GAME DAY: Senators at Canadiens, Monday April 6, 2009, 730 pm ET

Clouston certainly seems to be doing and saying all the right things. Really looking forward to next season with him behind the bench.

I really want the Sens to crush the Habs tonight! I want the Sens to destory the Hab's new found confidence and wipe those smug smiles of celebration off their faces. Bah! There's nothing worse in hockey than witnessing Plekanec and/or Lapierre celebrating a goal. I feel like putting my fist through the tv screen when ever I see it.

I want the Sens to win big tonigth also. It's never a good thing to see the Habs win. Hoping for a Sens blowout tonigth. Go Sens Go!

I am surprised at the level of anti-Habs sentiment out there. Did the Canadiens suddenly grow blue and white jerseys?

With my team out of contention, I'd rather a canadian team have a crack at the cup over just about any american team (except Detroit).

I do think the Canadiens will look completely different next year with so many FA's, this may be their last kick at it for a while

beedub wrote:I am surprised at the level of anti-Habs sentiment out there. Did the Canadiens suddenly grow blue and white jerseys?

With my team out of contention, I'd rather a canadian team have a crack at the cup over just about any american team (except Detroit).

I do think the Canadiens will look completely different next year with so many FA's, this may be their last kick at it for a while

Bee, are you suggesting the Habs have a crack at the Cup?

PS with Khabby as your avatar, isn't it heresy on your part to be a closet Wings fan LOL?
:KJK:

davetherave wrote:

beedub wrote:I am surprised at the level of anti-Habs sentiment out there. Did the Canadiens suddenly grow blue and white jerseys?

With my team out of contention, I'd rather a canadian team have a crack at the cup over just about any american team (except Detroit).

I do think the Canadiens will look completely different next year with so many FA's, this may be their last kick at it for a while

Bee, are you suggesting the Habs have a crack at the Cup?

PS with Khabby as your avatar, isn't it heresy on your part to be a closet Wings fan LOL?
:KJK:

Do I think Montreal will win it all. No. They have 0 chance. Will they win a playoff series or two. Perhaps. But given they are the only Canadian team in the East to play in the playoffs, I will be watching, perhaps not cheering very loudly.

As far as ol Nikolai, I have been a fan of his since his Jets days. Don't particularily care which team he plays for, just that he do well. I was a proponent of Ottawa picking him up, right up until they acquired Leclaire

:pirat: Well, you still have time to become a Hawks fan for the playoffs...heh heh

Cheer for your fave goalie...he was sensational against the Jackets yesterday BTW.

Auld goes for the Sens tonight. Halak goes for the Habs.

http://www.ottawasun.com/Sports/Senators/2009/04/06/9026501.html

GO SENS GO!!!

beedub wrote:I am surprised at the level of anti-Habs sentiment out there. Did the Canadiens suddenly grow blue and white jerseys?

Leaf fans have simmered in the past year or so as reality sets in for them and Habs fans have gone to ultia-obnoxious levels I've never seen before, as far as I'm concerned. The whole Jesus Price, 100th anniversary, we got the All-Star game, we got the Draft, we are the best, give us the Cup, why bother even competing crap from their fans certainly put them on the top of my hate list.

shabbs wrote:

beedub wrote:I am surprised at the level of anti-Habs sentiment out there. Did the Canadiens suddenly grow blue and white jerseys?

Leaf fans have simmered in the past year or so as reality sets in for them and Habs fans have gone to ultia-obnoxious levels I've never seen before, as far as I'm concerned. The whole Jesus Price, 100th anniversary, we got the All-Star game, we got the Draft, we are the best, give us the Cup, why bother even competing crap from their fans certainly put them on the top of my hate list.

Yeah absolutely. I was just in an argument with a good friend who is a DIE hard habs fan... and he called Ottawa "no more than an expansion team that hasn't done anything". It angered me to all new levels. His only defense was that they won a cup in 1993, and that was apparently his victory. Nothing about what they've done since (Cuz they haven't done anything). I had to seriously leave the conversation because I was so frustrated.

Anyways, without Schneider or Markov tonight- their PP is Diddle. Could be grounds for a victory tonight. Let's see how it plays out.

Jordo wrote:

shabbs wrote:

beedub wrote:I am surprised at the level of anti-Habs sentiment out there. Did the Canadiens suddenly grow blue and white jerseys?

Leaf fans have simmered in the past year or so as reality sets in for them and Habs fans have gone to ultia-obnoxious levels I've never seen before, as far as I'm concerned. The whole Jesus Price, 100th anniversary, we got the All-Star game, we got the Draft, we are the best, give us the Cup, why bother even competing crap from their fans certainly put them on the top of my hate list.

Yeah absolutely. I was just in an argument with a good friend who is a DIE hard habs fan... and he called Ottawa "no more than an expansion team that hasn't done anything". It angered me to all new levels. His only defense was that they won a cup in 1993, and that was apparently his victory. Nothing about what they've done since (Cuz they haven't done anything). I had to seriously leave the conversation because I was so frustrated.

Anyways, without Schneider or Markov tonight- their PP is Diddle. Could be grounds for a victory tonight. Let's see how it plays out.

I find they tend to forget history and the bad times very quickly, and once things start to look up for their team, they're all over it and pissin' on everyone else's team.

beedub wrote:I am surprised at the level of anti-Habs sentiment out there. Did the Canadiens suddenly grow blue and white jerseys?

With my team out of contention, I'd rather a canadian team have a crack at the cup over just about any american team (except Detroit).

I do think the Canadiens will look completely different next year with so many FA's, this may be their last kick at it for a while

I understand and can certainly relate to the sentiment that a Canadian team winning the cup is preferable. However, I can't help but feel selfish in thinking it should be the Sens first. It would sting me if another Canadian team won the cup before Ottawa. Once Ottawa wins a cup I may be able to route for another Canadian team should the scenario we find ourselves in occurs again.

Looks like tank nation is laying on the beach somewhere in the Pacific tonight^^

Once the Sens are out, I don't have an issue getting behind Calgary, Vancouver or Edmonton. Rooting for the Leafs or Habs is a tough one though... and these days, I'd be rooting for the Leafs ahead of the Habs if it came down to it. I'm not even sure I'd root for the Habs if they were the last Canadian team left.

Harsh? Maybe... it's just how I feel.

beedub wrote:I am surprised at the level of anti-Habs sentiment out there. Did the Canadiens suddenly grow blue and white jerseys?

With my team out of contention, I'd rather a canadian team have a crack at the cup over just about any american team (except Detroit).

I do think the Canadiens will look completely different next year with so many FA's, this may be their last kick at it for a while

I have like a hundred of friens who are habs fans, and when we went to the Finals, not one of them cheered for the Sens. So, F*** their canadian origin, the last team I want to win the Cup in the NHL is the Habs.

shabbs wrote:Once the Sens are out, I don't have an issue getting behind Calgary, Vancouver or Edmonton. Rooting for the Leafs or Habs is a tough one though... and these days, I'd be rooting for the Leafs ahead of the Habs if it came down to it. I'm not even sure I'd root for the Habs if they were the last Canadian team left.

Harsh? Maybe... it's just how I feel.

I know EXACTLY how you feel, and I share the sentiment.

Although, specifically, my issue or problem stems with HAB fans, not the team itself, although I find I don't like the team mostly by default.

While everyone is allowed to have some self-confidence and healthy egos, being downright rude and c*cky and sheer arrogance are surely no substitute, and since I am smack-dab in the middle of Hab and Leaf nation, I experience their vitriol daily! When the Sens suck, for instance, I'm one of the FIRST to admit it, and rightfully so, as no one has ever accused me of wearing rose-tinted glasses. I'm not a pessimist per se, but a realist. Now, as it was mentioned before, these homering Hab fans seem to forget the bad times when things look up, but if I were them, I'd certainly be afraid of the injuries to Markov and Schneider going into the post-season.

Anyhow, even if the Habs were the LAST canadian team in contention, I just cannot nor could I bring myself to root for them. I just...can't do it. Ottawa, Calgary, Edmonton, even Toronto but not Montreal.

I can't put into words how much I hate the Habs. Beating them would feel fantastic, losing to them would suck, but it would benefit us.

Let's do it tonight though. I'd love to see Price have a jolly good .

Again...words can't possibly describe my level of hatred for the team and especially their fans.

strachattack wrote:
I understand and can certainly relate to the sentiment that a Canadian team winning the cup is preferable. However, I can't help but feel selfish in thinking it should be the Sens first. It would sting me if another Canadian team won the cup before Ottawa. Once Ottawa wins a cup I may be able to route for another Canadian team should the scenario we find ourselves in occurs again.

Damn straight! This is the way I've always felt.