Posts About "Xavier Ouellet"
The Canadiens Blue Line Jigsaw Puzzle
October 1st, 2018 As the preseason schedule has come to an end for the Montreal Canadiens, head coach Claude Julien and his coaching staff still have some final decisions to make when it comes to the defence core. With Shea Weber out until December following off-season knee surgery, and David Schlemko missing the first six weeks of the season with a...
Can Ouellet Crack the Canadiens' Top-Six?
July 16th, 2018 It's almost mid-July and a number of questions remain about the Montreal Canadiens' roster for the coming season. One pressing issue is the team's defense. With the news that Shea Weber has undergone surgery on his knee, head coach Claude Julien will be starting the 2018-19 season with a variety of defensive pairings until his star...
The Grind Line: Potential Draft Day Deals
June 18th, 2018 What’s The Grind Line? Apart from the once-famous line of Kris Draper, Kirk Maltby, and either Joe Kocur or Darren McCarty, The Grind Line is also The Hockey Writers’ weekly column about the Detroit Red Wings. Jacob Messing, Tony Wolak and Rachel Anderson are the muckers who make up THW’s forechecking unit and sound off on Red...
Projecting the Red Wings Defense Pairs
September 15th, 2017 The Detroit Red Wings will begin training camp this weekend heading into 2017-18 without a playoff streak to uphold for the first time in a quarter-century. While they are leaving Joe Louis Arena behind and beginning a new era at Little Caesars Arena, the team will face more questions than answers entering the year with relatively the...
Red Wings Free Agency Outlook
June 26th, 2017 With the Vegas Golden Knights expansion draft and the 2017 NHL Entry Draft in the rearview mirror, the Detroit Red Wings now turn their attention to free agents. They have some key restricted free agents to re-sign and may add a player or two from the unrestricted free agent pool on July 1. As of now, the Red Wings have $61,188,333...
Red Wings' Protected List Could Be Meaningless
June 13th, 2017 Like the other 29 NHL teams, the Detroit Red Wings will need to submit their protected list for the Vegas Golden Knights Expansion Draft by 5:00 p.m. ET this Saturday. The next day, Vegas will publicize those lists. While we can speculate which players the Red Wings will opt to protect and leave available to be selected by the Golden...