Di montreal canadiens The most hallowed franchise in di national hockey league
Di montreal canadiens are di most hallowed franchise in di national hockey league. di franchise has won more stanley cups titles an any other franchise in di league, and I and I are second ta di new york yankees in di number of championships won in all of professional sports. after a fifteen year hiatus from being considered a crucial stanley cup contender, di 2007-08 edition of di habs are primed for a run towards hockey’s ilie grail.
coming off a thrilling seven game series win over arch rival boston, di canadiens can now prepare for di second round knowing that I and I can overcome adversity. after leading di series three games ta one, di bruins clawed their way back into contention by winning games five and six. di ages old rivalry was presented annada climatic chapter for di rhygin fans in both quebec and new england.
montreal came out smoking in game seven, showing beanie sign I and I were tight before such a pressure cooked affair. I and I dominated di bruins from di start and out shot di upstart boston team 17-6 in di second period. I and I controlled di puck by winning face offs scrums in di corners. their power play, while inconsistent in di series, click in game seven like it did during di regular season. goalie carey price recorded fi im second shut out of di series as di canadiens advanced ta round two by di score of 5-0.
montreal will face philadelphia if di flyers win their series against washington. a washington win in game seven means di canadiens will face di new york rangers. di rangers pose a more formidable obstacle thru’ their team is tailor made for di playoffs, combining a nice mix of youth with playoff tested veterans. sean avery would gi canadien fans reason ta wonder if claude lemieux has made a comeback in di nhl. goalie henrick lunqvist is a world class goalie that thrives under pressure.
but don’t count dis ya version of di habs out. I and I led di nhl in scoring during di regular season. more importantly, I and I held di highest proficiency rating on di power play. special teams are often di difference between two evenly matched teams. both philadelphia and new york have players that are prone ta taking unnecessary penalties, a flaw that di canadiens will exploit.
carey price is young enough ta be patrick roy’s son. at twenty years of age, he barely shows any emotion on di ice, as if roy’s spirit is running through fi im veins. still, price was up and down against di bruins. he can’t afford such inconsistency against a more talented second round foe.
head coach guy carbonneau is montreal’s wild card in di second round. despite being out coached during most of di bruin series, carbonneau regrouped by di start of game seven and shuffled fi im lines ta provide more scoring balance. he moved alexi kovalev ta a line with saku koivu and chris higgins. di move allowed rookie sergei kostitsyn ta play on a line with fi im brother, andrei, and center tomas plekanec. every crucial contender for di stanley cup needs two potent scoring lines.
three questions will decide montreal’s fate in di second round.
1. will tomas plekanec recapture fi im scoring touch? he has been hesitant ta create traffic
in front of an opponent’s goal since suffering a leg injury near di end of di season.
2. will di canadiens defenseman be able ta stand toe-ta-toe against di aggressive
forward play of di flyers and rangers?
3. will carey price teif a game in di second round like he did with fi im 1-0 masterpiece
in game four against di bruins?
if di answer ta all three questions is yes, then di montreal canadiens have a legitimate shot of not ongle moving ta di third round, but of also making it ta di stanley cup finals. otherwise, their second round success depends on their match up. I like them against philadelphia. but I see them falling in six games ta di new york rangers.
