I haven’t been this excited about an entry draft in a long time. We know what this can mean for the club. A club that desperately needs a young star and game-breaker. Here’s hoping we got one. Alex Galchenyuk’s named was called by Trevor Timmins, and add this to the Habs’ lineup – a highly-skilled, 6’2 [...]

I thought now is as good a time as any to bring back the terrific breakdown of first-round draft picks for all teams beginning in 2001 that Ron Schwartz put together last February. I posted it then and I think I’d like to do it again. Ron Schwartz at Silver Oak Blog has put together a [...]

Randy Cunneyworth and Randy Ladouceur are now on the bread lines. Newly-hired Habs coach Michel Therrien has decided to bring in his own people, and so the two Randys are no longer part of the best and craziest hockey organization on the planet. Cunneyworth, as we all know, stepped into a very difficult situation, not speaking [...]

I’m not ready to break into a dance quite yet as we await word that Scott Gomez is about to be bought out - Puck Daddy, or possibly buried in the minors, but the day is coming when I click my heels and dance a jig when we finally see the report that says Gomez will take some cash from the Molson vault and go [...]

Nashville’s Alexander Radulov and Andrei Kostitsyn have been suspended for one game by their team for apparently breaking curfew. Way to go, guys. Your team is down 2-0 to Phoenix, and you’re out partying. Radulov is the guy who bolted for the KHL several years ago while still under contract to the Preds, and was allowed [...]

The second round opener went on Friday night, with Ray Whitney scoring the winning goal in overtime, and the Phoenix Coyotes win game 1 in their series against Nashville. Andrei Kostitsyn scored one of the Predator goals, assisted by another ex-Hab Francis Bouillon. And Ray Whitney, overtime hero, is a fine example of what a good [...]

And there goes Canada’s last hope. The Sens lose 2-1 to New York in game 7. Milan Michalek should be made to change numbers. He missed three or four great chances from about 15 feet out during the Sens’ torrid charge with about six minutes remaining, and he reminded no one of the Rocket, Gordie Howe, [...]

San Francisco is my kind of town. I sat at a window table at the Voodoo Lounge Black Magic bar at the corner of Van Ness and Lombard, watching couples on dates, with regulars bouncing to and from, with a friendly bartender in a Giants cap and shirt being the straw that stirred the social drinks. And [...]

Every so often, Rich the trucker shows up at the ferry terminal and hands me his Canadiens magazine, which I appreciate greatly. He’s a big Habs fan, this fellow, he lives in Vancouver, and when he comes through, we talk Habs. When this happens, my work effort drops from 140% down to 125%. But it’s important. It’s the future of [...]

It’s game day, the Habs are in Tampa to meet the Lightning, and I guess I don’t really mind so much if they lose, but I at least want to see them play well while doing so. In fact, I’m praying they only blow a one-goal lead instead of the normal two. So many nights this season, the [...]