Cans v Habs tonight.

Tonight, the Canes will host the Montréal Canadiens at 7:00 in the RBC Center. It will be the first meeting of the teams since the 2006 Eastern Conference Quarterfinals.

Although some of my assosiates might differ, I'm not even thinking about the Saku Koivu thing. Justin Williams nearly blinded him with an inadvertent but careless stick during that series. Koivu has never harbored any resentment, and the two have spoken a few times since then. I wouldn't expect any targeting of Viva or anything resembling retaliatory behavior from Koivu's teammates either. If they were going to do that, they would have done it back then.

Our much maligned anthem singer has been AWOL for the past few games, so we might get to see a good rendition of O Canada. Holly's leaves a lot to be desired. In the last two games I've gone to, we've seen two different singers. They both did a good enough job, but they both did the classic take waaaaaay too long with it thing. The seven-year old girl was good, though. Real good for being seven.

I still miss Karen Touloss. She did a great job. Anyone know for sure what happened with her?

Ballsy prediction #1 of the season: Rod Brind'Amour will get his 1000th career point tonight. Okay. It's not that ballsy of a prediction, but I'm going for it. How many times in your life do you get to see a guy score his 1000th career point? Hint: only 70 players in the history of the NHL have recorded 1000 points. I witnessed Ronnie Franchise notching his 1200th career assist. That was really cool. I witnessed him hit and pass some really remarkable milestones. I was lucky for that. While Roddy isn't quite as special as The eternal Captain, it's still awesome (in a quite literal sense) to be able to witness some of his major milestones. Later this season, with the right timing, I'll see Brindy score his 400th career goal.

I was also on hand when Joe Nieuwendyk scored his 500th career goal. I have to admit that was pretty cool. I was really confused at first when all the Devils players mobbed the ice as if they had just won the Cup. Once I realized what had happened, I really appreciated it. We stopped the game briefly while all the players from both teams congratulated him on that feat.

For the rest of this season, look here for "Ballsy predictions". Some will be more ballsy than others.

Puck drop is at approximately 7:00pm eastern.