It seems there’s more fans than I thought who feel moving Guillaume Latendresse was another bad Bob Gainey decision and should never have happened.
I don’t know why. Are we patient babysitters or do we need this team to win?
The team is struggling with offence. It’s a rarity when someone other than Plekanec, Cammalleri, or Gionta [...]

One of my favourite Habs is a Hab no longer. Tom Kostopoulos has signed a three-year deal with the Carolina Hurricanes. Hopefully he’ll be better appreciated in Carolina.
Kostopoulos was never a star, and will never be a star, but he’s as important as most any other on a team. He fights bigger men, he’s the definitive [...]

For five years we watched Steve Begin report to work with steel toes and a lunchpail. We watched a guy who earned his money, who toiled as a grinder with the Montreal Canadiens, a plumber, a fourth-liner. But being a plumber and a fourth-liner didn’t mean he wasn’t an important player, although lately he’s been a healthy scratch. [...]

It wasn’t exactly a barnburner, this 3-2 win by the Canadiens over the visitng Nashville Predators. It was a tight, mostly non-eventful mid-week game in the middle of winter in a time that is often referred to as the dog days. 
 
In fact, the most excitement came in the last minute when the Habs tried a dozen different ways [...]

They reported for work at Madison Square Gardens, punched the clock, settled in, worked hard, and took it to the hometown Rangers 6-3. And in the process, the Canadiens leapfrog both the Rangers and Flyers in the standings, and now sit behind only Washington and Boston for top spot in the east.
 
The storyline easily could be [...]

Maxim Lapierre, in front of what seemed like hundreds of fans wearing Montreal sweaters in Florida, did what Andrei Kostitsyn did the other night. The much-improved forward scored three big goals, like Kostitsyn, in leading his team to another big win, this time 5-2 against the Panthers.
 
This isn’t the first time Lapierre’s had a big game this year. [...]

It was only right that Alex Kovalev would be the goal scorer in overtime. He was dominant all night, and I can only hope that the Kovalev naysayers of the world saw him perform tonight. He was at the top of his game. A force. The slickest gunslinger on the ice.
Not to mention the fact the he’d [...]

 
I’d say there’s a lot of things to smile about tonight. This solid 6-2 win over the NY Rangers had to be the Canadiens’ best game of the season. Everyone contributed, and although Alex Kovalev has now gone 15 games without a goal, he was effective and creative, and at least managed an assist.
 
From the beginning, when [...]

Bell Centre
Montreal
November 29, 2008
Montreal vs. Buffalo
 
First period:
 
Good, spirited, fast-skating, lively first period. The Canadiens look good. And of course, they’re doing all the things they’re really good at – turning the puck over and the other team scores (Higgins this time), and not scoring themselves. They’re really good at both of these things.
Alex Kovalev, Saku Koivu, [...]

One thing’s for sure. Being a third-period hockey team is better than being a first or second-period hockey team.
 
The Montreal Canadiens are a classic third period team, which is good and bad. Sometimes, an exciting late comeback can be too little, too late. But other times, they pull it out in magnificent fashion. 
 
Like tonight.
 
It’s a beautiful thing. Waltz into Philadelphia to meet the [...]