All Entries Tagged With: "Andrei Markov"
The 20 most overpaid NHLers making more than $4.0M per year
More than one quarter into the 2011-12 NHL season, it’s time to have a look at the most overpaid NHLers who don’t contribute as much as their team and the general manger who signed them would like. Please note that I have not included players whose contract is buried in the AHL or oversees such [...]
Max Pacioretty suspended three games for blind-side hit to Kris Letang
NHL Senior VP, Player Safety, Brendan Shanahan has decided to suspend Montreal Canadiens forward Max Pacioretty for three games following Saturday’s controversial hit to the head of rearguard Kris Letang of the Pittsburgh Penguins. Pacioretty’s disciplinary phone hearing with Shanahan occurred earlier today before the Canadiens boarded their flight leaving for their three-game West Coast [...]
Montreal Canadiens: the untapped offensive potential of Alexei Emelin
After playing the past seven seasons in Russia with Tolyatti Lada and Kazan Ak-Bars, rugged defenseman Alexei Emelin decided to come to North America to make his NHL debut for the team that drafted him 84th overall way back in 2004. In 2010-11, Emelin had his best offensive season in the KHL, registering 11 g [...]
The underrated value of Josh Gorges to the Montreal Canadiens
Looking for a multi-year contract after an injury-riddled 2010-11 campaign, restricted free agent Josh Gorges had to settle for a one year $2.5 million contract with the Montreal Canadiens this off-season. Gorges missed 46 games last year with a knee injury that prevented him from playing. Gorges had originally tore up his right knee during [...]
Montreal Canadiens Injury Update: Spacek and Cammalleri out 2-3 weeks
The Montreal Canadiens will be without winger Mike Cammalleri and rearguard Jaroslav Spacek for the next two-to-three weeks following the injuries they sustained during Sunday’s 5-1 win against the Winnipeg Jets. Cammalleri sustained a deep leg laceration when Yannick Weber cut his leg in the period, while Spacek sustained a probable rib injury when he [...]
Canadiens sign rearguard Chris Campoli to a one-year $1.75 million contract
The Montreal Canadiens have announced earlier today they have signed blueliner Chris Campoli to a one-year $1.75 million contract. Campoli split last season between the Ottawa Senators and the Chicago Blackhawks, playing 77 games scoring 4 goals and adding 17 assists for 21 points. Campoli finished with an even plus/minus ratio of 0. This move [...]
Top 10 players to avoid on draft day for the 2011-12 season
With only three weeks before the first puck drops on the ice for the beginning of the 2010-12 NHL season, many of you have to take part in a fantasy draft whether it is on Yahoo or ESPN, or among friends at home. Yet, plenty of use are ill-prepared come draft day, especially in the [...]
Montreal Canadiens: Player Projections for the 2011-12 season – part 2, defensemen
Two weeks ago, I looked at the Canadiens’ top-12 forwards trying to predict their offensive output. This time I will have a look at the seven defensemen of the Habs’ defensive unit. At the moment, the Canadiens have 21 players signed for a total of $59,120,510, which gives GM Pierre Gauthier a $5,179,490 cap space [...]
Montreal Canadiens: Player Projections for the 2011-12 season – part 1, forwards
With only one month before the NHL training camps begin, the Montreal Canadiens’ roster is almost set in stone as the team has 12 forwards, 7 defensemen and 2 goalies already signed to NHL contracts. The Canadiens have 21 players signed for a total of $59,120,510, which gives GM Pierre Gauthier a $5,179,490 cap space [...]
Canadiens re-sign Pacioretty and Desharnais, shaping their 2011-12 roster
Montreal Canadiens’ GM Pierre Gauthier announced earlier this week, the re-signing of left winger Max Pacioretty to a two-year deal worth $3.25 million. Pacioretty will make $1,500,000 in 2011-12 and $1,750,000 in 2012-13. Max Pax made $875,000 last season on the last year of his three-year entry-level contract. After starting the campaign with the Hamilton [...]
Canadiens ink Andrei Kostitsyn and Mathieu Darche to one-year deals
It looks like Canadiens’ GM Pierre Gauthier has decided to work before the NHL Entry Draft this season. After inking towering veteran defenseman Hal Gill to a one-year extension last week, Gauthier signed restricted free agent Andrei Kostitsyn to a one-year $3.25 million extension and unrestricted free agent Mathieu Darche to a one-year deal worth [...]
Canadiens officially re-sign Hal Gill to mentor P.K. Subban
Montreal Canadiens General Manager Pierre Gauthier announced earlier today the signing of defenceman Hal Gill for the 2011-12 season. Gill will make $2,25M next season, the same salary he made in the past two years. “Hall Gill has played a key role since he joined our team two years ago. He brings leadership and determination [...]
Bruins win tight series, Game 7 vs. Habs 4-3 on Horton’s OT winner
After the Bruins took an early two-goal lead in game 7 five minutes into the deciding contest, with goals from Johnny Boychuk and Mark Recchi, everyone thought the Canadiens would let go and that it was going to be over early for the visitors. But the Canadiens took advantage of special teams with a power [...]
Canadiens go wild in Minnesota, PK Subban scores hat trick in 8-1 win
The Canadiens chased former Montreal goaltender Jose Theodore scoring five goals on only 19 shots to obtain an easy 8-1 win in Minnesota. Rookie Ryan White is first career NHL-goal 31 seconds into the game, also earning a Gordie Howe hat trick (a goal, assist and a fight), adding one helper and fighting Clayton Stoner [...]
Canadiens lose Wisniewski for four weeks with factured cheekbon***updated***
The misfortunes of the Montreal Canadiens won’t go away. According to RDS’ Renaud Lavoie, the team has learned today that rearguard James Wisniewski will be out of action with one or multiple fractures to his left cheekbone sustained during yesterday’s contest against the Edmonton Oilers. Midway in the first period Wisniewski was brutally cut by [...]
Habs, Carey Price blank Leafs 3-0, end three-game skid
Despite battling a rash of injuries, the Canadiens played a great all-around game to defeat the hapless Toronto Maple Leafs 3-0 at Bell Centre on Saturday night. Without the services of Michael Cammalleri, Mathieu Darche, Hal Gill, Josh Gorges and Andrei Markov, and coming off three consecutive losses to the hands of the Devils, the [...]
Daily Rumors: Rejecting the Notion of Ed Jovanovski going to the Montreal Canadiens
The Montreal Canadiens defense corps suffered a major blow recently when oft-injured star blueliner Andrei Markov reinjured his surgically repaired right knee in a game against the Carolina Hurricanes. Markov and the Canadiens have been tight-lipped over the seriousness of the injury and when he might return to action, giving rise to speculation not only [...]
Price, Canadiens blank Flyers 3-0 and extend their winning streak to 4 games
Netminder Carey Price made 41 saves, 20 in the second period alone, for his third shutout of the season as the Canadiens extended their winning streak to four games. Montreal scored two goals on the power play despite losing their power play general to a knee injury Saturday against the Carolina Hurricanes to improve their [...]
Canadiens destroy Hurricanes 7-2, lose Andrei Markov to injury
After an inspiring 3-1 win in Boston last Thursday against the Bruins, the Canadiens were facing the Carolina Hurricanes on Saturday at Bell Centre. The Hurricanes, who were badly beaten 8-1 by the Phalidelphia Flyers were expected to be motivated against the Canadiens, a team against which they had much success in recent years. The [...]
Price, Canadiens blank Canucks 2-0 at Bell Centre
Carey Price made 35 saves for his second shutout of the year and the Canadiens ended Vancouver’s six-game winning streak with a 2-0 win over the Canucks yesterday. Defensemen Andrei Markov and Roman Hamrlik both scored for Montreal on Roberto Luongo who stopped 27 of the 29 shots he faced. The Canadiens finally managed to [...]
