Posts About "Stefan Matteau"
Canadiens: Where Are These 2015-16 Call-Ups Now?
April 21st, 2020 The 2015-16 season was a rough one for the Montreal Canadiens, as a strong start to the season led to a complete and total collapse in the second half. With starting goalie Carey Price falling with an injury, backup Mike Condon filled in admirably until fatigue caught up, and the team finished with an even 38-38-6 record. More...
Meet the Blue Jackets' Most Recent Call-Ups
February 22nd, 2020 You may have noticed the Columbus Blue Jackets look a little different these days. That's because they are a shell of themselves thanks to a crazy run of injuries. Let's start with the current injured list. As of Saturday morning, the Blue Jackets have over $30 million on injured reserve or out of their lineup. That accounts for many...
Blue Jackets Have Catastrophic Problem at Worst Possible Time
February 21st, 2020 The Columbus Blue Jackets enjoyed a much better start against the Phialdephia Flyers on Thursday night. They scored 44 seconds into the game. They made it 2-0 not long after that on an insane between the legs goal by captain Nick Foligno. Not a bad way to celebrate your 900th NHL game. However, the 2-0 lead didn't last for long....
A Devils Fan’s Guide to the Stanley Cup Final
May 25th, 2018 With the 2018 Stanley Cup Final now set both teams playing for the championship have a small connection to the New Jersey Devils. For the Eastern Conference champion Washington Capitals, they have winger Devante Smith-Pelly, who played a season and a half in New Jersey and signed with their division rival after his contract was bought...
New Jersey Devils Draft Debacles
May 19th, 2017 When the New Jersey Devils began their rise to prominence, their first round draft choices were mostly can't-miss. General manager Lou Lamoriello selected the likes of Bill Guerin, Martin Brodeur, Scott Niedermayer, Brian Rolston, Jason Smith, Denis Pederson, Petr Sykora and Scott Gomez. Yet, not all of their picks were beauties....
5 Habs on the Bubble For Training Camp
August 29th, 2016 With every NHL training camp, there are always more players than available roster spots. The Montreal Canadiens have a plethora of players battling for spots on the bottom two lines while a slot in the top six remains open for the taking. With prospects maturing and others working to impress, the competition will be tight to earn a spot...
Canadiens' Current Salary Cap Situation
July 25th, 2016 Going into the 2016-17 season, the Montreal Canadiens are in relatively good shape salary cap wise. They have around $855,000 in projected cap space with all of their restricted free agents taken care of. It's also unlikely that general manager Marc Bergevin brings in another free agent unless it is another depth signing, as displayed...
Trading Smith-Pelly Was Still the Right Move by Montreal Canadiens
March 25th, 2016 While Devante Smith-Pelly is making it even easier to second-guess the Montreal Canadiens these days, it isn’t exactly hard to play devil’s advocate and defend the team. Smith-Pelly Leads All Players Smith-Pelly leads all players traded at the deadline with seven goals (10 games) since that fateful day. In 46 contests with the Habs...
New Jersey Devils Trade Deadline Analysis
March 2nd, 2016 Not giving up and not having the horses. Both describe the New Jersey Devils in the aftermath of the trade deadline. The team traded Lee Stempniak and his club best 41-points, plus Michael Cammalleri and Patrik Elias aren't anywhere near close to returning (if at all) to the ice and there's only a month plus to go. It wasn't a bad...
Where Does Stefan Matteau Fit in Montreal?
March 1st, 2016 The Montreal Canadiens made a last minute deal during Monday's NHL trade deadline by acquiring forward Stefan Matteau in exchange for Devante Smith-Pelly. In Matteau, the Habs get a former 2012 first round pick who comes in at 6' 2" 220 LBS, bringing more size to the Montreal forward corps. He is 22 years old so he still has upside but...
Canadiens' Smith-Pelly-Sekac Trade Wasn’t so Bad After All
February 29th, 2016 The Devante Smith-Pelly era is over in Montreal and, all things considered, it didn’t end all that badly for the Canadiens. Granted, part of it not ending badly lies in the fact that it actually ended. Even if it only lasted a year, it could have been much worse. Smith-Pelly for Sekac When the Habs dealt Jiri Sekac to the...
Devante Smith-Pelly Traded to New Jersey
February 29th, 2016 The New Jersey Devils acquired Devante Smith-Pelly from the Montreal Canadiens in return for former first-round pick Stefan Matteau on Monday. Expectations were high surrounding Matteau after he was drafted 29th overall by the New Jersey Devils in 2012. However, Matteau's played 44 games in the NHL with the Devils over three seasons...
Matteau Maturing at His Own Pace with Devils
December 10th, 2015 Sometimes we have to remind ourselves that Stefan Matteau is only 21-years-old, given the fact that he has played in parts of three seasons with the New Jersey Devils already. Those three seasons have only equaled a total of 36 NHL games and five points (3g-2a) and the first round pick from the 2012 NHL Draft has often found himself on...
