Neech

Savard out tonight, Wideman will take his place beside Matheson.

It's our chance to cheer for a Habs win without second thoughts concerning the tank. On the other hand, the Panthers have absolutely dominated us this year. I don't have high expectations, just want a lot of goals.

We just want this one settled in regulation. Panthers coming off a big win in Toronto after daddy Tkachuk called the team soft. Sean Farrell gets another chance, this time with at least a practice with the team under his belt. St-Louis had some nice things to say about him, but you figure he has a soft spot for his smurfs. Puck drop at 7.

I don't think that criticism applies in this case, as it was a turnover by Matheson in his own zone that caused the goal. With a goalie in net that's still an egregious error that becomes a 1 on 1 breakaway. With normal play by the defenders we're going the other way with the extra attacker.

Farrell was pretty invisible for the most part, go knocked over easily a couple times. Big adjustment from the NCAA to the NHL.

DON is off the hook... for now

Well that's a nice and tidy regulation loss!

Fun third period, no whistle for over ten minutes. Not the highest caliber of hockey on display, however.

Gally on a heater! Trade him straight up for PLD?

Caught a couple glimpses of Farrell out there, too bad the lineup is so depleted that there aren't many good offensive forwards to play him with. I wonder if he'll get a shift or two with Suzuki before the game is done.

Seeing how well this team plays under Marty with a half AHL lineup, I'm not putting the possibility of a wildcard push next year out of the question.

Looks like Farrell will make his debut tonight! Hope he gets some powerplay time.

Yep, anything bad that might happen can be blamed on DON.

I'm going off what Lebrun said, that it is indeed Montreal or bust. If he ends up signing somewhere else longterm then we will have avoided a risky player who has quit on two teams already. Let's give him the chance to come here on his own, and not make a costly trade that could set the rebuild back.

I really hope we don't give up serious assets for Dubois this summer. If he's '95% a Canadien' then let him put his money where his mouth is! It would be huge for the rebuild to get a first line caliber player for no return.

4 points for Slick Nick, 3 for Mad Dog Matheson. If we're going to pick up points it might as well be a blowout at home. Let's lose every game from here on out except for Thursday vs Florida!

It'll be fun to see some of the new crop out there! Another of our Wee Yanks.

Goddamit, Anderson is out for the rest of the season. The Sergachev curse has longer legs than previously thought.

Great night for the tank, we just need Anaheim to beat Winnipeg. Suzy and Dach with two points each, Gurianov could have joined them if he didn't miss a wide open net on a great team passing play in the final two minutes with our net empty

Can't help thinking that the Bruins would be taking fewer liberties if Arber were around.

Engstrom with 3 goals in 6 playoff games already.

I said next year.

I can't wait to see Hutson zipping the puck around on the powerplay in a couple years, our skilled forwards will love him. We'll need Arber around to destroy anyone who takes liberties on him.

Slaf could still see time with the Rocket next year. This year was mostly about keeping him with the best development coaches at the NHL level. It didn't look great but we don't see the whole picture.

Sergachev injured Anderson on a borderline dirty play, I hope it's not too serious and he returns before the season's end. No call from the zebras of course, and another non-instigator when Maroon attacked Pezzetta after a clean hit. I'd like to see the officials protect our players better.