Preview: Canadiens vs Islanders, December 19, 2009
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On Saturday, the Habs will begin their season longest 7-game road trip with a stop on Long Island.
On Saturday, the Habs will begin their season longest 7-game road trip with a stop on Long Island.
On Tuesday, the Habs continued their roster tinkering sending Kyle Chipchura to the Anaheim Ducks. In return, the Habs receive a conditional 4th round pick in the 2011 Entry Draft.
The Canadiens play the Capitals tonight for the second time in 8 days. Last Friday, Montreal held on for a 3-2 win at the Verizon Center in Washington and held Alexander Ovechkin pointless for only the 4th time this season.
The Habs on Monday announced their first trade of the season, moving underachieving winger Guillaume Latendresse to Minnesota in exchange for the underachieving Benoit Pouliot.
The Habs made a pair of roster moves on Friday. First, they claimed defenceman Jay Leach off re-entry waivers from New Jersey, then activated Alex Henry off of injured reserve and immediately placed him on waivers for demotion to Hamilton.
Let’s do it all over again! This is not a sense of deja vu you are feeling. For the second time in five nights, the Montreal Canadiens play host to the New York Islanders at the Bell Centre.
The Habs made this one seem like a formality as they went on to beat the Islanders 5-1 in what was a pretty and pretty easy win. On paper, it was clear that the Montreal Canadiens was the better of the two teams and the Habs made that obvious as soon as t
Habs have signed Marc-Andre Bergeron to a 1 year deal worth 750,000.
The Montreal Canadiens kick off their 3-game Western swing on Tuesday, starting with a game versus the Calgary Flames.
Guy Boucher may never have set NHL scoring records or won the league’s MVP trophy on numerous occasions, but unlike Wayne Gretzky, he’s got what it takes to coach.