It's a race to the bottom as the Habs and Canes square off tonight

If anything it will be interesting to see Steve Begin and Scott Walker cozy up this evening, but Carolina and Montreal are delusional if they think these two journeymen will make the difference for the clubs. Walker has a three game point streak (whoopee!), The Habs are losing ground faster than Begin's losing his hair.


Fear not. My mask will give us the power to defeat those Caniacs.

What's ailing Carolina? umm... they could use some speed. Brind'Amour and Staal look exhausted. As for the Habs; glassman Kovelev is out three weeks - that's not necessarily a bad thing (deal this paper tiger already). With Huet out I say give Halak the start (what-the-hell? ... things can't get worse). Though The Gazette is calling Halak's mask (which has pix of Patrick Roy on it) the inspiration that will revitalize the team: that is so sweet and so very, very pitiful

And we hear some guys are still recovering from the flu.

Ya, about that flu. I saw Jagr play with the flu against Carolina on Thursday. He had an assist, played for 22 minutes and controlled the pace of the entire game: MTL, stop being such pussies.

The top seven teams aren't going anywhere (yes, even Toronto is looking good). That leaves Montreal and Carolina for the 8th spot with NYR and the Islanders coming up fast. I predict the Canes will take the final spot only to go out in 5 against either the Sabres or Devils (sweet revenge).

As for the Habs: It's a seller's market, rebuild for next year.