Posts About "Tomas Tatar"
Tatar Needs Big Season With Habs for His Next Big Deal
October 26th, 2020 The 2020-21 season will be the final one of Tomas Tatar's current contract with the Montreal Canadiens. With the team facing a much tighter cap situation, the spectre of the expansion draft looming, and the expectation of financial raises going to the re-signing of Phillip Danault and Jesperi Kotkaniemi (and possibly Joel Armia and...
3 Bold Seattle Expansion Draft Picks From the Eastern Conference
September 28th, 2020 As we approach the final days of the 2019-20 NHL season, it seems fitting to look ahead to what the future holds. Soon enough, the NHL will welcome in its 32nd franchise, and with it, write a chapter in the expansion draft saga. While it's impossible to predict the future, given the unprecedented events that took place over the last...
Canadiens Are Deepest at Left-Wing… for Now
August 30th, 2020 It’s a paradox. Even though the Montreal Canadiens are arguably at their the deepest at left-wing, there’s a good chance it won’t stay that way for long… like not even past next season. Domi, Tatar Lead Habs in Theory Technically speaking, two of the Canadiens’ top three scorers during the regular season play on the left...
3 Takeaways From Canadiens’ Impressive Game 2 Win Over Flyers
August 15th, 2020 Claude Julien must have been smiling from ear to ear at home in Montreal and brimming with pride when the horn sounded to end a superb performance by his Canadiens which resulted in a 5-0 triumph over the Philadelphia Flyers to even their first-round playoff series at 1-1. Recovering from the stenting of a coronary artery after being...
4 Former Red Wings to Watch During the Playoffs
August 4th, 2020 Hockey is back, but the Detroit Red Wings are not. Fans of the team from Michigan instead have to find a secondary franchise to cheer on as this unique tournament unfolds. One way to determine which teams to cheer for is to find some familiar faces. In the midst of a rebuild, the Red Wings have sent away many players in order to...
Canadiens’ Best Deadline Move Was Not Trading Petry
July 13th, 2020 Montreal Canadiens general manager Marc Bergevin certainly took a lot of heat for an underwhelming and arguably confusing trade deadline. In retrospect, by hanging on to his best players, he gave the Habs a decent chance to make the playoffs. Bergevin Puts Habs in Good Spot Obviously, Bergevin is not psychic. If he were, the Habs...
Canadiens' Likely Lineup for the Penguins Play-in Series
June 14th, 2020 The NHL has entered Phase Two of its back to hockey plan, where players can now practice at their home facilities on a volunteer basis. Phase Three of this plan is scheduled to start around mid-July, which will involve a training camp to prepare for an August start to the play-in/playoffs. At the trade deadline in February, the Montreal...
NHL Rumors: Canucks, Canadiens, Oilers, Coyotes and Hall, More
May 22nd, 2020 In today's NHL rumor rundown, there are comments from the coach of the Arizona Coyotes on Taylor Hall likely staying with the team, the Montreal Canadiens may have to decide what they can afford to pay Tomas Tatar, and the Vancouver Canucks have some options for their blue line. Finally, what happens to some of NHL records if the NHL...
NHL Rumors: Barkov, Canadiens, Flyers, Canucks, More
April 20th, 2020 In today's NHL rumor rundown, there is speculation about the Florida Panthers moving Aleksander Barkov, what the Montreal Canadiens will do with Tomas Tatar, and will the Philadelphia Flyers try to re-sign Justin Braun? Finally, what happened in Vancouver between the Canucks and Nikolay Goldobin? Could the Panthers Trade...
Canadiens News & Rumors: Tatar, Evans, Romanov & Cap Flexibility
April 15th, 2020 Although the NHL’s regular season has been suspended in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, that doesn’t mean that news and rumours aren’t emerging from NHL teams. In this News & Rumors post, I’ll discuss what Montreal Canadiens players are doing and thinking about during the suspension. At the same time, I’ve been...
Stars Searching for Scoring Come Free Agency
April 8th, 2020 The old adage goes, “to wish upon a shooting star,” but what happens when the stars are shooting blanks? Hell, relatively speaking, the Dallas Stars are barely shooting at all, with a 23rd-ranked 30.6 shots per game (and a 26th-ranked 2.58 goals). The wild-card Columbus Blue Jackets (2.57 goals) are the only playoff team to rank...
Golden Knights Finding Success at Trade Deadline
March 19th, 2020 In their short three seasons in the NHL, the Vegas Golden Knights have made noise at every trade deadline they have participated in. In 2017-18, they acquired two forwards to make a Stanley Cup run. Last season, management landed the biggest fish on the market, and this season the team traded for what they needed most - a defenseman and...
Canadiens Season Recap: Finding the Silver Lining
March 16th, 2020 While we wait to learn the fate of the 2019-20 season after the NHL paused play last Thursday due to the COVID-19 pandemic, let’s hand out some awards to highlight the best of an otherwise disappointing season for the Montreal Canadiens. Related: Howie Morenz - Hockey Royalty One year removed from putting together a 96-point...
