I’ve got you babe. I’ve got you babe.

It’s time to do it all over again. The Boston Bruins and the Montreal Canadiens in a first-round playoff series, with just a little twist from last season. This year, the Bruins will be the heavily favored top seed while the Habs will be the eighth-seeded upstarts.

The Habs were relegated to the eighth spot when they lost to Pittsburgh last night, 3-1. Pat Hickey of the Montreal Gazette has the complete story.

Opinion: I’ll expand on this prediction a little later. But I’ve got the Bruins in five. This Bruins team has too many veterans and too much depth (barring a serious injury or two) to let this undermanned Habs club push this series to, or close to, the limit the way the Bruins did last year.

Elsewhere in the division:

•Buffalo Sabres minority owner Larry Quinn wasn’t impressed enough with his team’ rout of Boston yesterday to not vow a “top-to-bottom review” of his organization.

•Toronto finished another bitter season — the Leafs have missed the playoffs for a record fourth straight season — with a win over Ottawa.

•Ottawa forward Chris Neil might interest the archrival Leafs as a free agent this summer.

•The Senators are going to find it tough to maneuver their roster under the cap without a major deal.

[Source: TheBruinsBlog.net]

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