Brian Gionta is better than Alex Kovalev.

Scott Gomez is better than Saku Koivu.

Mike Cammalleri is better than Alex Tanguay.

Hal Gill is better than Patrice Brisebois.

Paul Mara is better than Francis Bouillon.

And this Canadiens team is better than last year’s Canadiens team.
Don’t get me wrong, I love all the former players mentioned above (not you Chris Higgins!), but that’s just my opinion, and I know lots, so trust me.

In a league where, on any given night, any team can beat any team, your Habs did just enough to come out with a victory.

The powerplay seems to be clicking, and the team has a system and an identity, something which was severely lacking last year.

This team battles and wins hockey games, and the coach has managed to turn players who barely played with each other into one team.

This group of guys is still gona have tough nights, but you can bet that they won’t pack it in like last year’s team did so many times.

So for now, let’s ride this winning streak into Pittsburgh to face the birds. Fucken polar birds.

I just have one thing to say:

MIKE CAMMALLERI IS FUCKEN AWESOME!

Let’s look at both teams:

Our year so far: Shitty. We make the New York Mets look good.

Their year so far: Not shitty. A thrasher’s a bird. Thank you Google!

Good guy updates: Jaro gets the start in nets, giving Carey some time to think about that ridiculous new mask. Ok no it’s pretty bad-ass. Marc Andre Bergeron has been called up to help revitalize a powerplay that has been as ineffective as Jodie Foster’s attempts to convince people she’s straight.

Enemy updates: Kovalchuk is good.

Soft spot for the enemy: They used to have Marian Hossa.

Who will probably score for us: Marc Andre Bergeron.

Who will probably score on us: Kovalchuk. or White. or Black. Stop being racist.

Who will definitely not score for us: Guillaume Latendresse.

Who will definitely not score on us: I don’t know. Anybody can score on us right now.

Get well soon: OhBurn! and Marky Mark! We miss you already!

Prediction: I don’t even care, let’s just give ‘em a game and try to get a point at least.

This year’s team battles. This year’s team doesn’t lay back. This year’s team makes it exciting till the last second. This year’s team played well yesterday.

If it wasn’t for 2 lucky bounces and referees as competent as Perez Hilton at a Mardi Gras party, things would have been different.

Don’t blame Carey, he played well and luck wasn’t on his side. The winner, which was scored on a play where Cody McLeod tried to remove Scott Gomez’s head, should never have happened. But alas, enough blaming the officiating.

Tomas Plekanec is a man reborn, and if Andrei Kostitsyn’s play last night is an indication of things to come, then low and behold we might just have TWO scoring lines!

Shawn Belle didn’t look out of place, but he commited a rookie mistake when he was badly out of position on the 3rd period Colorado winner. Along with Paul Mara though, they formed a very good pairing.

Roman Hamrlik looked like Andrei Markov with his goal, pinching at the perfect time off a beautiful feed from TurtlePleks. May it continue.

Cammamama is trying so hard, and he leads the team in shots, but he still hasn’t been able to score a goal. It’ll come though. You keep working hard, good things’ll happen.

That’s what I like about this team, no matter what, they’re working hard. (You bring up the Vancouver debacle, I pee on your car).

Give ‘em some time.

Yeah, in 3 games he was a -3 and recorded no points. He was caught out of position on more than one occasion and just was generally shit. He’s good, just not NHL good…yet.

This also probably means that MAB is about to get called up ahead of the home opener VS the light snowfall on Thursday. Should be fun! YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

-Max Pacioretty is not ready for the NHL

-Maxim Lapierre, Guillaume Latendresse and Travis Moen are a great 4th line. Too bad they’re our 3rd line.

-If we can’t generate secondary scoring, we’re gona have trouble winning hockey games this year.

-Yannick Weber gets caught out of position more than Kanye West at a Bingo game.

-Georges Laraque had more time on ice yesterday than Andrei Kostitsyn.

-For the 1067th time, Andrei Kostitsyn was drafted ahead of Ryan Getzlaf, Jeff Carter, Corey Perry and Zach Parise.

-The team REALLY misses Andrei Markov. I’m really sad.

-Carey Price should have to take a lie detector test to know whether or not he inflicted that injury on purpose. Just to be on the safe side…

-Home opener’s gona be fun.

Ummm, did the Habs play last night?

He’s finally coming into his own. Too early to talk? I don’t know, but so far so excellent.

Take the 4 points and scram.

Our boys are dropping like Wal Mart prices though. Disco Inferno and Metroman both left the game early yesterday. At least the team doc is getting his overtime.

Hammatime and Spacek played really well. Gionta has the hand-eye coordination of a seasoned whack-a-mole veteran. Travis Moen is amazingly awesome.

Your Habs are 2-0. But have been outshot 1087 to 25 in 2 games. Let’s make this better.