Habs bust the Bruins 6-1

It was a great night to be a fan of the bleu blanc et rouge as the habs poured in 6 goals in front of a frenzied crowd at the Bell Centre. 6 different players got in on the act including Mikhael Grabovski potting his first career goal, Breezer with his first of the season, and Steve Begin also getting his first of the young season. The other goal scorers for the Habs were Kovalev, Markov and ChrisHiggins. Cristo-Wall Huet turned in another strong performance stopping 31 of 32 Bruins shots on the night, including a show-stopper against Glen Murray, robbing him of an easy open net goal. Overall it was a great team effort by the Canadiens with goals coming from all four forward lines.

Game Hero’s: Huet, Higgins, Plekanec, Grabovski, Kovalev, Kostopolous, Begin, Smolinski, Komisarek, Markov, Hamrlik.

Game Zero’s: Ryder, Bouillon, Streit.


Quick Hits:

The Habs showed off their speed and depth at the forward position. When you a get a goal from each of your four lines you know you’ve got some depth at forward. Last night we even saw Kostopolous and Begin flying in on a two-on-one looking like a couple of veteran snipers with Kostopolous showing great patience and then throwing a gorgeous pass across to the streaking Begin who had no problem banging it in to the back of the net. After a few games of line juggling, coach Carbo seems to have found a place for everyone and the lines are beginning to click nicely.

Bottom Line: Good job by Guy Carbonneau with the lines, and a nice effort from all the forwards last night (except Ryder, but I’ll get there….).

Michael Ryder should be ‘ryding’ the bench. I feel the need to start by saying I have nothing against Michael Ryder and if he were playing hard I would leave him alone. That being said, right now Ryder is looking like a 4th line AHL player. So far this season he has brought absolutely nothing to the table, and I’m thinking Carbo should scratch him for a game or two. Ryder looks like he thinks everything will just come to him and that he doesn’t have to work hard..WRONG! Hate to tell you Mikey but it doesn’t work like that when you’re in the NHL playing against the best hockey players the world has to offer.

Bottom Line: Ryder needs to wake up and realize he needs to play hard every game otherwise he could become expendable very quickly.


Anyone ready to give Huet the credit he deserves? For some reason Cristobal Huet has had a hard time earning the respect and confidence of the fans and media in Montreal. The guy has been a very good goalie for the Canadiens since he arrived to save us from the Jose ‘I fell down the stairs’ Theodore meltdown. Last season he was named to the Eastern Conference All-Star team, this was no fluke people. I am very much looking forward to the Carey Price era in Montreal, but right now Huet should continue to get most of the playing time for the Habs.

Bottom Line: Another great performance by Cristobal Huet.

Take some time to appreciate Mike Komisarek, he’s money in the bank. Komi is looking more and more like an All-Star defenseman every day. Nothing but respect to Canadiens management for turning a great draft pick into a great player. It’s not often that the Habs draft a player and develop him properly, but they hit the nail on the head with this one. It took him a couple of seasons to put it all together, but right now Komisarek is playing very good hockey and we are lucky to have him.

Bottom Line: Way to be Mike, keep dishing out the hits!