NHL East- And Then There Were 7

Three games were played in the NHL playoffs on Wednesday night seeing the Sens get eliminated, the Rangers inching closer to doing the same to the Devils and what about those Nashville Predators!? Are they on their way to pulling off the upset of the playoffs? Read on to get my t …

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Teams Showing Their Fortitude as NHL Playoffs Progress

In this edition of the NHL Playoff Recap for Tuesday April 15th, the cream is starting to rise to the top as some teams try and pull away while other, underachieving teams start to pour it on.

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NHL Playoffs Recap for Monday April 14th

Three games on the Agenda on this night in the NHL, however do not judge the quantity of games by the excitement they created.

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NHL April 13th Playoff Recap

Busy week in the NHL and the action stops for no one, including me ! Although I was sidelined due to other commitments that had me away from my computer, as promised, I will keep my word and provide my 2 cents on the recent battles being help on the Frozen Pond.

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Habs Up 2-0 in The NHL Playoffs Day 4 Recap

Three NHL playoff games were played Saturday night : Wings/Preds, Ducks/Stars and Habs/Bruins.

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NHL Playoff Recap for Thursday and Friday

For those paying attention, you will notice that I have been neglecting my duties for the past few days, especially since the Habs played their first playoff game and not a peep from the Frozen Ponderer...

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The NHL Playoffs Have Begun !

The 2007-08 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs got off to an exciting start last night with everything one would expect from these games with lots of hits, highlight reel goals and even more spectacular saves from goaltenders trying to keep their teams alive.

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NHL Playoff Predictions for the West - Round 1

Having taken care of the Eastern conference first round predictions yesterday, the following are my predictions for the Western conference as to who will move on to round two in the quest for the cup. Detroit Redwings Vs Nashville Predators : Detroit in 6

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NHL Playoff Predictions for the East - Round 1

It went down to the last day of the regular season but when it was all over, the Montreal Canadiens were crowned as champs of the Eastern Conference. Although it required a loss by the Pittsburgh Penguins to achieve this, we can not say that the Habs did not deserve this honour.

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Habs Beat the Leafs 3-1. Will Meet the Bruins in 1st Round of Playoffs

On a night where Mark Streit was honoured with the Jacques Beauchamps Trophy for the "Unsung Hero" award and Alex Kovalev with the Molson Cup for Star of the year, it was no coincidence that they figured among the night's three stars in their final game of the regular season, bea …

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With a 3-1 Victory, Montreal Beats the Playoff Life Out of Buffalo

It was everything one would expect in a game from one team trying to keep their playoff hopes alive and another aiming for 1st in the Conference. Fast paced, lots of hits, lots of penalties and lots of emotion.

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Habs Conquer the Sens as Well as the Northeast Division

The Montreal Canadiens clinched the Northeast title for the first time in 16 years and did it in convincing fashion as they dominated the struggling Senators for 60 minutes and skated away from Kanata with a 3-0 victory.

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Two Games, Two Points, Too Many Injuries for Habs

In evaluating the Montreal Canadiens' last two games (Buffalo on Friday and Toronto last night), the pessimist would argue that the Habs are showing signs of fatigue and that this is what is to be expected of the over-achieving young team.

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Habs Escape with Win and a Playoff Berth as they beat the Sens 7-5

With their win last night against the Ottawa Senators, the Montreal Canadiens, with 96 points, guaranteed themselves a spot in the 2008 playoff dance.

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Habs Sweep the Bruins. Bring on the Sens!

The Montreal Canadiens met and beat the Boston Bruins for the 8th and last time in this regular season last night with a hard fought 3-2 victory that took a shootout to decide.

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Canadiens Beat Bruins But Lose Komisarek

Zdeno Chara will be a co-star in two highlight reel goals this week. Unfortunately for him, it involves the hulking defenseman being undressed...twice, by Alex "The Magician" Kovalev.

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St Louis Makes Habs Sing the Blues

The St Louis Blues, fresh off their $36,000 rookie supper, proved that they can party hard and play hard as they earned their win against a Habs team that might have been mentally already in Boston.

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Halak Shuts out Islanders as Habs win 3-0

The Canadiens bounced back from their 3-0 shutout loss against the Senators Thursday night by serving the same medicine to the Islanders on a night when the visitors had nothing to lose and the Habs had everything to gain.

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Time for The Canadiens to Stop Respecting the Senators

One minute the Canadiens are tied for 1st in the east, then they play one game against the Ottawa Senators and the next thing you know, they find themselves in 5th place in the conference standings…

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NHL- Who will be the MVP?

With the 2007-08 NHL regular season winding down, all talk is directed at the potential playoff match-ups as well as who will win which individual awards, in particular, the Hart trophy for the player deemed most valuable to his team.

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Price Shines as the Habs School the Devils.

It's Wednesday, which means there must be a new leader in the Eastern Conference ! Yes, the Montreal Canadiens are back on top in the east after a convincing team effort (including a spectacular 38 save shutout from Habs goaltender Carey Price)

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Canadiens Score .500 on Western Road Trip

The Montreal Canadiens are in 2nd place overall in the Eastern Conference and have won 2 out of 4 games during this western road trip (.500 being the acceptable grade for any extended road trip) but when Coach Carbonneau was asked about his team's performance to date, he had this …

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Up, up and Huet!

So, were many of you feeling like I was at approximately 3PM at the trade deadline? (a little disheartened and disenchanted) that ...yet again...the Canadiens were unable (or unwilling) to pull the trigger on a blockbuster deal that would bring a proven all-star (or as Bob Gainey …

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Will the real Carey Price please stand up?

While the Montreal offence did it's part, One has to wonder if Carey Price can bounce back from a sub-par performance in the Shark Tank. Final score: San José 6, Montreal 4

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