Earlier this month, THW's Mike Coll…
Pittsburgh PenguinsNo Storybook Ending For The 2013 Montreal Canadiens With the Ottawa Senators sending the Montreal Canadiens packing in five games, Habs nation finds themselves looking for a way to deal with a disappointing end to a surprisingly successful season. As the lockout came to an end and the puck dropped to begin the 2013 season, nobody ...
The 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 ...
On the same day that Sergei Bobrovsky, Henrik Lundqvist, and Antti Niemi were announced as finalists for the 2012-13 Vezina Trophy, I’m presenting a new kind of goalie award, the Most Valuable Goaltender of the Year, to Evgeni Nabokov of the New York Islanders. This honor is based on a single statistically-driven question: Which starting ...
Which Canadiens Team Will Show Up For Game Three? With the first round series between the Montreal Canadiens and the Ottawa Senators set to resume tonight at Scotiabank Place, Habs fans are hoping to the Canadiens from game two rather that the team that fell apart in game one following Eric Gryba’s crushing blow to ...
Canadiens GM Marc Bergevin likes players with character. Players that bring that something, that je ne sais quoi to a hockey game.
Once onboard, Bergevin quickly signed players like Brandon Prust, Francis Bouillon and Colby Armstrong. Plus, he re-signed Travis Moen.
And he discovered players already on the roster who have plenty of character too. Guys like Ryan White, Rene Bourque, Max Pacioretty and captain Brian Gionta. He also found two ripe, rookie players mature beyond their age and inexperience in Alex Galchenyuk and Brendan Gallagher.
Lars Eller goes down as Canadiens lose first game of opening round series against Ottawa Senators Hockey. It’s a rough sport. Things happen. Things happen at a fast pace. Very fast. Now fast-forward (or is it rewind?) to last night’s tilt in Montreal where the Habs faced off against the Ottawa Senators in Game 1 ...
The Eastern Conference portion of the 2013 Stanley Cup Playoffs begin tonight, and the Pittsburgh Penguins are the top seed. Will they hold serve and win the Prince of Wales Trophy? Read on to find out if, and how, they do it. #1 Pittsburgh Penguins vs. #8 New York Islanders Penguins won season series 4-1-0 ...
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 ...
NHL Playoff Predictions: Eastern Conference There are 16 teams remaining entering the Stanley Cup Playoffs. The journey to the Stanley Cup Finals will begin on Tuesday. Every year there are Cinderella stories in each conference. We’ll analyze what teams will be upset and what teams will move on to the Promised Land. If your team has a weakness, ...
A lot of Habs Nation has been on edge of late. And rightly so. Coming in to tonight’s season ending tilt against the upstart Toronto Maple Leafs, the Canadiens are 4-6-0 in their last ten games. Now this isn’t completely atrocious, but it’s certainly not worthy of a playoff-bound team and definitely not up to par for a team that still has a chance to finish second in the Eastern Conference.
