Game 7
Game 7 tonight. Woke up feeling calm and serene about this one, but listening to interviews and reading stuff all day has the nervous fires burning deep in the sub-cockle areas.
I am thinking Montreal is 50-50 on this one with as good a chance as the Pens of coming out with the victory. The thing is that this team is really impossible to predict as there are few if any playoff parallels to draw.
Normally for a bubble team to make a deep playoff run knocking off top seeds a few of the following are required:
- A hot last 30 games of the season
- A big greasy lineup that can wear people out on the boards
- Some sort of superstar forward or D-man who leads the way
Well Montreal was the last placed team to make the playoffs, squeaking in on the last day of play, they are a short-statured and there really is no superstar (Crosby, Ovechkin, Lidstrom, Brodeur etc…) just a team of grinders all pushing in the same direction that bounce back like a punching bag as they are pummelled by bigger and more talented teams.
So really there is no saying.
However if the Gods have a sense of justice, then the Habs should advance tonight with another nervy 1-goal win that drives me to drink and scream at my TV and finally stampede out onto the roads to take in that most sweetest of Montreal moments – the savouring of victory.
¡Ojala!