Posts About "Carey Price"
Canadiens News & Rumors: Price, Kotkaniemi & Domi
June 28th, 2020 In today’s Montreal Canadiens news and rumors roundup, Carey Price is named the Habs’ 2019-20 Molson Cup Player of the Year for the ninth time in his career. Jesperi Kotkaniemi is available to participate in Montreal’s training camp. Plus, will the risk of contracting COVID-19 make head coach Claude Julien think twice about being...
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...
Penguins vs. Canadiens - Potential First-Round Matchup Preview
May 25th, 2020 It's been over 10 weeks since the NHL indefinitely postponed the 2019-20 season. Fans were finally given some hope last week regarding the league's return. While nothing is set in stone, it appears that a 24-team, bracket-style playoff will determine this season's Stanley Cup champion. Under the proposed format, the Pittsburgh Penguins...
Montreal Canadiens News & Rumors: Price, Primeau, Bouchard & Burrows
May 20th, 2020 There might be unexpected good news on the horizon for the Montreal Canadiens. Ken MacMillan from A Winning Habit reported on May 19, that it's rumoured that the NHL will likely complete the 2019-20 season with only Stanley Cup Playoff games. There are also rumours that, instead of the usual 16-team playoff format, the 2020 Playoffs...
Canadiens News & Rumors: Price, Laraque, Romanov & Prospects
May 9th, 2020 Even in these days of COVID-19 and the suspension of NHL regular-season games, there’s still Montreal Canadiens news and rumors to report. However, that news doesn’t happen on the ice but instead includes player signings and off-ice news. In this post, I’d like to help Canadiens’ fans stay more up-to-date with what’s happening...
Canadiens’ Candidates for the 2022 Olympic Games
May 7th, 2020 The NHL has yet to decide whether it will send its players to the next Olympic Winter Games slated for 2022 in Beijing, but there are several Montreal Canadiens players who could make their national team if the NHL agrees to participate. Some will be virtual locks to represent their country while others have an outside chance of...
Montreal Canadiens' 5 Best Draft Picks 2000-10
May 4th, 2020 A lot of ink has been spilled through the years assessing Trevor Timmins’ competence as head of scouting and, more recently, as assistant general manager for the Montreal Canadiens. In April of 2020, Corey Pronman of The Athletic polled 15 NHL scouts on a variety of subjects, including the best and worst teams when it came to scouting...
Bruins Re-Sign Halak to Affordable Win-Win Deal
May 2nd, 2020 For Boston Bruins goalie Jaroslav Halak, it was clearly more about quality with his latest one-year, $2.25 million extension than quantity. Regardless, he got some of the latter too. Halak's Career Highs and Lows Halak could have theoretically made more come free agency (whenever that will be), term especially. Nevertheless, the...
Hart to Hart, the Canadiens' Hart-Winning Goalies of the 2000s
April 27th, 2020 The Hart Trophy is awarded to the NHL's MVP of the regular season. Since the trophy's inception in 1924, there have been only seven goalies who have won the award. Many of the greatest goaltenders in NHL history have never won the trophy, and only one has won it twice. Taylor Hall with the 2018 Hart Trophy (Photo by Brian...
Carey Price's Many Backups
April 26th, 2020 Over the last four seasons, Dustin Tokarski has played for five AHL teams. At 30 years old, the Saskatchewan native’s role is pretty much set in stone, and it's unlikely he’ll get to add to the 34 NHL games he’s played, barring an emergency situation. Once considered a starter in the AHL less than three years back, he’s now...
Only Option for Avalanche Is to Ride Francouz
February 21st, 2020 They say that wherever there’s smoke there’s fire. The Colorado Avalanche had better hope it doesn’t ring true in the wake of rumors general manager Joe Sakic is looking to upgrade his goaltending, with Philipp Grubauer hurt and backup Pavel Francouz set to now start. Grubauer Now Hurt Of course, the injuries, with Grubauer...
Top 3 All-Time Canadiens Goalies
February 16th, 2020 While the adage goes that defense wins championships, 16 goalies have won the Conn Smythe Trophy in NHL history compared to just 10 defensemen. Considering the Montreal Canadiens have won a league-high 24 Stanley Cups, that’s a lot of good goalies from which to choose when selecting the best in team history. Granted, championships...
Price Stops 29 Shots for Shutout to Lead Canadiens Over Panthers
February 1st, 2020 MONTREAL — Carey Price made 29 saves for his third shutout of the season as Montreal beat the Florida Panthers 4-0 on Saturday afternoon in the first of back-to-back matinee games for the Canadiens. Nick Suzuki, Artturi Lehkonen, Tomas Tatar and Brendan Gallagher scored for the Canadiens (24-22-7), who have won six of...
