In 2007, Montreal's playoff hopes were crushed by Toronto on the last Saturday night of the regular season. Fast forward to 2010; guess who's playing this Saturday night? Yup, Montreal and Toronto. Is there a chance that 29th place Toronto could do it again? You Betcha !! Montreal now sits nervously in 7th place in the East, one point ahead of Philly. Miserable losses to Carolina and the Islanders have resulted in this predicament. Montreal might make the playoffs, but not necessarily because they deserve it...
It's interesting that I have not written anything here yet this year, not even a Happy New Year. I must be busy. During this season, I do much thinking about snowstorms, power outages, survival etc. I like to think that most bases are covered. I have enough firewood to last me into next winter, so a power outage is really only an inconvenience at worst. Of course winter helps in that the only real electric dependency, Refrigeration, is offset by the fact that it's cold. However, and to get to my point, I'm a little obsessed with the whole concept off "off-grid refrigeration". It's actually a childhood throwback on two fronts. Let me explain, first I remember going to our "camp" in the summer. Routinely, considerable quantities of Soda Pop (we just called it "drink") were lugged to the camp. Sometimes it was Co-op brand tin cans, Pepsi, or even green bottles of Mountain Dew complete with the hillbilly exclaiming "it'll…