Andrei Markov to Make his Return Saturday vs Islanders
stevenhindle | Dec 18, 2009 | Comments 3
Markov Makes Return
The Montreal Canadiens are about to get a gigantic boost in the form of an early Christmas present on Saturday evening when the best player in a Montreal Canadiens uniform over the last 5 years, Andrei Markov, makes his return to the ice.
Markov, who has been out since the very first game of the season due to sliced tendons in his right ankle, has been skating for about the last 3 weeks and has made an absolutely incredible comeback considering when he sustained the injury, reports were calling for him to miss upwards of 4 months, if not be out through the Olympic break.
Well, Team Russia and the Montreal Canadiens can breathe a sigh of relief as the big #79 has made a miraculous and speedy recovery. One that is actually well over a month ahead of schedule.
Will this be enough for the Montreal Canadiens to pull themselves out of the basement of the NHL?
Tough question, but the fact that the Habs will have Markov’s body back on the blue line has instantly improved this team tenfold.
There are lots of other questions surrounding the Canadiens, such as when will Gionta return? When will Pouliot make his debut? How hurt is Roman Hamrlik? How banged up is Jaro Spacek? When will the Habs trade Halak?
Interestingly enough, with the return of Markov to the Habs lineup this upcoming Saturday against the Islanders, most of those other questions and worries begin to fade away. Andrei’s presence is beyond under-rated. Markov is a perennial Norris candidate, regardless of what the blind judges care to see.
Whatever happens moving forward, at least Canadiens fans can breathe a sigh of relief and revel in the fact that the Canadiens will become a much better team as of this Saturday.
As for the rest of those issues…well, my colleauges here @HockeyIndie have done a great job of making sure you all know what is up with the Canadiens, so make sure that you read up on what Fred Poulin and George Prax have to say as well.
I will be back with much, much more, including a very sensitive question that none too many people are willing to answer!
Go Habs!!!!!!
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The question is: Where is Bob Gainey?
Damn steve! I didn’t see your blog when I went to post mine. Sorry for penisblocking you! I’ll give you a shoutout on my website to make up for it :P
Great work as always, though.
no worries bud.
I didn’t make it a feature as Al had just posted a Hawks blog, but in the end, it’s better that we both posted something about it as it serves as confirmation that the Habs will finally get their long-awaited saviour back.
Also, Fred, I totally agree. Something is up behind the scenes. Change in ownership is slowly rearing it’s head and I expect that we will begin to see real changes, both on and off the ice, beginning in January.