It’s time to Exorcise the Habs from Boston’s psyche.

For obvious reasons, be it history, or be it recent memory, the Habs are the Bruins’ rivals. No ifs, ands, or buts about it. Hate ‘em, hate their guts, hope nothin’ but the bad things in life happen to them and nobody else but them etc. etc.

And a Rivalry is always much more vicious when the home team just can’t seem to put their enemy down. Being bested in spite of themselves, or perhaps because it’s who they are.

Since before the turn of the decade, Boston has largely under-performed against the Canadiens, whether or not they were the better squad. They’ve played the Habs in huge chunks of the season or in less than 4 games all year, and have always had this be a problem for them come the…