Canadiens need to bounce back

dvr the game. insist on complete silence regarding hockey talk during seder. if at home, watch afterwards. if driving home, blindfold yourself and wear earplugs until you are led by family member into your house or apartment to watch game. when setting up dvr turn mute on before turning on t.v. in case coverage is on game. squint eyes so that all you can see is dvr menu. do not answer phone, read text messages, or check e-mail until game is over. celebrate like crazy at 12:15 when you realize we've won. sleep well knowing we're headed to the next series and your grandfather thinks you're a mensch. if it's any solace, i'm a gentile and can't wantch, either. will be doing the same but watching tomorrow. you're invited over if you can get to boston blindfolded.

and there we have the cold hard truth. and i also hope you are wrong.

Yes, I for one feel that it would be nice if we still had him. I also remember reading that Gainey admitted that it was a mistake to let him go. Some people will continue to bash him, including those who said that he would disappear once the playoffs started. Now he's accumulating his points against the Ducks, so I guess he's not that timid after all.

Perhaps I am reading too much into your post, but I detect a sigh of regret. He wasn't a good fit in Montreal. End of story. I'd rather look at how well players like Gorges, SK74, AK 47, AK 27, Hamrlik, and Plekanec are doing. They were all either later round draft picks that are exceeding beyond expectations, solid UFA signings or trades that worked remarkably well for the Habs. Not every player is meant to wear a Habs jersey. Others are born for it.

Youtube has it. See a posting from youtube attached. . . classic. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWj3qcddVGU

Unfortunately, this is not at all new. In response to Boone's March 8th blog entitled "shocking confession", in which he enumerated the number of reasons he likes Boston, I responded with the following (a veritable prediction of such problems assuming the Bruins became relevant as they have): "Ok, I have to step into this one. I lived in Montreal from 1968 (when I was born) to 1978. I moved to Boston in 1978. For the next decade I withstood psychological torment of all kinds. When I went to a Bruins-Habs games as a 5th grader, I can remember being on the T (the city's subway system) and being verbally attacked by a bunch of drunk 20 something Bruins fans for wearing Canadiens paraphernalia. My father was friends with Jeremy Jacobs' brother, a neurologist (as is my father) from Buffalo. As such, I was given first row balcony seats to a game in 6th grade, right next to the cameras in the Boston Garden. I remember the steepness of the stairs as I walked down them to our seats - only to be picked up and pretended to be thrown over the balcony by a fine Bostonian: it was terrifying. As I grew older, I got into several truly fear-inducing situations with other Bruins fans because now it was okay to more than mock and verbally assault - I was a Habs fan and that was reason for them to fight. I somehow avoided fisticuffs. When I moved there I was a child and we were dominant. Indeed, in the 80's we would never lose to them in the playoffs. From Montreal fans perspectives it was the "good rivalry" described by JT; from players perspectives it had a good feeling on the ice. As a Boston fan it was pure hatred, embodied by the tough, drinking working class folks of Southie. I learned to hate them because they tormented me and I didn't want any one of those classless mugs to ever win anything. I went back to McGill for undergrad and can remember the ritual of Bruins fans coming up for strip clubs and under age drinking. I remember being on a date at an ice cream place on Ste. Catherine's and having a Bruins fan walk by after the game and spit right at the window. Class. Now the Garden has been torn down. The TD Banknorth Garden is sterile and without tradition. The cheers are silly and pathetic. The team has sucked for as long as the Habs have, but locals have abandoned them in favor of the recent champion Red Sox, Patriots, and the recent return of the Celtics. It all seems docile. It's been enough that when I've gone to the Habs-Bruins games this year I've actually missed the passion, if not the animus. But make no mistake, at the last game in Boston this year, a small number of Bruins fans were returning. Glares were returning. Young French Canadians who don't know remember that talk is met with fists would have been introduced to the way things are handled by Bruins fans had they not equalled the latter in number. The Bruins organization remembers - drinks are limited to one beer per customer for Habs games, and Habs games only. Lucic is bringing back a bit of fiery pride. It is only a matter of time before othre Boston organizations wane and the Bruins rise. In the context of this likely change in fortunes, my brothers and I could spend hours telling you about what it's like to be a Habs fan in Boston. It's none of the charming things cited by the uninformed. The team's fans' frustration with always being beaten by us whenever it matters is right under the surface, waiting to awake. The same type of repression and inferiority results in wars and genocide when populations feel it beyond the sports arena. Fists will once again be raised, too many drinks consumed, and someone will get hurt. That's the Bruins organization and fan base that I know well. The Harry Sinden of the "three things you can't avoid: death, taxes, and the first penalty at the Forum". The losers mentality, boiling over into rage. Boston - great city. Bruins - an absolutely detestable bunch for which my recent acceptance has only been cultivated by the team's patheticness and the fanbase's resulting indifference. I read a lot on hear about the "Laffs". I see how everyone hates them, and that's a rivalry based on two cities, not any recent, legitimate on-ice contest in which the one beat the other in an important game. The Bruins are different. We've been picking that scab of theirs for 60 years. Real Bruins fans absolutely hate us. Beware of your complacency, Mr. Boone." Man do I HATE the Bruins and their classless fans. Come on, Montreal - get them tonight!!