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Dan’s dissertation – State of the Habs at mid-season

Andrei Buyalsky Flying Under the Radar as a 2000

Kazahkstan 2000-born center Andrei Buyalsky only came over to North America to play hockey ten weeks ago. In that span, he’s been signed to play college hockey with the Vermont Catamounts, averaged more than a point-per-game through 19 USHL games (ten goals, ten assists), and caught the attention of NHL scouts. What immediately jumps out […]

Kaiden (Krusher) Guhle’s Biggest WHL Hits 2018-20

Prince Albert defenceman Kaiden (Krusher) Guhle, Montreal Canadiens’ top pick in the 2020 NHL draft, was one of the biggest hitters in the WHL between the ages of 16 and 18. Imagine how hard he is going to hit this season as a 19-year-old! Opponents are going to want to literally be inside a bubble…not […]

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 […]

Out with the Old, In with the New Old Coach

Claude Julien has coached his last game with the Montreal Canadiens. I DMed Brian Wilde last night on Twitter halfway through the game versus Ottawa and said I hoped that the Canadiens lose…because “It was time”. Brian LOL’ed and told me that those exact words just happened to be the title of his Call of […]

Habs Fall to Another Powerhouse

A lot of cracks are starting to surface lately around this edition of the Montreal Canadiens that started with so much promise. Many saw tonight’s game against Ottawa as one that would go a long way towards showing what this team is made of. After a run of poor efforts, including the previous night’s loss […]