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Pride (In the Name of Wins)

In only six games, interim head coach Martin St. Louis seems to have reawakened something asleep in the Canadiens’ dressing room – pride. For most of the season, the team was a rudderless ship adrift in a sea of apathy. Players simply went through the motions, others striving to give their best, but their efforts […]

Who Should the Habs Keep?

The Canadiens have made it known that they will be sellers over the next four weeks leading up to the NHL trade deadline. It already started with the dealing of Tyler Toffoli, and unless Ben Chiarot does the improbable and signs an extension over the next three weeks, he is the next to go. Here […]

From Dom to Dom Perignon

Whenever an organization makes significant changes, fans are met with a deluge of information from emotional reactions to “too soon” hot takes. So with Montreal jettisoning Dom Ducharme and going off the board to hire Martin St. Louis, what can we reasonably surmise thus far? Before we embark on any analysis, I must drop the […]

Habs Need a Two-Year Rebuild

It’s been my contention that the Canadiens do not need a multi-year rebuild as this season has been an anomaly due to the significant injuries. In a parity-driven league, you can get back into the playoff hunt in a hurry, especially when you will be adding significant veterans back into the lineup like Joel Edmundson […]

Goyette’s Five-Goal Weekend Boosts Stock

David Goyette is certainly on a hot streak. I tuned in to the nationally televised match on Friday night versus the highly-touted Shane Wright, and in what was a head-to-head battle most of the night, Goyette scored four goals and stole the show from the presumptive 2022 first overall NHL pick, who finished the game […]

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 […]

Always Remember Les Glorieux

Red, white and blue: The colours you see on a hockey rink. The symbolical colours of hockey. Bleu, blanc et rouge: They are also the colours, quite fittingly, of the most storied hockey team in the known world. If you are a Habs fan and, because of the current struggles, have wavered in your loyalty […]

The Final Tally on Timmins – A Comprehensive Draft Study

Geoff Molson in his press conference explaining the firing of GM Marc Bergevin and assistant GM Trevor Timmins made a point of declaring that the Canadiens need to draft better. That was a curious statement, and makes one wonder if he’s actually looked at any comprehensive studies of the draft, or is simply going by […]

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 […]