Posts About "Phillip Danault"
Where Have All the Unsung Habs Heroes Gone?
February 8th, 2019 If you look up and down the Montreal Canadiens roster, you’d be hard-pressed to find someone who isn’t contributing. Maybe even harder-pressed to find a Habs player who isn’t getting his dues for a job well done. It’s just been one of those seasons, one in which Brendan Gallagher, in spite of being poised to eclipse the...
Domi Gives Danault Run for His Money
November 3rd, 2018 Montreal Canadiens forward Max Domi’s latest goal against the Washington Capitals was undeniably a thing of beauty… at both ends of the ice. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7bZioi2qLI He first was able to take Alexander Ovechkin out of the play, without taking a penalty, before heading to the other end to beat goalie Braden...
Is Byron Bergevin’s Biggest Coup?
September 26th, 2018 You could definitely argue Montreal Canadiens forward Paul Byron is general manager Marc Bergevin’s biggest success story. You’d be wrong, though. There’s no denying the waiver-wire acquisition of Byron to start the 2015-16 continues to pay dividends for the Habs. During a modestly successful 11-goal season that year, he...
Danault Deal Ranks Among Canadiens’ Best
July 20th, 2018 Upon signing forward Phillip Danault to his latest deal, Montreal Canadiens general manager Marc Bergevin’s work this summer may very well be finished. Granted, Bergevin still has likely farmhands Michael McCarron and Kerby Rychel to re-sign and Max Pacioretty to potentially trade, but, for all intents and purposes, the big-league...
Canadiens Need Phillip Danault
July 6th, 2018 Talking about the Montreal Canadiens inevitably leads to a conversation about their problems at centre. The recent signing of John Tavares by the Toronto Maple Leafs was especially hard for Habs fans, who watched their division rivals bolster their offense while they had to be satisfied with the return of veteran Tomas Plekanec. The...
Bergevin’s Top Offseason Priorities as Canadiens GM
May 13th, 2018 If this were any other offseason, Canadiens GM Marc Bergevin would be able to sit back and relax, relatively speaking. After all, he has no unrestricted free agents on his current roster he absolutely needs to re-sign, unless you count Ales Hemsky and/ or Antti Niemi. Niemi undeniably performed admirably as Carey Price’s back-up,...
