Entries from May 2009

May 29, 2009

HABS’ BRASS GET UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL WITH DRAFT PROSPECTS

It hasn’t been much of an off-season for Habs’ general manager Bob Gainey, Trevor Timmins, the club’s director of player development, and the rest of the team’s hockey staff. 
The ink has barely dried on a completely forgettable 2008-2009 campaign, and Gainey and Company are already busy preparing for next season.  Not that there has been much [...]

May 17, 2009

DANDENAULT PLAYS WAITING GAME

While his old team, the Detroit Red Wings, spent the day preparing to play host to the Chicago Black Hawks in game one of the Western Final this afternoon,  Mathieu Dandenault of the Montreal Canadiens spent HIS day, yesterday, at an amusement park.
But clearly, he wasn’t amused.
Dandenault was on hand for the opening ceremonies which [...]

May 3, 2009

HABS ON THE MEND

The final line in a medical update recently released by the Montreal Canadiens reads as follows:
All three players are expected to fully recover in time for the Canadiens’ training camp in September.
The three players are Alex Tanguay, Sergei Kostitsyn and Max Pacioretty.  The question is:  Will all three players be MEMBERS of the Montreal Canadiens [...]