Happy Groundhog Day

From Kevin Gibson's Thursday Hockey Report:

"It's Ground Hog Day, the furry rodent came out of his hole, pulled his groin, scored three goals on Jose Theodore and went back to sleep."

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The Habs have been getting blown out an awful lot lately, but at least they're infecting their opponents with their craptitude. Teams must be picking up a lot of bad habits in their cakewalks over les Canadiens.

On Jan. 21, after getting burned for 6 goals in the first 15 minutes of a 6-2 loss in Vancouver, the Canucks proceeded to lose 4-0 to the mighty Blues. They then lost 6-5 to the Bluejackets and 2-1 to the Wings.

On Jan. 26 the Habs directed only 12 shots at Dominik Hasek as they lost 3-0 to the Sens. Then Ottawa got smoked 5-0 by the Bruins, and lost 5-3 in the New Jersey swamp last night.

Finally, on Jan. 23, Carolina whipped Montreal 7-3. Then they reeled off three straight wins. But they couldn't slump yet because they would play the Habs again on the 31st - which was an 8-2 drubbing. Let's see if the infection takes this time...