What a difference two days make. Flat and uninspired against Toronto, and full of life against the Florida Panthers. I think we should just write off the Leafs game, forget it never happened, and focus on what an exciting team the Canadiens can be when they’re playing well. The problem is, we know how the [...]

Rookies are flying around, the big club has been golfing, Andre Markov has had a setback, and we can almost reach out and touch preseason tilts. But I think it’s also important to note that a guy I know called me over to his car the other day and showed me his brand new Habs car floor [...]

Hal Gill has signed a brand new, one-year contract worth 2.25 million, and I’m glad about this. Hal’s a steady, likeable veteran, a mentor to young PK Subban, and apparently a guy the rest of the team can’t get to shut up. But that’s great. He’s a character and we need characters. Now the Canadiens [...]

Columbus 3, Habs 0 We don’t need a fancy adding machine to keep track of Montreal’s scoring in the last two games. That would be one goal. One lousy, feeble, stinking goal. None tonight, and of course Brian Gionta and Scott Gomez remain mired in nowhere land. These two score? Get outta here! And when it rains, [...]

It was a fast-paced, up-and-down deal where the 15th place Florida Panthers punctured the 1st place Habs’ balloon and is a fine example of just how easily a balloon can lose its air. So much for the feel-good vibes we’ve had running up and down our veins lately. And at the risk of sounding like a paranoid maniac, we’re [...]

What does a guy do when he has a Habs blog and is 3000 miles from Montreal with training camp now picking up steam, and he can’t be there to go to the rink and look at the prospects and keep an eye on the regulars and watch carefully as Carey Price stops pucks? He reads [...]

Yes, Sergei Kostitsyn scored two big goals. And yes, the Canadiens played well on this night against the rival Boston Bruins. And yes, it was a 3-2 win that saw the home team nail their fifth straight. But the fact remains, if Dishonest John hadn’t taken his lucky and unbeaten shirt on his road trip to [...]

You know who I feel sorry for? The snowbirds from Sudbury and Sherbrooke and Trois Riviere and Barrie and elsewhere, the long-time Habs fans now retired to their villas and iced tea in Florida, who excitedly checked the schedule in the fall to see when their beloved Habs were coming, and they rushed out and [...]

The Buffalo Sabres are probably enjoying very much their time up in the penthouse with their martinis, caviar, and fancy dinner parties, so it would be absolutely perfect if the Habs could kick their arses Sunday afternoon at the Bell Centre. Buffalo is way up there, sitting pretty in second place in the east with 54 points. [...]

Several things jumped out as I watched this Habs-Panthers game at the ungodly hour of quarter to two in the morning. This is the time of night when songwriters pour some whiskey, light a cigarette, and reflect about lost love. It’s the same here only I’m not crazy about whiskey, don’t smoke, and am happily [...]