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McLean’s Pub Call Of The Wilde: Tough Test

McLean’s Pub Call Of The Wilde: Regular Season Tryouts

The Montreal Canadiens on a long road trip with the veterans dropping out of the line-up one by one, allowing the Habs to check out the youth to see who can up their game. Phillip Danault out of the line-up due to a concussion leaving Jacob De La Rose a chance to see if he […]

McLean’s Pub Call Of The Wilde: On The Road Again

The Montreal Canadiens continue to lose a lot of players from their line-up trying to stay competitive for the final six weeks of the season. Max Pacioretty with a knee injury and Victor Mete with a finger break are the two latest to be out. Both for six weeks. Both very likely to be gone […]

McLean’s Pub Call Of The Wilde: Overtime Loss Again

The Habs tank is not going as planned. Instead they opened the door to a more mobile defence who can move the puck better, and suddenly they’re on a roll. Bruins Habs in Boston tonight ……

McLean’s Pub COTW: Galchenyuk Shines In His 400th

The Habs started a two week road trip tonight in Brooklyn. Here’s the COTW…

Timmins Draft Record: An Objective Study

Many articles have been written regarding the draft record of Montreal Canadiens Head Scout Trevor Timmins. They usually point out that he hasn’t had a lot of pros make the NHL or that he has had many misses on his record. The problem with most of the work done is that it doesn’t compare […]

McLean’s Pub Call Of The Wilde: Wide Open

The glass is either half full or half empty. The Habs have only one win in three games on the home stand or they have points in all three. A difficult final test as the Islanders were in town.

McLean’s Pub Call Of The Wilde: Flyers Visit

The Habs continue to play exciting hockey at home. They have the worst record in the NHL on the road but the home dates lately have been of high entertainment. With youth being served now, it’s been even better.

McLean’s Pub Call Of The Wilde: Kicking The Can Down The Road

So we are just going to keep kicking the can down the road, are we? We are just going to keep finding reasons it’s hard for Marc Bergevin, are we? Bergevin says nobody wanted to give up their firsts. Well, there were five firsts that moved. In some examples, you can’t argue Max Pacioretty wasn’t […]

McLean’s Pub Call Of The Wilde: TurtlePlek To Toronto

Tomas Plekanec didn’t make it to 1000 games with the Montreal Canadiens this year, but the door remains open to hit the number in the off-season back with Montreal which Recrutes has learned is a possibility. For now though, let’s assess the trade that sees Plekanec with an opportunity to make a cup run with […]