All Entries Tagged With: "Bob Gainey"
Smooth as Selke? Datsyuk Nominated Once Again for Selke Trophy
It’s been a week since the Detroit Red Wings’ season ended with an early playoff exit, but one of the team’s best players is up for an award. Red Wings’ center Pavel Datsyuk is one of three players nominated for the Frank J. Selke which goes to the NHL’s top defensive forward. The other nominees [...]
A Very Tortorella Thanksgiving
The roaring fire is crackling in the fireplace. The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade is on the big-screen television, and is just wrapping up. Santa Claus’ float rolls though Herald Square. The grandfather clock strikes noon. John Tortorella (scowling): “Well, that sucked from head to toe.” Tortorella changes the channel to FOX for the first football [...]
Rangers Waiving Goodbye To Drury?
For the New York Rangers and their fans, free agency 2007 was like a drunken, Elvis-impersonator-officiated quickie Las Vegas wedding. At the time it happens, you’re all giddy and excited. But the next day, once the hangover wears off and you realize what actually happened, you’re ready to run to the courthouse for an annulment. [...]
Are hockey players the toughest sports athletes?
With only one game to go (game 7 tonight between the Bruins and the Lightning) before the Stanley Cup finals, the arduous road to the most difficult trophy to win is about to come to an end. The Vancouver Canucks will meet tonight’s winner in the ultimate best-of-seven series. It amazes me that the two [...]
DAILY RUMORS: Shooting Down Some Silly Rumors . . .
With just over a week to go until the February 28th trade deadline there’s already been several notable trades which has only further stoked the rumor fires as the deadline draws nearer. It’s also given rise to some pretty silly rumors, which is par for the course at this time of year. Here’s a brief [...]
Slats Pulls Another Rabbit Out Of His Hat
Harry Potter. Angus MacGyver. Glen Sather. All 3 manage to work magic to somehow get themselves out of sticky predicaments, and you have to suspend a bit of reality to believe it. Where the similarities end are that Potter and MacGyver are fictitious characters. Sather, as we all know, is quite real. Today, Sather somehow [...]
No Moves? No Problem! (for now)
If you were a Habs fan on July 1st, then odds are you spent the day either drinking and celebrating Canada Day, or in front of your laptop, TV (tuned to TSN2) and/or cell phone, waiting for news of a big signing by Canadiens’ General Manager Pierre Gauthier. Odds are, when you put all that [...]
Canadiens Trade Sergei Kostitsyn to Predators
The Montreal Canadiens have traded problematic forward Sergei Kostitsyn to the Nashville Predators. The deal is simply an exchange of pending free agents, as Montreal received center Dustin Boyd (RFA) and goaltender Dan Ellis (UFA) in return. Future Considerations are involved for both teams, presumably if any of the players end up signing or not. [...]
Hockey Hall of Fame: The Case For Andreychuk
The Tampa Bay Lightning’s only Stanley Cup captain, Dave Andreychuk will find out today if he is a Hall of Famer. Others considered top candidates for induction: Joe Nieuwendyk, Doug Gilmour, Adam Oates, Eric Lindros, Alexander Mogilny, Dino Ciccarelli, Pierre Turgeon and Pavel Bure. After missing out in his first year of eligibility last year [...]
It’s Your Turn, Pierre: The Great Captaincy Debate
Yesterday, the Toronto Maple Leafs ended an entire season of speculation when they announced Dion Phaneuf as their new captain, the 18th in their long storied history. The decision was generally met with approval from most Leafs fans. Phaneuf certainly represents the team that Brina Burke has built this far well, in terms of truculence, belligerence, [...]
The Montreal Canadiens Must Trade Carey Price & Keep Jaroslav Halak
Halak or Price? This question has been on the lips of every Canadiens fan and every journalist in Montreal since the start of the season. With young goaltenders Jaroslav Halak and Carey Price both about to become restricted free agents (RFA) at season’s end and the Canadiens being very up tight against the salary cap [...]
A Team to be Proud of
You might be wondering why it took me nearly two days to roll out a blog on the Montreal Canadiens game 7 victory. Simply put, I had no words to describe what myself, and nearly every Montreal Canadiens fan, especially the ones in this city, were feeling on Wednesday night. And really, there ARE NO [...]
Habs Perspective: Series Preview vs Caps
Note: Check out this link for all the Habs vs. Caps info you’ll need throughout the series (will be updated every day). It will include links to blogs from myself, Scott Lowe (TCL), Jeremy Scriven (HI), Steven Hindle (Hockeybuzz), and several others as is deemed relevant. Not to mention line-up changes, injuries, all all other [...]
Habs on Verge of Boasting 3 Rookie of the Year Prospects
Bob Gainey may be gone, but his impact will be felt for years to come. Currently making the Habs former GM happy are Rookie of the Year Danny Kristo and RoY candidates, Louis Leblanc and PK Subban. The future is bright if you’re a Habs fan…
Habs vs. Flyers: Looking for Revenge
George Prax takes a look back at a week of activity from the Canadiens and their new general manager, and ahead to the tail end of an important home-and-home with the Philadelphia Flyers tonight at the Bell Centre!
Habs Host Caps In First Game Of The Gauthier Era
What’s to come of the Pierre Gauthier era? What came out of the Bob Gainey era? What’s going to happen tonight against the Capitals? Many questions face the Habs heading into the future. Can any of them be answered?
Nothing to Gain; Habs GM Bob Gainey Steps Down
Bob Gainey has stepped down as General Manager of the Montreal Canadiens
10 Questions For Your Friday
Going to take a page out of Eric Engels’ book from Hockeybuzz and ask you guys to answer 10 Habs related questions today. (Sorry Eric. I’ll send you a TCL Hat if you want one).
Montreal Canadiens lose Michael Cammalleri to right knee injury
The Montreal Canadiens lost sniper Michael Cammalleri Saturday afternoon when he went hard into the boards after colliding with defenseman Anton Volchenkov, his leg buckling under him. The injury did not look good at all, and Cammy was unable to put any weight on his right leg. At first glance, it looks like he both [...]
Fun In The Sun: Habs Face Back-To-Back Games Against Panthers, Bolts
The Montreal Canadiens will go into tonight’s game against the Florida Panthers with a lot of confidence. Can it translate into a win, or were this weekend’s games a facade?
