All Entries Tagged With: "Lars Eller"
Old-School Rivalry Taking On New Feel As B’s Sink Habs 2-1 At TD Garden
Once upon a time, the rivalry between the Boston Bruins and the Montreal Canadiens was revered as one of the best in all of sport. A time when every meeting between the two Original Six foes was regarded as “must-watch television”, where each and every hockey fanatic in New England and Quebec, casual and die-hards [...]
Resurgent Pouliot Leads B’s Past Habs For 5th Straight Victory
“Losing one of your top players like that, we all have to step up individually and as a team and tonight we did a good job.” – Tyler Seguin Despite the suspension of first line winger Milan Lucic, the Boston Bruins continued their red-hot roll on Monday night against the hated Canadiens. Playing without Lucic [...]
What the Montreal Canadiens should do with Scott Gomez?
With Scott Gomez nearing a return to line-up in the upcoming days, most likely during the Habs next road trip in Phoenix or in Nashville, head coach Jacques Martin will have to find a place for him to play. Scott Gomez, who has missed the team’s past six games, has resumed practising with his teammate, [...]
The Slide Continues As B’s Are Swept By Rival Habs
I feel like I’ve wrote this before. Actually a couple of times before. Right, that’s because I have wrote this before. For the third consecutive contest, the Boston Bruins lost a meaningful game. Dropping seven of their first ten games this season, the Bruins solidified their position of 15th in the Eastern Conference, as [...]
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 claim Blair Betts off waivers, finalize 23-man roster for opening night
The Montreal Canadiens have claimed center Blair Betts off waivers earlier today from the Philadelphia Flyers, who had put the defensive specialist on waivers yesterday to free up cap space. Betts is entering the second and final year of a two-year contract worth $700,000 annually. The 31 year-old center played 75 games for the Flyers [...]
Top 10 European prospects for the 2011-12 NHL season
At the end of July I had a look at the top 12 Swedish prospects for the 2011-12 season. They included the best rookies of 2010-11 as well as the next wave of Swedish rookies who will battle for the Calder Trophy. Now it’s time to have a look at the rest of the European [...]
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 [...]
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 defeat Bruins 4-1; analysis of Chara’s dirty hit on Pacioretty
Tuesday evening, the Montreal Canadiens played one of their best all-around game of the season in a 4-1 win against their division rivals, the Boston Bruins; however, this beautiful win was clouded by Zdeno Chara’s dirty hit on youngster Max Pacioretty at the end of the second period. The night had begun fairly well for [...]
Montreal Canadiens: Perfect Southeast trip in review
After a very successful trip to Georgia and Florida, during which they won their three games and hit the beach a few times, the Canadiens are now back north of the border and set to face their division rivals, the Boston Bruins on Tuesday at Bell Centre. The Habs will be back at practice today [...]
Canadiens lose Pacioretty, Cammalleri and Halpern to injuries, lose 2-1 in OT to the Sabres ***UPDATED***
After surrendering a 4-0 lead to the Calgary Flames on Monday, to finally win the game in overtime thanks to a PK Subban goal, the Montreal Canadiens visited the Buffalo Sabres yesterday evening for a 2nd game in 24 hours. Despite taking an early 4-0 lead against the lifeless Flames, the Canadiens’ back-up goaltender, Alex [...]
Canadiens set to face the Rangers in NY; Carey Price named to the NHL All-Star team
After a very important 3-2 comeback win on Saturday against the Boston Bruins at home, the Montreal Canadiens are set to visit the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden tonight. The Canadiens will then host the Pittsburgh Penguins tomorrow at the Bell Centre. Michael Cammalleri, who did not make the trip to New York [...]
Habs capture 3 points out 4 in back to back games
After dropping a 3-1 lead to finally lose 4-3 in overtime to the hands of the Edmonton Oilers on Wednesday at Bell Centre, the Montreal Canadiens scored two quick goals yesterday in New Jersey en route to a 5-1 win against the Devils. On Wednesday, Dustin Penner took advantage of a bad play by PK [...]
Constant line juggling is killing the Habs chemistry; weekend recap
24 games into the season, it’s time to have a look at the different forward line combinations used by head coach Jacques Martin to find what’s working or not in Habland. After a .500 weekend where the Habs came out flat on Friday in Atlanta in a 3-0 loss to the hands of the Thrashers, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
.500 weekend for the Canadiens; changes expected for tomorrow
After beating the New York Islanders 3-1 in Long Island on goals by Tomas Plekanec, Benoit Pouliot and Tarvis Moen, as well as a great performance by goaltender Alex Auld, who made 30 saves, the Canadiens faltered Saturday at Bell Centre, losing 3-1 to the lowly Florida Panthers. Montreal swept the home-and-home series from the [...]
Canadiens set final roster, ready to open season against Toronto
Yesterday the Montreal Canadiens set their 22-man roster by sending goalie Curtis Sanford, forwards Ryan White and Ben Maxwell, as well as defencemen Yannick Weber and Alex Henry to their AHL affiliate, the Hamilton Bulldogs. With Roman Hamrlik likely to miss the season opener in Toronto tonight with a sprained right knee, and all-star rearguard [...]
Pierre Gauthier addresses the press; Canadiens rookie training camp kicks in
Earlier today Pierre Gauthier addressed the press in Montreal during a 47-minute presser, just before the opening of the rookie camp in Brossard, Quebec. Gauthier mentioned the appointment of Carey Price as the team number one goaltender and the recovery of all-star defenseman Andrei Markov, among other things. Gauthier also talked about the Canadiens deep [...]
