Love Them Or Hate Them: The Montreal Canadiens, From The Rivals' Point Of View

Alan Bass, Philadelphia Flyers

My favorite Flyers-Canadiens moment was this past season, when the Flyers upset the Habs in the Eastern Conference Semifinals to advance to a third round matchup against the rival Penguins.  It was an extremely fun series to watch, and even more fun, since no one, including me, expected the Flyers to win. 

The main thing I remember from that series was Kimmo Timonen and Braydon Coburn's abilities to stop Alexei Kovalev and Saku Koivu.  They were also able to stop Andrei Markov from getting much of anything.

When Coach Guy Carbonneau pulled Carey Price and started Jaroslav Halak in game five, although Halak is a reliable backup, all Flyers fans knew the series would be over.  The Habs had lost confidence in one of the best young goaltenders in the league, and were showing how down they were.  The last thing I remember is watching the final seconds of game five tick down, and having my dad look at me, and say, "This team could win the Stanley Cup."

I guess we won't go in to what happened in the Conference Finals.

Oh, I am sure everyone has his favourite moment, when it comes to crashing down the Bleu Blanc Rouge! Make sure to share with us, in the comments' section below.

With all my respect, from a Habs' fan.

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