Round 2
Game 4
Tampa Bay 3 Montreal 1
well, this is it. Tampa leads the series 3-0. tonight's game can be Montreal's last. i have to admit that it looks grim for our beloved Habs players but one thing you can definitely be sure of -- tonight's game will be hard-fought. it's weird, though, because the excitement for tonight's game is not there for me right now and the game's not even 2 hours away. i guess i left my faith with tuesday's heartbreaking loss. but i'm still gonna cheer for my Habs. they'll no doubt come out fighting. i guess they could still come out on top tonight and actually win this game. but one thing's for sure, the guns will be blazing tonight. and there's no place better to do it than at the Bell Centre. here's to a great game. if they play like they did in game 3, we'll have one hell of a show (and this time they won't choke before the clock's actually run out :)
1st Period
well, it feels good to have that first goal! :) and by Nik Sundstrom too! the guy came back a game ago! very cool. and nice pice by Juneau. wow. i still see a lot of room for improvement for Montreal. but we've been tagging their asses for most of the period. thank god. Tampa hasn't been too much of a factor for now. hopefully Zednik's injury won't be too bad and he'll come back for the second period. Modin should be a marked man. but not too much that it takes the players' heads out of the game. they still have 40 minutes left to play. but it definitely feels good to be the team with the lead :)
2nd Period
well. we're back to just not playing smart. fucking penalties one right after the other. come on, guys. we're actually outplaying Tampa again! it's not sad right now. and it's not going to be depressing. but they've got to bring their a game for the third and last period of the game. if not, their asses are on the golf course tomorrow morning. you just know Tampa's gonna get those bouncy type of goals. we gotta be smarter than that. we're letting this one slip out of our fingers. come on, guys. have a great period.
3rd Period
sigh. an empty-netter by Tampa Bay with 55 seconds to go in the period sealed the fate of the Canadiens this season. what a classy move by the home fans, though, to stand up and cheer through those last 55 seconds of the game.
and this is where it ends.
Tampa takes the series in 4 and moves on to battle the winner between Philadelphia and Toronto.
i seriously hope that a) there's a season next fall, and b) that the Canadiens organization signs Alex Kovalev. fuck, they got to. i don't know what Kovie's plans were but i hope they were dashed by his amazing run with Koivu and Zednik in these playoffs. i really want him on our team come next september.
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