It’s never great to be swept out of the playoffs, but there’s no doubting that the sting of this sweep is significantly lessened by the fact that we made the playoffs and beat Boston when we weren’t even expected to come close to a playoff spot. I felt t
The Montreal Canadiens stunning season is over tonight after they were beaten by the Tampa Bay Lightning by a score of 3-1 at the Bell Centre. While they were swept out by a younger, faster and more skilled Tampa team, fans of Les Glorieux have to look b
We’ve faced adversity before. We’ve stared into it’s eyes. We’ve looked at it, studied it hard, and sent it on it’s way. They’re the Montreal Canadiens, and they’re not losing to some sideshow bunch from Florida. This series ain’t over.
Montreal captain Saku Koivu says the Canadiens will have to avoid being swept by the Tampa Bay Lightning for this season to be a success. “If you lose 4-0 in the playoffs, I don’t consider that a great season,” Koivu said Wednesday. “We’ve gone too far to
The bad news is that we lost the game. The good news is that we played against one of the best that the NHL has to offer and gave them almost all they could handle on this night. If not for a couple of errors here and there, the series would be much clos
The Canadiens came out with the short stick tonight in Montreal as the Lightening scored a quick overtime winner to push their lead in the series to 3-0. Brad Richards picked up his own rebound and banked it in off the back of Jose Theodore only 1:05 int
A popular pick by many observers to be upset in the first round, the Tampa Bay Lightning are playing like the team to beat in the Eastern Conference playoffs. The top-seeded Lightning look to take a 3-0 lead in their semifinal series when they hit the roa
There’s little doubt in my mind that the focus in the next two games before the third contest in Montreal is going to be on period two from this one and how the Habs dominated. Because if they focus on anything else they may sink into a huge depression f
As in the opening round against the Bruins, the Habs dropped the second game of the second round by a score of 3-1 against the Bolts. While this game saw stretches of Canadien dominance, there were still far too many simple errors both mental and of exec
The Montreal Canadiens try to cool off Nikolai Khabibulin and Martin St. Louis on Sunday when they take on the Tampa Bay Lightning in Game Two of their Eastern Conference semifinal series.