It’s the Habs in Newark tonight, and it’s anybody’s guess what we’ll see from the gang that sometimes can’t shoot straight. I’m not even going to try. One thing is certain, though. The team that went to the Stanley Cup finals last year was the New Jersey Devils, and one year later they’re not even [...]

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 [...]

Danno sends over the new NHL.com top 16 rankings, and look at those crazy Canadiens! Ditto for what they say about Michel Therrien. Here’s the top five, and the full Super 16 list can be seen by clicking here RANK TEAM LAST WEEK COMMENTARY 1 1 Pittsburgh Penguins: When their 15-game win streak started, they [...]

That’s what we need to see next season. A Habs team skating, scoring, and playing tough in the process. A big 5-1 Montreal win over the visiting Senators. A statement made for next fall. Take that, Ottawa. You got your ass whipped. Erik Cole set the wheels in motion, scoring the first three goals of [...]

It was wild and wacky, this Habs-Wild clash, with bodies flying and infirmaries busy and nastiness reigning supreme. And in the end, when the ice chips settled, the Canadiens earned their two points. The freakin’ hard way! 5-4 Habs. It should have been 4-1. Was it a full moon on this night? It was a [...]

Now that we have a new tough guy, which is such a tremendous thing, I decided to check out YouTube for a few Brad Staubitz fights. A few? There’s reams of Brad Staubitz fights! There’s Brad against Nick Boynton, Brad vs. David Clarkson, Brad going toe to toe with Jordin Tootoo and Brandon Prust and [...]

When they couldn’t score on the five-minute power play, it sort of summed up the entire season. And then there was Ryan Malone. The Habs were down 2-1, which would eventually be the final score, and Malone lost his mind because he didn’t like the way Alexei Emelin was using his body to crush him and others. [...]

Good old Wiz. A Hab for a year, and then away he went. Now he’s a Blue Jacket, and much richer than you and I. Remember when he took a puck in the face in Edmonton? We thought he was gone for weeks or months. But just three days later, at the Heritage Classic in [...]

Andrei Nazarov is just about as opposite of Jacques Martin as you can get. Martin was never a player, while Nazarov spent time with seven NHL clubs – San Jose, Tampa Bay, Calgary, Anaheim, Boston, Phoenix, and the Minnesota Wild. Martin rarely shows distinct emotion, while Nazarov, now coaching Vityaz Chekhov of the KHL, found himself in a stick-swinging [...]

Derek Boogaard died from a bad drug combination. Rick Rypien apparently was bi-polar. And Wade Belak, according to his mom, suffered from bouts of depression. Now, the league is going to try and find out if an enforcer job leads to some sort of profound stress and pressure. If all three suffered from bi-polar, then [...]