Posts About "Artturi Lehkonen"
Lehkonen Right Where He Needs to Be with Canadiens
November 20th, 2020 Montreal Canadiens forward Artturi Lehkonen’s supposed breakout campaign has failed to materialize up to now. And 2020-21 is unlikely to be the season that it does. Nevertheless, his value to the Habs is undeniable. Lehkonen a Likely Third-Liner Following general manager Marc Bergevin’s productive offseason, Lehkonen is far...
3 Takeaways From Canadiens’ Game 3 Win Over Penguins
August 6th, 2020 Against all odds, the Montreal Canadiens have Sidney Crosby and the Pittsburgh Penguins on the brink of elimination following a 4-3 victory in Game 3 to take a 2-1 series lead. Here are three takeaways from another gutsy effort by the Habs. Line Juggling Pays Dividends for the Canadiens The Canadiens opened the scoring thanks to a...
Canadiens News & Rumors: Romanov, Domi, Lehkonen & More
July 27th, 2020 In this week's Montreal Canadiens' news and rumors, Alexander Romanov is finally on his way to Toronto for Phase 4 of the return to play plan (RTP). Max Domi will be playing in the playoffs, and Artturi Lehkonen has a good plan to beat the Pittsburgh Penguins power play. Plus a couple of Canadiens open up about being diagnosed with...
Likeliest Canadiens to Become Unlikely Playoff Heroes
July 25th, 2020 Officially speaking, the Montreal Canadiens have not yet made the playoffs. However, the nature of their initial play-in series against the Pittsburgh Penguins undeniably presents the perfect opportunity for some to emerge as heroes, sometimes the unlikeliest of the bunch. If that’s not playoff hockey, what is? To drive the point...
Canadiens' Play-In Series Offers Opportunity for Some
June 20th, 2020 The Montreal Canadiens’ unexpected inclusion in the NHL play-in/playoff bracket gives the team a chance to salvage another disappointing season. Their series against the Pittsburgh Penguins also gives several players an opportunity for redemption while others will be looking to move up the depth chart. Here is a look at the Habs with...
Montreal Canadiens Lacking Right-Wing Depth
April 28th, 2020 There is no shortage of debate among the Montreal Canadiens fan base about the issues facing the center depth or the left side of the defence, but one issue the Habs may have an easier time addressing is their wing depth. Wingers tend to be less expensive when it comes to signing them or trading for them. Related: Canadiens GM...
Canadiens at the Quarter Mark: More Positives than Negatives
November 21st, 2019 The Montreal Canadiens have had an up-and-down start to the 2019-20 season, to say the least. There have been games when they've been the fast, skilled, in-rhythm team that seems unbeatable. Then there have been games, like the home opener against the Detroit Red Wings, when they weren't skating and seemed lost. Recently, they've played...
Canadiens' Evans Scores Late Goal to Defeat Devils
September 17th, 2019 MONTREAL — Jake Evans scored late in the third period to lead the Montreal Canadiens to a 4-2 victory over the New Jersey Devils on Monday night in the first NHL pre-season game for both teams. Artturi Lehkonen and Nate Thompson scored for the Canadien...
Canadiens' Lehkonen Primed for a Breakout Season
August 25th, 2019 In case you were wondering, Montreal Canadiens forward Artturi Lehkonen is very eager to get the 2019-20 season underway. After a career year in points with 31, Lehkonen has been training in Finland this summer and looks primed to improve on his season totals from a year ago, in which he scored 11 goals and added 20 assists. At the...
Montreal's Finnish Fraternity, from Niemi to Kotkaniemi
November 21st, 2018 Finland has always punched above its weight in hockey. The nation of 5.5 million people – roughly the same number as the state of Minnesota and about a million fewer than the Greater Toronto Area – has won six medals at the Olympics, 13 at the World Championships, and 14 at the World Juniors, including four golds, most recently on...
3 Canadiens Primed for Bounce-Back Seasons
October 6th, 2018 Expectations are at an all-time low heading into the 2018-19 season for the Montreal Canadiens. Hockey experts are predicting the Habs will be on the outside of the playoff picture this season, which has prompted Habs fans to concentrate on individual player results rather than team success. Having said that, here are three...
3 Underperformers Bergevin Should Move
June 7th, 2018 It takes a lot of courage to be a general manager in a hockey-obsessed city like Montreal. Every move is scrutinized by the media or criticized regularly on thousands of phone screens or over plates of wings during happy hour. Trading a sixth or seventh defenseman or fourth-line forward generally yields little return and therefore gets...
5 Habs Who Need to Be a Lot Better
March 29th, 2018 Outside of a few individuals on the Montreal Canadiens, no player lived up to or exceeded expectations this season. Some of the less-than-stellar seasons from the players ranged from understandable to downright puzzling. In the case of Shea Weber, a fractured foot from the first day of the season before requiring surgery for tendon...
