Hit the Post with Rick Moffat

“It’s only déjà vu if it happens again,” Claude Julien theorized even before Game 6 about the possibility of becoming the first Bruins coach to rally a Boston team from a 3-1 deficit, just 4 years after becoming the first Canadiens coach to do it.

Now its deja voodoo.

Or 7th Heaven?

I can assure you the Canadiens would forgo all the added revenue from hosting a Game 7 Monday for having finished off the Bruins.



Don't let anyone blaim the Game 6 loss on Carey Price, or suggest the return of the captain did not lift the Canadiens.

In fact, next time you hear someone refusing to pay utmost respect to the captain, remind them of his performance in Boston. His foot still fractured, Koivu wins the opening faceoff, 5-0 on the draws in the first period, and sets up not one but two goals, elevating Christopher Higgins and Sergei Kostitsyn in his wake. And everyone whose ever been inspired by Saku through a cancer treatment had to gulp like I did at the first sight of seeing him bald-headed to join the BuzzCut Boys (Saku won’t reveal who did his lid, but I suspect Josh Gorges). “Is Mrs. Koivu fine with this look? I asked shortly after the sheers were put away? “She hasn’t seen it yet, smiled the captain.

Captain with a Capital C…

I did the math homework --- check this out! Saku Koivu’s career points per PLAYOFF game .837. Hockey Hall of Famer Henri Richard .716.



I knew Carey Price was back in his “Happy Place” when he straightened my tie then tried to swipe my candy-car getting on the flight to Boston. Carey Price on the Emotional Rebound brings Emotional Rescue…since his recall from the minor leagues in February, Price’s record in starts AFTER losses…6-0, 1.00 GAA, Save Pct. .970!

Talk about a Cowboy Goalie getting back in the saddle! I don’t think Carey could be faulted on any of the Bruins goals in the 5-4 loss.



Alexander Ovechkin will injure fellow Capitals during goal celebrations before the Habs have a “friendly fire” incident with their postgame facewash tradition. OV blasts himself and teammates into the glass.



Tom Kostopoulos is one of those Seinfeldian “soft-talkers” but his measured tones sometimes speak volumes.

When I asked him if he’s going to play some more ball hockey with the kids on his street, he says “not until they start calling me Tom, and not ‘Kostopoulos.'”

TK, as his Habs teammates call him, is the one who started the BuzzCut Boys craze the very first night of the Canadiens’ playoff sequestration.