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  • O'Byrne's Woeful One

    Leaf fans were forced to sit through Finger's Forgettable Five. Now Habs fans will hope they can quickly forget O'Byrne's Woeful One. Leading 3-2 at home late in the third period against the struggling New York Islanders on Monday night, the Montreal Canadiens were well on their way to securing their 12th victory of the season. Then, with a delayed penalty coming to Islanders, and Carey Price on the bench for the extra-attacker, the costly mistake happened. The Habs ended up losing in...

  • Komisarek out 1 month

    Rumour has it that Canadiens defenseman Mike Komisarek will be out 1 month with a shoulder injury he sustained while playing the role of a punching bag last Thursday versus Boston. Talk about adding injury to insult. There's no point in beating around the fact that Komisarek got rag-dolled by Milan Lucic during Thursday's tilt, and there's no sense in disguising the fact that Komisarek's absence in the last 4 games since the fight has come as a result of the drubbing. The bottom line...

  • Six Pack Rankings: 4th Edition

    It's incredible what a simple ranking can mean to passionate sports fans, especially when those fans are Canadian hockey fans. Case in point, last week , the post was bombarded with 35 comments. Without further ado, let's begin round four. 1. Montreal (8-2-2) Regardless of what happened in Toronto , the Habs are still Canada's top team. It's going to take a lot more than one bad game here and there to knock them from this spot. While it will be virtually impossible to continue on...

  • Montreal's Worst Nightmare

    Mikhail Grabovski was supposedly not good enough to play for the Montreal Canadiens . Tonight, he looked better than every player on their roster. Grabovski was everywhere in the Maple Leafs' 6-3 win over the Canadiens . Setting up goals, scoring goals, making plays in his own end and even agitating the hell out of the Canadiens. It definitely looks like the 2nd rounder that the Maple Leafs gave up for him was well worth it. He displayed all aspects of his game tonight. He's got great speed...

  • Six Pack Rankings: 3rd Edition

    Another week of hockey has come and gone in the marathon known as the N.H.L. regular season. Here is how the six Canadian teams stack up so far, in the third edition of the Six Pack rankings: 1. Montreal (8-1-1) This is a recording, the Montreal Canadiens are the best of Canada's six N.H.L. teams. But seriously, after another perfect week (3-0-0) the Habs are in a class of their own through 10 games of the season. What a way to top off the week too, with a thrilling come from behind win over...

  • The Brotherhood of the Travelling Fans

    There's no better feeling than leaving a game as a fan of the visiting team after a victory. That was the case for hundreds of supporters of the Montreal Canadiens who let their voices be heard in an exciting come-from-behind win Saturday on Long Island. Before the game even started, the massive contingent of Habs supporters began booing former Canadiens defenseman Mark Streit and goaltender Yann Danis during the pre-game skate. Then, they managed to drown out opposing boos by cheering louder...

  • Montreal Math? 100 Actually Equals 99

    All of you are well aware that the Montreal Canadiens are celebrating their centennial season in the current NHL campaign. Celebrations will be going on across Montreal all season long, and the expectations to win in this landmark season are higher than any Habs season in recent memory. But, um, there seems to have been a miscalculation somewhere. You see, the 2008-2009 season is actually only the 99th in team-history. No NHL team has been around 100 seasons yet. First, let me explain something that...

  • Pain in the groin

    What's the deal with this whole Chris Higgins situation? First we're told that he's sitting out the first 3 games of the season because of a groin injury- the Habs have played 3 games since his injury has apparently healed, yet there's still no sign of him. Now rumours are beginning to stir that he's on the trading block and could possibly be headed to Minnesota in a potential deal for Marian Gaborik. What's happening here (?), I really don't know. But there are only a...
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  • Habs light up Leafs

    Since Montreal's play did most of the talking on Saturday night, I'm going to keep this one short and sweet. Last night's 6-1 shellacking the Canadiens laid on the Leafs was indicative of exactly how these two teams size-up heading into the season- Montreal, a force in of the Northeast and Stanley Cup hopefuls... the Leafs, a rebuliding franchise who will have difficulty stringing together wins- and since the Canadiens have had trouble winning in Toronto in recent years, this pasting...
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  • Newest Habs looking just fine

    The Canadiens escaped opening night in Buffalo with a single point Friday, on an evening where two of their three newest additions made their regular season debuts. Alex Tanguay and Robert Lang both saw plenty of ice-time and brought ample energy in their first game as members of "Les Canadiens", however in the end it wasn't enough to lift them past the Sabres. Buffalo won in a shootout on goals from Ales Kotalik and Drew Stafford after a relatively entertaining 65 minutes at HSBC Arena...
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  • Welcome to the Centennial

    It’s funny what a difference a year makes. Around this time last season, hockey prognosticators were predicting that the Montreal Canadiens would barely make the playoffs. This time around they have them finishing atop the Eastern Conference, with some experts going as far as to call them (dare I say?) Stanley Cup contenders. With the weight of the Centennial season already on their shoulders, this year could be a pressure cooker for each and every player on the Habs’ roster to settle...
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  • The Waiting Game

    Since acquiring Alex Tanguay at the NHL entry draft back on June 20, Bob Gainey has been doing what he’s pretty much always done as the Habs’ general manager; he’s sitting tight. Briere vs. Sundin It was just a year ago when the Canadiens failed to lure free agent Daniel Briere to La Belle Province, and it appears as though Gainey is on the verge of swinging and missing for a second straight off-season with the likelihood of signing free agent center Mats Sundin getting slimmer...
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  • Tanguay a Hab

    The Montreal Canadiens owned the 25th overall selection in this year’s draft, but instead of using it, they sent it to the Calgary Flames in return for Alex Tanguay. In addition, the Habs also sent a 2nd-round selection in next year’s draft to the Flames for Calgary’s 5th-overall pick this year. Tanguay’s name was heavily linked to the Habs through all of last season and leading up to the trade deadline, but it’s clear that Bob Gainey and Darryl Suter felt better suited...