SAY IT AIN’T SO, ALEX

Say it ain’t so, Alex.  Say it ain’t so.
We need to hear it from your lips, and we need you to mean it.  We need to hear you tell us that your recent struggles have nothing to do with the fact that you had to trade in the Captain’s “C” you were wearing while Saku [...]

TRADE WINDS BLOW THROUGH BOSTON

 
The Montreal Canadiens could have used Vincent Lecavalier last night.
But, alas, while Lecavalier and his Tampa team mates were warming up for their west-coast game against the Sharks (which the Sharks won, 7-1) the Canadiens fell 3-1 to the Bruins in Boston.
The trade winds that have been swirling in Montreal in recent days swept through [...]

ME AND MY SHADOW

Georges Laraque doesn’t have a problem with Milan Lucic.
And it’s clear Milan Lucic doesn’t have a problem with the Montreal Canadiens, scoring his 6th of the season last night as the Bruins beat the Habs 3-2 in a game that went to a shootout.
Laraque doesn’t take issue with the fact that Lucic went toe-to-toe with [...]

ONE STEP FORWARD…

…two steps back?
We’ll begin to get the answer to that question Saturday night, when the Boston Bruins come to town on a night when the Montreal Canadiens retire Patrick Roy’s jersey number 33.
We’ve been down this road with this Canadiens‘ team before, of late. I take you back to the 6-3 loss to the [...]

CARBONNEAU LEFT SEARCHING FOR ANSWERS

Midway through this hockey game, it looked like a rummage sale out there:  head coach Guy Carbonneau sifting and sorting through his bench in an effort to find a line combination or two worth throwing out onto the ice.
By the end of the night, nothing worked.  Certainly not his players, as the Canadiens followed up [...]

HIGGINS SHINES, O’BRYNE MAKES STATEMENT, HABS REBOUND

It’s easy to see why Christopher Higgins was the most popular guy in the Canadiens’ locker room following last night’s 4-0 victory over the Bell Centre against the Ottawa Senators.
Putting three past the opposing goaltender tends to make you a V.P.P. (Very Popular Player), and Higgins clearly deserved the limelight as a result of a [...]

TWO POINTS THE HARD WAY

On a night when fourth-liner Maxim Lapierre was their most effective forward on the ice,  the Montreal Canadiens opened the home portion of their Centennial Season with a 4-3 shootout victory over the Boston Bruins.
It was an inspirational evening in which the Canadiens raised the curtain on the team’s Ring of Honor, a tribute to [...]