CORNWALL ONTARIO – After going through one of the worst seasons in franchise history, Montreal is once again riding high to kick off their season. Carey Price is back and playing well. There have been few surprises from this squad although not too many expected them to be playingContinue Reading
Cornwall Ontario – Last season was a bleak year for Canadian hockey fans as nary a single franchise made it to the play offs from North of the border. The Habs had an historic and epic fail after goalie Carey Price was injured. Some murmured about giving up or tankingContinue Reading
Alas Montreal fans have been rending their garments since the loss of the much beloved PK Subban. For a 2nd round draft pick PK did well. He won a Norris, excelled when it counted, the play offs, and entertained the fans. Sadly, Montreal being Montreal, language politics impact allContinue Reading
Two 2nd round picks for Andrew Shaw? Really? Habs GM opened up the draft with a splash sending Lars Eller to the Caps for two future 2nd pics from the Caps. Eller, one of the larger bodies on the Habs that has play off cred took a lotContinue Reading
Tick Tock, tick tock. July 1st is coming fast, but what’s coming faster is the NHL draft. While there are many arguments that can be made about trading any player PK Subban is an interesting case. For whatever reason he’s had a bit of a rough ride in Montreal. InContinue Reading
I have a distinct perception of how The Habs work in a sense. In the 90’s I was their first videographer and created systems far ahead of what we today call analytics. Some of the tools I created way back then still have not been matched. We tend toContinue Reading
Addressing needs isn’t easy in today’s NHL. For the Montreal Canadiens one of their needs is on Right Wing as well as getting some grit. Alex Radulov started his career in Quebec notching 61 goals in the Q in 2005/06 playing for Quebec City. Listed as 6’1 andContinue Reading
The Montreal Canadiens are a not your average hockey team. They may have played like that for too many years, but they are the gold standard for the sport of Hockey. They are akin to the NY Yankees in Baseball. Winning, and winning it all is an expectation and alwaysContinue Reading
Classy move by the Ottawa Senators in rewarding one of my faves, Chris Neil, with a contract extension for next season. The long time tough guy is a great dressing room presence and has a pretty darn good year in limited minutes. Today is trade deadline day in the NHLContinue Reading
Going into this season Habs GM Marc Bergevin made very few impact changes. Washington for example, clearly saw a need for some secondary scoring support and nabbed TJ Oshie, and Justin Williams. Montreal saw some lottery tickets. Alex Semin, Zach Kassian, and Tomas Fleischman. While “Flash”Continue Reading
They say to judge a sports trade you have to look at the best player involved. In this case, it was Christmas for Ottawa GM as he landed Leafs D man Dion Phaneuf in a block buster trade with the Leafs. While the Leafs are doing their fandangled rebuild fromContinue Reading
No, those are Molson’s. After this season I may never drink a Molson again. While many focus on the injury to Carey Price, a mysterious injury, that most likely will not see the goalie back in net this year and possibly be a career changer we do haveContinue Reading
What many Hab fans thought impossible has happened this season. Montreal has fallen behind Boston and Ottawa, and now is two spots out of a Wild Card berth for a play off spot. The Bruins helped themselves in easily knocking out Montreal with their 4-1 victory at the BellContinue Reading
While many Habs fans are in the doldrums over the team’s epic fall from grace including a record month of losses pressure is mounting on GM Marc Bergevin. The Wunderkind is under the gun to resolve issues on the team that simply have not been addressed. As Zack KassianContinue Reading
Is Guy Boucher on the horizon for Habs fans? With the team in a utterly devastating slump fans are starting to point their fingers at the coach. Boucher left his coaching gig in Europe hoping to land another NHL gig. The former Tampa coach was present for Steve StamkosContinue Reading
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
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