February 22nd, 2018With a trade market already well-established in the NHL, Montreal Canadiens general manager Marc Bergevin finds himself in prime position to be one of the major sellers prior to Monday’s 3 p.m. deadline. Bergevin has already begun unloading expiring contracts and depth defensemen before the re-tooling of his roster starts this...
October 26th, 2017The most pleasant surprise on the Montreal Canadiens' blue line this season is Victor Mete, 19, who was drafted by the Habs 100th overall in the 2016 NHL Entry Draft. Formerly with the London Knights, he scored 44 points in 50 games last season and was a key member of London’s Memorial Cup-winning team in 2016. Last spring, he signed...
June 26th, 2017In a week where so many NHL things happened, the San Jose Sharks made relatively few and quite modest moves. The week that was had awards, two different drafts and over two-thirds of the league’s team involved in trades. But for the Sharks, there were few headlines.
We Have a Winner
The highlight, without question, was the first...
June 22nd, 2017The Las Vegas Golden Knights selecting Alexei Emelin is more than just for the best, as far as the Montreal Canadiens are concerned. It was maybe the best the Canadiens could have hoped for.
Emelin off the Books, onto the Strip
His $4.1 million cap hit immediately came off the books upon his selection during the NHL Expansion Draft on...
June 22nd, 2017The Montreal Canadiens have acquired defender David Schlemko from the Vegas Golden Knights after he was taken less than 24 hours earlier in the 2017 NHL Expansion Draft for a fifth-round pick in the 2019 NHL Entry Draft, the team announced Thursday. Schlemko becomes the second player that the Golden Knights have traded following the...
June 20th, 2017In a couple of days, the expansion Vegas Golden Knights will pick a team of 30 players, one selected from each NHL team. The San Jose Sharks offer up some of the more intriguing possibilities with an interesting group of defensemen, a talented but recently underachieving forward and a stellar backup goalie. So what will Vegas do?...
June 1st, 2017The San Jose Sharks are up next on our list of players that fans of the Vegas Golden Knights should know. Arguably there is no team with a more complicated expansion draft landscape to navigate than the Sharks. Blame it all on Joe Thornton and Patrick Marleau. Both entered the NHL in 1997, both will be free agents, and both may or may...
January 22nd, 2017The San Jose Sharks and Colorado Avalanche needed extra time to find a winner in their first meeting of the season. The Avalanche carried long stretches of play in front of rookie netminder Spencer Martin making his NHL debut. The Sharks, on the other hand, were looking for their rhythm much of the contest before pulling out the late...