[OOT] January 17 with seven games.

[Tsawwassen]

Originally Posted by Textcritic

1986.

That is all.

Originally Posted by Vulcan

We shot our wad against the Blues and didn't have enough left for the Habs.

I've been told that the Flames were worn out after beating the Oilers. It was surprising that they had the mental and physical endurance to go through another marathon series against the Blues and win it after the game 6 disappointment.

[Tsawwassen]

Originally Posted by thefoss1957

I thought that it was funny that the Hab (in English) announcers were crying about some of the calls that Montreal didn't get...the Habs were running pick plays all over the place, and were, basically, tackling the 'Hawk weak side forward, when he tried to fly the d-zone for the stretch pass play.

There were 2 goals in the Habs-Bhawks that should were questionable. I think the first Toews goal was the one where the Therrien should've challenged it, the play was offside. The other was when Shaw was not going to win the icing race. The Bhawks iced the puck, but, the linesman waved it off.

[Tsawwassen]

Originally Posted by Textcritic

Clinging to the eighth seed in the East, but Pittsburgh now sits only one point back with a game in hand.

The Canadiens suck.

The Flyers with the SO win are just 2 points back of the Habs and have 2 games in hand (1 game in hand on the Pens).

[Tsawwassen]

The Bhawks have now won 11 in a row. They look like the 2013 team that went 27 or 28 games without a regulation loss. Don't see this streak stopping anytime soon.

[Steve Bozek]

Originally Posted by Tsawwassen

I've been told that the Flames were worn out after beating the Oilers. It was surprising that they had the mental and physical endurance to go through another marathon series against the Blues and win it after the game 6 disappointment.

IIRC, the Flames also had a bad virus infection going through the team, with one player even requiring hospitalization.

[thefoss1957]

Originally Posted by Tsawwassen

There were 2 goals in the Habs-Bhawks that should were questionable. I think the first Toews goal was the one where the Therrien should've challenged it, the play was offside. The other was when Shaw was not going to win the icing race. The Bhawks iced the puck, but, the linesman waved it off.

Tsawwassen...my point is that there seemed to but much ignored both ways, and that Montreal could have easily given up a few more PPs...

In past games, the no touch icing thing seems random, at times...things that look like clear icing are waived, things that look like they got tipped on the correct side of the red are whistled...The Habs should have just kept playing until the Refs actually blew it down.