After all the hype we are all going to see Carey Price play his first game for the Canadiens. We finally get to see the phenom in action at the NHL level. Now the story begins, as we finally begin to get some of the answers to many of the questions tha
Bryan Smolinski has enjoyed a fifteen year career in the NHL. In the next couple of weeks he will become the 220th player to play in 1000 games. But the road hasn’t been a smooth one for Smolinski, who hasn’t been able to enjoy any stability or securit
And last night, even if it was just for one night, for one game at least your hope was rewarded. Not only did you get to see the Canadiens win an exciting hockey game against a team that has been a thorn in their side for the past couple of seasons, bu
It’s now time for Alexei Kovalev to stand up and play up to his potential and more importantly to earn the high ticket salary the Canadiens have been paying him for the past couple of years. Clearly, this is a make or break season for Alexei Kovalev, w
Mike Komisarek has evolved from an eighteen year old prospect into one of the young leaders of the Montreal Canadiens. He has become everything that the Canadiens had hoped what he would be when he was drafted by the team in 2001. He has seen the Canad
And for some the Yann Denis story ends there. With no chance of making the Canadiens, and with the prospect of spending another year watching from the bench in Hamilton, many lesser people would have folded.
For me Chris Higgins represents the best of this new breed of youngsters that have slowly started to assert themselves as the foundation for the Canadiens future. And while his hockey skills are undeniable, it is the other intangibles that Higgins brin
Despite owning four Stanley Cups and sharing in four Vezina trophies one has to wonder if Larocque viewed his own career as a disappointment. In many ways he never lived up to the potential he showed in his junior days. In looking at his statistics fro
And yet there was one story that seemed to fall through the cracks and for the most part went unnoticed by many in the media and on the team’s numerous fan boards. In many ways it was a fitting end to the career of Pierre Turgeon; a player who announce
This was a team full of youngsters that played with a wisdom far beyond their years. A wisdom gained by learning from Bob Gainey and Larry Robinson.