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NHL Scouts’ Quotes – Lundell/Gunler

Habs Top Ten Prospects

1/ Alex Romanov (4)* 2/ Cole Caufield (1) 3/ Cayden Primeau (3) 4/ Ryan Poehling (5) 5/ Jesse Ylonen (6) 6/ Jordan Harris (9) 7/ Jayden Struble (12) 8/ Josh Brook (7) 9/ Mattias Norlinder (10) 10/ Noah Juulsen (11) *Previous rankings The graduation of Nick Suzuki and Cale Fleury from prospects to full-fledged NHLers […]

The New Kovy Arrives

Montreal GM Marc Bergevin made moves to shore up two areas of need this week, and, as per usual, did so without selling the farm. Heck, he didn’t even have to peddle the chicken coop. For a much-needed veteran left defenceman in Marco Scandella and a shooter on the power play in 436-goal NHL scorer […]

Bergevin Fulfills A Promise

General Manager Marc Bergevin has said time and time again that it is extremely difficult to acquire centers through trades and unrestricted free agency. He has repeated over and over that you must draft high quality centers or you’re just not going to get them. So he did what he has promised that he would […]

Not Max Return for Galchenyuk

It was one of those trades that you knew right away was bad. You saw the two names. Without any hesitation, you knew. You didn’t have to review anything or check statistics or watch a game or two again or make some calls to guys out west….. You knew it in a heartbeat…. “Oh. My. […]

McLean’s Pub Call Of The Collective

The final game of the season and today the writers are drinking with me at McLean’s Pub. To the Collective Horses we go….. Collective Horses – I really like Mike Reilly on the 2nd power play unit. I would like to see him get more time there. -@lamoroso – Jonathan Drouin a lot of fans […]

Habs Offensive Woes Not Beyond Repair

I heard a regular guest on TSN690 rehashing the same topic he brings up every time I hear him, and that is that the Habs have no scoring and no hopes of having it in the future. There is no doubt that right now the Habs have trouble scoring, and there is also no question […]

McLean’s Pub Call Of The Wilde: Tough Test

The Montreal Canadiens completely undermanned at this point with four or five seasons worth of injuries in one season trying to battle against the league’s best Tampa Bay Lightning in Tampa. Montreal on a long road trip with some good efforts and some not so good. Here’s the Call Of The Wilde brought to you […]

Grant’s Rant – It is Time to Develop, not Deter

Anyone who has followed me on Twitter in recent years knows that I have been patient with the Habs. I’ve defended the GM, the drafting, and development against an onslaught of criticism as there has not been a pile of high-end talent coming into the system due mainly to a lack of high draft picks. […]

Carr on his goal

Daniel Carr explains his terrific goal against Calgary.