1. 20 Greatest Offensive Defensemen in Montreal Canadiens' History

    Montreal defenseman P.K. Subban has led his team in scoring for most of this abbreviated 2013 season. He is threatening to become the only Montreal Canadiens ' defenseman to ever lead his team in scoring aside from Sprague Cleghorn...

    Scott Weldon Written by Scott Weldon about 25 days ago 889 reads 2 comments

  2. The Calgary Flames Must Stop Winning NHL Hockey Games

    At the trade deadline on April 3, 2013 the Calgary Flames finally made a decision to begin to try to rebuild the franchise. This decision came three to seven years too late depending on who you talk to, but finally the right decision was made...

    Scott Weldon Written by Scott Weldon about 29 days ago 1,032 reads 10 comments

  3. Eight NHL Teams Who Should Be Most Desperate to Rebuild in 2013

    The NHL trade deadline is April 3rd this year. The late, lockout shortened season has pushed it back more than a month. This is still the time for teams with Stanley Cup dreams to add a player or two that will help them move in that direction...

    Scott Weldon Written by Scott Weldon about 2 months ago 3,997 reads 51 comments

  4. 2013 U20 World Hockey Championship: Each NHL Team's Prospects

    The NHL lockout made this year's World Junior Hockey Championship the must-see hockey event of the winter...

    Scott Weldon Written by Scott Weldon about 5 months ago 3,178 reads 4 comments

  5. Stanley Cup Finals 2012: 13-2 L.A. Kings Look to Emulate 1988 Edmonton Oilers

    The Los Angeles Kings cruised through the first round of the playoffs at a brisk 12-2 pace. While they were at it they didn't lose a road game...

    Scott Weldon Written by Scott Weldon about 12 months ago 801 reads 0 comments

  6. NHL 2012 Playoffs: The End for This Version of the San Jose Sharks ?

    Coming out of the season-long 2004/05 lockout, a very competitive San Jose Sharks team made a blockbuster trade for Boston Bruin star Joe Thornton . They gave up Marco Sturm, Wayne Primeau and Brad Stuart for the playmaking Thornton...

    Scott Weldon Written by Scott Weldon about 1 year ago 1,068 reads 5 comments

  7. Toronto Maple Leafs: Management's Apology to Fans Rings Hollow

    As the owners of the longest current streak for finishing out of the playoffs (since 2004) in the NHL and not winning a Stanley Cup (since1967), the management of the Toronto Maple ...

    Scott Weldon Written by Scott Weldon about 1 year ago 784 reads 13 comments

  8. 7 Reasons Why Patrick Roy Can't Be the Montreal Canadiens' Next GM or Coach

    Now that Pierre Gauthier has finally been fired by the Montreal Canadiens, the search for a new general manager can begin in earnest...

    Scott Weldon Written by Scott Weldon about 1 year ago 2,931 reads 0 comments

  9. Montreal Canadiens Fire GM Pierre Gauthier: Better Late Than Never

    After an epically bad season in Montreal, general manager Pierre Gauthier finally has been fired. The troubled team was beset by a series of incomprehensible managerial moves throughout the year...

    Scott Weldon Written by Scott Weldon about 1 year ago 1,461 reads 2 comments

  10. L.A. Kings: Is Dean Lombardi Rebuilding the 2011 Philadelphia Flyers?

    Last June 23rd, the Philadelphia Flyers traded captain Mike Richards and his nine years at $5.75 million a year to the Los Angeles Kings for prime prospect Brayden Schenn, physical NHL winger Wayne Simmonds and a second-round pick in 2012...

    Scott Weldon Written by Scott Weldon about 1 year ago 1,295 reads 0 comments

  11. Montreal Canadiens: Andrei Markov Finally Returns to Roster, but for How Long?

    Injuries have kept defenseman Andrei Markov out of the lineup for the better part of the last three seasons. The last time he played a near-full season was 2008-09, when he had 64 points in 78 games...

    Scott Weldon Written by Scott Weldon about 1 year ago 961 reads 6 comments

  12. Max Pacioretty Scores 30 Goals: First Canadien Since Alexei Kovalev in 2008

    In a Thursday night matchup between lottery pick contenders, Montreal Canadiens ' winger Max Pacioretty scored two goals, his 29th and 30th of the 2011-2012 season...

    Scott Weldon Written by Scott Weldon about 1 year ago 752 reads 2 comments

  13. Andrei Kostitsyn Dealt from Montreal to Nashville on NHL Trade Deadline Day

    On a trade deadline day where the emphasis has been on the dead, the Montreal Canadiens managed to move a second unrestricted free agent...

    Scott Weldon Written by Scott Weldon about 1 year ago 1,035 reads 5 comments

  14. Canadiens Trade UFA Hal Gill to Nashville for 2nd Round Pick and Blake Geoffrion

    Pierre Gauthier finally has acknowledged the inevitable and has started to try to extract some value from the players he has who are scheduled to be unrestricted free agents this summer...

    Scott Weldon Written by Scott Weldon about over 1 year ago 629 reads 1 comments

  15. Detroit Red Wings Have Not Set an NHL Record for Home Wins

    In the middle of every good news hockey story there seems to some nit-picking, mean-spirited, nay-sayer who tells you why it isn't good news. In the case of the Detroit Red Wings record home winning streak, that person would be me...

    Scott Weldon Written by Scott Weldon about over 1 year ago 936 reads 22 comments

  16. 8 Montreal Canadiens Likely on the Trade Market

    Despite the recent divinely-driven winning streak , Montreal needs to be trading players for prospects and draft picks. This season is over. Montreal has to get ready for the offseason...

    Scott Weldon Written by Scott Weldon about over 1 year ago 5,236 reads 9 comments

  17. Catholic Church in Montreal Encouraging Prayer to Get Les Habitants in Playoffs

    It has always been difficult to separate church from state in Quebec. It's generally considered impossible to separate the Montreal Canadiens from religion in the province...

    Scott Weldon Written by Scott Weldon about over 1 year ago 283 reads 3 comments

  18. 7 Easy Steps to Get the Montreal Canadiens Back on Track for 2012-13

    The Montreal Canadiens started this season like most sports teams in a new season—with a healthy optimism . No rational fans felt they could compete for a Stanley Cup, but most probably believed the team had a legitimate shot at the playoffs...

    Scott Weldon Written by Scott Weldon about over 1 year ago 3,536 reads 5 comments

  19. Chicago Blackhawks Pick Up Veteran Center Brendan Morrison for Playoff Run

    Brendan Morrison of the Calgary Flames , in the last year of a $1.25 million-per-year contract, has been moved by Flames GM Jay Feaster to Chicago for defenseman Brian Connelly...

    Scott Weldon Written by Scott Weldon about over 1 year ago 448 reads 0 comments

  20. Sidney Crosby Suffering from an Undetected Fractured Vertebrae for a Year?

    A disturbing complication has come to the Sidney Crosby concussion story, as reported by Bruce Arthur in the National Post early this morning...

    Scott Weldon Written by Scott Weldon about over 1 year ago 1,135 reads 5 comments

  21. NHL All-Star Voting Requires Fans to Assemble Their Own NHL All-Star Teams Again

    Another season of fan voting has seen another all-star team picked to placate the needs of the host city of the NHL all-star game. Internet ballot stuffing is starting to give democracy a bad name...

    Scott Weldon Written by Scott Weldon about over 1 year ago 653 reads 3 comments

  22. Disgruntled Montreal Canadien Mike Cammalleri Traded to Calgary for Rene Bourque

    Former Montreal Canadiens general manager Bob Gainey in the summer of 2009 allowed his unrestricted free agents to sign elsewhere while he went out on the market with $30 million to spend with an eye to improving his team...

    Scott Weldon Written by Scott Weldon about over 1 year ago 1,808 reads 20 comments

  23. Jacques Martin Fired as Coach in Montreal by Nervous GM Pierre Gauthier

    It was a week before Christmas and Montreal Canadiens general manager Pierre Gauthier decided to play a pre-repentant Scrooge to Jacques Martin 's Bob Cratchett...

    Scott Weldon Written by Scott Weldon about over 1 year ago 352 reads 2 comments

  24. Montreal Canadiens: 8 Players Who Must Go Before Team Can Vie for Stanley Cup

    The departure of Jaroslav Spacek from Montreal subverted the idea for this story before I got it started. The Montreal Canadiens have been a middle of the road team this season and for most of their recent history...

    Scott Weldon Written by Scott Weldon about over 1 year ago 4,931 reads 6 comments

  25. Carolina Hurricanes Dump Tomas Kaberle Contract for Has-Been Jaroslav Spacek

    How the mighty have fallen. Tomas Kaberle had acquired a reputation in his 12-year career with the Toronto Maple Leafs as a very good offensive defenseman...

    Scott Weldon Written by Scott Weldon about over 1 year ago 766 reads 3 comments