Blame It On... The Pads?

Yes, in one of the most tumultuous times for the team in recent memory, goaltender Carey Price has made the landmark decision to return to his usual white pads instead of the more recent red set. We can only hope that the new pair brings with them a return to the form that we saw earlier in the season, and not more of the ~0.850 SVP and GAA north of 3 that marked the tenure of the reds.

No word yet on whether the new pads will make an appearance in Washington tonight against the surging offence of Alex Ovechkin, Mike Green and the rest of the Southeast-leading Caps .

As The World Turns: Wednesday in Washington

The soap opera that is the Montreal Canadiens continues. Slumping star Alex Kovalev has been sent to his room by GM Bob Gainey. Former hot-shot young winger Sergei Kostitsyn has been banished to Hamilton. And today, rumours in La Presse that Gainey has been trying to deal Kovalev for weeks, perhaps for Vincent Lecavalier. You can read about that here:

http://www.cyberpresse.ca/sports/hoc...x-semaines.php

So what happens next for the Habs? Well, a game against former goaltender Jose Theodore Washington, of course. This will be a big test, because if Montreal's defence plays as well as they did Sunday against Vancouver, Alex Ovechkin may challenge Darryl Sittler's record for points in a game. Really. The defence was that bad. This could be ugly.

No word yet on starting goalies, although the airwaves this morning are suggesting it will be Carey Price. We'll see who Guy decides to stand in front of the firing squad.

How will the Habs respond sans Kovalev? How many shots will Ovechkin get? All these questions and more to be answers tonight.