As good as the Habs were in their first twenty games this season is as bad as they’ve been since. Many of the top teams in the league have had injuries. Yes, the one to Price is a biggie, but the loss of Brendan Gallagher and yes, Alex SeminContinue Reading
So we’re just over the quarter mark of the 2015/16 NHL and so far the biggest transaction by the Habs has been the long term resigning of GM Marc Bergevin. Frankly I can’t complain. While I might not agree with some of his moves, you have to admit theContinue Reading
It’s that time of the year! Twice per year we ask you, our dear CFN viewers to support your favorite source for independent media. All you had to do was watch the coverage from this last election to see how important not only independent media are, but that yourContinue Reading
Ah the dawn of another season of NHL hockey. A day when every franchise has hope. By Spring we’ll see which team gets to sip from Lord Stanley’s Cup, but for today the playing field is even. Hockey is Canada’s game and I generally tend to cover ourContinue Reading
With a week before the puck drops to start another season of NHL hockey the big question is what is GM Marc Bergevin’s plan? No major moves were made in the off season. Most of the moves seem to be internal. Alex Galchenyuk moves to Centre, Lars Eller movesContinue Reading
It has to be a disappointing off season for Leaf fans. Not quite as disappointing as for Hab fans, but pretty darn close. Neither team has really addressed their core needs even though both are near the Salary Cap. Dumping Phil Kessel was more of a statement than a tradeContinue Reading
As the cap age tightens its grip on the game teams are finding out that cap management is critical to their short and long term success. I put together a chart of each team’s top five contracts and the average age of those five players. There are different formulasContinue Reading
This seems to be the season the NHL cap really kicks in. In a normal world trading Phil Kessel for a bag of pucks wouldn’t make any sense. In the cap age….well. Brendan Shanahan and his team wanted to make a point and they traded away the team’s bestContinue Reading
With the draft fast approaching Habs winger Alex Galchenyuk has fired his agent Igor Larionov. While no real details have been publicly shared rumbles and rumors are that the 1st Round pick wasn’t terribly interested in a bridge contract. Galchenyuk was drafted to be the Habs eventual number oneContinue Reading
I must be getting old or Habs GM Marc Bergevin and his team see more in Torrey Mitchell and former Oiler D men than I do? His signing of Mitchell and re upping of Jeff Petry are kinda boggling to this scribbler. Mitchell essentially replaces the role that Manny MalhotraContinue Reading
CFN – In the aftermath of the second round exit by the Habs to Tampa Bay the hockey buzz is that Montreal needs to get bigger at the Centre position, especially for the play offs. The Habs as a whole did not have a great post season. First they letContinue Reading
CFN – While anything is possible seldom are come backs after losing two in your own barn not a probability. And that’s where Montreal is after two games as Tampa Bay blew them out of the ice pad Sunday in la belle province with their six to two shellingContinue Reading
CFN – The bigger you are the harder it is to keep the numbers rolling, but that’s exactly what has happened as CFN has jumped up over 5% from the First Quarter of 2014 to FQ 2015! And we couldn’t have done it with all of our viewers! AContinue Reading
CFN – It was an ugly series for Montreal, but the team moved on to the second round; waiting to see if they face Tampa Bay or Detroit. Either of those teams will offer a very different challenge than Ottawa did, but the key issue for the Habs is theContinue Reading
CFN – The Habs have gone from being up 3 games to 0 to now seeing a potential upset in the making. Montreal will have two more chances to finish off the Ottawa Senators, but that word “Character” keeps leaking forward. Carey Price had a Hall of Fame regular season,Continue Reading
CFN – When Habs GM talks about wanting character in his players he wasn’t kidding as the team showed huge character in defeating the Ottawa Senators in game one of their series. Missing was team leader and top scorer Max Pacioretty and Norris candidate PK Subban earned a game misconductContinue Reading
CFN – It’s time. Eight series kick off Wednesday night which will leave eight teams for round two. Which teams make it will make for some interesting story lines. This year 5 Canadian teams made the final 16, but sadly four of them are playing against each other. ItContinue Reading
CFN – Sens vs Habs for round one of the play offs. This season it’s great to see so many Canadian teams making the second season, but tragically there are two series that will knock out two of our teams. Montreal, while finishing first is vulnerable. The team nabbed DevanteContinue Reading