Assign Your Habs First Quarter Grades
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As part of our quarterly report cards, we want to hear from you. What grades would you give Montreal’s players through their first 21 games of the season?
As part of our quarterly report cards, we want to hear from you. What grades would you give Montreal’s players through their first 21 games of the season?
The Habs had their California portion of the schedule this past week, a stretch that typically causes them some difficulty. While it certainly didn’t end well, they still came out of that portion of the road trip with a pair of victories.
The Habs looked to make it a clean California sweep on Saturday as they took on Los Angeles. Instead, they put forth one of their ugliest efforts of the season, falling 4-0.
It took a comeback in the second half of the game but the Habs were able to get it in San Jose on Friday afternoon, opening the door for Jesse Ylonen to be the hero in the shootout as Montreal picked up a 3-2 victory.
The Habs started Wednesday’s game in Anaheim off strong before fading in the second half of the game. However, a late goal from Alex Newhook proved to be the difference-maker in a 4-3 Montreal victory.
Topics in this edition of the HW Podcast include the recent rash of injuries and recalls from Laval, Josh Anderson’s scoring slump, recent trade speculation, and much more.
With the Canadiens needing an extra body on the back end for their upcoming California road trip, they recalled Jayden Struble from Laval. To make room, Rafael Harvey-Pinard was placed on injured reserve.
The Habs continued shuffling their lines and their goalies in an effort to get the team back in the win column. Neither approach worked, however, as they dropped all three games despite some quality contributions from some of their role players.
One week ago, Montreal put up one of their best efforts of the season against Boston. On Saturday, they weren’t able to come anywhere close to that level of performance as they fell 5-2.
Alex Galchenyuk had his best years under Michel Therrien and an older-school approach to prospects. With Galchenyuk now in the KHL with a failed career, the Habs need to not let history repeat itself when it comes to Juraj Slafkovsky. Would their approach today have helped Galchenyuk then?