Habs News

Hughes Will Be ‘Quiet’ If No One Calls

Hughes Wins the Day With a Straight Flush

The NHL Trade Deadline is now in the books, and there will be teams declared winners and losers. TSN and Sportsnet will give lip service to six Canadian teams then spend 50 mins of a one-hour broadcast doing a breakdown of every trade to see how it affects the Toronto Maple Leafs. (Hint, they will […]

Keeping Price is Right

The Montreal Canadiens, with Carey Price being the consensus MVP, got within three games of winning the Stanley Cup. A few months later, the Montreal Canadiens, WITHOUT Carey Price, sit in 31st place in the standings. It seems to me that Price is a pretty important part of the Canadiens having any success in the […]

Should Bergevin Pay the Price?

If Montreal had lost to the Leafs in the first round, and with Price in nets and Edmundson on the blueline but Weber out, was off to a 6-7 start instead of 3-10, would folks be calling for the GM’s head? We certainly do love to “live in the now”. Was Bergevin’s offseason a good […]

Just Say Jes to KK in the Top Six

There has been much discussion about Montreal seeking a veteran center to fill a top-two slot on the Canadiens in 2021-22. It’s been more than two weeks since free agency opened up, and Bergevin has added one part-time center in Cedric Paquette. No move has been orchestrated to find Phil Danault’s replacement in a top-two […]

Trevor Timmins Draft Q & A

In what has become an annual Recrutes’ tradition, I spoke to Montreal’s assistant general manager Trevor Timmins on draft weekend to discuss Montreal’s newest draft selections. TT: How are you? GM: Oh…I’m fine. The better question is how are YOU? TT: Tired. It’s been a long weekend. GM: You and the team have been taking […]

Canada’s Team, the Montreal Canadiens: A Special Run

Once the North Division champs were decided, Canada, well, some of it, decided to back a team to bring the Cup back to Our Home and Native Land National Monuments across the country started getting lit up Bleu, Blanc et Rouge in solidarity with the last remaining Canadian based franchise in the playoffs. CN Tower […]

You’ve Gotta Have Heart

On a night when Montreal had a golden opportunity to deal a crushing blow to the team chasing them, they played more like the team on its deathbed. Hosting a Calgary team that played the night before in Toronto and who would be left on life support with a loss, Montreal played like it was […]

Habs need a center and defenceman

Elliotte Friedman revealed this week, to the shock of many, that Marc Bergevin may not be doing exactly what he told the media in a press conference. This never fails to amaze a certain segment of fans: “How could he say one thing and then do another? The nerve of him not revealing to everyone […]

Kotkaniemi or Tkachuk? The Tale of the Tape

KK or TK? The debate rages on these days as Brady Tkachuk once again had a stellar game versus the Canadiens, and now has nine goals on the season while Jesperi Kotkaniemi has netted just two. Actually; there’s not much to debate right now. Clearly, Tkachuk is the better NHLer at this point, and if […]