Habs & Fans 5 - Isles 1

Where the hell do they all come from? It's a Thursday night! Don't any of these people work? I was told there were at least 13 busloads of Habs fans tonight at the Coliseum. It was a sea of Red. We all know how passionate the Canadians are about their hockey, but is this a roving band of gypsies that just follow the team from city to city? Do they pitch red tents in parks at night and dance around camp fires?

Okay then. We didn't expect much tonight, did we? We knew with the line up this game wasn't going to be easy. But it got down right ugly and then down right hard to watch.

Joel Rechlicz, who spent three seconds more in the box than he did actually on the ice, attempted to dance with big Georges Laraque. I think the veteran got a little bit of a kick out of watching the rookie try to have a go at him. I was happy young #40 wasn't a casualty.

But watching Doug Weight, out of sheer frustration, take on Glen Metropolit with a handful of minutes left in the third, just astounded me. Okay, it was a little interesting watching the look on Metropolit's face as he tried to hold Weight at bay. But it wasn't necessary for sure for anyone but maybe Doug.

Jeff Tambellini had the lone Islanders goal with a rocket shot. The type he is used to scoring in the AHL. Hopefully, he'll get used to scoring them in the NHL.

And as if that wasn't enough, Andy Hilbert left the ice with a rib injury. He did not return. The way it looks now, I don't think any of them are likely to return to close out the season.

It was just a bad day all around. I shall put an end to it now.

Good night.