“You always wonder whether guys are ready to pay the price in games like these. You wonder and then you’re afraid maybe a few of the guys won’t or can’t go higher and farther, and that could be enough to hurt you.” So said then-forward and now assistant coach Kirk Muller after his team had defeated [...]
May 29, 2010 in Buffalo Sabres, Jaroslav Halak, Los Angeles Kings, Montreal Canadiens, NHL playoffs, New York Islanders, Patrick Roy, Phoenix Coyotes
Tags: Brian Bellows, Eric Desjardins, Guy Carbonneau, Jacques Demers, John LeClair, Kelly Hrudey, Kirk Muller, Mary McSorley, Mathieu Schneider, Patrick Roy, Red Fisher, Vincent Damphousse, Wayne Gretzky | 2 Comments »
“The boys are going to be just fine, they’ll get it done tonight,” said a very confident assistant coach Kirk Muller, and I believed him. Every word. I had this inner peace after listening to him. This kind of thing is said by every coach before every game, but the way Muller said it was [...]
May 20, 2010 in Don Cherry, Jaroslav Halak, Mike Cammalleri, Montreal Canadiens, NHL playoffs, Philadelphia Flyers, Pittsburgh Penguins, Washington Capitals
Tags: Brian Gionta, Dominic Moore, Don Cherry, Jaroslav Halak, Kirk Muller, Marc-Andre Bergeron, Maxim Lapierre, Michael Leighton, Mike Cammalleri, Mike Richards, Roman Hamrlik, Tom Pyatt | 23 Comments »
Dear Montreal Canadiens: Enclosed is a photo of me taken before I grew my beard. This is only to show you I have big muscles and would like to apply for tough guy fighter on the team now that Georges Laraque is no longer there. And now with Max Pacioretty and Matt D’Agostini being sent [...]
January 24, 2010 in Montreal Canadiens
Tags: George Laraque, Hamilton Bulldogs, Kirk Muller, Matt D'Agostini, Max Pacioretty, muscle man | 7 Comments »
The way things are going, we may have Canadiens news every day until hockey season! Doug Jarvis, who was such an intelligent, hard-working defensive specialist as a player for Montreal between 1975 and 1981, and who was an assistant coach for the Habs from 2005 until now, has been fired. There’s been a lot of questions [...]
June 23, 2009 in Bob Gainey, Montreal Canadiens
Tags: Bob Gainey, Carey Price, Chris Chelios, Doug Jarvis, Guy Carbonneau, Habs, Jacques Martin, Kirk Muller | 5 Comments »