The Montreal Canadiens, Ottawa Senators and Toronto Maple Leafs in the East, and Edmonton Oilers and Calgary Flames in the West all reached the playoffs, but their paths are challenging as the top three teams in each conference are US -based. There is definitely something special about playoff time in Montreal, as the city begins to emerge from a long winter and springs to life with a renewed vibrancy and hope.
Lundqvist also knows that his Stanley Cup window is closing with the team, which will only make his play in the playoffs this season that much stronger. As such they will open the playoffs against the weaker division victor, in this case, the Canadiens. They were not playing to win. And that forward depth, it's hard because other teams to try to match; you nearly can't match. Can this be the year that the Cup comes back to Canada?
"It was more about finish", Julien said.
"I know Stepan personally".
The crowd was driven into a frenzy and the Canadiens came out energized and hitting everything that moved.
The 82-game marathon that ends tonight. He had the Rangers wear t-shirts during his first training camp in 2013 bearing the slogan "clean slate - grab it!" That would be bad form, and a awful waste of a special moment. Expect tension for Montreal and NY after the teams met in a contentious 2014 Eastern Conference final. Montreal's defense will have a harder time shutting down plays if they aren't exactly sure who might take the shot.
"And today, we get the early goal and after that we played a smart game". The Penguins won Game 1, 3-1, over the Blue Jackets.
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But as we've mentioned before, the playoffs are a whole new season.
The Canadiens won all three meetings against the Rangers, two of which came under Julien.
Montreal Canadiens goaltender Carey Price goes through a drill in between goaltender Al Montoya and coach Stephane Waite during a practice Monday, April 10, 2017, in Brossard, Quebec. The 1-0 score remained until Michael Grabner added an empty-net goal with just over one minute remaining in the third period.
But let's not forget that this season he became a member of the exclusive 400 wins club, and the only netminder in history to win 20 or more games in each of his first 12 seasons and 30 or more in 11 of his first 12, with only the lockout shortened 2012-13 season being the exception to the 30-win plateau.
On whether the Rangers would invade his crease again, he said "yeah, that sounds like playoff hockey". Unfortunately it did not yield many goals.
Alex Ovechkin's Washington Capitals are favoured to emerge from the Eastern Conference after finishing with the NHL's best record for a second consecutive season. Meanwhile the fourth line just came crashing and bashing in, creating their own space. The Canadiens didn't play badly, other than not scoring a goal. The Blueshirts top banana is their captain Ryan McDonagh with ace rookie Brady Skjei right behind in the talent department. "You face adversity along the way, you regroup and go back to work". Why was the Rangers slow defensive corps able to neutralize their forecheck? Their forward depth has given them scoring throughout their lineup. What is the answer to their flaccid power play? When the first-round Eastern Conference playoff series starts Wednesday at the Bell Centre, Montreal will be looking to script a different ending.
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