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Top 3 Montreal Canadiens Playoff Performances Since 2000
August 8th, 2020 As the Montreal Canadiens and their fans enjoy the surprising play-in series victory versus the Pittsburgh Penguins, it's worth looking back at the franchise's top individual playoff performances of the 21st century. These performances are marked by clutch scoring, big saves, and even inspired leadership. No doubt this list may have...
Jarome Iginla Deserved the 2002 Hart Trophy
May 2nd, 2020 The NHL’s 2001-02 season was one of few goals, many saves, and one infamous award snub. Given that this was the "dead puck era," it's fitting that one skater—Jarome Iginla—and two goalies—Patrick Roy and José Théodore—were named as the finalists for the Hart Memorial Trophy. Still, Iginla was the favourite going into 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...
Starting Lineup of Laval-Born NHL Players
September 6th, 2017 Considering the rich history of hockey in Laval, it is a bit of a surprise that only 18 National Hockey League players call it home, and only six of these players were worthy for our starting lineup including three forwards, two defensemen and a goalie. The original goal was to put together an “All-Star team” of Laval-born NHL...
Top 5 Canadiens Records Carey Price Can Hit This Season
March 21st, 2015 Montreal Canadiens goalie Carey Price hasn’t just been receiving Vezina Trophy buzz as the best goalie in the NHL this season. There’s been significant Hart Memorial Trophy chatter as well, which, if it all comes to fruition, would make Price the first goalie to capture the award to the league’s most valuable player since,...
Help Wanted! Red Wings Looking For A Backup Goaltender
June 5th, 2013 Jimmy Howard showed this season why he is one of the elite goaltenders in the NHL. In 42 games started this past season, he went 21-13-7, with a .923 SV% and 2.13 GAA. These sparkling numbers weren't enough to put him in contention for the Vezina Trophy, but were more than enough to get the Detroit Red Wings into the playoffs. There's...
Panthers At The Mercy Of The Injury Bug
March 6th, 2013 After winning the Southeast Division last season, the Florida Panthers have been over encumbered by a mountain of injuries that have kept them from repeating the same success that we saw last season. As of March 5th, the Florida Panthers have lost 79 man games to injury - a number you can expect to grow as the season goes on. On a...
Who Needs Statistics?
February 5th, 2013 It was a pretty decent hockey player by the name of Guy LaFleur who used to say -please read in French Canadian accent to get the full experience- "Statistic are for loser." Well, in this case it might be true. A few others have also said this, but Guy LaFleur is the coolest one to. Sustaining a disappointing 3-5 record after high...
NHL Goalie Update: Post-Lockout
January 11th, 2013 During the lockout, NHL goalies were on their own, most even without a place to play. While scrimmages can accommodate as many as twenty skaters, there's only room for two goaltenders. European clubs, often accepting of a star player or two to bolster their lineups, are hesitant to bench their goalies in favor of a locked out player...
Jacob Markstrom Heats Up - Wins AHL Player Of The Week
December 11th, 2012 As winter continues to roll in and the nights grow colder even for Floridians such as myself, the lack of hockey is beginning to take its toll. Browsing hockey blogs, twitter, and other social media outlets while constantly hitting the refresh button hoping for some sort of good news has become a new pastime for many NHL fans. However,...
The Next Undrafted Gems? Andrey Makarov & Michael Houser
October 9th, 2012 Andrey Makarov and Michael Houser were glossed over during the 2012 NHL Entry Draft, but that doesn't mean they won't strive to be NHL players one day.
Top 5 Best Free Agent Signings of 2011
June 28th, 2012 With the NHL free-agency period fast approaching, the talk of the NHL is set to where the big name free-agents will end up. Ryan Suter, Zach Parise and Alexander Semin are just a few of the names that are being floated around every NHL city. Sometimes, the best free-agent signings may not even be one of the big guns. Certain...
Phoenix Coyotes Should be Heading Home with Hardware
May 26th, 2012 Who says that you can’t win Coach or GM of the Year multiple times? Since its inception in the 1973-74 season, the Jack Adams Award, given to the best head coach in the regular season, has only seen five coaches win the honor multiple times (Scotty Bowman, Pat Burns, Jacques Demers, Jacques Lemaire and Pat Quinn). Of those...
