After weeks of speculation, we finally have a definitive answer regarding the health status of Andrei Markov.

On Thursday, the Habs completed their first trade of the season, trading d-man Ryan O’Byrne to Colorado in exchange for 2010 3rd round pick Michael Bournival.

On Monday, the Habs placed F Dustin Boyd on waivers. The struggling forward has just 1 goal in 9 games this season while his -6 plus/minus rating is worst on the team.

The Habs made their final training camp cuts on Wednesday, just prior to the 3 PM EST roster deadline.

On Monday, the NHL announced that winger Mike Cammalleri has been suspended for one game, Thursday’s regular season opening contest against Toronto.

Through a simple twitter message and a press release on their official website, the Montréal Canadiens officialized the nomination of Rochester-native Brian Gionta as its 28th captain. The Canadiens were without a captain since the end of the 2008-09 seas

On Monday, the Habs announced their second and third sets of cuts, removing 23 players from their training camp roster.

After the morning scrimmage, the Habs announced their first training camp cuts on Monday afternoon.

As first reported by Francois Gagnon of La Presse, it seems that Brian Gionta will be named the 28th captain of the Montreal Canadiens

It turns out that re-signing Carey Price wasn’t the last thing on GM Pierre Gauthier’s to-do list this offseason as today, he inked veteran centreman Jeff Halpern to 1 year contract.