Tonight is close out time in the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals for the Montreal Canadiens. Coach Guy Carbonneau even wore his bright lucky tie, perhaps bought at a clearance sale. But it would take more than just luck to oust the Boston Bruins.

Last year as I watched the American Hockey League Calder Cup Championships, a rookie goaltender named Carey Price made his debut. Pucks would fly and linger towards the crease and with one sleek movement he would make the save. My friends from Hamilton, Ontario joked with me, "Seriously, he's hexed." I was in disbelief. I'm a skeptic and a scientist by nature. I analyze everything. I broke up the goal statistics and still was in disbelief. Then they managed to tell me that Carey Price's mom, Lynda, is the Chief of the Ulkatcho First Nation in British Columbia. "They must have placed a hex on him since he doesn't allow one goal during playoffs." That year he won the Jack A. Butterfield Trophy as the Calder Cup playoffs MVP and proved to be the youngest player ever to win this award.

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Watch him on net and surely Carey Price does appear incredibly calm on

goal for a rookie netminder. Never in Boston Bruins history, has the team

come back from a 3-1 series deficit and won. It didn't happen tonight

either as the Canadiens took the last game to close out 5-0.

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Will the Calgary Flames be closed out tomorrow by the Sharks?

Will the Flyers revive after Ovechkin woke up after napping the

greater part of the series?

Honestly, I'm thoroughly surprised with the resurgence of the Bruins in the playoffs. The crowd was fueled tonight in the third period singing to the cult Bruins song, "I'm into Bruins y'all!" everytime their team scored. Don Cherry would be proud.

"Phil Kessel, I love Phil Kessel what?"

Phil Kessel was named first star of the game for reviving the Boston Bruins with two key goals in the second and third period.

If Boston wins, Julien would have a chance to repeat his feat from 2003-04 when he led his now rival team, the Canadiens, from a 3-1 deficit to win a first-round Eastern Conference series against his current team, the Boston Bruins.

Will Claude Julien succeed leading the Boston Bruins to victory against the top seeded team this Monday?

At the end of an exhausting series, New York Ranger's Sean Avery gave his hand in an honest gesture to New Jersey Devils goaltender Martin Brodeur. It was a sign of peace.

The New York Rangers scored 5 goals against the New Jersey Devils in the last game and Martin Brodeur might have felt responsible for the loss. Brodeur wasn't playing to his full potential. The future hall of fame recipient was criticized for not making stellar saves during the series. He did not take personal responsibility for his performance and blamed the referees for not making the calls. The Rangers strategic tactic was to strike and crash the goaltender Martin Brodeur's net with force. Taken away, Brodeur was obviously upset.

Both teams play hard. The net is the end point. What are we supposed to do? Stand off to the side and throw pucks at him? - New York Ranger's Head Coach Tom Renney on Brodeur's performance (AP)

Brodeur also became victim of Sean Avery's childlike antics of harrasment which included bringing up his divorce from 2003. Brodeur was also instigated with Avery's swinging hockey stick which was termed as unsportsmanlike. But at the end, when given the chance to forgive and forget, he refused to shake Sean Avery's hand.

If given the chance, why isn't he the better man?

The playoffs are like an episode of Project Runway without Heidi Klum

"One day you are in and next day you are out." That's exactly how it tunes out for the teams seeking the Stanley Cup.

It's interesting how many hockey writers voted the Caps leading the Flyers and placed Ovechkin as a top scorer. Blame me, but I truly believe that Ovechkin is overrated. Caps fans which include half of my friends claim that the team is now on the low down since the team is in 911 mode and needs more stars. They say that the Caps depend too much on Ovechkin. I guess they are not counting on Federov to make any plays in the second line.

It might be premature to make that call in the series but Ovechkin has yet to play consistent hockey. When Ovechkin body checks, grabs and battles for the puck then he is able to make it work.

Is Ovechkin truly a "team player" or just another superstar like Jagr on the Caps or old school Lindros?

Both the Flyers and the Pens play more like a unit. They are fast skating teams that finish their checks. They do not seek many penalties either. In fact, they make the opposition take the penalty like Mike Richards in game 4 when Eminger chased the puck and almost chipped his stick. Both the Flyers and the Pens also depend on their special teams. After the "I am Gladiator" Ottawa pre-game show on center ice, the Pens showered in power plays. The Capitals know that it could be done but despite a pep talk by Coach Bruce Boudreau they fall short during game 4.

Join a Facebook group and you will become a hockey fan sooner than later. You can join "Max Talbot Superstar Club" and watch videos.  

or you can join "If Bob Errey Ever Scored A Goal then He Didn't See It" referring to the FSN broadcaster who tends to call Jordan Staal by a dinosaur name "Staaldactyl". My favorite still is "Carey Price is the Next Patrick Roy" started by minor leaguers who think that the Canadiens goaltender is hot enough for shut outs to be compared to the "great". All this talk about groups, inspired me to make my own pointless cyberspace hockey club -"Mike Keenan Is as Grumpy as Bill Belichick " Nobody can dispute this claim after Mike Keenan's Flames lost in the face of utter disgrace in the last seven seconds of the third period. At the end, Keenan's team was outshot 32 to 10. According to Keenan, it's a matter of the effort placed by the Sharks in a game which the Flames believed they were ahead and winning. After a 3-2 loss to the Sharks, his expressionless face simply reminds me of Belichik's during any Patriot game.

Keenan                                   Belichick