odjick? Jim Cummins?

Truth is, we haven't had a legitimate enforcer (see: Worrell, Boogard, Laraque) for a very long time. And while Stewart isn't a big guy, or experienced, who knows? He could be Rocky v 2.0

No Stewart

I remember Jay Miller fighting Kordic as a rookie and holding down his right hand and getting pummeled
with lefts! If you are going to fight, you have to do your scouting reports

Ooh, Raitis Ivanans!?

Right, sorry, another mistake...



Stewart's wearing number 70 tonight...

That was right before the end of the regular season... and in the playoffs Kordic & Miller went at it again and Kordic kicked Miller's ass all over the Forums ice...

... but the real KO came when Miller, sent to the Bruins locker room, kicked a door right under the stands. The door sprang back and knocked Miller on his ass!

Kordic was a tough SOB. I don't know who had the bright idea to room Bryan Fogarty and him together while with Quebec.
Unfortunately neither are around 15 years later

Where is the interference call against the ref...

Wow. Just when we can't afford to lose another forward, Begin goes and throws Sekera head-first into the boards.

HIGGY SCOOOOOOOORES

1-0

PP goal

Nice tip.. Higgins...

Gettin Higgy wit' it...

Kordic was a beast. 6 cops weren't enough to subdue him the night he died.

SMOKE SCOOOOOOOORES

2-0 HABS

Woot .. slo mo gets the perfect Pitch...

2 - 0

Fixed...............just looking at your avtvar....

CKAC just said that Ruff is about to implode.

Gotta chase Miller tonight.

Like Cartman....Assert my authoritaaay!!!

Kovy has to stop passing when he has the perfect shot... he could be pushing 50 goals...

OR... Plex needs to go back to wooden sticks. How many perfect goals has he missed on broken sticks?

Yeah. but at least that is not intentional.

Strong first period by the Habs with the 2-0 lead. The PP strikes again and Smokes of all people. Coulda had another one too. Other chances as well. Price solid again.

Haha....I think they figured they'd just contain them and all of their vices in the same room....God rest their souls.

Great period. But really, I cant even really enjoy these last few games. I just keep praying for nobody to get hurt. I was weak last game when Hamrlik and Msrkov went down

INtentional like Ryder or Higgins over-handling the pucks when they should just shoot?

Surprised nobody faught begin in retaliation to his hit.

Actually, they were friends before being roomates, because they were in rehab together.

80's & early 90's were wild times. The Three Amigos invented nothing...

LOL, no, they just need a kick in the head.

Kordic got arrested 3 blocks from my house when he was with the Leafs.
He was on the front page of the Toronto Sun. To bad he is mostly remembered
for being traded for Russ Courtnall.

Me too! Habs No injuries, no injuries.....

Toronto and Ottawa are having a scrappy drop down punch out game.

Alfie had his head handed to him by Mark Bell too!

SMOKE SCOOOOOOOORES

3-0 HABS

Slo mo is good when he is standing still and someone gives him the puck.. maybe that is why he plays the 5-3