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McLean’s Pub Call Of The Wilde: Tough Test

March 10, 2018

By Brian Wilde

The Montreal Canadiens completely undermanned at this point with four or five seasons worth of injuries in one season trying to battle against the league’s best Tampa Bay Lightning in Tampa. Montreal on a long road trip with some good efforts and some not so good. Here’s the Call Of The Wilde brought to you by the good people at McLean’s Pub..

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About Brian Wilde

Brian Wilde has worked in hockey since he was 20. He was the rink side host for the Edmonton Oilers at CTV and Ottawa Senators for Sportsnet. He was also lead reporter on the Montreal Canadiens for 17 years at CTV Montreal.

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Reader Interactions

  • Nathan Boey says

    Shame on the team for letting Danault play. I hope you bring this up to them in the next presser Brian.

  • k3x says

    Great read Brian, however I think Benn needs to be in your Goats section. He was awful and it was almost as if as soon as he had the puck the Lightning players jumped him for the inevitable turnover. He was really weak on the puck, had no one anywhere close to him behind the net but rushed his pass and it led to a Tampa goal. Just my POV…

  • Scott Murray says

    I agree 100% with you on Danault and it seems like another example of this year’s troubling trend: bringing players back from injuries before they’ve fully healed. How’s that been working out? Ask Weber, ask Price, ask Lehkonen, ask Andrew Shaw, and now…

  • habz24 says

    My buddys were over yesterday,pounding the cold ones watchin the game while listening to tunes.then the subject of whats going on with the habs.well…lets just say i filled them in,i kept saying well brian wilde says…..ive never been such an informed fan,even in a crappy ssn. Luv recrutes,best few $ ive ever spent.thanks