Taking Carolina from Behind

Is what it's all about.

Sure, you give up a huge lead.

Yeah, you take some ass penalties (and some, like Rivet's tripping minor and Bouillon's delay of game, that make you want to tear your hair out).

You lose your overrated but still somewhat worthwhile movie star defenceman.

You give up a bunch of goals, being outhit, outshot and outplayed for a too-long period (by the way, watching a game on TV-on-demand is like smoking crack out of a can of Red Bull).

But you keep playing because that's, well, that's what you're paid millions of dollars to do. You walk into the belly of the red beast and you take a pair from behind, first on Saturday and then on Monday.

The kid hockey fan in all of us should tune in Wednesday night, if only to hear the roar of the crowd as Saku Koivu leads the bleu blanc rouge onto the ice. For a team that had no chance, the Canadiens serve as a vital reminder of that noble truth: in the playoffs, nobody knows anything.