Maybe only Sigmund Freud could come close to finding an answer to why the Habs, as they were last night and so many times in recent years, can come out to an exciting atmosphere and play like it’s past their bedtime. So uninspired, so freaking lousy. Freud might have known what the problem is, but [...]

While we wait to see what the Habs schedule will look like, have a look at the last time the team played 48-games, which was during the 1994-95 lockout season. As you can see, the Canadiens never traveled out of the east, they kicked things off on January 21, and they played four games each [...]

Ron Green in Orillia sends along an interesting story from TheStar.com – Hockey Is In Tom Scanlan’s Bones  – about a fellow who bought game-used sticks once owned by the 42 players who scored at least 500 goals in the NHL. The sticks were up for auction last June from Classic Auctions in Montreal. 42 [...]

It doesn’t take a special mind like Stephen Hawking or P.J. Stock to know that the Canadiens did tremendously well with their number three pick. I think we all feel it, if other Habs fans don’t mind me speaking for them a little. Sarnia Sting coach Jacques Beaulieu, who had both Alex Galchenyuk and first-overall pick Nail Yakupov in his lineup, [...]

Another year older and deeper in debt. Etc. 2011 had some fine moments for Habs fans, and unfortunately, some not-so-fine moments. So let’s have a glimpse at what happened in this Year of the Rabbit. And please keep in mind, things aren’t in order here. That would be way too normal. Carey Price posed with his arms crossed after a win, which [...]

Bruins win the game three race, shutting out Tampa Bay 2-0, and there’s not a lot to say really. All I know is, when I see Tim Thomas I think of him crying about PK Subban after the Bruins had eliminated the Habs. When I see Andrew Ference, who scored Boston’s second goal, I think [...]

I see that Zdeno Chara has had a chat with Max Pacioretty sometime recently and that’s good. If Chara spoke from his heart, saying he worried for Max and never wanted to hurt but simply erase him from the play, then that’s excellent. Of course, it isn’t good if Chara warned Max to never, ever push him [...]

For weeks I worried that I’d miss the big Habs-Bruins game because I’d be zooming across the country instead. Maybe missing the game that was going to be the biggest and finest of the year. The one where we win it for Max and for the standings and show those Bruin bastards, once and for all, just who’s boss. It [...]

I heard on TSN today, before heading to the ferry terminal, Mark Recchi’s blabberings about how the extent of Max Pacioretty’s injury was embellished by the Habs looking for a suspension for Zdeno Chara. I figured this would be the Bruins’ party line once it was discovered that Max was out of the hospital quickly [...]

Who would you like the Habs to play – Boston or Philadelphia? It’s a tough one. Both teams look pretty solid to me and each has a reasonably impressive lineup, although not as impressive as Washington and Pittsburgh. Boston boasts Patrice Bergeron, elder statesman Mark Recchi, and Milan Lucic (remember when Lucic hammered Montreal’s Mike Komisarek). Michael Ryder and Miroslav Satan [...]