CFN – There are days I wonder what Habs GM Marc Bergevin is thinking? This is one of them as he has rewarded coach Michel Therrien with a four year contract extension; that’s right FOUR YEARS! Yes the Habs had an extended stretch run this year; but is itContinue Reading
CFN – Habs GM Marc Bergevin is going to be a very busy GM pretty soon. The biggest question of course is what to do with PK Subban? The most obvious is lock him up long term; but then not everything is obvious. While teams know that Montreal willContinue Reading
CFN – I will forever feel that Hockey is Canada’s game. I get that most of the players still duking it out for Lord Stanley’s Cup are Canucks, but without a Canadian team in play there’s no magic for me. I probably will not watch another game this year. AndContinue Reading
CFN – Dustin Tokarski got more than the win last night as he and the Habs faced elimination on home ice and fought through for a 7-4 win. It was a weird and wacky game with Rangers star goalie “King” Henrik Lundqvist being chased from the net and Rene Bourque,Continue Reading
CFN – Habs goalie absolutely stole game three in their series vs the Rangers in NY last night as Montreal got an over time goal by Alex Galchenyuk for a 3-2 win. Montreal played a brutal game being drastically out shot and out played in spite of being behind inContinue Reading
CFN – Geez have I been hot this NHL Play off season! 7 of 8 in round one and 3 of 4 in round two. The only one I missed was the Habs which I said I hoped I’d be wrong, and I was! 10 out of 12 is prettyContinue Reading
CFN – Hockey fans in Canada watched a collapse by Montreal in game two of their series with Boston. When you’re up 3-1 mid way through the 3rd period you can never take anything for granted. Yes you have a huge advantage, but when you’re opponents are a teamContinue Reading
CFN – If I were working on a strategy for the Habs for their series I’d focus on Zdeno Chara. In game one I’d be dumping the puck into his zone and literally beating him to a pulp and tiring him out. Finish each and every check, slap him, hitContinue Reading
CFN – Well it’s time for round 2 of the NHL play offs. Let’s see how I did in round one? Montreal over TB in 6 Hey who expected the Habs to sweep? 🙂 Anaheim over Dallas in 5 It took the Ducks 6 Pittsburgh over Columbus in 4Continue Reading
CFN – Montreal and Boston. It always feels like a Stanley Cup final match when these two teams get together. Somehow there’s a lot of extra meaning. The Ghosts of the 70’s still burn deep in Bruin’s fan’s hearts. Heart will be the deciding factor in this series.Continue Reading
CFN – In a few hours the Montreal Canadiens will take on the Tampa Bay Lighting. The Lighting have been very good this season and the Hockey Gods have smiled down on Montreal and somehow given them a 3 games to 0 lead in this series. With a fewContinue Reading
CFN – Do this year’s Habs have “IT”? It being the killer instinct to take them deep into the play offs. So far things are rolling into place with Montreal up 2 games to none in their first round series vs Tampa Bay. They won both of those gamesContinue Reading
CFN – Montreal drew first blood and evened up that home ice advantage by defeating Steve Stamkos and the Tampa Bay Lightning 5-4 in Overtime. Stamkos scored twice in the game that wasn’t as close as the score dictated. Tomas Plekanec scored as well as Brian Gionta, Lars Eller,Continue Reading
CFN – It’s show time! I’ll be reviewing all of the play off series. Round One has only one Canadian team playing; the Montreal Canadiens who face off against the Tampa Bay Lightning who hold home advantage. Montreal has been a positive enigma this year. Drama, injuries, slumps,Continue Reading
CFN– A few years ago Jaroslav Halak led the Habs on a glory run in the play offs; the closet les boys have been to sniffing a Stanley Cup in two decades. Halak was a 9th round pick. He wasn’t from Canada. He wasn’t big. He had no pedigree; butContinue Reading
CFN – This isn’t a great year for Don Cherry. The whole TV deal thing and now only one Canadian team will be making the play offs. How the heck does that happen? At the start of the season the Canucks, Leafs, Sens, and maybe the Habs looked likeContinue Reading
CFN – The log jam that was the standings at the Socchi break has loosened up and while yes, some teams still have a chance, it’s becoming pretty clear as I write this who will and who won’t be making the play offs. The Sens getting Ales Hemsky to rideContinue Reading
CFN – The first major trade of the 2013/14 season has occurred, and it’s an interesting whopper! Buffalo sends out Ryan Miller and Steve Ott to St. Louis. In return the Blues get Jaroslav Halak, a UFA himself and most likely to be traded again, Chris Stewart, William Carrier, aContinue Reading