I’ve been after the Canadiens before to let me be stick boy Shot down by Sam Pollock, and I bugged them a couple of years ago to let me skate around the ice before the game like those little kids we see now. All to no avail, of course. They don’t care about me. It’s obvious. But I’ve got [...]

Alexandre Picard signs 1-year deal Saturday, 31.07.2010 / 4:42 PM / moves Montreal CanadiensPRESS RELEASE MONTREAL — Canadiens general manager Pierre Gauthier announced today (Saturday) the signing of defenseman Alexandre Picard to a one-year, two-way contract (2010-11). As per club policy, financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed. Picard, who turned 25 on July [...]

Randy Cunneyworth named as head coach of the Hamilton Bulldogs Randy Ladouceur appointed as assistant coach with the Bulldogs Tuesday, 20.07.2010 / 2:30 PM / News canadiens.com PRESS RELEASE     Randy Cunneyworth and Randy Ladouceur MONTREAL (July 20, 2010) – Montreal Canadiens General Manager Pierre Gauthier announced today that the club has named Randy [...]

Canadiens announce the appointment of Larry Carrière as assistant general manager/player personnel Friday, 16.07.2010 / 3:00 PM Montreal Canadiens PRESS RELEASE MONTREAL — Montreal Canadiens General Manager Pierre Gauthier announced Friday the appointment of Larry Carrière as Assistant General Manager/Player Personnel. His nomination is effective immediately.  “We are extremely happy to announce the appointment of [...]

Nice, interesting story regarding Carey Price and how negotiations with the young goalie are almost certainly in full swing as we speak. And how can any story about Carey Price be complete without asking the question – “Why wasn’t he signed before they dealt Jaroslav Halak?” Price now holds the hammer and we continue to wonder what Pierre Gauthier [...]

Because I lost several billion brain cells during the 1960′s, I can’t figure this one out but maybe you can help. The Canadiens have said goodbye to Glen Metropolit, Dominic Moore, Paul Mara, and Marc-Andre Bergeron because there’s only so much cap space left, which is 5.6 million. Gauthier is now working on trying to get [...]

Is it possible Pierre Gauthier has had this up his sleeve for awhile now and is ready to introduce the Montreal Canadiens’ secret weapon? Maybe we don’t need a high-priced free agent like Ilya Kovalchuk and the likes rolling into town and eating up crucial cap dollars. Maybe Alexander Avtsin will put great big smiles on our faces. Avtsin, property [...]

Goaltender Alex Auld has signed with the Canadiens for a million bucks. This is neither earth-shattering nor monumental. Auld is a journeyman goalie who’s played for seven other teams before becoming a Hab, and has been a back-up throughout his career. I recall him mostly as a very ordinary netminder while with the Canucks. What [...]

Judging by Pierre Gauthier’s remarks in today’s Gazette, Pouliot Exits Picture, Benoit Pouliot’s days of wearing  a Habs uniform are now over, and those folks who ranted and raved about sending Guillaume Latendresse to Minnesota for this guy were absolutely right. There were some real hard-assed comments on this site when that trade went down, but I [...]

Off-season Habs news hasn’t been earthshaking so far, but do you get the feeling the juicy stuff is just around the corner? Since the Canadiens gave it the good old college try but were disposed of at the hands of the Philadelphia Flyers, the news we’ve been given so far has been the firing of six scouts within the [...]