A Couple of Months to Reflect for Habs Management Marc Soumako | April 18, 2016 Canadiens Have Holes to Fill and Questions to Answer Going into Next Season. This has obviously been a miserable season for the Habs — a team expected to make a…
Francis Bouillon Not the Answer to Canadiens’ Coaching Woes Ryan Szporer | April 16, 2016 Despite having spent most of his career with the Montreal Canadiens, retired defenseman Francis Bouillon would be a bad fit right now. Reports Quashed Thankfully, reports that Bouillon had recently…
50 Years Ago in Hockey: Canadiens Send Leafs Packing Rick Cole | April 15, 2016 The Montreal Canadiens eliminated the Toronto Maple Leafs last night in a hockey game that will be remembered more for fisticuffs than for any hockey skill that might have been…
Why Montreal Canadiens Should Have Fired Michel Therrien Ryan Szporer | April 13, 2016 Montreal Canadiens general manager Marc Bergevin chose the easiest path, announcing head coach Michel Therrien would stay on at his post-mortem press conference. He’ll sooner or later find out it…
50 Years Ago in Hockey: Habs Have Leafs on the Ropes Rick Cole | April 13, 2016 After three games in their Stanley Cup semi-final playoff series, the Montreal Canadiens have the Toronto Maple Leafs squarely behind the eight-ball. Montreal downed the Maple Leafs 5-2 last night…
Mike Condon Deserves Some Credit Gregory Katz | April 10, 2016 The final buzzer of the 2015-16 season sounded at the Bell Centre. The Montreal Canadiens failed to qualify for the playoffs, and have consequentially let their passionate fan base down.…
50 Years Ago in Hockey: Habs Win Fight-Filled Game 2 Rick Cole | April 10, 2016 The Montreal Canadiens took a two games to none lead over the Toronto Maple Leafs in their Stanley Cup semi-final series last night in Montreal. The Habs shut out the Leafs…
Why Canadiens GM Bergevin Wouldn’t Fire Head Coach Therrien Ryan Szporer | April 9, 2016 While the theory that Montreal Canadiens head coach Michel Therrien could be safe has circulated for some time, reports from this past week quasi-confirmed the nightmarish possibility. As suggested on…
Hurricanes Sloppy Hockey Elevates Lindgren Mark Shiver | April 8, 2016 Montreal Canadiens rookie goalie Charlie Lindgren skated out before 15,000 Carolina Hurricanes fans Thursday night. They were gathered in Raleigh’s PNC Arena for their team’s final home game of the…
50 Years Ago in Hockey: Habs, Hawks Draw First Blood Rick Cole | April 8, 2016 The Stanley Cup playoffs opened last night in Montreal and Chicago and went pretty much according to form. The Canadiens edged the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-3 while the Black Hawks…
Did the Habs Write John Scott’s Hollywood Ending? Marcy Di Michele | April 7, 2016 It wouldn’t have been much fun for the John Scott movie to end with him toiling in the AHL, far away from the NHL, both literally and figuratively. No one,…
50 Years Ago in Hockey: Playoffs Start Tonight – Who’s Gonna Win? Rick Cole | April 7, 2016 The Stanley Cup Playoffs start on two fronts tonight. The Montreal Canadiens will host the Toronto Maple Leafs while the Detroit Red Wings will journey to Chicago to take on…