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Walk On The Wilde Side: Drouin Time
Walk On The Wilde Side: Drouin Time
It’s been a 20-year search for a number-one center for the Montreal Canadiens. No one has thought GM Marc Bergevin believes the search is already over, but perhaps he believes he has his man, and perhaps Recrutes is the first to be on this truth as a possibility. Brian Wilde takes a walk to tell […]
Habs 365 Podcast Episode 01
Habs 365 Podcast Episode 01
Join Brian Wilde as he discusses the Habs Draft with Grant McCagg, grades Marc Bergevin’s summer with Eric Engels, and gives his take on the departure of Andrei Markov. Download
Something’s Drouin at Center
Something’s Drouin at Center
In a Twitter poll conducted two weeks ago, Habs fans were asked who should start the season as the club’s number-one center and more than 80 per cent chose Alex Galchenyuk. Far back in the poll, in which more than 1000 people responded, was the team’s most noteworthy offseason acquisition Jonathan Drouin, who has spent […]
Grant’s Slant – Centers of Attention
Grant’s Slant – Centers of Attention
It has now been 24 years since a Canadian team last won a Stanley Cup, and it just so happens to have been the Montreal Canadiens, anchored not only by one of the best goalies in NHL history in Patrick Roy, but depth and quality at a position that has very clearly kept them from […]
Mete Has Been a Plymouth Rock
Mete Has Been a Plymouth Rock
Ryan Poehling wasn’t the only Habs prospect who has impressed at the World Junior Summer Showcase in Plymouth, MI. Victor Mete has been one of the more solid blueliners for Canada at the event and Joni Ikonen has been solid in a second-line center role for Finland in three contests. One western conference scout has […]
Other US Picks Poehling in Comparison?
Other US Picks Poehling in Comparison?
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Habs vs. Leafs – Better Wingers? Part II
Habs vs. Leafs – Better Wingers? Part II
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Habs Vs. Leafs – Who Has the Better Wingers?
Habs Vs. Leafs – Who Has the Better Wingers?
Leaf fans this past week on Twitter informed me on several occasions that Toronto’s wingers are better than Montreal’s going into the 2017-18 season….so I decided to break it down to see if the truth may lie elsewhere. Here is Part 1 of a comprehensive comparison of the projected wingers on each team head-to-head. Lower-line […]
Habs Forward Group Underappreciated
Habs Forward Group Underappreciated
We had a subscriber leave a message on Recrutes board where he said this – “The holes in the roster aren’t shallow. we have a team who is going to try desperately to climb out of those holes.” I really think that overstating the offensive “desperation” with a team coming off of a 103-point season. […]