Most Important Game of the Season?

Bad new is Buffalo won. Good news is that they had to go all the way to SO, so they are as tired as they could have gotten after that game last night. However Buffalo is a fast skating team with lots of endurance, so I don’t expect them to be significantly slower than we’re used to se them during the game (mainly the third period).

If we win tonight’s game we’ll be entering the Al-Star break with some positive things to think about, having won two games to break the losing streak, which consisted of two of the top three teams in the Eastern Conference. However if we drop this, emotions and confidences will be as fragile as a few days ago, the All-Star break will be a long and sad lethargic wait.

Tonight’s game might have more significance than one initially gives it. It might very well determine how we start playing following the break and finish the rest of the season. We didn’t come out too good following the last break (holiday break) but can redeem our selves in the home stretch.

This is the stretch that will determine where we end up ion the standings, and will determine ho much momentum we will bring with us to the post season.

Here’s one HABS fan that sees tonight’s game as perhaps the most important one with respect to momentum.