2004 NHL Playoffs
Round 2
Game 1
Montreal 0 Tampa Bay 4
1st Period
no goal
man, the ice must be like gravel tonight. the puck is jumping all over the place. i like how things have played out so far. Tampa is a very fast and able team, cutting across inside the blue line to confuse the defense. but we knew that. Montreal is matching up nicely, though. they're holding their own and playing their style too. no one's owning this game right now. whoever let Souray and Brisebois on the ice tonight should be shot. these two guys, judging from the first period, have no right to be playing playoff hockey. we need to bring our defensive game back up a notch or two. Montreal actually got their physical game going, in the middle of the period, along the boards in the defensive zone, so that's nice. Tampa is way smaller than Boston and this is how you're gonna hold them back behind the net. i like what i'm seeing so far. someone needs to talk to Dagenais (backcheck, you fucking prick!), Souray and Brisebois.
2nd Period
2-0, Tampa Bay
god it's pathetic. really horrible! the Canadiens are not playing badly, mind you, but they're not generating anything. they'll need to regroup and refocus. if not for the next period, then for the next game. they'll be able to get one or two games. and i'll say it again -- Souray and Brisebois have no right to be on the ice tonight! wtf?!? they just stand there, even when they have the puck, they let themselves glide on the ice. meanwhile a couple of Tampa Bay forwards are rushing up to them and take away the puck before the Habs player has time to clear it. fuck. what a waste of a spot in the lineup. good going, guys. you call yourselves NHL players? god it's infuriating! they better fuckin shape up. Canadiens will lose this one. they will need one hell of a comeback to stop Tampa Bay tonight. the offense has been good so far (with Koivu-Kovalev-Zednik generating some excitement at times), but they haven't been able to generate enough plays compared to Tampa. for those of you not watching, don't worry, the Habs are playing as badly as game 1 against Boston. Tampa Bay is just faster and seems to want it more than they do. for now.
3rd Period
4-0, Tampa Bay
well, that was horrible. Souray did make up for his lame attempt at playing hockey by ramming Sarrich right in the face with a punch. damn that felt great. maybe it'll wake him up. the fight came up towards the end of the game and Souray defended his player. about four punches into it Souray hits Sarrich straight in the face. you should've seen it. i swear to god you can see the guy's eyes just open right up a millisecond after the hit regists. lol. watch it in slow-motion :) i hope that little burst of energy will wake up the Habs for sunday's game (which will be played at 4 pm. god knows hockey games are not meant to be played during the day. i hope they're awake for that one).
hopefully the coaching staff will have taken notes, hopefully the team regroups nicely for the next game.
the best players for Montreal tonight were Theodore and Jim Dowd (who, btw, is still playing the most consistently solid hockey of anyone on the team. highly underrated player).
ps. keep Dagenais off the fucking roster! and keep Perreault on the second line with Ribeiro. wtf were you thinking??
goodnight.
Posted by Anonymous | 6:55 PM