In yet another display of half-efforts, the Canadiens managed to worm their way out of victory against the Oilers, dropping by a score of 5-3.

The Montreal Canadiens are in Edmonton tonight to face the Oilers. This is the first game of a two game road trip, and the first visit to Rexall Place arena in nearly 3 years.

Plusieurs observateurs doutaient de la capacité de l’équipe de rebondir suite à sa performance désastreuse de samedi dernier face aux Mighty Ducks d’Anaheim.

The Canadiens were fired up Tuesday night, pulling off a 5-2 victory at home against the Phoenix Coyotes. Attempting to pull themselves out of a 3-7 slump, the overall level of effort was evident, especially after producing 18 shots in the first period.

After an Eastern Conference leading start the Canadiens have been hit by some bad luck. To just call it “injury problems” would be like calling the Richard Riot an angry protest down St. Catherines. In fact, the recent slide can be attributed to many thin

There are those who watch the Canadiens who felt that Montreal just wasn’t getting the bounces lately, and that’s the major reason they weren’t winning games.

The Montreal Canadiens are home to Phoenix tonight at the Bell Centre. While Phoenix has risen in the overall standings to 16th place, the Habs have fallen to 15th position.

It certainly wasn’t a week to remember for the Habs, waiting 6 days only to come out flat in an ugly loss to the Ducks.

It’s hard to put forth an enthusiastic effort when the team you’re covering fails to do so on the ice.

From time to time everyone can do better. Perhaps the Canadiens organization could have done better with Ron Hainsey.