They’re trying to stay optimistic but also realistic over at SBN’s Canadiens blog, Eyes On The Prize, following Montreal’s 6-3 loss at the hands of the top seeded Washington Capitals. The Habs are now down 3-1 in the best-of-seven series. Here’s writer Robert L:
Montreal Reaction: Nothing To Do But Laugh
I had to laugh last night, sitting with a friend, just as the Canadiens game was ending.
Turning points in the series, all three of them, we agreed.
We had earlier discussed three separate events, the first came in Game 2, when Montreal crumbled a 4-1 lead after the Capitals began getting physical, the second coming in the third game when Boyd Gordon's shorthanded marker swung the pendulum, and in this fourth game, with the backbreaking tying goal late in the second period.
We were laughing, because silly as it seemed, the Canadiens are no longer in this series, having not been ahead in games since the first. It was the notion that with Washington having won three straight now, that there could even have been three decisive turning points.
It's like trying to pinpoint the exact moment a flood took over a town.
It was a good chuckle though, because it emphasized the hopeful nature of us Habs fans. Or more succinctly put, it caught some of us cynical Habs thinking that there had been optimism.
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