Completely unbiased 2012-13 Stanley Cup predictions: First Round Islanders – Pittsburgh      (Pittsburgh) Ottawa – Montreal       (Montreal) Rangers – Capitals        (Rangers) Toronto – Boston        (Boston) Minnesota – Chicago     (Chicago) Detroit – Anaheim        (Anaheim) San Jose – Vancouver        (Vancouver) L.A. – St. Louis          (L.A.) Second Round Pittsburgh – Rangers          (Pittsburgh) Montreal – Boston           (Montreal) Chicago – L.A.          [...]

Below are the final standings from last year. Notice how Montreal, 15th in the east, ended with a feeble 78 points after 82 games. This year they sit at 59 points after just 46 games. The Rangers last year ended in first place. This year they’re in the 8th spot, with the Winnipeg Jets breathing [...]

Because there’s been talk of certain Canadiens possibly grabbing hardware at season’s end, I’ve wondered who else around the league might be in the thick of things in different categories, and how professional writers might view some of the Habs who have a shot. So it was interesting to see how Jim Jamieson of the [...]

Ryan Miller stopped 38 of the 39 shots the Habs sent his way, with the end result being a 2-1 Sabres win at the Bell Centre, and I suppose if the boys are going to lose, they might as well do it before they play the Penguins on Tuesday and Bruins on Wednesday. I’m sure [...]

I was going through an old program I have, from an Ottawa ’67s game I was at back in 1976, and I found my ticket stub inside! Such a bonus! Here you’ll see Doug Wilson, general manager of the San Jose Sharks, when he looked like a white Jimi Hendrix. You can see Bruce Boudreau, [...]

Everyone goes on and on about some of the beautiful wives and girlfriends of younger NHLers, and that’s nice. These women are all very lovely. Montreal’s Brandon Prust, for example, has a terrific lady. But what about the wives of some of the older guys? The senior citizens of the league are Teemu Selanne at [...]

It turns out that Eve Pearce, who wrote a guest post a few weeks back, is British and lives in England. I didn’t know this until recently. I wonder if she (a) likes the Beatles, (b) eats bangers and mash, (c) realizes she drives on the wrong side of the road, (d) has been to [...]

No need for any words here, except that I think this clip is fantastic. Thanks a lot to Beatnik for sending  it over.

Colby Armstrong, a 29-year old right winger who was bought out by the Toronto Maple Leafs, has signed a one-year deal with the Habs. The big 6-2, 195 pounder missed 85 games over two years with the Leafs, and hopefully his health issues, which included a concussion, broken toe, sprained ankle, infected eye, and arm problems, are a [...]

There’s a reason why the world is so chock full of Habs haters. And it’s not even all about the team. It’s also about us, of course. In way too many hockey fans’ minds we’ve been smug and spoiled and all-round nauseating. We must have this inner, holier-than-thou built-in peace because our team has done so well over the years and [...]