The Habs: Regular season vs Playoffs
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There is a general idea that is often uttered around playoff time – “Who’s going to ‘step it up’?” As is always the case, there are some that do, while others disappear. The Montreal Canadiens are no exception.
There is a general idea that is often uttered around playoff time – “Who’s going to ‘step it up’?” As is always the case, there are some that do, while others disappear. The Montreal Canadiens are no exception.
Over the past couple of weeks, we took a look at each playoff team’s goaltending status. This week, we’ll look at the other side of the story: scoring.
The air conditioning was on full tilt at the RICOH Coliseum on Saturday afternoon, and it seemed to affect the Hamilton Bulldogs, as they put forth one of their worst outings of the season in a 3-0 loss to the Toronto Roadrunners.
Last week, we covered the Eastern Conference goalies of the teams fighting for the playoffs. Now, let’s move on to the Western Conference, with 10 teams vying for the 8 playoff spots.
Well, we’re finally in the stretch run, with no more teams loading up for the postseason. Now, we can begin to break down the rosters of the teams heading for the playoffs, or those within striking distance of making the playoffs.
Today, Canadiens General Manager Bob Gainey made a move to add to the Habs goaltending depth, signing undrafted free agent Yann Danis to a 3 year contract, that runs through the 2005-06 season.
It is a battle of a pair of surging teams as the Colorado Avalanche head to the Bell Centre to take on the Montreal Canadiens on Tuesday night for a 7:30 tilt.
Well, the trade deadline has come and gone, amidst quite the fanfare, although not for the reason it should have, but we won’t discuss this issue here.
It’s almost that time of year, the NHL Trade Deadline is almost upon us! Although with the amount of trades and the quality of players involved in them, one may think it already has come and gone.
Canada’s unofficial national sport, hockey, has been under much scrutiny over the past few years. It seems that the game is no longer exciting, despite the fact that the game has been around for the past one-hundred years with minimal changes.