It wasn’t like Montreal didn’t have its chances in this depressing 3-1 loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning. The Canadiens had long, extended chunks of each period where they stormed the net and swatted away all around Tampa goaltender Antero Niittymaki. But Niittymaki, like so many goalies who come in to Montreal, played like he’s the greatest [...]

Forget about what Vincent Lecavalier. the Tampa Bay Lightning, and the Montreal Canadiens think about a possible trade.
The most important question is, what does his woman think?

I had a real bad feeling after the Canadiens lost to Atlanta and then to New Jersey just before the All-Star break. Because then they’d  have to avoid losing to Tampa Bay not to become officially mired in a three-game losing slump.
But they did lose to the Tampa Bay Lightning, 5-3, and so, just like that, [...]

 
There’s probably a real good reason why I like and collect this old stuff. Probably has something to do with my inner child.
I’ve got a room full. I especially like finding old Habs sweaters from the 40’s and ’50’s, I’ve got about 12 of them, and I continue the hunt for ones from before that, [...]

In case you hadn’t heard.

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 [...]

I refuse to be brought in to the speculation game, about who Montreal might trade and trade for. I’m not Bob Gainey and I’m not Kreskin. So I don’t know, and you don’t either. None of us know what the Habs have in mind.
 
I don’t know if you’ve ever read Bleacher Report, which is a sports site [...]

The Buffalo Sabres beat Boston 4-2 in Boston today. This ends the Bruins’ ten-game winning streak. It’s so nice to see this over-achieving band of Beantown gangsters lose, and hopefully it’s the beginning of many more losses to come.
 
Also….Florida took it to Pittsburgh, winning 6-1 in Pittsburgh. Sidney Crosby was in a couple of fights, [...]

First, to give credit where credit’s due. The Tampa Bay Lightning, although sitting well out of a playoff spot in 13th place in the east with only 29 points, played a solid game, had their chances, and could have very well pulled it off.
 
But the Canadiens, in another impressive road win, ended 2008 with six [...]

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. [...]