Sorry For the Belated Posts, I Was Throwing Up

Let's start with the better of the two: The 3-2 loss to Buffalo. I was lucky enough to be sitting in section 304, row 8, seat 11 on that awful night. Considered a "gold value" game, the tickets weren't exactly a giveaway but, I consider a ticket to a Habs game as a blessing from the Lord. But, for the second time this season, the team failed to show up when I have. The Buffalo wings I ate before the game were better then the game.

We started the game well by tripling Buffalo's amount of shots, but no goals. So my hopes were high, and so was my belief that we could pull out with a win. Early on in the second, Price let in a weak one. We managed to capitalize on a powerplay and tied it up. However Buffalo retook the lead nearly a minute and a bit later. Here we go again. We're down going into the third, and the next goal ends up deciding the game. Sure enough, Buffalo got that goal because of yet another costly mistake from Mike Komisarek.

All period long was pretty disgraceful to watch, until Hammer pulled one back with 3 and a half to go. After that, we were flying. Shots, pressure and everything needed to score. But Alexei Kovalev, l'Artiste himself, oddly enough as this was VERY rare of him, took a stupid tripping penalty which limited us to any chance of scoring. Thanks Alex, you really know how to ruin a kid's night. I had to sit through all of that crap, to see a comeback canceled by #27? No way. I blew up and probably annoyed some people around me. It took my father to nudge me to shut me up. From that point, until we reached the car, I didn't say a word. Call it silent rage.

Now in the car on the ride back home, my father and I had a lengthy analysis about the joke we had to sit through. First off, Price had another weak night and did not look good at all. But the main topic of conversation that came up, was that of the problem with this team. I complain about Kovalev night after night, but who is it that sends him on the ice? Guy Carbonneau. Management is the biggest of our worries right now. Why in the world was Kovalev even on the ice with 2 minutes to go? He did absolutely NOTHING at all throughout the entire game and even took another idiot penalty halfway through the third. Carbo refuses to get mad at this guy (which is something I would've 2 months ago), and instead gives him more playing time. Are you kidding me? Carbo, instead of making the right decision that would benefit the team, decides to suck up to "l'artiste".

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Now for Saturday's game against the Leafs. I'll be completely honest with you. Going into this one, I had never been more sure in my life that we were going to lose. And the fact that Halak was sick, and that Price would start, made matters even worse. Unfortunately my prediction was dead on. Price let in goals that would've been easy for him to save before his injury. Every time a Leaf would skate up across the blue line, he would go into a butterfly stance, and back into the net leaving many open holes that lead to 5 soft goals. This guy's confidence is at an all time low. He even looked like he was going to cry in an interview after the game. Carey, you're in the big leagues now and this is part of a normal goalie's career. It happens to the best of them, yes even your hero Martin Brodeur. He puts all the pressure of the world on himself and acts like a baby whenever things don't go his way. "Take off your dress and let's end this tea party" - Dane Cook.

Carbo messed up once again by playing Kovalev on the powerplay, 7 times. Montreal scored once (on a 5 on 3) out of the 7 powerplays that we got. Bouillon hit the bar on a WIDE open net. Higgins failed to capitalize on a few chances, including a runaway breakaway. All of these opportunities would have completely changed the outlook of the game. Things that would have been day and night for us last year, are very hard to do now... This is right up there with the worst loss of the season.

To rap it up, these were both brutal games. Just really uninspired play on both nights. Maybe the team is quitting on the coach? Or maybe they just don't care. The team is in a much worse position then I thought and if changes aren't made real soon, things are only going to get worse. The fact of the matter is, we've now lost 7 of our last 9 games. The pressure is now on Gainey to shake up the team. He's got to do something, because with this same team, we aren't going ANYWHERE.

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