Ahh, the infamous three-way battle in front of the net… When will this be settled? It’s great to see Jacob Fowler playing and getting big-league experience, but the Canadiens will have to make a choice sooner rather than later.
During Saturday night’s special edition of the Sick Podcast with Tony Marinaro, the topic of Brendan Gallagher’s abilities at this stage of his career came up.
The Montreal Canadiens will be looking to rebound from a shutout loss when they play host on Monday to the Vancouver Canucks, who are also coming off a shutout loss.
When you would eventually think that Montreal Canadiens defensive prospect Bryce Pickford’s production may start to slow down in the WHL, on Friday night he scored his 2nd hat trick of the season.
There’s something about rookies in Montreal. If they arrive with fireworks, billboards, and a pre-written legend, we notice. If they arrive quietly, do the work, and stack results without much noise, we tend to look past them.
NHL head coaches have to hire good assistants. They have to set an overarching philosophy, juggle lineup configurations, and do the kind of “man management” that is impossible to track statistically.
At the time of writing, the Canadiens are in third place in their division. With last night’s win over the Wings, they could have taken sole possession of first place, but that didn’t happen.
We love Brendan Gallagher. He’s done the Montreal Canadiens organization proud for many years, and he’ll always be recognized as a truly respected player in town.
Following yesterday’s 4-0 loss to the Red Wings, the Canadiens held an optional practice this morning at the CN Complex in Brossard. And we’ll start things off with some good news: Josh Anderson was on the ice with some of his teammates.
Since the start of the season, we’ve all been ecstatic about Lane Hutson’s performance. The Montreal Canadiens’ defenseman is nothing short of impressive, having reached a whole new level this season.
The Montreal Canadiens really didn’t put on a good show last night, after entertaining us so much earlier in the week. A 4-0 defeat at the Bell Centre in an extremely important game for the standings against direct rivals from the Atlantic Division is not exactly ideal.
After a superb, dominant week, the Montreal Canadiens last night dropped the most important game of the last few months. The Habs had the chance to consolidate their position at the top of the division, but were instead shut out 4-0 at home in a tasteless game.
For most of the season, the Montreal Canadiens’ biggest storyline has been injuries. Injuries piled up, call-ups were rushed into meaningful roles, and the lineup rarely looked the same from one week to the next.
The Montreal Canadiens have announced that defenseman Kaiden Guhle will return to the lineup for Saturday’s game against the Detroit Red Wings. Guhle had missed the last 39 games after partially tearing an abductor muscle.
The Canadiens will welcome back a key part of their back end tonight against Detroit. The team announced that defenseman Kaiden Guhle will return to the lineup, meaning he will be activated off long-term injured reserve.
Opportunity in the NHL is a fragile thing. For some players, it comes once and disappears just as quickly. For others, it arrives unexpectedly, in the middle of a season, when injuries and circumstances open a door that seemed firmly shut.
During last offseason, the Montreal Canadiens were coming off of a surprising playoff berth, one that saw them eliminated in five games in the first round by a more experienced and physical Washington Capitals.
While both teams were expected to be greatly improved, not many people picked the Montreal Canadiens or the Detroit Red Wings to win the Atlantic Division this season.
If the Montreal Canadiens make the postseason, one key to their success will be their goaltending. In fact, the question of their success might lie entirely in the crease.
Over the last month or so, the Montreal Canadiens’ 2nd line has really broken out and taken the league by storm. While rookie Ivan Demidov and former 1st overall pick Juraj Slafkovsky are getting a lot of attention around the league for their play, their centre, Oliver Kapanen, has gone very unnoticed for his play as a rookie this season.
The Montreal Canadiens are in the middle of a tightly packed Eastern Conference race, currently sitting second with 56 points in 44 games, but the front office keeps weighing the franchise's next step after a productive first half of the season.
TSN: The Montreal Canadiens are not in a rush to make another trade. Pierre LeBrun said they’d like to get through the Olympic break and see where they are with their goaltending and if they want to go after another forward.
Montreal Canadiens General Manager Kent Hughes met with the media on Tuesday and discussed several topics, including the possibility of making another move after signing Alexandre Texier and trading for center Phillip Danault.
If you thought sophomore slumps were inevitable for NHL rookies, you clearly haven’t been watching Lane Hutson. The Montreal Canadiens’ young defence phenom didn’t just survive his second year — he’s thriving, and doing it in a way that makes you stop and wonder how any player avoids the trap so many stumble into.
The 2024 first-round pick (21st overall) is showing good progress in his second year in the NCAA at Michigan, with 10 goals and 28 points after 20 games.