19-20 GS October

Bergevin’s dilemma: Weber or Not Petry needs a Partner

October Ranking of Montreal’s Top 20 Prospects

1/ Cole Caufield (1)* 2/ Nick Suzuki (2) 3/ Ryan Poehling (4) 4/ Alex Romanov (3) 5/ Cayden Primeau (5) 6/ Jesse Ylonen (7) 7/ Josh Brook (6) 8/ Noah Juulsen (8) 9/ Jordan Harris (9) 10/ Cale Fleury (11) 11/ Jayden Struble (10) 12/ Mattias Norlinder (13) 13/ Gianni Fairbrother (14) 14/ Otto Leskinen […]

Mete More, or Leskinen?

Montreal’s search for someone who can provide offence and speed to complement Shea Weber may not be as far away as many think. Perhaps there is not as urgent a need to trade for that elusive left defenceman after all, Perhaps that left defenceman is playing in Laval. Yes; it is early, but that is […]

Caufield Already Sets Record

This Caufield kid may be okay. Two games, four goals. He already holds a Wisconsin scoring record – the first Badger to ever have multiple goal games in his first two contests. If he keeps this up the next record Caufield will break is the 59 goals scored in one NCAA season by Michigan State’s […]

Left Defence Remains Montreal’s Achilles Heel

This is not Claude Julien-style hockey. Montreal has surrendered 14 goals and 119 shots through the first three games of the season, and the whispers are already getting louder that GM Marc Bergevin has to pick up another top-four defenceman; specifically, a top-pairing left defenceman. That is not likely to happen in October. Teams are […]

Defenceman Gianni Looking More than Fair, Brother

Gianni Fairbrother returned to WHL action on the weekend, appearing in Everett’s two one-goal wins over Kamloops`and Spokane, and he was a welcome addition. Everett coaches made the wise decision not to put all of their eggs in one basket, matching Fairbrother with a partner other than Wyatte Wylie. Two of the elite blueliners in […]

Habs Humble Leafs with Third Period Comeback

I feel sorry for any fans who stopped watching in frustration when the Leafs went up 4-1 in the third period as it was one thrilling comeback. What a character win for les Habitants. It brought back memories of the 1970s Flying Frenchman who used to flip a switch in the third period after two […]

Habs Prospect Update #1

Rhett Pitlick was the first star in Omaha’s 4-3 OT win in USHL action last night. Pitlick scored his second goal of the season and then sealed the victory with a shootout tally. Pitlick has two goals in Omaha’s first three games of the season. I expect him to be one of the USHLs top […]

Hold the Phone on Poehling Callup

Do not be expecting the Canadiens to be calling up Ryan Poehling any time soon. Poehling’s first AHL game came nowhere close to matching his first NHL contest. Not only did the 20-year-old center fail to score a goal or garner a point, he ended his first Laval game -2, and once again had some […]

Grant’s Slant Special Feature

When you walk into a room during the summer with Marc Bergevin, Martin Lapointe and Trevor Timmins, you can’t help but wonder how you ended up at the gun show instead of a hockey meeting. “They look like powerlifters,” said one longtime NHL scout who keep himself in pretty good shape himself. “They can point […]