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Montreal 3, Sabres 0 (Bell Centre) "Now if I've told you once, I've told you a thousand times. Poise counts!"—Kramer Last night, I was quoting Ghandi, tonight it's Kramer. Yes, at All Habs, there's something for everyone. No word whether Seinfeld's 'The Chaperone' was required viewing at the morning meeting of the Canadiens, but the coach said "poise" was on the agenda. ...

Montreal 1, Philadelphia 0 Wachovia Center, Philadelphia Mahatma Gandhi said, “Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment, full effort is full victory.” If you are anything like me, you weren't in a celebratory mood after tonight's win by the Canadiens. Make no mistake. Picking up two points against the Flyers in their own building was huge. The Habs are now in sixth place with ...

Montreal 1 Carolina 2 (Bell Centre) posted by Rocket All Habs Like you, I'm a grumpy Habs' fan after tonight's loss. Shouldn't this game have been a cakewalk?  After all the opponent was the lowly Carolina Hurricanes. Perhaps surprisingly, the Hurricanes have the second best record in the Eastern conference (next to the Washington Capitals) in 2010. It's also hard to believe that ...

The Canadiens' topic du jour for the past week or more has been "Who will the Habs face in the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs?" We're, of course, very confidently assuming that they will make the playoffs. Barring a major collapse, they will. But whereas last week some were eyeing a fifth place finish, recent losses have tempered those lofty expectations. Such is the ...

Montreal 2 New Jersey 4 (Bell Centre) A 'let's hope the Habs don't face the Devils in the playoffs' seemed to be the popular refrain from fans after the game. The Canadiens have been doing their best to comply with a 1-2-2 record in their last five games.  Instead, they must again be concerned about making the playoffs at all. With ...

“Don’t trade Carey Price,” said Scott, after watching last night's game. A caller to a Montreal sports radio show disagreed. His name was Andrew, and he gave the usual lengthy and exaggerated preamble that was intended to convey credibility. Andrew had played hockey for years, even a little goal, and perhaps did one term as the Pope. (Sorry, I stopped paying close attention to his ...

Two steps forward, one step back. A week ago, we were talking about the Canadiens winning six games in a row. More recently, they have lost three straight. Tonight's 3-2 shootout loss to the Sabres was the most traumatic for the players and their fans. While some will describe this as a colossal collapse for the Habs in the last two minutes of the game after playing a terrific game, I'm ...

Montreal 0-Ottawa 2 (Bell Centre) Just when you thought the roller-coaster part of the season was over, the Canadiens say, "Not yet!" There is a dip or two left in the ride, Habs fans. While we momentarily looked skyward at the standings and mused about playoff dates with Buffalo or New Jersey, fans will now be back to looking in the rear-view mirror at Boston and Atlanta. A measly one ...

Montreal 3 Boston 2 (Bell Centre) The Canadiens have relied on one line for their scoring for most of the season. Depending on injuries, it's either been Plekanec-Cammalleri-A. Kostitsyn or Gomez-Gionta-Pouliot who provided most of the production. As long as teams keyed on defending the hot line and didn't take too many penalties to test a potent power-play, they had a good ...

This was supposed to be easy. 1:20 into the game it looked like it was going to be very easy. Thomas Plekanec scored his 20th goal of the season on a breakaway after two perfect passes from Andrei Kostitsyn and Andrei Markov. With the 30th place team in the league visiting, this was the type of game that Bell Centre fans expected. Cue the rout! ...