Habs

Canada’s Team, the Montreal Canadiens: A Special Run

All Hail to the Bergeplan

The Canadiens are making a habit out of proving the doubters wrong this playoff run. They weren’t even supposed to be in the playoffs if you took what was uttered by thousands of Twitter folks seriously, including the ramblings of a lot of so-called experts. The 16th seeded team playing in a conference that somewhere […]

It’s Time for a True Checking Line

It’s time to stop being scared. That has been the Montreal Canadiens approach for the past 25 years. The playoff game plan has always been to play a safe, tight-checking defensive style and rely on goaltending and breaks. The Canadiens have made two unsuccessful trips to the conference finals using that strategy over the past […]

Language, Culture and Hockey

The Canadiens iced a lineup this past week that didn’t feature a francophone Quebecois player for the first time in over 110 years. As you can imagine, this led to quite a bit of discussion in both languages among the Quebec-based media. Language is a major issue in Quebec, the province has worked hard to […]

You’ve Gotta Have Heart

On a night when Montreal had a golden opportunity to deal a crushing blow to the team chasing them, they played more like the team on its deathbed. Hosting a Calgary team that played the night before in Toronto and who would be left on life support with a loss, Montreal played like it was […]

Habs need a center and defenceman

Elliotte Friedman revealed this week, to the shock of many, that Marc Bergevin may not be doing exactly what he told the media in a press conference. This never fails to amaze a certain segment of fans: “How could he say one thing and then do another? The nerve of him not revealing to everyone […]

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

So Who are the Habs? Now that we’re approximately halfway through the season, I feel like it is a good time to step back and evaluate just who the Habs are and where they might be going. I plan to take the high level view, much as a GM would, which means with an eye […]

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 […]