2nd Base

"Although George Michael had only got to second base, he’d gone in head first, like Pete Rose."

Well, the Habs have quickly arrived to second base in their first round series and the second win was a lot tougher to earn than the first. Many in the MSM and in the blogosphere have referred to last night's win as an undeserved robbery.

I'm not in total agreement with that statement.

Although the Bruins did play much better and the Habs were a little off their game, I wouldn't say that Montreal was listless or even that they were lucky to get away with a win.

Boston did get a lot of shots on net, but mainly from the point on the PP and, although Price did make some great saves, the scoring chances were not overwhelmingly in Boston's favour.

What has rarely been mentioned in today's writeups is how Tiny Tim Thomas was the one who made more game saving stops. Many seem to have forgotten the two thwarted breakaways by none other than AK27 and Big Tits. And what about Breezer slapshot off the post with o.o1 seconds left in the third?

Boston did outplay Montreal, but the Habs were not completely dominated. I think this is the best Boston can give and Montreal can surely play better. Andrei Markov, for one, was not in All-Star shape last night and the top line has yet to show its teeth.

This may be over sooner than I thought.