Those Pesky Habs Just Won't Go Away

The Montreal Canadiens just played Game 1 of the NHL Eastern Conference Finals against the Philadelphia Flyers. They were not supposed to get out of the 1st round. They have gone to seven games in both of the 1st two series. They have looked really bad in some of their games including tonight. Despite all of that, they have knocked out the President Trophy winning Washington Capitals and the defending Stanley Cup Champion Pittsburgh Penguins.

No matter how you look at it, they have been on a ride. On paper they should be the easiest team the Bleu, Blanc, et Rouge would face in the playoffs but, on paper they should have not even been playing by now.

Even before Game 7 of the last series it seemed very possible for the Habs to win. They stunk up the joint tonight but you know they are going to make some waves before this series is done. If you consider their playoff record is now 8 and 7, really they are not playing all that better than the regular season, they just have to make sure they win 4 before they lose 4 in each series they can keep going at this less than stellar pace, but a good enough pace to make it to the conference finals.

When it all shakes out, those pesky Habs just won't go away.