All Entries Tagged With: "Montreal"
Canadiens Sign Maxim Lapierre to 1-Year Deal
According to various sources, Maxim Lapierre has re-signed with the Montreal Canadiens for the upcoming season. His new, 1-year deal is slated to be worth between $840,000 and $900,000, depending on the source, but which ever number ends up becoming official, it would be a great figure for the 3rd line forward and for the [...]
DAILY RUMORS: Why Glen Metropolit Won’t Be “Sticking” With Montreal
We at HockeyIndependent.com want to be your resource and filter for what is going on in the NHL. We try to disseminate the noise in the blogosphere. We don’t look to to attack those sources, but to question the veracity of the rumor with cold logic, hockey smarts and knowledge. To do that… we have [...]
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. [...]
With the 27th Pick, the Montreal Canadiens Are Proud to Select…
———————————- In this year’s draft, the Montreal Canadiens will be selecting 27th overall, thanks to their impressive run in the Stanley Cup playoffs. To put things into perspective, if they hadn’t amassed that single overtime point they did in the final game of the season against the Toronto Maple Leafs, the Canadiens would be drafting [...]
DAILY RUMORS: Lyle Richardson Revisits The Carter For Price Rumor
We at HockeyIndependent.com want to be your resource and filter for what is going on in the NHL. We try to disseminate the noise in the blogosphere. We don’t look to to attack those sources, but to question the veracity of the rumor with cold logic, hockey smarts and knowledge. To do that… we have [...]
Flyers Advance To The Finals
The Philadelphia Flyers have advanced to the Stanley Cup finals for the 8th time in team history and the first time in 13 years. The Flyers historic playoff run has given new life to the love affair between this town and it’s hockey club. The regular season was full of surprises, changes, ups and downs [...]
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 [...]
Remembering Game Sevens good and bad in Penguins’ history
While getting in the Game 7 mood over the last two nights, I looked up the playoff history of the Pittsburgh Penguins and noted eleven Game 7s all-time. Pittsburgh has a 7-4 record in those games but just 2-4 at Mellon Arena where they will host the Canadiens tonight. Surprisingly, I can vividly recall the [...]
How the Penguins can keep the dream alive tonight in Game 7
One game for all the marbles, as Penguins’ long-time radio voice Mike Lange would say. Tonight at 7 pm in Mellon Arena, the upstart Montreal Canadiens will try for a second straight unthinkable upset of an NHL powerhouse. After stunning Washington, the top team in the regular season in the opening round two weeks ago, [...]
Keep believing in the Pens: lessons from senior year English class
Game 6: Pittsburgh 3 @ Montreal 4 “There was truth and there was untruth, and if you clung to the truth even against the whole world, you were not mad.” – George Orwell, 1984 The Pittsburgh Penguins were unsuccessful tonight in closing out the Eastern Conference semifinal against the Canadiens at Montreal as the home [...]
Halak rebounds, Cammalleri scores twice, Habs even series
Game 2: Montreal 3 @ Pittsburgh 1 Outshot badly in the game, outplayed and trapped in their own zone for large stretches of the contest, Montreal still prevailed over the Penguins this afternoon thanks to a recipe that has brought them success consistently in the 2010 playoffs: a heaping spoonful of solid goaltending from Jaroslav Halak and a [...]
Eastern Conference Round 2 Preview: Montreal vs. Pittsburgh
When the visiting Canadiens line up against the host Penguins tonight to open round two of the 2010 Stanley Cup playoffs, the victorious memories of the first round will have faded away for both clubs. For Pittsburgh, Pascal Dupuis’ series-clinching overtime goal at Ottawa last Saturday was savoured but quickly tempered by the realization that [...]
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Ask and Ye Shall Receive, Habs Pick a New Direction
It appears the Canadiens have chosen a direction: to get younger, faster and to add to their draft depth. The clear cut result? Montreal is moving out the slow-footed skaters and bringing in speedsters…
HOCKEYLEAKS.com WEIGHS IN: If Price Is Right…Price Could Go Instead of Halak? Turco Dealt? And More…
I reached out to Corey Johnson of HockeyLeaks.com to get his take on what might go on. He happened to be working on a new blog for Friday night on his site, Hockeyleaks.com. So, I asked him if he’s like to submit over to us on the HockeyIndependent rumor board to some discussion on some [...]
RUMOR BOARD: Spector On Rumormill – Ray Whitney to Kings? Witt Untradeable? Phaneuf Reality? And More
Everyone should know Lyle Richardson, otherwise known as Spector of SpectorsHockey.net. He is a busy man who works for FoxSports, THN, Puck Daddy’s Free Agent Chats, and also has his own site. I’ve asked Lyle to take part in our Rumor Board, where each week he will weigh in on the hot ones that you, [...]
Gainey speaks: Halak and Plekanec situations
Last night, before the Montreal Canadiens fell 4-2 to the Washington Capitals (more on that tomorrow), General Manager Bob Gainey met with the media in his ”State of the Union” type address.
Canadiens vs. New Jersey Brodeurs
The Habs are charged with a difficult task tonight, as they aim to stop Martin Brodeur from breaking yet another record. Can they do it? www.thecheckingline.com
Habs/Sabres Gameday: Habs Holiday Miracle on its way?
The Canadiens prepare to receive te Red-Hot Buffalo Sabres at the Bell Centre. Could a big surprise be waiting for the Sabres at the Canadiens’ blueline? www.thecheckingline.com
Buffalo Regains Division Lead, Stuns Montreal 6-2
In a huge divisional match-up, the Buffalo Sabres lit up the Montreal Canadiens 6 times en route to a 6-2 win over the Habs at HSBC Arena in Buffalo, New York. Buffalo opened the scoring a little more than 2 minutes into the game with Clarke MacArthur’s eighth goal of the season. Pominville and Roy [...]
