Earlier this month, THW's Mike Coll…
Pittsburgh PenguinsThe Habs were in dire straits late in Game 5 Thursday night, going into the third period trailing 3-1 in both the game and the series. Forget the fact that they entered the playoffs as the number 2 seed in the East, that they won of the Northeast Division, that they entered the playoffs with ...
A raucous capacity crowd at the Bell Centre was stunned to silence late in the second period as a pool of blood collected on the ice, gushing from the nose of Lars Eller. As Eller received a breakout pass from Raphael Diaz, Ottawa’s Eric Gryba stepped up and flattened the Habs center with a blindside ...
With the Montreal Canadiens and Ottawa Senators set to meet in the NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs for the first time ever, what should fans expect from the series? Although the Habs come in as the number 2 seed they aren’t the hotter team coming into the series. They had a rough April, losing 6 out ...
The playoffs are right around the corner, and although the Canadiens have had a stellar season thus far, there is still some room for improvement. The Habs have relied on a balanced offense to find success this year, so while they are fifth in the league in goals per game but they don’t have a ...
The Montreal Canadiens didn’t make the Jarome Iginla shortlist, they didn’t land future Hall-of-Famer Jaromir Jagr either. There was talk that perhaps the team was interested in Ryan Clowe, but that didn’t pan out. In fact, the Canadiens didn’t make a single trade on deadline day, their only move leading up to the deadline was ...
The NHL trade deadline is just over a week away, but before the Habs reach it they’ll have a chance to measure themselves against their toughest competition in the Eastern conference. The Canadiens are in Pittsburgh Tuesday and Boston the night after to square off against the Penguins and Bruins. The week presents GM Marc ...
The Montreal Canadiens have made tremendous strides since last season and enter the second half of this year firing on all cylinders. Montreal’s defense, led by Andrei Markov, Josh Gorges and PK Subban have been a big part of Montreal’s success. With support from Raphael Diaz, Alexei Emelin, Francis Bouillon and even Tomas Kaberle, Montreal ...
The Canadiens are just past the midway point of the season and the team has looked absolutely fantastic so far. The Habs are currently third in the league in goals for, a big jump up from nineteenth last year and a big reason the team has been able to occupy the top spot in the ...
With the season nearing the halfway point, the cream of the NHL has started to rise to the top presenting us with a group of clear favorites to hoist the Stanley Cup this year. Some of the odds on favorites aren’t much of a surprise, the Blackhawks, Penguins, Canucks and Bruins were all listed in ...
The Montreal Canadiens announced Tuesday evening that they had traded the team’s top goal scorer from last year, Erik Cole, for ex-Hab Michael Ryder, last year’s top goal getter for Dallas. While the two players stack up pretty evenly on paper, the Canadiens ended up with bit extra on the trade, and that’s on top ...
