Posts tagged with "Karl Alzner"
Top 5 Canadiens to Watch at Training Camp
September 15th, 2017 Montreal Canadiens training camp started this week, meaning the Habs are in focus once again… as if they were ever out of it in this hockey-mad town. With the start of the 2017-18 season coming up fast, here are the top five of 61 attendees to keep an eye out for: 5. Martin Reway Arguably the top Canadiens prospect at the...
10 NHL Teams Trending Down
July 24th, 2017 10 NHL Teams Trending Up for 2017-18 11 NHL Teams Staying the Course for 2017-18 Training camps don’t start until mid-September. At least 30 serviceable free agents are still available — enough for one per team. However, by and large, the off-season work in terms of roster building is already complete. That...
Karl Alzner’s Potential Impact in Montreal
July 22nd, 2017 Even after the flurry of early offseason activity, the Montreal Canadiens still have plenty of question marks heading into the 2017-18 National Hockey League season. General manager Marc Bergevin still has a few major problem areas on the roster. Among those, he must determine who’s going to play center and who’s going to round...
Mark Streit Is No Andrei Markov
July 12th, 2017 Don’t let the “Mark” in Andrei Markov’s last name fool you. He and Mark Streit are two different players. In spite of their similarities, being that they are both left-handed, both have worn Montreal Canadiens jerseys in the past and both, uh, play hockey, Streit is not a suitable replacement for Markov. Not by a long shot, as...
Markov Should Be in a Habs Jersey by Now
July 7th, 2017 The time for the Montreal Canadiens to play hardball with Andrei Markov is over. There might never have been a good time, but what’s done is done, and general manager Marc Bergevin has no other choice but to give into Markov’s admittedly high demands of $6 million over each of the next two...
Carey Price Extension a Necessary Evil
July 3rd, 2017 Montreal Canadiens general manager Marc Bergevin takes a lot of heat. Some times without just cause. This, one day after he re-signed Carey Price to an eight-year, $84 million extension, is one of those times. Bergevin's Perspective From Bergevin’s perspective, this was unavoidable. Unless he had planned to trade his star goalie,...
