On one hand it was a very solid 3-0 win over the New York Rangers. On the other it wasn’t, because Carey Price simply shone in goal and came up with a handful of amazing stops to stop any flow or momentum the visiting Rangers tried to muster. But all in all, it was full [...]

The Canadiens hit Broadway tonight for a meeting with the Rangers, and to keep their win streak alive, they know they’ll have to contain the big five – Rick Nash, Brad Richards, Marian Gaborik, Andy Bathgate, and little Camille Henry. They also know they must be aware of the Ranger’s tight defence, with stalwarts such [...]

Their four-game-winning streak is now a thing of the past as the Canadiens drop a 5-3 decision in New York, and yes, it’s a downer because they had their chances, but every game on every night cannot be won. It’s just the way it is. Things stop. Like Kim Kardashian’s marriage. You have to wonder [...]

Scotiabank and the NHLPA have come up with a little fun thing to do in the off-season, and as for myself, it’s something I can read while waiting for summer to appear on the west coast, which may or may not happen. They’re letting fans ask NHL players questions, and if you click The Mailbag [...]

Sportsnet’s Doug MacLean and Nick Kypreos were almost wetting their pants. Columbus had vastly overpaid James Wisniewski and others, and they were on the subject of Montreal’s new power forward, Erik Cole. (And I’m paraphrasing).” FOUR YEARS!!!” trumpeted MacLean. “Can you imagine, four years! I mean, Cole’s a decent player, but you can bet he was [...]

C’mon Montreal, make me excited. And I don’t know if Jaromir Jagr does that. He’s older than Don Cherry, and I still have a distaste for the little kiss/hand thing he’d do to the crowd after scoring. Brad Richards, however, does make me excited. Max Talbot too. We wait and see what the Canadiens do here. Heck, [...]

Trade Deadline Day saw Montreal grab Brad Richards, Jason Arnott, Dustin Penner, and Ales Hemsky, which is quite exciting, don’t you think? No they didn’t. It was more exciting than that, as the team sent defenceman Brett Festerling to Atlanta for goalie Drew MacIntyre. Festerling had come to the Habs from Anaheim in the Maxim Lapierre deal, who, by the [...]

Montreal traded Christobal Huet to Washington for a 2009 second round pick?  And that’s it? That’s the extent of movement in Montreal as the team’s in a playoff race and maybe just a small piece of the puzzle is needed to complete the picture?  There’s no Marian Hossa. No Brad Richards. No Alex Tanguay. There’s [...]

                                                                                                                                                                                            When You Wish Upon A StarNaturally, trade rumours are only just that, rumours, but we can dream, can’t we? We can dream that the talk in the air about who might be going to Montreal is quite true, thank you very much, and that boss Bob Gainey has pulled the switch that [...]