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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 […]

Tkachuk Leads the Way at US Top Prospects Game

Brady Tkachuk scored the game-winner with just over five minutes remaining and added an assist to earn Player of the Game honours as Team Leetch topped Team Chelios 6-5 on Sept. 21 in the sixth annual All-American Prospects Game in Buffalo, NY. Here are notes on the draft-eligible prospects who stood out for me in […]

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

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 […]

Drouin Drawin’ excitement from Habs Nation

The GM nicknamed “Bargain Bin” by some vitriolic Habs fans because he supposedly acquires just fourth liners went a long way towards dispelling that myth yesterday when he dealt for a forward that may indeed become the most electrifying French-Canadian player since the Patrick Roy/Stephane Richer Stanley Cup era. Jonathan Drouin saw a dream come […]

Les Canadiens ajoutent du muscle à la date limite des échanges

Les Canadiens ajoutent du muscle à la date limite des échanges Aucune équipe n’a été plus occupée que les Canadiens à la date limite des échanges en termes de quantité d’échanges conclus; ce qui a déçu les fans toutefois, est la qualité des joueurs obtenus étant donné l’attente récurrente que Marc Bergevin puisse acquérir […]

Habs Beef up on Trade Deadline Day

No team was busier than the Canadiens at the deadline when it came to the quantity of trades – what disappointed most fans was the quality of the return as there was always a hope that GM Marc Bergevin could somehow land a top-two center to solve all of the team’s scoring woes. Alas, with […]

Nico Hischier – His Coach’s Perspective

Earlier on in the season I had the pleasure of interviewing Halifax Mooseheads’ Head Coach Andre Tourigny, and the first topic of conversation was his star young player Nico Hischier, a first-year QMJHLer from Switzerland who has taken the league by storm, and is ranked first overall on our draft list. He was so in-depth […]

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