Montreal Canadiens

By Felix Sicard Besides Bergeron, the Canadiens possess no true offensive defenseman, at least not on the big league club. Bob Gainey needs to somehow bring in an offensive defenseman who can revive the power play. Currently, there is no power play quarterback on the Canadiens' roster, and the ones that a...

By Sebastien Tremblay And the fact that, in Montreal, coaches have to speak some french to talk to the media, and Lever doesn’t, probably weighted a lot and he was replaced with Guy Boucher who should be, in a few years, the Montreal Canadiens new coach and again, is said to be a magician with developing young play...

By Topham(liwblog@gmail.com) Yesterday, I wrote about Gionta's injury and the resulting need for a serious evaluation of the Canadiens status at this point. Your response was passionate and thoughtful as usual. Tonight's the first night of hockey after Gainey's season-defining reinsertion of Laraque. Let's see if t...

In case you missed it, please check out my Washington Capitals Quarter-Season Review. Carlson Makes his NHL Debut – Varlamov to Start The Capitals will welcome the Montreal Canadiens to the Verizon Center tonight at 7pm. This will be the first of 2 games in 8 days between these teams as the...

After missing more than two weeks with an injury, Alex Ovechkin wasted little time finding the back of the net in his return to the ice. In his first game in Washington since the start of November, Ovechkin looks to help the Southeast Division-leading Capitals win their fourth straight hom...

By The Canadian Press BROSSARD, Que. - Montreal Canadiens forward Brian Gionta will be out of action indefinitely with a broken bone in his left foot.The 30-year-old right winger, who was on crutches at the team's practice facility Wednesday, was hit on the foot by a shot Nov

Carey Price stopped all six Carolina attempts in the shootout, Maxim Lapierre scored the winner and the Montreal Canadiens beat the Hurricanes 3-2 Tuesday night. Price stopped Tuomo Ruutu, Jussi Jokinen, Rod Brind'Amour, Sergei Samsonov and Bryan Rodney before Lapierre finally beat...

By Felix Sicard But were the Canadiens really that bad with all these players? It's tough to argue that they were better, but the team apparently hiding in its shell so far this season also makes it tough to argue that this year's edition of the Montreal Canadiens is any better than last year's.

A record-breaking night for the Nashville Predators left them feeling victorious, while a record-tying night for Carey Price left him with a loss. Steve Sullivan scored two goals and Pekka Rinne made 20 saves to lead the Predators to a 2-0 victory over the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday n...

By monikawk The Montreal Canadiens beat the Coyotes 5-2. I’m happy Robert lang got one and Paul “Bissy” Bissonette got one too! The refs had to review it to make sure it wasn’t kicked in. The Montreal Canadiens beat the Coyotes 5-2. I’m happy Robert lang got one and Paul “Bis

By The Canadian Press GLENDALE, Ariz. - The Montreal Canadiens finally got their power play rolling. Marc-Andre Bergeron and Glen Metropolit scored 1:02 apart in the third period, the second goal on the power play, and Carey Price made 18 saves in the Canadiens' 4-2 victory over the Phoenix Coyotes on Thursday...

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By Topham(liwblog@gmail.com) When the Canadiens lose they lose This is a tricky thing to tease apart, but largely what it tells me is that the Canadiens are an easier team to play against when they are trailing. It seems the way they open up to try and score more goals. Two solutions Keep the chins up Habs fans. Go Habs Go.

By Topham(liwblog@gmail.com) In the past sometimes, it seemed like an injury to Markov was a one-way ticket to losing streak. However, this time around, the Canadiens have done an OK job of battling for points and scrounging some wins. As we descend into the next 30 games without Andrei, I thought I'd take a glance at some o...

By Felix Sicard The general manager has to bring in a top-six forward for the Canadiens to get out of their funk. The Habs won't be winning many games if they have to rely on their top three forwards every night to score for them. If Gainey doesn't make a move soon, the Canadiens could very well find themselves o...

By Sebastien Tremblay Montreal certainly picks up many North Americans skaters but doesn’t draft that many Europeans and to be honest, besides Andrei Markov, Montreal hasn't had much chance with their Euro "future stars". There is indeed a « hole » on the Canadiens European depth chart.

By Ryan Dixon His small stature prompted many to argue Brian Gionta was simply more of exactly what the Montreal Canadiens didn’t need when he signed a five-year, $25-million deal with the team last July

By The Canadian Press MONTREAL - Mike Cammalleri's third goal of the game 2:42 into overtime gave the Montreal Canadiens a 5-4 comeback victory over the New York Rangers on Saturday night

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By Sebastien Tremblay What if the Montreal Canadiens allowed the team to crumble like Pittsburgh or Chicago in the late 90’s and early 2000 and rebuild like many other teams are doing, what kind of team would we have now? Now where I’m going with this? Well, as an avid Montreal Canadiens fan, I want the club to be go...

By Topham(liwblog@gmail.com) Next, how about the Habs get their acts together? What's wrong anyway? Take the positive There's more too. I'm sure you can all add. So patience all. When we said we'd give Martin time to establish his print, I for one meant it. Keep the chins up Habs fans. Go Habs Go.

By Associated Press MONTREAL (AP) -The Montreal Canadiens are bolstering their defense by signing veteran Marc-Andre Bergeron to a one-year contract. Bergeron, a defenseman with a hard slap shot, had 14 goals - seven on the power play - and 18 assists in 72 games l...

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By Topham(liwblog@gmail.com) NHL Season GP G A Pts Hits/60 BkS/60 GvA/60 TkA/60 Gv:Tk PIM Legend Paul Mara NHL Season GP G A Pts Hits/60 BkS/60 GvA/60 TkA/60 Gv:Tk PIM Legend As a pairing D – Josh Gorges D – Paul Mara Statistics adapted from nhl.com, behindthenet.ca, Olivier Keep the chins up Habs fans. Go Habs Go.

By Elie Aintabi Nothing was funny about last night's game, which saw the Canadiens down walking into the third period.  This win caps off the five straight games the Habs have played, settling the preseason record at 3-2.  Three Stars 1. Brian Gionta 2. Scott Gomez Read more NHL news on BleacherReport.com

By Topham(liwblog@gmail.com) A little while ago, I started putting together an article about one of a number of doomsday articles I was seeing at the time about the Montreal Canadiens in 2009-10. I don't know who the author is, I've never read anything else he's written and probably never will again. I didn't pick on him be...

By Topham(liwblog@gmail.com) Who? You know Henri Richard, Canadiens captain, Pocket Rocket, number 16, 11 Cups? Thanks for your time. I can't wait for tomorrow to hear which Adam Sandler movie Travis Moen patterns his life on... Keep the chins up Habs fans. Go Habs Go.

By Topham(liwblog@gmail.com) That said, Mr. Murphy is using cheap tricks here. Calling the Canadiens a laughing stock in Boston is not new and it's certainly not news. The Canadiens are a laughing stock in those parts 3 days after an unprecedented comeback in the playoffs against the tilt of the home ice.

By Topham(noreply@blogger.com) The Canadiens have had a captain for nearly 100 seasons The tradition of the Montreal Canadiens dressing a captain, however, is not one of them. Since 1909, the Canadiens have had a team captain and that is the way I think it should continue for the next century. French Canadian options

By Topham(noreply@blogger.com) – Apparently the Canadiens have been after signing Engqvist for a while now (along with other clubs), but he's happy to sign here – Dany Masse I hope that the next new signing I read about will be his... Keep the chins up Habs fans. Go Habs Go.

By Topham(noreply@blogger.com) To anyone with a developed memory and a modicum of sense, Bob Gainey also blew up the team that won the Eastern conference, and were it not for one hot and one cold goaltender might have battled the Penguins for a place in the Stanley Cup finals. Not only that, the team was an example of well-oil...

By All Habs Montreal 2, Boston 4 (Bell Centre) Bob Gainey said that the Boston goal with 1:25 left in the period was a "punch to the mid-section". At one time, Canadiens fans were known as the most knowledgeable and intimidating to the opposition.

By Dominic Pampalon The Canadiens started the 2008-2009 campaign with Guy Carbonneau behind the bench. Last season, Carbonneau led his team to first place in the Eastern Conference. The team had ended the regular season atop the entire league on the power play and goals scored, and finished with an impressiv...

By Sebastien Tremblay Not great stats for someone who stole the starting goaltender job from Cristobal Huet last year. Price has looked unstable, lost, confused and even sometimes drunk in from of the net! I hope it's just sophomore jinx and that he'll be that goaltender Montreal fans are waiting for since Patr...

By Jon Neely The centennial season has not gone as planned for the Montreal Canadiens. A team that was expected to fight for the top spot in the Eastern Conference, and be a contender for the Stanley Cup, finds themselves sitting in eighth place by a single point with 10 games to go.

By fellowshipofhockey@gmail.com (HabsCast) Who is Montreals #1 Goalie?How has Bob Gainey done so far as head coach?Did Carbo deserve to get fired?Does fighting belong in hockey?Habs free agents … who’s staying / who’s going?Will the Canadiens make the playoffs?Who’s going to the Stanley Cup finals?Does Sean Avery belong in the N...

By Kevin van Steendelaar He will be the 11th member of the Canadiens to reach this mark, but all eyes will be focused elsewhere on the ice, as Montreal native, Martin Brodeur, a nemesis of the Canadiens since he started his career with the New Jersey Devils, could tie a record held by a living hockey legend, Patric...

By All Habs The Canadiens had stopped skating, their passing was erratic and they were losing battles for the puck. Bell Centre fans started getting restless. With about seven minutes left, the Habs started getting some offensive chances to make the shot total a little more respectable narrowing th...

By fellowshipofhockey@gmail.com (Everything Hockey.) After the tail spin that saw the Canadiens sitting in 9th place in the Eastern Conferences going into Sundays game against the Dallas Stars GM Bob Gainey decided that it was time to right the ship himself and fired his long time friend Guy Carbonneau and assuming the position behind the b...

By Kevin van Steendelaar More recently however, Guy Lafleur has faced some more personal legal issues, and has been criticized for making some publicly outspoken comments on the current Montreal Canadiens' roster. As we all know, Guy Lafleur was the face Montreal Canadiens through most of the '70's and early...

By Dave Nichols Ovechkin outraced Canadiens' defenseman Roman Hamrlik to a loose puck just past the Montreal blue line. Ovie backhanded the puck off the wall, deftly spun around Hamrlik and collected the puck, and charged toward Canadiens' netminder Carey Price.

By Topham(noreply@blogger.com) So, without further ado, here are the grades (school-style letter grades, from top to bottom) for the Montreal Canadiens first 41 games. You'll notice the marks are on the high side, but how could they not be, the Habs get a full A – someone must be responsible:

As part of their 100th anniversary celebrations the Montreal Canadiens released in November 2008 a DVD box set of the ten most memorable games in franchise history as voted by Canadiens fans. Game 5, 1986 Stanley Cup Final, rookie goalie Patrick Roy backstopped the Canadiens to their 23r...

By Greg Wyshynski • Patrick Roy claims his minor league team's management has asked him not to speak publically about his sons being unrelenting hockey thugs. [Canadian Press] • How the NHL can learn from the current NHL vs. NBA debate. [Jibblescribbits]

By Greg Wyshynski • Patrick Roy claims his minor league team's management has asked him not to speak publically about his sons being unrelenting hockey thugs. [Canadian Press] • How the NHL can learn from the current NHL vs. NBA debate. [Jibblescribbits]

By rinkrat Canadiens defenceman Josh Gorges plays with the puck with which he scored his first goal in the bleu-blanc-rouge. The Canadiens will mount the puck on a plaque for him, Gorges's first NHL goal in nearly two years. Canadiens defenceman Josh Gorges plays with the puck with which he scored his...

By MaxGiese Eastern Conference Projected Finish: Projection: This is a deep team with skill and toughness at all positions. They are very difficult to play against and tough to contain offensively. Expect the Canadiens to challenge for the first Stanley Cup Finals birth since 1993.

By PJ Swenson San Jose Sharks defenseman Brian Campbell spoke with reporters in the locker room after a 6-4 win over the Montreal Canadiens in his first home game at HP Pavilion. Campbell talked about a spin-o-rama he dropped on Montreal defenseman Mike Komisarek before backhanding a shot on net for a l...

By habscast@gmail.com (Montreal Canadiens PodCast) Canadiens / Sabres - For those of you who don’t live in MTL … Let me tell you that when things are GOOD … their GREAT … and when things are BAD … well its like hell on earth. After their worst slump of the season the Canadiens came out stronger then ever with back [...]

By habscast@gmail.com (Montreal Canadiens PodCast) Canadiens / Thrashers - After an insipid loss to the Devils on beautiful Sunday afternoon the Canadiens were back to their winning ways. Atlanta is but of course one of the hottest teams in the league … Bob Hartley had them well rested for the game. The Habs stillsuffering from flu symptoms we...

By habscast@gmail.com (Montreal Canadiens PodCast) Canadiens / Flyers - Can you smell what the Habs are cookin? It sure ain’t chilli … To sum this game up in one word we’d use “AWSOME” … Jokes … No we’d use “DOMINANCE” … why you ask … because the Habs dominate … 5 game win streak … goals scored by the most [...]

By habscast@gmail.com (Montreal Canadiens PodCast) Canadiens / Hurricanes - Just when the Habs think hurricane seasons over … Erik Cole romps the Canadiens with a Category 5 performance. Habs come out strong and play a solid 4 minutes then decide to pack it up and go home. Home meaning “Lose”. Other then that the team was out played … out [...]

By habscast@gmail.com (Montreal Canadiens PodCast) Canadiens / Lightning - Well, the Habs came out mighty and strong early in the first and honestly never looked back. The stellar play of Cristobal Huet leads to most Habs fans wondering what exactly Gainey plans for Abby. Speaking of Gainey … What’s going on with Latendresse? The guy’s makin...