Habs Watch - In Tough Against the Sens Tonight

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The Habs are looking at an uphill battle tonight, when they go face to face with arguably the best team in the league. Montreal has had a ton of problems with penalties it seems, and the officials aren't giving them any breaks at all. Defenceman Andrei Markov was suspended for 3 games after shoving a linesman at the end of their last overtime loss against Toronto, and today, they lost Defenceman Ron Hainsey on waivers to Columbus when calling him up from the minors (I don't fully understand this but it sounds like BS to me...). Another rookie is making his debut tonight in Hainsey's stead... one Jean-Philippe Cote. Look for him to step up in his first game against the mighty Sens. They are riding a two game losing streak and have gone 4 and 6 in their last ten games. Ottawa is first in the Eastern Conference and second overall behind Detroit. I suspect they will be handed their third straight loss tonight, but we can always hope the guys will pick up their game, and stop bumping guys and getting penalties...

I am looking to the rookie defenseman Cote and Richard Zednik to step up tonight. We shall see :)