Bipolar
Will the real Montreal Canadiens please stand up?? Two nights ago the Habs were fresh from a stinker of a lose to the Florida Panthers....this morning, after a night that saw Habs great Serge Savard's number retired, the Habs are enjoying the after glow of their best 60 minute performance of the season. What gives, do the Habs collectively forget to take their meds every now and then.
Last nights game was a good one, Les Boys in my opinion, played their best horn to horn game of the season. Sure they only scored 3 goals, sure they still took too many penalties, but the Habs to a man (except Kovi, see dog house) all played hard.
Alright, ladies and gentleman, time for my weekly 3 Stars/Joe's Doghouse picks. First my 3 Stars of the week, here it goes: First Star, Huet, he has claimed the starter role, he has been excellent for the last couple of weeks, he looks like the Huet of last year, all great news for the Habs. Second Star, Markov, if you squint hard, and can look past the huge shadow that is the Souray slap shot, you will see that Markov is leading the Habs in scoring, and effectively shut down, not only the dynamic duo of Vinny L/St Louis, but also the 3 headed beast that is Altlanta's Hossa/Kovalchuck/Kozlov, Markov has emerged as the Habs best dman. Third Star, Perezhogin, the kid is not filling the net, but his plus 11, is tops on the Habs, and top 5 in the league as well. He works hard every shift, he and his line mates Bonk and Johnson, have developed into a stellar checking line.
Time for Joe's Doghouse, geez, when your favorite team is as bipolar as the Habs are, the doghouse ebbs and flows, guys are on it mid week, only to redeem themselves late in the week. all that said, here it goes....Kovalev, he is a charter member, I believe he has been in the doghouse every week this year, nice work, at least you are accomplishing something Alex. Abby, I gotta put you in the doghouse this week, your poor play has forced Carbo to change up his inane 2 games on, 2 games off goaltending tandem system, hat tip Abby, I never liked that system anyway....finally, hmmm this is a rough one but I guess I have to call out Ryder (broke out last night), the newf hasn't been the same since Higgins went down to injury...if last night's game is a sign of light, I expect Ryder may be a star next week, who knows, being bipolar, only time will tell. Thats it, thats all I have got. Go Habs Go.
4 comments:
Hey Joe, your ARE the voice of reason on FAUX's blog. Let's hear more from you. It's also a riot gettin' your goat with regard to Souray and Markov. I really don't see enough Habs games to make insightful comments, but the boxscores amuse me when these names are prominantly displayed.
thanks antz...well, i make a point of trying to watch every habs game. boxscores don't tell the whole story...souray is putting up mad numbers on the pp, but he is a horror story sometimes in his own end. as for the faux, nutz thing, i enjoy both of them as writers equally..the war/rivalry/man crash thing is trying at times, but when they stick to the hockey, they are both good blokes.
1) The habs are far from the only 'schizophrenic' team out there. As we alluded to recently, many teams look like the 77-79 Canadians one night, and the 75 Caps the next
2) We guess that's Bettman's parity talking.
i hear ya faux, 30 teams 600+ players, holy diluted talent pool batman.
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