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Gallagher Upset With Concussion Protocol

Breaking Down the Duchene Trade

It’s always interesting to evaluate an NHL deal that involves more than two teams as, inevitably, it involves a lot of pieces, some that help now and some that will need to be evaluated in a decade or so. Yesterday’s trading of Matt Duchene from Colorado to Ottawa is one of those such deals, as […]

Jonathan Drouin On How He Feels So Far As A Centerman

It’s been a rough start for the Montreal Canadiens, but one player has been delivering as was hoped. Jonathan Drouin leads the Habs in scoring so far this season. This, while he adapts to the center ice positition. Here are his thoughts on his progress.

Pacioretty On Why He Said What He Said About The C

Max Pacioretty poured his heart out last week on the west coast about what it’s like to be captain telling the players how to get out of a slump when he was in one himself. He elaborated on that this morning as well as the new lines. As well as what moments the team is […]

Call Of The Wilde: Top Three Changes

Alright, Recrutes subscribers, the discourse out there on social media is ugly. The negativity is so severe that people are insulting each other’s mothers. Impressively, the discourse remains respectful here. You have your issues, but you’re not insulting your fellow human either. The Habs have issues. This is obvious with a 1-6-1 record and the […]

Call Of The Wilde: Mayday. Mayday.

It’s very difficult to allow the most goals in the NHL (33) and score the fewest goals in the NHL (13) at the same time. This is quite a feat. You have to be really bad, not just losing but getting blown out, and not just blown out, but also blown out with just about […]

Call Of The Wilde: Pressure Mounts

Wilde Horses – Victor Mete is simply a revelation that you can’t say you’ve seen going back 38 years in the NHL. That’s as far as Grant McCagg went in his research to try to find another player taken in the late rounds who made an impact as a 19 year old in the NHL. […]

Call Of The WIlde: Another Loss

Wilde Horses – The power play had been a mess. No goals on the season. So help a key player by giving him an opportunity to do what he does best. Shea Weber moves off the left half wall and ripped a 25 foot rocket. It came to him where he doesn’t have to accept […]

Habs 365: News And Notes In San Jose

The long wait continues for the Montreal Canadiens for David Schlemko to be ready to play in the NHL this season. Schlemko played a single game last Friday night in Laval for the Rocket taking a regular shift and finishing with a plus two on the night – the only defenceman who had any stability […]

Call Of The Wilde: One Win In Five

Wilde Horses – Alex Galchenyuk can snipe and it was simply terrific to see him choose to shoot on his goal after all of that attention around him. As he came down on that 2 on 1, I was sure that he was going to pass because that is what players who are struggling do — […]