A lot of teams in the NHL still have a hard time finding and drafting the right prospect. Or maybe it’s simply because they don’t have the tools to make them grow into stars? There is a plethora ...
The Montreal Canadiens have reached the quarter of the season. That said, general manager Bob Gainey must be nervous and anxiously waiting for his summer spending spree come together...
Andrei, since arriving to North America a few years ago, has felt like a "lost cause." Lots of people agree and as many don’t...
The Canadiens first overall pick of 2009 made the crowd jump up and roar : LOUIS LOUIS LOUIS as Louis Leblanc was being selected. Same thing hapenned when Gabriel Dumont's name popped up...
Something has been bothering me for a few years now, and I don’t care that we’re not even ten games into the season…I’m pressing the panic button. My panic button. The button I’ve hoped management would press a long time ago...
Now, first of all, let me just say I'm not the kind of writer to go out and report rumours as facts or write casual articles that have no "meat" around them. But I feel this article is "needed" in this case...
Predictions, predictions, predictions. Yes, it’s time to try and determine the rankings again. Every year, before season starts, fans devour every bit of predictions they can get and, of course, ...
Well. Gainey must be sweating right now for two reasons. First, he's never been so active on the free agent market and has to be trying to catch his breath right now. Second, he just took a huge risk by spending 107M$ on four players over five years...
This is my own opinion. Feel free to disagree of course. What happened last night with the Habs was the result of an entire season of disappointment. But what I want to say here has nothing to do with player performances...
The year is over and I'm sure management in Montreal have a lot of questions. What a circus this year was, more than it usually is! Strange accusations, players under-performing, criticism, trade rumours...
Now that half the season is done, let's evaluate how the rookies have been doing. Is anyone failing at this point?! Steve Mason Grade: A+Steve is still going strong! I'm pretty impressed with ...
Inspired by other awards handed out by our colleagues here at on Bleachers Report who hand out mid-season award, I wanted to give out my own awards to the players of my favorite team...
First of all, let me just say this is for fun and shouldn’t be taken too seriously. I have no grief against any of the players mentioned.Something has been happening in the last few years...
San Jose Sharks The Sharks have been contenders for years now. Is it finally their time? I hope so. They work hard, they have a great roster and an impeccable system. Joe Thornton is the perfect set-up man for kids like Setoguchi...
Okay, allow me to introduce you all two more of these over-achieving athletes that became so useful for their respective teams. This will be an all-European section...
All right! I have a lot more underrated players to mention. Special mention: Before I continue, I wanted to give a shout out to Matt D’Agostini. He’s a rookie, a sixth-round pick on the Montreal Canadiens roster right now...
Some of you have probably seen my articles on underachievers in the NHL. It's really not that hard to point out those who didn’t make it, those who should’ve been good, but never ...
Did you think there were only three underachievers to talk about? Certainly not! I’m far from done with these articles! So here is another that many might’ve forgotten about, ...
In 2005, Boston traded center Joe Thornton to San Jose Sharks for Wayne Primeau, Brad Stuart, and Marco Sturm. This one was such a shocker...
And now for part two! In 1995, Montreal trades Mike Keane and Patrick Roy to Colorado for Andrei Kovalenko, Martin Rucinsky and Jocelyn Thibault...
I know, there are lots of trades that have us scratching our heads, and lead us wondering what they were thinking. Sometimes the reason of a trade is obvious and, at least, solves a problem for the respective teams...
The Calder race is already on for the 2009 candidates, as we speak. There are already a few surprises, and players that were not expected to do this well...
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