Defenceman Francis Bouillon and forward Sergei Kostitsyn will return to Montreal for the first time since both left town for the country-and-western climbs of Nashville, with the Canadiens playing host to the Predators tonight. What kind of welcome will the two get? In my mind, there’s no question that Bouillon receive, at least initially, a ...
Halpern, Darche, Pyatt and Picard account for a mere 20% of what Gomez and Gionta earn, yet have combined for 7 goals, 8 assists and are a whopping +16…
It’s become a familiar refrain: The Montreal Canadiens are having problems putting the puck in the net. Indeed, last night in Columbus, the Canadiens failed to find the range, at all, against former Hab Mathieu Garon and the Blue Jackets in a 3-0 loss. As a result, Coach Jacques Martin went back to his game ...
In this writer’s humble opinion, it may do the head coach some good to consider giving Michael Cammalleri even more time than he’s already getting on the power play…
Although it’s only been 8 games, the Montreal Canadiens are picking up right where they left off last May…Player Grades Through 8 games
Seems to me that Candiens’ head coach Jacques Martin has found his man to play with Scott Gomez and Brian Gionta. Eight games into the regular season, the Habs are enjoying the rarefied air of first place in the Eastern Conference of the NHL, thanks to last night’s 3-2 overtime win against the Phoenix Coyotes. ...
Three games into the regular season, and Canadiens’ head coach Jacques Martin is already playing musical chairs as a way to kick-start forward Benoit Pouliot. Truth be told, The Coach should also pull a couple of chairs for Pouliot’s linemates, Scott Gomez and Team Captain Brian Gionta. Martin had given Pouliot the benefit of the ...
It has been a fast and furious turnaround from that disappointing season of 2008-09. The heart-break from that year washed away by the tremendously successful post-season run last spring by Montreal’s new Canadiens has left the faithful yearning for more.
But where do they go from here?
It’s a long running tradition in the NHL that when a team wins the Stanley Cup, the cherished trophy is first presented to the team captain, who is the representative of his respective squad. It’s always exciting to watch that player displaying the ‘C’ on his jersey step up to the commissioner’s table and proudly ...
For the first time in 4 years the Detroit Red Wings aren’t advancing to the Conference finals. After facing the Pittsburgh penguins in each of the past 2 years in the finals the Red wings will be taking the rest of the summer off for a much needed break. Besides the Penguins no other team ...
