Topics in our latest podcast include Patrik Laine’s strong return to the lineup, Kirby Dach’s struggles, Lane Hutson’s franchise record, Montreal’s 4 Nations Face-Off participants, and much more.

November wasn’t a great month for the Habs as they could only muster up four victories out of their 12 games. Despite that, some individual players still had strong months, earning enough votes from our readers to be among the three stars.

Monday’s game against Anaheim certainly wasn’t the most exciting of games but featured some close play from both sides. In the end, the game went to a shootout where goals from Patrik Laine and Cole Caufield gave the Habs the 3-2 win.

The Habs kicked off a long home stand this past week. Bolstered by the return of their key offseason acquisition, they were able to pick up two of three victories, making it one of their better performances over the first two months of the season.

The Habs started out strong on Saturday night against Washington. However, they weren’t able to hold onto the lead, ultimately getting doubled up by a score of 4-2.

The Canadiens have shown plenty of patience when it comes to goaltender Cayden Primeau. However, they need an NHL-calibre backup and with Primeau showing he’s probably not going to be one, the time has come to try someone else.

After their overtime win on Tuesday, the Habs looked to make it two straight victories as they hosted Nashville on Thursday. Offence was hard to come by but Montreal was the only team to score as they collected the 3-0 win.

Despite a particularly rough start to the season, a handful of Montreal forwards earned strong grades for their early efforts while several others were issued failing grades from our writers.

Patrik Laine’s debut was a successful one for the Habs on Tuesday night. He scored Montreal’s only goal in regulation while Nick Suzuki buried his second overtime winner over the last week as Montreal beat the Islanders 2-1.

The Habs capped the month of November on a losing note while starting December the same as they were only able to pick up one victory and three points overall out of four games last week as they’ve slipped to second-last overall.