This is the Canadiens roster at the beginning of last season, and where we’re at right now.
2008-2009 2009-2010
Steve Begin Brian Gionta
Matt D’Agostini ?
Chris Higgins Scott Gomez
Saku Koivu ?
Andrei Kostitsyn Andrei Kostitsyn
Sergei Kostitsyn Sergei Kostitsyn
Tom Kostopoulos ?
Alex Kovalev ?
Robert Lang Mike Cammalleri
Maxim Lapierre Maxim Lapierre
Georges Laraque Georges Laraque
Guillaume Latendresse Guillaume Latendresse
Tomas Plekanec Tomas Plekanec
Alex Tanguay ?
Francis Bouillon Hal [...]
July 2, 2009 in Alex Kovalev, Bell Centre, Carey Price, Montreal Canadiens
Tags: 2008-2009 Montreal Canadiens, 2009-2010 Montreal Canadiens, free agents, Habs | 3 Comments »
The Jim Balsillie/Phoenix Coyotes/Hamilton saga may or may not be dead, Judge Rejects Balsillie, but the beat goes on in Montreal.
I don’t care who buys the Montreal Canadiens, as long as he or she or they, are honest, non-meddling, upstanding folk who understand the history and the importance of the Montreal Canadiens, maintain and continue the great tradition, don’t [...]
June 15, 2009 in Bell Centre, Montreal Canadiens
Tags: Balsillie bid, Bell Centre, Hamilton NHL, Jim Balsillie, owning the Montreal Canadiens, Phoenix Coyotes, Quebec | 7 Comments »
Because so many of you clicked on the ads on the side of this site, plus me getting in quite a bit of overtime lately at work, I now have enough money, 400 million, to buy the Montreal Canadiens from George Gillett. This of course will include the Bell Centre, where I will be living, [...]
May 10, 2009 in Alex Ovechkin, Bell Centre, Ken Dryden, Montreal Canadiens, Washington Capitals, Wayne Gretzky
Tags: Alex Ovechkin, buying the Montreal Canadiens, George Gillett, Habs, Mike Babcock, Nik Lidstrom, Roberto Luongo, Scotty Bowman, Wayne Gretzky | 8 Comments »
I’m not going to post the infamous video of Carey Price being interviewed by Cabbie after game one of the Boston series because I don’t want to infringe on the Score. But if you haven’t seen it, you should. Just type in Carey Price/Cabbie on youtube and see for yourself.
This interview is extremely telling of a young [...]
April 27, 2009 in Bell Centre, Boston Bruins, Carey Price, Doug Harvey, Montreal Canadiens, Toe Blake
Tags: Billy Smith, Cabbie, Cabbie/Price youtube, Carey Price, Georges Laraque, Habs, Jacques Plante, Maurice Richard, Ron Hextall, Terry Sawchuk, Toe Blake | 16 Comments »
If I was an Ottawa Senators fan, I think I’d have a hard time watching the Montreal-Boston series, which the Bruins now lead three games to none and will soon put all of us out of our misery. Because if I was a Senators fan, I think it’d be a bummer knowing that Zdeno Charo once played in Ottawa [...]
April 20, 2009 in Bell Centre, Bob Gainey, Boston Bruins, Carey Price, Minnesota Wild, Montreal Canadiens, New Jersey Devils, New York Rangers, Ottawa Senators
Tags: Boston, Carey Price, Habs, Michael Ryder, Milan Lucic, Montreal, Phil Kessel, Tim Thomas, Zdeno Chara | 15 Comments »
A loss is never a good thing. It kind of goes without saying. So Montreal losing 4-3 to Buffalo in a shootout isn’t a good thing.
But fans at the Bell Centre sure got their money’s worth. There was on-ice nastiness, hard hits, chirping, and good goaltending, especially by Buffalo’s Ryan Miller. Montreal’s big line of Koivu, Kovalev, and [...]
March 29, 2009 in Bell Centre, Buffalo Sabres, Chicago Blackhawks, Montreal Canadiens
Tags: Buffalo, Carey Price, Habs, hockey fights, Montreal, Patrice Brisebois, Ryan Miller, shootout | 7 Comments »
I’m not going to gush about the Canadiens big 6-3 win over the Atlanta Thrashers Tuesday. But I’m adamant that the Stanley Cup parade route should make its way down Ste. Catherines past what’s left of the old Forum. I feel it’s only right.
It didn’t start out well for the Habs. Atlanta had more three-on-ones [...]
March 24, 2009 in Atlanta Thrashers, Bell Centre, Carey Price, Montreal Canadiens, Tampa Bay Lightning, Toronto Maple Leafs
Tags: Atlanta, Forum, Glen Metropolit, Grand Canyon, Habs, Kovalev, Montreal, Tanguay | 4 Comments »
From the Montreal Gazette
Habs Leave Montreal? “Impossible” Mayor Says
Montreal Mayor Gérald Tremblay says it doesn’t matter who owns the Canadiens so long as its remembered that the team is, in fact, the property of Montrealers.
“What’s important is that we be very vigilant about the discussions that are going on presently,” he said Monday, referring the [...]
March 24, 2009 in Bell Centre, Montreal Canadiens
Tags: George Gillett, Gerald Tremblay, Habs, mayor of Montreal | 3 Comments »
Dave in Jersey asked me not to write a post-game report. No one needs to be reminded of what transpired at the Bell Centre tonight. So in view of this, because of my great respect for Dave, there will be no post-game report.
I would like to mention though, that I think the boys should go [...]
March 22, 2009 in Bell Centre, Montreal Canadiens, Toronto Maple Leafs
Tags: Charlie Hodge, Maxim Lapierre, Montreal, Saku Koivu, Toronto | 2 Comments »
I got in the door after driving 3000 kms. in three days, in time to see the third period of the Habs-Devils game. I saw a fast-skating, back-and-forth type game as I should. After all, hockey’s billed as the world’s fastest game, isn’t it? But what I didn’t see were shots on goal by the home team [...]
March 14, 2009 in Bell Centre, Montreal Canadiens, New Jersey Devils, Patrick Roy
Tags: Habs, Martin Brodeur, NJ Devils, Patrick Roy | 2 Comments »